Education

This book demonstrates a feature-checking approach to sentence structure and language typology within the framework of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. The study is both data oriented and theoretical. The analysis is based on data from Toposa, an...

Lise Pearlman's With Justice for Some: Politically Charged Criminal Trials in the Early 20th Century that Helped Shape Today's America takes a fascinating look back at headline-grabbing criminal trials from the early 1900s as a cultural backdrop for...

A unique trait of the human species is that our personalities, lifestyles, and worldviews are shaped by an accident of birth--namely, the culture into which we are born. It is our cultures and not our genes that determine which foods we eat, which...

This book describes in fascinating detail the wildlife, wild places and wild personalities that occupied Angola's conservation landscape through four decades of war and a decade of peace. Intrigues, assassinations, corruption, greed and incompetence...

The first of a new-format series on East African natural history, this book on the wild flowers of the region will be structured according to flower colour to aid identification, and will present two species per page, covering approximately 250 different...

Rajen Persaud brings a refreshingly honest voice to the highly controversial topic of interracial dating as he explores the stereotypes and perceptions associated with it. Why do so many high-profile black men date and marry the most ordinary white...

Capitalize on the latest educational research and youth voices to inform your teaching and become more culturally and developmentally aware In Who's In My Classroom?, accomplished educator and author delivers an inspirational and practical combination of...

Involved in criminal activities from the age of fourteen, Lionel Raymond Williams was no cloud-scrubbed angel. But when the state of California indicted him for the murder of Hollywood actor Sal Mineo, the evidence against him seemed dubious at best...

Claude M. Steele, who has been called "one of the few great social psychologists," offers a vivid first-person account of the research that supports his groundbreaking conclusions on stereotypes and identity. He sheds new light on American social...

Here, social psychologist Claude M. Steele offers an insider's look at his findings on stereotypes and identity. Through dramatic personal stories, he shares the experiments and studies that show, again and again, that exposing subjects to stereotypes...

Where Do You Poop? And What Do You Eat? was inspirational to me because sometimes children have trouble pooping. Children sometimes feel it's yucky or smelly or strange to poop. Some children tend to get embarrassed about pooping in public restrooms or...

Whatever your sentiments towards or knowledge of coffee, the stories coffee has to tell are surprising, intriguing, and always human. Part travelogue meets anthropological field notes, part industry review meets food sourcing exposé, When Coffee Speaks...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - The dramatic story of the Flint water crisis, by a relentless physician who stood up to power. "Stirring . . . [a] blueprint for all those who believe . . . that 'the world . . . should be full of people raising their...

The perfect companion to Julia Cook's What Shoes Will You Wear? picture book.Finding a career is difficult. Where do I start?Full of activities and worksheets, this fun book assists children in starting on the pathway of being college and career ready...

You're never too young to dream about your future!Myrtle and Erytle are twins who don't look alike or act the same, but they do share one common love...SHOES! Their father uses their love of shoes to encourage the young twins to start thinking about...

In this compelling new tip book you'll find innovative and surprising ways to keep your personal diversity journey moving and the diversity commitment of your organization. Written to make this information bite-size and accessible, you'll find quick...