Traces the life of Spalding, a star baseball player, cofounder of the National League, manager of the Chicago White Stockings, and founder of the famous sporting goods firm

Presents a series of articles, reviews, and interviews relating to the history of baseball

Product Description: 8.5 x 11 inch softcover.

Presents a series of articles, reviews, and interviews relating to the history of baseball

Presents a series of articles and reviews relating to the history of baseball

A history of Jews in sports shows how sports aided Jewish immigrants in their struggle to enter the American mainstream, with anecdotes about Sandy Koufax, Mark Spitz, and many others

Product Description: This is a critique of Nietzsche's theory of culture that proposes an alternative paradigm allowing a defense of the humanities against such Nietzschians as Leo Strauss and Derrida. Levine argues that Strauss and Derrida have much in common, including an idealist, reified concept of culture that both inherited from Nietzsche...read more

Product Description: A columnist for The New York Times and a historian explore the impact of seventeen great athletes on American history and culture, in an illustrated volume published coincidentally with a documentary on the TBS cable-TV network. TV tie-in. 30,000 first printing.

Planning to turn in his dissertation and leave Yale behind, graduate student Zach Blumberg is devastated when his work, a study of an obscure nihilistic French philosopher, mysteriously disappears just before a fellow student is murdered.

Product Description: Living Without Philosophy argues that we do not need ethical theories, rules, and principles to decide what is right. Instead, particular cases can be judged by a detailed description of the relevant circumstances. When our judgments differ, we can decide how to act by deliberating under fair conditions...read more

Product Description: A century ago, Americans launched a period of civic renewal and political reform. Today, amid deep dissatisfaction with our major institutions, there are signs that a new movement may revive the spirit of the original Progressive Era...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: La respuesta al misterio del trauma se encuentra encerrada en nuestro propio cuerpo. Accediendo respetuosamente a los mensajes que proceden de nuestro sistema nervioso, disponemos de la clave para transformar los síntomas del trauma, incluso los más severos, en una fuente de energía vital Esta obra ofrece una nueva y esperanzadora visión del trauma...read more

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The myth of generations of disengaged youth has been shattered by increases in youth turnout in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 primaries. Young Americans are responsive to effective outreach efforts, and this collection addresses how to best provide opportunities for enhancing civic learning and forming lasting civic identities.The thirteen original essays are based on research in schools and in settings beyond the schoolyard where civic life is experienced. One focus is on programs for those schools in poor communities that tend to overlook civic education. Another chapter reports on how two city governments—Hampton, Virginia, and San Francisco—have invited youth to participate on boards and in agencies. A cluster of chapters focuses on the civic education programs in Canada and Western Europe, where, as in the United States, immigration and income inequality raise challenges to civic life.

Product Description: ADHD/ADD Medications can help parents decide whether or not to use medication by explaining simply and clearly: ADHD behavior and common problems, typical process of prescribing and monitoring use of medication, various medications and how they affect the child, pros and cons of medication holidays, an approach to looking into the future for their child if they decide to use medication...read more

Product Description: Why parents should make the effort to involve children in household tasks, and how this effort can pay off both short-term and in adulthood is detailed in this easy-to-read guide. Based on research that documents how doing chores makes kids more responsible and more successful in many ways as they grow up, Children and Chores spells out: What children can be expected to do at different ages; how to introduce chores; how to increase your expectations as children mature; and what to do when children resist taking on chores...read more