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Occupy Religion introduces readers to the growing role of religion in the Occupy Movement and asks provocative questions about how people of faith can work for social justice. From the temperance movement to the Civil Rights movement, churches have played key roles in important social movements, and Occupy Religion shows this role is no less critical today.

Free to Be Musical: Group Improvisation in Music is for those who lead musical experiences in the lives of children, youth, and adults. Offering a set of experiences to inspire creative musical expression, this book will prove useful for music education majors, practicing music teachers, community musicians, and music therapists alike.

The first novel in veteran crime writer Gerry Boyle's series about young Brandon Blake is a tale of opportunistic predators on a collision course; it is about the ocean, the fortunes it can deliver-and the lives it can swallow whole.

One of the most magnificent books... putting it down is almost impossible. -Ocala Star-Banner

This inspirational tale of friendship and determination also sheds new light on the role of the mentor's mentor. Discover why this friendship was so crucial to Roosevelt's development as a man and a president-and why it still matters today.

Offering an assessment of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, this title presents the story of the nationalist politics that produced the Irish Revolution, the tortuous treaty negotiations, and the deep divisions within Sinn FZin that led to the slow unraveling of fragile party cohesion. It is complemented by a collection of annotated primary sources.

Rabbi Joseph B Soloveitchik was one of the twentieth century's most significant Jewish thinkers. He wrote many essays and delivered thousands of lectures. This title provides insights into the Rabbi's thinking on the fundamental theological, ethical, communal, social, personal and halachic issues to Judaism.

This book acts as a useful resource in understanding innovative ways to stretch limited school resources or to improve the scope and quality of services and programs offered to deserving students.

Offering an introduction to contemporary security dilemmas, this book takes as its central theme the role of power within the international system. It also explores trade and technology, the militarization of space, the privatization of security, the use of sanctions, ethnic conflict, transnational crime, and terrorism.

Wish you were able to have one of the world's leading museum consultants spend a couple of days with you, talking you through how to start a museum, how museums work, how to set up an exhibit, and more? If so, Museums 101 is the answer to your wishes.

Serving as a study of Jewish art in America, this title presents the history of the Jewish experience in American art as seen through the works of many different artists. Its focus is the examination of Jewish subject matter employed by artists, their responses to their religious and ethnic heritage as well as to significant events of the time.

This volume offers a comprehensive historical overview of the formation and growth of North American regions from European exploration and colonization to the later 20th century. It explores themes including acquisition of geographical knowledge, cultural transfer and frontier expansion.

An examination of Sophocles' "Antigone" in the context of its setting in 5th-century Athens. The authors attempt to create an interpretive environment that is true to the issues and interests of 5th-century Athenians, as opposed to those of modern scholars and philosophers.

Social psychology studies one of civilization's most central concerns - human relationships. This book shows how it can improve people's lives. It tells that by understanding people's beliefs, attitudes, and desires, individuals can fashion relationships that benefit all concerned, rather than one person or group at the expense of another.

This text came out of hundreds of international studies and proposed reforms for global communication media to ensure a free flow of information.

Written in a clear and accessible style, this book explains why it is important to allow young children access to philosophy during primary-school education. For more information, visit www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org.