Carrel Books imprint: 32 books
Whole Motion
Training Your Brain and Body for Optimal Health
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Modern fitness is not just about how we move our bodies; it’s about how we move our brains as well. Whole Motion offers a complete picture of how to strengthen your resolve, gain laser-sharp focus, boost your ability to remember, calm your anxiety levels, master your emotional responses, and embody...
How Safe is Safe Enough?
Technological Risks, Real and Perceived
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Every time an airplane crashes, a gas line explodes, a bridge collapses, or a contaminant escapes the public questions whether the benefits that technology brings are worth its risks. Written in laymen’s language, How Safe Is Safe Enough? explores the realities of the risks that technology presents...
The Complete History of Cross-Country Running
From the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
In The Complete History of Cross-Country Running, author Andrew Boyd Hutchinson captures the full history of cross-country running, from the early 1800s to the present day, on both a national and international scale. It includes chronicles of legendary teams, inspirational tales of achievement, controversies,...
The Battle Over Homework
Common Ground for Administrators, Teachers, and Parents
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Homework is the cause of more friction between schools and home than any other aspect of education and becomes the prime battlefield when schools, families, and communities view one another as adversaries. This comprehensive fourth edition tackles all the tough questions: What’s the right amount...
Your Life Path
Life Mapping Tools to Help You Follow Your Heart and Live Your Dream, Now!
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Your Life Path provides a self-discovery–based personal growth and development toolkit. It applies the concept of life mapping, which is a simple, fun, and comprehensive method for reflecting on your past and "re-modeling" your future. This is the perfect book for anyone facing significant life...
2016-2017 Directory of American Politics
The Definitive Guide to Political Organizations and Resources in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
The 20152016 edition of The Directory of American Politics is the most comprehensive listing of government and private political organizations yet published, with information on the offices of federal and state elected officials, interest groups, media outlets, Super PACs, and registered lobbyists-in...
Conservation Directory 2015
The Guide to Worldwide Environmental Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
The authority on natural resource use and management agencies around the world.
Do you want to take action to protect Earth’s environment? Are you interested in learning more about wildlife conservation and environmental groups? The Conservation Directory 2015 is a great resource for budding...
A Shot of Hope
Real Wisdom from a Real Sibling Warrior Providing Real Hope for Autism
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Autism shakes up your world. It has changed my life and I wasn’t even the one diagnosed with it. My brother’s name is Ethan Wolfgang, but we call him Deets. He is one of the greatest gifts my family has ever received. And one of the most challenging.”
So begins Zack Peter’s memoir...
by Lou Fournier
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Using affectionate humor, Fournier delivers both stark and subtle epiphanies alongside enduring truths, offering a deeper social commentary on the present conditions and future directions of American education.
With an engaging satirical approach, the author spares no topic in casting a wide...
Conservation Directory 2017
The Guide to Worldwide Environmental Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Do you want to take action to protect Earth’s environment? Are you interested in learning more about wildlife conservation and environmental groups? The Conservation Directory 2017 is a great resource for budding environmental activists and scholars alike who want to achieve a peaceful, equitable,...
1941
The America That Went to War
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
A detailed, panoramic portrait of America and its people in the twelve months leading up to its entry into WWII.
From Joe DiMaggio’s still unbroken hitting streak to the infamy of Pearl Harbor, 1941: The America That Went to War immerses readers in a world of big bands and bigger headlines.
The...
Good Life, Good Death
The Memoir of a Right to Die Pioneer
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
The author of the New York Times bestseller Final Exit tells of his transformation into one of the world’s most renowned assisted suicide advocates.
For nearly four decades, Derek Humphry has blazed a trail for the right-to-die movement. He founded the Hemlock Society, pioneered Oregon’s Death...
The King of Chicago
Memories of My Father
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
“More than a son’s paean to his father . . . An intergenerational portrait of the quintessential American Jewish family, a rags-to-riches story” (Ethan Michaeli, author of The Defender**).**
The King of Chicago is the story of a father-son relationship as real and hugely loving as that...
Political Assassinations and Attempts in US History
The Lasting Effects of Gun Violence Against American Political Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
The long, dark history of political violence in the United States.
Violence has been employed to achieve political objectives throughout history. Taking the life of a perceived enemy is as old as mankind. Antiquity is filled with examples of political murders, such as when Julius Caesar was felled...