Presents excerpts from the books of Bernard Lewis on Arab culture and history; Islamic religion, history, and politics; Orientalism; and slavery in the Middle East. Includes an excerpt on historiography and the problems of historical scholarship. (RW)

Offers a listing of 80 books considered to be important for a professional library in social studies. The categories included are: (1) foundations of social studies education; (2) social studies curriculum; (3) social studies instruction; (4) change processes in social studies; and (5) sources on sources. (JDH)

Critically reviews "Sandino's Daughters: Testimonies of Nicaraguan Women in Struggle" (Randall, 1981), "Christians in the Nicaraguan Revolution" (Randall, 1983), and "Risking a Somersault in the Air: Conversations with Nicaraguan Writers" (Randall, 1984). Includes description of how author used these books in Latin…

Recommends 98 books, coded for reading level, which emphasize human relations and present original theme or fresh slant on traditional topic. Topical categories are: American history, culture and life (23 titles); world history and culture (13 titles); biographies (6 titles); folktales, storytelling, and poetry (22 titles); contemporary interests…

A longitudinal study was conducted of over 2,000 young men through high school and for five years beyond. This excerpt from Volume VI of the Youth in Transition series presents a number of the authors' recommendations. (Author/MLF)

Reviews "Managers of Virtue: Public School Leadership in America, 1820-1980" (Tyack & Hansot, 1982), and "Public School in Hard Times: The Great Depression and Recent Years" (Tyack, Lowe & Hansot, 1984). Maintains that the strength of these two works lies more in their balanced synthesis of the scholarly literature than on the direct policy…