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Let the Law Catch Up: Thurgood Marshall in His Own Words
by Cathy CambronA collection of US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall&’s legal writings spanning his career, including his arguments, opinions, and dissents. The US Constitution promised much to Black citizens with its post–Civil War amendments designed to eliminate the stigma of slavery and create equality between all races, but unfortunately it delivered little justice. Thurgood Marshall spent his life working to make the Constitution live up to its promises. In the 1940s and &’50s, Marshall worked as an attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), facing threats and harassment as he argued cases before the Supreme Court. His efforts culminated in the Brown v. Board of Education case, where the Supreme Court&’s ruling outlawed &“separate but equal&” public schools. After serving as a judge for the US Court of Appeals and as the first Black US solicitor general, Marshall became the nation&’s first Black Supreme Court Justice in 1967. Marshall believed the Constitution was a living document and a work in progress, and his career and legacy demonstrate it is indeed just that. Only through struggle, suffering, sacrifice, amendment, argument, and interpretation can the Constitution be made better. Marshall committed decades of his life to this effort, focused on his vision of what America could be. Let the Law Catch Up collects Justice Marshall&’s words from over the course of his career, from his advocacy with the NAACP to his arguments as solicitor general and his Supreme Court opinions and dissents. With introductions providing historical and legal context, this book paints a powerful portrait of a fearless man and his life&’s work.
Let Them Rot: Antigone’s Parallax (Idiom: Inventing Writing Theory)
by Alenka ZupančičA provocative, highly accessible journey to the heart of Sophocles’ Antigone elucidating why it keeps resurfacing as a central text of Western thought and Western culture.There is probably no classical text that has inspired more interpretation, critical attention, and creative response than Sophocles’ Antigone. The general perspective from which the book is written could be summarized with this simple question: What is it about the figure of Antigone that keeps haunting us? Why do all these readings and rewritings keep emerging? To what kind of always contemporary contradiction does the need, the urge to reread and reimagine Antigone—in all kinds of contexts and languages—correspond? As key anchor points of this general interrogation, three particular “obsessions” have driven the author’s thinking and writing about Antigone. First is the issue of violence. The violence in Antigone is the opposite of “graphic” as we have come to know it in movies and in the media; rather, it is sharp and piercing, it goes straight to the bone. It is the violence of language, the violence of principles, the violence of desire, the violence of subjectivity. Then there is the issue of funerary rites and their role in appeasing the specific “undeadness” that seems to be the other side of human life, its irreducible undercurrent that death alone cannot end and put to rest. This issue prompted the author to look at the relationship between language, sexuality, death, and “second death.” The third issue, which constitutes the focal point of the book, is Antigone’s statement that if it were her children or husband lying unburied out there, she would let them rot and not take it upon herself to defy the decree of the state. The author asks, how does this exclusivist, singularizing claim (she would do it only for Polyneices), which she uses to describe the “unwritten law” she follows, tally with Antigone’s universal appeal and compelling power? Attempting to answer this leads to the question of what this particular (Oedipal) family’s misfortune, of which Antigone chooses to be the guardian, shares with the general condition of humanity. Which in turn forces us to confront the seemingly self-evident question: “What is incest?”Let Them Rot is Alenka Zupančič’s absorbing and succinct guided tour of the philosophical and psychoanalytic issues arising from the Theban trilogy. Her original and surprising intervention into the broad and prominent field of study related to Sophocles’ Antigone illuminates the classical text’s ongoing relevance and invites a wide readership to become captivated by its themes.
Let There Be Enlightenment: The Religious and Mystical Sources of Rationality
by Edited by Anton M. Matytsin and Dan EdelsteinChallenging the triumphalist narrative of Enlightenment secularism.According to most scholars, the Enlightenment was a rational awakening, a radical break from a past dominated by religion and superstition. But in Let There Be Enlightenment, Anton M. Matytsin, Dan Edelstein, and the contributors they have assembled deftly undermine this simplistic narrative. Emphasizing the ways in which religious beliefs and motivations shaped philosophical perspectives, essays in this book highlight figures and topics often overlooked in standard genealogies of the Enlightenment. The volume underscores the prominent role that religious discourses continued to play in major aspects of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century thought. The essays probe a wide range of subjects, from reformer Jan Amos Comenius’s quest for universal enlightenment to the changing meanings of the light metaphor, Quaker influences on Baruch Spinoza’s theology, and the unexpected persistence of Aristotle in the Enlightenment. Exploring the emergence of historical consciousness among Enlightenment thinkers while examining their repeated insistence on living in an enlightened age, the collection also investigates the origins and the long-term dynamics of the relationship between faith and reason. Providing an overview of the rich spectrum of eighteenth-century culture, the authors demonstrate that religion was central to Enlightenment thought. The term "enlightenment" itself had a deeply religious connotation. Rather than revisiting the celebrated breaks between the eighteenth century and the period that preceded it, Let There Be Enlightenment reveals the unacknowledged continuities that connect the Enlightenment to its various antecedents.Contributors: Philippe Buc, William J. Bulman, Jeffrey D. Burson, Charly Coleman, Dan Edelstein, Matthew T. Gaetano, Howard Hotson, Anton M. Matytsin, Darrin M. McMahon, James Schmidt, Céline Spector, Jo Van Cauter
Let Us Make Men: The Twentieth-Century Black Press and a Manly Vision for Racial Advancement
by D'Weston HaywoodDuring its golden years, the twentieth-century black press was a tool of black men's leadership, public voice, and gender and identity formation. Those at the helm of black newspapers used their platforms to wage a fight for racial justice and black manhood. In a story that stretches from the turn of the twentieth century to the rise of the Black Power movement, D'Weston Haywood argues that black people's ideas, rhetoric, and protest strategies for racial advancement grew out of the quest for manhood led by black newspapers. This history departs from standard narratives of black protest, black men, and the black press by positioning newspapers at the intersections of gender, ideology, race, class, identity, urbanization, the public sphere, and black institutional life. Shedding crucial new light on the deep roots of African Americans' mobilizations around issues of rights and racial justice during the twentieth century, Let Us Make Men reveals the critical, complex role black male publishers played in grounding those issues in a quest to redeem black manhood.
"Let Us Vote!": Youth Voting Rights and the 26th Amendment
by Jennifer FrostThe fascinating tale of how a bipartisan coalition worked successfully to lower the voting age“Let Us Vote!” tells the story of the multifaceted endeavor to achieve youth voting rights in the United States. Over a thirty-year period starting during World War II, Americans, old and young, Democrat and Republican, in politics and culture, built a movement for the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution, which lowered the voting age from twenty-one to eighteen in 1971. This was the last time that the United States significantly expanded voting rights.Jennifer Frost deftly illustrates how the political and social movements of the time brought together bipartisan groups to work tirelessly in pursuit of a lower voting age. In turn, she illuminates the process of achieving political change, with the convergence of “top-down” initiatives and “bottom-up” mobilization, coalition-building, and strategic flexibility. As she traces the progress toward achieving youth suffrage throughout the ’60s, Frost reveals how this movement built upon the social justice initiatives of the decade and was deeply indebted to the fight for African American civil and voting rights.2021 marks the fiftieth anniversary of this important constitutional amendment and comes at a time when scrutiny of both voting age and voting rights has been renewed. As the national conversation around climate crisis, gun violence, and police brutality creates a new call for a lower voting age, “Let Us Vote!” provides an essential investigation of how this massive political change occurred, and how it could be brought about again.
Let Us Watch Richard Wilbur: A Biographical Study
by Robert Bagg Mary BaggPulitzer Prize–winning poet Richard Wilbur (b. 1921) is part of a notable literary cohort, American poets who came to prominence in the mid-twentieth century. Wilbur's verse is esteemed for its fluency, wit, and optimism; his ingeniously rhymed translations of French drama by Molière, Racine, and Corneille remain the most often staged in the English-speaking world; his essays possess a scope and acumen equal to the era's best criticism. This biography examines the philosophical and visionary depth of his world-renowned poetry and traces achievements spanning seventy years, from political editorials about World War II to war poems written during his service to his theatrical career, including a contentious collaboration with Leonard Bernstein and Lillian Hellman. Wilbur's life has been mistakenly seen as blessed, lacking the drama of his troubled contemporaries. Let Us Watch Richard Wilbur corrects that view and explores how Wilbur's perceived "normality" both enhanced and limited his achievement. The authors augment the life story with details gleaned from access to his unpublished journals, family archives, candid interviews they conducted with Wilbur and his wife, Charlee, and his correspondence with Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, John Berryman, John Malcolm Brinnin, James Merrill, and others.
Letras americanas: Roth y DeLillo (Colección Endebate #Volumen)
by David RemnickLos perfiles de dos novelistas fundamentales por el director del New Yorker. Nacidos con apenas tres años de diferencia, Philip Roth (1933) y Don DeLillo (1936) son dos glorias vivas de las letras americanas que han sido retratados por la ágil pluma de David Remnick. Pocos escritores concitan tanta unanimidad como el estadounidense Philip Roth. Es uno de los novelistas fundamentales de los últimos cincuenta años y fue el primer escritor vivo publicado en la Library of America. En este extraordinario perfil, Remnick repasa las obras maestras de Roth, la polémica que acompañó sus inicios tras la publicación de El lamento de Portnoy, la depresión que a mediados de los 90 le llevó a refugiarse en la literatura y las opiniones de Roth sobre el futuro de la literatura y las raíces de su arte. Y si Roth es el escritor público, que se crece ante la hostilidad, Don DeLillo es el autor huidizo, que intenta evitar la exposición pública. Sin embargo, su obra, con cumbres como Submundo o Libra, le ha convertido en uno de los novelistas más prestigiosos de la actualidad. Remnick va en su busca a un pueblecito cercano a Nueva York y le acompaña en un paseo por su barrio natal para buscar los temas y las preocupaciones que marcan sus novelas.
Las letras son dibujos
by Alejandro MagallanesUn libro sobre libros y letras y palabras Ya que usted me ha preguntado de que se trata este libro, yo debo contestare con toda puntualidad: Este libro es un parque de diversiones. Una galería que no exhibe sus cuadros enmarcados y colgados de las paredes, sino impresos y encuadernados, dispuestos a aplaudirle a la menor provocación. Un bestiario de dibujos y sonidos. Es un Koan en muchos actos. Una carta de amor a los libros y a sus creadores. Una colección de ensayos que hablan sobre los carteles, los libros para niños y niñas, el dibujo, el diseño y el concepto mismo de autoría. Es un libro de experimentos filosóficos para chicos, grandes y medianos también. No le digo que este libro no es una pipa; mejor pase y compruébelo usted mismo. En una de esas.
Letrs: Language Essentials For Teachers Of Reading And Spelling
by Louisa Moats"The first module in the LETRS series explores the reasons why many students have reading difficulties and explains how children learn to read. Case studies illustrate the progression of reading development; the influences of biological, genetic, cognitive, environmental, and instructional factors in learning to read; and the components of effective reading instruction.
Let’s Agree to Disagree: A Critical Thinking Guide to Communication, Conflict Management, and Critical Media Literacy
by Nolan Higdon Mickey HuffIn an age defined by divisive discourse and disinformation, democracy hangs in the balance. Let’s Agree to Disagree seeks to reverse these trends by fostering constructive dialogue through critical thinking and critical media literacy. This transformative text introduces readers to useful theories, powerful case studies, and easily adoptable strategies for becoming sharper critical thinkers, more effective communicators, and critically media literate citizens.
Let's Be Friends: L.O.L. Surprise! (Step into Reading #3)
by B. B. ArthurMeet Queen Bee, Miss Punk, Sugar Queen, and all of your favorite L.O.L. Surprise!TM fierce friends! This Step 3 Step into Reading leveled reader has over 30 outrageous L.O.L. Surprise!TM stickers--perfect for boys and girls ages 5 to 8! Step 3 readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics. For children who are ready to read on their own. In a world where babies run everything, little Rockers rebel against nap time and Teacher's Pets become class presidents with "Free Pizza Fridays!" In the L.O.L. Surprise! TM world, all work is play and nothing is dull cuz it's all a lil' surprising and outrageous!
Let's Bring Back: A Collection of Forgotten-Yet-Delightful Words, Phrases, Praises, Insults, Idioms, and Literary Flourishes from Eras Past
by Lesley M. BlumeAn A-to-Z reference featuring wonderful words and expressions from the past: “What a fun book!” —Kathleen Dunn, Wisconsin Public RadioHistory is positively brimming with rich language deserving of rejuvenation. This compendium gathers forgotten words, phrases, names, insults, and idioms, plus fascinating and funny anecdotes, etymologies, and occasions for modern use. Let’s Bring Back: The Lost Language Edition takes readers on a philological journey through words from the not-too-distant past. From all-overish to zounds, the vintage vernacular collected here will make any reader the cat’s meow among friends, relations, and acquaintances.
Let’s Communicate: An Illustrated Guide to Communication
by Douglas M. Fraleigh Joseph S. Tuman Katherine L. AdamsLet's Communicate is everything you want in a human communication text--substantive, engaging, and fun. Created by communication scholars Douglas Fraleigh, Joseph Tuman, and Katherine Adams, Let's Communicate takes their combined 100 years' worth of research and teaching experience to present all the basic human communication concepts with unique attention paid to technology, culture, gender, and social justice. The authors provides provocative, real-life examples and a special focus on skills that together make communication meaningful for students both in and out of the classroom--all at an affordable price. Let's Communicate is also the first human communication text to use hundreds of hand-drawn illustrations that help students understand and retain important concepts. These unique and often humorous illustrations present concepts in graphic form (especially helpful for visual learners), make complex ideas easier to understand, provide hooks to help students remember material, extend concepts, and generate discussion.
Let's Count Georgia
by Christopher Robbins1 green jacket at the Masters won 2 favorite players hit a home run 3 pretty dogwoods in springtime bloom 4 Civil War cannons sound a boom Numbers and colors are more fun in Georgia! In this dynamic, colorful primer, young readers count from 1 to 10—learning colors along the way—as they discover the places, animals, and other wonderful things that make Georgia so unique.
Let's Eat Grandma: Everything You Need to Know About Grammar
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Let's Find Out!: Building Content Knowledge with Young Children
by Susan KemptonIn her new book, Let’s Find Out!, kindergarten teacher Susan Kempton talks about the importance of helping children build the content knowledge that is critical to educational success. She shows how she capitalizes on children’s natural curiosity and uses various tools—literature (particularly nonfiction), visuals, living and nonliving artifacts, drawing, song, movement, dramatization—to develop language, concepts, and basic literacy skills. As their foundation becomes richer, children’s talk, writing, and options for reading expand and flourish
Let's Go Shopping: A Grammar Tales Book To Support Grammar And Language Development In Children (Grammar Tales)
by Jessica HabibPete and Jem are very helpful at the supermarket, but end up causing chaos with a tower of food on display. Targeting Subject-Verb-Object sentences and the conjunction ‘and’ for listing, this book provides repeated examples of early developing syntax and morphology which will engage and excite the reader while building pre-literacy skills and make learning fun, as well as exposing children to multiple models of the target grammar form. Perfect for a speech and language therapy session, this book is an ideal starting point for targeting client goals and can also be enjoyed at school or home to reinforce what has been taught in the therapy session.
Let’s Learn English Part 1 - Pupil's Book class 1 - MIE
by Mauritius Institute of EducationThe Grade 1 English textbook, developed by the Mauritius Institute of Education in 2021, aligns with the National Curriculum Framework for the Nine Year Continuous Basic Education initiated in 2016. Structured into an introductory segment, "Getting started," the book reinforces fundamental concepts like alphabets and colors. Comprising six thematic units—home, school, games, food, transport, and animals—the textbook employs various sections targeting listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and phonics skills development. To engage learners, it incorporates songs, poems, stories, creative activities, ICT games, and cross-curricular themes, fostering a holistic and enjoyable learning experience. Notably, it offers comprehensive teachers' notes and guidelines for activity implementation while including end-of-unit exercises for assessing pupils' progress. The textbook culminates by outlining Grade 1 English learning outcomes, ensuring a structured approach to achieve educational objectives while promoting an interactive and enriching educational journey for young learners.
Let’s Learn English Part-1 - Pupil's Book class 2 - MIE
by Mauritius Institute of EducationThe Grade 2 Part 1 English textbook, published by the Mauritius Institute of Education, comprises four thematic units designed to enhance language skills, vocabulary, grammar, phonics, and cross-curricular competencies for young learners. Unit 1, "Back to School," introduces concepts like feelings, stationery, and time, while teaching grammar elements like capital letters and pronouns. Unit 2, "Celebrations," explores months, birthdays, and festivals, emphasizing grammar rules such as possessive adjectives and present continuous tense. Unit 3, "Animals," delves into habitats, food, and prepositions, incorporating lessons on singular/plural forms and opposites. Unit 4, "Being Kind to One Another," addresses kindness, friendship, and conjunctions, imparting knowledge on vowel sounds and word order. Each unit includes a project, story, and an end-of-unit assessment, fostering a comprehensive learning experience for Grade 2 English learners, complemented by a teacher’s manual, big books, and ICT activities.
Let’s Learn English Part 1 - Teacher’s Book class 1 - MIE
by Mauritius Institute of EducationThe Grade 1 English textbook, designed as the teacher's copy by the Mauritius Institute of Education in 2021, aligns seamlessly with the National Curriculum Framework for the Nine Year Continuous Basic Education established in 2016. It begins with an introductory segment, "Getting started," reinforcing fundamental concepts such as alphabets and colors. Comprising six thematic units—home, school, games, food, transport, and animals—the book includes various sections targeting listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and phonics skills development. To captivate young learners, it integrates engaging elements like songs, poems, stories, creative activities, ICT games, and cross-curricular themes, fostering an immersive and enjoyable learning environment. Distinctively, it offers comprehensive teachers' notes and guidelines for activity implementation, providing invaluable support for educators. Furthermore, the textbook incorporates end-of-unit exercises designed to evaluate pupils' progress. Ultimately, it concludes by outlining Grade 1 English learning outcomes, ensuring a structured approach to achieving educational objectives. This teacher's edition enriches the learning experience by offering additional insights and guidance for educators facilitating a holistic and interactive educational journey for young learners.
Let’s Learn English Part 2 - Pupil's Book class 1 - MIE
by Mauritius Institute of EducationThe Part 2 textbook of "Let’s Learn English" for grade 1 by the Mauritius Institute of Education, under the Ministry of Education, offers a comprehensive framework for English language learning. Organized into six units covering diverse themes like food, transportation, and animals, it intricately blends vocabulary expansion with grammar concepts tailored for young learners. Each unit includes a rich array of activities encompassing listening, speaking, reading, writing, and creative exercises, aiming to nurture holistic language proficiency. Emphasizing the integration of online resources such as YouTube videos, poems, and stories, this textbook serves as a guide for both teachers and students. By outlining clear learning objectives, activities, and assessment methods, it facilitates an immersive English learning experience fostering multi-dimensional skill development.
Let’s Learn English Part-2 - Pupil’s Book class 2 - MIE
by Mauritius Institute of EducationThe English textbook for Grade 2 students in Mauritius, developed by the Mauritius Institute of Education, presents a captivating curriculum in its Table of Contents (Part 2). Units 5 to 8 cover diverse themes including Travel and Journeys, Pets, Gardening, and A World of Dreams and Magic. Students engage in activities ranging from reading, writing, and vocabulary to grammar, phonics, ICT, projects, and stories. Unit 5 delves into transportation, opposites, and Gulliver's travels, while Unit 6 explores various pets, emphasizing care and communication. Gardening, the focus of Unit 7, introduces planting, tools, and animals. Lastly, Unit 8 sparks creativity with imaginative stories and poems, addressing gender, sounds, and wild creatures. Each unit incorporates hands-on activities like crafting, writing notes, and listening to enriching stories, fostering holistic language development for Grade 2 learners.
Let's Learn Hawaiian: A Word-Picture Book
by Doris Sadler Sibyl HancockAloha! Welcome to Hawaii! Travel through the pages of this very charming word-and-picture storybook.The many attractively arranged illustrations will have special appeal for children. The words here are simple ones we might use everyday. <P><P>There is laughter here, too--so important to keep a child's attention and help put an idea across.But it is not only children who can benefit from this presentation, a unique arrangement of pictures and facts about Hawaii. It should be of particular interest to adults and parents, teachers in the classroom, travelers to the Islands, or those simply interested in learning something about Hawaii, its language and traditions.Come with us to taste a fresh white niu, hear an old Hawaiian mele, or wiggle your toes in the moana. Some of the charms and flavor of the Islands are here; we hope that you will find it and want to come back to read this Hawaiian picture storybook again and again!