Berger: 852 books
by William E. Berger
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
The incidence of asthma is rising dramatically in the United States and across the globe. Asthma affects 17 million people in the U.S. and is the most common chronic childhood disease. If you or someone you love suffers from asthma, you know that there is no cure—however, with proper care, asthmatics...
by J. M. Berger
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
They are Americans, and they are mujahideen. Hundreds of men from every imaginable background have walked away from the traditional American dream to volunteer for battle in the name of Islam. Some have taken part in foreign wars that aligned with U.S. interests while others have carried out violence...
Deconstructing Travel
Cultural Perspectives on Tourism
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2004
As a visible marker of globalization, the increased role of travel and tourism in our lives makes it a remarkable force in contemporary culture. Deconstructing Travel provides an easily understood framework of the relationship between travel and culture in our rapidly changing postmodern, postcolonial...
This is a Soul
The Mission of Rick Hodes
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
“A powerful, important book for our age.”
—Abraham Verghese, author Cutting For Stone
Passionately written by journalist Marilyn Berger, This is a Soul is the moving and inspiring story of Dr. Rick Hodes, an American doctor living in Ethiopia, who has devoted his life to caring for the...
by John J. Berger, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Climate Myths is both a primer on climate change and a definitive rebuttal of climate science denial. The book can thus be used to help educate students, teachers, and the general public about the controversy over climate change. Climate Myths puts the campaign against climate science in historical,...
Civil Rights and Beyond
African American and Latino/a Activism in the Twentieth-Century United States
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Civil Rights and Beyond examines the dynamic relationships between African American and Latino/a activists in the United States from the 1930s to the present day. Building on recent scholarship, this book pushes the timeframe for the study of interactions between blacks and a variety of Latino/a groups...
Slaying in South St. Louis
Justice Denied for Nancy Zanone
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
A loving mother. A teenage killer. “Plenty of lurid details and twists and turns . . . A story about the consequences of an overwhelmed justice system” (West End Word).
On a crisp December day in 1963, Nancy Zanone left her young son and daughter playing in the backyard while she went inside...
The Limits Of Social Cohesion
Conflict And Mediation In Pluralist Societies
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Normative conflicts center on fundamental disagreements over issues of public morality and the identity of a society. In thinking about normative conflicts on a global scale, two principal questions arise. First, are there common characteristics of such conflicts worldwide? Second, which institutions...
by Mary Berger
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2010
Set in NC, The Trouble with Mattie is the story of the youthful, dynamic, comical, and recently widowed Mattalie Morgan, whose conniving stepdaughter dumps her in a crooked housing set-up for "needy" adults, turning Mattie's world upside down. But the housing owners don't care; they're sharks....
by Arcadia Berger
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
The Third Reich is long dead, yet a woman claiming to be the infamous Nazi spy Erica von Kampf is in Louisiana trying to tame the Honey Swamp Monster for some kind of diabolical scheme. The lovely Black Cat, the equally lovely Black Owl and the young heroes Yank and Doodle are out to stop them. Will...
Social Democracy and the Working Class
in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Germany
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
This is a powerful and original survey of German social democracy breaks new ground in covering the movement's full span, from its origins after the French Revolution, to the present day. Stefan Berger looks beyond narrow party political history to relate Social Democracy to other working class identities...
Allotment Gardening
An Organic Guide for Beginners
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
Allotment Gardening is a practical guide to growing your own fruit and vegetables organically. Aimed at those who have not had an allotment before, or are new to growing their own, it is packed with advice from choosing and planning your allotment through to harvesting and storing your produce. In...
Ocean Travel and Cruising
A Cultural Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
A one-of-a-kind analysis of ocean cruising!
In Ocean Travel and Cruising: A Cultural Analysis, noted author Arthur Asa Berger turns his critical eye to the phenomenon of ocean cruising. This academically solid yet reader-friendly book brings a multidisciplinary cultural studies approach to...
American icons. Viaggio tra i luoghi più significativi della cultura americana
Viaggio tra i luoghi più significativi della cultura americana
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Da Coney Island a Las Vegas, dal World Trade Center al Grand Canyon, Arthur Asa Berger (uno dei più importanti intellettuali e studioso dei media, della cultura pop, dello humor e del turismo degli ultimi decenni) guarda ai luoghi-icona della cultura americana. Un testo godibile e accessibile in...