Leading collection development experts share their experience and expertise! This book examines emerging and prospective models for cooperation in providing information resources. With case examples
Innovation is an ancient art, may be as old as 500,000 years, but managing innovation is a relatively young management technique, only a few decades old, and has received much less attention than othe
The 22 accounts reveal the experiences of graduate students pursuing Ph.D. degrees and of faculty members across the US who successfully navigate in academic waters despite hostile environments and ob
Building on the success of Six Years of Circle Time the same group of teachers in Cardiff have developed supplementary materials to complement the original publication.For those looking for resources
Drawing on new research and recently declassified documents, authors Adam LeBor, author of Hitler's Secret Bankers, and Roger Boyes, The Times of London correspondent in Berlin, reveal a tapestry of o
In March 1871, ten of the United States’ most powerful professional baseball clubs met in Brooklyn, New York. Out of that meeting came the sport’s first major league: the National Association of Profe
Intimacy is a collection of erotica for couples that is an intoxicating romp through wild fantasies and sexual obsession and also a meditation on the vulnerability and security of those in a deeply in
This book provides current information on American Revolution landmarks, listing more than 700 battlefields, memorial markers, statues, museums, and library collections in 28 states. The listings whic
In December 2001 Ted Curtis traveled to Beit Sahour, a small town near Bethlehem in the West Bank, to participate in non-violent Direct Action against the Israeli occupation of Palestine, then in its
Bassett (U. of Vermont) died only days before he was scheduled to deliver the 1937 Sather Classical Lecture at the University of California, Berkeley. The book is based on the completed manuscript he
With the development of space-travel, we have begun to explore worlds beyond Earth. Ten planetary scientists describe their favorite planet, what they have discovered, and what drives them to explore
In the last four decades, desegregation has revolutionized almost every aspect of life in the United States: schools, businesses, government offices, even entertainment. But there is one area that rem
This book incorporates the beautiful sights and smells of the flower shop with a math lesson. Through straightforward, carefully illustrated steps, students will learn how to perform simple division p
Despite popular belief, Native peoples did not simply disappear from colonial New England as the English extended their domination in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Rather, the Native peopl
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Wen Ho Lee, a patriotic American scientist born in Taiwan, devoted most of his life to science and to helping improve U.S. defense capabilities at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Then, in January
Experienced teacher and researcher Johanna Haver shows how easy it is to ensure that English Language Learners gain mastery of English, as well as learn the essentials of the mainstream curriculum.
One of Chicago's great cultural achievements, the Institute of Design was among the most important schools of photography in twentieth-century America. It began as an outpost of experimental Bauhaus e
