Farber: 66 books
The Age of Great Dreams
America in the 1960s
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1994
In this book, David Farber grounds our understanding of the extraordinary history of the 1960s by linking the events of that era to our country's grand projects of previous decades. Farber's important study, based on years of research in archives and oral histories as well as in historical literature,...
The Radical Leap
A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2014
A new, tenth anniversary edition of the leadership classic that was hailed as one of the 100 Best Business Books of All Time.
In his exciting and timeless business parable, The Radical Leap, Steve Farber explores an entirely new leadership model, one in which leaders aren’t afraid to take...
The Radical Edge
Another Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2014
In his bestselling book, The Radical Leap, Steve Farber introduced readers to Extreme Leadership, showing them how to renew their passion and excitement and become committed to changing the world for the better by disregarding normal constraints.
Now, Farber takes us to a new level of self-discovery...
Brain Magick: Exercises in Meta-Magick and Invocation
Exercises in Meta-Magick and Invocation
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
How powerful, seductive, or mythical would you like your life to be? The ultimate goal of invocation is to infuse your life with more excitement, purpose, and passion. Recent discoveries in neuroscience suggest that the magical practices of evocation and invocation are based in natural brain functions—this...
The Spiritual Gift of Madness
The Failure of Psychiatry and the Rise of the Mad Pride Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
A bold call for the “insane” to reclaim their rightful role as prophets of spiritual and cultural transformation
• Explains how many of those diagnosed as schizophrenic, bipolar, and other forms of “madness” are not ill but experiencing a spiritual awakening
• Explores the...
by Edward Farber
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
There’s a chuckle on every page of Looking Back with a Smile as the author recollects in brief but entertaining anecdotes (bits and pieces) of a life that has spanned seven decades. Bits and pieces are what they are. Quick looks at what he calls an “ordinary” life, each served up with a laugh.
These...
The First Strange Place
The Alchemy of Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Just as World War I introduced Americans to Europe, making an indelible impression on thousands of farmboys who were changed forever “after they saw Paree,” so World War II was the beginning of America’s encounter with the East – an encounter whose effects are still being felt and absorbed....
The Foundation of Phenomenology
Edmund Husserl and the Quest for a Rigorous Science of Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
In this widely hailed and long out of print classic of twentieth century philosophic commentary, Professor Farber explains the origin, development, and function of phenomenology with a view towards its significance for philosophy in general.The book offers a general account of Husserl and the background...
When the Body Is the Target
Self-Harm, Pain, and Traumatic Attachments
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2002
In this comprehensive and insightful work, Dr. Sharon K. Farber provides an invaluable resource for the mental health professional who is struggling to understand self-harm and its origins. Using attachment theory to explain how addictive connections to pain and suffering develop, she discusses various...
Judgment Calls
Principle and Politics in Constitutional Law
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
Judgement Calls tackles one of the most important and controversial legal questions in contemporary America: How should judges interpret the Constitution? Our Constitution contains a great deal of language that is vague, broad, or ambiguous, making its meaning uncertain. Many people believe this uncertainty...
Game-Based Learning in Action
How an Expert Affinity Group Teaches With Games
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
How are expert educators using games in their classrooms to give students agency, while also teaching twenty-first century skills, like empathy, systems thinking, and design thinking? This question has motivated Matthew Farber’s Game-Based Learning in Action: How an Expert Affinity Group Teaches...
The Politics of Che Guevara
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
This reexamination of Ernesto "Che" Guevara's thoughts on socialism, democracy, and revolution is a must-read for today's activists—or anyone longing to fight for a better world.
Fifty years after his death, Guevara remains a symbol to legions of young rebels and revolutionaries....
Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959
A Critical Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Uncritically lauded by the left and impulsively denounced by the right, the Cuban Revolution is almost universally viewed one dimensionally. Samuel Farber, one of its most informed left-wing critics, provides a much needed critical assessment of the Revolution's impact and legacy.
Retained by the People
The ""Silent"" Ninth Amendment and the Constitutional Rights Americans Don't Know They Have
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
The Ninth Amendment lurks like an unexploded mine within the Bill of Rights. Its wording is direct: The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” However, there is not a single Supreme Court decision based on it....