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1	Tearing Down the Gates: Confronting the Class Divide in American Education more books like this by Peter Sacks add to wishlist We often hear about the growing divide between rich and poor in America. This compelling expose, backed by up-to-date research, locates the source of this trend where we might least expect to find it - in our schools. Written for a wide audience, "Tearing Down the Gates" is a powerful indictment of American education that shows how schools, ... see all copies from $10.95! new only from $14.03! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Jesus Myth (Tr) more books like this by George Albert Wells, Peter Sacks add to wishlist Does the New Testament story of Jesus contain any elements of historical truth, or is it pure legend? The author presents the "mythicist" view. He contends that the accounts of Jesus in the four canonical gospels not only contradict each other, but are also not in harmony with the earliest Christian documents. He argues that the gospels were ... see all copies from $19.94! first editions
3	By Vineyard Light more books like this by Rose Styron, Peter M Sacks (Contributions by) add to wishlist This beautiful collection of poems and photographs of the landscape of Martha's Vineyard is a serene and noble tribute to this lovely island. This book portrays the island's character more than any other volume on the subject, through the combination of Rose Styron's evocative lines and Craig Dripps's stunning images. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The Cambridge Companion to Brecht more books like this by Peter Thomson (Editor), Glendyr Sacks (Editor) add to wishlist This Companion offers students crucial guidance on virtually every aspect of the work of this complex and controversial writer, bringing together the contrasting views of major critics and active practitioners. The opening essays place Brecht's creative work in its historical and biographical context and are followed by chapters on single texts, ... see all copies from $3.15! new only from $3.51! \| SVS
5	Discover Ancient Greece more books like this by Janet Sacks, Peter Bull (Illustrator), Jan Smith (Illustrator) add to wishlist It takes a little magic to return to Ancient Greece--but that's what kids can do, if they pull the tabs. Suddenly, all the wonders of the classical world appear, and the everyday things too, including pottery, water clocks, and coins. Of course, you'll get to visit all the important sights, like the Parthenon, but the brilliantly colorful spreads ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
6	Standardized Minds: The High Price of America's Testing Culture and What We Can Do to Change It more books like this by Peter Sacks add to wishlist "Standardized Minds" dramatically shows how an unhealthy and enduring obsession with intelligence testing affects everyone. Drawing creative solutions from the headlines and front lines, Sacks demonstrates proven alternatives to such testing, and details a plan to make the American meritocracy legitimate and fair. see all copies from $3.98! new only from $11.08! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Promised Lands more books like this by Professor Peter M Sacks add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Natal Command more books like this by Professor Peter M Sacks add to wishlist A collection of poems based on the author's life as an expatriate living in South Africa. A nominee for The Bingham Poetry Prize in 1998. see all copies from $3.19! new only from $9.00! \| first editions
9	English Elegy: Studies in the Genre from Spenser to Yeats more books like this by Professor Peter M Sacks add to wishlist In an award winning book of literary scholarship, Sacks explores the functions as well as forms of convention and provides an interpretive study of the elegy as a genre. "The English Elegy" is an ambitious and humane book, an eloquent work on the poetry of mourning. (Poetry) see all copies from $8.00! new only from $27.23! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Generation X Goes to College more books like this by Peter Sacks add to wishlist This is a true story which tells how the author, a journalist-turned-college professor, dealt with Generation X - jaded, unachieving, highly demanding youth. Sacks analyses his experience in the context of recent social changes, and concludes that Generation X consists of genuine postmoderns. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.99!
11	The Diversity Myth: Multiculturalism and the Politics of Intolerance at Stanford more books like this by David O Sacks, Peter A Thiel, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese (Foreword by) add to wishlist This is a powerful exploration of the debilitating impact that politically correct "multiculturalism" has had upon higher education and academic freedom in the United States. In the name of diversity, many leading academic and cultural institutions are working to silence dissent and stifle intellectual life. This book exposes the real impact of ... see all copies from $2.04! new only from $22.01! \| first editions
12 view cover	Poems of Edward Thomas more books like this by Edward Thomas, Peter Sacks (Introduction by) add to wishlist Since the publication of Walter de la Mare's first edition of his poems in 1920, Edward Thomas has gradually come to be seen as one of the great English poets of the 20th century. Though sometimes classified with Owen, Rosenberg, and Sassoon as a "war poet," he was rather a poet who died tragically in the war. His main subjects were the English ... see all copies from $3.26! new only from $3.26!
13 view cover	The Diversity Myth: Multiculturalism and the Political Intolerance on Campus more books like this by David O Sacks, Peter A Thiel, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese (Foreword by) add to wishlist Colleges and universities have failed, according to the authors of "The Diversity Myth," to promote "multiculturalism" through programs and curricula. Using Stanford University as their model, David Sacks and Peter Thiel, both Stanford graduates, utilize hundreds of primary sources to show the correlation between what is being practiced on campus ... see all copies from $5.27! new only from $15.50! \| SVS
14 view cover	Standardized Minds: The High Price of America's Testing Culture more books like this by Peter Sacks add to wishlist A hard-hitting examination of the ways in which standardized tests sustain the privileged and punish the poor, complete with a plan for meaningful change in schools and in the workplace.. }Weve been told time and again that standardized tests arent perfect but that theyre the best tool we have to make important decisions. Is this really true? ... see all copies from $2.88! new only from $63.11! \| first editions
15	In These Mountains more books like this by Professor Peter M Sacks add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Woody Gwyn more books like this by Professor Peter M Sacks add to wishlist An extraordinary study of the artist, his art, and his unique perspective on the grandeur of western landscape. see all copies from $47.50! new only from $67.91! \| signed copies
17 view cover	Necessity more books like this by Peter Sacks add to wishlist Through the lens of Peter Sack's journey from a ravaged South Africa to a haunted and spiritually frayed America, "Necessity" travels from heights unblemished by time's weight, through deserts laden with the debris of our mad dreams, to waters of communal memory and love. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $24.82! \| first editions
18 view cover	O Wheel more books like this by Peter M. Sacks add to wishlist This collection of poems by Peter Sacks uses an edgy mix of the intense violence of South Africa's history, the personal struggles of the human soul to speak freely and experience justice, and the expanse of the American literary landscape as a backdrop. see all copies from $5.87! new only from $38.33! \| first editions
19 view cover	Camb Comp to Brecht 1ed more books like this by Peter Thomson (Editor), Glendyr Sacks (Editor) add to wishlist This Companion offers students crucial guidance on virtually every aspect of the work of this complex and controversial writer, bringing together the contrasting views of major critics and active practitioners. The opening essays place Brecht's creative work in its historical and biographical context and are followed by chapters on single texts, ... see all copies from $15.66!
20 view cover	Necessity: Poems more books like this by Peter Sacks add to wishlist A collection of poems by Peter Sacks that use his personal journey from a strife-torn South Africa to a haunted and spiritually frayed America. He reveals images of travels from the debris of our mad dreams of progress, conquest and salvation, to the waters of communal memory, values and love. see all copies from $2.66! new only from $5.94! \| first editions
21	The Boat That Went on Both Land and Water by Peter Sacks add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.90!

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