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- 00008184 description "Educator information : building a foundation -- Preparing to perform duties and functions -- Basic foundation information : communicating with child witnesses -- Meeting the parent and child -- The court educator, lawyer and therapist -- A prosecutor's perspective on court preparation : boundaries and roles / by Thomas J. Fallon, J.D.".
- 00008184 description "Includes bibliographical references (p.165-167) and index.".
- 00008186 description "Turtle and Snake are ready to decorate a Christmas tree but they first need to find the perfect tree.".
- 00008188 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 93) and index.".
- 00008189 description "Baby Duck follows a rubber ducky down waterfalls, through the woods, and far away from home, not realizing that he will have to find his own way back.".
- 00008190 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-54) and index.".
- 00008192 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-190) and index.".
- 00008193 description "Abraham : dynamic security -- Rebekah : the ethics of creativity -- Jacob : writing straight with crooked lines -- Joseph : how to fail forward -- Moses : secrets of growing with God -- Samson : the failure of promise -- Ruth : the wisdom to make your move -- Samuel : crossing where it is the narrowest -- Saul : learning to take our place -- David : getting ourselves off our hands -- Solomon : lesson for the second half of life -- Elijah : good news for our down times -- Amos : the wages of amnesia -- Hosea : the courage of compassion -- Isaiah : saying yes to the real you -- Jeremiah : the hope of losing to God -- Ezekiel : what we can hope for.".
- 00008194 description "Grounding the work : focusing on learning -- Working the ground : considering context -- To everything there is a season : predictable phases -- Tilling the soil : preparing -- Planting seeds : negotiating -- Nurturing growth : enabling -- Reaping the harvest : coming to closure -- Regenerating personal growth through mentoring.".
- 00008194 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-190).".
- 00008195 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 177).".
- 00008196 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-247) and index.".
- 00008198 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.".
- 00008198 description "Recounts the life of the scientist whose theories of relativity revolutionized the way we look at space and time.".
- 00008199 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-139) and index.".
- 00008200 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 00008201 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 00008201 description "The Church must formalize the ministry of women -- Men and women are ontologically equal -- The Church has given reasons why women, although ontologically equal to men, may not be ordained to priesthood -- The judgment that women cannot be ordained priests does not apply to the question of whether women can be ordained deacons -- Women are and have been called to the diaconate -- There are stronger arguments from Scripture, history, tradition, and theology that women may be ordained deacons than that women may not be ordained deacons -- Women have continually served the Church in diaconal ministry, whether ordained to such service or not -- The ordained ministry of service by women is necessary to the Church, that is, to both the people of God and the hierarchy -- The ordination of women to the diaconate is possible.".
- 00008202 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-207) and index.".
- 00008203 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-325) and index.".
- 00008205 description "Gregory Groundhog and his shadow desperately look for each other after they become separated from one another just before their annual appearance on Groundhog Day.".
- 00008206 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 00008207 description "Biographic art: the evolution of an art form -- Jesuit contact with the Flatheads -- Ambrose: Flathead warrior artist -- The five Crows ledger -- Analysis of the art -- The five Crows ledger and the biographic art lexicon.".
- 00008207 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 00008208 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-322) and index.".
- 00008209 description "While trying to improve his failing math grade in order to stay on the basketball team, Mickey learns a lesson about forgiveness.".
- 00008210 description "Mickey has trouble balancing the needs of his friends, his efforts to train his dog, school work, and practice for the upcoming championship basketball game.".
- 00008211 description "Walter shows Iris how to make friends with his horse Rain, and in turn, Iris helps Walter deal with a problem at school.".
- 00008212 description "Blue house -- Carnival of skulls -- The ballerina -- Mexican dionysus -- Colossus of the North -- La chingada -- The pseudo-amateur -- On her own terms -- Death is a friend.".
- 00008212 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-183) and index.".
- 00008213 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and index.".
- 00008214 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. xvi-xxi) and index.".
- 00008215 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 00008217 description "Explains the various parts of the human skeleton and different types of muscles and their functions.".
- 00008218 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-177) and index.".
- 00008220 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-122) and index.".
- 00008221 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 234) and index.".
- 00008222 description "Describes the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment of asthma, as well as guidelines for living with the disease.".
- 00008222 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-41) and index.".
- 00008223 description "Explains the terms used for groups of birds, including parrots, cranes, and penguins and provides information on the group behavior of these creatures.".
- 00008223 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 24).".
- 00008224 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 00008225 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index.".
- 00008226 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-198) and index.".
- 00008229 description "Explains the terms used for groups of insects, including ants, termites, flies, and grasshoppers and provides information on the group behavior of these creatures.".
- 00008229 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 23).".
- 00008230 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-405) and indexes.".
- 00008231 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 00008233 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179) and index.".
- 00008234 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 388) and index.".
- 00008235 description "Suzie and her friends plant seeds in their garden and are surprised when the smallest seed produces the biggest, most beautiful tree. Includes a retelling of Jesus' parable of the mustard seed.".
- 00008236 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-152) and index.".
- 00008236 description "The lessons of experience -- Salvation -- The Christ -- The spirit -- The Church -- Life, movement, and being.".
- 00008237 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 00008237 description "Machine generated contents note: I PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY TODAY 17 -- 1. Borgmann's Philosophy of Technology 19 -- David Strong and Eric Higgs -- 2. Philosophy of Technology. Retrospective and -- Prospective Views 38 -- Paul T Durbin -- II EVALUATING FOCAL THINGS 51 -- 3. Focal Things and Focal Practices 55 -- Lawrence Haworth -- 4. Technology and Nostalgia 70 -- Gordon G. BrittanJr. -- 5. Focaltechnics, Pragmatechnics, and the Reform -- of Technology 89 -- Larry Hickman -- 6. Borgmann's Unzeitgemisse Betrachtungen: -- On the Prepolitical Conditions of a Politics of Place 106 -- Andrew Light -- 7. On Character and Technology 126 -- Carl Mitcham -- III THEORY IN THE SERVICE OF PRACTICE 149 -- 8. The Moving Image: Between Devices and Things 153 -- Phillip R. Fandozzi -- 9. Farming as Focal Practice 166 -- Paul B. Thompson -- 10. Design and the Reform of Technology: -- Venturing Out into the Open 182 -- Jesse S. Tatum -- 11. Nature by Design 195 -- Eric Higgs -- IV EXTENSIONS AND CONTROVERSIES 213 -- 12. Technological Ethics in a Different Voice 219 -- Diane P Michelfelder -- 13. Crossing the Postmodern Divide with -- Borgmann, or Adventures in Cyberspace 234 -- Douglas Kellner -- 14. Technology and Temporal Ambiguity 256 -- Mora Campbell -- 15. Trapped in Consumption: Modern Social Structure -- and the Entrenchment of the Device 271 -- Thomas Michael Power -- 16. From Essentialism to Constructivism: Philosophy of -- Technology at the Crossroads 294 -- Andrew Feenberg -- 17. Philosophy in the Service of Things 316 -- David Strong -- V POSTSCRIPT 339 -- 18. Reply to My Critics 341 -- Albert Borgmann -- Afterword 371 -- Index 375.".
- 00008238 description "Discusses the history of the home of the United States president, including its location, design and construction, fire and rebuilding, renovations, and how it evolved into a modern residence.".
- 00008238 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-91) and index.".
- 00008239 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 00008240 description "Describes the climate, seasons, plants, animals, and soil of the boreal forest, a biome or land zone, which stretches across the northern parts of North America, Europe, and Asia.".
- 00008240 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 46).".
- 00008241 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 00008242 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 00008243 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.".
- 00008243 description "Takes readers on a walk through a forest of trees that lose their leaves in the fall, showing examples of how the animals and plants depend on each other and their environment to survive.".
- 00008244 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 46).".
- 00008244 description "Takes readers on a walk through a tropical rain forest, showing examples of how the animals and plants depend on each other and their environment to survive.".
- 00008245 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47) and index.".
- 00008245 description "Takes readers on a walk in the tundra, showing examples of how the animals and plants of the tundra are connected and dependent on each other and the tundra's soil and climate.".
- 00008246 description "Why are we here? -- How do we live? -- How long does it take? -- Why do we die? -- How do we make a comeback? -- What are we called to be? -- Who is God?".
- 00008247 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-446) and index.".
- 00008248 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index.".
- 00008248 description "Introduction -- Business unity and its consequences for representative democracy -- Identifying business unity -- A portrait of unifying issues -- Public opinion, elections, and lawmaking -- Overt sources of business power -- Structural sources of business power -- The role of business in shaping public opinion -- The compatibility of business unity and popular sovereignty.".
- 00008249 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-274) and indexes.".
- 00008249 description "The great commission -- Noble savages and wretched Indians -- Speaking in tongues -- Many tender tithes -- Courting the public -- Let no man rend asunder -- We are all savages.".
- 00008250 description "Prophecies unfulfilled -- The will of God -- The right society -- The Davidic temptation -- The road from violence -- Priests and justice -- The grandchildren of the itinerant apostles.".
- 00008251 description "Describes the climate, soil, plants, and animals of North American deserts and the ways in which the plants and animals depend on each other and their environment to survive.".
- 00008251 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47).".
- 00008252 description "Describes the climate, soil, seasons, plants, and animals of the North American prairie and the ways in which the plants and animals depend on each other and their environment to survive.".
- 00008252 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 46).".
- 00008253 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 00008254 description "1. The rise and fall of Guaycuruan power -- 2. The growth of Guaycuruan missions -- 3. Economy -- 4. Society -- 5. Politics and war -- 6. Religion -- 7. The nineteenth and twentieth centures -- 8. Conclusion.".
- 00008254 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-254) and index.".
- 00008255 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 00008256 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-338) and index.".
- 00008257 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-61) and index.".
- 00008262 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-281) and index.".
- 00008263 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-292) and index.".
- 00008263 description "Making sense of the grantmaking universe -- Grantmaking : the human factor -- Building relationships with applicants -- Reviewing proposals -- Declining proposals -- Responding to proposals -- Site visits -- Writing the funding document -- Presenting the funding document -- Managing the project -- Closing the project -- Leveraging impact -- Influencing policy -- Initiative-based grantmaking -- The ethics of grantmaking.".
- 00008265 description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- 00008266 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-354) and index.".
- 00008267 description "Political theory / Sheldon S. Wolin -- Specters and angels at the end of history / Wendy Brown -- The politics of nostalgia and theories of loss / J. Peter Euben -- Can theorists make time for belief? / Russell Arben Fox -- The history of political thought as a vocation / David Paul Mandell -- Political theory for losers / Thomas L. Dumm -- Feminism's flight from the ordinary / Linda M. B. Zerilli -- Conceptions of science in political theory / Mark B. Brown -- Political theory as a provocation / Lon Troyer -- Gramsci, organic intellectuals, and cultural studies / Shane Gunster -- Reading the body / Samantha Frost -- Work, shame, and the chain gang / Jill Locke -- The nobility of democracy / William E. Connolly.".
- 00008269 description "A young boy counts the candles on the family menorah and the lights he sees in the world around him on each night of Hanukkah. Includes information on the history and significance of the celebration.".
- 00008272 description "Sixty short devotional readings introduce the biological sciences as indications of God's creativity and are accompanied by relevant scripture verses and suggested activities.".
- 00008274 description "Nick, a deaf seventh grader, befriends a mysterious girl who is training and protecting a pack of valuable sheepdogs on her own.".
- 00008275 description "Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of fireflies.".
- 00008277 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [32]) and index.".
- 00008277 description "This first-person account of a trip to Yellowstone National Park describes some of its outstanding features, including fiery geysers, boiling mud pools, and diverse wildlife.".
- 00008279 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-306) and index.".
- 00008279 description "Moral skepticism in twentieth-century American law -- A power-focused philosophy -- Would you have wanted Justice Holmes as a friend? -- The battlefield conversion of Oliver Wendell Holmes -- Holmes's opinions -- Judging the common law -- The descending trail : Holmes's path of the law -- The beatification of Oliver Wendell Holmes -- Ending the slide from Socrates and climbing back.".
- 00008280 description "Describes the functions, characteristics, disorders, and care of skin and hair.".