Kaplan: 716 books
by D. S. Kaplan
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
The healthcare industry can be lucrative and dangerous. When a powerful and charismatic magnate employs unethical and harmful tactics to dominate the market, a young employee considers becoming a whistle blower to obtain justice. Opioids, murders, counterfeit drugs, assault, and kidnapping intimidate...
by Sabrina Kaplan
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
If you suspect, or know, that you are pregnant, we hope you have already visited your doctor! Presuming that you have confirmed your suspicions and that this is your first child, or that you wish to take better care of yourself during pregnancy than you did during your other pregnancies; you have come...
by Almo Farina, Carlo Brentari, Katharine Dow
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2016
The term “Anthropocene”, the era of mankind, is increasingly being used as a scientific designation for the current geological epoch. This is because the human species now dominates ecosystems worldwide, and affects nature in a way that rivals natural forces in magnitude and scale. Thinking about...
by Inderpal Grewal, Caren Kaplan, Robyn Wiegman
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2004
The Question of Women in Chinese Feminism is a history of thinking about the subject of women in twentieth-century China. Tani E. Barlow illustrates the theories and conceptual categories that Enlightenment Chinese intellectuals have developed to describe the collectivity of women. Demonstrating how...
The Seven Habits of the Good Life
How the Biblical Virtues Free Us from the Seven Deadly Sins
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2006
In The Seven Habits of the Good Life, the authors highlight seven biblical gifts_self-esteem, wisdom, righteousness, love, healthy appetite, prudence, and purpose_and present each one as an alternative to one of the seven deadly sins. Each gift gives readers a chance to enrich their lives by integrating...
Disciplining Freud on Religion
Perspectives from the Humanities and Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
It is well known that in formulating his general theoretical framework and views on religion Freud drew on multiple disciplines within the natural and social sciences, as well as from the humanities. This edited collection adds to the continued multidisciplinary interest in Freud by focusing on his...
by Ella Shohat, Caren Kaplan, Robyn Wiegman
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2006
Taboo Memories, Diasporic Voices brings together for the first time a selection of trailblazing essays by Ella Shohat, an internationally renowned theorist of postcolonial and cultural studies of Iraqi-Jewish background. Written over the past two decades, these twelve essays—some classic, some less...
by Andi Marie Cantele, Mitch Kaplan
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
The second edition of this guide to the "Garden State" reveals the historic, cultural, and ecological diversity of the state. Includes extensive coverage of the Jersey Shore and Atlantic City.
New Jersey is a state full of wonders to surprise curious travelers and residents alike....
Widows' Words
Women Write on the Experience of Grief, the First Year, the Long Haul, and Everything in Between
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2019
Becoming a widow is one of the most traumatic life events that a woman can experience. Yet, as this remarkable new collection reveals, each woman responds to that trauma differently. Here, forty-three widows tell their stories, in their own words.
Some were widowed young, while others were...
Getting Started with 3D Carving
Five Step-by-Step Projects to Launch You on Your Maker Journey
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
3D printing has been the hot topic in the maker world for years now, but there's another type of desktop manufacturing that's become the go-to choice for anyone who needs durable results fast. Instead of slowly depositing layers of plastic, a 3D carver starts with a solid block of material and carves...
Why Stories Matter
The Political Grammar of Feminist Theory
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
Why Stories Matter is a powerful critique of the stories that feminists tell about the past four decades of Western feminist theory. Clare Hemmings examines the narratives that make up feminist accounts of recent feminist history, highlights the ethical and political dilemmas raised by these narratives,...
Catalog It! A Guide to Cataloging School Library Materials, 3rd Edition
A Guide to Cataloging School Library Materials
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Whether you're a practicing cataloger looking for a short text to update you on the application of RDA to cataloging records or a school librarian who needs a quick resource to answer cataloging questions, this guide is for you.
• Thoroughly updates a best-selling, essential guide to cataloging
•...
Urban Mindfulness
Cultivating Peace, Presence, and Purpose in the Middle of It All
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Discovering an Oasis of Calm in the City
The city is an exciting yet demanding place to live. Although you love the tremendous energy and diversity of the urban environment, the day-to-day grind of going to work and navigating crowds, traffic, and lines can leave you feeling weary and disconnected.
Respectful...
Becoming Imperial Citizens
Indians in the Late-Victorian Empire
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2010
In this remarkable account of imperial citizenship, Sukanya Banerjee investigates the ways that Indians formulated notions of citizenship in the British Empire from the late nineteenth century through the early twentieth. Tracing the affective, thematic, and imaginative tropes that underwrote Indian...