James G : 517 books

Essential evidence-based strategies for the prevention and reduction of alcohol abuse among college students With contributions from notable substance abuse researchers, this practical guide presents clear strategies for prevention of and interventions for alcohol abuse in the college-age population. Ranging...

How can we end the inter-generational cycle of poverty and dysfunction in the US's urban ghettos? This ground-breaking and controversial book is the first to provide a child-centered perspective on the subject by combining a wealth of social science information with sophisticated normative...

Finally, Ive arrived at a place where Im comfortable with the concept of God, not as something or someone in human form but a force, a source that touches all lifemaybe not unlike a gentle breeze that sweeps across the planet touching all in its pathand, if we allow, in good and empowering ways. I...

What is a model? How do you construct one? What are some common models in the social sciences? How can models be applied in new situations? What makes a model good? Focusing on answers to these and related questions, this multidisciplinary introduction to model building in the social sciences formulates...

Biomedical optical imaging is a rapidly emerging research area with widespread fundamental research and clinical applications. This book gives an overview of biomedical optical imaging with contributions from leading international research groups who have pioneered many of these techniques and applications....

"A gripping true-to-life account of a tragic incident in U.S. history that needs to be read by everyone." Congressman Jack Metcalf, U.S. House of Representatives. THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING On November 26, 1943, one day after Thanksgiving and one day out to sea, one thousand,...

«Frazer prende lo spunto dall’episodio relativo alle nozze di Giacobbe. Giacobbe, secondo quanto racconta la Genesi, sposò in successione le sue due cugine Rachele e Lia che erano figlie di Labano, fratello di sua madre Sara. Ma, partito da Giacobbe, Frazer lo abbandona subito per avventurarsi...

'Jesus in an Age of Neoliberalism' analyses the ideology underpinning contemporary scholarly and popular quests for the historical Jesus. Focusing on cultural and political issues, the book examines postmodernism, multiculturalism and the liberal masking of power. The study ranges across diverse topics:...

New Testament and Christian origins scholarship have historically been influenced by their political and social context. 'Jesus in an Age of Terror' applies the work of critical and media theorists to contemporary Christian origins and New Testament scholarship. Part one examines the influence of...

This book is a collection of wonderful short stories. The longer stories include a young boy who purchases a used trunk at the thrift store only to discover it is magical. Two brothers investigate a murder during the winter months while at the cottage. A bully takes control of life at school and one...

Forgiveness: Key to the Creative Life begins with new information on how the brain operates in the process of forgivness.The book begins with the relation between field theory as it relates to understanding the brain. The book then develops a theory of forgiveness as a process demonstrated in both...

What species occur where, and why, and why some places harbor more species than others are basic questions for ecologists. Some species simply live in different places: fish live underwater; birds do not. Adaptations follow: most fish have gills; birds have lungs. But as Patterns in Nature reveals,...

Samuel Butler (1835-1902), Victorian satirist, critic, and visual artist, possessed one of the most original and inquiring imaginations of his age. The author of two satires, Erewhon (1872) and The Way of All Flesh (1903), Butler's intellectually adventurous explorations along the cultural frontiers...