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Deus Ex Machina
Andrew Foster Altschul
Set behind the scenes of a reality television show, Deus Ex Machina explores the lives of players and crew as they compete, manipulate, and betray one another. In the wake of personal tragedies, the show's producer has come to question the value of his creation, and his attempts to inject something "real" into "reality" meet with resistance from the all-powerful network and wreak havoc on the deserted island where the show is being taped. When true catastrophe strikes, he finds it harder and harder to navigate this surreal landscape, where boundaries of the real, imagined, and orchestrated have blurred beyond recognition. The Wall Street Journal described Deus Ex Machina as "a heady, fast-paced novel" and NPR called it "brilliant... one of the best novels about American culture in years."
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The Organizational Behavior Reader
Joyce Osland and Marlene Turner
This book is a primer on human behavior in organizations for students of management and industrial & organizational psychology at three levels – undergraduate, graduate and executive education. The Reader contains the best and most reader-friendly articles in these categories: basic ideas and concepts, new research findings and practical applications, as well as emerging perspectives that suggest the future shape of the field. The book consists of four sections: Understanding Yourself and Others at Work; Creating Effective Work Groups; Leadership and Management; and Managing Effective Organizations.
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Toward a Visually Oriented School Mathematics Curriculum: Research, Theory, Practice, and Issues
Ferdinand Rivera
Toward a Visually-Oriented School Mathematics Curriculum explores a unified theory of visualization in school mathematical learning via the notion of progressive modeling. Based on the author’s longitudinal research investigations in elementary and middle school classrooms, the book provides a compelling empirical account of ways in which instruction can effectively orchestrate the transition from personally-constructed visuals, both externally-drawn and internally-derived, into more structured visual representations within the context of a socioculturally grounded mathematical activity
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Canadian Perspectives on Men and Masculinities
Jason Laker
This new interdisciplinary reader is one of the only texts that explores men and masculinity issues within a distinctly Canadian context. Featuring sixteen original essays by leading scholars from a wide range of disciplines, this fascinating volume analyzes the many ways in which men and masculine gender roles have been constructed and depicted within Canadian society. Organized into three thematic sections, the text examines topics such as popular culture, sports, immigration, race, class, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, and other dimensions of identity, while considering whether 'Canadian masculinity' is particularly unique.
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Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology
Kathryn P. Sucher, Marcia Nelms, Sara Long Roth, and Karen Lacey
Provides the evidence based nutrition therapy for acute and chronic medical disorders in the context of pathophysiology, medical treatment and current research.
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Cognitive Communication Disorders
Michael Kimbarow
This innovative book is the definitive core text for graduate courses covering cognitively based communicative disorders. Instructors now have a resource that provides current knowledge on the normal cognitive processes that support communication, along with current knowledge on the impact deficits in these cognitive domains may have on language and communication. The textbook provides a comprehensive review of theoretical and applied research on the cognitive processes of attention, memory and executive function; and, Identifies the unique cognitive communication deficits associated with right hemisphere damage, the dementias, and traumatic brain injury. Demonstrates the synergy among cognitive supports for communication and the impact of cognitive deficits on communication
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Dante and Italy in British Romanticism
Paul Douglass and Frederick Burwick
This volume, which brings together several of the most authoritative scholars in the field, represents a landmark in the study of Anglo-Italian literary and cultural relations in the Romantic period. It succeeds brilliantly … and throws much-needed light on a crucial period of political and social transformation in Italy, as seen from the critical but sympathetic viewpoint of contemporary British intellectuals, reaffirming the centrality of Dante’s role in the formation and interpretation of Italy’s late and contradictory identity as a nation.
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Masculinities in Higher Education: Theoretical and Practical Considerations
Jason Laker
Masculinities in Higher Education provides empirical evidence, theoretical support, and developmental interventions for educators working with college men both in and out of the classroom. The critical philosophical perspective of the text challenges the status-quo and offers theoretically sound educational strategies to successfully promote men’s learning and development. Contesting dominant discourses about men and masculinities and binary notions of privilege and oppression, the contributors examine the development and identity of men in higher education today. This edited collection analyzes the nuances of lived identities, intersections between identities, ways in which individuals participate in co-constructing identities, and in turn how these identities influence culture.
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Assault on Kids: Hyper-accountability, Corporatization, Deficit Ideologies and Ruby Payne are Destroying our Schools
Roberta Ahlquist, Paul Gorski, and Theresa Montaño
This book critiques the conservative neoliberal educational reform agenda; a remaking of U.S. public schooling into a private and corporate enterprise. This agenda is an assault on students and teachers. It includes high stakes standardization of both curriculum and testing, and threatens teacher efficacy and student engagement. The book is a social justice call to action to save public schools, and push back against this regressive agenda.
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Global Service-Learning in Nursing
Tamara McKinnon and Joyce J. Fitzpatrick
"This is a book of learning that can bring healing to the world through the touch of nursing. This book provides a map for approaching the best of global work in nursing. The authors demystify the global endeavor by clearing the brush from the pathway, helping us see clearly the reality of global commitment through partnerships."
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They Suck, They Bite, They Eat, They Kill: The Psychological Meaning of Supernatural Monsters in Young Adult Fiction
Joni Richards Bodart
Teen readers have always been fascinated by monsters, but lately it seems like every other young adult (YA) book is about vampires, zombies, or werewolves. These works are controversial because they look at aspects of life and human nature that adults prefer to keep hidden from teenagers. But this is also why they are so important: they provide a literal example of how ignoring life’s hazards won’t make them go away, and demonstrate that ignorance of danger puts one at greater risk. Bodart examines six different monsters in YA fiction (vampires, shapeshifters, zombies, unicorns, angels, and demons), discusses the meaning of these monsters in cultures all over the world, and explores their history and most important incarnations in teen fiction.
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Green Technology: An A-to-Z Guide
Dustin Mulvaney
One of 4 volumes of the Sage Reference Series on Green Society: Toward a Sustainable Future.
This edited volume explores the keywords and concepts needed to understand the opportunities and challenges presented by a shift toward green technologies. -
Green Energy: An A-to-Z Guide
Dustin Mulvaney
One of 4 volumes of the Sage Reference Series on Green Society: Toward a Sustainable Future.
This edited volume contains entries written by scholars at top universities on contemporary issues and topics related to energy and the environment. -
Green Politics: An A-to-Z Guide
Dustin Mulvaney
One of 4 volumes of the Sage Reference Series on Green Society: Toward a Sustainable Future.
This volume covers core concepts in environmental politics including frameworks that capture the essence of contemporary environmental issues such as the availability and distribution of such resources, the impact economic development, and international cooperation and conflict. -
Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide
Dustin Mulvaney
One of 4 volumes of the Sage Reference Series on Green Society: Toward a Sustainable Future.
This volume explores the institutions, practices, and concepts in the field of agri-food studies and the political economy of agriculture. It draws on scholars working in the fields of political ecology, rural sociology, geography, and environmental studies to paint a picture of the past, present, and future of agriculture and food.
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