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The Intellectual Devotional: Biographies
Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Acquaint Yourself with the World's Greatest Personalities
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
The fifth installment of the bestselling Intellectual Devotional series features 365 captivating entries about the most celebrated personalities in history.
Like its compulsively readable predecessors, The Intellectual Devotional Biographies is organized into seven categories, one for each...
Imaniman
Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
In homage to Gloria Anzaldúa and her iconic work Borderlands/La Frontera, award-winning poets ire'ne lara silva and Dan Vera have assembled the work of 54 writers who reflect on the complex terrain—the deeply felt psychic, social, and geopolitical borderlands—that Anzaldúa inhabited, theorized,...
Lens of War
Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly terms. The result is a remarkable set of essays by twenty-seven scholars whose numerous volumes on the...
Alone and Invisible No More
How Grassroots Community Action and 21st Century Technologies Can Empower Elders to Stay in Their Homes and Lead Healthier, Happier Lives
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
In Alone and Invisible No More, physician Allan S. Teel, MD, describes how to overhaul our eldercare system. Based on his own efforts to create humane, affordable alternatives in Maine, Teel's program harnesses both staff and volunteers to help people remain in their homes and communities. It offers...
by Stacey S Horn, Martin D Ruck, Lynn S Liben
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2016
The first of two volumes in the Advances in Child Development and Behavior series, Equity and Justice in Developmental Science: Theoretical and Methodological Issues focuses on conceptual issues, definitions, and critical concepts relevant to equity and justice for the developmental sciences. This...
Sober for Good
New Solutions for Drinking Problems -- Advice from Those Who Have Succeeded
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2002
Finally someone has gone straight to the real experts: hundreds of men and women who have resolved a drinking problem. The best-selling author Anne M. Fletcher asked them a simple question: how did you do it? The result is the first completely unbiased guide for problem drinkers, one that shatters...
The Most Controversial Decision
Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
This book explores the American use of atomic bombs and the role these weapons played in the defeat of the Japanese Empire in World War II. It focuses on President Harry S. Truman's decision-making regarding this most controversial of all his decisions. The book relies on notable archival research...
by Lisa S. Meredith, Cathy D. Sherbourne, Sarah J. Gaillot
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
As U.S. service members deploy for extended periods on a repeated basis, their ability to cope with the stress of deployment may be challenged. Many programs are available to encourage and support psychological resilience among service members and families. However, little is known about these programs'...
by William S. McFeely, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
“A detailed, finely written portrait of the imposing 19th-century leader.” —David Levering Lewis, New York Times Book Review
Born into but escaped from slavery, Frederick Douglass—orator, journalist, autobiographer; revolutionary on behalf of a just America—was a towering figure,...
A Life Outdoors
Essays on Hunting, Gathering and Country Living in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
The 21st Century is a time of profound and wrenching change. The phrase “stop the world, I want to get off” never seemed more appropriate. Robert Sopuck caught his first fish at age 4 in the presence of his father. That fish set off a lifetime of exploration of the natural world. He and his bride,...
by Deidra D. S. Green
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
At some point in life, everyone’s had an imaginary friend, right? But what if they all stayed with you and lived inside your head even into adulthood? Find out what it’s like for Sam in 16 Doors.
by Frederick S. Calhoun, Stephen W. Weston, J.D.
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Professionalization has come to the field of threat management**.** It has developed a systematic theory unique to the field, recognized authorities have emerged, and it is finding its own ethical code of conduct. It is also beginning to grow its own culture, complete with a vocabulary of its own....
The Happiness Prize
Common Truths That Lead to an Uncommon Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Do you want to stop depending on others for your Happiness? Or attaching your Happiness to some future event that never arrives? Would you like to gain an understanding of common mistakes that keep us from experiencing our own Happiness? • Do others expect you to provide their Happiness? • Are you...
by d.s. Dufresne
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
On the night of February 19, 1999, Daniel Dufresne, while intoxicated crashed his pickup truck into 13th Division Police Station nearly killing one of his best friends. Subsequently he was sentenced to one year in jail. This is the raw, unedited journal he kept during his incarceration.
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