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From the perspective of six years in Beijing (1986-1992), Kretschmer offers a lively account of how American Foreign Experts go berserk in China, how they gradually adjust to Chinese culture, and how they eventually acquire a unique bicultural vision of the world.

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Besides tracing the historical development of the concept, this volume also suggests ways of applying nonviolence to our everyday lives in the first decade of the 21st century, which the United Nations General Assembly has declared to be the Decade for Education for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence.

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This book examines emerging automated technologies and systems and the increasingly prominent roles that each plays in our lives and our imagined futures.

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Considers the ethical basis of fundamental university policies, with special emphasis on how issues of community and diversity influence education.

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Considers the ethical basis of fundamental university policies, with special emphasis on how issues of community and diversity influence education.

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A woman of intelligence and energy, Lou Henry Hoover's talents benefited a large number of cultural and philanthropic organizations, but her distaste for publicity obscured her many achievements until now.

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Takes us on a journey with teenagers, sharing their loves, hates, fears, fantasies, pain, pressures, dreams, and desires. This title covers such topics as: teen thinking and secrets on issues from sex, drinking, and drugs to peer pressure, self-imposed standards, and beliefs about what is important and painful in life.

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Underachievement in school is one of the most widely-used terms in education today. As a discourse, it has been responsible for influencing government policy, staffroom discussions, as well as the pages of academic journals and the TES.

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An Enron insider provides an eyewitness view of the rise and fall of the powerful corporation, describing the greed, financial shenanigans, insider stock trades, fraudulent partnerships, and double-dealing attitudes that led to Enron's scandalous destruction

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Original publication and copyright date: 2009.

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A distinguished legal scholar and civil rights activist employs a series of dramatic fables and dialogues to probe the foundations of America's racial attitudes and raise disturbing questions about the nature of our society.

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When Richard Ryder coined the phrase "speciesism" over 20 years ago, animal rights was very much a minority concern. Today, the animal rights movement is well-established across the globe and continues to gain momentum. This work looks at the developments and recent history of this movement.

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When Richard Ryder coined the phrase "speciesism" over 20 years ago, animal rights was very much a minority concern. Today, the animal rights movement is well-established across the globe and continues to gain momentum. This work looks at the developments and recent history of this movement.

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Do animals have rights If not, do we have duties towards them If so, what duties These and other issues are discussed in this book. It includes chapters on the livestock crisis, fishing, BSE and a layman's introduction to philosophical concepts. It presents a response to the defenders of animal rights.

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The founder and president of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, and bestselling author Gene Stone explore the wonders of animal life and offer tools for living more kindly toward them.

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InAnother Man's War, follow Sam Childer's remarkable transformation from violent thug to a man of faith, and his ongoing battle to save children in one of the world's most lawless areas.