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From the highest hill above the town of Ripley, Ohio, you can see five bends in the Ohio River. You can see the hills of northern Kentucky and the rooftops of Ripley's riverfront houses. And you can see what the abolitionist John Rankin saw from his house at the top of that hill, where for nearly forty years he placed a lantern each night to guide fugitive slaves to freedom beyond the river.

In Beyond the River, Ann Hagedorn tells...

"An invaluable contribution which ranges from Aztecan myths through the civil and military histories of all Latin American countries down to the current headaches involved in stemming the drug traffic. A book for scholars and buffs alike."--Aviation History

"Especially valuable for readers interested in Latin America and the history of aviation in general."--Choice

"A highlight reel of first flights, followed by a delineation of Latin America's place in the aviation world."--Gary Kuhn, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse

Heralded by Brazilians as the "Father...

In diesem Sammelband sind theoretische und empirische Beitrage vereint, die den Stellenwert von Schule in den Selbstwerdungs- und Identitatsprozessen Jugendlicher diskutieren. Zunachst wird ein breiter theoretischer Uberblick in klassische und neuere Ansatze und Stromungen zum Identitatsbegriff gegeben. Innovativ ist hierbei, den Identitatsbegriff grundlagentheoretisch konsequent auf den Kontext Schule anzuwenden. Daruber hinaus gibt der Band uber eine Vielzahl schulischer Handlungs- und Forschungsfelder hinweg einen breiten Einblick in den aktuellen Stand der Forschung zum Zusammenhang...

Set in a Philippines of desperate beauty and rank corruption, Dream Jungle feverishly traces the consequences of two seemingly unrelated events: the discovery of an alleged ?lost tribe? and the arrival of a celebrity-studded American film crew filming an epic Vietnam War movie. Caught in the turmoil unleashed by these two incidents are four unforgettable...