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Following from her successful biography The Making of Julia Gillard, here Jacqueline Kent analyses the tumultuous term in office of our first female prime minister. Take Your Best Shot is an insightful and immensely readable account of Gillard's time at the top, and of just how adversarial her environment has been.

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An investigation into how the Bush-Cheney administration has seized vast powers for the presidency to permanently alter the constitutional balance of American democracy.

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An indispensible window into one of the most legendary figures in politics, Lyndon B. Johnson, and his tumultuous, controversial years in power, edited, set in context and annotated by a leading professional historian.

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In Australia's public schools, students are now routinely exposed to evangelism from very conservative Christian groups. Marion Maddox uncovers the surprising impact of these groups on once secular public schooling, and the ways in which governments have been persuaded to support their cause.

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The founder of one of the world's most influential political blogs establishes the fundamental laws that govern today's new era of activism.

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Describes the criminal prosecution of rapists from the perspective of the women who survived their violence and explores if, when, and how the criminal justice process can work for them. This book follows 47 rape survivors of varied ages and ethnicities, from the terror and trauma of rape through reporting to law enforcement.

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A practical, stress-reducing guide to help parents navigate the challenges of homework with their children - for success at school and beyond - from two experienced teachers.

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Offers a collection of the haunting German stories from the past 200 years. This title includes Hoffmann's hallucinatory portrait of terror and insanity "The Sandman"; Chamisso's influential black masterpiece "Peter Schlemiel", where a man barters his own shadow; and Kafka's chilling, disturbing satire "In the Penal Colony".

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Shows how to use the power of story to teach children about our natural environment. A collection of tales from around the world, this book helps to convey key scientific concepts; and to instil in children such values as conservation, cooperation, sustainability, and empathy, encouraging them to become responsible stewards of the earth.

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The lives of Black girls have far too frequently been used to support assertions regarding their alleged deviance and pathology.

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Defines in a dictionary style format terms usually associated with terrorism, such as extremist, fundamentalist, and terrorist.

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A controversial and important book by BBC reporter and terrorism expert Peter Taylor. Newly updated to mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and to include the death of Osama Bin Laden.

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A study of the Soviet and NATO armored forces that faced each other off in Central Europe in the early Cold War, and how their technology, tactics, and doctrine were all rapidly developed.

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The "musket wars" rewrote the Maori landscape, changing traditional regional power balances and depopulating whole areas of the country. This study asks, "what is a musket war" and details what was happening in Maori society at the time.

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Follow Tay the Turtle on a journey of discovery and wonder. Watch Tay make a friend and learn a life changing lesson.

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Crews explaining their experiences in battle in the Pacific and with the Fleet Air Arm.

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From the man whom "The New York Times" calls "a genius and a saint" comes a revelatory program for educating today's youth. This work is a brilliant and inspiring road map for parents, teachers, and anyone who cares about the future success of children.

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This guide focuses on using Document Based Questions (DBQs) to challenge students to interpret primary sources such as letters, diaries, speeches and other historical records.

Challenge your students to interpret primary sources from American History such as letters, diaries, speeches, and other historical records.

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The purpose of this book is to give media specialists, teachers and/or teacher helpers and parents a guide to using beginning chapter books to encourage first and second graders to read independently. The book contains in-depth lesson plans for 35 early chapter books.