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A Teach for America volunteer recounts his own tenuous education as well as his tenure in the rural Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest districts in the country, during which he encountered fierce racial divisions, drug problems, and gang violence. Reprint. (view table of contents)
By Robert Coles (foreword by) and Michael Johnston

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9780802117212 | Grove Pr, September 1, 2002, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A Teach for America volunteer recounts his own tenuous education as well as his tenure in the rural Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest districts in the country, during which he encountered fierce racial divisions, drug problems, and gang violence.

Paperback:

9780802140241 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, September 1, 2003), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: A Teach for America volunteer recounts his own tenuous education as well as his tenure in the rural Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest districts in the country, during which he encountered fierce racial divisions, drug problems, and gang violence.

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Short fiction, poetry, and essays by such notable authors as Raymond Carver, Anton Chekhov, Walt Whitman, Hart Crane, Wendell Berry, Robert Coles, Audre Lorde, Lewis Thomas, and Albert Schweitzer explore diverse facets of the medical profession, covering such topics as the nature of compassion, medical ethics, patient advocacy, and life and death. Reprint.
By Robert Coles (editor) and Randy-Michael Testa (editor)

Hardcover:

9781565847293 | New Pr, June 1, 2002, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Presents a collection of short fiction, poetry, and essays by such authors as Raymond Carver, Anton Chekhov, Walt Whitman, Hart Crane, and Robert Coles, exploring the diverse facets of the medical profession.

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9781565848498 | Reprint edition (New Pr, September 1, 2003), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Short fiction, poetry, and essays by such notable authors as Raymond Carver, Anton Chekhov, Walt Whitman, Hart Crane, Wendell Berry, Robert Coles, Audre Lorde, Lewis Thomas, and Albert Schweitzer explore diverse facets of the medical profession, covering such topics as the nature of compassion, medical ethics, patient advocacy, and life and death.

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning series, available for the first time in a single, abridged volume, discusses the challenges of African-American children in a racially charged south, the children of impoverished Appalachian migrant workers, the children of wealthy families struggling with privilege, and more. Reprint.

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9780316151023 | Reprint edition (Back Bay Books, July 30, 2003), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: A Pulitzer Prize-winning series, available for the first time in a single, abridged volume, discusses the challenges of African-American children in a racially charged south, the children of impoverished Appalachian migrant workers, the children of wealthy families struggling with privilege, and more.

By Robert Coles (foreword by) and James Alan Marten (editor)

Hardcover:

9780814756669 | New York Univ Pr, July 1, 2002, cover price $85.00

Paperback:

9780814756676 | New York Univ Pr, November 1, 2002, cover price $27.00

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Combines prose by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Coles with full page tritone images spanning 150 years of photography from artists including Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, and Marion Post Wolcott.

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9780967007656 | 1 edition (Kales Pr, September 1, 2002), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Combines prose by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Coles with full page tritone images spanning 150 years of photography from artists including Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, and Marion Post Wolcott.

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Introduces the lives and work of ten influential religious leaders from around the world. (view table of contents)
By Robert Coles (foreword by), Stephen Marchesi (illustrator) and Maura D. Shaw

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9781893361478 | Skylight Paths Pub, August 1, 2002, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Introduces the lives and work of ten influential religious leaders from around the world.

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A multicultural anthology of writing on poverty--including stories, essays, poetry, and biographical excerpts--features the work of Sherman Alexie, Dorothy Allison, Raymond Carver, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, and William Carlos Williams. (view table of contents)
By Michael H. Coles (editor), Robert Coles (editor) and Randy Testa (editor)

Hardcover:

9781565846234 | New Pr, January 1, 2001, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: A multicultural anthology of writing on poverty--including stories, essays, poetry, and biographical excerpts--features the work of Sherman Alexie, Dorothy Allison, Raymond Carver, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, and William Carlos Williams.

Paperback:

9781565847446 | New Pr, June 1, 2002, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A multicultural anthology of writing on poverty--including stories, essays, poetry, and biographical excerpts--features the work of Sherman Alexie, Dorothy Allison, Raymond Carver, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, and William Carlos Williams.

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Product Description: "This volume, ably assembled and introduced by Robert Coles, presents the Essential Erikson."―Howard Gardner Erik H. Erikson is recognized as one of the world’s leading figures in the field of psychoanalysis and human development...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Robert Coles (editor)

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9780393048452, titled "The Erik Erikson Reader" | W W Norton & Co Inc, February 1, 2000, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Presents writings from the scientist that reveal his theory of dynamic process of psychological development that brings together biological, social, psychological, cultural, and historical forces.

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9780393320916 | W W Norton & Co Inc, March 1, 2001, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: "This volume, ably assembled and introduced by Robert Coles, presents the Essential Erikson.

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Provides a portrait of the controversial writer, teacher, and social activist who devoted her life to a search for God while avoiding membership in organized religion. By the author of The Spiritual Life of Children. Original. (view table of contents)

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9781893361348 | Skylight Paths Pub, February 1, 2001, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Provides a portrait of the controversial writer, teacher, and social activist who devoted her life to a search for God while avoiding membership in organized religion.
9780201079647 | Addison-Wesley, April 1, 1989, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: This biography delves into Weil's major quests and obsessions, including her conflicting attitudes toward Judaism and Catholicism, her brilliant social criticism, and radical politics, and her mystical experiences

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Product Description: Does the business of daily living distance us from life's mysteries? Do most Americans value spiritual thinking more as a hobby than as an all-encompassing approach to life? Will the concept of the soul be defunct after the next few generations? Child psychiatrist and best-selling author Robert Coles offers a profound meditation on how secular culture has settled into the hearts and minds of Americans...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hardcover:

9780691058054 | Princeton Univ Pr, April 1, 1999, cover price $47.50 | About this edition: Explores the relationship between secular and spiritual thinking in contemporary society, drawing on writings of theologians and philosophers, and conversations with psychologists and writers

Paperback:

9780691088624 | Princeton Univ Pr, January 29, 2001, cover price $41.95 | About this edition: Does the business of daily living distance us from life's mysteries?

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Hardcover:

9780820321998 | Univ of Georgia Pr, January 1, 2001, cover price $36.95

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Product Description: These narratives by storytellers in New Mexico examine life’s big questions of what truly matters and why. The timeless wisdom and contemplations of these “old ones” will resonate with those studying literature, philosophy, or religion, as well as anyone who enjoys explorations of the human spirit...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780967952710 | Wp Books, October 1, 2000, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: These narratives by storytellers in New Mexico examine life’s big questions of what truly matters and why.
9780070550209, titled "Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care: November 17-20, 1991, Sheraton Washington Hotel, Washington, Dc" | McGraw-Hill, June 1, 1992, cover price $65.00 | also contains Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care: November 17-20, 1991, Sheraton Washington Hotel, Washington, Dc
9780826311375 | Rev sub edition (Univ of New Mexico Pr, October 1, 1989), cover price $13.95

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By Robert Coles (foreword by) and Curt Richter

Hardcover:

9781892514837 | Hill Street Pr, October 1, 2000, cover price $35.00

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In an incisive study of moral leadership and its implications, the best-selling author of The Moral Life of Children profiles individuals who have had a profound influence on contemporary American life and examines those qualities that allow people to become moral leaders in their homes, communities, and nation. 100,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780375501081 | Random House Inc, October 1, 2000, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Profiles individuals who have had a profound influence on contemporary American life and examines those qualities that allow people to become moral leaders in their homes, communities, and nation.
9780756784096 | Diane Pub Co, September 30, 2000, cover price $24.00

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780375416255 | Abridged edition (Random House, October 1, 2000), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Profiles individuals who have had a profound influence on contemporary American life and examines those qualities that allow people to become moral leaders in their homes, communities, and nation.

By Robert Coles (foreword by) and Ellen Handler Spitz

Hardcover:

9780300076028 | Yale Univ Pr, May 1, 1999, cover price $40.00

Paperback:

9780300084764 | Yale Univ Pr, August 1, 2000, cover price $14.95

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Through interviews and extensive discussion with children from around the world, this book offers a look at how children view the world from a political perspective. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9780871130358 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, January 1, 1986, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Capturing the voices of children who live in a broad spectrum of social, economic, ethnic, political, and cultural conditions, the author proves the origins of political consciousness in such diverse cultures as the United States, South Africa, Poland, Brazil, and Southeast Asia

Paperback:

9780871137715 | Reprint edition (Atlantic Monthly Pr, March 1, 2000), cover price $13.50 | About this edition: Through interviews and extensive discussion with children from around the world, this book offers a look at how children view the world from a political perspective.
9780395599228 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, September 1, 1991), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Capturing the voices of children who live in a broad spectrum of social, economic, ethnic, political, and cultural conditions, the author proves the origins of political consciousness in such diverse cultures as the United States, South Africa, Poland, Brazil, and Southeast Asia

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Sympathetic conversations between an eminent child psychiatrist and teenage parents of various races, accompanied by photographic essays on young families in Massachusetts and North Carolina, reveal their deepest dreams and desires. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9780393040821 | W W Norton & Co Inc, May 1, 1997, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Conversations between a psychiatrist and teenage parents

Paperback:

9780393319965 | Reprint edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, February 1, 2000), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Conversations between a psychiatrist and teenage parents

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A trenchant analysis of 'hyperparenting' explores the current troubling phenomenon of perfectionism among contemporary parents, reveals where this dangerous notion originated in American culture, and offers suggestions on how to curb it. Original.

Hardcover:

9780312203153 | St Martins Pr, January 1, 2000, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Argues that micro-managing activities and experiences impedes the happiness and healthy development of today's children and offers solutions for nurturing what really matters.

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By Robert Coles and C. M. Herbert (narrator)

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780786113316 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, January 1, 2000), cover price $39.95

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A companion volume to the HBO film to be aired in November, this documentary look at life in Appalachia focuses on the seventy-year-old matriarch of a clan as she goes through her daily routine. 15,000 first printing.
By Mark Bailey, Robert Coles (foreword by), Rory Kennedy, Steve Lehman (photographer) and Umbrage Editions (corporate author)

Hardcover:

9780821226315 | Bulfinch Pr, November 1, 1999, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A companion volume to the HBO film to be aired in November, this documentary look at life in Appalachia focuses on the seventy-year-old matriarch of a clan as she goes through her daily routine.

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With the help of a photographic essay, the eminent child psychologist and Pulitzer Prize-winner records the thoughts, aspirations, worries, and reflections on aging of eleven elderly, single men and women, capturing their dignity and courage. Reprint.
By Robert Coles, Alex Harris (photographer) and Thomas Roma (photographer)

Hardcover:

9780393046069 | W W Norton & Co Inc, April 1, 1998, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Eleven Americans who are more than seventy-five reveal the hopes, the pleasures, and the struggles in their lives as they retain their dignity and independence and look back at their experiences

Paperback:

9780393319125 | Reprint edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, July 1, 1999), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Eleven Americans who are more than seventy-five reveal the hopes, the pleasures, and the struggles in their lives as they retain their dignity and independence and look back at their experiences

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