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Global Studies: A Historical and Contemporary Reader
Author(s): Giles Gunn
Global Studies: A Historical and Contemporary Reader is a text focused on an emergent field concerned with understating both the historical and contemporary phenomenon of globalization in all its aspects. Although global phenomena have been studied for many decades if not centuries, global studies a...
Community Engagement and High Impact Practices in Higher Education
Author(s): Guillermina Nunez-Mchiri, Azuri Gonzalez
Community Engagement and High Impact Practices in Higher Education provides students with valuable skills and experiences that contribute to their academic and professional success; these experiences are heightened when paired with meaningful community engagement. This book is a compilation of ...
The Silent Violence: A Beautiful Mess
Author(s): Jerome Rabow
The Silent Violence: A Beautiful Mess is the result of what 16 students accomplished in a 10 week semester. The class was devoted to examining the way in which educational institutions both create and perpetuate inequalities between individuals and groups. All students bring to the classroom creativ...
Hot Topics, Cool Heads: A Handbook for Civil Dialogue
Author(s): JOHN GENETTE, CLARK D. OLSON, Jennifer A Linde
There is a crying need for civility in our world. From families disagreeing at Thanksgiving tables to the halls of Congress, civility is in short supply. Most people can easily point to daily examples of incivility, but most people are unable to define “civility” or recognize what it looks like, m...
Selected Passages from the Quran with Interpreted Meanings: A Pragmatic and Contextual Translation Approach
By: Yunus J. Kumek
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Selected Passages from the Quran with Interpreted Meanings: A Pragmatic and Contextual Translation Approach
Author(s): Yunus J. Kumek
It is a common practice that instructors select different verses of the Quran when teaching Islam. In this perspective, this valuable book makes it easy for college professors, instructors, and general readers to have an introduction to the scripture of Muslims, especially for the audience of unfami...
Transforming America
Author(s): Anthony Stranges
Transforming America is an introductory survey that examines and promotes critical thinking about the origin, development, and impact of science in America from colonial times to the present. This text is the first historical survey of science in America, and its publication marks a major milesto...
Yoga: A Path to Serenity
Author(s): M. M. "Skip" Rector
Everyone can do Yoga! It does not matter your shape, size, condition, constrictions or most importantly, your level of flexibility … you can do Yoga. It just takes a commitment to practice on a regular basis. The key to doing Yoga is to do Yoga. While that sounds obvious and almost absurd, but it is...
Cesare Lombroso: The Father of Criminology Redefined
By: Alejandro Del Carmen, Robert Steven Jones, Randall Butler
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Cesare Lombroso: The Father of Criminology Redefined
Author(s): Alejandro Del Carmen, Robert Steven Jones, Randall Butler
What makes Cesare Lombroso: The Father of Criminology Redefined unique from all others that have attempted to define Lombroso from a personal and professional perspective, is that it was written by two historians and a criminologist. That is, the historical research eff orts employed have uncovered ...