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The Essential Writings of Rousseau
Written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Edited by Leo Damrosch
Translated by Peter Constantine
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $13.99
Newly translated by Peter Constantine
Edited and with an Introduction by Leo Damrosch
The Essential Writings of Rousseau collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the world’s most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movement’s most passionate and... Read more >
Written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Edited by Leo Damrosch
Translated by Peter Constantine
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $13.99
Newly translated by Peter Constantine
Edited and with an Introduction by Leo Damrosch
The Essential Writings of Rousseau collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the world’s most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movement’s most passionate and... Read more >
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The Essential Writings of Rousseau
Written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Edited by Leo Damrosch
Translated by Peter Constantine
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $18.00
Newly translated by Peter Constantine
Edited and with an Introduction by Leo Damrosch
The Essential Writings of Rousseau collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the world’s most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movement’s most passionate and... Read more >
Written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Edited by Leo Damrosch
Translated by Peter Constantine
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $18.00
Newly translated by Peter Constantine
Edited and with an Introduction by Leo Damrosch
The Essential Writings of Rousseau collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the world’s most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movement’s most passionate and... Read more >
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Raising Global IQ
Preparing Our Students for a Shrinking Planet
Written by Carl Hobert
Format: Hardcover, 232 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $26.95
A groundbreaking roadmap for improving global literacy and conflict-resolution skills in middle and high schools across the United States
In Raising Global IQ, Carl Hobert calls on K–12 teachers, administrators, parents, and students alike to transform the educational system by giving students the tools they need to become responsible citizens in a shrinking, increasingly... Read more >
Preparing Our Students for a Shrinking Planet
Written by Carl Hobert
Format: Hardcover, 232 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $26.95
A groundbreaking roadmap for improving global literacy and conflict-resolution skills in middle and high schools across the United States
In Raising Global IQ, Carl Hobert calls on K–12 teachers, administrators, parents, and students alike to transform the educational system by giving students the tools they need to become responsible citizens in a shrinking, increasingly... Read more >
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trade paperback.
Raising Global IQ
Preparing Our Students for a Shrinking Planet
Written by Carl Hobert
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $26.95
A groundbreaking roadmap for improving global literacy and conflict-resolution skills in middle and high schools across the United States
In Raising Global IQ, Carl Hobert calls on K–12 teachers, administrators, parents, and students alike to transform the educational system by giving students the tools they need to become responsible citizens in a shrinking, increasingly... Read more >
Preparing Our Students for a Shrinking Planet
Written by Carl Hobert
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $26.95
A groundbreaking roadmap for improving global literacy and conflict-resolution skills in middle and high schools across the United States
In Raising Global IQ, Carl Hobert calls on K–12 teachers, administrators, parents, and students alike to transform the educational system by giving students the tools they need to become responsible citizens in a shrinking, increasingly... Read more >
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Aristocracy of Everyone
Written by Benjamin Barber
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: November 21, 2012
Price: $11.99
In this brilliant, controversial, and profoundly original book, Benjamin R. Barber fundamentally alters the terms of the current debate over the value of opportunity in American education, politics, and culture.
Barber argues that the fashionable rallying cries of cultural literacy and political correctness completely miss the point of what is wrong with... Read more >
Written by Benjamin Barber
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: November 21, 2012
Price: $11.99
In this brilliant, controversial, and profoundly original book, Benjamin R. Barber fundamentally alters the terms of the current debate over the value of opportunity in American education, politics, and culture.
Barber argues that the fashionable rallying cries of cultural literacy and political correctness completely miss the point of what is wrong with... Read more >
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Growing Up Absurd
Problems of Youth in the Organized Society
Written by Paul Goodman
Afterword by Susan Sontag
Foreword by Casey Nelson Blake
Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $17.95
Paul Goodman’s Growing Up Absurd was a runaway best seller when it was first published in 1960, and it became one of the defining texts of the New Left. Goodman was a writer and thinker who broke every mold and did it brilliantly—he was a novelist, poet, and a social theorist... Read more >
Problems of Youth in the Organized Society
Written by Paul Goodman
Afterword by Susan Sontag
Foreword by Casey Nelson Blake
Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $17.95
Paul Goodman’s Growing Up Absurd was a runaway best seller when it was first published in 1960, and it became one of the defining texts of the New Left. Goodman was a writer and thinker who broke every mold and did it brilliantly—he was a novelist, poet, and a social theorist... Read more >
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Savage Inequalities
Children in America's Schools
Written by Jonathan Kozol
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $15.00
For two years, beginning in 1988, Jonathan Kozol visited schools in neighborhoods across the country, from Illinois to Washington D.C., and from New York to San Antonio. He spoke with teachers, principals, superintendents, and, most important, children. What he found was devastating. Not only were schools for rich and poor blatantly... Read more >
Children in America's Schools
Written by Jonathan Kozol
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $15.00
For two years, beginning in 1988, Jonathan Kozol visited schools in neighborhoods across the country, from Illinois to Washington D.C., and from New York to San Antonio. He spoke with teachers, principals, superintendents, and, most important, children. What he found was devastating. Not only were schools for rich and poor blatantly... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Savage Inequalities
Children in America's Schools
Written by Jonathan Kozol
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $11.99
For two years, beginning in 1988, Jonathan Kozol visited schools in neighborhoods across the country, from Illinois to Washington D.C., and from New York to San Antonio. He spoke with teachers, principals, superintendents, and, most important, children. What he found was devastating. Not only were schools for rich and poor blatantly... Read more >
Children in America's Schools
Written by Jonathan Kozol
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $11.99
For two years, beginning in 1988, Jonathan Kozol visited schools in neighborhoods across the country, from Illinois to Washington D.C., and from New York to San Antonio. He spoke with teachers, principals, superintendents, and, most important, children. What he found was devastating. Not only were schools for rich and poor blatantly... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Growing Up Absurd
Problems of Youth in the Organized Society
Written by Paul Goodman
Afterword by Susan Sontag
Foreword by Casey Nelson Blake
Format: eBook, 312 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2011
Price: $17.95
Paul Goodman’s Growing Up Absurd was a runaway best seller when it was first published in 1960, and it became one of the defining texts of the New Left. Goodman was a writer and thinker who broke every mold and did it brilliantly—he was a novelist, poet, and a social theorist... Read more >
Problems of Youth in the Organized Society
Written by Paul Goodman
Afterword by Susan Sontag
Foreword by Casey Nelson Blake
Format: eBook, 312 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2011
Price: $17.95
Paul Goodman’s Growing Up Absurd was a runaway best seller when it was first published in 1960, and it became one of the defining texts of the New Left. Goodman was a writer and thinker who broke every mold and did it brilliantly—he was a novelist, poet, and a social theorist... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The End of Ignorance
Multiplying Our Human Potential
Written by John Mighton
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 1, 2011
Price: $12.99
A revolutionary call for a new understanding of how people learn.
The End of Ignorance conceives of a world in which no child is left behind – a world based on the assumption that each child has the potential to be successful in every subject. John Mighton argues that by recognizing the... Read more >
Multiplying Our Human Potential
Written by John Mighton
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 1, 2011
Price: $12.99
A revolutionary call for a new understanding of how people learn.
The End of Ignorance conceives of a world in which no child is left behind – a world based on the assumption that each child has the potential to be successful in every subject. John Mighton argues that by recognizing the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
A Short Course in Intellectual Self Defense
Written by Normand Baillargeon
Illustrated by Charb
Translated by Andrea Schmidt
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $17.95
What is the relationship between democracy and critical thinking? What must a citizen in a democracy know to make the word democracy meaningful? In A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense, historian and educator Normand Baillargeon provides readers with the tools to see through the spin and jargon of everyday politics and... Read more >
Written by Normand Baillargeon
Illustrated by Charb
Translated by Andrea Schmidt
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $17.95
What is the relationship between democracy and critical thinking? What must a citizen in a democracy know to make the word democracy meaningful? In A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense, historian and educator Normand Baillargeon provides readers with the tools to see through the spin and jargon of everyday politics and... Read more >
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The End of Ignorance
Multiplying Our Human Potential
Written by John Mighton
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $16.95
A revolutionary call for a new understanding of how people learn.
The End of Ignorance conceives of a world in which no child is left behind – a world based on the assumption that each child has the potential to be successful in every subject. John Mighton argues that by recognizing the... Read more >
Multiplying Our Human Potential
Written by John Mighton
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $16.95
A revolutionary call for a new understanding of how people learn.
The End of Ignorance conceives of a world in which no child is left behind – a world based on the assumption that each child has the potential to be successful in every subject. John Mighton argues that by recognizing the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense
Written by Normand Baillargeon
Illustrated by Charb
Translated by Andrea Schmidt
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: February 5, 2008
Price: $17.95
What is the relationship between democracy and critical thinking? What must a citizen in a democracy know to make the word democracy meaningful? In A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense, historian and educator Normand Baillargeon provides readers with the tools to see through the spin and jargon of everyday politics and... Read more >
Written by Normand Baillargeon
Illustrated by Charb
Translated by Andrea Schmidt
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: February 5, 2008
Price: $17.95
What is the relationship between democracy and critical thinking? What must a citizen in a democracy know to make the word democracy meaningful? In A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense, historian and educator Normand Baillargeon provides readers with the tools to see through the spin and jargon of everyday politics and... Read more >
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The Roads to Modernity
The British, French, and American Enlightenments
Written by Gertrude Himmelfarb
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
In an elegant, eminently readable work, one of our most distinguished intellectual historians gives us a brilliant revisionist history. The Roads to Modernity reclaims the Enlightenment–an extraordinary time bursting with new ideas about human nature, politics, society, and religion--from historians who have downgraded its importance and from scholars who have given... Read more >
The British, French, and American Enlightenments
Written by Gertrude Himmelfarb
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
In an elegant, eminently readable work, one of our most distinguished intellectual historians gives us a brilliant revisionist history. The Roads to Modernity reclaims the Enlightenment–an extraordinary time bursting with new ideas about human nature, politics, society, and religion--from historians who have downgraded its importance and from scholars who have given... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Calm and Compassionate Children
A Handbook
Written by Susan Dermond
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2007
Price: $15.99
Building on such inherent qualities as openheartedness and trust, parents and teachers can help children develop empathy and integrity as they grow and mature. From nature activities to conscious quiet time to tips on daily routines, CALM AND COMPASSIONATE CHILDREN provides practical guidance to help grown-ups model behavior and suggests dozens... Read more >
A Handbook
Written by Susan Dermond
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2007
Price: $15.99
Building on such inherent qualities as openheartedness and trust, parents and teachers can help children develop empathy and integrity as they grow and mature. From nature activities to conscious quiet time to tips on daily routines, CALM AND COMPASSIONATE CHILDREN provides practical guidance to help grown-ups model behavior and suggests dozens... Read more >
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Teaching Toward Freedom
Moral Commitment and Ethical Action in the Classroom
Written by William Ayers
Format: Trade Paperback, 184 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2005
Price: $16.00
For William Ayers, noted educator and activist, "the allure of teaching, that ineffable magic drawing me back to the classroom again and again, issues from an ideal that lies directly at its heart: Teaching, at its best, is an enterprise that helps human beings reach the full measure of their humanity."
In... Read more >
Moral Commitment and Ethical Action in the Classroom
Written by William Ayers
Format: Trade Paperback, 184 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2005
Price: $16.00
For William Ayers, noted educator and activist, "the allure of teaching, that ineffable magic drawing me back to the classroom again and again, issues from an ideal that lies directly at its heart: Teaching, at its best, is an enterprise that helps human beings reach the full measure of their humanity."
In... Read more >
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eBook.
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The Roads to Modernity
The British, French, and American Enlightenments
Written by Gertrude Himmelfarb
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2005
Price: $16.00
In an elegant, eminently readable work, one of our most distinguished intellectual historians gives us a brilliant revisionist history. The Roads to Modernity reclaims the Enlightenment–an extraordinary time bursting with new ideas about human nature, politics, society, and religion--from historians who have downgraded its importance and from scholars who have given... Read more >
The British, French, and American Enlightenments
Written by Gertrude Himmelfarb
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2005
Price: $16.00
In an elegant, eminently readable work, one of our most distinguished intellectual historians gives us a brilliant revisionist history. The Roads to Modernity reclaims the Enlightenment–an extraordinary time bursting with new ideas about human nature, politics, society, and religion--from historians who have downgraded its importance and from scholars who have given... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Teaching Toward Freedom
Moral Commitment and Ethical Action in the Classroom
Written by William Ayers
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 10, 2004
Price: $18.00
In Teaching toward Freedom, William Ayers illuminates the hope as well as the conflict that characterizes the craft of education: how it can be used in authoritarian ways at the service of the state, the church, or a restrictive existing social order-or, as he envisions it, as a way for students to... Read more >
Moral Commitment and Ethical Action in the Classroom
Written by William Ayers
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 10, 2004
Price: $18.00
In Teaching toward Freedom, William Ayers illuminates the hope as well as the conflict that characterizes the craft of education: how it can be used in authoritarian ways at the service of the state, the church, or a restrictive existing social order-or, as he envisions it, as a way for students to... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Science Gap
Dispelling The Myths And Understanding The Reality Of Science
Written by Milton A. Rothman
Format: Trade Paperback, 254 pages
On Sale: November 30, 2003
Price: $26.99
At a time when there is an ever-widening gap between what the expert knows and what the average person believes, this accessible volume clearly explains the scientific facts and concepts that are indispensable for an understanding of our material universe.
Milton Rothman examines sixteen standard myths about the nature of science, demonstrating... Read more >
Dispelling The Myths And Understanding The Reality Of Science
Written by Milton A. Rothman
Format: Trade Paperback, 254 pages
On Sale: November 30, 2003
Price: $26.99
At a time when there is an ever-widening gap between what the expert knows and what the average person believes, this accessible volume clearly explains the scientific facts and concepts that are indispensable for an understanding of our material universe.
Milton Rothman examines sixteen standard myths about the nature of science, demonstrating... Read more >
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Emile
Or Treatise on Education
Written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Format: Trade Paperback, 315 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2003
Price: $15.99
In his pioneering treatise on education the great French philosopher presented concepts that had a significant influence on the development of pedagogy, and yet many of his ideas still sound radical today. Written in reaction to the stultifying system of rote learning and memorization prevalent throughout Europe in Rousseau's time, Émile... Read more >
Or Treatise on Education
Written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Format: Trade Paperback, 315 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2003
Price: $15.99
In his pioneering treatise on education the great French philosopher presented concepts that had a significant influence on the development of pedagogy, and yet many of his ideas still sound radical today. Written in reaction to the stultifying system of rote learning and memorization prevalent throughout Europe in Rousseau's time, Émile... Read more >
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