A Hess: 22 books
Representing the Good Neighbor
Music, Difference, and the Pan American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Winner of the 2015 Robert M. Stevenson Award from the American Musicological Society In Representing the Good Neighbor: Music, Difference, and the Pan American Dream, Carol A. Hess investigates the reception of Latin American art music in the US during the twentieth century. Hers is the first study...
The Political Theory of Judith N. Shklar
Exile from Exile
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
Judith Shklar called for a radical shift in political theory, toward a view of the history of ideas through the lens of exile. Hess takes this lens and applies it to Shklar's own life and theoretical work.
by Carol A. Hess
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
Experiencing Latin American Music draws on human experience as a point of departure for musical understanding. Students explore broad topics—identity, the body, religion, and more—and relate these to Latin American musics while refining their understanding of musical concepts and cultural-historical...
The Politically Correct University
Problems, Scope, and Reforms
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
The Politically Correct University shows how the universities' quest for 'diversity' has produced in too many departments a stifling uniformity of thought. Required reading for those who want American universities to eschew political correctness." — Michael Barone, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Disrupted Economic Relationships
Disasters, Sanctions, Dissolutions
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2019
Empirical studies and theoretical analyses examine the causes and consequences of disruptions in cross-border economic relationships, including political conflict, economic sanctions, and institutional collapse.
Cross-border economic relationships gradually strengthened in the decades after...
The Cinematic Voyage of THE PIRATE
Kelly, Garland, and Minnelli at Work
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
During Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s glory days, the studio’s famous Arthur Freed Unit made an extraordinary string of dazzling musicals. One of its very best was The Pirate. Based on a successful 1942 Broadway production, the film was directed by Vincente Minnelli and starred Gene Kelly and Judy Garland....
by A.M. Hess
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Sometimes married life can be difficult enough without any other outside influences. The daily pressures of money, family and careers are bad enough but when one adds infidelity to the mix it can be unbearable.
Sarah Connelly went so far as to hire a private investigator to uncover the truth...
by Michelle R. Davis, Vincent P. Culotta, Eric A. Levine
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
School Success for Kids With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders gives parents and teachers of students with conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, mood disorders, or other emotional and behavioral disorders the strategies they need to help these kids overcome their struggles and find success...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of potatoes Volume 2
Production, storage and crop protection
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2018
Comprehensive coverage of improvements in cultivation techniques across the potato value chain, from yield modelling to post-harvest storage
Detailed review of the main fungal, bacterial and viral diseases affecting potatoes
Assesses the environmental impact of potato cultivation
NIV, Biblical Theology Study Bible, eBook
Follow God’s Redemptive Plan as It Unfolds throughout Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Marvel at the big story and savor each detail
Biblical Theology allows you to ponder the individual stories and themes of Scripture while observing how they all fit together in God’s grand biblical narrative. It answers the question, How has God revealed his word historically and organically?...
Visualizing Modern China
Image, History, and Memory, 1750–Present
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
This book is a teaching textbook for both lower and upper level courses on modern Chinese history and/or modern visual culture. With fourteen chapters of well-illustrated original scholarship and a supplemental website providing resources for hundreds of images, the book introduces key themes of modern...
by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Kate Merkel-Hess, Sorpong Peou
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
The world was watching when footage of the "tank man" -- the lone Chinese citizen blocking the passage of a column of tanks during the brutal 1989 crackdown on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square -- first appeared in the media. The furtive video is now regarded as an iconic depiction...
Tibetan Subjectivities on the Global Stage
Negotiating Dispossession
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2018
Tibetan Subjectivities on the Global Stage: Negotiating Dispossession explores the many ways Tibetans are reimagining their cultural identity since the communist takeover of Tibet in the 1950s. Focusing on developments taking place in Tibet and the diaspora, this collection of essays addresses a wide...
by Nancy Cushen White, Ed.D. , CALT-QI
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2018
Keep up with the latest on the highly respected multisensory teaching approach to literacy with this new fourth edition, a complete update of the bestselling textbook adopted in colleges and universities across the country. The most comprehensive text available on multisensory teaching, this book...
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