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Danilo Dolci is the renowned Gandhi of Sicily. Since 1952 he has conducted a nonviolent crusade against the misery and violence of Western Sicily. A Passion for Sicilians portrays his struggles against official apathy and Mafia pressure, his long series of hunger strikes to arous...e the public conscience, and his calls for measures to eradicate poverty. The book also brings to life the people of Partinico, the fascinating neighbors Mangione knew on Via Emma. We meet a Mafia killer, the Cardinal of Sicily, a Sicilian princess who defies the law as she spreads the gospel of family planning, and the denizens of Palermo's infamous slums. Written in a highly engrossing style, this book is an exciting rendition of an old world groping toward new values. Jerre Mangione is professor emeritus of American literature at the University of Pennsylvania. During his sojurn in Italy in 1965, he was a member of Dolci's staff and one of his closest confidants. Mangione is the author of nine other books.
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Presents an analyses of the nature of capital punishment and provides perspectives on the larger issues of our approach to law-breakers and their rehabilitation. This title includes the claims of both those who want to retain capital punishment and those who want to abolish it.

The Cuban Insurrection is an indepth study of the first stage of the Cuban Revolution from 1952 to 1959. Depicting the origins of the conflict, it details the middle years, and ends with Fidel Castro's victorious arrival in Havana on January 8, 1959. Based on a wealth of original... material including confidential military reports, letters from various leaders of the insurrection, and interview data, the book is a descriptive historical analysis of the struggle against military dictator Fulgencio Batista. Originally published in 1974, it remains unprecedented for its in-depth explanation of how Castro came to power.
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There is a significant problem in our schools: too many boys are struggling. Traditional ideas about masculinity are having a negative impact, not only on males, but females too. In this ground-breaking book, Matt Pinkett and Mark Roberts argue that schools must rethink their eff...orts to get boys back on track.
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In this text, ten reviews of significant reading research mehodologies are reprinted from the Handbook of Reading Research, Volume III. The editors have judged that these specific methodologies have had great impact on reading research since the publication of Volume II in 1991.