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The global humanitarian movement, which originated within Western religious organizations in the early nineteenth century, has been of most important forces in world politics in advancing both human r

Communication and Law brings together scholars from law and communication to talk both generally and specifically about the theoretical and methodological approaches one can use to study the First Ame

Some kids are too smart for their own good...and maybe for everybody else's good. The overly ambitious little girl from Oh No! is back for more. But this time, she doesn't have a humongous pr

The bestselling, dynamic duo of Mac Barnett and Adam Rex creatively spar as they battle to tell a tantalizing tale in this clever comedy sketch that breaks "the fourth wall".Meet Chloe: Every week, she collects loose change so she can buy tickets to ride the merry-go-round. But one fateful day, she gets lost in the woods on her way home, and a large dragon leaps out from—"Wait! It's supposed to be a lion," says Mac Barnett, the author of this book. But Adam Rex, the illustrator, thinks a dragon would be so much cooler (don't you agree?). Mac's power of the pen is at odds with Adam's brush, and Chloe's story hangs in the balance. Can she help them out of this quandary to be the heroine of her own story?"Twisty plotting, irreverent dialogue, visual hilarity, and sophisticated book design...an arch package." —BooklistDon't miss these other books by Mac BarnettBilly Twitters and His Blue Whale ProblemHow This Book Was MadeRules of the HouseOh No! (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the Wo

Examining the gradual change that has shaped the political, economic, and cultural life of the 20th century, socialist thinker Raymond Williams?offers interesting arguments that remain timely?for cont

Nicolas Rathe is a pointsman, a dedicated watchman in the great city of Astreiant. During the annual trade fair, with a city filled with travelers and merchants, someone is stealing children. The popu

Blame for the recent financial crisis and subsequent recession has commonly beenassigned to everyone from Wall Street firms to individual homeowners. It has been widely argued thatthe crisis and reces

Written around 1381 by Bernat Metge, the most important Catalan writer of the fourteenth century, the Llibre de Fortuna i Prudencia is a fantasy in verse, drawing on learned sources, principally The

King Duncan is terribly handsome, but a terrible king. His kingdom is in ruins, and when his subjects appeal for help, he only builds more tributes to his handsome face. His subjects are finally ready

Retired private detective and current seventh grader Steve Brixton has a new career: taking out the garbage on Wednesdays for five bucks a week. But it’s hard to leave the old game behind, a

Steve Brixton is fast becoming America's top detective. After saving the United States of America in The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity, he has opened his own agency. Steve gets a call to solve

Retired private detective and current seventh grader Steve Brixton has a new career: taking out the garbage on Wednesdays for five bucks a week. But it’s hard to leave the old game behind, and on a tr

Barnett (psychology, Loyola U. Maryland) and licensed psychologist Walfish present this guide to billing and collecting in mental health practice. An education in psychology does not include dealing w

Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett are widely acclaimed for their analyses of women, men, and society. In "The Truth About Girls and Boys," they tackle a new, troubling trend in the theorizing of ge

A comprehensive introduction to the "nectar of the gods." With increasing numbers of people ditching drugs for natural healing, Honey: Nature's Golden Healer is a timely look at how the beehive ca

Matthew Barnett his great cause when he relinquished his dream of building a big, successful church like his father's and began listening for God's dream for his life. Sensing that God was calling him

This book provides a succinct but sophisticated understanding of humanitarianism and insight into the on-going dilemmas and tensions that have accompanied it since its origins in the early nineteenth

This book provides a succinct but sophisticated understanding of humanitarianism and insight into the on-going dilemmas and tensions that have accompanied it since its origins in the early nineteenth

Newbery Award-winning author Lois Lowry brings a brand-new, beautiful diary to the Dear America series!FORMAT: 4 CDs, UnabridgedNARRATOR: TBASuddenly orphaned by the Spanish flu epidemic in the fall o

Newbery Award-winning author Lois Lowry brings a brand-new, beautiful diary to the Dear America series!FORMAT: 4 CDs, UnabridgedNARRATOR: TBASuddenly orphaned by the Spanish flu epidemic in the fall o

Steve Brixton is America’s next great kid detective (and now he has his own agency to prove it)….?When twelve-year-old detective Steve Brixton gets a call that the Fairview diamond has gone missing, t

Steve Brixton is fast becoming America's top detective. After saving the United States of America in The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity, he has opened his own agency. Steve gets a call to solve

Constitutional and Administrative Law (or Public Law) is a dynamic and challenging area of law which has an impact on all of our lives. Whenever a government is elected, a new piece of legislation is

There are many Lhasas. One is a grid of uniform boulevards lined with plush hotels, all-night bars, and blue-glass-fronted offices. Another is a warren of alleyways that surround a seventh-century tem

Some kids are too smart for their own good...and maybe for everybody else's good. When an overly ambitious little girl builds a humongous robot for her science fair, she fully expects to win first pla

Seventh-grader Steve Brixton is an avid reader of the Bailey Brothers series, and he’s about to get a chance to put the detective tactics he’s read so much about into practice. He’s out to solve a mys

The Pacific Northwest--for the purposes of this book mostly Oregon and Washington--has sometimes been seen as lacking significant cultural history. Home to idyllic environmental wonders, the region h

Steve Brixton always wanted to be a detective . . .until he found outhe already was one.It all starts here: the thrilling story of Steve Brixton’s first case. Our hero has a national treasure to recov

Steve Brixton always wanted to be a detective... until he found out he already WAS one. It all starts here: The thrilling story of Steve Bixton's first case. Our hero has a national treasure to reco

Here is a book that will keep you guessing again and again and...

Geoff Bridger’s The Great War Handbook answers many of the basic questions newcomers ask when confronted by this enormous and challenging subject – not only what happened and why, but what was the Gre

When Billy Twitters' mother follows through on her threat to buy him a blue whale if he refuses to obey, he finds himself the owner of an enormous pet that he must take with him everywhere, which does

Every business and organization today needs to impress stakeholders with its ethics policy. Universities, Ethics and Professions examines how this emphasis on ethics by the professional world is impac

All too often, no one—neither the public, city officials, nor developers—is happy with the course of new development. But growing support for urban design and successful examples of redesigned cities

Walfish, a psychologist in Atlanta, has teamed with Barnett (Loyola College, Maryland) to provide this guide to creating, building and maintaining a financially healthy mental health care practice. No

In this compact guide to applying the American Psychological Association's (APA) Ethics Code, clinical psychologists Barnett (in private practice in Maryland) and Johnson (United States Naval Academy;

"I agree with Singer and Langdon who point out over and over again that the conquerors and the conquered shared in both the benefits and the sacrifices of imperialism. All this makes for a notable wor

In an age where teenage hoop stars sign multimillion-dollar endorsement deals before their first professional tip-offs, it's hard to imagine a time when basketball was among the least publicized of a

What’s a cross-cultural discipler? It’s someone who crosses distinct cultural barriers—whether at home or abroad—to share the gospel and develop other effective Christian disc