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The period that began with the peaceful destruction of the Berlin
Wall and culminated in the unraveling of the former Soviet Empire
has been viewed as "the age of parliaments", with legislatures
becoming more assertive and playing a more active role in setting
policies that govern their nations. The key to democracy is an
effective legislature. By the same token, the key to an effective
legislature is the knowledge and information that permit it to make
informed decisions on specific issues and to play an active role in
the policy-making process of the nation.
Library and research services are the principal sources for
meeting the information and analysis needs of effective
parliaments. The section on Library and Research Services for
Parliaments has become an important mechanism for sharing ideas on
how to improve services to our respective legislatures. Presented
here are papers outlining current strategies within the new
democracies of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and
others. (IFLA Publication, Vol. 87)
This account provides the first comprehensive coverage of the
insect and other arthropod pests in the urban environment
worldwide. Presented is a brief description, biology, and detailed
information on the development, habits, and distribution of urban
and public health pests. There are 570 illustrations to accompany
some of the major pest species. The format is designed to serve as
a ready-reference and to provide basic information on orders,
families, and species. The species coverage is international and
based on distribution in domestic and peridomestic habitats. The
references are extensive and international, and cover key papers on
species and groups. The introductory chapters overview the urban
ecosystem and its key ecological components, and a review of the
pests status and modern control strategies. The book will serve as
a student textbook, professional training manual, and handbook for
the pest control professionals, regulatory officials, and urban
entomologists. It is organized alphabetically throughout.
Pablo Picasso's artistic output is astonishing in its ambition and
variety. This handsome new publication examines a particular aspect
of his legendary capacity for invention: his imaginative and
original use of paper. He used it as a support for autonomous
works, including etchings, prints and drawings, as well as for his
papier-colle experiments of the 1910s and his revolutionary
three-dimensional 'constructions', made of cardboard, paper and
string. Sometimes, his use of paper was simply determined by
circumstance: in occupied Paris, where art supplies were hard to
come by, he ripped up paper tablecloths to make works of art. And,
of course, his works on paper comprise the preparatory stages of
some of his very greatest paintings, among them Les Demoiselles
d'Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937). With reproductions of more
than 300 works of art and additional texts by Violette Andres,
Stephen Coppel, Emmanuelle Hincelin, Christopher Lloyd, Johan
Popelard and Claustre Rafart Planas, this sumptuous study reveals
the myriad ways in which Picasso's genius seized the potential of
paper at different stages throughout his career.
2020 Choice​ Outstanding Academic Title Research frequently
neglects the important ways that race and gender intersect within
the complex structural dynamics of STEM. Diversifying
STEMÂ fills this void, bringing together a wide array of
perspectives and the voices of a number of multidisciplinary
scholars. The essays cover three main areas: the widely-held
ideology that science and mathematics are “value-free,” which
promotes pedagogies of colorblindness in the classroom as well as
an avoidance of discussions around using mathematics and science to
promote social justice; how male and female students of color
experience the intersection of racist and sexist structures that
lead to general underrepresentation and marginalization; and
recognizing that although there are no quick fixes, there exists
evidence-based research suggesting concrete ways of doing a better
job of including individuals of color in STEM. As a whole this
volume will allow practitioners, teachers, students, faculty, and
professionals to reimagine STEM across a variety of educational
paradigms, perspectives, and disciplines, which is critical in
finding solutions that broaden the participation of historically
underrepresented groups within the STEM disciplines.Â
2020 Choice​ Outstanding Academic Title Research frequently
neglects the important ways that race and gender intersect within
the complex structural dynamics of STEM. Diversifying
STEMÂ fills this void, bringing together a wide array of
perspectives and the voices of a number of multidisciplinary
scholars. The essays cover three main areas: the widely-held
ideology that science and mathematics are “value-free,” which
promotes pedagogies of colorblindness in the classroom as well as
an avoidance of discussions around using mathematics and science to
promote social justice; how male and female students of color
experience the intersection of racist and sexist structures that
lead to general underrepresentation and marginalization; and
recognizing that although there are no quick fixes, there exists
evidence-based research suggesting concrete ways of doing a better
job of including individuals of color in STEM. As a whole this
volume will allow practitioners, teachers, students, faculty, and
professionals to reimagine STEM across a variety of educational
paradigms, perspectives, and disciplines, which is critical in
finding solutions that broaden the participation of historically
underrepresented groups within the STEM disciplines.Â
From Log Cabin to the Pulpit, Or, Fifteen Years in Slavery By
William H. Robinson
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
My friends, it is not the purpose of the writer to place before the
public something to bias the minds of the people or instill a
spirit of hatred. My book reveals in every chapter either the
pathetic moan of slaves in almost utter despair, yet panting,
groaning, bitterly wailing and still hoping for freedom, or of
slaves with their hearts, lifted to God, praying for deliverance
from the cruel bonds, the auction block, and years of unrequited
grinding toil for those who had no right to their labor. Realizing,
as I do, the injunction of the Lord Jesus, when he said, in Matthew
VII, 12: "Therefore, all things whatsoever ye would that men should
do to you, do ye so to them, for this is the law and the prophets"
my deliberations have been many and constant that God would take
out of my heart all the spirit of retaliation or revenge. This is
why my book has not been before the public years ago. I wanted to
be assured of the fact that I could give to the world at least some
thoughts that would not only be a remembrance, but would prove
beneficial to all in whose hands this book may chance to fall. I
would not have this all important fact pass from the mind and
memory of men, that they should not give their consent, nor cast
their ballot for the enslavement of any human being.
Natural resources are naturally occurring substances that are
considered valuable in their relatively unmodified (natural) form.
A natural resource's value rests in the amount of the material
available and the demand for it. The latter is determined by its
usefulness to production. A commodity is generally considered a
natural resource when the primary activities associated with it are
extraction and purification, as opposed to creation. Thus, mining,
petroleum extraction, fishing, hunting, and forestry are generally
considered natural-resource industries, while agriculture is not.
This book presents the latest information from around the globe in
this diverse and important field of research.
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