AMERICAN WRITERS, Supplement XIII

The 13th supplement to the series contains biographies and critical analysis of the works of 18 mainly contemporary writers and poets, including Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Stephen Dobyns, Tillie Olsen, Luis Omar Salinas, Terry McMillan, and Yusef Komunyakaa. Each entry offers a critical review of a selection of the writer's work, a biography, discussion of the writer's career, and selected bibliography. An index for the whole series is included. This reference is useful to high school and undergraduate students.

Being Fair and Honest (Character Education)

Studies show that many people do not think it is wrong to be deceitful or to cheat to get ahead in school or at work. What does all this dishonesty do to individuals and our society at large? "Being Fair and Honest" examines how lies and cheating hurt people's lives, and stresses the importance of justice and honesty in creating a society that treats people well and provides them with the opportunities they need to succeed.

Advancing Social Studies Education through Self-Study Methodology: The Power, Promise, and Use of Self-Study in Social Studies Education

Advancing Social Studies Education through Self-Study Methodology provides a collection of works that highlights ways in which self-study of teaching and teacher education practices can advance conversations and knowledge in social studies education. Some of the pieces chosen for this book will provide theoretical connections between the two fields (e.g. how values and principles important to both fields work together, are similar, and can help each field expand). 

The Images of Time: An Essay on Temporal Representation

The Images of Time presents a philosophical investigation of the nature of time and the mind's ways of representing it. Robin Le Poidevin examines how we perceive time and change, the means by which memory links us with the past, the attempt to represent change and movement in art, and the nature of fictional time.

Bach's Dialogue with Modernity: Perspectives on the Passions

Providing a detailed analysis of Bach's Passions, this book represents an important contribution to the debate about the culture of 'classical music', its origins, priorities and survival. The angles from which each chapter proceeds differ from those of a traditional music guide, by examining the Passions in the light of the mindsets of modernity, and their interplay with earlier models of thought and belief.