“…This book therefore illuminates how every now and then we chase ourselves away from what we were and force ourselves to become what we are. …”

“…In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot -- "the colossus of independence," as Thomas Jefferson called him -- who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution who rose to become the second President of the United States and saved the country from blundering into an unnecessary war who was learned beyond all but a few and regarded by some as "out of his senses" and whose marriage to the wise and valiant Abigail Adams is one of the moving love stories in American history. …”
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“…Through text and companion videos, readers will enter inspiring classrooms where students go beyond basics to become innovators, collaborators, and creators. Learning That Lasts embraces a three-dimensional view of student achievement that includes mastery of knowledge and skills, character, and high-quality work. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: freedom, sustainability, and solidarity : philosophical and theological roots / Martin Schlag and Juan Andres Mercado -- Constructing theoretical foundations -- Love, sustainability, and solidarity : philosophical and theological roots / Russell Hittinger -- Leaving behind the model of positivism and utilitarianism for economic activity : toward a humanistic approach / Dominec Mele -- The morality of the market from a theory of personal action / Javier Aranzadi -- Economic theory meets human nature : how anthropological views of the human person shaped economic theory in western history / John Larrivee -- Free markets with caritas : a transformational concept of efficiency / Bruce Baker -- Freedom as the call of being : restoring the foundations of ethical enterprise / Jim Wishloff -- Assessing the encyclical tradition -- Justice, charity, and the political order : assessing the encyclical tradition / Richard J. …”

“…As more and more people become aware of this problem, the emphasis on statistical significance in the reporting of results is declining. …”

“…Whatever the world is like at the atomic scale, it is almost certainly not the swarm of particles pushed around by forces that is often presupposed. …”

“…Crowdsourcing is now a part of our lives, whether we're aware of it or not. If we're to benefit from what it can achieve, we need to understand where it's come from and how it works - and where it's taking us…”

“…Catapulted into a world of complicated legal jargon, spectacular feats of engineering, and rich history, Peters travels to the oil patch and sees both the wealth and the challenges brought by the boom. She interviews workers and farmers, geologists and lawyers, those who welcome and those who reject the development, and she finds herself able to see shades of gray in what had previously seemed black and white. …”

“…The postwar period is no longer current affairs but is becoming the recent past. As such, it is increasingly attracting the attentions of historians. …”
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“…'Completely engrossing' Andrew Roberts From The New York Times bestselling author Candice Millard, this is the gripping true story of one dramatic - and emblematic - year in the early life of Winston Churchill At the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill believed that to achieve his ambition of becoming Prime Minister he must do something spectacular on the battlefield. …”

“…Did America set out to become an empire? And if so, how has it reconciled its imperialism - and in some cases, its crimes - with the idea of liberty so forcefully expressed in the Declaration of Independence? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The early years of Hadrian -- The late reign and the succession -- Peace and war at mid-century -- The last of the Antonines -- Septimius Severus and his rivals -- The reign of Severus -- The later Severans -- Eurasian history and the Roman Empire -- From Gordian III to Valerian -- Valerian and the generals -- The last of the soldier emperors -- Diocletian, Constantine and the creation of the -- Later Roman Empire -- The failure of the tetrarchy -- Constantine and Licinius -- The structure of empire before and after Constantine -- The Constantinian empire -- The children of Constantine -- Constantius, Julian and the empire to come -- The Roman emperors from Augustus to Julian -- Persian kings from Ardashir to Shapur II…”

“…Newsbots converse with social media audiences, distributing stories and receiving feedback. Online media has become a platform for A/B testing of content, helping journalists to better understand what moves audiences. …”

“…Por eso el profesor Sergio Sánchez-Migallón señala en el prólogo de este libro que Jorge Martín Montoya Camacho y José Manuel Giménez Amaya, se comprometen con sus páginas porque hablan de lo que nos pasa y de lo que nos espera, así como de lo que nosotros miramos o dejamos de ver. …”

“…Over the last twenty or so years, it has become standard to require policy makers to base their recommendations on evidence. …”

“…Bicycling in cities is booming, for many reasons: health and environmental benefits, time and cost savings, more and better bike lanes and paths, innovative bike sharing programs, and the sheer fun of riding. …”

“…City Design describes the history and current practice of the four most widely accepted approaches to city design: the Modernist city of towers and highways that, beginning in the 1920s, has come to dominate urban development worldwide but is criticized as mechanical and soul-less; the Traditional organization of cities as streets and public places, scorned by the modernists, but being revived today for its human scale; Green city design, whose history can be traced back thousands of years in Asia, but is becoming increasingly important everywhere as sustainability and the preservation of the planet are recognized as basic issues, and finally Systems city design, which includes infrastructure and development regulation but also includes computer aided techniques which give designers new tools for managing the complexity of cities. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…How washing dishes restored my intellectual life -- Learning, leisure, and happiness -- A refuge from the world -- Learning lost and found -- The uses of uselessness -- The everyday intellectual…”

“…But in the end, it's up to us to become more savvy about the models that govern our lives…”

“…Harvard geochemist Charles Langmuir has worked closely with the original author, Wally Broecker, one of the world's leading Earth scientists, to revise and expand the book for a new generation of readers for whom active planetary stewardship is becoming imperative. …”