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What Went Wrong?:Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response
Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2001
For many centuries, the world of Islam was in the forefront of human achievement--the foremost military and economic power in the world, the leader in the arts and sciences of civilization. Christian Europe, a remote land beyond its northwestern frontier, was seen as an outer darkness of barbarism...
by Barbara Rogoff
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2003
Three-year-old Kwara'ae children in Oceania act as caregivers of their younger siblings, but in the UK, it is an offense to leave a child under age 14 ears without adult supervision. In the Efe community in Zaire, infants routinely use machetes with safety and some skill, although U.S. middle-class...
Exercise for Mood and Anxiety:Proven Strategies for Overcoming Depression and Enhancing Well-Being
Proven Strategies for Overcoming Depression and Enhancing Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2011
Exercise has long been touted anecdotally as an effective tool for mood improvement, but only recently has rigorous science caught up with these claims. There is now overwhelming evidence that regular exercise can help relieve low mood-from feelings of stress and anxiety to full depressive episodes....
Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment:A Guide to Maximizing Brain Health and Reducing Risk of Dementia
A Guide to Maximizing Brain Health and Reducing Risk of Dementia
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
One in ten adults over 65 has some form of mild cognitive impairment or MCI--thinking problems that go beyond those associated with normal aging, but that fall short of the serious impairments experienced by people with Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias. This is the first book written specifically...
Late Life Jazz: The Life and Career of Rosemary Clooney
The Life and Career of Rosemary Clooney
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
When people hear the name "Clooney," they automatically think of George Clooney, one of Hollywood's biggest stars. But it was his aunt Rosemary who first catapulted the name into bright lights with a string of hit songs in the 1950s and a starring role alongside Bing Crosby in the immortal "White...
The Caucasus:An Introduction
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2010
In this fascinating book, noted journalist Thomas de Waal--author of the highly acclaimed Black Garden--makes the case that while the Caucasus is often treated as a sub-plot in the history of Russia, or as a mere gateway to Asia, the five-day war in Georgia, which flared into a major international...
War Comes to Garmser: Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier
Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
If you want to understand Afghanistan, writes Carter Malkasian, you need to understand what has happened on the ground, in the villages and countryside that were on the frontline. These small places are the heart of the war. Modeled on the classic Vietnam War book, War Comes to Long An, Malkasian's...
The Infested Mind: Why Humans Fear, Loathe, and Love Insects
Why Humans Fear, Loathe, and Love Insects
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
The human reaction to insects is neither purely biological nor simply cultural. And no one reacts to insects with indifference. Insects frighten, disgust and fascinate us. Jeff Lockwood explores this phenomenon through evolutionary science, human history, and contemporary psychology, as well as a...
by Peter Hart
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
One of the most famous battles in history, the WWI Gallipoli campaign began as a bold move by the British to capture Constantinople, but this definitive new history explains that from the initial landings--which ended with so much blood in the sea it could be seen from airplanes overhead--to the desperate...
Communism Unwrapped: Consumption in Cold War Eastern Europe
Consumption in Cold War Eastern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
Communism Unwrapped reveals the complex world of consumption in Cold War Eastern Europe, exploring the ways people shopped, ate, drank, smoked, cooked, acquired, assessed and exchanged goods. These everyday experiences, the editors and contributors argue, were central to the way that communism was...
China Goes Global: The Partial Power
The Partial Power
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013
Most global citizens are well aware of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy. Indeed, China has famously become the "workshop of the world." Yet, while China watchers have shed much light on the country's internal dynamics--China's politics, its vast social changes, and its economic development--few...
by Peter Manning
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2013
In this new edition of the classic text on the evolution of electronic music, Peter Manning extends the definitive account of the medium from its birth to include key developments from the dawn of the 21st century to the present day. The scope of the many developments that have taken place since the...
by W. Stephen Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2007
In The Naked Voice, W. Stephen Smith invites all singers to improve their vocal technique through his renowned and time-tested wholistic method. Focusing not only on the most important technical, but also on the often overlooked psychological and spiritual elements of learning to sing, his book allows...
Indirect Procedures: A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique
A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
A musician's life is filled with many stressful situations: passing auditions, rehearsing and performing with difficult partners, sitting for long hours in uncomfortable chairs, going on stage to face audiences large and small, who may or may not be receptive to the performance they are presented....