Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education

Education & Teaching

Sadker, David Miller

Schools & Teaching

Boston Publishing Company

From its earliest beginnings thousands of years ago, the course of man's progress has been measured by his empires. Large, dynamic flows of power, people, and culture that merge, thrive, then break apart - the pieces only to merge again in a new configuration, the process to be repeated. Through pictures and words, "Empires: Their Rise and Fall" brings the reader face to face with many of the world's greatest empires. Full-color photographs are combined with an absorbing narrative in a lively historical account of each empire and an examination of the period's most enduring cultural achievements. This volume in the series focuses on The Persians, and Imperial Greece. Native talent and natural resources were seemingly inexhaustible in ancient Persia, and the Persian legacy reveals a remarkable bent for organization and invention as well. Upon extending their reach to the Mediterranean and the borders of India, they transmitted their culture's achievements in agriculture, mathematics, and astronomy. But, as Persia is perhaps most often remembered as a culture that recognized the value of assimilation, the Greek culture always remained closely attached to the homeland. Assimilation, in the case of the Greeks, meant the adoption of the Greek way of thinking. If the Greeks had given us nothing beyond the principle of democratic government, their contribution to the course of mankind still would be incomparable, and their position in the firmament of empires would be secure. Add the timeless beauty of Greek art, the genius of Greek architecture, and impressive achievements in medicine, drama, philosophy, and science - and you have described one of the cornerstones of modern civilization.

Aegean Rivals The Persians Imperial Greece (Empires Their Rise And Fall)

History

More, Daisy / Bowman, John

Ancient Civilizations

Storm across Asia: Genghis Khan and the Mongols, The Mongol Expansion

WIENCEK, Henry

Asia

Describes events in Southeast Asia in the ten years since the end of the Vietnamese War

The Aftermath, 1975-85

Edward Doyle

Photographs document various aspects of the Vietnam War

Images of War

Stone,Robert

Traces the course of the war from the perspective of the North Vietnamese

The North: The Communist Struggle for Vietnam (The Vietnam Experience)

Doyle, Edward, Lipsman, Samuel, and Maitland, Terrence

From its earliest beginnings thousands of years ago, the course of man's progress has been measured by his empires. Large, dynamic flows of power, people, and culture that merge, thrive, then break apart - the pieces only to merge again in a new configuration, the process to be repeated. Through pictures and words, "Empires: Their Rise and Fall" brings the reader face to face with many of the world's greatest empires. Full-color photographs are combined with an absorbing narrative in a lively historical account of each empire and an examination of the period's most enduring cultural achievements. This volume in the series focuses on Genghis Khan and the Mongols, and on The Mogul Expansion. In the first half of the 13th Century, mention of the Mongol hordes - "the scourge of God" - struck fear in the hearts of all who knew them. They were considered the instrument of God's punishment for the sins of mankind; yet the legacy the Mongols bequeathed to India in literature, music, architecture and painting, remains one of the most notable accomplishments of any civilization.

Storm Across Asia: Genghis Khan and the Mongols, The Mogul Expansion (Imperial Visions Series: The Rise and Fall of Empires)

Amanda Heller

Obstruction of coronary blood flow and the resultant consequences are the center stage pathophysiologic events in cardiology today. The speculations of Jenner, Burns, Heberdin, McKenzie, Prinzmetal and many others had until now been left to observations of isolated tissue and intact animal experimentation. Only with the advent of Gruentzig's technique, which allowed us to 'work safely inside the coronary arteries' are we able to observe the effects of coronary occlusion in living conscious man. PTCA provides not only a therapeutic modality for non-operatively opening coronary obstructions, but has also provided the best model for studying the effects of acute ischemia on the heart. The procedure also lead the way to all other interventional cardiology developments, including modern thrombolysis in the setting of acute myocardial infarction. In his previous works, Serruys has examined how PTCA can serve as a model for studying acute ischemia. In this book, he and his co-authors discuss the effects of balloon-induced ischemia on the electrocardiographic changes, coronary blood flow dynamics, cardiac muscle metabolism and left ventricular function, as well as measures to counter these effects and provide for reperfusion in unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction. Technology has expanded the 'eyes' of the observer of these events. The authors use many techniques including ECG recording from surface, endocardium, and intracoronary electrodes; angiographic assessment of coronary flow pattern using digital techniques, as well as doppler flow measurements; biochemical assessment of metabolic products stimulated by ischemia; and digital angiographic and echo doppler assessment of left ventricular function.

PTCA An Investigational Tool and a Non-Operative Treatment of Acute Ischemia (Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine)

Patrick W. Serruys

Health, Fitness & Dieting

The editors of Time-Life Books have produced another exciting series: The Vietnam Experience. The details of when America Takes Over are brought to you in wonderful detail through vivid photography and engaging, informative text.

The Vietnam Experience: America Takes Over 1965-67

Doyle, Edward, Samuel Lipsman and the Editors of Boston Publishing Company

Alpha

Humor & Entertainment

Nord, Randolph

Humor

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