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Hip Hop Genius
R&L Education 2011; US$ 17.99In Hip Hop Genius, Sam Seidel introduces an iteration of hip-hop education that goes far beyond the usual approach of studying rap music as classroom content and looks instead at deeply honoring the knowledge of urban students. more...
Second-Generation High-Temperature Superconducting Coils and Their Applications for Energy Storage
Springer 2011; US$ 99.99"Second-Generation High-Temperature Superconducting Coils and Their Applications for Energy Storage" addresses the practical electric power applications of high-temperature superconductors. It validates the concept of a prototype energy storage system using newly available 2G HTS conductors by investigating the process of building a complete... more...
Being Lucky
Indiana University Press 2012; US$ 21.99In this absorbing autobiography, Herman B Wells, the legendary former president of Indiana University, recalls his small-town boyhood, the strong influence of his parents, his pioneering work with Indiana banks during the Great Depression, and his connection with IU, which began as a student when the still provincial school had fewer than 3,000 students.... more...
Frank L. McVey and the University of Kentucky
The University Press of Kentucky 2011; US$ 35.00In 1917, fifty-two years after its founding, the University of Kentucky faced stagnation, financial troubles, and disturbing reports of nepotism, resulting in a leadership crisis. A special committee investigated the institution and issued a report calling for a massive transformation of the university, including the hiring of a new president who... more...
Berea College
The University Press of Kentucky 2006; US$ 35.00Berea College's spiritual motto, "God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth," has shaped the institution's unique culture and programs since its founding in 1855. Founder John G. Fee, an ardent abolitionist, held fast to the radical vision of a college and a community committed to interracial education, to the Appalachian region, and to the... more...
The University of Iowa Guide to Campus Architecture
University of Iowa Press 2006; US$ 16.00The University of Iowa boasts an outstanding ensemble of buildings whose stylistic diversity reflects the breadth of Iowa?s contributions to research, education, and creative activities. In this first comprehensive guide to the university?s architecture, authors John Scott and Rodney Lehnertz reveal the artistic integrity, intellectual inspiration,... more...
The New Southern University
The University Press of Kentucky 2011; US$ 50.00Established in 1789, the University of North Carolina is the oldest public university in the nation. UNC's reputation as one of the South's leading institutions has drawn some of the nation's leading educators and helped it become a model of the modern American university. However, the school's location in the country's most conservative region presented... more...
Seguridad y salud en la agricultura
ILO Publications 2011; US$ 50.00El objetivo del presente repertorio de recomendaciones prácticas es sensibilizar sobre los peligros y los riesgos asociados a la agricultura, así como sobre la manera de gestionarlos y controlarlos eficazmente; prevenir accidentes y enfermedades relacionados con el trabajo y mejorar el entorno de trabajo; alentar a los gobiernos, a los empleadores,... more...
Blacks at Harvard
NYU Press 1993; US$ 75.00The history of blacks at Harvard mirrors, for better or for worse, the history of blacks in the United States. Harvard, too, has been indelibly scarred by slavery, exclusion, segregation, and other forms of racist oppression. At the same time, the nation's oldest university has also, at various times, stimulated, supported, or allowed itself to be... more...
The History of Randolph-Macon Woman's College
The University of North Carolina Press 2012; US$ 55.00The history of Randolph-Macon Woman's College has a claim upon the attention of all who are interested in the education and achievement of women. Its course through the years is set forth in the present volume, in which the author has dealt with the pattern of life developed in the cultivation of the liberal arts. more...









