“…The book shows that by taking a systematic approach to vocabulary learning, teachers can make the best use of class time and help learners get the best return for their learning effort. …”

“…Many surprisingly healthy Greeks lived in remarkably big houses and worked for high wages at specialized occupations. Middle-class spending drove sustained economic growth. Classical wealth produced a stunning cultural efflorescence lasting hundreds of years. …”

“…Written in a clear and simple style, with all technical concepts fully explained, Language Workbooks can be used for independent study or as part of a taught class. Speech Sounds: *helps develop the fundamental skills of the phonetician *investigates the various aspects involved in the production of speech sounds *uses data-based material to reinforce each new concept *includes examples from a wide range of languages *provides dozens of exercises with solutions and cross-references *can complement existing course or textbook material. …”
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“…Virtual worlds are not second-class worlds. We can live a meaningful life in virtual reality - and increasingly, we will. …”

“…Research documents that the arts boost learning, build confidence, and motivate students to participate in class. How do we keep the performing arts alive in this era of increased accountability and decreased funding? …”

“…The Talent War explores how US Special Operations Forces (SOF) assess, select, and develop their world-class talent. You’ll learn how to adopt a talent mindset, the single greatest weapon you can possess in the war for talent. …”

“…His rigorous inquiry opens into a complex analysis of political economy, encompassing markets and capital, banks and the state, class divisions, accounting practices, and the ecological crisis awaiting capitalism. …”

“…Respectful and thoroughly informed about the aesthetics and critical values of the Japanese canon, Russell is also critical of some of its ideological tendencies, and her analyses provide new insights on class and gender dynamics. Russell demonstrates how Japanese classical cinema has had enormous influence on other Asian cinemas, especially in TV broadcast form, and she highlights the importance of the accounting for the industrial production context when discussing these films. …”

“…In this total history of the thirty years between the start of World War One and the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Winkler blends historical narrative with political analysis and encompasses military strategy, national identity, class conflict, economic development and cultural change. …”

“…Why do hedge-fund billionaires pay a far lower tax rate than middle-class workers? --Presentación del editor…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Imagine ; Instant karma ; Mother ; Jealous guy ; Power to the people ; Cold turkey ; Love ; Mind games ; Whatever gets you thru the night ; 9 dream ; Stand by me ; (Just like) starting over ; Woman ; Beautiful boy ; Watching the wheels ; Nobody told me ; Borrowed time ; Working class hero; Happy Xmas ; Give peace a chance…”

“…All cases have been written in the last five years and refined through class-teaching and reviewing. Discussion questions and further reading accompany each case. …”

“…So necessarily, this book argues, citizenship is an institution of domination and emancipation that brings into play the struggles of those who want to protect certain privileges and the struggles of those who are against being caught in either second-class or noncitizen categories. Deconstructing dominant theories and practices of citizenship, a critical theory of citizenship must, therefore, not only analyse intersecting rights, but also connect citizenship to these broader social struggles. …”

“…In Orwell’s Ghosts, historian Laura Beers considers Orwell’s full body of work—his six novels, three nonfiction works, and brilliant essays on politics, language, and the class system—to examine what “Orwellian” truly means and reveal the misconstrued thinker in all his complexity. …”

“…The initial years of the competition were dominated by teams consisting mainly of upper middle class southern amateurs. However, by the early 1880s, they were supplanted by men who were initially covert and, eventually, overt professionals, many of whom hailed from Scotland, but mainly represented clubs from Lancashire and the West Midlands. …”

“…Wood believes that flexible despotism represents a new domain of inequality, in which the postindustrial working class increasingly suffers a scheduling nightmare. …”

“…In other words, how does the class cover all the important material in one semester? …”

“…When Nick sets out to find his biological father, the journey threatens to raise more questions than it provides answers.In immersive, moving prose, Rachel Khong weaves a profound tale of class and striving, race and visibility, and family and inheritance—a story of trust, forgiveness, and finally coming home.Exuberant and explosive, Real Americans is a social novel par excellence that asks: Are we destined, or made? …”

“…A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families and their rising--and declining--fortunes. …”

“…In Part Two, Don Quijote himself changes from anarchic madman to a gentler, wiser hero--a member of a middle class in the making. Throughout, Cervantes meditates on the literary form that he is inventing as a response to modernity, questioning the novel's relationship to other genres and the place of heroism and imagination within stories of everyday life.A new and coherent guide through the maze-like structure of Don Quijote, this book invites readers to appreciate the perennial modernity of Cervantes's masterpiece--a novel that confronts times not so distant from our own…”
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