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Now in an updated edition, The Human Journey offers a truly concise yet satisfyingly full history of the world from 1450 to today. Presenting world history in a grand humanistic tradition, the book's scope, as the title implies, is the story of humanity in planetary context.

Now in an updated edition, The Human Journey offers a truly concise yet satisfyingly full history of the world from ancient times to 1450. Presenting world history in a grand humanistic tradition, the book's scope, as the title implies, is the story of humanity in planetary context.

Environmental problems are, first and foremost, political and, therefore, about power. Using a framework of political economy and political ecology, the authors deconstruct current environmental problems to identify root causes and the possibilities to address problems through mobilization of collective action and social power.

Digital Preservation Made Easy outlines simple steps for accomplishing practical digital preservation projects for those with little experience, time, or resources. Following a general introduction, step-by-step guides for completing commonplace digital preservation projects are covered.

The problems that are the focus of this book are the causes and outbreaks of violence, particularly against teachers, but they also include teachers assaulting students.

Can philosophy conceive of a perfect animal? Can it think of the animal as anything other than an imperfect human? This books using the Hegelian dialect to rework the philosophy of nature in order to assign a proper place to the animal.

This book provides a critical introduction to twentieth-century French phenomenology and philosophy of religion. Emmanuel Falque, the most important voice in contemporary French philosophy of religion, offers a novel and creative philosophy of the body at the intersection of philosophy and theology.

Through a detailed historical investigation of the Voltaic region, the book theorizes the state in transition as the constitutive condition of the African state, rendering centralization processes as always transient, uncertain, even dangerous endeavors.

Brings together a close reading of Marx texts with contemporary debates on the production of subjectivity and offers a critical and postcolonial perspective on the subjectivity of labour, and contemporary capitalism.

American Blindspot: Race, Class, Religion, and the Trump Presidency is a careful exploration of the forces that led to the election of the 45th president of the United States.

Achieving Results explains maximum preparedness for educators, at all levels, is essential in identifying the needs of students, and creating positive, safe learning environments. It presents the need for inclusive environments and strong relationships between stakeholders to harness the contributions of the school community.

Culture: How to Make It Work in a World of Hybrids provides a fresh vision for the core anthropological concept of culture.

This book examines how academic librarians think about or approach instruction as a part of their work. Through explicating this metacognitive process, this book helps both academic librarians and librarians-to-be to more intentionally consider their teaching practices and professional identities.

This book presents successful programs across the country that have been successfully presented in real museums across the country for under $100. Nearly 100 figures and photographs make this a stellar programming tool your museum will use throughout the year.

Kivy raises questions of a philosophical nature about the novel that will be of interest both to the professional philosopher and to the general reader.

This interdisciplinary book assesses the causes of war, considering what war actually is-key for understanding its causes. Black marshals global examples from the fifteenth century to the present, analyzing the three main types of war-between cultures, within cultures, and civil-emphasizing the social and cultural factors leading to conflict.

In a profession that is dominated by male composers, SYWTS Music by Women serves as a compendium for singers and teaches of singing who wish to explore the vast repertoire of women written by women, cutting across a wide array of styles and genres. Hoch and Lister highlight the key composers and provide tips and tools for programming their music.

This book examines how globalization shapes the construction of socio-cultural and political attachments and their implications for citizenship, nationhood, ethnicity, and gender. Topics include the commodification of citizenship, the spread of nationalist populism, the rise of ISIS, and women's transnational activism.

This book is written for librarians, by librarians: understanding that diverse communities use libraries, museums, and archives for a variety of different reasons. It makes augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality applications much more accessible to professionals in libraries, museums, and archives.

This book is focused upon the transitional issues students face as they move from high school to college.

This book shares authentic examples through story telling of the situations students have experienced during their transition to high school.

This book explains the education decisions made by each presidential administration through the years.

This practical guide can help anyone implement social media in a school system, while managing risk. Learn steps to create policy, procedures, and guidelines, as well as strategies to help open the minds of reluctant colleagues.

Setting the Stage promotes a "Learner's Brain Model" using brain research to understand the nature to the learner so teachers can develop lessons based on the nature of the learner.

This book offers the first fully documented and historically contextualised account of the origins and implications of the concept of community in the work of Nancy and Blanchot. It analyses in detail the underlying philosophical, political, literary, and religious implications of the often misrepresented debate between Blanchot and Nancy.

Activating the Learner's Brain promotes a "Learner's Brain Model", using brain research to understand the nature to the learner.

Drawing on a selection of recently available documents from the International Tracing Service, one of the largest Holocaust-related archival repositories in the world, this compelling volume provides new insights into human decision-making in genocidal settings, the factors that drive it, and its far-reaching consequences.

The book encourages teachers to use the blended classroom to engage with digital learners in highly intentional ways.

This field guide provides practical application of the skills presented via activities and worksheets that are provided within each chapter.

This book provides an understanding of the aspects of mapping the girl's journey towards self-confidence, mastery, and behavioral competence in sandplay for both new and seasoned practitioners. Two clinical case studies, a compelling heroine's tale, and experiential exercises illustrate and complement the mandala mapping practice therapeutically.