A potent re-examination of America's history of public disinvestment in mass transit."[An] extensively researched and expertly argued exploration of the demise of urban public transit in the United States. . . . Layered and multifaceted." ― Pacific Historical ReviewMany a scholar and policy analyst has lamented American dependence on cars and the corresponding lack of federal investment in public transportation thr...

A richly illustrated history of below-market housing in New York, from the 1920s to todayA colorful portrait of the people, places, and policies that have helped make New York City livable, Affordable Housing in New York is a comprehensive, authoritative, and richly illustrated history of the city's public and middle-income housing from the 1920s to today. Plans, models, archival photos, and newly commissioned portraits of buildings and tenants by sociolog...

This authoritative text and practitioner resource has now been extensively revised and expanded with 70% new material covering new topics and standards in literacy leadership. Prominent experts present research-based methods for improving instruction, assessment, and professional learning experiences in PreK–12. The distinct roles of teachers, reading/literacy specialists, literacy coaches, special educators, and principals are explored, with an emphasis on fostering a cul...

The Wholehearted Way is a translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa, one of the primary texts on Zen practice. Transcending any particular school of Buddhism or religious belief, Dogen's profound and poetic writings are respected as a pinnacle of world spiritual literature. Bendowa, or A Talk on the Wholehearted Practice of the Way, was written in 1231 A.D. and expresses Dogen's teaching of the essential meaning of zazen (seated meditation) and its p...

Popular opinion holds that public housing is a failure; so what more needs to be said about seventy-five years of dashed hopes and destructive policies? Over the past decade, however, historians and social scientists have quietly exploded the common wisdom about public housing. Public Housing Myths pulls together these fresh perspectives and unexpected findings into a single volume to provide an updated, panoramic view of public housing.With eleven chapter...

Met dit inspirerende e-dagboek kan je dagelijks werken aan zelfreflectie. De vragen leiden je naar het ontwikkelen van een beter zelfbeeld en meer zelfvertrouwen. Dit 90-daagse e-dagboek is perfect om tijdens je ochtendroutine, of voor het slapen gaan even tijd te besteden aan een korte overdenking. Zodat je je beste gedachten op papier kan zetten en en nieuwe inzichten ontdekt. Een ideaal e-dagboek als je een beetje meer diepgang in je leven wil brengen.

I denne tospråklige boken vil barn som lærer engelsk kunne fordype seg i morsomme og spennende historier, samtidig som de forbedrer språkkunnskapene sine. Boken er perfekt for unge lesere som ønsker å utvikle engelskferdighetene sine, samtidig som de nyter fortellinger om vennskap, eventyr og detektivarbeid.

John F. Kennedy International Airport is one of New York City's most successful and influential redevelopment projects. Built and defined by outsize personalities—Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, famed urban planner Robert Moses, and Port Authority Executive Director Austin Tobin among them—JFK was fantastically expensive and unprecedented in its scale. By the late 1940s, once-polluted marshlands had become home to one of the world's busiest and most advanced airfields. Almost from the start, ho...

Moving beyond the tequila-soaked clichés of Mexican tourism, this multifaceted book explores the influence and experiences of Americans in Mexico since World War II. The authors trace Mexico's growing role as an important refuge for Americans seeking not only sun and fun but also an alternative cultural and social model. And on the other side of the border, Mexican citizens and politicians have responded in creative and unexpected ways to growing numbers of migrants from their northern nei...

Now in a revised and updated second edition for today's changing K–12 landscape, this book gives instructional coaches an innovative framework for building strong relationships and enacting positive change in schools. Emphasizing a systems approach, Rita M. Bean and Jacy Ippolito explain the multiple roles of the coach as change agent, facilitator, designer, and advocate. Vivid examples show how effective coaches draw on these mindsets in working with individual teachers a...

Do you want a heightened wakefulness, greater understanding, and an open and freer mind?In Insights of Today, author Y Begby gives you a tool to raise your awareness and become more attentive not only to yourself but to the ongoing life around you. By involving yourself and exploring these reflections, you can improve your conditions with yourself and people around you. Insight of Today is written with humor, depth, and love. The theme is a mixture of everything, just as in life.

The Keto Cure 1 is one of Belgium's best-selling cookbooks. Pascale Naessens believes that this book owes its success to the fact that keto really does work. Most people following a keto diet lose weight - without going hungry - while still eating delicious food.The Keto Cure 2 takes this theme further: why do you lose weight?How does it work? What role do fats play, and how much fat are we allowed to eat?Topics such as saturated fats, cholesterol, i...