K Michael: 383 books

The current success rate for addiction treatment is less than 30 percent, which means that 7 out of 10 recovering addicts are not being cured of the so-called “disease of addiction.” Why doesn’t treatment work? The answer is simple - addiction is not a disease. In fact, the mainstream mythology...

This landmark study in the sociology of religion sheds new light on the question of what has happened to religion and spirituality since the 1960s in modern societies. Exposing several analytical weaknesses of today's sociology of religion, (Un)Believing in Modern Society presents a new theory of...

Meta-X is a user-friendly computer program that allows students, teachers, and researchers to perform a metapopulation viability analysis i.e. to assess the extinction risk of (meta)populations on discrete, partially isolated patches of habitat, in a comfortable way. The CD comes with an extensive...

This novel offers a contemporary and explosive picture of the nuclear family, which pivots on the bizarre odyssey of a Japanese father and son.

Toyota Culture mostra la cura che questa straordinaria azienda mette per creare persone di elevata qualità e per accrescerne costantemente il valore. È questo uno degli aspetti meno conosciuti del Toyota Production System, ma al contempo il punto chiave per ottenere risultati duraturi nel tempo. Il...

First published in 1981. A Concordance to the Poems of John Keats intended to provide the user with a volume suitable to the varying and increasingly specialised interests of scholarship. This title offers a high degree of inclusiveness that attends to the poems and plays, the emended and authoritative...

Der Zauber von Weihnachten in zauberhaften Geschichten Der Wind pfeift um die Häuser, er rüttelt an den Bäumen und Fensterläden. Es regnet, Sonne und Mond haben sich versteckt. Da springt die Tür auf, die Kinder wirbeln kalte Luft und Laub herein. Schnell heraus aus den Winterstiefeln und den...

"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made oj': Benjamin Franklin This book describes the technical principles and applications of echo-planar imaging (EPI) which, as much as any other technique, has shaped the develop­ ment of modern magnetic resonance...

Die Emeritierung von Lieselotte Steinbrügge, Professorin für „Romanische Philologie, insbesondere Didaktik der Romanischen Literaturen“ an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum von 2003 bis 2017, haben sich nationale und internationale Weggefährtinnen und Weggefährten unter der Regie zweier ehemaliger...

The roots of the modern disease theory of addiction can be traced back to the archaic medical philosophies of the eighteenth century. This popular theory is based primarily on the assumption that so-called addicts are physically unable to resist the call of addictive chemicals. They are presumably...

From the popular and highly respected Clinical Anesthesia family of titles comes a new resource that clearly and simply explains the core concepts of anesthesiology that you need to know. From physiology and pharmacology to anatomy and system-based anesthesia, it uses full-color graphics, easy-to-read tables, and clear, concise text to convey the essential principles of the field.

Europa ist nicht nur eine Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion, sondern in hohem Maße auch eine Gemeinschaft der politischen und sozialethischen Werte. Sie sind unverzichtbar in einer grenzüberschreitenden Union, in die jedes Land seine kulturelle Identität mit ihren vielfältigen Werten und Traditionen...

The Goal, explains how one can access, dwell and operate in the Kingdom of God, based on the teaching of Jesus, found in Matthew Chapter 5. Pastor Evans breaks down each Beatitude and offers the reader a step by step guide to access the Kingdom of God. A powerful book that will move each person who...

On the one hand, particle-based sensing techniques are driven by new technologies for preparing and measuring micro- and nanoparticles and by a fascination of the possibilities for design and functionalization of all specificities in structure shapes and behavior of these tiny objects. On the other...