How can we define " Judaism" & what are the common threads uniting ancient rabbis Maimonides the authors of the Zohar & modern secular Jews in Israel? Michael L Satlow offers a fresh perspective on Judaism that recognizes both its similarities & its immense diversity Presenting snapshots of Judaism from around the globe & throughout history Satlow explores the links between vastly different communities & their Jewish traditions He studies the geonim rabbinical scholars who lived in Iraq from the ninth to twelfth centuries; the intellectual flourishing of Jews in medieval Spain; how the Hasidim of nineteenth-century Eastern Europe confronted modernity; & the post-World War II development of distinct American & Israeli Jewish identities Satlow pays close attention to how communities define themselves their relationship to biblical & rabbinic texts & their ritual practices His fascinating portraits reveal the amazingly creative ways Jews have adapted over time to social & political challenges & continue to remain a " Jewish family" ...

Outstanding leadership is the kind that inspires employees delights customers & achieves extraordinary business results & no one knows more about this kind of leadership than Lee Cockerell the man who ran Walt Disney World (R) Resort operations for over a decade In Creating Magic he shares the ten practical common sense strategies that guided his own journey from a poor farm boy in Oklahoma to the head of operations for a multibillion dollar enterprise Combining surprising business wisdom with insightful & entertaining stories from his four decades on the front lines of some of the world's best-run companies Lee shows all of us
- from small business owners to managers at every level
- how to become better leaders by infusing quality character courage enthusiasm & integrity into our workplaces & our lives

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Powerful Teacher Education describes the strategies goals content & processes of seven highly successful & long-standing teacher education programs
- Alverno College Bank Street College Trinity University University of California Berkeley University of Southern Maine University of Virginia & Wheelock College All these colleges & universities have succeeded in preparing teachers to teach diverse learners to achieve high levels of performance & understanding In discussing the common features of these programs Linda Darling-Hammond shows what outstanding teacher education models do & how they do it & what their graduates accomplish as a result Powerful Teacher Education also examines the policies organizational features resources & relationships that have enabled these programs to succeed
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Feng Shui is the ancient oriental art of enhancing & harmonising the flow of energy in our surroundings For more than thirty years Karen Kingston has pioneered the study of a specialised branch of Feng Shui which she called Space Clearing In this fascinating & easy-to-follow guide she shows how you can use Space Clearing & Feng Shui to enhance the flow of energy in your home or workplace to create happiness & harmony in your life You will learn simple & effective Space Clearing techniques which you can use to clear stuck energy & create sacred space how to consecrate your home the benefits of living a clutter-free existence how to safeguard yourself against electromagnetic & geopathic stress how to use furniture placement mirrors windchimes & other Feng Shui enhancements to create abundance in every area of your life ...

In this thoroughly updated edition of L Dee Fink s bestselling classic he discusses new research on how people learn active learning & the effectiveness of his popular model; adds more examples from online teaching; & further focuses on the impact of student engagement on student learning The book explores the changes in higher education nationally & internationally since the publication of the previous edition

Includes:: additional procedures for integrating one s course & adds strategies for dealing with student resistance to innovative teaching This edition continues to provide conceptual & procedural tools that are invaluable for all teachers when designing instruction It shows how to use a taxonomy of significant learning & systematically combine the best research-based practices for learning-centered teaching with a teaching strategy in a way that results in powerful learning experiences for students Acquiring a deeper understanding of the design process will empower teachers to creatively design courses that will result in significant learning for students

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In this book Professor Douglas Kelly persuasively argues for a literal interpretation of the six-day account of creation found in Genesis chapters 1 & 2 He assesses both the biblical details & the scientific data to show that there is a convincing & scientifically viable case for this understanding This new edition written twenty years after the original contains important revisions & additional chapters bringing this insightful & relevant volume up-to-date with developments in this field ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play Jon Amiel (SOMERSBY TV&s THE SINGING DETECTIVE) directs real-life married couple Paul Bettany & Jennifer Connelly star as Charles Darwin & his wife in this biographical drama Set before the publication of ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES CREATION finds Darwin grieving over the death of his daughter & feeling far away from his wife Age Rating 15 ...

Part ghost story part psychological thriller part heart-wrenching love story Creation is the story of Charles Darwin & the single most explosive idea in history Darwin&s great still controversial book The Origin of Species depicts nature as a battleground In Creation the battleground is a man&s heart Torn between his love for his deeply religious wife & his own growing belief in a world where God has no place Darwin finds himself caught in a struggle between faith & reason love & truth This is not the grey-bearded old man that most people imagine when they think of Darwin Told in a collage of scenes from the past & present laced with stories of exotic animals & the dark dreams of a troubled mind Creation is a film that will provoke entertain & ultimately deeply move you ...

For him death was a vocation He was a maestro in the art of death The keeper of time The bringer of destiny Lieutenant Eve Dallas is as tough as New York cops come But on discovering the tortured body of a young woman Eve is catapulted back to nine years ago when a serial killer plagued the city & taunted her mercilessly Putting rings on their fingers & carving their bodies he was named The Groom & this time he is working up to his greatest challenge yet abducting a woman who will test him like never before & become his most gratifying victim yet
- Eve'A witty dark page-turning tale' Jonathan Kellerman Book Twenty-Five in the New York Times number one bestselling series
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Alan Mc Gee's role in shaping British musical culture over the past thirty years is hard to overstate As the founder of Creation Records he brought us the bands that defined an era A charismatic Glaswegian who partied just as hard as any of the acts on his notoriously hedonistic label he became an infamous character in the world of music In Creation Stories he tells his story in depth for the first time from leaving school at sixteen to setting up the Living Room club in London which showcased many emerging indie bands from managing the Jesus & Mary Chain to co-founding Creation when he was only twenty-three His label brought us acts like My Bloody Valentine House of Love Ride & of course Primal Scream Embracing acid house Alan decamped to Manchester & hung out at the Hacienda & took Creation into the big time with Screamadelica His drug-induced breakdown when it came was dramatic But as he climbed back to sobriety he oversaw Oasis's rise to become one of the biggest bands in the world Alan himself becoming one of the figureheads of Britpop Having sold the label to Sony to stave off bankruptcy he became disenchanted with the increasingly corporate ethos & left in 1999 Since then he's continued to be an influential figure in the music industry managing the Libertines & most recently setting up a new label 359 Music with Cherry Red ...