This reader provides over 40 selections of enduring intellectual value--classic articles, book excerpts, and research studies--that have shaped the... study of multicultural education and our contemporary understanding of it.

Each volume in the Classic Edition Sources series brings together selections of enduring intellectual value—classic articles, book excerpts, and... research studies—that have shaped a discipline of study. Edited for length and level, the selections are organized topically around the major areas of study within the discipline. Selected World Wide Web sites are included, and an annotated table of contents provides a quick and easy review of the selections. Every Classic Edition Sources volume is supported by an online Instructor’s Resource Guide that provides a complete synopsis of each selection, guidelines for discussing the selection in class, and testing materials. For more information, visit the Classic Edition Sources series website (www.mhhe.com/classicedition).

This reader provides over 40 selections of enduring intellectual value--classic articles, book excerpts, and research studies--that have shaped the... study of psychology and our contemporary understanding of it.

Containing 30 essays that embody the history of photography, this collection includes contributions from Niepce, Daguerre, Fox, Talbot, Poe, Emerson,... Hine, Stieglitz, and Weston, among others.

The first collection ever assembled of the most distinctive, influential, and widely appreciated novels and short stories of the Harlem Renaissance,... this anthology opens a window on one of the most extraordinary assertions of racial self-consciousness in Western literature. With an insightful introduction to provide historical context and a lucid biographical headnote about each of the authors, this volume brings together under one cover the Harlem Renaissance literature most widely taught. Short stories include "Sweat" (1926) and "The Gilded Six-Bits" (1933) by Zora Neale Hurston, Rudolph Fisher's "Miss Cynthie" (1933), and "The Blues I'm Playing" (1934) by Langston Hughes. The novels Home to Harlem (1928) by Claude McKay and Nella Larsen's Quicksand (1929) are featured in their entirety, along with major selections from Jean Toomer's Cane. Added features include a chapter from Wallace Thurman's Infants of the Spring (1932), a notorious roman a clef about the Harlem Renaissance, and Rudolph Fisher's half tongue-in-cheek "Introduction to Contemporary Harlemese, Expurgated and Abridged" (1928). For students and teachers alike, there can be no more effective or enjoyable way of exploring the intellectual concerns, the ideological perspectives, and the artistic innovations of the Harlem Renaissance.

Eleven tales of terror, including Mary E. Wilkins' "The Lost Ghost," Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Body-Snatchers," "Mrs. Zant and the Ghost," by... Wilkie Collins, and other gripping works by Charles Dickens, Henry James, J. S. LeFanu, Ralph Cram, Mrs. Henry Wood, Amelia Edwards, Fitz-James O’Brien, and M. R. James.

Aaron Shearers Classic Guitar Technique has long been the core guitar method used by generations of classical guitarists. Alfred Publishing is proud to... present Aarons first fully revised and re-edited edition of this benchmark work. In addition to new exercises and music, Aaron and music editor Thomas Kikta have included critical new insights into core guitar techniques. Plus, for the first time, the book now comes with a demonstration and play-along CD. Students will be able to hear and emulate the tone and feel of the CD recording and they will have the opportunity to play their pieces as duets with the included recording. In addition, insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive of your computer and our exclusive ""TNT"" software allows you to changes tempos, mute the student part, and even loop sections for repeated practice.

After more than thirty years of research and teaching, artist Valerie Winslow has compiled her unique methods of drawing human anatomy into one... groundbreaking volume: Classic Human Anatomy. This long-awaited book provides simple, insightful approaches to the complex subject of human anatomy, using drawings, diagrams, and reader-friendly text. Three major sections–the skeletal form, the muscular form and action of the muscles, and movement–break the material down into easy-to-understand pieces. More than 800 distinctive illustrations detail the movement and actions of the bones and muscles, and unique charts reveal the origins and insertions of the muscles. Packed with an extraordinary wealth of information, Classic Human Anatomy is sure to become a new classic of art instruction.

This reader offers succinct overviews of classic ideas and foundations of American government framed by contemporary issues and writings. Students are... introduced to the classic debates, institutions, and individuals that shape American politics through key primary documents and shown how these issues remain at the core of policy making today. The included readings highlight questions about contemporary topics such as homeland security and affirmative action without losing touch with the timeless dilemmas of liberty, equality, and power.

French reader for intermediate through advanced studentsLe Bossu de Notre-Dame (Hugo) is an adaptation of Notre-Dame de Paris, the novel by Victor Hugo.... This enduring story of the hunchbacked cathedral bell ringer and the beautiful Gypsy girl is retold in a simplified dialogue format and presented in 23 short chapters—ideal for student reading. It includes footnotes and a French-English glossary; it is softcover and 125 pages in length.

A tribute to the first great age of fictional sleuthing, this delightful collection of 13 mystery classics is devoted to genuine tales of... ratiocination. Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Charles Dickens' "Three Detective Anecdotes," Jack London's "The Leopard Man Story," and 10 others. Introduction. Notes.

The most complete collection of Greek and Roman myths specially arranged to be read aloud to children aged five to twelve. "Every child deserves this... book. Those who do the reading aloud will be enlightened and rewarded, too."--Edwin Newman Line drawings.

Classic Philosophic Questions has presented decades of students with the most compelling classic and contemporary primary source readings on the most... enduring and abiding questions in philosophy.   Classic Philosophic Questions is a longstanding and highly respected anthology of basic readings in philosophy, taken from ancient, modern, and contemporary sources.  Issues are treated in a fundamentally open manner with arguments pro and con for the various positions covered.  All selections are taken from primary sources, with introductions and study guides to facilitate reading for the beginning student.  A unique feature of this book is the list of "think abouts" at the end of most of the readings.  These suggest issues raised in the readings that can promote new ways of thinking about themes and concepts.  This text offers a comprehensive, first-hand experience of all the major branches of Philosophy. It covers all the fundamentals in philosophy, as opposed to volumes dealing with specialized topics.  It draws from the ancient as well as modern and contemporary sources, rather than focusing on one particular historical period.  Each reading contains a biographical sketch of the author, and a group of further readings for the student wishing to pursue the issue in greater depth.