Whitehouse: 89 books
The Myth of Alzheimer's
What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2008
Dr. Peter Whitehouse will transform the way we think about Alzheimer's disease. In this provocative and ground-breaking book he challenges the conventional wisdom about memory loss and cognitive impairment; questions the current treatment for Alzheimer's disease; and provides a new approach to understanding...
On Virtues
Quotations and Insight to Live a Full, Honorable, and Truly American Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
This collection of quotations speaks to the forms and principles of our American democracy and laws, and to the courage, optimism and sacrifice that ennoble our great American experiment.
"Throughout his years in public service, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has collected fresh and timeless insights,...
Modes of Religiosity
A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2004
Religions_whatever else they may be_are configurations of cultural information reproduced across space and time. Beginning with this seemingly obvious fact of religious transmission, Harvey Whitehouse goes on to construct a testable theory of how religions are created, passed on, and changed. At the...
Captured
The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2019
A leading member of the Senate Judiciary Committee “spells out, in considerable detail, the extent of corporate influence over a variety of issues” in national politics (The New Yorker)
As a U.S. senator and former federal prosecutor, Sheldon Whitehouse has had a front-row seat for the...
A Sense of the Sea
Our View of the Sea and How We Got It
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
"What does the ocean mean to people - to individuals and to society as a whole? That is the question Brian Whitehouse answers in his first book, A Sense of the Sea. An avid sailor, oceanographer, and former Executive Director of the influential Alliance for Marine Remote Sensing, Dr. Whitehouse...
The Sun
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
In The Sun, David Whitehouse takes us on a journey to the heart of our local star and beyond, relating how it was born, the many ways it influences life on Earth and how it will die. He recounts the many myths surrounding the Sun and the fascinating stories of scientists throughout history who have...
The Moon
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
In The Moon David Whitehouse explains how our nearest celestial neighbor was created (and what moonrocks tell us of its earth-shattering origins), and how its existence may have been a crucial factor in mankind being here at all. Whitehouse discusses how man has related to it, worshipped it and blamed...
by Martin Whitehouse
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
What is it that singles out Christianity from all the other faiths around us? All Christians believe that the death of Jesus was to pay for the wrongs of humanity - but how did he do it? Why did it have to be him and not you or me, or Joe or Jane from down the road?
A Brief History of God...
by Matthew Whitehouse
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
English football is in a state of crisis. It has been almost 50 years since England made the final of a major championship and the national sides, at all levels, continue to disappoint and underperform. Yet no-one appears to know how to improve the situation.In The Way Forward, football coach...
Migrants and Strangers in an African City
Exile, Dignity, Belonging
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
In cities throughout Africa, local inhabitants live alongside large populations of "strangers." Bruce Whitehouse explores the condition of strangerhood for residents who have come from the West African Sahel to settle in Brazzaville, Congo. Whitehouse considers how these migrants live simultaneously...
by Anab Whitehouse
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2018
This book explores the significance of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad -- namely, "Die before you die" -- from the perspective of an individual who has been journeying along a path of discovery for more than 50 years. The contents of this book might be one of the most unique, intriguing,...
Soul-Full Eating
A (Delicious!) Path to Higher Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2007
How you eat can reveal a lot about how you show up to life. What do you love to eat? Really Love? At a Soul level you know. That’s what Soul-Full Eating is all about, getting to the core of what we really love and allowing ourselves to experience that on a daily basis. It’s a whole new way of looking...
We Didn't Start the Fire
My Struggle for Democracy in Cambodia
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Cambodia’s long-time opposition leader and former finance minister Sam Rainsy is committed to establishing democracy in his homeland. He is in exile in France to avoid a twelve-year prison sentence on politically motivated charges, and is banned from contesting the July 2013 elections. In this autobiography,...
Bed
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
Reminiscent of such novels as A Confederacy of Dunces and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Bed is a darkly funny and surprisingly tender debut novel about two brothers, one of whom refuses to leave his bed on his twenty-fifth birthday.
Mal Ede, a child of untamed manners and...