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Seven Years From Boy To Man

The True-Life Story of an FBI Agent

by James Carl Stern ...

Seven Years From Boy to Man is a powerful true-life memoir that chronicles the extraordinary journey of James Carl Stern, from a childhood marked by cultural displacement and adversity to a distinguished career as a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.Born in post-war Japan to a Japanese mother and an American U.S. Army father, Stern immigrated to the United States at a young age ... Read more

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Seven Years From Boy to Man is a powerful true-life memoir that chronicles the extraordinary journey of James Carl Stern, from a childhood marked by cultural displacement and adversity to a distinguished career as a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.Born in post-war Japan to a Japanese mother and an American U.S. Army father, Stern immigrated to the United States at a young age
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Mastering Primary Religious Education

by Dr Maria James, Professor Julian Stern ...

Series series Mastering Primary Teaching
Mastering Primary Religious Education introduces the primary religious education curriculum and helps trainees and teachers learn how to plan and teach inspiring lessons that make religious education irresistible.Topics covered include:· Current developments in religious education· Religious education as an irresistible activity· Religious education as a practical activity· Skills to develop in ... Read more

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Mastering Primary Religious Education introduces the primary religious education curriculum and helps trainees and teachers learn how to plan and teach inspiring lessons that make religious education irresistible.Topics covered include:· Current developments in religious education· Religious education as an irresistible activity· Religious education as a practical activity· Skills to develop in
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Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector: The Experience of Eight States

The Experience of Eight States

by Joyce M. Najita, James L. Stern ...

Unlike Europe, where most public sector workers have long been included in collective bargaining agreements, the United States excluded public employees from such legislation until the 1960s and 70s. Since then, union membership in the U. S. has grown more rapidly among public workers than among workers in the private sector. This book provides up-to-date information on public sector collective ... Read more

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Unlike Europe, where most public sector workers have long been included in collective bargaining agreements, the United States excluded public employees from such legislation until the 1960s and 70s. Since then, union membership in the U. S. has grown more rapidly among public workers than among workers in the private sector. This book provides up-to-date information on public sector collective
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Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 29, 2009

Life-Course Perspectives on Late Life Health Inequalities

by Toni C. Antonucci, PhD, James Jackson, PhD, Harvey Sterns, PhD ...

It is increasingly recognized that an individual's experience of old age is fundamentally influenced by their earlier life experiences. This volume of the Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics begins with an overview of the theoretical underpinnings of both the Life Span and the Life Course perspectives on health disparities in aging populations, examining them in the context of a changing ... Read more

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It is increasingly recognized that an individual's experience of old age is fundamentally influenced by their earlier life experiences. This volume of the Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics begins with an overview of the theoretical underpinnings of both the Life Span and the Life Course perspectives on health disparities in aging populations, examining them in the context of a changing
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Visions of Glory

The Civil War in Word and Image

by James Berkey, Julia Stern, Jillian Spivey Caddell, Elizabeth Duquette, Eric Gardner, Sarah Gardner, Aston Gonzalez, Samuel Graber, Nathan Grant, Christopher Hager, Christopher Hanlon, Jeffrey Insko, Cody Marrs, Barbara McCaskill, Timothy Sweet, Kristen Treen, Jane E. Schultz, Martin T. Buinicki ...

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Visions of Glory brings together twenty-two images and twenty-two brisk essays, each essay connecting an image to the events that unfolded during a particular year of the Civil War. The book focuses on a diverse set of images that include a depiction of former slaves whipping their erstwhile overseer distributed by an African American publisher, a census graph published in the New York Times, and ... Read more

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Visions of Glory brings together twenty-two images and twenty-two brisk essays, each essay connecting an image to the events that unfolded during a particular year of the Civil War. The book focuses on a diverse set of images that include a depiction of former slaves whipping their erstwhile overseer distributed by an African American publisher, a census graph published in the New York Times, and
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Maimonides' "Guide of the Perplexed" in Translation

A History from the Thirteenth Century to the Twentieth

Edited by Josef Stern, James T. Robinson, Yonathan Shemesh ...

Moses Maimonides's Guide of the Perplexed is the greatest philosophical text in the history of Jewish thought and a major work of the Middle Ages. For almost all of its history, however, the Guide has been read and commented upon in translation—in Hebrew, Latin, Spanish, French, English, and other modern languages—rather than in its original Judeo-Arabic. This volume is the first to tell the story ... Read more

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Moses Maimonides's Guide of the Perplexed is the greatest philosophical text in the history of Jewish thought and a major work of the Middle Ages. For almost all of its history, however, the Guide has been read and commented upon in translation—in Hebrew, Latin, Spanish, French, English, and other modern languages—rather than in its original Judeo-Arabic. This volume is the first to tell the story
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The Country Wife

by William Wycherley, Dr Tiffany Stern, James Ogden ...

Series series New Mermaids
'He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool.'This bawdy, hilarious, subversive and wickedly satirical drama pokes fun at the humourless, the jealous, and the adulterous alike. It features a country wife, Margery, whose husband believes she is too naïve to cuckold him; and an anti-hero, Horner, who pretends to be impotent in order to have unrestrained access to the ... Read more

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'He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool.'This bawdy, hilarious, subversive and wickedly satirical drama pokes fun at the humourless, the jealous, and the adulterous alike. It features a country wife, Margery, whose husband believes she is too naïve to cuckold him; and an anti-hero, Horner, who pretends to be impotent in order to have unrestrained access to the
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The Global Deal

Climate Change and the Creation of a New Era of Progress and Prosperity

by Nicholas Stern ...

Narrated by James Adams ...

Unabridged

9 hours 32 min

In 2005, economist Nicholas Stern was commissioned by the British government to direct the largest study ever conducted into the scientific reality of global warming. The Stern Report, which made headlines around the world, is far and away the deepest and most far-reaching exploration into the economic and ethical consequences of this crisis—and, in particular, into the solutions for it.In The ... Read more

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In 2005, economist Nicholas Stern was commissioned by the British government to direct the largest study ever conducted into the scientific reality of global warming. The Stern Report, which made headlines around the world, is far and away the deepest and most far-reaching exploration into the economic and ethical consequences of this crisis—and, in particular, into the solutions for it.In The
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Spark of Life

A Novel

by Erich Maria Remarque ...

Translated by James Stern ...

In Spark of Life, a powerful classic from the renowned author of All Quiet on the Western Front, one man’s dream of freedom inspires a valiant resistance against the Nazi war machine.For ten years, 509 has been a political prisoner in a German concentration camp, persevering in the most hellish conditions. Deathly weak, he still has his wits about him and he senses that the end of the war is near. ... Read more

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In Spark of Life, a powerful classic from the renowned author of All Quiet on the Western Front, one man’s dream of freedom inspires a valiant resistance against the Nazi war machine.For ten years, 509 has been a political prisoner in a German concentration camp, persevering in the most hellish conditions. Deathly weak, he still has his wits about him and he senses that the end of the war is near.
... Read more
The Complete Works of Franz Kafka. Novels, Novellas and Short Stories (47 Titles). Illustrated

Amerika, The Trial, The Castle, The Metamorphosis, The Warden of the Tomb and many others

by Franz Kafka ...

Translated by Tania and James Stern ...

The Complete Works of Franz Kafka: Novels, Novellas, and Short Stories (47 Titles) is an unparalleled collection that brings together the full spectrum of Kafka’s literary genius. Featuring masterpieces such as Amerika, The Trial, The Castle, The Metamorphosis, The Warden of the Tomb, and many others, this anthology delves into themes of existential angst, alienation, and the absurdity of modern ... Read more

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The Complete Works of Franz Kafka: Novels, Novellas, and Short Stories (47 Titles) is an unparalleled collection that brings together the full spectrum of Kafka’s literary genius. Featuring masterpieces such as Amerika, The Trial, The Castle, The Metamorphosis, The Warden of the Tomb, and many others, this anthology delves into themes of existential angst, alienation, and the absurdity of modern
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle

by Bertolt Brecht ...

Translated by Tania Stern, W. H. Auden, James Stern ...

Series series Modern Classics
Written in exile during the Second World War, the story of Brecht's classic play subverts an ancient Chinese tale - echoed in the Judgement of Solomon - in which two women claim the same child. The message of Brecht's parable is that resources should go to those who will make best use of them. Thanks to the rascally judge, Azdak, one of Brecht's most vivid creations, this story has a happy outcome ... Read more

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Written in exile during the Second World War, the story of Brecht's classic play subverts an ancient Chinese tale - echoed in the Judgement of Solomon - in which two women claim the same child. The message of Brecht's parable is that resources should go to those who will make best use of them. Thanks to the rascally judge, Azdak, one of Brecht's most vivid creations, this story has a happy outcome
... Read more
The Caucasian Chalk Circle

by Bertolt Brecht ...

Translated by James Stern, Tania Stern, W. H. Auden ...

Series series Student Editions
Brecht projects an ancient Chinese story onto a realistic setting in Soviet Georgia. In a theme that echoes the Judgment of Solomon, two women argue over the possession of a child. Thanks to the unruly judge, Azdak (one of Brecht's most vivid creations) natural justice is done and the peasant Grusha keeps the child she loves, even though she is not its mother.Written while Brecht was in exile in ... Read more

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Brecht projects an ancient Chinese story onto a realistic setting in Soviet Georgia. In a theme that echoes the Judgment of Solomon, two women argue over the possession of a child. Thanks to the unruly judge, Azdak (one of Brecht's most vivid creations) natural justice is done and the peasant Grusha keeps the child she loves, even though she is not its mother.Written while Brecht was in exile in
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