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Where is Australian schooling headed What forces will shape its future direction How ready are students, teachers, policy makers and education institutions for the challenges being thrust on them In this edited collection, these questions are addressed by some of Australia's leading education researchers, practitioners and policy entrepreneurs.

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How do Australian Muslim immigrant women understand domestic violence How do they experience domestic violence How do they respond to domestic violence What role does their faith play Faith in Freedom answers these questions and more by analysing the Muslim immigrant women's own narratives of domestic violence.

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A practical guide offering best practices, checklists, and profiles of inspiring leaders for women who want to do philanthropy right, For a Good Cause is the go-to resource for how to give joyfullyand effectively.

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Based on interviews with longtime and newly elected committee people and ward leaders speaking candidly about their experiences in the ward system, Green Shoots of Democracy within the Philadelphia Democratic Party is an in-depth analysis of partisan politics on the grassroots level.

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"Explores love from many angles, offering rich, critical insight into the lives of Sikh women in America"--Back cover.

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Explores recent crime drama film and television depictions of Arab and Muslim men in Australia. This volume examines the representation of three Australian productions: East West 101, The Combination and Cedar Boys. It seeks to understand how these representations are constructed and whether they are as progressive and edgy as producers and media responses would suggest.

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Governments expect both too much and too little of higher education, and its contribution to the common good is being eroded. Yet universities are much much more than factories for graduate earnings. Higher Education and the Common Good argues that this sector has a key role in rebuilding social solidarity and mobility in fractured societies.

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A seminal Jones/Baraka literary landmine that launches Akashic Books' new African American-focused reprint series.

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Examines the struggle for equality of citizenship of Indian Muslims in light of the release of the Sachar Committee report of 2006, which sparked widespread awareness of socioeconomic disparity and exclusion of religious minorities in India, especially Muslims. The contributors are some of the most eminent social scientists in the fields of applied economics, politics, sociology and demography.

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Throughout the Cold War Paul Dibb worked with the highest levels of Australian and American intelligence, and was one of very few Australian officials to be given the top-secret security clearance for access to Pine Gap. Inside the Wilderness of Mirrors is Paul's unique insight into how Australia saw the threat from the Soviet Union during the Cold War era and beyond.

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Draws on a wide range experts including academics, former and current strategic advisers and members of government, private industry professionals and intelligence community experts, to provide a diagnostic, clear-eyed approach in explaining, accessing and exposing the central foundations and frameworks necessary for effective practice of intelligence.

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Brand-new for Icon's graphic guide series to big ideas: the history, philosophy and politics of the biggest, most successful but most controversial idea ever: Capitalism.

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A succinct and accessible introduction to the philosophical study of the mind.

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An enjoyable, comic-style book on this enigmatic concept that has defined our cultural condition over the past twenty years.

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Another brand new Graphic Guide, on a sometimes baffling but crucial subject, straddling science, philosophy and everyday life.

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An insider's story of unrelenting sexual harassment and sexism from the 1950s to the 2010s as a young woman scratching her way up in a male-dominated world, from farm laborer to PhD scientist to corporate executive--and a call to action for those who wish to become champions for others.