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Separate Spheres No More
Gender Convergence in American Literature, 1830-1930
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Although they wrote in the same historical milieu as their male counterparts, women writers of the 19th- and early 20th-centuries have generally been "ghettoized" by critics into a separate canonical sphere. These original essays argue in favor of reconciling male and female writers, both...
Classic Children's Adventure Stories
Peter Pan, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and The Swiss Family Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Four timeless tales of adventure that have delighted generations of readers, young and old.
Peter Pan is the enchanting story of a boy who wouldn’t grow up and the girl he promised to always remember. One magical night, two mischievous denizens of an island of the imagination visit Wendy...
Feminist Activist Ethnography
Counterpoints to Neoliberalism in North America
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Writing in the wake of neoliberalism, where human rights and social justice have increasingly been subordinated to proliferating “consumer choices” and ideals of market justice, contributors to this collection argue that feminist ethnographers are in a key position to reassert the central feminist...
Beyond the Indigo Children
The New Children and the Coming of the Fifth World
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2005
Connects the arrival of a new type of children with the fulfillment of the Fifth World of the Mayan Calendar and other great prophecies
• Provides detailed information about the world changes that will take place before and after December 21, 2012
• Explores the seven "root races"...
Why Study Talmud in the Twenty-First Century?
The Relevance of the Ancient Jewish Text to Our World
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2009
The Talmud is the repository of thousands of years of Jewish wisdom. It is a conglomerate of law, legend, and philosophy, a blend of unique logic and shrewd pragmatism, of history and science, of anecdotes and humor. Unfortunately, its sometimes complex subject matter often seems irrelevant in today's...
The Future of Human Experience
Visionary Thinkers on the Science of Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2013
Explores the future predictions of cutting-edge scientists, spiritual teachers, and other visionaries and how we can affect the future
• Shares insights from the author’s discussions with Dr. Mehmet Oz, Raymond Moody, Larry Dossey, John Perkins, Michael Cremo, Gay Bradshaw, Ray Kurzweil,...
The Perfect Family Storm
Tips to Restore Mental Health and Strengthen Family Relationships in Today's World
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Do you feel overwhelmed as you watch your child, teen, adult childor even yourselfspiral out of control? Is your family being torn apart by stress? Are your familys relationships drowning in a flood of technology? In The Perfect Family Storm: Tips to Restore Mental Health and Strengthen Family Relationships...
by Hugh L. Moffet M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
A Diffident Doctor tells one doctor's personal story, with all its ups and downs, from childhood to retirement. Beginning in a small Illinois town, to a Harvard College scholarship, to medical school at Yale, it describes his research in virology and the teaching and consulting in pediatric infectious...
Parties and Elections in America
The Electoral Process
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
Written in a sharp and lively manner that will interest and engage students, this classic text provides comprehensive coverage of all elements of parties and elections in the United States, including local, state, and national party organizations; American party history and party systems; state and...
by D. L. Murray
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The philosophical school of thought known as pragmatism focuses on the mind and thoughts as tools for rational decision-making. This concept proved to be enormously influential throughout the twentieth century. In this concise volume, Murray presents a thorough discussion of pragmatism and the ideas underpinning it.
What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God
Religious Communication in Democratic Party Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God is a collection of essays on the religious communication of members of the Democratic Party, past and present-in office, while campaigning, and in their public and private writing. While many books on the market address issues at the intersection...
The Taste of American Place
A Reader on Regional and Ethnic Foods
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
Tracing the intertwined roles of food, ethnicity, and regionalism in the construction of American identity, this textbook examines the central role food plays in our lives. Drawing on a range of disciplines_including sociology, anthropology, folklore, geography, history, and nutrition_the editors...
by P. M. H. Atwater, L.H.D.
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2003
Presents an in-depth look at children who have experienced the near-death phenomenon and the heightened abilities that these children exhibit
• Provides compelling evidence for the existence of a generation of children who represent the spiritual evolution of the human race
• Includes...
Social Work with Groups
Social Justice Through Personal, Community, and Societal Change
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Help change the world by bringing ideas of social justice into your group work practice!
Social workers who use hip-hop music to reach out to troubled adolescents. Practitioners who compare First Nations talking circles with social work practice with groups. A retired professor who transforms...