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Gregor Johann Mendel continues to fascinate the general public as well as scholars, the former for his life and the latter for his achievements. Solitude of a Humble Genius is a two-volume biography p

This book studies the legal reasoning of M lik ibn Anas (d. 179 H./795 C.E.) in the "Muwa a " and "Mudawwana." Although focusing on M lik, the book presents a broad comparative study of legal reasonin

Boes (German, U. of Notre Dame) offers a stimulating analysis of the bildungsroman genre that departs from what he considers the traditional interpretation of "the protagonist's fulfillment in a natio

The Bildungsroman, or "novel of formation," has long led a paradoxical life within literary studies, having been construed both as a peculiarly German genre, a marker of that country's cultural differ

This collection of essays draws on work done in 2011–?2012. The author takes up several topics in the systemic analysis of Judaism, its literature, and its theology.

A timely update of the architectural classic on design analysisPrecedents in Architecture, Fourth Edition provides a vocabulary for architectural analysis that illuminates the works of leading archite

Harry Tuttle, who has been a foreign language and English as a second language teacher at the secondary and college levels, and Alan Tuttle, who taught at the high school and college levels, demonstra

This collection of seven insightful essays draws on research completed in 2010. The book systematically analyzes and compares Judaism and includes commentaries on the current state of the academic stu

Testing English considers why English is such a difficult subject to assess summatively and takes the view that English is an arts subject rather than one which is quantifiable and assessable objectiv

Considers why summative assessment in English isdifficult and explores viewing it as an arts subject rather than one which is quantifiable and assessable objectively.>

Shows how the frictions and disparities between the different pockets of believers scattered throughout the Eastern Islamic world in the late ninth and tenth centuries, the relations between each of t

Mass Appeal describes the changing world of American popular culture from the first sound movies through the age of television. In short vignettes, the book reveals the career patterns of people who became big movie, TV, or radio stars. Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson symbolize the early stars of sound movies. Groucho Marx and Fred Astaire represent the movie stars of the 1930s, and Jack Benny stands in for the 1930s performers who achieved their success on radio. Katharine Hepburn, a stage and film star, illustrates the cultural trends of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Humphrey Bogart and Bob Hope serve as examples of performers who achieved great success during the Second World War. Walt Disney, Woody Allen, and Lucille Ball, among others, become the representative figures of the postwar world. Through these vignettes, the reader comes to understand the development of American mass media in the twentieth century.

Mass Appeal describes the changing world of American popular culture from the first sound movies through the age of television. In short vignettes, the book reveals the career patterns of people who became big movie, TV, or radio stars. Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson symbolize the early stars of sound movies. Groucho Marx and Fred Astaire represent the movie stars of the 1930s, and Jack Benny stands in for the 1930s performers who achieved their success on radio. Katharine Hepburn, a stage and film star, illustrates the cultural trends of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Humphrey Bogart and Bob Hope serve as examples of performers who achieved great success during the Second World War. Walt Disney, Woody Allen, and Lucille Ball, among others, become the representative figures of the postwar world. Through these vignettes, the reader comes to understand the development of American mass media in the twentieth century.

Vivid and stimulating, this lush monograph focuses on the watercolors that artist John Grillo created during his three years in San Francisco and his major?but heretofore unrecognized?contributions to

For teachers and administrators, Waterman, a former teacher and current educational consultant and instructional coach specializing in curriculum design, differentiation, assessment, literacy, and men

This volume, first published in English in 1987 makes available an important part of Weil’s early writings. Although primarily known as a religious thinker, she devoted enormous energy in her formativ

Elementary principals Brady and McColl explain how to eliminate excessive testing by turning daily classroom lessons and activities into opportunities for assessment. Their simple approach will help t

New updated and expanded edition of the groundbreaking book that ignited a firestorm in the scientific world with its radical approach to evolution • Explains how past forms and behaviors of or

This is a comprehensive introduction to the young Epstein, a study of his personality, his art, his culture, his milieu, his domestic menages, his Jewishness, his unJewishness, his vision, his lovers

This collection of quick, flexible, informal assessments helps teachers take a snapshot of student learning--at any time during a lesson or unit of study, in any curriculum area. Students' responses g

This first volume of the Official History studies the background to UK privatisation, and the privatisations that took place from May 1979 to June 1987. The study draws heavily from the official reco

This collection of ten essays and five book reviews draws on three years of work, from late 2005 through mid-2008. It begins with two Halakhic essays, one on the category-formations of the Halakhah an

Political actors are a diverse lot, animated and engaged by the prospect of change. Operating inside and outside the government, they are out to instigate change or inhibit it, to promote or deflect i

The third volume in the series, this book presents 25 assessment probes to uncover K-12 students' misconceptions and improve their learning in life, Earth and space, and physical science and the natur

Lang, superintendent for the Rossford Exempted School District in Toledo, Ohio, shows how to improve student achievement by providing students with frequent feedback on their work. She provides a step

"Karamustafa's new work is easily the best book I've read on the subject of early Sufism. The author does a fine job of combining analysis with synthesis, and he incorporates into his historical overv

"Karamustafa's new work is easily the best book I've read on the subject of early Sufism. The author does a fine job of combining analysis with synthesis, and he incorporates into his historical overv