Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all.While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years-including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State-it's clear that our journey t...

Get lost in the world of four different epic tales full of rebels, witches, and queens by Laurie Forest, Sasha Alsberg, Lindsay Cummings, Amanda Foody, and Kaitlyn Sage Patterson!THE BLACK WITCHCarnissa Gardner, the last prophesied Black Witch, drove back the enemy forces and saved her people during the Realm War. Now a new evil is on the horizon, and her granddaughter, Elloren, is believed to be Carnissa’s heir—but while she is the absolute image o...

In the tumultuous 1960s, a young woman has the chance to marry the love of her life. But will it require her to give up fighting for what she believes in?Abigail Wheeler is a bright, ambitious college student who just knows she can change the world. Determined to make good use of opportunities her mother never had, she spends her time campaigning for women's rights and planning for her future. She knows exactly what she wants out of life—until she receives a surprise marriage propo...

Vital Statistics on American Politics, 2021–2024 Edition offers a clear, data-rich view of the U.S. political landscape. Trusted by scholars, students, journalists, and policymakers alike, this comprehensive reference brings together more than 230 detailed tables and figures to explore the structure and evolution of American politics.First published in 1988, the volume continues its tradition of providing reliable, up-to-date data on key topics including elections, public ...

Empowering Learners, Building ResilienceImagine a classroom where every challenge inspires growth and every obstacle sparks curiosity. Habits for Resilient Learners offers an actionable framework that educators can follow to support student resilience, an essential skill to help students excel under academic pressure, adapt to challenges, small and large, and persevere in a complex learning environment.Packed with practical strategies root...

Has your business outgrown Sage?Are you planning to implement a new integrated finance system?Are you wondering what data migration means and what impact it will have on your project(s)?Are you a software partner who struggles to get clean data from clients at the right time?If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are not alone.Every year, thousands of companies go through the process of leaving Sage 50 Accounts and implementing a new inte...

Knowing how to find, analyse, and write about research papers is a foundational skill of your psychology degree that will set you up to ace your assessments.This book equips you with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to effectively use psychological research in your essays and reports. Using annotated examples and written in an accessible and interactive style that presumes no prior knowledge of psychology, it demonstrates how to glean exactly what you need from research papers...

This book takes the idea of distributing leadership in schools to a new level of understanding and practice. The authors address the complexities of leadership by putting forward two essential propositions. The first is the need to understand leadership as the outcome both of people’s intentions and the complex flow of interactions in the daily life of schools. The second is the need to integrate values of social justice and democracy into our understanding of leadership. Building on this ...

Providing an integrated and thorough representation from current research and contemporary society, Family Ties and Aging shows how pressing issues of our time—an aging population, changing family structures, and new patterns of work-family balance—are negotiated in the family lives of middle-aged and older adults.Focusing on key questions such as "How do current trends and social arrangements affect family relationships?" and "What are the implication...

What are the relationships between the self and fieldwork? How do personal, emotional and identity issues impact upon working in the field?This book argues that ethnographers, and others involved in fieldwork, should be aware of how fieldwork research and ethnographic writing construct, reproduce and implicate selves, relationships and personal identities. All too often research methods texts remain relatively silent about the ways in which fieldwork affects us and we affect the fi...

Human brains are diverse: each one of us has a unique set of connections between billions of nerve cells.Neurodiversity is about us all. It is not an exclusive club or one condition, difficulty, difference, or disorder.Understanding more about the concept of neurodiversity helps us consider, respect and appreciate these differences. It helps us see potential rather than deficit.This clear and practical book, which is useful for all apsects of learning and education dis...

Parenting: A Dynamic Perspective explores the interaction between parents and children as they shape each other over time. George Holden and new co-author Amanda Harrist present the latest research on parenting in an engaging and accessible manner. The updated Fourth Edition addresses contemporary issues, such as media influence, diverse family dynamics, and societal challenges, drawing on interdisciplinary research and perspectives. The text take...