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82) Gilded youth: a history of growing up in the royal family: from the Plantagenets to the Cambridges
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2023
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"A colorful, fascinating look at growing up in the royal family over the centuries, from the Plantagenets and Tudors to the Windsors and Cambridges. For as long as the British royal family has existed, their children have been brought up in ways that seem bizarre and eccentric to the rest of us - the royal family's obsession with making their children tough and independent as early as possible, often by delegating their parental duties to staff, goes...
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REDI report volume 2019, June
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2019.
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We examine positive links between school attendance and student achievement in the context of secondary schools in Nepal via original data collection matched to administrative records. We pay attention to gender since previous work is suggestive of menstruation affecting school attendance in this context. We also examine other non-attendance determinants of achievement, including individual and family-related characteristics, for comparison. This...
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REDI report volume 2018, April
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2018.
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School attendance rates of girls are hypothesized to be negatively affected by menstruation in countries such as Nepal where traditional attitudes and taboo may surround transitions into womanhood. Girls' school experiences during adolescence may be impacted by menstruation and by exclusionary social practices surrounding it in certain world cultures. A goal of our ongoing research is to identify factors, both economic and social, that impact school...
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2018
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First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in English in 1970. Paulo Freire's work has helped to empower countless people throughout the world and has taken on special urgency in the United States and Western Europe, where the creation of a permanent underclass among the underprivileged and minorities in cities and urban centers is ongoing. This 50th anniversary edition includes an updated introduction...
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2020.
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Colorado's arts and cultural sector is a complex ecosystem with venues and businesses of various sizes, shapes and missions. The purpose of this guide is to provide examples and recommendations that inform your plan for reopening to the public. These are only examples of strategies that could be employed, not a recommendation or endorsement. Each organization must determine the operational guidelines that work with its unique situation and meet guidance...
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2020.
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Colorado's arts and cultural sector is a complex ecosystem with venues and businesses of various sizes, shapes and missions. The purpose of this guide is to provide examples and recommendations that inform your plan for reopening to the public. These are only examples of strategies that could be employed, not a recommendation or endorsement. Each organization must determine the operational guidelines that work with its unique situation and meet guidance...
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Quick response research report volume 113
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[1999]
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The role of the daily media in the development of a long-term disaster awareness in the community is discussed.
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2019.
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Do you thrust unsolicited partisan articles upon your spouse? Are you convinced that you can change your coworkerś mind, if you could only argue forcefully enough? Have you gone from befriending to d́efriending ́the people once closest to you? Dont́ give up hope; Dr. Jeanne Safer is here to help. Since the election of Donald J. Trump, political disagreements have been ravaging our personal relationships like never before. This already widespread...
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John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits had earned him the label "social deviant." No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with light fixtures, or his father, who spent evenings drunk. No wonder he gravitated to machines, which could be counted on. His savant-like ability to visualize electronic circuits landed him a gig with KISS, for whom he created their legendary fire-breathing...
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[2021]
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"On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet, at age twenty-two, to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Her inaugural poem, "The Hill We Climb," is now available to cherish in this special edition." --
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2018.
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An automotive and tech world insider investigates the quest to develop and perfect the driverless car-an innovation that promises to be the most disruptive change to our way of life since the smartphoneWe stand on the brink of a technological revolution. Soon, few of us will own our own automobiles and instead will get around in driverless electric vehicles that we summon with the touch of an app. We will be liberated from driving, prevent over 90%...
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"Join "America's funniest science writer" (Peter Carlson, Washington Post) Mary Roach on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A grizzly bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? As New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach discovers, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict,...
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