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A truth for a truth / by Richards, Emilie,1948-(CARDINAL)529569; Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)(CARDINAL)376993;

"After Godwin "Win" Dorchester, a former minister of the Consolidated Community Church, dies suddenly during a celebration of his return to Emerald springs, his memorial service is cut just as short. The coroner's office has requested an autopsy, and Aggie is the first to learn why. Win, beloved among the congregation, was murdered--and the number one suspect is his widow"--Cover, p. [4].

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Murder; Sloan-Wilcox, Aggie (Fictitious character); Spouses of clergy;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4

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How we learn : why brains learn better than any machine ... for now / by Dehaene, Stanislas,author.(CARDINAL)374931;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Seven definitions of learning -- Why our brain learns better than current machines -- Babies' invisible knowledge -- The birth of a brain -- Nurture's share -- Recycle your brain -- Attention -- Active engagement -- Error feedback -- Consolidation -- Conclusion. Reconciling education with neuroscience."In today's technological society, with an unprecedented amount of information at our fingertips, learning plays a more central role than ever. In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene decodes its biological mechanisms, delving into the neuronal, synaptic, and molecular processes taking place in the brain. He explains why youth is such a sensitive period, during which brain plasticity is maximal, but also assures us that our abilities continue into adulthood, and that we can enhance our learning and memory at any age. We can all "learn to learn" by taking maximal advantage of the four pillars of the brain's learning algorithm: attention, active engagement, error feedback, and consolidation. The human brain is an extraordinary machine. Its ability to process information and adapt to circumstances by reprogramming itself is unparalleled, and it remains the best source of inspiration for recent developments in artificial intelligence. The exciting advancements in A.I. of the last twenty years reveal just as much about our remarkable abilities as they do about the potential of machines. How We Learn finds the boundary of computer science, neurobiology, and cognitive psychology to explain how learning really works and how to make the best use of the brain's learning algorithms, in our schools and universities as well as in everyday life"--Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Subjects: Learning, Psychology of.; Cognitive psychology.; Neuroplasticity.; Cognitive science.;

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A concise history of Nazi Germany, 1919-1945 / by Bendersky, Joseph W.,1946-(CARDINAL)725735;

Includes bibliographical references and index.The origins and development of Nazism, 1919-1928 -- Weimar democracy in crisis -- The rise of Hitler and Nazism -- The historical roots of Nazi ideology -- Party structure, propaganda, and followers during the "early years of struggle" -- The seizure and consolidation of power, 1929-1934 -- Parliamentary paralysis and the Nazi breakthrough of 1930 -- Hitler's legal path to power -- The pseudolegal revolution -- The nazification of German society, 1934-1938 -- The total state versus the dual state and polycracy -- Political biology, culture, and society -- SS terror, anti-semitism, and resistance to nazification -- The rise and fall of the Nazi empire in Europe, 1933-1945 -- The fuhrer as statesman: ideology and foreign policy -- The fuhrer as warrior: victory and conquest -- From domination to retreat -- The Holocaust, resistance, and defeat -- The struggle for justice and historical memory -- From Nuremberg to vergangenheitsbewltigung -- The intractable Nazi legacy in film: propaganda and history.This balanced history offers a concise, readable introduction to Nazi Germany. Combining compelling narrative storytelling with analysis, Joseph W. Bendersky offers an authoritative survey of the major political, economic, and social factors that powered the rise and fall of the Third Reich. His classic treatment provides an invaluable overview of a subject that retains its historical significance and contemporary importance.

Subjects: Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.; National socialism.;

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How we learn : why brains learn better than any machine ... for now / by Dehaene, Stanislas,author.(CARDINAL)374931;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-305) and index.Seven definitions of learning -- Why our brain learns better than current machines -- Babies' invisible knowledge -- The birth of a brain -- Nurture's share -- Recycle your brain -- Attention -- Active engagement -- Error feedback -- Consolidation -- Conclusion. Reconciling education with neuroscience."In today's technological society, with an unprecedented amount of information at our fingertips, learning plays a more central role than ever. In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene decodes its biological mechanisms, delving into the neuronal, synaptic, and molecular processes taking place in the brain. He explains why youth is such a sensitive period, during which brain plasticity is maximal, but also assures us that our abilities continue into adulthood, and that we can enhance our learning and memory at any age. We can all 'learn to learn' by taking maximal advantage of the four pillars of the brain's learning algorithm: attention, active engagement, error feedback, and consolidation. The human brain is an extraordinary machine. Its ability to process information and adapt to circumstances by reprogramming itself is unparalleled, and it remains the best source of inspiration for recent developments in artificial intelligence. The exciting advancements in A.I. of the last twenty years reveal just as much about our remarkable abilities as they do about the potential of machines. How We Learn finds the boundary of computer science, neurobiology, and cognitive psychology to explain how learning really works and how to make the best use of the brain's learning algorithms, in our schools and universities as well as in everyday life"--

Subjects: Learning, Psychology of.; Cognitive psychology.; Neuroplasticity.; Cognitive science.;

Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8

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How we learn : the surprising truth about when, where, and why it happens / by Carey, Benedict,author.(CARDINAL)493086;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index.Broaden the margins -- Basic theory. The story maker : the biology of memory ; The power of forgetting : a new theory of learning -- Retention. Breaking good habits : the effect of context on learning ; Spacing out : the advantage of breaking up study time ; The hidden value of ignorance : the many dimensions of testing -- Problem solving. The upside of distraction : the role of incubation in problem solving ; Quitting before you're ahead : the accumulating gifts of percolation ; Being mixed up : interleaving as an aid to comprehension -- Tapping the subconscious. Learning without thinking : harnessing perceptual discrimination ; You snooze, you win : the consolidating role of sleep -- The foraging brain -- Appendix. Eleven essential questions.From an early age, we are told that restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. Learning is all self-discipline, so we must confine ourselves to designated study areas, turn off the music, and maintain a strict ritual. But what if almost everything we were told about learning is wrong? And what if there was a way to achieve more with less effort? Here, award-winning science reporter Benedict Carey sifts through decades of education research to uncover the truth about how our brains absorb and retain information. What he discovers is that, from the moment we are born, we all learn quickly, efficiently, and automatically; but in our zeal to systematize the process we have ignored valuable, naturally enjoyable learning tools like forgetting, sleeping, and daydreaming. Is a dedicated desk in a quiet room really the best way to study? Can altering your routine improve your recall? Are there times when distraction is good? Is repetition necessary? Carey's search for answers to these questions yields a wealth of strategies that make learning more a part of our everyday lives--and less of a chore.--From publisher description.

Subjects: Learning, Psychology of.; Learning.;

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Puerto Rico : a national history / by Meléndez Badillo, Jorell A.,author.(CARDINAL)889509;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue: "I am never coming back here" -- Borikaen's first peoples: from migration to insurrection -- Consolidating the colonial project -- From reform to revolution -- Imagining the great Puerto Rican family -- Chronicle of a war foretold -- Foundationsof U.S. colonialism in Puerto Rico -- A turbulent decade -- The populist moment -- The Great Migration -- The Cold War and the new push for independence -- The road to neoliberalism -- Broken promises and ongoing resistance -- The night everything went silent -- The storm's aftermath -- Broken memories and future-oriented histories -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Selected thematic bibliography -- Index."How did Puerto Rico end up in its current situation? A Spanish-speaking territory controlled by the United States and populated by the descendants of conquistadors, enslaved Africans, and indigenous inhabitants, this island (or rather archipelago) has aunique history. Jorell Melaendez-Badillo begins the book with an overview of the pre-Columbian societies and cultures that first inhabited Borikaen, the indigenous name of the Puerto Rican archipelago. Though the arrival of the Spanish had a profound impact on Puerto Rico's history, he takes care to tell the story "from the shore" and not "from the boat." The Taainos were not merely passive victims; though they were enslaved and murdered during the Conquest, they also had powerful leaders like Agueybaná II who organized the Americas' first indigenous insurrection against colonial rule in 1511. When the colonial enterprise was consolidated a few decades after the Conquest, Puerto Rico became a military outpost for the Spanish Empire. By the nineteenth century, Puerto Rico was a slave colony, and it was ruled through a combination of reform and authoritarianism. This resulted in the proliferation of unsuccessful slave revolts and, in 1868, an insurrection that declared the Republic of Puerto Rico, which only lasted 48 hours. Puerto Rico's major regime change came in 1898 with the US occupation. Though being controlled by the United States has shaped Puerto Rico's history in innumerable ways, it inadvertently fostered a sense of puertorriqueñidad (Puerto Ricanness) among the Island's inhabitants. US colonization may have involved forced Americanization, but it also provoked a multi-layered resistance to those projects, from passive disobedience to armed insurrections. The creation of the Puerto Rican Commonwealth in 1952 involved using a number of institutions to create the notion of cultural nationalism that was detached from the island's colonial status, included Puerto Ricans in the diaspora and was not contingent on obtaining national sovereignty. Thelast part of the book focuses on more recent developments from the neoliberal turn in the 1990s to current (and likely future) socio-economic and environmental crises"--

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The great empires of Asia / by Masselos, Jim.(CARDINAL)746526;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-233) and index.

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The forgotten presidents : their untold constitutional legacy / by Gerhardt, Michael J.,1956-(CARDINAL)435287;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-300) and index.Martin Van Buren -- William Henry Harrison -- John Tyler -- Zachary Taylor -- Millard Fillmore -- Franklin Pierce -- Chester Arthur -- Grover Cleveland (1) -- Benjamin Harrison -- Grover Cleveland (2) -- William Howard Taft -- Calvin Coolidge -- Jimmy Carter."Their names linger in memory mainly as punch lines, synonyms for obscurity: Millard Fillmore, Chester Arthur, Calvin Coolidge. They conjure up not the White House so much as a decaying middle school somewhere in New Jersey. But many forgotten presidents, writes Michael J. Gerhardt, were not weak or ineffective. They boldly fought battles over constitutional principles that resonate today. Gerhardt, one of our leading legal experts, tells the story of The Forgotten Presidents. He surveys thirteen administrations in chronological order, from Martin Van Buren to Franklin Pierce to Jimmy Carter, distinguishing political failures from their constitutional impact. Again and again, he writes, they defied popular opinion to take strong stands. Martin Van Buren reacted to an economic depression by withdrawing federal funds from state banks in an attempt to establish the controversial independent treasury system. His objective was to shrink the federal role in the economy, but also to consolidate his power to act independently as president. Prosperity did not return, and he left office under the shadow of failure. Grover Cleveland radically changed his approach in his second (non-consecutive) term. Previously he had held back from interference with lawmakers; on his return to office, he aggressively used presidential power to bend Congress to his will. Now seen as an asterisk, Cleveland consolidated presidential authority over appointments, removals, vetoes, foreign affairs, legislation, and more. Jimmy Carter, too, proves surprisingly significant. In two debt-ceiling crises and battles over the Panama Canal treaty, affirmative action, and the First Amendment, he demonstrated how the presidency's inherent capacity for efficiency and energy gives it an advantage in battles with Congress, regardless of popularity. Incisive, myth-shattering, and compellingly written, this book shows how even obscure presidents championed the White House's prerogatives and altered the way we interpret the Constitution"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Presidents; Executive power; Constitutional history;

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The war that made America : essays inspired by the scholarship of Gary W. Gallagher / by Gallagher, Gary W.,honoree.(CARDINAL)163162; Janney, Caroline E.,editor.(CARDINAL)295755; Carmichael, Peter S.,editor.(CARDINAL)205572; Sheehan-Dean, Aaron Charles,editor.(CARDINAL)279632;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction / Peter S. Carmichael, Caroline E. Janney, and Aaron Sheehan-Dean ; Protecting their self-interest: Native American governance in the Confederacy / William A. Blair -- Apples and oranges and hardtack: on the uses of comparison in Civil War history / Aaron Sheehan-Dean -- The Confederacy's use of nationalism and vice versa / Andre M. Fleche -- Science and daring: Robert E. Lee as engineer, soldier, and modernizer / Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh -- Guerrillas, vengeance, and mercy after Appomattox: the trial of John W. McCue / Caroline E. Janney -- Robert Small's tax title case and the endurance of land redistribution in Port Royal, South Carolina / Cynthia Nicoletti -- We cannot believe Americans can do these things: erasing violence from the Civil War record / Peter S. Carmichael -- Jubal A. Early, Lee commemoration, and the consolidation of Confederate history, 1870-1890 / Kathryn J. Shively -- From the field of battle to the field of history: white northern veteran writers and their narratives of the Civil War / Peter C. Luebke -- Epilogue: taking the shape of the Civil War / Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Caroline E. Janney, and Peter S. Carmichael."This collection of original essays reveals the richness and dynamism of contemporary scholarship on the Civil War era. Inspired by the lines of inquiry that animated the writings of the influential historian Gary W. Gallagher, this volume includes nine essays by leading scholars in the field who explore a broad range of themes and participants in the nation's greatest conflict, from Indigenous communities navigating the dangerous shoals of the secession winter to Confederate guerrillas caught in the legal snares of the Union's hard war to African Americans pursuing landownership in the postwar years. Essayists also explore how people contested and shaped the memory of the conflict, from outright silences and evasions to the use of formal historical writing. Other contributors use comparative and transnational history to rethink key aspects of the conflict. The result is a thorough examination of Gallagher's scholarly legacy and an assessment of the present and future of the Civil War history field. Contributors are William A. Blair, Peter S. Carmichael, Andre M. Fleche, Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh, Caroline E. Janney, Peter C. Luebke, Cynthia Nicoletti, Aaron Sheehan-Dean, and Kathryn J. Shively." -- Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Essays.; Festschriften.; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877);

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How grand a flame : a chronicle of a plantation family, 1813-1947 / by Bresee, Clyde,1916-(CARDINAL)183910;

Prologue: A Visit to Peter Brown -- 1. Winborn II, Master Planter -- 2. "Prepare to Evacuate" -- 3. Cecilia Lawton of Lawtonville -- 4. Black Men in Blue Coats -- 5. On Trial for Murder -- 6. Return to the Bluff -- 7. Restoration -- Epilogue: 1989."Wake me at four o'clock. We're going to see some action." When the guns opened on Fort Sumter across the harbor in April of 1861, two young men, one white and one black, were watching together from the cupola of the big house on the Lawton plantation, which stretched for a full mile along the Ashley River near Charleston, South Carolina. The white man, Wallace Lawton, would shortly be plunged into a protracted, increasingly desperate struggle to retain his inherited domain during war, devastation, and defeat, and to restore it to a semblance of its pre-war prosperity. The black man, Peter Brown, as slave and freedman, would continue a complex and sometimes stormy relationship with Wallace and with the land. How Grand A Flame is the story of three generations of a proud, strong-willed aristocratic family, from the early nineteenth century until the plantation passed from their hands in the 1940s. Winborn Lawton II consolidated the James Island lands during the time when cotton was king. His son Wallace took control just as war came. He moved his operations temporarily to land near the Savannah River, where he won the hand of sixteen-year-old cousin Cecilia Lawton. He brought her back to James Island, where they began the long struggle to restore the land to prosperity. Drawing upon vivid diaries kept by Cecilia Lawton, records and old documents, court-martial proceedings, and personal memories Author Clyde Bresee has traced the story of a southern family in a memorable historical epoch." -- Publisher's description.

Subjects: Biographies.; Lawton family.; Plantation life;

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