Drawing heavily on the reminiscences of the Brownsville boys themselves, and skillfully integrating these with material from newspapers, books, and commentary of the time, Sorin creates an original and compelling picture of the communal and individual vitality that allowed an unusual and heartening social achievement.

Book by Weissmann, Gerald

"This volume analyses the effectiveness of the judicial protection of children's rights within one regional organisation, the Council of Europe."--P. [4] of cover.

This volume constitutes a novel technique for characterizing and coming to an understanding of Kant's transcendental philosophy. It also allows the application of the results to a considerable body of post-Kantian 20th-century philosophy, including the writings of Wittgenstein, Husserl, Heidegger and others. At the core of the book's interpretation lies the contention that Kantian transcendentalism is best understood dynamically. Whereas conventional interpretation has tended to see the various components of Kantian theory, such as the "thing-in-itself", the "transcendental object", and "appearance", as fixed entities whose relation to the world of experience is described by philosophy, this book seeks to show that they are stages in the dynamic "realization" of what is, in fact, the same thing. The author therefore seeks to penetrate and prove a systematic presentation of the deeper layers of Kant's philosophical method, with the reduction-realization process as the key to an understanding of even the darkest sections of Kant's work. In addition the book focuses on the relevance of the structure of scientific theory formation for our understanding of Kant's transcendental structure; the discussion teaching considerable lessons concerning the nature of a "transcendental argument", its variety and varying degrees of strength.

Tender Buttons is a 1914 book by American writer Gertrude Stein consisting of three sections titled "Objects", "Food", and "Rooms". While the short book consists of multiple poems covering the everyday mundane, Stein's experimental use of language renders the poems unorthodox and their subjects unfamiliar.Stein began composition of the book in 1912 with multiple short prose poems in an effort to "create a word relationship between the word and the things seen" using a "realist" perspective. She then published it in three sections as her second book in 1914

Translation of book by Gianfranco Sanguinetti, originally published in Italian in 1979 and in French in 1980.

Product Description Neverland, in the context of this book, is the place where many children will reside permanently, not being able to reach their full potential. Unlike Peter Pan's legendary, hidden land, there is neither legend nor hiding here. The damage inflicted on these children either during fetal life or soon after birth will remind them throughout their long journey that they have been locked out. From the Author I am a pediatrician and scientist in Toronto and the fate of these children is the focus of my research interest. But I hoped to write this book as a human manifesto and not as a scientific document. I believe that, when millions of children worldwide are afflicted by drugs, illness, or poverty every year, this stops being a scientific issue and turns into a global human disaster. And because almost everything described in this book is preventable, non of us should blame God or other extraterrestrial powers for this shame. Let's look in the mirror and ask what we can do better, and do it fast. From the Back Cover Dr. Gideon Koren is a Pediatrician and Scientist in Toronto; his career is dedicated to the well being of pregnant women, their unborn babies as well as infants and children. Dr. Koren is the author or co-author of 500 scientific articles. He is the author of over 30 children's books. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. From Chapter 7: The telephone rang at the McMartin home. It was Alice, the social worker Jim and Sally had hired to try to find them a child to adopt. Alice sounded excited. "It is a cute healthy boy of 8 months who has been doing very well with the foster family. The biological mother is a young girl. As far as I know she is healthy, although she lived life in the fast lane. No, as far as she says she did not use drugs, but she used to party quite a lot... But listen! The proof of the cake is the child himself! He is doing very well for his age. All the doctors say so too!" She was right. Joey was adorable. He was good looking, smiling, sociable, and he did all the things a baby of eight months is expected to do. The doctor told them that Joey did not have any signs of the fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) ( his face appeared normal and so was his head circumference and his development. The baby was a real delight for the McMartins. He was a very energetic toddler and Jim and Sally had to chase after him everywhere to keep him out of trouble. Sally became first suspicious when the daycare workers thought he was a little bit hyperactive. Yet, over the next two years Joey had become more clearly hyperactive, aggressive, and difficult to control. Joey began to exhibit conduct problems in the kindergarten. When he was six he was put on Ritalin to control his hyperactivity and his condition was brought more or less under control, but his aggressiveness towards other children was not settled and it also became apparent that he had learning difficulties. Jim and Sally knew by then that discipline and a hard hand were useless, because Joey did not appear to perceive causation the way normal children do and he did not make the connection between his acts and the ensuing punishment. One weekend when Joey was ten he stole 2000 dollars from his father and spent the money with two friends within three days. Since the age of twelve, he was put in a closed institution, but whenever he is on vacation he gets in trouble with the police. The diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) was not yet in the medical books when Joey was adopted. Alcohol is used by more than 100 million people in North America and an estimated ten percent of them suffer from health effects or alcohol. With more than half of the pregnancies in North America being unplanned, millions of fetuses yearly are exposed to at least some alcohol before their mothers have become aware that they are pregnant. These facts by themselves must mean that the effects of alcoho

A celebration of the work of one of America's top aviation artists. Many of the works of American artist and illustrator Gil Cohen can be found at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, and the Pentagon, as well as in other important public and private collections. After spending decades as a respected illustrator for magazines and book publishers, Cohen chose to turn his attention to aviation and military themes. His more recent paintings vividly depict the human aspects of America's wars, showing soldiers and aviators in battle and at rest. One of Cohen's recurring observations is that, unfortunately, some of humankind's most remarkable feats of engineering are often created for the purpose of war. Cohen's paintings are collected worldwide, and his clients include the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Coast Guard; Paramount Pictures; Random House; Holt, Rinehart & Winston; Bantam Books; Harlequin Books; and Boeing-Sikorsky.

Fictional story of Gunther Wünker, an anti-Zionist Israeli, who goes to Germany to find fame, fortune and women.

Historian Gilad Margalit eloquently fills a tragic gap in the historical record with this sweeping examination of the plight of Gypsies in Germany before, during, and since the era of the Third Reich. Germany and Its Gypsies reveals the painful record of the official treatment of the German Gypsies, a people whose future, in the shadow of Auschwitz, remains uncertain. Margalit follows the story from the heightened racism of the nineteenth century to the National Socialist genocidal policies that resulted in the murder of most German Gypsies, from the shifting attitudes in the two Germanys in 1945 through reunification and up to the present day. Drawing upon a rich variety of sources, Margalit considers the pivotal historic events, legal arguments, debates, and changing attitudes toward the status of the German Gypsies and shines a vitally important light upon the issue of ethnic groups and their victimization in society. The result is a powerful and unforgettable testament.

Inspiration and beauty meet on the unique journey of Passerby through meaningful quotes presented alongside amazing landscapes. The Passerby's unique perspective was forged by his travels through life, driven by the eternal search for inner truth. Believing that by arriving nowhere he can be anywhere, that by becoming no one, he can become anyone. So, he loses himself in the most remote places, just to get closer to the personal, yet universal truth we all share. Deep insights combined with exotic musical encounters added innovatively, the Passerby is the ultimate gift for all the senses. More than a book, it is a complete experience. The book is accompanied by a musical album - each song recorded somewhere else in the world. Join the Passerby on his journey.

Mountains of the Mind - A Polack Retrospective contains never before published early work from Dr Polack, prizewinning published pieces and brand new short stories written especially for this book. It will surprise and delight fans of her previous 6 novels and non fiction publications, and introduce new readers to the complexities and subtleties of Dr Polack's short stories. Traversing the mountains and valleys, and following the twists and turns in time and place you will return again and again to the stories in this book. The paths to the top of these mountains are many, and the views from there are spectacular.

Fay invented a world of fantasy where she could dwell in happiness. Her friends in this perfect world were Belle and Persa, Enlai and Flor. She visited them on the edge of sleep, shaping their lives to suit herself. "I dream better than other people. More efficiently and effectively," she explained to herself. Her dreams were a flicker away from reality. After Gilbert turns up in her refuge, undesigned, unheralded, and disturbing, Fay's dream world shatters. But are her dreams really dreams, and should she leave her friends behind and live in the real world?