C C Neal: 40 books

A Rose Grows in the Mist is a collection of poetry that encompasses all aspects of emotion. It will be enjoyed by both men and women of all ages and walks of life. Drawing on personal experiences and life lessons, Mrs. Neal has written works that she hopes will inspire you to think deeper, enjoy life,...

In the last ten years, there has been a resurgence of interest in repression and violence within states. Paths to State Repression improves our understanding of why states use political repression, highlighting its relationship to dissent and mass protest. The authors draw upon a wide variety of political-economic...

The 'Naturals Season Two: Evolution -- Episodes 1-4 After Season One's explosive conclusion, everyone is reeling from the strange and violent events at the Monster's Ball that put several Silverwood High students in the hospital. . . Marshall is trying to figure out if Dexter was to blame for the...

The Sheriff, Hailey, Israel’s sister, and others all have their suspicions about what happened during the fire at the Silver Screen, but will anyone discover Issi’s part in it? And most troubling of all, does he even feel bad about the tragedy? Hailey, Avery, Marshall, and Issi have turned down...

The 'Naturals Season Two: Evolution -- Episodes 5-8 The danger deepens as Marshall, Avery, Hailey, and Israel explore their abilities and discover they're not the only ones keeping secrets. At the center of it all? IGT, the company that seems to have a hand in everything that happens in Silverwood....

How did literary discourse about empire contribute to discussions about the implications of modernity and progress in eighteenth-century Spain? Writing the Americas seeks to answer this question by examining how novels, plays and short stories imagined and contested core notions about enlightened...

Genetically modified plants are currently causing controversy worldwide; a great deal has been written about their supposed environmental effects. However, the newspaper headlines and public debates often provide a level of reasoning akin to "this is your brain on genetically modified corn," which...

First published in 1999, this volume examines how the challenge of defining and developing an effective structure of fundamental social rights for workers has long been a focus for debate at European level. Even before the emergence of the 1989 Charter of Fundamental Social Rights of Workers, proposals...

In The Progressive Poetics of Confusion in the French Enlightenment, John C. O'Neal draws largely on the etymological meaning of the word confusion as the action of mixing or blending in order to trace the development of this project which, he claims, aimed to reject dogmatic thinking in all of its...

Sensationism, a philosophy that gained momentum in the French Enlightenment as a response to Lockean empiricism, was acclaimed by Hippolyte Taine as "the doctrine of the most lucid, methodical, and French minds to have honored France." The first major general study in English of eighteenth-century...

A comprehensive introduction to using the tools and techniques of neuroscience to understand how consumers make decisions about purchasing goods and services. Contrary to the assumptions of economists, consumers are not always rational actors who make decisions in their own best interests....

Looking for a new cozy mystery author to love? Dive in to this collection of excerpts from the Minotaur Books/St. Martin's Press Spring/Summer 2017 season (books published from late April to August). The Cozy Case Files collection includes: Trumpet of Death by Cynthia Riggs Sticks and Bones...

"John Russ is the master of explaining how image processing gets applied to real-world situations. With Brent Neal, he’s done it again in Measuring Shape, this time explaining an expanded toolbox of techniques that includes useful, state-of-the-art methods that can be applied to the broad problem...

College students are now regarded as consumers, not students, and nowhere is the growth and exploitation of the university more obvious than in the realm of college sports, where the evidence is in the stadiums built with corporate money, and the crowded sporting events sponsored by large conglomerates.  The...