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Beethoven's life, more dramatically than any other of mankind's major poets, was the source of his art. As a young man he lived the rebellious emotionalism of the Romantic movement, and gave first full expression to it. In his mature years such triumphant works as the third, fifth, and seventh symphonies - still, after 150 years, the world's most "popular" music - bodied forth his personal interpretation of the French Revolution: its release of faith in the individual's capacity to shape his destiny. Deaf and on the threshold of death, Beethoven carried art finally into depths of subjective perception not plumbed by other artists. The composer's life has been examined and related to his art before; but not in two decades, nor as succinctly and with as successful and resolution of the "enigma" presented by noble ideals apparently scuttled in daily performance. The raw materials of this fierce struggle, scattered in a dozen compendiums of diaries, sketchbooks, interviews, conversations and letters, are here assembled in a veritable anthology of genius-at-work. For the first time, we believe, this tragic but inspiring story has been given visual continuity by a graphic artist capable of sustaining its burden with technical master as well as imagination.

What's wrong with America's schools? Why can't we fix them? How did we wind up with dropout rates of 25 percent and graduates who can barely read and write? Why does the United States spend twice as much on education as the international average and wind up near the bottom of the barrel in global comparisons of student achievement? Why do we lag behind nations such as South Korea, Hungary, and Singapore? And how should we go about improving the situation? Answers to these questions lie at the heart of this volume. David T. Kearns and James Harvey contend we are fine-tuning failure. We have yet to break with the past in order to face a different and challenging future. Despite worshiping at the altar of "local control" we have managed to create cookie-cutter schools across the country. We have been sidestepping the transparent need for common expectations about what students should know and be able to do. Standards, the authors say, are not clear enough or high enough. Above all, we have met the enemy and it is us: all of us support "change" as long as someone else is changing. This book is a fascinating and provocative analysis of where we went wrong and what we need to do to get American education back on track. It defines the kind of education our kids deserve. It calls for a new definition of "public education" in which choice is taken for granted. And it outlines an action agenda to help parents and citizens make first-class schools truly their own. In the future, the authors argue, we should think of a public school as any other non-profit entity—capable of operating in the public interest free of the red tape now strangling public education. It should be paid for by the public and accountable to the public, with its charter or contract routinely revoked when it stops serving public purposes or fails to meet its performance goals.

The second edition of Historical Dictionary of the United States Navy covers U.S. Naval developments, personnel, and engagements from the colonial times to the present day. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on people, places, events and other terminology of the Navy. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the United States Navy.

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2014This highly practical manual presents an ideal introduction to adolescent substance use. It offers invaluable guidance for all professionals involved with adolescents including social workers, health and social care professionals, youth workers, family support workers, teachers, counsellors, mental heal

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