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How people learn brain, mind, experience, and school /

Table of Contents: “…Learning : from speculation to science -- How experts differ from novices -- Learning and transfer -- How children learn -- Mind and brain -- The design of learning environments -- Effective teaching : examples in history, mathematics, and science -- Teaching learning -- Technology to support learning -- Conclusions -- Next Steps for Research.…”
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Adolescent decision making implications for prevention programs : summary of a workshop /

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How people learn brain, mind, experience, and school /

Table of Contents: “…Learning : from speculation to science -- How experts differ from novices -- Learning and transfer -- How children learn -- Mind and brain -- The design of learning environments -- Effective teaching : examples in history, mathematics, and science -- Teaching learning -- Technology to support learning -- Conclusions and recommendations for research.…”
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Evaluating food assistance programs in an era of welfare reform summary of a workshop /

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After-school programs to promote child and adolescent development summary of a workshop /

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Big doctoring in America profiles in primary care / by Mullan, Fitzhugh

Table of Contents: “…Primary care roots -- The new GPs, the family physician comes of age -- Eugene McGregor, M.D., a legacy of general practice -- Connie Adler, M.D., living rural medicine -- Neil Calman, M.D., urban warrior -- Roots rediscovered, the internist and the pediatrician as generalists -- Beach Conger, M.D., caretaker and contrartian -- Linda Headrick, M.D., seeking a common language in primary care -- Selma Deitch, M.D., M.P.H., children first -- The new clinicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants -- Therese Hidalgo, R.N., F.N.P., proud to be a nurse -- Carl Toney, P.A., building a new profession -- Holly Gerlaugh, F.N.P.…”
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The family on trial in revolutionary France by Desan, Suzanne, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Freedom of the heart -- The political power of love -- Broken bonds -- "War between brothers and sisters" -- Natural children, abandoned mothers, and emancipated fathers -- What makes a father? …”
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The story of the Statue of Liberty / by Miller, Natalie

Good practice in working with violence

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Hazel Kemshall and Jacki Pritchard -- Sentencing violent offenders / David Bentley -- Young offenders who commit grave crimes : the criminal justice response / Gwyneth Boswell -- The assessment and management of violent offenders / Hazel Kemshall -- Working with men who are violent to partners : striving for good practice / David Morran and Monica Wilson -- Managing violence ; managing masculinity / Karen Buckley -- Violent women : building knowledge-based intervention strategies / Judith Rumgay -- South-Asian young women's experiences of violence and abuse / Umme Farvah Imam -- Linking thoughts to actions : using the integrated abuse cycle in assessing sexually aggressive children / Colin Hawkes -- Children in danger of violence from their carers : lessons from the literature and practice / Ann Hagell and Renuka Jeyarajah Dent -- Managing violence in residential settings / Angela Stanton-Greenwood -- Violence in high secure hospital settings : measuring, assessing and responding / Colin Dale ... …”
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Awaiting armageddon how Americans faced the Cuban Missile Crisis / by George, Alice L., 1952-

Table of Contents: “…The shadow of death -- Bunker mentality -- Ready or not -- The looking glass -- Politics and strategy -- Children of the Cold War.…”
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Hearing loss determining eligibility for Social Security benefits /

Table of Contents: “…Basics of sound, the ear, and hearing -- Tests of the auditory system and its functions -- Testing adult hearing : conclusions and recommendations -- Sensory aids, devices, and prostheses -- Impact of hearing loss on daily life and the workplace -- Hearing loss in children.…”
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Individualization institutionalized individualism and its social and political consequences / by Beck, Ulrich, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…30 -- 4 The ambivalent social structure: Poverty and wealth -- in a 'self-driven culture' 42 -- 5 From 'living for others' to 'a life of one's own': -- Individualization and women 54 -- 6 On the way to a post-familial family: From a community -- of need to elective affinities 85 -- 7 Division of labour, self-image and life projects: -- New conflicts in the family 101 -- 8 Declining birthrates and the wish to have children 119 -- 9 Apparatuses do not care for people 129 -- 10 Health and responsibility in the age of genetic technology 139 -- 11 Death of one's own, life of one's own: Hopes from transience 151 -- 12 Freedom's children 156 -- 13 Freedom's fathers 172 -- 14 Zombie categories: Interview with Ulrich Beck 202.…”
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Film as religion myths, morals, and rituals / by Lyden, John, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Part I, A method for viewing film as religion ; Existing approaches to religion and film ; The definition of religion ; Myths about myth ; Rituals and morals ; The religion-film dialogue as interreligious dialogue -- Part II, Genre and film analyses ; Westerns and action movies ; Gangster films ; Melodrama, tearjerkers, and "women's films" ; Romantic comedies ; Children's films and fantasy ; Science fiction ; Thrillers and horror movies.…”
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Black garden Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war / by De Waal, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Crossing the line -- February 1988 : an Armenian revolt -- February 1988 : Azerbaijan : puzzlement and pogroms -- Shusha : the neighbors' tale -- 1988-89 : an Armenian crisis -- Yerevan : mysteries of the East -- 1988-90 : an Azerbaijani tragedy -- Baku : an eventful history -- 1990 : a Soviet civil war -- Divisions : a twentieth century story -- Hurekavank : the unpredictable past -- August 1991-May 1992 : war breaks out -- Shusha : the last citadel -- June 1992-September 1993 : escalation -- Sabirabad : the children's republic -- September 1993 : exhaustion -- Stepanakert : a state apart -- 1994-2001 : no war, no peace -- Sadakhlo : the future.…”
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Research for development a practical guide / by Laws, Sophie, Dr

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Stealing lives the globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz / by Marcano Guevara, Arturo J., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…-- Going to Vietnam -- In baseball purgatory -- The Mesa miracle -- The Dominican disaster -- "That's just your story" -- The pursuit of justice goes terribly wrong -- Seventh-inning stretch, Chicago, New York, Maracay -- The final inning -- Repairing the global ballpark -- Human rights, labor standards, and major league baseball's exploitation of children in Latin America -- Global ballpark repair strategies.…”
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Nonverbal behavior in clinical settings

Table of Contents: “…Bradley -- The social and functional aspects of emotional expression during bereavement / George Bonanno and Anthony Papa -- Impairments of facial nonverbal communication after brain damage / Raymond Bruyer -- Nonverbal deficits and interpersonal regulation in alcoholics / Pierre Philippot, Charles Kornreich, and Sylvie Blairy -- Ethology and depression / Antoinette Bouhuys -- Nonverbal behavior in schizophrenia / Ann Kring and Kelly Earnst -- Clinical implications of research in nonverbal behavior of children with autism / Gail McGee and Michael Morrier.…”
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Juvenile justice in the making by Tanenhaus, David Spinoza

Table of Contents: “…Imagining a children's court -- Building a model court -- Preserving the family -- Legitimating juvenile justice -- Medicalizing delinquency -- Organizing the community.…”
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Natural selection and social theory selected papers of Robert Trivers / by Trivers, Robert

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A casebook on Roman family law by Frier, Bruce W., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Basic concepts -- Marriage -- Patria potestas -- Succession -- Tutelage and the status of children and women.…”
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