Kramer: 542 books

The hot and temperate deserts and their marginal steppe lands comprise one-third of the land surface of the world and are an increasingly critical area for the economic wellbeing of world populations. The remarkable mechanisms of floral, faunal, and human adaptation to the distinct and difficult environment...

This book offers a novel approach to understanding violence and violent conflict using complexity and network theories, borrowed from the natural sciences, together with social network analysis. Because violence is both a universal and central component of human communication and identity formation,...

Knowing a second language entails some unease; it requires a willingness to make mistakes and work through misunderstandings. The renowned literary scholar Doris Sommer argues that feeling funny is good for you, and for society. In Bilingual Aesthetics Sommer invites readers to make mischief with...

Remembering loved ones is easier when we are quiet in reflection, prayer and meditation. These eleven topics are an aid in rousing your memories from the past, with family and friends. A plan for a memorial ceremony is included. Love does not die when a loved one leaves, the bridge between is always there when we walk across in memory. 3,365 words.

People who lose a loved one often have trouble relating to others as they grieve. This little book offers gentle suggestions for moving forward and is ideal as a subtle gift to recognize the tremendous pain of loss.

This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single...

The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, which involved approximately 30,000 workers, is Canada's best-known strike. When the State Trembled recovers the hitherto untold story of the Citizens' Committee of 1000, formed by Winnipeg's business elite in order to crush the revolt and sustain the status quo. This...

For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Surveying technicians job, or to apply for a better job. What you'll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines....

For grades K-12. This manual includes 16 rhythmic dance steps illustrated and described; 9 little dances; 18 sequencing combinations; and 4 advanced group dances - for learning kinesthetically about basic math, sequencing, and language phrasing and rhythms. Fulfills many of the US Arts in Education...

Included are 33 beginning and advanced kinesthetic mini-lessons for K-9 students in math, language and the one-hand alphabet. A great manual for the classroom or homeschooling to spark enthusiasm with students of different abilities and learning styles. Lessons can be adapted for special needs students.

More Eusebio Than You Think. This book is your ultimate resource for Eusebio. Here you will find the most up-to-date 180 Success Facts, Information, and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Eusebio's Early life, Career...

How does culture affect child-rearing practices? How do factors such as poverty, ethnic difference, racial minority status, and having immigrant parents alter the experience of a growing child? Are there culturally distinct sub-groups within the African-American population? How ubiquitous are psychoanalytically...

The volume offers a survey of the contribution of German literature and culture to the evolution of ecological thought. As the field of ecocritical theory and practice is rapidly expanding towards transnational and global dimensions, it seems nevertheless necessary to consider the distinct manifestations...

Playing on the frequently used metaphors of the 'turn toward' or 'turn back' in scholarship on religion, The Turn Around Religion in America offers a model of religion that moves in a reciprocal relationship between these two poles. In particular, this volume dedicates itself to a reading of religion...