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From classics like "The Diary of Anne Frank" to biographies of famous women and men, books are an ideal way to connect kids to other ages and cultures. "Literature Links to World History, K-12: Resources to Enhance and Entice" brings together over 2,700 titles for specific grade levels, including historical fiction, biography and collective biography, history trade, graphic historical novels, graphic biographies, and graphic histories, plus appropriate CDs and DVDs.

Arranged by time period and geographic area throughout world history, the resource covers titles in print and positively...

Covering everything from the American Revolution, slavery and abolition, and World War II to women's rights and the history of Coca-Cola, "Literature Links to American History, 7-12: Resources to Enhance and Entice" connects a broad range of genres and formats--including fiction, biography, graphic novels, CDs, and DVDs--to American history. Books are arranged chronologically according to the time period they cover, beginning with North America before 1600 and ending with a chapter entitled "Since 1975."

Listed titles are in print and were positively reviewed by major journals or are...

As a result of his inquiry into the nature of class, culture, and the state, Antonio Gramsci became one of the most influential Marxist theorists. "Hegemony and Revolution" is the first full-fledged study of Gramsci s "Prison Notebooks" in the light of his pre-prison career as a socialist and communist militant and a highly original Marxist intellectual. Walter Adamson shows how Gramsci s concepts of revolution grew out of his experience with the Turin worker councils of 1919 1920 as well as his experience combatting the Fascist movement.

For Gramsci, revolution meant the steady...

This unique guide will enable students, librarians, and general readers to easily identify the best biographies and autobiographies of 500 of the most notable women throughout world history. It will also assist students and general readers in selecting notable women about whom they would like to know more. Spanning from 1503 B.C. to the present, the guide features entries on historical and contemporary women from 60 countries who have achieved recognition in more than 50 fields of endeavor. It annotates more than 1,300 recommended books published since 1970 about these women. The...

Covering everything from the American Revolution, slavery and abolition, and World War I to women's rights and a horse named Seabiscuit, "Literature Links to American History, K-6: Resources to Enhance and Entice" connects a broad range of genres and formats--including fiction, biography, graphic novels, CDs, and DVDs--to American history. Books are arranged chronologically according to the time period they cover, beginning with North America before 1600 and ending with a chapter entitled "Since 1975."

Listed titles are in print and were positively reviewed by major journals or are...

This unique resource provides readers with a systematic guide to the central themes in 150 of the most commonly taught American novels. Each of the 50 well written essays identifies and discusses an important theme, such as Alienation, Corruption of Power, and Immigrant Life that recurs in American literature. The pertinence of these themes is examined in a wide range of novels that reflect this country's cultural diversity and that span the many time periods in America's literary heritage. These novels include the canonical and the contemporary, yet they are all works that are accessible...

This unique guide will enable students, librarians, teachers, and general readers to easily identify the best biographies and autobiographies of 500 of the most notable women in American history. Spanning from colonial America through 1998, the guide features entries on historical and contemporary women who have achieved recognition in more than 100 fields of endeavor. It annotates approximately 1350 recommended books published since 1970 about these women. The compilation of works selected here is unavailable in any other reference.

Adamson, author of the acclaimed companion volume...