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Hands-On Physics Activities with Real-Life Applications: Easy-to-Use Labs and Demonstrations for Grades 8 - 12
James Cunningham, Norman Herr
The Center for Applied Research in Education, 1994
A necessity for any Physics or Physical Science teacher.
This book is packed with dozens of demonstrations and lab activities for every physics concept taught in the upper grades 7-12. Can be used to supplement the textbook or on its own. Each section (Ex: Electricity) has a brief 1-2 page overview, followed by real life ...
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Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism
Mark Hawthorne
O Books, 2008
Sharpening Your Activist Skills
Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism, by Mark Hawthorne, is about walking the walk - and getting others to walk with you. The book, Hawthorne explains, is "intended for the person who agrees with the premise that animals are mistreated in our ...
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Great Demo!: How To Create And Execute Stunning Software Demonstrations
Peter E Cohan
iUniverse, Inc., 2005
The Best Book on the Subject
Before I started my current role, this book was given to me by a neighbor. In my last six months, I have tried to follow Peter Cohan's principles since I consider this to be the best on the subject. it is easy to forget what the purpose of a demo is, unless you have ...
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The Watercolorist?s Essential Notebook
Gordon Mackenzie
North Light Books, 2000
2008 Review
-I last painted with watercolors when they were in paintbox form -40 years ago in high school art.This book has been a valuable tool in getting me up to speed on present day brushes,paints and techniques.I
am very pleased with the results I have been able to achieve ...
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Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications: Easy-to-Use Labs and Demonstrations for Grades 8-12
Norman Herr, James Cunningham
Jossey-Bass, 1999
A good resource book
This book has tons of labs and demonstrations. Many of the labs and demonstrations can be found in other chemistry texts and on-line, this book brings them all together with good explainations and illustrations. Herr and Cunningham have included additional ...
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The Racial Contract
Charles W. Mills
Cornell University Press, 1999
Not Deconstruction but Still a Tour de Force
"White supremacy is the unnamed political system that has made the modern world what it is today." So begins The Racial Contract, and in the mere 133 pages that follow this line the book deftly marshals evidence from the Western political tradition and general history ...
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Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate
Naomi Klein
Picador, 2002
Real democracy is always demanded, never granted
This book contains superb comments on strategies, policies and mass demonstrations against the actual way of the world. It poses the right questions (who holds power? who exercises it? who disguises it?) and the right answers (people before profits).
The way of the ...
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The Animal Research War
P. Michael Conn, James V. Parker
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
This book's a definite keeper...
Imagine a scenario reminiscent of an old Hitchcock thriller: the hero (usually it's Cary Grant) barely eludes a group of sinister pursuers (KGB? Gestapo?) in an airport by forcing his way through the throng of people waiting to board an airplane, only to discover upon ...
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American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us
Steven Emerson
Free Press, 2003
Understanding the presence of Terrorists With us
An awesome very up to date information. An easy reed, well writtten book explaining in detail of how JIHAD works within our (USA) borders. It brings to light what is actualy happening right now!
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The Massacre at El Mozote
Mark Danner
Vintage, 1994
A lesson for our times
Mark Danner's short book, The Massacre at El Mozote, is an extremely powerful depiction of not only what can go wrong with US foreign policy, but of the lengths politicians will go through to convince us that what they are doing is, in fact, right. The thoroughness and ...
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The Mental Equivalent: The Secret Of Demonstration
Emmet Fox
Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2006
The key to raising consciousness
It is my gift of choice to those seeking a higher
consciousness and expand awareness. I first utilized
this guide to spiritual growth 35 years ago and had lost
a source for acquiring this booklet - until now! The
message remains the TRUTH for all who are seeking ...
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Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment? The Experts on Both Sides Make Their Case
Oxford University Press, USA, 2005
Death Penalty Opinions
I believe that the opinions in this book are very enlightening. The co. authors explain their opinions very well and present their views cogently. Paul Cassell's chapter in this book was very convincing and it is very clear to note that he is oneof the leading experts ...
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The World We Wish to See: Revolutionary Objectives in the Twenty-First Century
Samir Amin, James Membrez
Monthly Review Press, 2008
The World We Wish to See presents a sweeping view of twentieth-century political history and a stirring appeal to take political organization seriously. Amin offers provocative analysis of contemporary resistance to neoliberalism, while boldly calling for a new global movement, an internationalism of peoples, to challenge the current order and ...
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The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground (Haymarket Series)
Ron Jacobs
Verso, 1997
A great book---if placed in the right context
Jacobs, certainly with a leftist perspective, attempts to explain the motives of the Weather Underground. Classify them as terrorists or glorify them as heroes, but either way, they made an undisputable mark on history if one is willing to take the time to write ...
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Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years 1963-65 (America in the King Years)
Taylor Branch
Simon & Schuster, 1999
Impossible not to be a letdown
Any follow up to Parting the Waters is destined to be anticlimatic. Concedingly, there are a few drawbacks to Pillar of Fire. Nonetheless, this is another classic work from Branch.
General Remarks:
1. About half of the first section of the book is a summary about ...
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