“…George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. …”

“…Nor had any previous Supreme Court nominee faced the number of witnesses who testified at the Bork hearings. Deriving their material from hundreds of in-depth interviews with those who participated in the confirmation hearings, Vieira and Gross present a firsthand account of the behind-the-scenes pressure on senators to oppose Bork. …”

“…For admirers of Albers, Poems and Drawings will provide a closer look at a celebrated artist who was also an affectionate and articulate writer…”

“…Using lively anecdotes drawn from firsthand interviews, Walker chronicles the story of the unsung heroes of American radio who, despite those barriers, carved out spaces for themselves in the spectrum, sometimes legally and sometimes not. …”

“…For Voices, Zinn and Arnove have selected testimonies to living history-speeches, letters, poems, songs-left by the people who make history happen, but who usually are underrepresented or misrepresented in history books: women, Native Americans, workers, blacks and Latinos. …”
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“…Classifying thinking styles using Isaiah Berlin's prototypes of the fox and the hedgehog, Tetlock contends that the fox--the thinker who knows many little things, draws from an eclectic array of traditions, and is better able to improvise in response to changing events--is more successful in predicting the future than the hedgehog, who knows one big thing, toils devotedly within one tradition, and imposes formulaic solutions on ill-defined problems. …”

“…Andrew Pettegree investigates who controlled the news and who reported it; the use of news as a tool of political protest and religious reform; issues of privacy and titillation; the persistent need for news to be current and journalists trustworthy; and people's changed sense of themselves as they experienced newly opened windows on the world. …”

“…Triumph finally came in France where nobody knew who she was - least of all the friends who adored her. …”

“…In this book, a philosopher and organizational psychologist who together research meaningful work consider what these forces mean for whether work might give meaning and purpose to our lives or take it away. …”

“…The Trinity is Christianity's most basic description of who God actually is and who he needs to be in order to save us. …”

“…This is the story of a woman who witnessed the worst in the War in Afghanistan, was confronted by demons of post-traumatic stress, and fought for her life to become stronger than ever.As seen on:· JOCKO Podcast Episode #381· The Dr. …”

“…Then two stars came along: Greta Garbo, who turned the femme fatale into a woman whose capacity for love and sacrifice made all other human emotions seem pale; and Norma Shearer, who succeeded in taking the ingenue to a place she'd never been: the bedroom. …”

“…"This is a book about ten women who, over the past three hundred years have found walking essential to their sense of themselves, as people and as writers. …”

“…A new cast of heartwarming regulars have appeared in the shop, including an old man who wears the same ragged mouse-colored sweater and another who collects books solely for the official stamps with the author’s personal seal.Satoshi Yagisawa illuminates the everyday relationships between people that are forged and grown through a shared love of books. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Defining the Assessment-Capable Visible Learner (and the teachers who create them) -- Assessment-Capable Visible Learners know their current level of understanding -- Assessment-Capable Visible Learners know where they're going and are confident to take on the challenge -- Assessment-Capable Visible Learners select tools to guide their learning -- Assessment-Capable Visible Learners seek feedback and recognize that errors are opportunities to learn -- Assessment-Capable Visible Learners monitor progress and adjust their learning -- Assessment-Capable Visible Learners recognize their learning and teach others -- Mindframes of schools that create Assessment-Capable Visible Learners -- Assessment-Capable schools are filled with adaptive learning experts -- Assessment Capable schools use strategic and flexible grouping -- Mind frames of Assessment-Capable schools…”

“…At one point they tried to calculate when time began, when exactly the earth had been created," begins Time Shelter's enigmatic narrator, who will go unnamed. "In the mid-seventeenth century, the Irish bishop Ussher calculated not only the exact year, but also a starting date: October 22, 4,004 years before Christ." …”

“…Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, the author reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables…”

“…The grammatical discussion is made as unsophisticated as possible for it is the author's intention that this book should also be of use to those who study Hebrew without a teacher. Review: 'Professor Lambdin spent ten years perfecting this book ... the book was worth ten years waiting for. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Paul's Contribution to the Hope of the Early Church; Eight Kings on an Apocalyptic Animal Farm: Reflections on Revelation 17:9-11; How Antichrist Defeated Death: The Development of Christian Apocalyptic Eschatology in the Early Church; John 3:13: "The Son of Man Who is in Heaven": A Plea for the Longer Text; Who Coined the Name "Ambrosiaster"?…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Ostap Bender: the King Is Born: Ostap as trickster; Social schizophrenia; A kynical king of the cynics -- Buratino: the Utopia of a Free Marionette: Buratino as a mediator; Buratino as an artist; Buratino as a cynic -- Venichka: a Tragic Trickster: The trickster as the underground author; Rituals of expenditure; "I Will Not Explain to You Who Were These Four ..." -- Tricksters In Disguise: The Trickster's Transformations In The Soviet Film Of The 1960s-70s: "Reformed" tricksters in the comedies of the 70s-80s: Gaidai's Tricksters; Riazanov's Detochkin; Daneliia's Buzykin; The art of alibi: Stierlitz as the Soviet intelligent : Who are you working for?…”