John A Hall: 14 books
The Importance of Being Civil
The Struggle for Political Decency
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2013
Civility is desirable and possible, but can this fragile ideal be guaranteed? The Importance of Being Civil offers the most comprehensive look at the nature and advantages of civility, throughout history and in our world today. Esteemed sociologist John Hall expands our understanding of civility as...
The Paradox of Vulnerability
States, Nationalism, and the Financial Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Why are small and culturally homogeneous nation-states in the advanced capitalist world so prosperous? Examining how Denmark, Ireland, and Switzerland managed the 2008 financial crisis, The Paradox of Vulnerability shows that this is not an accident. John Campbell and John Hall argue that a prolonged...
by John A. Hall
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Great Strike on the 'Q'. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print.
This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by John...
Ernest Gellner
An Intellectual Biography
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
Ernest Gellner (1925–95) was a multilingual polymath and a public intellectual who set the agenda in the study of nationalism and the sociology of Islam. Having grown up in Paris, Prague, and England, he was also one of the last great Jewish thinkers from Central Europe to experience directly the...
Healing Traumatized Children
Navigating Recovery for Children with Turbulent Pasts
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Because millions of children experience early trauma and attachment disruptions, whether through death, physical or sexual abuse, domestic, community, or school violence, terrorism or other tragic losses, parents and professionals need not just vague theories but a proactive plan for healing relationship...
by Bob Brown, Gwyndyn T. Alexander, Lou J. Berger
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017
More Alternative Truths is an exploration of the potential consequences of today’s politics in our daily lives. More than our individual lives, but our American identity.
This exploration defines this anthology. So many of the stories ask what has America become? What will it be in the...
Social Networking and Impression Management
Self-Presentation in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Social Networking and Impression Management: Self-Presentation in the Digital Age, edited by Carolyn Cunningham, provides original research on key issues in the field of identity management and social networking sites. The contributors to this volume draw on current research in the field and offer...
Enduring Motives
The Archaeology of Tradition and Religion in Native America
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4Enduring Motives examines tradition and religious beliefs as they are expressed in landscape, the built environment, visual symbols, stories, and ritual.
Bringing together archaeologists and Native American experts,...
Reading Southern History
Essays on Interpreters and Interpretations
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
This collection of essays examines the contributions of some of the most notable interpreters of southern history and culture, furthering our understanding of the best historical work produced on the region.
Historian Glenn Feldman gathers together a group of essays that examine the efforts...
Roar Volume 7
ROAR, #7
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Welcome to a LEGENDARY volume of ROAR! That's right, the theme for the seventh volume is legend, and it will take you on a journey from a fortune teller's bamboo hut to the end of the world in the coils of a dead snake god, back in time to the Cretaceous and then up to the stars. You'll meet tigers...
Mythic Delirium: Volume Two
Mythic Delirium, #2
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Assembled from the second year of the digital journal Mythic Delirium and recast in an artfully arranged anthology, this latest offering from editors Mike and Anita Allen will introduce you to harrowing deserts and vengeful waters, to quantum mythology and edible religion, to slipstream explorations...
by Phillip J. Nickel, Philip Tallon, Jeremy Morris
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Sitting on pins and needles, anxiously waiting to see what will happen next, horror audiences crave the fear and exhilaration generated by a terrifying story; their anticipation is palpable. But they also breathe a sigh of relief when the action is over, when they are able to close their books or...
by Jesse B. Hall, Gregory A. Schmidt, John Kress
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
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The Return of the Lord Jesus
The Key to the Scripture, and the Solution of All Our Political and Social Problems or The Golden Age that is Soon Coming to the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
THE writer of this book is an optimist. He is absolutely sure that a golden age is swiftly coming to this earth. But he is not a blind optimist. His optimism is not the result of shutting his eyes to unpleasant facts; his eyes are wide open to the awful injustices that rule in human society as at...