"KEVIN DI CAMILLO'S poems are so finely tuned that they risk calling the reader's attention too exclusively to their form and to all the fragile echoes from other writers that haunt them. This volume is, in itself, plotted as a complicated sequence, and is not merely a gathering of incidental or occasional poems. The opening lyric poems are immediately arresting; but it is in the retrospect afforded them by the "Gradual Psalms" and the Stations of the Cross that they fully reveal themselves. The sequence is in some respects simple - it starts with an account of the world and of the way it has been glimpsed in various writers; then the transience of this is absorbed into the meditative sequences that follow, although the absorption of one world into another is a painful one; then it is celebrated in the Joycean epithalamium.
BlazeVOX [books]
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9781609642945
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Paperback
Barron's SAT Subject Test U.S. History, 4th Edition
By M.a., Eugene V. Resnick
This updated edition provides a number of tools to help students succeed on the SAT Subject Test in U.S. History:A diagnostic test to help students pinpoint their strengths and weaknessesThree full-length practice tests with all questions answered and explainedTimelines at the beginning of each chapter highlighting key events for quick reviewTest-taking strategies and tips for answering multiple-choice questionsAn in-depth review of U.S. history, starting with European colonization of North America and covering major topics that include: the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Great Depression, important Supreme Court cases, and moreReview quizzes with answer explanations following every five chaptersBONUS ONLINE PRACTICE TESTS: Students who purchase this book will also get FREE access to two additional full-length online SAT U.
Barron's Educational Series
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9781438010748
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Paperback
We the People, Vol. 1
By Ackerman, Bruce
Bruce Ackerman offers a sweeping reinterpretation of our nations constitutional experience and its promise for the future. Integrating themes from American history, political science, and philosophy, We the People confronts the past, present, and future of popular sovereignty in America. Only this distinguished scholar could present such an insightful view of the role of the Supreme Court. Rejecting arguments of judicial activists, proceduralists, and neoconservatives, Ackerman proposes a new model of judicial interpretation that would synthesize the constitutional contributions of many generations into a coherent whole. The author ranges from examining the origins of the dualist tradition in the Federalist Papers to reflecting upon recent, historic constitutional decisions.
Belknap Press
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9780674948402
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Hardcover
Pass the U.S. Citizenship Exam
By Editors., Learning Express
This all-in-one contains everything needed to prepare for and pass the U.S. Citizenship exam and become a U.S. citizen. Inside you will find:100 official USCIS history and civics questions and answersA sample N-400 Form--application for naturalizationVocabulary lists that cover all the words you need to know to take the examA walkthrough of the citizenship processSample interview questions and the best way to answer them
Learningexpress, LLC
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9781611030969
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Paperback
Chronicle of the First World War
By Argyle, Christopher
This reference guide to every military aspect of World War I presents information in nine parallel columns under the main headings Western Front, Eastern Front, Southern Fronts, Turk Fronts, African Operations, Sea War, Air War, International Events and Home Fronts. This will enable readers to establish everything that happened throughout the world on a chosen day, week or month, and also to discover the true chronological order and context of specific events. The text has been illustrated with campaign maps, quotations and statistics to enable readers to understand the full extent and significance of the entire 1914-1918 conflict.
Facts on File
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9780816021390
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Hardcover
Unbroken Brain
By Szalavitz, Maia
More people than ever before see themselves as addicted to, or recovering from, addiction, whether it be alcohol or drugs, prescription meds, sex, gambling, porn, or the internet. But despite the unprecedented attention, our understanding of addiction is trapped in unfounded 20th century ideas, addiction as a crime or as brain disease, and in equally outdated treatment. Challenging both the idea of the addict's "broken brain" and the notion of a simple "addictive personality," Unbroken Brain offers a radical and groundbreaking new perspective, arguing that addictions are learning disorders and shows how seeing the condition this way can untangle our current debates over treatment, prevention and policy. Like autistic traits, addictive behaviors fall on a spectrum -- and they can be a normal response to an extreme situation.
St Martin'S Press
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9781250055828
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Print book
Sailing in Glass
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Introduces the tools, materials, and techniques used to make model ships in bottles, suggests different types of ships, and includes tips on creating a realistic looking background
Olympic Marketing Corp
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9780914814375
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Hardcover
Senior Account Clerk
By Division., National Learning Corporation. Civil Service
The Senior Account Clerk Passbook prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: fundamentals of account keeping and bookkeeping; office record keeping; understanding and interpreting written material; and more.
National Learning Corporation
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9780837318745
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Plastic Comb
The Lost Gospel
By Jacobovici, Simcha
In a startling follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Jesus Family Tomb, a historical detective story that unravels a newly translated document filled with startling revelations and fascinating detail about the life and times of Jesus. The Dead Sea Scrolls, the Gnostic writings and nowThe Lost Gospel, a newly decoded manuscript that uncovers groundbreaking revelations about the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth - a startling follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Jesus Family Tomb. Waiting to be rediscovered in the British Library is an ancient manuscript of the early Church, copied by an anonymous monk. The manuscript is at least 1,450 years old, possibly dating to the first century i.e., Jesus lifetime. And now, The Lost Gospel provides the first ever translation from Syriac into English of this unique document that tells the inside story of Jesus social, family and political life.
Now Chiefly Poetical
By Dicamillo, Kevin
"KEVIN DI CAMILLO'S poems are so finely tuned that they risk calling the reader's attention too exclusively to their form and to all the fragile echoes from other writers that haunt them. This volume is, in itself, plotted as a complicated sequence, and is not merely a gathering of incidental or occasional poems. The opening lyric poems are immediately arresting; but it is in the retrospect afforded them by the "Gradual Psalms" and the Stations of the Cross that they fully reveal themselves. The sequence is in some respects simple - it starts with an account of the world and of the way it has been glimpsed in various writers; then the transience of this is absorbed into the meditative sequences that follow, although the absorption of one world into another is a painful one; then it is celebrated in the Joycean epithalamium.
Barron's SAT Subject Test U.S. History, 4th Edition
By M.a., Eugene V. Resnick
This updated edition provides a number of tools to help students succeed on the SAT Subject Test in U.S. History:A diagnostic test to help students pinpoint their strengths and weaknessesThree full-length practice tests with all questions answered and explainedTimelines at the beginning of each chapter highlighting key events for quick reviewTest-taking strategies and tips for answering multiple-choice questionsAn in-depth review of U.S. history, starting with European colonization of North America and covering major topics that include: the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Great Depression, important Supreme Court cases, and moreReview quizzes with answer explanations following every five chaptersBONUS ONLINE PRACTICE TESTS: Students who purchase this book will also get FREE access to two additional full-length online SAT U.
We the People, Vol. 1
By Ackerman, Bruce
Bruce Ackerman offers a sweeping reinterpretation of our nations constitutional experience and its promise for the future. Integrating themes from American history, political science, and philosophy, We the People confronts the past, present, and future of popular sovereignty in America. Only this distinguished scholar could present such an insightful view of the role of the Supreme Court. Rejecting arguments of judicial activists, proceduralists, and neoconservatives, Ackerman proposes a new model of judicial interpretation that would synthesize the constitutional contributions of many generations into a coherent whole. The author ranges from examining the origins of the dualist tradition in the Federalist Papers to reflecting upon recent, historic constitutional decisions.
Pass the U.S. Citizenship Exam
By Editors., Learning Express
This all-in-one contains everything needed to prepare for and pass the U.S. Citizenship exam and become a U.S. citizen. Inside you will find:100 official USCIS history and civics questions and answersA sample N-400 Form--application for naturalizationVocabulary lists that cover all the words you need to know to take the examA walkthrough of the citizenship processSample interview questions and the best way to answer them
Chronicle of the First World War
By Argyle, Christopher
This reference guide to every military aspect of World War I presents information in nine parallel columns under the main headings Western Front, Eastern Front, Southern Fronts, Turk Fronts, African Operations, Sea War, Air War, International Events and Home Fronts. This will enable readers to establish everything that happened throughout the world on a chosen day, week or month, and also to discover the true chronological order and context of specific events. The text has been illustrated with campaign maps, quotations and statistics to enable readers to understand the full extent and significance of the entire 1914-1918 conflict.
Unbroken Brain
By Szalavitz, Maia
More people than ever before see themselves as addicted to, or recovering from, addiction, whether it be alcohol or drugs, prescription meds, sex, gambling, porn, or the internet. But despite the unprecedented attention, our understanding of addiction is trapped in unfounded 20th century ideas, addiction as a crime or as brain disease, and in equally outdated treatment. Challenging both the idea of the addict's "broken brain" and the notion of a simple "addictive personality," Unbroken Brain offers a radical and groundbreaking new perspective, arguing that addictions are learning disorders and shows how seeing the condition this way can untangle our current debates over treatment, prevention and policy. Like autistic traits, addictive behaviors fall on a spectrum -- and they can be a normal response to an extreme situation.
Sailing in Glass
By Schouten, Joop Van
Introduces the tools, materials, and techniques used to make model ships in bottles, suggests different types of ships, and includes tips on creating a realistic looking background
Senior Account Clerk
By Division., National Learning Corporation. Civil Service
The Senior Account Clerk Passbook prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: fundamentals of account keeping and bookkeeping; office record keeping; understanding and interpreting written material; and more.
The Lost Gospel
By Jacobovici, Simcha
In a startling follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Jesus Family Tomb, a historical detective story that unravels a newly translated document filled with startling revelations and fascinating detail about the life and times of Jesus. The Dead Sea Scrolls, the Gnostic writings and nowThe Lost Gospel, a newly decoded manuscript that uncovers groundbreaking revelations about the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth - a startling follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Jesus Family Tomb. Waiting to be rediscovered in the British Library is an ancient manuscript of the early Church, copied by an anonymous monk. The manuscript is at least 1,450 years old, possibly dating to the first century i.e., Jesus lifetime. And now, The Lost Gospel provides the first ever translation from Syriac into English of this unique document that tells the inside story of Jesus social, family and political life.