Hamilton Books: 325 books
Intolerance
Political Animals and Their Prey
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Aristotle accurately characterized humans as political animals. Whether through birth or from choice, people naturally cluster into groups for protection, advancement, and the pursuit of well-being. But Aristotle’s description does not hint at the powerful binary tension within this human tendency....
by Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
An autobiography unlike other literary forms shows the ego of an author. Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm’s ego is delicate, fascinating, and courageous. Some fragments are almost like a movie with interesting dialog, compelling moments, and realistic characters.
Vividly portrayed are dedicated...
Holocaust Memories
A Survey of Holocaust Memoirs, Histories, Novels, and Films
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2019
Nearly eighty years have passed since the Holocaust. There have been hundreds of memoirs, histories and novels written about it, yet many fear that this important event may fall into oblivion. As Holocaust survivors pass away, their legacy of suffering, tenacity and courage could be forgotten. It...
by James C. Wofford
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2006
Take a Good Look Around by James C. Wofford, is a book about life in the outdoors. Readers who are used to his books on training horses will find a new side of the author, a side that has rarely surfaced until the publication of this, his latest work. The book is based on the author's experiences...
A Victorian Holocaust
Iran in the Great Famine of 1869–1873
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
The death by famine of tens of millions of human beings in Asia and Africa during the Victorian era (1837–1901) is “the secret history of the nineteenth century” about which Western history books contain nothing. The Great Famine of 1869–1873 in Iran took 10–12 million lives, or two-thirds...
Judges and Saviors, Deborah and Samson
Reflections of a World in Chaos
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
This is a book about a book: it is an in-depth yet reader friendly analysis of the Book of Judges, one of the most dramatic books of the Bible. Against the commonly-held view that this remarkable work is no more than a collection of hero tales stemming from Israel’s earliest days in its land—its...
Reclaiming Our Brains Without Losing Our Minds
Some Hows and Whys of a Reading Group
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2013
Reclaiming Our Brains without Losing Our Minds relates the story of a group of women in the mid-sized town of Yakima, Washington, who form a reading group in dedicated pursuit of “the best that has been thought and said” in literature. Over the course of twenty-nine years, the women hone their...
Holding Up The Sky Together
Unpacking the National Narrative about People with Intellectual Disabilities
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Even as kindness toward individuals with intellectual disabilities has increased, encountering an individual and his or her family whose lives revolve around the daily challenges that come with them is atypical, or is experienced and narrated as such, particularly by the media. Even when there is...
Babbling Echoes
Soundings from Yesteryear
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Harvey Dorfman was an educator for twenty-seven years before entering the field of sport psychology. His stature in the field grew significantly during the twenty-six years of his second career. But through most of both professional pursuits, he was also a writer. Seven books and hundreds of newspaper...
Understanding Japaneseness
A Fresh Look at Nipponjinron through “Maternal-filial Affection”
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
Japan, although a small country, is identified as perhaps the only civilization composed of just one nation. In spite of its many encounters with axial civilizations Japan has somehow preserved a unique sense of self. This enduring quality lends an air of mystery to Japanese culture that continues...
Gerrymandering
A Guide to Congressional Redistricting, Dark Money, and the U.S. Supreme Court
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
In the spring of 2018 the U.S. Supreme Court will render a decision in the Wisconsin gerrymandering case that could have a revolutionary impact on American politics and how legislative representation is chosen. Gerrymandering! A Guide to Congressional Redistricting, Dark Money and the Supreme Court...
by Mario Pomilio
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Mario Pomilio was a novelist, editor, and literary critic, releasing 8 novels, a book of short stories, and various books of criticismover his career. The Fifth Gospel is Pomilio’s most important work; it marks the culmination of the complex thematic evolution of his work as a whole. Itwas originally...
Nasty, Brutish, and Short
Lessons and Laughs from an Overseas Officer
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Nasty, Brutish, and Short is a collection of irreverent essays about life overseas. The author no longer has to hold his tongue about his experiences—which means it’s payback time. He now speaks his mind about all the strange people and places he has encountered around the world over the last...
Applied Psychology for Servant Religion
A Religious Behavioral Science Promotes Personal and Social Welfare
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
This book is the third in a trilogy of books on introductory psychology. It emphasizes the application of psychological principles for the improvement of individual and group behaviors. The two principles of greatest relevance are the Law of Effect and the Principle of Human Agency. The universally-accepted...