An indictment of the American educational system criticizes the fact that the system has discarded the traditional goals of transmitting knowledge and fostering cognitive skills in favor of buildin...więcej »
"Knowledge is peculiar. It has the special quality of enriching those who receive it without impoverishing or diminishing those who give it away. But the most precious of all knowledge can be neith...więcej »
"Francis Iannni . . . has drawn upon over 1500 hours of listening to 300 adolescents, studied over a period of ten years, to weave a mosaic of insights into the protean nature of adolescence".--Edm...więcej »
A complete and fascinating chronicle of Beatles music and history, "Beatlesongs" details the growth, evolution, and dissolution of the most influential group of out time. Drawing together info...więcej »
From Simon & Schuster, the Adventures of Ideas is Alfred North Whitehead's historical adventure. The title of this book, Adventures of Ideas, bears two meanings, both appli...więcej »