"A very graceful, erudite job ... extraordinarily revealing."-The New York Times Thirty years after its first publication, Womansword remains a timely, provocative work on how words reflect female stereotypes in modern Japan....
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Author:Brady, MarionSummary:What's Worth Learning? addresses the central question of general education. For learners facing a complex, unpredictable, and dangerous future, it asks and answers the question: What knowledge is absolutely essential for every...
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Author:Chrona, JoSummary:"With over two decades' experience in Indigenous education, author Jo Chrona encourages readers to challenge assumptions, reflect on their own experiences, and envision a more equitable education system for all. This powerful and...
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Author:Popkin, DavidSummary:Builds vocabulary by presenting the entertaining histories behind the core words we need for more effective communication and comprehension.
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Author:Lee, Philip YungkinSummary:This is a completely up-to-date Mandarin Chinese mini dictionary. Tuttle Mini Chinese Dictionary is ideal for any application where a handy and portable dictionary is required. Intended for use by tourists, students, and business people...
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Troubling Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Education offers a series of critical perspectives concerning reconciliation and reconciliatory efforts between Canadian and Indigenous peoples. Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars...
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Author:Koryta, MichaelSummary:When fourteen-year-old Jace Wilson witnesses a brutal murder, he's plunged into a new life, issued a false identity, and hidden in a wilderness skills program for troubled teens. The plan is to get Jace off the grid while police find...
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Recounts the author's decision to change careers and attend the famed Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris, describing how she survived the program's intense teaching methods and competitive fellow students, in an account...
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The Rosicrucian Manifestos are documents issued in the sixteenth century that announce the Rosicrucian movement to the world. Includes Fama Fraternitatis, Confessio Fraternitatis, Chymical Wedding, Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians,...
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Author:Summary:Offers research stories of teachers and teacher educators who explore their own artistic and analytic practices in many settings. Contributors promote the development of arts-based narrative inquiries by using many artistic forms....
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Author:Euvino, GabrielleSummary:The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Italian Phrases, Second Edition, is truly the only Italian phrasebook readers will ever need. It employs language-immersion principles similar to 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Italian', a distinctly...
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Author:Korner, AngelikaSummary:The Pocket Idiot's Guide to German Phrases is a handy, informative, and fun guide to all the phrases readers need to enjoy a visit to Germany, complete with the basics of German grammar and syntax and a compact German-English/...
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Author:Stein, GailSummary:Beyond Bonjour and Adieu! This third edition of The Pocket Idiot's Guide to French Phrases includes updated information on technology and transportation, shopping, dining, and dealing with emergencies, as well as a brand-new...
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Author:Sato, NobuoSummary:Learn how to conjugate difficult Japanese verbs with ease! Everyone knows that learning the different conjugations of Japanese verbs can be a chore. Wouldnt it be great if you could learn to conjugate just one simple verb and then use...
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The author of The Sharper Your Knife tells the inspiring story of how she helped nine others find their inner cook. After graduating from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, writer Kathleen Flinn returned with no idea what to do next, until one...
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Rae's life falls apart when her father dies of cancer and her mother joins a religious cult. The only person who understands Rae is local bad girl Didi, who is experiencing a similar loss. Both girls fall in love with handsome flamenco...
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Author:Frye, NorthropSummary:"What good is the study of literature? Does it help us think more clearly, or feel more sensitively, or live a better life than we could without it?" Written in the relaxed and frequently humorous style of his public lectures, this...
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In The Disordered Cosmos, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shares her love for physics, from the Standard Model of Particle Physics and what lies beyond it, to the physics of melanin in skin, to the latest theories of dark matter—along with...
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Author:Sagan, CarlSummary:Contents: The most precious thing -- Science and hope -- The man in the moon and the face on mars -- Aliens -- Spoofing and secrecy -- Hallucinations -- The demon-haunted world -- On the distinction between true and false...
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