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Considers the effects of state socialism on seemingly mundane aspects of life. From street fashion to modern art, from the design of state buildings to wallpaper, interconnections between politics and ideology, cultural policy formation and consumption are shown to be a matter of negotiation.

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From the steam-powered models introduced in World War I to today's nuclear-powered, multiweaponed technological wonders, submarines have revolutionized warfare on the world's seas. This volume follows the extraordinary development of this key component of the world's navies.

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of drug policy in the United States from the early 1900s through the present day, providing historical and social context through the telling of the colorful and often tragic stories of the events and individuals throughout this period.

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Bad architecture. Soulless. Destructive of communities. The suburbs are much-maligned places. We see this time and again in films like "American Beauty" and novels like "The Ice Storm". This comparative study of England and the United States, offers fresh interpretations on suburbia.

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Bad architecture. Soulless. Destructive of communities. The suburbs are much-maligned places. We see this time and again in films like "American Beauty" and novels like "The Ice Storm". This comparative study of England and the United States, offers fresh interpretations on suburbia.

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Deals with the internal evolution of the regime in the final years of Soviet power. This book examines the contradictory approaches, taken by Gorbachev in relation to the role and organization of the Communist Party, which paralyzed the party as a functioning political organization and provoked a dynamic that led to the fall of the system.

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Succeeding as a Female Superintendent provides a comprehensive look at the journey that several women superintendents of schools took in their pursuit of the top school leadership position. Real life stories relate what these women encountered and how they dealt with a wide variety of issues.

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In this book, parents will learn about the most significant factors to be considered in making a wise decision about college selection, about the process of making a successful transition to college, about the potential pitfalls inherent in college life, and the warning signs ...

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Where is the Women's Movement today, a half century after The Feminine Mystique was published The answer is rooted in the health and vitality of the organizations that comprise the national movement. In this book, the women's national social movement is critiqued and analyzed at an organizational level.

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This book will help school board members better understand their roles based on insights from experienced superintendents.

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All of us, writes psychologist Michael Rousell, are subject to Spontaneous Influence Events, (SIEs), when seemingly minor moments have truly life-changing effects.

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Suffering and Smiling presents a glimpse inside everyday North Korea. Educator and hunger activist, Byung-Ho Chung, illustrates his interactions with the citizenry both inside the border and as refugees in South Korea.

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Reprint of 1951 ed.; originally published in French in 1897.

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More than 1000 administrators of long-term care facilities in the United States were randomly selected and surveyed about their staff and facilities, and the incidence and type of suicidal behaviors which occurred among residents in 1984 and 1985.

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The Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot was the Soviet Air Force's first mass-produced jet purposely designed for the close air support role and was a simple, effective and durable attack aircraft that, by 2012, had seen combat in no fewer than 40 conflicts. This title examines the development history, evolution and combat performance of the Su-25 Frogfoot.

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Explores the connections between the global economy and sex work, focusing on the experiences and views of women, men and children who sell sex.

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This book analyzes the phenomenon of international retirement migration, to trace the story of the migrants from their old to their new homes, and to examine the conceptual and policy contexts of this relatively new form of transnational mobility.

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This book analyzes the phenomenon of international retirement migration, to trace the story of the migrants from their old to their new homes, and to examine the conceptual and policy contexts of this form of transnational mobility.

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Super-Charged Learning uses the skill-sets that elite athletes use to be champions! Now parents can show their children how to use these to be champions . . . in their academics. Athletes want to be bigger-faster-stronger. Make your child that kind of learner: learn bigger quantities of information, learn faster, hold onto whats learned longer.

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Super-Charged Learning uses the skill-sets that elite athletes use to be champions! Now parents can show their children how to use these to be champions . . . in their academics. Athletes want to be bigger-faster-stronger. Make your child that kind of learner: learn bigger quantities of information, learn faster, hold onto whats learned longer.

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A compelling, sometimes unsettling portrait of the world's most powerful men and women

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