Peter Schwartz: 14 books
In Defense of Selfishness
Why the Code of Self-Sacrifice is Unjust and Destructive
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
From childhood, we're taught one central, non-controversial idea about morality: self-sacrifice is a virtue. It is universally accepted that serving the needs of others, rather than our own, is the essence of morality. To be ethical—it is believed—is to be altruistic. Questioning this belief is...
The Art of the Long View
Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
What increasingly affects all of us, whether professional planners or individuals preparing for a better future, is not the tangibles of life—bottom-line numbers, for instance—but the intangibles: our hopes and fears, our beliefs and dreams. Only stories—scenarios—and our ability to visualize...
by Peter Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2004
The world we live in today is more volatile than ever. The security of free nations is threatened by rogue states, the global economy is in flux, and the rapid advance of technology forces constant reevaluation of our society. With so many powerful forces at work and seemingly unpredictable events...
by Peter Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Problem-based learning (PBL) is becoming widely used in higher education. Popular in the medical sciences, PBL is now finding applications beyond - in engineering, sciences and architecture - and is widely applicable in many fields. It is a powerful teaching technique that appeals to students and...
by Peter Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
An extraordinary collection of contemporary photographs of Adolf Hitler.
Crosscutting Social Circles
Testing a Macrostructural Theory of Intergroup Relations
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Crosscutting Social Circles describes a theory of groups' relations to each other, and tests the theory in the 125 largest metropolitan areas In the United States. The focus is on the Influence social structure exerts on intergroup relations. Blau and Schwartz show how role relations are influenced...
by Richard G Delisle, Fabrizzio McManus, John de Vos
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Contributors from a range of disciplines consider the disconnect between human evolutionary studies and the rest of evolutionary biology.
The study of human evolution often seems to rely on scenarios and received wisdom rather than theory and methodology, with each new fossil or molecular analysis...
by Angel Rabasa, Cheryl Benard, Lowell H. Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2007
Radical and dogmatic interpretations of Islam have gained ground in recent years in many Muslim societies via extensive Islamist networks spanning the Muslim world and the Muslim diaspora communities of North America and Europe. Although a majority throughout the Muslim world, moderates have not developed...
Learn Adobe Illustrator CC for Graphic Design and Illustration
Adobe Certified Associate Exam Preparation
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
This study guide uses text integrated with video to help you gain real-world skills that will get you started in your career in graphics, design, or illustration, and lays the foundation for taking the Illustrator ACA exam. A mix of project-based lessons, practical videos, and regular assessments...
Baseball as a Road to God
Seeing Beyond the Game
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
The president of New York University offers a love letter to America’s most beloved sport and a tribute to its underlying spirituality.
For more than a decade, John Sexton has taught a wildly popular New York University course about two seemingly very different things: religion and baseball....
High Performance MySQL
Optimization, Backups, and Replication
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
How can you bring out MySQL’s full power? With High Performance MySQL, you’ll learn advanced techniques for everything from designing schemas, indexes, and queries to tuning your MySQL server, operating system, and hardware to their fullest potential. This guide also teaches you safe and practical...
Radical Islam's Rules
The Worldwide Spread of Extreme Shari'a Law
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2005
A major feature of the rise of Islamism in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and parts of the West is the rapid growth of a starkly repressive version of Islamic shari'a law, often fueled by funds and support from Saudi Arabia. The central purpose of Islamists, including terrorists, is to impose such...
Ethnicity, Gender, and Diversity
Law and Justice on TV
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2018
Television and streamed series that viewers watch on their TVs, computers, phones, and tablets are a crucial part of popular culture They have an influence on viewers and on law. People acquire values, behaviors, and stereotypes, both positive and negative, from television shows, which are relevant...
by Warren E. Levinson, Peter Chin-Hong, Elizabeth Joyce
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2018
The most concise, clinically relevant, and current review of medical microbiology and immunology
Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology is a succinct, high-yield review of the medically important aspects of microbiology and immunology. It covers both the basic and clinical aspects of...