In June of 2000 I cycled 750 miles in Germany along the rivers Mainz, Rhein (Bingen to Koblenz), Mosel and Saar.
In preperation for a cycling trip along the length of the Rhein I purchased this book for use as a resource to guide me through my journey.
While I thought this would be a great travel tool I had no idea how much insight it would provide in the way of history, culture, art and the sights the towns and villages along the river had to offer. While the Library Journal review expresses all of this, words alone can not describe what this book has to offer.

Two California professors who advocate changing the educational environment to improve learning have won the 1993 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education.

Roland Tharp and Ronald Gallimore describe in their 1988 book, "Rousing Minds to Life: Teaching, Learning and Schooling in Social Context," a comprehensive approach to retooling education.

The Grawemeyer Award in Education of $150,000 is awarded annually for ideas that have potential to bring about significant improvement in educational practice and attainment.

Tharp and Gallimore suggest three keys to educational development -- activity, context and time. All human activity takes place in specific contexts; to change human activities, teachers must look first and foremost at the contexts that drive the activities; changing contexts -- and therefore human activities -- requires sustained and persistent work over time. They then give examples to back up their theories. For instance, the book focuses in part on the Kamehameha Early Education Project, a 15-year program in which an interdisciplinary team of teachers and researchers developed a literacy program for native Hawaiian children.

The successful project led to similar efforts with groups such as Latino Americans in Los Angeles and Native Americans in Arizona. It also inspired a second generation of research in the area.

Tharp and Gallimore actually were co-principal investigators for the project, which began in 1969. Gallimore participated in the program until 1979; Tharp until 1986.

Currently, Tharp is professor of education and psychology, and Director of the Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence at the University of California, Santa Cruz. While in Hawaii, he founded and directed the Center for the Study of Multicultural Higher Education at the University of Hawaii and the Psychology Department's Clinical Training Program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Gallimore is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. Gallimore taught psychology and anthropology and was a research fellow of the Social Science Research Institute at the University of Hawaii.

Wonderful! The best, most readable book I have read by Barthes, and the best work I have read on Sade. Full of humor and insight with lots of savory biographical tidbits. The startlingly *natural* juxtaposition of Loyola, Fourier and Sade is cool and casual, not at all forced, and all the more remarkable for that. I read this in one sitting. You should too.

Lazenby broke ground in assesing the young star and leading the reader into wondering/predicting his future status in the basket ball sports arena. The book is a documentary of the young UVA phenom and the rucuss he created among Virginia Basketball enthusiasts

I have bought this book as a gift, and think I should have bought a dozen more. There are neat little lift-up flaps for kids to draw or write under, and it will be a great record for any child to rediscover later on!There are places to note what you are secretly saving for, draw pictures of yourself when you are 100 and write down what inventions there might be in 20 years! It looks like a lot of fun, my daughters both want a copy!

An informative and insightful guide to understanding life experience and spiritual yearnings, Roland Evans' Seeking Wholeness: Insights Into The Mystery Of Experience offers an illustrative explanation of how human lives are shaped, what hinders men and women from realizing their full potential; and how to flow with the movement of life itself. Evans (transpersonal psychotherapist, writer, gardener, educator) incorporates personal stories, dreams, and his extensive experience as a psychotherapist to address troubling life questions as he skillfully waves transpersonal psychology and spirituality into an innovative and ground breaking approach to seeing ourselves and the world around us. Seeking Wholeness is enthusiastically recommended reading for students of spirituality seeking enlightenment within the context of life experience.

"Shielding Our Innocents" tells us -- people with and without children, how to stop sexual offenders and prevent child sexual assault. If you care about the fates of children in our society today and in the future, you should read this book even if you are single and without children. This book speaks to responsible adults -- parents, teachers, physicians, nurses, social workers, ministers, priests, attorneys, bus and taxi cab drivers, single parents, singles without children, grandparents. "Shielding Our Innocents, A Prevention Plan On Child Sexual Abuse" by Hélène Hinson Staley contains true interviews with adult survivors of abuse and with convicted sex offenders. It also contains strategies and information to eliminate opportunities offenders use to hurt children. It includes very helpful sections on warning signs to look for in suspected cases of sexual abuse. It contains insightful and useful prevention checklists and offers ways responsible adults can empower children in self-protection. The book's foreword is written by Roland C. Summit, M.D., former Head Physician, Community Consultation Service and former Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. In his foreword he says: "...This book is about knowing. It reasserts the now quaint appeal to understand the importance of sexual abuse by listening to voices of experience. This is a book of anecdotes and reflections. It is thoughtful, thought-provoking and moving..." Roy Parker, Jr., a book reviewer with The Fayetteville Observer-Times, Fayetteville, N.C., says: "...a riveting book...The perspective is not one you might expect from a book that is full of much positive information and insight into the prevention of child abuse...So, it is interesting that much of this book's very good advice is aimed at professionals who deal with child-abuse cases, especially court and law-enforcement personnel, as well as at parents and caregivers." Lisa Amaya-Jackson, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Child & Adolescent Trauma Evaluation, Treatment & Research Program, Duke University Medical Center, endorsed "Shielding Our Innocents" as being an important book for responsible adults to read and use to protect this world's most innocent of occupants. "One woman's impassioned plea on behalf of child victims of sexual assault to waken societal awareness, understanding and action. Hélène Staley targets parents, professionals and the media to conscientiously listen to accounts of victims and offenders, to push aside naiveté and denial, and use resources and strategies she has researched hoping to make a difference in preventing child sexual abuse." Faye M. Dasen, a reviewer with The Pilot in Southern Pines, N.C. emphasizes: "Educators and social service workers will benefit from this work." This book is approachable. It speaks to our hearts and minds. "Shielding Our Innocents" provides real solutions that will stop sexual abuse and abuses associated with sexual abuse from occurring in the first place. Many people are uncomfortable talking about sexual abuse, but "Shielding Our Innocents" opens doors for those who want to contribute to making our world a safer place for children, for everyone.

I read the 1966 (second)edition of this volume and was not aware of updates until opening this site. Despite much political and demographic change in Africa over the last 30-odd years, and despite the availability of much more research and the advent of DNA-based studies, not even heard of in 1966, I found Oliver and Fage's work a pleasure to read. Their chapters are intelligently organized, the flow of ideas and trends unblemished by superfluous detail or tedious asides. The entire continent is covered, North Africa as well as Sub-Saharan, though personally, I felt a little more could have been said about Madagascar. As a reader without a professional stake in African history, I found this book just the thing. It raised many issues that I had not thought of, told me about many patterns and issues of which I had known nothing, and did so in clear, concise language which kept my interest throughout. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in African history. I myself will look for an updated edition to see what the authors say about the last third of a century.

If your child likes Dragons, Wizards & Knights... they should love this book. It uniquely combines a toy (in this case, a Sir Roland action figure) with interactive story telling. The story isn't original in an adult sence but, it sure draws in a child's active imagination. My son loves this book and some weeks... it really is a nightly read! PS. Try changing Sir Roland's name to your child's name. Sir Jacob sure love to take his shield and block the fire from the dragon's mouth.

The Small Faces & Other Stories Uli Twelker & Roland Schmitt

This is an updated version of the essential biography of all things Small and Facial. From Small Faces Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane to their respective Humble Pie/Faces bandmates Peter Frampton and Rod Stewart, everything fans want is here - discographies, extensive quotes and detailed analysis of each album, whether group or solo.

Twelker and Schmitt are journalists who are informed enough to be absolutely trustworthy, but also fans passionate enough to re-energize their beloved music with new insights. The stories of many backing musicians and other supporting characters are also told, giving the book a "family" charm that is especially poignant in light of the tragic deaths of Marriott and Lane. (One detail that cannot go unmentioned: the inclusion of Mary Frampton's recipe for Marriott's favorite pasta!)

The result is not only the definitive Small Faces book, it's the standard for rock biographers to follow in terms of completeness and accuracy. But not as far as visual attractiveness, now that the publisher unwisely decided to cut costs by removing all of the original book's photos. Still, since the various Faces crossed the paths of so many other stars of the 60's and 70's, and each encounter is discussed here, "The Small Faces and Other Stories" is a must for all rock fans. The only problem: if there's any group you love more than these original Mods, you'll be sad that Twelker and Schmitt haven't written a book about your favorites as well.