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John Taylor Gatto's radical treatise on public education, a New Society Publishers bestseller for 25 years, continues to advocate for the unshackling of children and learning from formal schooling. Now, in an ever-more-rapidly changing world with an explosion of alternative routes to learning, it's poised to continue to shake the world of institutional education for many more years.
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While society and culture are closely related, there are minute differences that separate the two. But what is society without culture? Society is the community that surrounds an individual. This community has its own personality and this is how culture is introduced. Many societies are organized in stratified classes and these different classes can cause issues in a society. The gap between the rich and poor classes can sometimes create lasting effects...
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"We are living in an age of heighted individualism. Success is a personal responsibility. Out culture tells us that to succeed is to be slim, rich, happy, extroverted, popular -- flawless. We have become self-obsessed. And our expectation of perfection comes at a cost. Millions are suffering under the torture of this impossible fantasy. The pressure to conform to this ideal has changed who we are. It was not always like this. To explain how we got...
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An expert on terrorism and an expert on counterterrorism answer the two questions everyone is asking about the rise of terrorism today: why is this happening, and when will it end?
"Since the death of bin Laden in 2011, ISIS has risen, al-Qaeda has expanded its reach, and right-wing extremists have surged in the United States for the same simple reason: terrorism works. It's not caused by psychosis or irrationality, as the media often suggests. Instead,...
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Émile Durkheim is often referred to as the father of sociology. Along with Karl Marx and Max Weber he was a principal architect of modern social science and whose contribution helped established it as an academic discipline. "The Division of Labor in Society", published in 1893, was his first major contribution to the field and arguably one his most important. In this work Durkheim discusses the construction of social order in modern societies, which...
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The Secret City, hidden high in a mountain range, harbors a handful of aliens stranded on Earth, waiting for rescue and running out of time. Over years of increasing poverty, an exodus to the human world has become their only chance for survival. The aliens are gradually assimilating, not as a discrete culture, but rather as a source of cheap labor. But the sudden arrival of ill-prepared rescuers will touch off divided loyalties, violent displacement,...
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Why do otherwise intelligent individuals form seething masses of idiocy when they engage in collective action? Why do financially sensible people jump lemming-like into hare-brained speculative frenzies--only to jump broker-like out of windows when their fantasies dissolve? We may think that the Great Crash of 1929, junk bonds of the '80s, and over-valued high-tech stocks of the '90s are peculiarly 20th century aberrations, but Mackay's classic--first...
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Un libro necesario para entender un conflicto de alcance mundial que dura más de seis décadas y en que el autor ha pretendido: "meter los pies en el barro para que israelíes y palestinos vivan juntos, entremezclados y en paz".
Este nuevo libro no es un libro teórico sobre el conflicto palestino-israelí sino el fruto de numerosos diálogos mantenidos durante años con las personas que se me acercan y buscan respuestas a tantas preguntas, desde...
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The Protestant ethic - a moral code stressing hard work, rigorous self-discipline, and the organization of one's life in the service of God - was made famous by sociologist and political economist Max Weber. In this brilliant study (his best-known and most controversial), he opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and its view that change takes place through "the struggle of opposites." Instead, he relates the rise of a capitalist economy...
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Learn to solve problems together with this nonfiction book. Ideal for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, a connected project, glossary, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color book explores real-world problems and how individuals have come together to find solutions. It also covers key topics like creative problem-solving and brainstorming, and includes an extension activity for grade...
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There has been a lot of talk about "fake news" in the news lately. Being able to spot the difference between credible and non-credible sources is a vital 21st century skill to have. Learn the tricks and traps of deception and the skills required to achieve information literacy--and always get to the truth of the matter! Packed with fun facts and detailed sidebars, this informational text explores contemporary issues and high-interest, relevant subjects....
12) The Loners
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When a virus deadly to adults infects their high school, brothers David and Will and the other students soon break into gangs that fight each other for survival and the hope of escaping their quarantine.
"It was just another ordinary day at McKinley High -- until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. And that was just the...
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This essential presents the state of urban research on gentrification in a condensed form. This term, which has been used in the scientific community since the 1960s, has now also become established in the public debate. It describes how rising rents in the cities and the lack of affordable housing lead to poorer residents being driven out of their neighbourhoods. It becomes clear in what way gentrification is a general principle of urban development...
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Applied Psychology: Practical Guide to the Human Mind, Step-by-Step Advice to the Understandings of Psychology
What people are saying: This is a surprisingly fascinating book. Well written in an easy to understand style and well researched. Applied Psychology: Practical Guide to the Human Mind, Step-by-Step Advice to the Understandings of Psychology (Positive Psychology) by Jonny Bell gives you a great overview of psychology and the workings of the...
15) High Drama
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Dessa's friend Kat has started dating a girl and wants to keep it quiet. When Dessa accidentally reveals Kat's secret, a bully makes Kat a target. Dessa tries to defend her friend, but ends up suspended in the process.
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We need our neighbors and community to stay healthy, produce jobs, raise our children, and care for those on the margin. Institutions and professional services have reached their limit of their ability to help us. The consumer society tells us that we are insufficient and that we must purchase what we need from specialists and systems outside the community. We have become consumers and clients, not citizens and neighbors. John McKnight and Peter Block...
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La "fábrica urbana" plantea un marco conceptual y un utillaje teórico para comprender por qué una ciudad es como es en su estado final, en su resultado observable. A partir del producto final de la ciudad, del espacio, como la percibimos hoy, y de la visión del proceso histórico que nos ofrece la arqueología, podemos entender cómo fue la acción social que le otorgó una determinada identidad y configuración, el «texto» primigenio que otorga...
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Esta obra compila buena parte de los archivos personales y manuscritos inéditos del profesor Alfredo Correa de Andreis en torno a cuatro grandes áreas temáticas: la cultura, la participación ciudadana y el desarrollo social; los conflictos sociales y los derechos humanos; el medio ambiente, y la sociología en la Costa Caribe en el período 1960-1990.
Con esta publicación que rinde homenaje a su memoria se espera que, a futuro, más allá del...
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El libro que el lector tiene en sus manos reconstruye la historia de las asociaciones que se han encargado de canalizar las expresiones socio-políticas sexuales y de identidad de género en la Ciudad de México. Ellas conforman lo que hoy conocemos como el "Movimiento LGBT". Desde una perspectiva organizacional y mediante la propuesta del concepto campo de movimiento social, se realiza un análisis del quehacer de sus asociaciones: desde las "agrupaciones...
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Este libro tiene como propósito explorar los alcances de la investigación etnográfica en el campo del patrimonio cultural. Lo hace desde ejercicios situados en diferentes lugares y contextos que, producto de pesquisas en terreno y reflexiones alrededor de prácticas y conceptos, propone nuevos caminos y perspectivas para investigar la relación entre actores sociales y las manifestaciones del patrimonio cultural. El volumen presenta una diversidad...
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