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A Companion to the United States Constitution and Its Amendments, 4th Edition
by John R. Vile
ISBN: 0275989577
$29.95 Paperback
Praeger Publishers
Designed to help students understand the Constitution in all of its splendor and subtlety, this book introduces key events of the founding era, the Declaration of Independence, and the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention. The Constitution and its amendments are explored section by section, along with pertinent historical events, laws, and cases. The fourth edition is the first to be thoroughly revised in its entirety, rather than merely updated.
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All Things in the Bible
An Encyclopedia of the Biblical World
2-Volume Set
by Nancy M. Tischler
ISBN: 0313330824
$149.95 Hardcover
Greenwood Press
Pub Date: April
Monumental in scope and written especially for high school students and general readers, this encyclopedia surveys the material culture, customs, and beliefs of the biblical world through more than 200 alphabetically arranged entries on the tools, animals, foods, habits, laws, professions, and peoples of the Bible. Includes illustrations and a general bibliography.
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Child Honoring
How to Turn This World Around
Raffi Cavoukian & Sharna Olfman, editors
ISBN: 027598981X
$39.95 Hardcover
Praeger Publishers
Pub Date: May
Psychology professor Sharna Olfman joins children's champion Raffi Cavoukian to introduce an original philosophy called Child Honoring--a children-first paradigm for creating humane and sustainable cultures. With a Foreword by the Dalai Lama, Child Honoring outlines the unprecedented threats to life at this defining moment in history and offers a systemic remedy for societal transformation based on honoring our youngest and "most valuable players."
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A Military History of Modern Egypt
From the Ottoman Conquest to the Ramadan War
by Andrew McGregor
ISBN: 0275986012
$49.95 Hardcover
Praeger Publishers
Pub Date: May
Egypt has one of the oldest civilizations and proudest national histories in the world. In a lively and stirring narrative, this work tells the untold story of the Egyptian military experience. It looks at the lives of Egyptian soldiers fighting at home and abroad and shows the place those soldiers and their leaders played in Middle Eastern and world history for 500 years, especially in the convulsions that have transformed the Muslim world during the past two centuries.
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Shakespeares After Shakespeare
An Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture
2-Volume Set
Richard Burt, editor
ISBN: 0313331162
$299.95 Hardcover
Greenwood Press
Pub Date: June
With special emphasis on the last 100 years, this encyclopedia chronicles the lasting influence of Shakespeare on popular culture. It includes broad sections on media to which Shakespeare has been adapted, each beginning with an overview essay followed by discussion of individual plays with chronologically arranged entries on adaptations. The encyclopedia also offers stage histories, biographies of actors and directors, and other valuable information.
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