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Cities, counties, school districts and other local governments have suffered a long-lasting period of fiscal challenges since the beginning of the Great Recession. Metropolitan governments continue to adjust to the "new normal" of sharply lower property values, consumer sales, and personal income. Contributors to this volume include elected officials, academics, key people in city administrations, and other nationally recognized experts who discuss solutions to the urban problems created by the Great Recession.

Metropolitan Resilience in a Time of Economic Turmoil looks at...

Bringing together leading interpreters of Zygmunt Bauman s sociology, this volume thinks with and beyond Bauman s work in order to show its continued relevance as a theory in its own right, as an object of criticism and as a stepping stone towards a fuller understanding of contemporary society.

The volume deals with some proposed omissions and absences in Bauman s sociology, with chapters comparing Bauman s ideas to those of other prominent social thinkers as well as chapters devoted to teasing out some problems and pitfalls in his work. Paying attention to central concepts...

John C. Nicolay, who had known Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, served as chief White House secretary from 1861 to 1865. Trained as a journalist, Nicolay had hoped to write a campaign biography of Lincoln in 1860, a desire that was thwarted when an obscure young writer named William Dean Howells got the job. Years later, however, Nicolay fulfilled his ambition; with John Hay, he spent the years from 1872 to 1890 writing a monumental ten-volume biography of Lincoln.

In preparation for this task, Nicolay interviewed men who had known Lincoln both during his years in Springfield and later...

This adventure takes place at the family cottage on a rainy day. Stuck inside due to the weather, Landon takes a selection of toys out of his magic knapsack and, using his imagination, creates a confrontation between the dinosaurs and his adventure characters. At stake are the marshmallows and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Landon learns through this adventure that each person and toy is different, with different interests and skills. When he accepts these differences and allows the toys to be themselves, the results become more enjoyable.

This adventure takes place at a championship baseball game between the Clearview Oreos, whom Landon's father plays for, and a baseball team in Lisle. There is a big red barn just past the left field fence, where a collection of farm animals live. Teasing takes many forms, and there are examples in the baseball game and also between the farm animals. In the end, Landon learns that teasing is not pleasing.