Upa: 654 books
Michael Servetus, Heartfelt
Proceedings of the International Servetus Congress, Barcelona, 20-21 October, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Michael Servetus, Heartfelt is a tribute to this unique man and his legacy as a humanist, Renaissance scholar, and standard-bearer of freedom of conscience. The Servetus International Congress (2006) brought together prestigious scholars with diverse backgrounds such as theology, philosophy, history,...
Leadership in Organizations
There is a Difference Between Leaders and Managers
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2009
Leadership in Organizations is the first in a series of three books written primarily for distance-learning students in online undergraduate and graduate programs with a focus on management, leadership, and organizational development. This first book introduces concepts, theories, and principles of...
Political Scandals
The Consequences of Temporary Gratification
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
This book questions whether the consequences associated with non sex-based scandals carry greater penalties than sex based political scandals in the 21st century. With analysis of over 50 political scandals, this book examines the impact that scandals have on the lives of political officials, their families, and the public’s trust.
African Americans in the Post-Emancipation South
The Outsiders' View
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Historians and other scholars often use first-hand accounts, including contemporary observations, as sources for study of the past. These types of sources are valuable, especially when used in conjunction with other documents, as they help us to approximate the past. This study uses these types of...
One Hundred Years of Service Through Community
A Gould Farm Reader
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
This reader consists of diverse writings about Gould Farm, considered the nation’s oldest residential rehabilitation community. The Farm now assists those with persistent mental illness. Informed by a Christianity that was neither sectarian nor doctrinaire, yet steeped in the Sermon on the Mount,...
Viewing an American Ethnic Community
Rochester, New York, Italians in Photographs
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2009
Viewing an American Ethnic Community is a work based on the author's love of his heritage. Salamone, a professor of anthropology, believes that each ethnic community must adapt to the social and cultural circumstances in which it finds itself. Thus, while sharing much with other Italian-American communities,...
A Shawl of Mist
Tanka: Expressing the Modern Soul in an Ancient Poetic Style
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
The concept of a universal human nature suggests that American scholars and American readers of Japanese literature may interpret the elements in Japanese tanka based on emotions — and on meanings attached to natural images — that are common to all of humanity. It is hoped that readers will experience...
What's the Story?
Try your Hand at Fiction and Learn the Art of Writing
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
Have you ever thought that you might want to write a story but simply couldn't find a way to get started? This book, What's the Story?, just might launch you on the road to writing fiction. It consists of twenty casts of characters - made up of three to seven personages, with each character described...
by Theresa Barron-McKeagney
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Mi Rincóncito en el Cielo (My Little Corner of the Sky) tells the remarkable story of Alberto “Beto” Gonzales, who overcame a childhood of poverty, addiction, bigotry, and violence and went on to change the lives of thousands of children and adults as a mentor and gang prevention specialist....
Why Is America Different?
American Jewry on its 350th Anniversary
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
Does the American Jewish experience represent a singular communal circumstance, or does it repeat, with obvious and unavoidable variation, the older European pattern of Jewish existence? In 2004, on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the establishment of the American Jewish community, this question...
Emotions in Jewish Music
Personal and Scholarly Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Emotions in Jewish Music is an insider’s view of music’s impact on Jewish devotion and identity. Written by cantors who have devoted themselves to the study and execution of Jewish music, the book’s six chapters explore a wide range of musical contexts and encounters. Topics include the spiritual...
Oblivion or Utopia
The Prospects for Africa
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2009
Oblivion or Utopia: the Prospects for Africa explains that most of the problems on the continent stem from the fact that, although the continent may be politically independent, it is not economically independent. Efforts to reverse the continent's continuing underdevelopment have failed to date, including...
The Unfinished Song of Francisco Urondo
When Poetry is Not Enough
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
The Unfinished Song of Francisco Urondo: When Poetry is Not Enough is a comprehensive, well-written, documented, and carefully developed study of the literary work and life of Francisco Urondo, an Argentine poet, intellectual, activist, cultural promoter, revolutionary, and clandestine guerilla member...
Back to the Future
New Urbanism and the Rise of Neotraditionalism in Urban Planning
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Back to the Future explores new urbanism and urban revitalization within the context of public policy trends such as regional governance and the role of nonprofits. The purpose of this book is to provide students and professionals alike with a context for examining the beginnings of new urbanism,...