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The cornerstone of the American republic is an educated, active, and engaged citizenry; however, the multifaceted inner workings of government and the political forces that shape it are incredibly complex. Kentucky Government, Politics, and Public Policy is the first book in nearly three decades to...

Drawing on an extensive survey of 1,200 Christian men and women across the United States, as well as 120 in-depth interviews, Matthew T. Lee, Margaret M. Poloma, and Stephen G. Post offer a deeper and more nuanced study of religion and benevolence, finding that it is the experience of God as loving that activates religious networks and moves people to do good for others.

G.W.M. Reynolds was a British author and journalist. Reynolds was a prolific writer who was considered to be one of the most popular authors of his time. Today he is best remembered for Wagner the Werewolf. The book is one of the first to have the werewolf theme and its exciting action and suspense...

The Swedish Academy, in awarding J.M.G. Le Clézio the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature, praised Desert as Le Clézio's "definitive breakthrough as a novelist." Published in France in 1980, Desert received the Grand Prix Paul Morand from the Académie Française, was translated into twenty-three languages,...

The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on party action in election years and in between. This essential party primer includes: new chapters on polarization between and within the parties in the aftermath of the 2012 election, demographic changes to America’s political parties and the...

Basic concepts and case studies from an emerging field that investigates human capacities and pathologies at the intersection of brain and culture. The brain and the nervous system are our most cultural organs. Our nervous system is especially immature at birth, our brain disproportionately...

Central to a transformational approach to conflict is the idea that conflicts must be viewed as embedded within broader relational patterns, and social and discursive structures—and must be addressed as such. This implies the need for systemic change at generative levels, in order to create genuine...

The task of caring for an adult afflicted by age, illness, or both is not easy. Many caregivers find themselves intensely overwhelmed on occasion and must learn how to navigate this new role without losing touch with caring for themselves. In this new, comprehensive how-to manual, author M. G. Walker...

Now publishing with CQ Press, the Third Edition of IR: International, Economic, and Human Security in a Changing World explores the most current issues affecting the global community by analyzing how global actors seek international, economic, and human security. Award-winning scholars and authors...

Shedding new light on how U.S. foreign policy is made, Ralph G. Carter and James M. Scott focus on “congressional foreign policy entrepreneurs,” the often unrecognized representatives and senators who take action on foreign policy matters rather than waiting for the executive branch to do so....

In the late 19th century, M.G. Easton compiled an extremely resourceful illustrated dictionary for the Bible that has thousands of entries to help explain important places, people, and things for Christians and anybody else interested in reading the Bible. This edition of Eastons Illustrated Bible Dictionary...

Annie M.G. Schmidt kent iedereen van de boeken die ze schreef voor kinderen. Maar hoe dacht deze eigenwijze dame over kinderen? Inderdaad: eigenwijs. In al haar versjes over kinderen echoot haar beroemde dichtregel ‘en als ik kwaad ben zeg ik bil!’. Ook in de vele columns die ze over hen schreef...

An influential ghost reference book from “a pioneer of paranormal research who developed theories still relevant today” (The Spook Isles).   *Apparitions *delves into G.N.M Tyrrell’s ghost classification method, an interesting and thought-provoking system that is still in use today. Tyrrell’s...

A bad break up and non-existent self-esteem sends Vickie Michaels running for the hills. Leaving the city she flees to the small town of Forever Falls, where she used to visit as a child. When there she discovers things are not as simple as they used to be. Especially where the local fireman Matt...