Pratt: 430 books

An Interesting Account Of Seveal Remarkable Visions, And Of The Late Discovery Of Ancient American Records by Parley P. Pratt.

In the run-up to war in Iraq, the Bush administration assured the world that America's interest was in liberation—especially for women. The first book to examine how Iraqi women have fared since the invasion, What Kind of Liberation? reports from the heart of the war zone with dire news of scarce...

Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently to others? Why are some more punitive and others more tolerant in their approach to offending and how can these differences be explained? Based on extensive historical analysis and fieldwork in the penal systems of England, Australia...

This early work by Fletcher Pratt and Irvin Lester was originally published in 1928 and we are now republishing it as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'The Octopus Cycle' is a short story about towering octopuses that walk out of the sea and into the jungles of Madagascar. The Cryptofiction...

A jagged beam of flame, intenser than the hottest furnace leaped through the air, struck the green globe and reached the earth in a thousand tiny rivulets of light. A fantastic futuristic tale of science fiction awesomeness, brought to you by Fletcher Pratt!

The Franco-War of 1870 marked an absolute watershed: France had been the military and cultural centre-point of mainland Europe for some centuries, its fashion copied, its armies feared and its language the language of diplomacy and the highest circles. Growing in power, prestige and ambition, the...

Written by Mormon apostle Parley P. Pratt, this book contains his first-hand account of not only his own personal trials during the period in which the Latter-Day Saints were settled in Missouri, but many of the persecutions that the Mormon people underwent as a whole.

In Arguing Sainthood, Katherine Pratt Ewing examines Sufi religious meanings and practices in Pakistan and their relation to the Westernizing influences of modernity and the shaping of the postcolonial self. Using both anthropological fieldwork and psychoanalytic theory to critically reinterpret theories...

The Life Story, Domains of Identity, and Personality Development in Emerging Adulthood focuses on individuals' formulations of the unique episodes and events of their lives that give one meaning and a sense of personal identity. This book brings the growing research on narrative study and the life...

Edith Parker operated the Farmer and Maid Matrimonial Service. Jefferson Dane, a Missouri rancher, asked Edith to help him choose between three possible brides. Edith, believing that marriage should be a commitment, at first refused to select the winner. But her own growing attraction to the rancher...

In this 1922 volume, Pratt comes down squarely in the camp of the dualists, believing in the reality of both mind and body. Contains "The Mind-Body Problem and the Materialistic Solution," "The Difficulties of Interaction," and "The Consequences of Dualism in Morality and Religion," among other chapters.

The revolutionary, highly effective technique that allows you to free yourself from emotional hang-ups—forever! Does your fear of flying make travel with friends and family impossible? Are you having trouble coping with the loss of a loved one or forgiving yourself for a mistake you made...

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Critical Race, Feminism, and Education:  A Social Justice Model provides a transformative next step in the evolution of critical race and Black feminist scholarship. Focusing on praxis, the relationship between the construction of race, class, and gender categories and social justice outcomes is analyzed....