John Hoffman: 32 books
by John Hoffman, Paul Graham
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Introduction to Political Theory is a text for the 21st century. It shows students why an understanding of theory is crucial to an understanding of issues and events in a rapidly shifting global political landscape. Bringing together classic and contemporary political concepts and ideologies into...
The Weight of the Nation
Surprising Lessons About Diets, Food, and Fat from the Extraordinary Series from HBO Documentary Films
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
People today work harder and take better care of their health than any previous generation. So how could two-thirds of us fail to measure up when it comes to eating right and exercising? HBO and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences have joined together to bring you the nation's...
Addiction
Why Can't They Just Stop?
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2007
This companion book to the HBO documentary of the same name sheds light on the hidden American epidemic of addiction. Blending compelling personal narratives with statistics and expert opinion, all gleaned from over two years of research and reporting, ADDICTION offers a comprehensive and provocative...
The Role of Community Development in Reducing Extremism and Ethnic Conflict
The Evolution of Human Contact
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
The purpose of this text is to provide the reader with a comprehensive understanding of the nature of violence, aggression, extremism, and ethnic hate crimes in the US, and to explicate how community development, stewardship, and service may be implemented to address and reduce these problems. When...
The Alzheimer's Project
Momentum in Science
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
This companion book to the HBO Documentary Films series explores the cutting-edge research on Alzheimer's disease that is creating new hope for the future.
Alzheimer's disease is the second most-feared illness in America, following cancer. It affects as many as 5 million Americans, a number...
Creating a Transformational Community
The Fundamentals of Stewardship Activities
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
The purpose of Creating a Transformational Community: The Fundamentals of Stewardship Activities is to provide the reader with a description of the important role that community development has in establishing healthy, cooperative, and prosocial relationships among individuals residing within their...
by August John Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Philosophical Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology describes the unique relationship between early schools of thought in Greek philosophy, modern psychology, and most recently evolutionary psychology. This volume provides the reader with a concise history and description of some of the most important...
Echoes
The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2019
The essential collection of beloved ghost stories, compiled by the editor who helped define the genre—including stories from award-winning, bestselling authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Tremblay.
Everyone loves a good ghost story, especially Ellen...
The Werewolf Megapack
22 Classic and Modern Tales of Shape-Shifters!
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
"The Werewolf Megapack" collects 22 classic and modern tales of shape-shifters (and not just wolves!) -- including works by Jay Lake, Jack Williamson, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, John Gregory Betancourt, Rudyard Kipling, Saki, and many more. Included are:
LEOPARD, by Jay Lake
GABRIEL-ERNEST,...
The Mummy MEGAPACK®
20 Modern and Classic Tales
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2011
Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned horror and dark fantasy authors! Explore the uncanny world of mummies, ancient egypt, and dark sorcery, with these 20 stories:
SYMPATHY FOR MUMMIES, by John Gregory Betancourt
SOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY,...
by Helen Heslop, MD, Edward J. Benz Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
The Hematology: Diagnosis and Treatment eBook is the ideal mobile resource in hematology! It distills the most essential, practical information from Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice, 6th Edition - the comprehensive masterwork by Drs. Hoffman, Benz, Silberstein, Heslop, Weitz, and Anastasi...
Flourishing
A Frank Conversation about Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
This astonishing book invites you into a conversation between a teacher, John R. Ehrenfeld, and his former student now professor, Andrew J. Hoffman, as they discuss how to create a sustainable world. Unlike virtually all other books about sustainability, this one goes beyond the typical stories that...
The Wildside Book of Fantasy
20 Great Tales of Fantasy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
The Wildside book of Fantasy presents 20 great fantasy tales by modern masters. Included are stories by Tanith Lee, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Gene Wolfe, Fritz Leiber, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Robert E. Howard, and many more. A choice selection of tales! THE DEAD MAN, by Gene Wolfe BRIGHT STREETS OF AIR, by...
by John George Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Pow-Wows By John George Hoffman
Written by a Pennsylvania Dutch healer in the 1820s, this book is a rambling collection of rural home remedies and folk invocations. Pow-wow is a unique creole of Christian theology and a shamanistic belief system. It is still practiced in some rural areas...