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Inequality in School Discipline: Research and Practice to Reduce Disparities
This edited volume fills a critical void by providing the most current and authoritative information on what is known about disciplinary disparities. School exclusion—out-of-school suspension and expulsion in particular—remains a substantial component of discipline in our nation’s schools, and those consequences continue to fall disproportionally on certain groups of learners. The negativ…
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- 1
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- 978-1-137-51256-7
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- XXI, 285
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- -
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- 150 INE
Planetary Vistas: The Landscapes of Other Worlds
The word “landscape” can mean picture as well as natural scenery. Recent advances in space exploration imaging have allowed us to now have landscapes never before possible, and this book collects some of the greatest views and vistas of Mars, Venus’s Titan, Io and more in their full glory, with background information to put into context the foreign landforms of our Solar System. Here, lit…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-15242-4
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- XI, 185
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- -
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- 133.53 MUR p
Political Ethics and European Constitution
Is the dream of EU endangered? This book reviews classic and modern values and virtues, and uses them in order to rethink Europe’s present politics and its future. The idea of the Republic was born with the political ethics of ancient Greece. The current international crisis obliges Europe to face the mirror of truth: What has become of the European Idea and how fares the European Constitutio…
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- 1
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- 978-3-662-45600-2
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- XV, 81
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Law
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- 172 FER p
Politics in Socrates' Alcibiades: A Philosophical Account of Plato’s Dialog…
This volume provides the first full, political and philosophically rigorous account of Plato’s dialogue Alcibiades Major. The book argues that Alcibiades Major accomplishes its goal, which is to redirect Alcibiades’ political ambitions, not by arguing for specific propositions based on specific premises. The dialogue accomplishes its goal by generalizing the notion of argument to include ap…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-15269-1
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- XI, 143
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
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- 160 ARC p
Positive Psychology Perspectives on Foreign Language Learning and Teaching
This book introduces readers to the principles of a fairly new branch of psychology – positive psychology – and demonstrates how they can be applied in the context of second language acquisition in a natural environment and in instructed foreign language (FL) learning. It focuses both on the well-being and success of the learner and the professional and personal well-being of the teacher. F…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-32954-3
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- XX, 366
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- Second Language Learning and Teaching
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- 150.198 GAB p
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Diseases in Combat Veterans
This book takes a case-based approach to addressing the challenges psychiatrists and other clinicians face when working with American combat veterans after their return from a war zone. Written by experts, the book concentrates on a wide variety of concerns associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including different treatments of PTSD. The text also looks at PTSD comorbidities, s…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-22985-0
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- XVIII, 373
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- -
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- 155.9042 RIT p
Posttraumatic and Acute Stress Disorders
A handy, easy-to-read reference for the diagnosis and treatment of posttraumatic and acute stress disorders, this important 6th edition has been revised and updated extensively, offering a wealth of new information in a concise format of 6 sections. The new DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for PTSD and Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) are discussed, in depth, in Chapters 2 and 6, respectively. In addition,…
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- 6
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- 978-3-319-15066-6
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- XII, 155
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- -
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- 155.9042 FRI p
God and Mental Causation
This book lies at the intersection of philosophy of mind and philosophy of religion and operates on the assumption that dialogue between the two disciplines can be fruitful. In particular it focuses on how debates in the philosophy of mind regarding the nature of mental causation relate to debates in the philosophy of religion regarding divine action, creaturely causation, and existence of God…
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- -
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- 978-3-662-47425-9
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- XIV, 100
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- -
- Call Number
- 100
Creativity and Innovation Among Science and Art: A Discussion of the Two Cult…
This edited book will address creativity and innovation among the two cultures of science and art. Disciplines within science and art include: medicine (neurology), music therapy, art therapy, physics, chemistry, engineering, music, improvisation, education and aesthetics. This book will be the first of its kind to appeal to a broad audience of students, scholars, scientists, professionals, pra…
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- 1
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- 9781447166245
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- XVII, 239
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- -
- Call Number
- 153.42
Creative Intelligence in the 21st Century: Grappling with Enormous Problems a…
How can creative individuals and societies adapt to complex 21st-century conditions? Will civilizations thrive or collapse in the decades to come if they are not creative enough, or if they are too creative? Interest in these questions is growing; however, until now there has been inadequate understanding of the socioeconomic and cultural trends and issues that influence creativity. This book p…
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- 1
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- 9789463005067
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- X, 276
- Series Title
- Advances in Creativity and Giftedness
- Call Number
- 153.53
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