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One by Walking
More than just a way to get from place to place, walking is a powerful method of sensing, reflecting, and engaging-with ourselves, with others, and with the environments we move …
African Perspectives in American Higher Education
African Perspectives in American Higher Education - Invisible Voices
Escaping Addiction
Presents a variety of effective tools to break the cycle of addiction.Addiction is a worldwide curse that seems to be growing in seriousness on a yearly basis. While to the general …
The Mountains Have Come Closer
Mountains Have Come Closer is a collection of poems by Jim Wayne Miller which draw on his life experiences growing up and living in Appalachia. Miller was awarded the Thomas Wolfe …
Higher Ed, Inc.
Among higher education institutions in the United States, for-profit colleges and universities have steadily captured a larger share of the student market. A recent trend at …
Mining, the Environment, and Indigenous Development Conflicts
From sun-baked Black Mesa to the icy coast of Labrador, native lands for decades have endured mining ventures that have only lately been subject to environmental laws and a …
Race and Education in New Orleans
Surveying the two centuries that preceded Jim Crow's demise, Race and Education in New Orleans traces the course of the city's education system from the colonial period to the …
Papers for Pay
A disturbing trend faces education in the U.S.--not plagiarism but academic forgery (students purchasing and signing their names to work produced by others). This book, by a former …
Theophanies
In Theophanies, award-winning poet Sarah Ghazal Ali testifies to women's capacity for piercing and musical exegesis and asks: what more might a woman’s body hold after it has been …
Building Down Barriers
With rapid changes in procurement processes and increasing pressure for improvement, cohesion and efficiency, practitioners need to be aware of industry-wide generally acknowledged …
Agrarianism and the Good Society
Every society expresses its fundamental values and hopes in the ways it inhabits its landscapes. In this literate and wide-ranging exploration, Eric T. Freyfogle raises difficult …
Air Pollutant Deposition and Its Effects on Natural Resources in New York State
Ecosystem effects from air pollution in the Adirondacks, Catskills, and elsewhere in New York have been substantial. Efforts to characterize and quantify these impacts, and to …