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Interest by American educators in the Holocaust has increased exponentially during the second half of the twentieth century. In 1960 the Holocaust was barely being addressed in American public schools. Yet by the 1990s several states had mandated the teaching of the event. Drawing upon a variety of sources including unpublished works and interviews, this study traces the rise of genocide education in America. The author demonstrates how the ge...

Alanor was falling. Why was she falling?' Running for her life, Alanor finds herself transported- literally- into another place, a ruined city, guarded by a stoic, shadow of a man who insists she is the last princess of a forgotten race. Suddenly thrown into a world much bigger than she realized, Alanor must decide for herself who she is, and make choices she never thought she would. Can she grow past her uncle's expectations? And should she?

Briney heard the jingle of spurs approaching but couldn't seem to tear her attention away from the friendly horse nuzzling her arm. It wasn't until the person drew nearer to her and spoke that every hair on the top of her head tingled-that every inch of her flesh broke into goose bumps. "Mornin' there, ma'am, " the rich, smooth voice greeted, the same voice that had lulled Briney to sleep on several occasions since Mrs. Fletcher's death. "I he...

Have you ever wished you could live your life over again? Or, to put it more succinctly: if you were offered the chance to go back to some point in your past and become your younger self, while still retaining all your accumulated wisdom and memories, would you choose to do so? And if you did, what point would you go back to, and what, if anything, would you change?" This is the question posed to Rix Vaughn by world-renowned particle physicist...

An essential "how-to" primer, this book examines the process of learning to write and shares evidence-based instructional strategies for the primary grades. With an emphasis on explicit instruction and scaffolding students&

To escape from the restraints of a suffocating relationship, Anna moves into a flat with a friend, Prue.  In the old attic room which she adopts as her study, Anna is presented with a ghostly series of women through the ages - women who, like Anna, have not conformed to the usual roles of wife and mother - a Victorian spinster, a nun, a nurse who worked with Florence Nightinglae during the Crimean War and a young wife who dies childless.|3 wom...

Jan Turnbull's life takes a sharp turn towards chaos the instant her eldest son, Simon takes a tumble in the surf and loses his life. Blame competes with grief and Jan's husband turns against her. She finds herself ousted from the family home and separated from their remaining son, Andy. As Jan tries to cope with her grief and prepares to build a new life, it soon becomes known that Simon has left behind a bombshell, and her younger so...

This book explores the problem of moral metaphysics through investigations of four pivotal philosophers. It uses the contemporary idea of moral sentimentalism as a comparative category to explore the problems and challenges inherent in the project of moral metaphysics.

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In this hilarious breastfeeding tell-all, the newly titled reissue of How My Breasts Saved the World, Lisa Wood Shapiro recounts her misadventures of new motherhood from the delivery of her daughter and her rookie days as a food source to the bittersweet end of weaning. This may be the information age, but so much of nursing and new motherhood know-how still exists in the smart gal's rumor culture. Only after Shapiro shares her own saga, compl...

Nancy L. Reed has had many dogs in her lifetime and she wanted to celebrate every one of them with poems and songs dedicated to the joy they gave her. This is the origin for Dog-grr-el: canine cadence, hound haiku, puppy poetry. With original poems, haikus, songs written by Reed, and colorful illustrations by Jennifer Schafer, Dog-grr-el appeals to all family members, including pets. Well, maybe not cats. Poems and haikus feature cave-dwe...

Dana Sajdi is Associate Professor of History at Boston College. She is the editor of Ottoman Tulips, Ottoman Coffee: Leisure and Lifestyle in the Eighteenth Century (2008) and coeditor of Transforming Loss into Beauty: Essays in Arabic Literature and Culture in Memory of Madga Al-Nowaihi (2008).

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One of the most common ways of setting the arts in parallel, at least from the literary side, is through the popular rhetorical device of ekphrasis. The original meaning of this term is simply an extended and detailed, lively description, but it has been used most commonly in reference to painting or sculpture. In this lively collection of essays, Andrew James Johnston, Ethan Knapp, and Margitta Rouse offer a major contribution to the study of...

Darlene Ortiz was with Ice T for 17 years, beginning with his early days hustlin' on the streets and his subsequent rise to fame. In Definition of Down: My Life with Ice T & the Birth of Hip Hop, she tells how hip hop started with intimate glimpses into their daily life with stories about their climb to the top and all the rappers that got their start in those times. This full-color hardback book is filled with stories and photos never seen be...

Queen of Your Body Parts is an illustrated reference guide of every emotion you've felt in a consumptive relationship - using only the bodies of nude women. A coffee table book of over 80 original drawings from L.B., this is a playfully presented depiction of young, sexual beings and their self destructive, painfully pleasing exploits. Through vivid imagery and unapologetic sexuality, Queen of Your Body Parts tells the story of unrequited love...

Drisdak. City of adventure. City of shadows. Enter a world where the darkness holds threats from both the living and the dead, and any man who stands his ground may not live to see the dawn. Korina Bolaris is a young and talented sorceress who has captured a powerful vampire and is coming into her own, working her terrible magic in secret, and gathering minions to serve her and her demon god, Lubrochius. Hers is a silent evil, gaining strength...

Dedicated to everyone I have ever met or even heard of, for you have played a role in my development. To anyone I have let read my journals, thank you for allowing me to be vulnerable. -Broken Man-

Once viewed as a disease, nostalgia has recently been the subject of social scientific research that has revealed it to be an important psychological resource that promotes positive psychological states. This book explains in detail what nostalgia is and how it has been studied by social scientists. It explores the nature of nostalgia, its triggers, and individual differences in nostalgic experiences. The psychological, social, and behavioral ...

When her young son was less than keen to sit still for an ice pack after a bump to the head, Annabel Wood had a wonderful idea - why not write a book for families and carers, with a cast of fun and helpful characters, teaching them about first aid. The First Aid Family: An Early Introduction to First Aid, is a fun, non-threatening book for the whole family, inspiring kids to lose their fear of first aid and gain an understanding of just how th...