Philip Zhai embarks upon a daring adventure in the world of virtual reality. Arguing that whatever reasons we have for justifying the materiality of the actual world are equally valid for justifying
This authoritative handbook examines the community, district, and teacher leadership roles that affect urban schools. It will serve as a foundation for pedagogical and educational leadership practices
Pathways to Hope features metaphors Harish Malhotra uses to help his patients in therapy and to teach medical students open-ended interview techniques. The metaphors in this book serve as an extension
In Empowering Students, educators Robert Brower and Amy Keller provide teachers with seven powerful steps that build character and promote success in students' lives. These steps include making critic
Explores the ancient relationship between India and China to conceptualise a ‘third space’ wherein we can discover how their emergence might benefit, rather than threaten, international society.
Explores the ancient relationship between India and China to conceptualise a ‘third space’ wherein we can discover how their emergence might benefit, rather than threaten, international society.
As part of her ongoing quest to break open monastic wisdom for the modern world, Sr. Joan Chittister's latest book addresses the question: What qualities of the soul must be cultivated by each of us i
Formed in the Word is an attempt to bring home to the people in the pew, in the subway, and in the marketplace the significance and the mandate of the gospel, particularly the Beatitudes.
This book offers an analysis of the dynamics of Israeli-European relations and discusses significant developments in that relationship from the late 1950s through to the present day. The emphasis is p
Lopsided Schools introduces readers to the case method. It is intended for school administrators, instructors, guidance counselors, teacher trainers, school board members, parents, and the general pub
"John Benham is a rare individual who walks his talk with a sense of mission unknown in common hours, and every person connected with arts education is the beneficiary of his immeasurable commitment a
Essays in tribute to pioneering researcher Herman Feifel cover all aspects of thanatology, the study of death and dying and the care of the dying and bereaved. Topics include the role of the caregiver
Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced, by Theodore F. Sheckels, Nichola D. Gutgold, and Diana Bartelli Carlin, is a book that includes interviews with
Within this volume, Reb Kalonymus teaches the art of self-observation with an emphasis on organizing and running a spiritual community. The reader is exhorted to be mindful of God at all times, with s
Sexual tension is prevalent in small town America, heartache is wrenching, and emotions fluctuate like a roller coaster. A presidential election was imminent back in 2012. The world was supposed to en
It is not enough to probe the historical details of the cataclysmic event of the Holocaust. We need to understand how the Nazis unleashed cultural, political, and religious forces that remain very muc
Pinson (Iyyun Institute, Brooklyn, New York) offers both a scholarly study of meditative practices in Judaism from the early Kabbalists to the modern Chassidic and Mussar masters, and a practical guid
