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Civic Education in the Twenty-First Century

A Multidimensional Inquiry

by Michael T. Rogers, Michael A. Armato, Jessica L. Aubin, Elizabeth Bennion, Gary E. Bugh, Carolyn Campbell, Jeffrey P. Mehltretter Drury, Sara A. Mehltretter Drury, Heather K. Evans, Steven E. Galatas0, Shamira Gelbman1, Jeffrey D. Hilmer2, Cindy Pressley3, Chapman Rackaway4, J. Cherie Strachan5, Brendan Toner6, Barbara Warner7, Mike Yawn8, Sally Friedman9, Donald M. Gooch0, Robert Maranto2 ...

Imagine an America where politicians, governmental institutions, schools, new technologies, and interest groups work together to promote informed, engaged citizens. Civic Education in the Twenty-First Century brings together scholars from various disciplines to show how such a United States is possible today. Inspired by Alexis de Tocqueville’s analysis of American democracy in the early 1800s, ... Read more

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Imagine an America where politicians, governmental institutions, schools, new technologies, and interest groups work together to promote informed, engaged citizens. Civic Education in the Twenty-First Century brings together scholars from various disciplines to show how such a United States is possible today. Inspired by Alexis de Tocqueville’s analysis of American democracy in the early 1800s,
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Tropical Cyclones

Observations and Basic Processes

by Roger K. Smith, Michael T. Montgomery ...

Series Book 4 - Developments in Weather and Climate Science
Tropical cyclones are a major threat to life and property, even in the formative stages of their development. They include a number of different hazards that individually can cause significant impacts, such as extreme winds, storm surge, flooding, tornadoes, and lightning. Tropical Cyclones: Observations and Basic Processes provides a modern overview of the theory and observations of tropical ... Read more

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Tropical cyclones are a major threat to life and property, even in the formative stages of their development. They include a number of different hazards that individually can cause significant impacts, such as extreme winds, storm surge, flooding, tornadoes, and lightning. Tropical Cyclones: Observations and Basic Processes provides a modern overview of the theory and observations of tropical
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Stone and Sky

by Melissa McShane, Letia Michelle Ames, Caroline Furlong, J.T. Evans, Michael Craig, Roger Alix-Gaudreau, Carol Hightshoe, Medron Pryde, Jena Rey, Julia H. West, Jana S. Brown ...

Series Book 3 - ExtraOrdinary Beasts
They watch. They guard. They endure.From ancient cathedrals to far-flung planets, gargoyles stand sentinel between the world of stone and the endless sky.In Stone and Sky, discover tales where winged guardians wake, monsters find new shapes, and legends are reborn in the clash of magic and machinery. Inside these pages you’ll find fantasy, urban fantasy, and science fiction stories that prove ... Read more

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They watch. They guard. They endure.From ancient cathedrals to far-flung planets, gargoyles stand sentinel between the world of stone and the endless sky.In Stone and Sky, discover tales where winged guardians wake, monsters find new shapes, and legends are reborn in the clash of magic and machinery. Inside these pages you’ll find fantasy, urban fantasy, and science fiction stories that prove
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The Great Cholesterol Myth, Revised and Expanded

Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease--and the Statin-Free Plan that Will

by Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS, Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D. ...

Narrated by Roger Wayne ...

Unabridged

10 hours 9 min

The bestselling book on heart disease, updated with the latest research and clinical findings on high-fat/ketogenic diets, sugar, genetics, and other factors.Heart disease is the #1 killer. However, traditional heart disease protocols—with their emphasis on lowering cholesterol—have it all wrong. Emerging science is showing that cholesterol levels are a poor predictor of heart disease and that ... Read more

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The bestselling book on heart disease, updated with the latest research and clinical findings on high-fat/ketogenic diets, sugar, genetics, and other factors.Heart disease is the #1 killer. However, traditional heart disease protocols—with their emphasis on lowering cholesterol—have it all wrong. Emerging science is showing that cholesterol levels are a poor predictor of heart disease and that
... Read more
Rhetorics Haunting the National Mall

Displaced and Ephemeral Public Memories

by Derek Alderman, Ethan Bottone, A. Cheree Carlson, Carlos Flores, Marouf Hasian Jr., Carl T. Hyden, Joshua Inwood, Sean Luechtefeld, Stephanie Marek Muller, Theodore F. Sheckels, Elizabethada A. Wright, Teresa Bergman, Kenneth E. Foote, Aaron Hess, Michael P. Vicaro ...

Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Contemporary Rhetoric
Rhetorics Haunting the National Mall: Displaced and Ephemeral Public Memories vividly illustrates that a nation’s history is more complicated than the simple binary of remembered/forgotten. Some parts of history, while not formally recognized within a commemorative landscape, haunt those landscapes by virtue of their ephemeral or displaced presence. Rather than being discretely contained within a ... Read more

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Rhetorics Haunting the National Mall: Displaced and Ephemeral Public Memories vividly illustrates that a nation’s history is more complicated than the simple binary of remembered/forgotten. Some parts of history, while not formally recognized within a commemorative landscape, haunt those landscapes by virtue of their ephemeral or displaced presence. Rather than being discretely contained within a
... Read more
Beast Under Your Bed

A YA Horror Anthology

by Kasey Hill, Nemo Arator, Krista Farmer, Mawr Gorshin, Megan Guilliams, Joshua Ladd, Floyd Largent, Paul Lonardo, J.T. Lozano, Marin Moor, K.R. Moore, Charis Negley, Pip Pinkerton, Jason Rogers, Neil Sanzari, Michael Errol Swaim, SJ Townend, A.M.F. Taylor, D. Winchester ...

Series Book 1 - Beast Under Your Bed
Beast Under Your Bed Vol. 1, consists of 19 different authors in horror, who came together to bring our youth newly inspired stories. Kids of horror grow up to be adults of horror, and this genre has been lacking in the YA field when it comes to the series we were familiarized with in the 90s and early 2000s.In this anthology, our curator, Megan Guilliams, has presented to you tales perfect for ... Read more

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Beast Under Your Bed Vol. 1, consists of 19 different authors in horror, who came together to bring our youth newly inspired stories. Kids of horror grow up to be adults of horror, and this genre has been lacking in the YA field when it comes to the series we were familiarized with in the 90s and early 2000s.In this anthology, our curator, Megan Guilliams, has presented to you tales perfect for
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Rostical Quest, The

The Dontalia Facility

by Michael Rogers ...

Narrated by Sumara Meers, AJ Winters, Aimee Smith, Gavin Zimmermann, Hynden Walch, Linda Nicholls-Gidley, Mikee Joaquin, Thomas G Burt ...

Unabridged

16 hours 24 min

Written as a script for a video game, a manga and RPG-inspired story, this stand-alone tale follows Ashton Lighten, a 20-year-old Psychology Honours student, who is transported to a world of elemental manipulators. The years following the events of The Rostical Users and The Rostical Guild series have resulted in many changes in this alternate dimension.Ashton, armed with the memories of his ... Read more

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Written as a script for a video game, a manga and RPG-inspired story, this stand-alone tale follows Ashton Lighten, a 20-year-old Psychology Honours student, who is transported to a world of elemental manipulators. The years following the events of The Rostical Users and The Rostical Guild series have resulted in many changes in this alternate dimension.Ashton, armed with the memories of his
... Read more
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Email from the Future: Notes from 2084

by Michael Rogers ...

Narrated by Michael Braun ...

Unabridged

7 hours 15 min

What would the world look like if we did everything right for the next 50 years?“A compelling series of speculations about what the next century will be like…Not only readable, but deeply thought-provoking.”Kirkus ReviewsIt’s 2084, and Aldus, an elderly robot repairman, is writing the history of the 21st century for his grandson, Luca. Born in 2010, Aldus lived through it all—the War on the ... Read more

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What would the world look like if we did everything right for the next 50 years?“A compelling series of speculations about what the next century will be like…Not only readable, but deeply thought-provoking.”Kirkus ReviewsIt’s 2084, and Aldus, an elderly robot repairman, is writing the history of the 21st century for his grandson, Luca. Born in 2010, Aldus lived through it all—the War on the
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The Lion's Roar

Capital Bound, #1

by Michael Rogers ...

Series Book 1 - Capital Bound
Terran, a young genius abandoned to poverty, feels called to something great. He is given that chance when Naomi and Rictor, intergalactic missionaries of the Bound, arrive at his doorstep. They offer a simple choice, to travel the stars with them or stay behind and fend for himself.When an attempt is made on his life before he leaves the planet, he starts to question his decision.Naomi, meanwhile ... Read more

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Terran, a young genius abandoned to poverty, feels called to something great. He is given that chance when Naomi and Rictor, intergalactic missionaries of the Bound, arrive at his doorstep. They offer a simple choice, to travel the stars with them or stay behind and fend for himself.When an attempt is made on his life before he leaves the planet, he starts to question his decision.Naomi, meanwhile
... Read more
Coconut Shells

by Michael Rogers ...

I am a coconut because my body is black but my spirit inside it is white. The skin is just a shell, fragile and frail; when you cut into it there is a sense of shock when the white milk is revealed. If you split my coconut shell in half and remove it you will see a completely new body on the inside; I think she looks a bit like Marilyn Monroe, only with better legs and juicier hips.Lerato Dlamini ... Read more

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I am a coconut because my body is black but my spirit inside it is white. The skin is just a shell, fragile and frail; when you cut into it there is a sense of shock when the white milk is revealed. If you split my coconut shell in half and remove it you will see a completely new body on the inside; I think she looks a bit like Marilyn Monroe, only with better legs and juicier hips.Lerato Dlamini
... Read more
Transformation Towards Sustainability

A Novel Interdisciplinary Framework from RWTH Aachen University

Edited by Peter Letmathe, Christine Roll, Almut Balleer, Stefan Böschen, Wolfgang Breuer, Agnes Förster, Gabriele Gramelsberger, Kathrin Greiff, Roger Häußling, Max Lemme, Michael Leuchner, Maren Paegert, Frank T. Piller, Elke Seefried, Thorsten Wahlbrink ...

Series series Education (R0)
The global environmental crisis, technological developments, the COVID-19 pandemic, and ongoing economic and political globalization are just a few of the developments that are massively increasing the pressure for transformation on regions, companies and society as a whole. In addition, the digital age is accelerating transformation processes that are already underway. This contributed book ... Read more

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The global environmental crisis, technological developments, the COVID-19 pandemic, and ongoing economic and political globalization are just a few of the developments that are massively increasing the pressure for transformation on regions, companies and society as a whole. In addition, the digital age is accelerating transformation processes that are already underway. This contributed book
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Corey Village and the Cayuga World

Implications from Archaeology and Beyond

by Michael Rogers, David Pollack, Wesley D. Stoner, Joseph Winiarz, Martin J. Smith, Macy O’Hearn, April M. Beisaw, Sarah Ward ...

Series series The Iroquois and Their Neighbors
The Cayuga are one of the original five nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, a powerful alliance of Native American tribes in the Northeast, inhabiting much of the land in what is now central New York State. When their nation was destroyed in the Sullivan–Clinton campaign of 1779, the Cayuga endured 200 years of displacement. As a result, relatively little is known about the location, ... Read more

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The Cayuga are one of the original five nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, a powerful alliance of Native American tribes in the Northeast, inhabiting much of the land in what is now central New York State. When their nation was destroyed in the Sullivan–Clinton campaign of 1779, the Cayuga endured 200 years of displacement. As a result, relatively little is known about the location,
... Read more

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