The Case for Classical Education

America's schools are flunking the test. Students can't read. They can't write. Basic math, science, history, and geography are almost lost causes. Many schools aren't even safe havens from crime and drugs. Douglas Wilson lays much of the blame for this on the idea that schools can be neutral about morality. He says education is essentially religious. Education deals with the basic questions of…

The Mystery of Marriage: Meditations on the Miracle

In the 20th Anniversary Edition of this Gold Medallion Award winner, Mike Mason goes on a poetic search to understand the wondrous dynamics of committed love. In highly readable, first-person style, Mason?s writing stimulates readers? thoughts and prayers and propels couples to deeper intimacy. ?A marriage is not a joining of two worlds,? says the author, ?but an abandoning of two worlds in ord…

Youth, Brainwashing, and the Extremist Cults

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ISBN/ISSN

9780310242710 / 0310242711

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Softcover; 221 hlm.; 21.5 x 27.7 cm

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306.6

A Handbook on Good Manners for Children: De Civilitate Morum Puerilium Libellus

A HANDBOOK ON GOOD MANNERS FOR CHILDREN is considered to be the first treatise in Western Europe on the moral and practical education of children. It was written by Erasmus of Rotterdam who determined that manners are best instilled at an early age. It was a massive bestseller—indeed the biggest-selling book of the 16th century—going into nineteen editions and being translated into eight la…

Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age

We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection. Preeminent author and researcher Sherry Turkle has been studying digital culture for over thirty years. Long an enthusiast for its possibilities, here she investigates a troubling consequence: at work, at home, in politics, and in love, we find ways around c…

Encouragement: A Wife's Special Gift

One of the very special gifts a wife brings to a successful marriage is sincere encouragement. The wife who generously gives encouragement is soon mending the little tears in the fabric of her marriage and smoothing out rough spots before they become stumbling blocks. Working together in a marriage is something like putting up a camping tent: it takes two people, each performing their own jo…

Write Source Skills Book: Editing and Proofreading Practice

This powerful classroom toolkit provides a variety of additional resources to help you make the most of the Write Source - SkillsBook Practice for essential mechanics, usage, and grammar skills (SkillsBook Teacher's Edition also included.)- Assessment Book Copymasters for a pretest, interim tests, and posttests to help prepare students for stare assessments- Overhead Transparencies Graphic orga…

Mewarnai Buah-Buahan dan Sayuran

Hai teman, buah dan sayuran apa yang menjadi favorit kalian? Ayo sebutkan! Nah sekarang kita belajar menggambar dan mewarnai buah dan sayur, yuk! Kegiatan menggambar dan mewarnai merupakan aktivitas yang sangat seru dan mengasyikkan. Dengani konsep 5 in 1, kalian tidak hanya belajar menggambar dan mewarnai, tetapi kalian juga bisa belajar menebalkan, menulis, dan menempel. Setiap gambar dan tul…

The Abolition of Man

In many ways C. S. Lewis predicted the future. "He foresaw the rise of trends we're currently experiencing: ethical emotivism, the sometimes unquestioned authority of science, and the increasing use of technology by states to control their populations." -The Gospel Coalition, Joseph A. Kohm Jr. The Abolition of Man discusses why we shouldn't always listen to only reason and cut out our emoti…

The Kindness of Strangers: the Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from…

This title of this book was inspired by the happy resolution of a problem of translation. A number of the Latin legal, ecclesiastical, and literary texts discussed below use the expression 'aliena misericordia' to describe the motivation of the person who rescued abandoned children.