Soft Is the Heart of a Child

Table of Contents: “…Fighting in Front of Children (3:10) -- Making Excuses (1:09) -- "I Said I Was Sorry" (1:56) -- Home Alone (0:54) -- Problems at School (2:29) -- "I'll Never Be Like Him" (1:50) -- Signs of a Family Problem (2:39) -- Violent Outburst (2:08) -- "Something Terrible is Happening" (1:38) -- Meeting with School Counselor (2:41) -- Living with An Alcoholic (2:11) -- Back on the Right Track (2:16) -- Something Can Be Done (1:33) -- Credits and Quotes: Soft Is the Heart of a Child (1:29)…”
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Plato as author : the rhetoric of philosophy

Table of Contents: “…How to read a Platonic prologue: Lysis 203a-207d -- Plato's Socratic mask -- Plato's politic writing and the cultivation of souls -- Glaucon's couch, or mimesis and the art of the Republic -- Socrates' argumentative burden in the Republic -- To hear the right thing and to miss the point: Plato's implicit poetics -- Rhetoric as part of an initiation into the mysteries: a new interpretation of the Platonic Phaedrus -- Six philosophers on philosophical esotericism -- Subtext and subterfuge in Cratylus -- The man with no name: Socrates and the visitor from Elea -- Metaphysics and individual souls in the Phaedo -- On the philosophical autonomy of a Platonic dialogue: the case of recollection -- The rhetoric of philosophy: Socrates' swan-song.…”
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Ties that enable : community solidarity for people living with serious mental health problems by Scheid, Theresa L., Smith, S. Megan

Table of Contents: “…Looking Back: Reflections on the Reality of Community-Based Mental Health Care -- 3. Being a "Right Person": Social Acceptance in a Faith-Based Program -- 4. …”
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Nazca Decoded

Table of Contents: “…Nazca: Prehistoric Civilization (3:03) -- Nazca Line Builders (3:25) -- Thousands of Nazca Lines (3:13) -- Modern Archeology: Technology (3:59) -- Iconic Geoglyphs (3:56) -- Construction of Nazca Lines (2:40) -- Water: Essential Commodity (4:18) -- Sacrifices to Appease the Gods (2:16) -- Water: Secret to Survival (3:51) -- Water Rights (2:14) -- Death in the Desert (2:22) -- Ceremonial Temple (2:40) -- Religious Significance of Glyphs (4:32) -- Importance of Human Sacrifice (3:59) -- Legacy and Mystery (1:47) -- Credits: Nazca Decoded (0:16)…”
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To shake their guns in the tyrant's face : libertarian political violence and the origins of the militia movement by Churchill, Robert H.

Table of Contents: “…The precedent of 1774: the role of insurgent violence in the political theory of the founding -- The revolution as living memory: Fries' Rebellion and The Alien and Sedition Act crisis of 1798-1800 -- The libertarian memory of the revolution in the Antebellum Era -- The roots of modern patriotism: conscription, resistance, and the Sons of Liberty conspiracy of 1864 -- Cleansing the memory of the revolution: Americanism, the black legion, and the first Brown Scare -- The making of the second Brown Scare: liberal pluralism and the evolution of the white supremacist right -- The origins of the militia movement: violence and memory on the suburban-rural frontier -- An exploration of militia ideology: the Whig diagnosis of post-Cold War America -- Epilogue: the defense of liberty in the age of terror.…”
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What universities can be : a new model for preparing students for active concerned citizenship and ethical leadership by Sternberg, Robert J.

Table of Contents: “…Three traditions of higher education in relation to democracy -- Mission of the ACCEL university -- The skills ACCEL universities should develop -- Diversity in the ACCEL institution -- Admissions in ACCEL universities -- Financial aid and college costs -- Teaching and learning in ACCEL universities -- Assessing student learning -- Retention and graduation -- The role of athletics in the ACCEL university -- Assessing faculty in the ACCEL university -- Governance in ACCEL universities -- Marketing higher education in ACCEL universities -- It's not only students that need to learn : a model of institutional change for assessing universities as learning organizations -- Transforming a university into an ACCEL university : what one can do right now.…”
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Understanding television

Table of Contents: “…Public service broadcasting: the history of a concept / Paddy Scannell -- A suitable schedule for the family / Richard Paterson -- TV news: striking the right balance? / Andrew Goodwin -- Points of view / Rosalind Brunt -- F for fake? …”


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Raising the dead : organ transplants, ethics, and society by Munson, Ronald, 1939-

Table of Contents: “…A modern Lazarus: Robby Benson's heart -- Mickey Mantle's liver, part 1: the case -- Mickey Mantle's liver, part 2: the issues -- That others may live: the dead-donor rule and anencephalic infants -- Kidney for sale: is it ever right to sell your kidney? -- Donors of last resort: protecting vulnerable people -- Kurosawa in California: the baby Fae case and unproven treatments -- But are they really dead?…”


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Recovering identity : criminalized women's fight for dignity and freedom by Rumpf, Cesraéa, 1979-

Table of Contents: “…Women, incarceration, and social marginality -- "They just look at us like we ain't nobody and we don't have rights" : the violence of incarceration -- "You cannot fight no addiction without god first" : the permanent moral judgment of the criminal-addict label -- "I feel good about myself now" : recovering identity through employment and appearance -- "God blessed the child that has her own" : recovering identity through domesticity and mothering -- "I've gotten so much better than I used to be" : recovering identity through relationships -- The personal is political : moving toward social transformation -- Appendix : methodological tensions.…”
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Consumer research for museum marketers : audience insights money can't buy by Wallace, Margot A., 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Observational research versus the other researches -- Methodology -- The hand-holders : connecting to your museum -- Twitching on the tour -- Sitting down -- Turning right -- Dress code -- Museum goers don't get fat : tribal marketing -- Men : another new market segment -- Lunchtime stories -- Taking photos -- Early birds -- Shopping for memories -- Handheld children : the new demographic -- Long lines and smiles -- Queue-less in the lobby -- Frail and hardy -- What the guards see -- The folks from Kazakhstan and other global changes -- Shout out for the library -- Insights and the performing arts -- Velcroed at the ticket window -- The upside of intermission -- Epilogue.…”
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Sprawl : inner cities and outer suburbs

Table of Contents: “…Urban Sprawl (4:15) -- Consequences of Development (4:14) -- Smart Growth and Development (4:49) -- Individual Rights (2:24) -- Growth Management and Choice (6:58) -- Town Meeting (5:17) -- Citizen Opposition (2:03) -- Low Income Housing (2:39) -- Urban vs. …”
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Soft Is the Heart of a Child

Table of Contents: “…Fighting in Front of Children (3:10) -- Making Excuses (1:09) -- "I Said I Was Sorry" (1:56) -- Home Alone (0:54) -- Problems at School (2:29) -- "I'll Never Be Like Him" (1:50) -- Signs of a Family Problem (2:39) -- Violent Outburst (2:08) -- "Something Terrible is Happening" (1:38) -- Meeting with School Counselor (2:41) -- Living with An Alcoholic (2:11) -- Back on the Right Track (2:16) -- Something Can Be Done (1:33) -- Credits and Quotes: Soft Is the Heart of a Child (1:29)…”
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The farmworkers' journey by López, Ann Aurelia, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…The farmworkers' journey -- Mexico's historical farming practices -- Aspects of Mexico's agricultural political economy -- Migration northward to Central California -- Immigration experiences -- California's corporate agribusiness -- Farmworkers in Central California's corporate agribusiness -- An impoverished, endangered, and overworked people in the land of plenty -- Farmworker household survival in Central California -- Meanwhile, back on the farm -- Transnational corporations and the U.S. legacy in West-Central Mexico -- Endangered Mexican farmers -- Institutional oppression in the West-Central Mexico countryside -- Toward an enlightened perception of California's Mexican agricultural immigrants -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Agrochemical inventories and classifications -- Appendix B: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.…”
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What should go on the internet : privacy, freedom, and security online by Engel, Mary

Table of Contents: “…"Peeping"; What We Could Do; Option Two: Promote Freedom of Speech and Commerce; A Fundamental Right; Free Doesn't Mean Easy; Protecting an Economic Engine; What We Could Do; Option Three: Secure Us from Online Threats; The Dark Side; Hate Groups and Terrorists; What We Could Do; Summary: What Should Go on the Internet?…”
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Leadership in academic and public libraries : a time of change by Duren, Petra

Table of Contents: “…Change management and leadership -- Change : what can go wrong and how to do it right -- What kind of leadership does change management need? …”
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Inside urban charter schools : promising practices and strategies in five high-performing schools by Merseth, Katherine Klippert

Table of Contents: “…Community Day Charter Public School : intimacy in a data-driven school -- Roxbury Preparatory Charter School : planning and executing for achievement -- Boston Collegiate Charter School : bringing college to students and students to college -- The Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School : paving the way to adulthood -- The MATCH Charter Public High School : culture, consistency, and coherence -- Building a foundation for cross-school themes : what effective schools and high-performing nonprofits have to say -- Culture, missions, and theories of action -- The right people -- Structures and systems : getting organized for instruction -- Classroom instruction and student outcomes -- Stepping back and looking forward.…”


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Chinese society : change, conflict and resistance

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : reform, conflict and resistance in contemporary China -- Rights and resistance : the changing contexts of the dissident movement -- Pathways of labor activism -- Conflict, resistance and the transformation of the hukou system -- Contesting rural spaces : land disputes, customary tenure and the state -- To the courts or to the barricades? …”
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America's unwritten constitution : the precedents and principles we live by by Amar, Akhil Reed

Table of Contents: “…Reading between the lines: America's implicit Constitution -- Heeding the deed: America's enacted Constitution -- Hearing the people: America's lived Constitution -- Confronting modern case law: America's "warrented" Constitution -- Putting precedent in its place: America's doctrinal Constitution -- Honoring the icons: America's symbolic Constitution -- "Remembering the ladies" : America's feminist Constitution -- Following Washington's lead: America's "Georgian" Constitution -- Interpreting government practices: America's institutional Constitution -- Joining the party: America's partisan Constitution -- Doing the right thing: America's conscientious Constitution -- Envisioning the future: America's unfinished Constitution -- Afterward -- Appendix: America's written Constitution.…”


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The Battle for Fortune : State-Led Development, Personhood, and Power among Tibetans in China. by Makley, Charlene

Table of Contents: “…The Melodious Sound of the Right-Turning Conch: Historiography and Buddhist Counterdevelopment in Langmo Village.…”
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Back to basics : your guide to manufacturing excellence by Melnyk, Steven A.

Table of Contents: “…Inventory Accuracy: What’s So Important -- chapter 9 Odds and Ends of Manufacturing Basics -- chapter 10 Getting Things Done, and Done Right, the FIrst Time: The Basics of Implementation.…”
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