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Scripture and Social Justice
Catholic and Ecumenical Essays
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
The essays gathered here provide a panoramic view of current thinking on biblical texts that play important roles in contemporary struggles for social justice – either as inspiration or impediment. Here, from the hands of an ecumenical array of leading biblical scholars, are fresh and compelling...
Perdidas
Histórias para crianças que não têm vez
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Contos e poemas para as meninas e meninos mortos por bala perdida no Rio de Janeiro, por escritores consagrados. Projeto originalmente publicado, de forma anônima, na São Paulo Review. Parte da receita desta edição será revertida para ações de educação e atendimento de jovens em comunidades cariocas.
Inside-Outside
Two Views of Social Change in Rural India
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Poverty in rural India: Is this a permanent condition? Are villagers immobilized by a rigid caste system, limited resources and economic exploitation? This book is about villagers who have done remarkable things with their lives—people who have broken the constraints of poverty and inequality to...
Getting Pregnant the Natural Way
The 6-Step Natural Fertility Program Integrating Nutrition, Herbal Therapy, Movement Therapy, Massage, and Mind-Body Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
The Wiley Women's Natural Health Series brings together mainstream, complementary, and alternative medical approaches. These unique books offer advice and support on a wide range of topics of concern to women, including perimenopause, breast health, and menopause.
Are you experiencing infertility?Written...
Human Rights and World Public Order
The Basic Policies of an International Law of Human Dignity
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2018
In 1980, Professors McDougal, Lasswell, and Chen published the original edition of Human Rights and World Public Order to present a "comprehensive framework of inquiry" from which to approach international human rights law, and international law, and inadequacies therein in the discourse of that time...
The Social Movement Society
Contentious Politics for a New Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 1997
Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from...
The Times-Picayune in a Changing Media World
The Transformation of an American Newspaper
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
In 2012–2013, one of the largest U.S. newspaper chains, Advance Publications, determined its main product was no longer newspapers but news, and switched from daily print publication of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans to three days a week, while upgrading its presence online (“Digital First”)....
by Suzanne L. Groah, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
Managing Spinal Cord Injury begins with “spinal cord injury 101,” unraveling the complexities of our nervous system and explaining how spinal cord injury affects physical functioning. It then examines the impact of injury on the emotional and social lives of affected people—and provides the...
by D. E. S. Maxwell
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
In this fascinating and revealing book, first published in 1968, Maxwell examines the life and work of Herman Melville. By dividing extracts of Melville’s work in chronological order, the sections clearly illustrate the various facets of Melville’s technique and thought as it evolves. This title is essential reading for students of American Literature.
Pan-Africanism in Modern Times
Challenges, Concerns, and Constraints
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
For about one hundred years, Pan-Africanism—as a social, cultural, economic, political, and philosophical idea—thrived. Towards the tail-end of the twentieth century, however, it waned. But in more recent times, there has been noticeable resurgence. And as we approach the second decade of the...
Childhood Obesity
Helping Children Lead Fit and Healthy Lives
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2012
Over the past 3 decades, childhood obesity rates are soaring in developed countries all over the world. This epidemic has become so bad that today, almost 1 out of every 3 American children is either overweight or obese,
Health risks for children who carry unhealthy weight on their...
by S. Vasilopoulou, D. Halikiopoulou
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
This book contextualizes the rise of the Golden Dawn within the Eurozone crisis. The authors argue that the movement's success may be explained by the extent to which it was able to respond to the crisis of the nation-state and democracy in Greece with its 'nationalist solution': the twin fascist myths of social decadence and national rebirth.
U.S.–Cuba Relations
Charting a New Path
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
This book examines the history of United States foreign policy toward Cuba, focusing on critical junctures and recent strategic shifts. Restoring diplomatic relations with Cuba, which were severed officially in January 1961, was a huge shift in U.S. foreign policy. Relations between Cuba and the United...
The New Psychology of Leadership
Identity, Influence and Power
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Winner of the University of San Diego Outstanding Leadership Book Award 2012!
Shortlisted for the British Psychological Society Book Award 2011!
Shortlisted for the CMI (Chartered Management Institute) Management Book of the Year Award 2011–2012!
According to John Adair, the...