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"Weaving evidence with anecdote, Slingshot to juggernaut is an inspiring ride into the 9/11 cover-up and the revolutionary possibilities it inadvertently created"--Page 4 of cover.

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This book fully prepares test takers with the content knowledge and strategies to pass the School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA). The review manual and comprehensive study guide includes a thorough content review, targeted strategies for every question type, and two full-...

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This book fully prepares test takers with the content knowledge and strategies to pass the School Leaders Licensure Assessment (SLLA). The review manual and comprehensive study guide includes a thorough content review, targeted strategies for every question type, and two full-...

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Goldman examines the difficulties and uncertainties of developing a viable democratic society in Slovakia.

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The authors present first-hand accounts from a number of the surviving Slovakian and Bulgarian aces, plus material from combat reports which have remained hidden during the decades of communist rule.

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This book describes the processes of nation and state building in Slovenia. It follows the Slovenian evolution from a former Yugoslav republic to one of the most successful postcommunist countries in Central Europe.

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The book first chronicles the origins of the Slow Food movement in Italy in the 1980s followed by various outgrowths: e.g., Cittaslow (slow cities), slow fashion, slow travel, and slow parenting. The book explains why the slow movement is in many ways at odds with the prevalent American Dream so committed to growth, speed, and acceleration.

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Introduction Temporality Spatiality Consumption/Commodification of Slowness The Politics of Slow Living: Slow Citizenship Case Study: Slow Food Case Study: Slow Cities Case Study: 'Virtual' Slowness: Slow Living Beyond Italy Conclusion: Rage Against the Bread Machine.

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Characterized by the rapid growth of spontaneous squatter settlements, the urbanization process in Africa differs substantially from that of more developed countries.

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Paints a portrait of the practitioners of slumming and their world: who they were, why they went, what they claimed to have found, how it changed them, and how slumming, in turn, shaped both Victorian and twentieth-century understandings of poverty and social welfare, gender relations, and sexuality.

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Small Batch details the history and changing social implication of artisanal foods, from the days of early American settlers to the present explosion of small-batch and artisanal food businesses. Interviewing over fifty artisanal producers, Cope details the influences, challenges, and evolving identity of these modern craft industries.

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Unlike government programs for farmers and big businesses, which are usually invisible to the citizenry, small business aid programs are extremely and intentionally visible.

Congress declared the policy of aiding small business and launched the contemporary era of small business assistance programs in the Small Business Act of 1953.

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This volume focuses on debates and changes in small cinema industries, analyzing the impact of expansion and diversification of the cinematic product at local, regional, and global levels. Contributors use Western theoretical perspectives with a professional (mostly native) knowledge of the language, cultural realities, and film industry practices.

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This new volume covers studies and reviews published in the period 1975 to 1988. Its focus is not on the evaluation of current research, but rather it calls attention to available works that might be relevant for those wishing to do further research in a specified area.

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This new volume covers studies and reviews published in the period 1975 to 1988. Its focus is not on the evaluation of current research, but rather it calls attention to available works that might be relevant for those wishing to do further research in a specified area.

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Contents: Acknowledgments. I. Introduction. II. The Primary Groups and Politics. III. Experiments and the Political Process: 1. The Culture of the Laboratory. IV. Experiments and the Political Process: 2: Bridging the Gap. V. The Concept of Leadership. VI. Leadership: Affective and Instrumental, 1. VII. Leadership: Affective and Instrumental, 2. VI

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Part VI discusses two types of external influence on the small group: the influence exerted by a larger group of which the smaller group is part, and the influence exerted by other groups with which the small group cooperates or competes.

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Johns and Wallace endeavor to touch the hearts of teachers, administrators, and parents who know deep down there is still such a long way to go and who understand that the tasks assigned to teachers are sometimes overwhelming. This book simply dissects the interesting, inspiring, and sometimes lonely world of the teacher of early childhood.

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Many different groups have many different opinions on what should be done to remedy various problems. This work argues that "though all are partly in the right, yet all are wholly wrong!" It emphasises the importance of understanding human scale and empowering local communities as a way forward.

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Many different groups have many different opinions on what should be done to remedy various problems. This work argues that "though all are partly in the right, yet all are wholly wrong!" It emphasises the importance of understanding human scale and empowering local communities as a way forward.