Scripting the Moves: Culture and Control in a No-Excuses Charter School (Golann Joanne W.)(Pevná vazba)

Scripting the Moves: Culture and Control in a No-Excuses Charter School (Golann Joanne W.)(Pevná vazba)

An inside look at a 'no-excuses' charter school that reveals this educational model's strengths and weaknesses, and how its approach shapes students Silent, single-file lines. Detention for putting a head on a desk. Rules for how to dress, how to applaud, how to complete homework. Walk into some of

No Excuses!: How What You Say Can Get in Your Way (Dr Dyer Wayne W.)(Pevná vazba)

In his fourth book for children, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer focuses on the topic of excuses and how they can do more harm than we realize. The book demonstrates how excuses go far beyond 'my dog ate my homework,' and can actually become words that prevent your child from reaching his or her potential.The

Trans Exploits: Trans of Color Cultures and Technologies in Movement (Chen Jian Neo)(Pevná vazba)

In Trans Exploits Jian Neo Chen explores the cultural practices created by trans and gender-nonconforming artists and activists of color. They argue for a radical rethinking of the policies and technologies of racial gendering and assimilative social programming that have divided LGBT communities

What Is Culture For? (The School of Life)(Pevná vazba)

How to find compassion, hope, and perspective in the arts. Our societies frequently proclaim their enormous esteem for culture. Music, film, literature and the visual arts enjoy high prestige and are viewed by many as getting close to the meaning of life. But what is culture really for? This book

Culture of Control - Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society (Garland David (School of Law and Department of Sociology School of Law and Department of Sociology New York University))(Paperback / softback)

Charts the dramatic changes in crime control and criminal justice that have occurred in Britain and America. This book explains these transformations by showing how the social organisation of society has prompted a series of political and cultural adaptations that alter how governments and citizens

No Rules Rules - Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention (Hastings Reed)(Pevná vazba)

Manliness in Britain, 1760-1900: Bodies, Emotion, and Material Culture (Begiato Joanne)(Pevná vazba)

This book focuses on men's bodies, emotions and material culture to offer a new understanding of masculinities in Britain in the long nineteenth century. Using objects as well as texts and images, it shows how idealised and ugly bodies, and the feelings they stimulated, helped convey ideas about

Cultures of Communication: Theologies of Media in Early Modern Europe and Beyond (Puff Helmut)(Pevná vazba)

Contrary to the historiographical commonplace no Reformation without print Cultures of Communication examines media in the early modern world through the lens of the period's religious history. Looking beyond the emergence of print, this collection of ground-breaking essays highlights the pivotal

Roosevelt's and Churchill's Atlantic Charter: A Risky Meeting at Sea That Saved Democracy (Kluger Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Winston Churchill was no stranger to storms. They had engulfed him in various ways throughout his long career and he had always turned to face them with jutting jaw and indomitable spirit. Dark clouds had hovered over him from the moment he became Britain's Prime Minister in May 1940. Now, fifteen

Stop Workplace Drama: Train Your Team to Have No Complaints, No Excuses, and No Regrets (Chism Marlene)(Pevná vazba)

Overcome the interpersonal challenges holding your business back Is your workplace riddled with gossip, power struggles, and confusion? Do you seek clarity in your management and cohesiveness in your team? Do you have a personal obstacle affecting your professional success? If so, there is good

The Shaken and the Stirred: The Year's Work in Cocktail Culture (Schneider Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

The School Reform Landscape: Fraud, Myth, and Lies (Tienken Christopher H.)(Pevná vazba)

In The School Reform Landscape: Fear, Mythologies, and Lies, the authors take an in-depth and controversial look at school reform since the launch of Sputnik. They scrutinize school reform events, proposals, and policies from the last 60 years through the lens of critical social theory and examine

The Totally Secret Secret (Shea Bob)(Pevná vazba)

'Move over, Elephant and Piggie!' commands School Library Journal--the first book starring the vivacious Ballet Cat marks the launch of a new favorite friendship series for early readers. Ballet Cat and Sparkles the Pony are trying to decide what to play today. Nothing that Sparkles

Psychology and Pop Culture: An Empirical Adventure (Beard Keith W.)(Pevná vazba)

Psychology and Pop Culture: An Empirical Adventure examines the psychological aspects of pop culture preferences, personality, and behavior from across sixteen research studies. The authors analyze such phenomena as superhero and antihero fandoms, internet trolls, women in popular culture,

Cultures of Anyone: Studies on Cultural Democratization in the Spanish Neoliberal Crisis (Moreno-Caballud Luis)(Pevná vazba)

Cultures of Anyone studies the emergence of collaborative and non-hierarchical cultures in the context of the Spanish economic crisis of 2008. It explains how peer-to-peer social networks that have arisen online and through social movements such as the Indignados have challenged a longstanding

Spon - A Guide to Spoon Carving and the New Wood Culture (Spoon Barn The)(Pevná vazba)

'No one in Britain knows more about crafting a spoon from greenwood than Barn The Spoon.' Guardian'London's most famous and charismatic spoon whittler

The 360 Gaze: Immersions in Media, Society, and Culture (Stiegler Christian)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive study of the pervasive role of immersion and immersive media in postmodern culture, from a humanities and social sciences perspective. Virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and other modes of digitally induced immersion herald a major cultural and economic shift in

Latinx: The New Force in American Politics and Culture (Morales Ed)(Pevná vazba)

The Latinx revolution in US culture, society, and politics 'Latinx' (pronounced 'La-teen-ex') is the gender-neutral term that covers the largest racial minority in the United States, 17 percent of the country. This is the fastest-growing sector of American society, containing the most immigrants

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention (Hastings Reed)(Pevná vazba)

Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings reveals for the first time the unorthodox culture behind one of the world's most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies There has never before been a company like Netflix. It has led nothing short of a revolution in the entertainment industries, generating

The Handbook of Organizational Culture and Climate (Ashkanasy Neal M.)(Pevná vazba)

In The Handbook of Organizational Culture and Climate: Second Edition, a team of leading international scholars presents the state-of-the-art in the field, ten years after the publication of the award-winning First Edition. Following the Preface by Edgar Schein, 33 entirely new chapters document

Food, Health, and Culture in Latino Los Angeles (Sarah Portnoy)(Pevná vazba)

Food, Health, and Culture in Latino Los Angeles explores the history of Latino cuisine in Los Angeles and the contemporary Latino food scene, one that sharply contrasts with urban Latino neighborhoods where access to affordable, healthy food is a struggle. The study offers solutions such as

Buy the Roses, Book the Trip, Say the Words: A No-Regrets Journal for Pure Happiness (Juarez Lucy)(Pevná vazba)

No more excuses Grab hold of each day and live it to the fullest with Buy the Roses, Book the Trip, Say the Words. Inside, you'll find more than 120 pages of encouragement to take chances and breathe life into everything from your wardrobe and walls to your travel and relationships. Each page of

Modern Ladino Culture: Press, Belles Lettres, and Theater in the Late Ottoman Empire (Borovaya Olga)(Pevná vazba)

Olga Borovaya explores the emergence and expansion of print culture in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish), the mother tongue of the Sephardic Jews of the Ottoman Empire, in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. She provides the first comprehensive study of the three major forms of Ladino

Cultures and / Of Globalization (Axford Barry)(Pevná vazba)

This book explores the ways in which study of culture as the realm of meaning and identity can inform current debates about globalization and thus afford greater understanding of emergent globalities. By drawing on a range of disciplinary and sub-disciplinary expertise from across the social