Teaching History As It Happens
Nov 8th, 2008 · There's no textbook for current events, so teachers across the country are taking lessons alongside their students from this historic week.
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Textbook Details Progress In Wartime Surgery
Aug 9th, 2008 · A new medical textbook — published by the military — uses cases from Iraq and Afghanistan to train trauma surgeons. The book features disturbing images, yet also illustrates just how many critical advances have emerged from the theater of war.
In Iraq, The Praxis Of Tactical Theory *
Jul 22nd, 2008 · Lieutenant Colonel John Nagl wrote the textbook on counterinsurgency — literally. Nagl was part of the team that drafted the current U.S. Army field manual. Having completed his tour in Iraq, Nagl talks about how military theory was put into practice in the region.
So You Want to Learn Cartooning? Hit the Book
Jun 29th, 2008 · Two comic artists have created a textbook, Drawing Words and Writing Pictures, that teaches people the grammar of comic art, from penciling a story ever so lightly on tracing paper to inking a bubbly "The End" to the finished strip.
How to Know if You Are Really Helping a Tree or Tiger
Dec 17th, 2007 · Certificates are all the rage as gifts. But how can you be sure that a tree was indeed planted, a textbook donated or a tiger sponsored in your name? Humorist Brian Unger suggests we need an international team of inspectors to verify all these gifts.
Postal Service Ends M Bag Subsidy *
Dec 6th, 2007 · The United States Postal Service says that, since being ordered by Congress to break even, it can no longer afford to subsidize the nonprofits' shipping costs through M Bags. M Bags are large duffel bags that nonprofit organizations use to bulk-ship textbooks overseas to impoverished regions around the world. Joel Rose reports from member station WHYY in Philadelphia.
Getting the Best Price for College Textbooks *
Aug 28th, 2007 · Every parent knows that sending your kid to college is going to cost a lot. But many parents and students are feeling sticker shock when it comes to the price of textbooks. A Government Accountability Office report found that in the past two decades college textbook prices have increased at twice the rate of inflation.
Book Buying Among College Practices Under Scrutiny *
Aug 21st, 2007 · After a recent scandal where financial aid officers at universities accepted favors from private lenders, other university practices are under scrutiny -- including book sales. Textbook sellers are continuously courting professors, prompting worries about the potential for abuse.
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