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Feminist Activist Ethnography
Counterpoints to Neoliberalism in North America
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Writing in the wake of neoliberalism, where human rights and social justice have increasingly been subordinated to proliferating “consumer choices” and ideals of market justice, contributors to this collection argue that feminist ethnographers are in a key position to reassert the central feminist...
Why Study Talmud in the Twenty-First Century?
The Relevance of the Ancient Jewish Text to Our World
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2009
The Talmud is the repository of thousands of years of Jewish wisdom. It is a conglomerate of law, legend, and philosophy, a blend of unique logic and shrewd pragmatism, of history and science, of anecdotes and humor. Unfortunately, its sometimes complex subject matter often seems irrelevant in today's...
The Future of Human Experience
Visionary Thinkers on the Science of Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2013
Explores the future predictions of cutting-edge scientists, spiritual teachers, and other visionaries and how we can affect the future
• Shares insights from the author’s discussions with Dr. Mehmet Oz, Raymond Moody, Larry Dossey, John Perkins, Michael Cremo, Gay Bradshaw, Ray Kurzweil,...
The Perfect Family Storm
Tips to Restore Mental Health and Strengthen Family Relationships in Today's World
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Do you feel overwhelmed as you watch your child, teen, adult childor even yourselfspiral out of control? Is your family being torn apart by stress? Are your familys relationships drowning in a flood of technology? In The Perfect Family Storm: Tips to Restore Mental Health and Strengthen Family Relationships...
by Hugh L. Moffet M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
A Diffident Doctor tells one doctor's personal story, with all its ups and downs, from childhood to retirement. Beginning in a small Illinois town, to a Harvard College scholarship, to medical school at Yale, it describes his research in virology and the teaching and consulting in pediatric infectious...
Parties and Elections in America
The Electoral Process
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
Written in a sharp and lively manner that will interest and engage students, this classic text provides comprehensive coverage of all elements of parties and elections in the United States, including local, state, and national party organizations; American party history and party systems; state and...
by D. L. Murray
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The philosophical school of thought known as pragmatism focuses on the mind and thoughts as tools for rational decision-making. This concept proved to be enormously influential throughout the twentieth century. In this concise volume, Murray presents a thorough discussion of pragmatism and the ideas underpinning it.
What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God
Religious Communication in Democratic Party Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God is a collection of essays on the religious communication of members of the Democratic Party, past and present-in office, while campaigning, and in their public and private writing. While many books on the market address issues at the intersection...
The Taste of American Place
A Reader on Regional and Ethnic Foods
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
Tracing the intertwined roles of food, ethnicity, and regionalism in the construction of American identity, this textbook examines the central role food plays in our lives. Drawing on a range of disciplines_including sociology, anthropology, folklore, geography, history, and nutrition_the editors...
Floodplains
Processes and Management for Ecosystem Services
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Floodplains provides an overview of floodplains and their management in temperate regions. It synthesizes decades of research on floodplain ecosystems, explaining hydrologic, geomorphic, and ecological processes and how under appropriate management these processes can provide benefits to society...
Continuity and Discontinuity (Essays in Honor of S. Lewis Johnson, Jr.)
Perspectives on the Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1988
Evangelicals agree that the Bible is God's inerrant word. But we sometimes differ on how to relate the messages of the Old and New Testaments. Without a basic understanding of this crucial matter, it is difficult to know how to use the Testaments to formulate either doctrine or practice.
For...
Comprehensive Teacher Induction
Systems for Early Career Learning
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Based on a three-year study, the authors describe how comprehensive teacher induction systems can both provide teacher support and promote learning more about how to teach. This book calls for re-thinking what teacher induction is about, whom it should serve, what the ‘curriculum’ of induction should be, and the policies, programs, and practices needed to deliver it.
by D.L. Moody
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents.
Dwight Lyman Moody was a popular American evangelist in the 19th century. Moody was noted for his writing and for being the founder of the Moody Bible Institute.
by Howard, Ph.D., Karen L.
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2001
A unique meditative journey that draws upon the spiritual experience of 15 women including Mary the Mother of the Lord, Joan of Arc, Saint Thérèse, Mother Teresa, and Dorothy Day. A Woman's Way of the Cross is an inspiring example of the way in which we can accompany Christ on the way to the Cross in our life, and reflect his love to the world.