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Detailed information on 99 public campgrounds in Pennsylvania accessible by car. A guide for everyone from tent campers to RV campers.

Best Easy Day Hikes Rochester includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes. The 20 hikes in this guide are generally short, easy to follow, and guaranteed to please.

The Value of Museums makes the case that the niche museums has always been public well-being. This guide shows museums how to assess and communicate that essential public value.

The Julius Rosenwald Fund Library Program established more than 10,000 libraries to include book sets, book mobiles, and physical locations to increase literacy among African Americans as a means to increase educational opportunities. This book is the first comprehensive history of the Julius Rosenwald Fund Library Program to be published.

Drawing on poetry, novels, short stories, children's books, and essays, Nagueyalti Warren explores the spiritual aesthetic that informs Alice Walker's creative output. This book contends that Walker instills metaphysical elements throughout her writing, including the Pulitzer-prize winning novel The Color Purple.

This timely book provides a critical look at one of the staples of museum education programming: the "field trip" for school groups. The K-12 audience is of major importance to museums: not only does reaching students relate directly to the educational mission of museums, but also our institutions rely on the revenue generated by school groups.

This timely book provides a critical look at one of the staples of museum education programming: the "field trip" for school groups. The K-12 audience is of major importance to museums: not only does reaching students relate directly to the educational mission of museums, but also our institutions rely on the revenue generated by school groups.

A century before Boston became been the birthplace of the American Revolution, Carolina Colony was the birthplace of entertainment and leisure activities in Colonial America. Building a civilized city in the uncultivated New World was hard work, but Southern settlers made sure to leave time for lifeΓÇÖs lighter pursuits. Inspired by the court of Charles II, the Merry Monarch, settlers in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Charles Town opened the countryΓÇÖs first public library (Nov. 16, 1700); hosted Henrietta Dering Johnston, the first professional female artist in the colonies (1707-1729); performed the first opera in America at ShepeardΓÇÖs Tavern (Feb. 18, 1735); founded the first golf club (1786); and many other firsts as the centuries passed. Every aspect of the port city elicited pleasure, from the architecture, to the magnificent parks and manicured gardens. CharlestonΓÇÖs remarkable landscaping was so widely known that in 1785, Louis XVI sent AndreΓÇÖ Michaux (known as ΓÇ£the kingΓÇÖs botanistΓÇ¥) to America to catalog and collect plants and trees for the royal nurseries in France. Throughout the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Great Depression, Charleston and other seaside towns along South CarolinaΓÇÖs coast were fertile ground for art, music, and opportunity. ItΓÇÖs no wonder the region has drawn famous characters for hundreds of years, from political leaders (George Washington; Thomas Heyward, Jr.; John C. Calhoun) to pirates (Stede Bonnet and Blackbeard), and the artists, writers, musicians, and architects who ushered in the Charleston Renaissance in the twentieth century. Take a journey through CharlestonΓÇÖs past with a look at the talented people and inspiring events that shaped the city and surrounding region into a cultural mecca of art, music, dance, and design. Each chapter features an itinerary for a walking/driving tour to help readers appreciate the lesser-known side of CharlestonΓÇÖs entertaining past.

Mysteries, misunderstandings, mistakes and unapologetic myths lurk in every corner of the great outdoors. Does a red sky at night really mean anything? Where exactly does moss grow, and who really did blaze AmericaΓÇÖs epic trails? This book tackles these and more myths that plague the world of outdoor adventure. Myth-busting the Great Outdoors will explore common misconceptions, debunking beliefs even long-time outdoors enthusiasts erroneously take as fact. From survival misconceptions to animal lore, the essays in this book will examine a range of topics appealing to newcomers and experts alike.

This book provides a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the origin and the root causes of high conflict divorce.

Creating Talent Density is a must have for educational leaders who are serious about transforming schools into positive and productive learning institutions.

Virtual Reality in Higher Education: Instruction for the Digital Age contains eight chapters of graduate student research about how virtual reality is being used in institutions of higher education in specific areas of education, training, and athletic recruitment.

Thousands of children in schools across the country suffer from low self-esteem and this book will explain how we can improve a child's opinion of themselves.

In this book, Susan Allred and Kelly Foster have provided the experiences that Kentucky educators, policy makers, and communities had throughout the most recent school turnaround era.

This book provides practical knowledge and examples of an evolving scheduling system known as the Flex Time Model. The philosophical shift to this model allows educators to be more creative with how to present and effectively implement their curriculum.

Aldoory and Toth present a socio-ecological model for understanding and building a feminist future public relations. This approach acknowledges previous gaps in scholarship and practice caused by ideological, societal, mediated, and organizational factors constructing norms and expectations for gender and race.

This practical introduction to audience research shows students that conducting consumer research is not only a necessary skill for any future media professional but that it can also be a creative and fun experience. Students learn how to plan for and complete a research projects from the initial RFP to the final presentation of findings.

Presents regulations governing banking procedures and activities of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank, Office of Thrift Supervision, Farm Credit Administration, and the National Credit Union Administration.

Title 8 presents regulations governing the process and procedures which impact immigration and naturalization. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by January. Publication follows within six months.

This clear text provides a comprehensive introduction to the EU's history, institutions, and policies in the context of the ongoing crises the Union faces. Explaining the different theoretical perspectives that are used to understand the EU, the book gives students the tools they need to assess whether the Union is on a path to renewal.

The Politics of Bodies at Risk re-engages and re-conceptualizes politics from the point of view of the everyday experiences of human materiality living with risk across geopolitical worlds and state borders.

The International Investment Law system (IIL) is the result of a colonial project within a capitalist system that has been influenced by developmentalism discourse and neoliberal ideology. This book shows how it has become an instrument that facilitates forms of systemic violence against so called "Third World" countries.

As he has done since 1992, Robert Denton gathers a diverse collection of communications scholars to analyze communication trends of the recent presidential campaign. Topics include early campaign rhetoric, the nomination process and conventions, candidate strategies, debates, advertising, the use of new media, news coverage of the campaigns.

As he has done since 1992, Robert Denton gathers a diverse collection of communications scholars to analyze communication trends of the recent presidential campaign. Topics include early campaign rhetoric, the nomination process and conventions, candidate strategies, debates, advertising, the use of new media, news coverage of the campaigns.

This book addresses the future of the multilateral system by analyzing its main building blocs of international and regional organizations.

This interdisciplinary study argues that local control represents a universal social value that ought to be codified in international law as a human right.