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Representation, Heterodoxy, and Aesthetics
Essays in Honor of Ronald Paulson
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
This book is a wide-ranging study of British literature and art from the late seventeenth through the early nineteenth centuries, one that stresses the connections between visual and verbal representation. Key emphases of the book include aesthetics, the aims and motives of individual producers of...
Common Factors in Couple and Family Therapy
The Overlooked Foundation for Effective Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2009
Grounded in theory, research, and extensive clinical experience, this pragmatic book addresses critical questions of how change occurs in couple and family therapy and how to help clients achieve better results. The authors show that regardless of a clinician's orientation or favored techniques, there...
The Cord Keepers
Khipus and Cultural Life in a Peruvian Village
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2004
None of the world’s “lost writings” have proven more perplexing than the mysterious script in which the Inka Empire kept its records. Ancient Andean peoples encoded knowledge in knotted cords of cotton or wool called khipus. In The Cord Keepers, the distinguished anthropologist Frank Salomon...
by Lynne L. Hume Ph.D., Nevill Drury
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
The Varieties of Magical Experience: Indigenous, Medieval, and Modern Magic provides a comprehensive volume that examines magic in all its aspects. Through detailed case studies, verbatim accounts of personal experiences, and first-hand experience from the authors' own active participation in many...
Healing the Scars of Addiction
Reclaiming Your Life and Moving into a Healthy Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
The wreckage of addiction lies scattered around too many people--from the one who is or was addicted to those in relationship with that person. Age-old culprits of drugs, alcohol, and gambling are joined by newer addictions, such as food, prescription medication, shopping, pornography, and technology....
by Gwendolyn D. L. Boyd
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Finding Love in the Midst of Pain was written at a time when I was feeling lost and alone. I had just received a medical diagnosis which has no cure and I will be constrained to taking medication for the rest of my life. I found solace and hope when I started this project. I felt a sense of hope and...
The Road to Scientific Success
Inspiring Life Stories of Prominent Researchers(Volume 2)
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
This is Volume 2 of the book series The Road to Scientific Success: Inspiring Life Stories of Prominent Researchers. Authoritative scientists describe their life experiences in relation to how success was attained, how their careers were developed, how their research was steered, how priorities were...
Building for Eternity
the History and Technology of Roman Concrete Engineering in the Sea
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2014
One marker of the majesty of ancient Rome is its surviving architectural legacy, the stunning remains of which are scattered throughout the circum-Mediterranean landscape. Surprisingly, one truly remarkable aspect of this heritage remains relatively unknown. There exists beneath the waters of the...
Environmental Forensics
Contaminant Specific Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
Environmental forensics is the application of scientific techniques for the purpose of identifying the source and age of a contaminant. Over the past several years, this study has been expanding as a course of study in academia, government and commercial markets. The US Environmental Protection Agency...
Keep Getting Up
Reflections of a Global Agent for Change
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2008
Keep Getting Up is the first book of its kind to be written by a black woman career public servant. Its about her 40-year journey finding her identity and meaning for her life as a youngster and as an adult, and then finding her place on the world stage as an ambitious and talented professional.
In...
The Making of a Physician
—This Was My Calling—
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
Both genetic and environmental factors play important roles in one’s life. Genetics remains a fixed entity, whereas environment is a variable. Environmental experiences in life can have a positive or negative influence upon the genetic makeup of a given individual. Decision-making in the preschool...
Enterprise Software Security
A Confluence of Disciplines
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
STRENGTHEN SOFTWARE SECURITY BY HELPING DEVELOPERS AND SECURITY EXPERTS WORK TOGETHER Traditional approaches to securing software are inadequate. The solution: Bring software engineering and network security teams together in a new, holistic approach to protecting the entire enterprise. Now, four...
Out of the Nightmare
Recovery from Depression and Suicidal Pain
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2006
Out of the Nightmare.
An all-out assault on the barriers that stand between you and recovery from depression and suicidal pain.
decomposes recovery from depression into recovery from envy, shame, self-pity, grandiosity, fear, stigma, social abuse, and the double binds and vicious circles...
Transcendence and Film
Cinematic Encounters with the Real
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
In this edited collection of essays, ten experts in film philosophy explore the importance of transcendence for understanding cinema as an art form. They analyze the role of transcendence for some of the most innovative film directors: David Cronenberg, Karl Theodor Dreyer, Federico Fellini, Werner...