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Jack the Modernist

de Robert Glück ...

A cult classic now back in print, this novel about sex, obsession, and art is one of the defining works of 1980s gay fiction.A classic of postmodern fiction, Robert Glück’s Jack the Modernist portrays the slow disintegration of a love affair set in the early 1980s. Bob is excited and lonely. He meets and pursues the elusive Jack, a director who is able to transform others without altering himself. ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

A cult classic now back in print, this novel about sex, obsession, and art is one of the defining works of 1980s gay fiction.A classic of postmodern fiction, Robert Glück’s Jack the Modernist portrays the slow disintegration of a love affair set in the early 1980s. Bob is excited and lonely. He meets and pursues the elusive Jack, a director who is able to transform others without altering himself.
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The Means to Grow Up

Reinventing Apprenticeship as a Developmental Support in Adolescence

de Robert Halpern ...

Series series Critical Youth Studies
In The Means to Grow Up, Robert Halpern describes the pedagogical importance of "apprenticeship"—a growing movement based in schools, youth-serving organizations, and arts, civic, and other cultural institutions. This movement aims to re-engage youth through in-depth learning and unique experiences under the guidance of skilled professionals. Employing a "pedagogy of apprenticeship," these ... Leer más

$80.99 USD

In The Means to Grow Up, Robert Halpern describes the pedagogical importance of "apprenticeship"—a growing movement based in schools, youth-serving organizations, and arts, civic, and other cultural institutions. This movement aims to re-engage youth through in-depth learning and unique experiences under the guidance of skilled professionals. Employing a "pedagogy of apprenticeship," these
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Audiolibro

Waves for Beginners: A Clear Introduction to the Waves That Carry Energy Everywhere

de Robert Halpern ...

Narrado por Robert Halpern ...

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1 horas 47 minutos

Grasp the fascinating physics of energy transfer and sound waves without ever needing to solve a complex math equation. Perfect for an enlightening daily commute, this educational audio transforms advanced mechanics into intuitive concepts. Satisfy your curiosity by exploring how everyday technology actually functions.Leave behind frustrating formulas and embrace a relaxing, imaginative journey ... Leer más

$9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Grasp the fascinating physics of energy transfer and sound waves without ever needing to solve a complex math equation. Perfect for an enlightening daily commute, this educational audio transforms advanced mechanics into intuitive concepts. Satisfy your curiosity by exploring how everyday technology actually functions.Leave behind frustrating formulas and embrace a relaxing, imaginative journey
... Leer más
Critical Thinking in Psychology

Edición de Robert J. Sternberg, Diane F. Halpern ...

Good scientific research depends on critical thinking at least as much as factual knowledge; psychology is no exception to this rule. And yet, despite the importance of critical thinking, psychology students are rarely taught how to think critically about the theories, methods, and concepts they must use. This book shows students and researchers how to think critically about key topics such as ... Leer más

$38.99 USD

Good scientific research depends on critical thinking at least as much as factual knowledge; psychology is no exception to this rule. And yet, despite the importance of critical thinking, psychology students are rarely taught how to think critically about the theories, methods, and concepts they must use. This book shows students and researchers how to think critically about key topics such as
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Innovations in Child and Family Policy

Multidisciplinary Research and Perspectives on Strengthening Children and Their Families

de Emily M. Douglas, Loretta L. C. Brady, Esther F. S. Carvalhaes, Jason Castillo, Corey J. Colyer, Terry-Ann L. Craigie, Amy D'Andrade, Judy Doktor, Audrey Foster, James P. Gleeson, Diane F. Halpern, Arden Handler, Stacy Ann Hawkins, Anne Dannerbeck Janku, L Christopher Plein, Donna Potter, Margaret Samuels, Lorrie Schmid, Terry A. Solomon, Leslie Starsoneck, Jayme Swanke, Sherylle J. Tan, Michelle P. Taylor, Yvonne Wasilewski, Patricia Hrusa Williams, Laura Dreuth Zeman, Melissa Brown, Emily Douglas, Karen McCurdy, Robert A. Murphy ...

Innovations in Child and Family Policy tackles many of the common problems and challenges that are considered to be at the heart of child and family policy: family creation, economic support, childrearing, and family care-giving. Innovations begins by defining child and family policy and discussing the history of this growing specialization within the social sciences. The main chapters of ... Leer más

$121.99 USD

Innovations in Child and Family Policy tackles many of the common problems and challenges that are considered to be at the heart of child and family policy: family creation, economic support, childrearing, and family care-giving. Innovations begins by defining child and family policy and discussing the history of this growing specialization within the social sciences. The main chapters of
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The Smartness Mandate

de Orit Halpern, Robert Mitchell ...

Over the last half century, "smartness"—the drive for ubiquitous computing—has become a mandate: a new mode of managing and governing politics, economics, and the environment.Smart phones. Smart cars. Smart homes. Smart cities. The imperative to make our world ever smarter in the face of increasingly complex challenges raises several questions: What is this "smartness mandate"? How has it emerged, ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

Over the last half century, "smartness"—the drive for ubiquitous computing—has become a mandate: a new mode of managing and governing politics, economics, and the environment.Smart phones. Smart cars. Smart homes. Smart cities. The imperative to make our world ever smarter in the face of increasingly complex challenges raises several questions: What is this "smartness mandate"? How has it emerged,
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Racism and Discourse in Latin America

de Neyla Graciela Pardo Abril, Marta Casaús Arzú, Luisana Bisbe, Adriana Bolívar, Miguel Bolívar Chollett, Roberto Briceño-León, Corina Courtis, Sergio Caggiano, Diego Casaravilla, Sandra Soler Castillo, Ronny Velásquez0, Paulo Vinicius Baptista da Silva1, Alicia Castellanos Guerrero2, Gerardo Halpern3, Jun Ishibashi4, Jorge Gómez Izquierdo5, Nora Kaplan6, Diana Lenton7, María Eugenia Merino8, Esteban Emilio Mosonyi9, Mauricio Pilleux0, Francisco Pineda1, Daniel Quilaqueo2, Fúlvia Rosemberg3, Berta San Martin4, Teun A. van Dijk5, Roberto Zariquiey7, Virginia Zavala8, Carlos Belvedere9 ...

Series series Perspectives on a Multiracial America
Racism and Discourse in Latin America investigates how public discourse is involved in the daily reproduction of racism in Latin America. The essays examine political discourse, mass media discourse, textbooks and other forms of text, and talk by the white symbolic elites, looking at the ways these discourses express and confirm prejudices against indigenous people and against people from African ... Leer más

$55.99 USD

Racism and Discourse in Latin America investigates how public discourse is involved in the daily reproduction of racism in Latin America. The essays examine political discourse, mass media discourse, textbooks and other forms of text, and talk by the white symbolic elites, looking at the ways these discourses express and confirm prejudices against indigenous people and against people from African
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Recalling Childhood

de Elizabeth Arndt, Jake Dailey, George Dibley, Paul G. Halpern, B. A. Hussainmiya, Pradeep Kanthan, Ruth Malcolm, Shakila Abdul Maman, Ooi Keat Gin, Hajar Abdul Rahim, Kenelm Robert, Georg Schmid, Sigrid Schmid-Bortenschlager, Kobkua Suwannathat-pian, Lorraine Wheeler, Rupert Wheeler, Colin Mackerras, Wang Gungwu ...

What can you remember of your childhood? This was the question put to a number of ‘seniors’ asked to start from as far back as they could get, and go as far as the onset of adolescence. Their answers are in this unusual book.Topics naturally include their physical self; their parents, siblings, grandparents, friends, playmates, teachers, classmates, pets; their manners, training, rewards and ... Leer más

$34.99 USD

What can you remember of your childhood? This was the question put to a number of ‘seniors’ asked to start from as far back as they could get, and go as far as the onset of adolescence. Their answers are in this unusual book.Topics naturally include their physical self; their parents, siblings, grandparents, friends, playmates, teachers, classmates, pets; their manners, training, rewards and
... Leer más
Replacement Parts

The Ethics of Procuring and Replacing Organs in Humans

de Arthur L. Caplan, James J. McCartney, Daniel P. Reid, Elysa R. Koppelman, Robert D. Truog, Franklin G. Miller, Scott D. Halpern, Frank C. Chaten0, Winston Chiong1, David Magnus2, Ben S. Wilfond3, Karol Wojtyła4, D. Alan Shewmon5, James L. Bernat6, Dominic Wilkinson7, Julian Savulescu8, Kristin Zeiler9, Elisabeth Furberg0, Gunnar Tufveson1, Staffen Welin2, Alexander M. Capron3, Richard M. Zaner4, Canadian Paediatric Society5, Ahad J. Ghods6, Shokoufeh Savaj7, Amelie Raz8, Rachel Kohn9, Michael Rey0, David A. Asch1, Peter Reese2, Sheila M. Rothman3, David J. Rothman4, Leigh Turner5, Gabriel M. Danovitch6, Alan B. Leichtman7, David Mayrhofer-Reinhartshuber8, Robert Fitzgerald9, Kyle Powys Whyte0, Evan Selinger1, Jathan Sadowski2, Ian Kennedy3, Robert A. Sells4, Abdallah S. Daar5, Ronald D. Guttmann6, Raymond Hoffenberg7, Michael Lock8, Janet Radcliffe-Richards9, Nicholas L. Tilney0, Sahin Aksoy1, Jennifer A. Chandler2, Jacquelyn A. Burkell3, Sam D. Shemie4, Barbara L. Neades5, David Serur6, Michael R. Charlton7, Charles Bradley Wallis8, Kannan P. Samy9, Alvin Elliot Roth0, Michael A. Rees1, Kristina Fiore2, Francis L. Delmonico3, Rosamond Rhodes4, Thomas D. Schiano5, Mohammad Sanaei Ardekani6, Janis M. Orlowski7, Jennifer deSante8 ...

In Replacement Parts, internationally recognized bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan and coeditors James J. McCartney and Daniel P. Reid assemble seminal writings from medicine, philosophy, economics, and religion that address the ethical challenges raised by organ transplantation. Caplan's new lead essay explains the shortfalls of present policies. From there, book sections take an interdisciplinary ... Leer más

$53.99 USD

In Replacement Parts, internationally recognized bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan and coeditors James J. McCartney and Daniel P. Reid assemble seminal writings from medicine, philosophy, economics, and religion that address the ethical challenges raised by organ transplantation. Caplan's new lead essay explains the shortfalls of present policies. From there, book sections take an interdisciplinary
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Audiolibro

The Essential T.S. Eliot

de T. S. Eliot9 ...

Narrado por Vijay Seshadri, Daniel Halpern, Willem Dafoe, Natasha Trethewey, Meghan O'Rourke, Natalie Diaz, Frank Bidart, Joy Harjo, Rosanna Warren, Emily Jungmin Yoon, Tracy K. Smith0, Nicole Sealey1, Jorie Graham2, Kevin Young3, Louise Gluck4, Eileen Myles5, Carol Muske-Dukes6, Campbell McGrath7, Robert Hass8, T. S. Eliot0 ...

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3 hora 49 minutos

A selection of the most significant and enduring poems from one ofthe twentieth century’s major writers, chosen and introduced by Vijay Seshadri**, performed by T.S. Eliot,**Vijay Seshadri, Daniel Halpern, Willem Dafoe, Natasha Trethewey, MeghanO'Rourke, Natalie Diaz, Frank Bidart, Joy Harjo, Rosanna Warren, EmilyJungmin Yoon, Tracy K. Smith, Nicole Sealey, Jorie Graham, Kevin Young,... ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

A selection of the most significant and enduring poems from one ofthe twentieth century’s major writers, chosen and introduced by Vijay Seshadri**, performed by T.S. Eliot,**Vijay Seshadri, Daniel Halpern, Willem Dafoe, Natasha Trethewey, MeghanO'Rourke, Natalie Diaz, Frank Bidart, Joy Harjo, Rosanna Warren, EmilyJungmin Yoon, Tracy K. Smith, Nicole Sealey, Jorie Graham, Kevin Young,...
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Time to Shine

de Rachel Reid ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Heated Rivalry comes a merry and bright hockey romance about finding your place, finding your people and finding your way back to the one you love the most."Rachel Reid's hockey heroes are sexy, hot, and passionate!" —#1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren BlakelyFor Landon Stackhouse, being called up from the Calgary farm team is exciting and ... Leer más

$13.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

From the New York Times bestselling author of Heated Rivalry comes a merry and bright hockey romance about finding your place, finding your people and finding your way back to the one you love the most."Rachel Reid's hockey heroes are sexy, hot, and passionate!" —#1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren BlakelyFor Landon Stackhouse, being called up from the Calgary farm team is exciting and
... Leer más
Boyfriend Material

de Alexis Hall ...

Series Libro 1 - London Calling
A feel-good queer romantic comedy that New York Times and USA Today bestselling author CHRISTINA LAUREN calls "hilarious, witty, tender, and stunning."Luc needs a fake boyfriend. Oliver needs a date. It's the perfect plan… until real feelings get involved.Luc O'Donnell is a certified disaster. Tabloid drama, a wayward rock-star dad, and a trail of messy relationships have left his public image in ... Leer más

$11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

A feel-good queer romantic comedy that New York Times and USA Today bestselling author CHRISTINA LAUREN calls "hilarious, witty, tender, and stunning."Luc needs a fake boyfriend. Oliver needs a date. It's the perfect plan… until real feelings get involved.Luc O'Donnell is a certified disaster. Tabloid drama, a wayward rock-star dad, and a trail of messy relationships have left his public image in
... Leer más