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"Public schools are among America's greatest achievements in modern history, yet from the earliest days of tax-supported education -- today a sector with an estimated budget of over half a billion dollars -- there have been intractable tensions tied to race and poverty. Now, in an era characterized by levels of school segregation the country has not seen since the mid-twentieth century, cultural critic and American studies professor Noliwe Rooks provides...

Lurking within Black Honey and Other Unsavory Things are eleven tales of monsters and madness that will whisk the reader from a cursed village in old Massachusetts, to an arcade in the 1980s and even to the plains of a post-apocalyptic vampire-riddled Africa. The devil may be in the details, but here you can also expect to find ghosts, ancient Gods, a genetically engineered tatzlewurm and even the origins of Spring Heeled Jack. These hand crafted...

An essential guide for finance managers to leverage advanced technology in long-term investing. Institutional Investors underpin our capitalist world, and could play a major role in addressing some of the greatest challenges to society such as climate change, the ballooning wealth gap, declining infrastructure, aging populations, and the need for stable funding for the sciences and arts. Advanced technology can help institutional Investors deliver...

From the visionary mind of writer/director Brandon Cronenberg, it is an arresting sci-fi thriller about elite corporate assassin Tasya Vos. Using brain-implant technology, Vos takes control of other people2s bodies to execute high-profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.

Perfect for explaining the immune system to children at home or at school, this book follows the snuffles, sniffles, and sneezes of a germ's journey.