Robert L : 1109 books
The Fifth Beginning
What Six Million Years of Human History Can Tell Us about Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
“I have seen yesterday. I know tomorrow.” This inscription in Tutankhamun’s tomb summarizes The Fifth Beginning. Here, archaeologist Robert L. Kelly explains how the study of our cultural past can predict the future of humanity.
In an eminently readable style, Kelly identifies four key pivot...
Rudolph Shines Again
with audio recording
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Celebrate the spirit of Christmas with this Classic Board Book edition of Robert L. May’s famous sequel to the holiday classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer!
Every year at Christmastime, everyone—young and old alike—has one catchy, joy-inspiring song stuck in their heads: “Rudolph...
by Robert L. Arend
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
Had ICS been telemarketing products instead of debt collection, Reed knew he would never have made salesperson of the month. He would have quit the first payday and lied to his mother that he had been fired for being too honest with the customers. Though educated first by management in consumer protection...
by Robert L. Wolke
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
“All you have to do is ask ‘why’ and open to any page. Good luck putting it down.” —Alton Brown, host of Good Eats and Iron Chef
Have you ever wondered why onions make us cry? Do you believe bananas contain more calories as they ripen and get sweeter? This sequel to the best-selling...
Strength for Their Journey
5 Essential Disciplines African-American Parents Must Teach Their Children and Teens
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2002
The result of more than twenty years' collaborative work focusing on the heart of successful parenting, the acclaimed five disciplines program developed by Drs. Robert L. Johnson and Paulette Stanford has helped thousands of African-American children and their parents cope with the myriad of social...
The Value of Psychotherapy
The Talking Cure in an Age of Clinical Science
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
From a seasoned scholar, clinician, and teacher, this lively, highly readable text probes where the field of psychotherapy is now and where it may be headed in the future. Robert L. Woolfolk explores commonalities and differences among major therapeutic approaches, as well as their philosophical underpinnings....
Of Arms and Men : A History of War Weapons and Aggression
A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 1989
The appearance of the crossbow on the European battle field in A.D. 1100 as the weapon of choice for shooting down knights threatened the status quo of medieval chivalric fighting techniques. By 1139 the Church had intervened outlawing the use of the crossbow among Christians. With this edict arms...
by Robert L. Scheina
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2003
Most Americans regarded Antonio L?pez de Santa Anna as a villain for his brutal assault on the Alamo in 1836. What many donÆt realize is that few individuals have caused their own nation greater pain. He lost one-third of MexicoÆs territory in wars, sold almost another 30,000 square miles while pocketing...
The Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers
The Foraging Spectrum
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
In this book, Robert L. Kelly challenges the preconceptions that hunter-gatherers were Paleolithic relics living in a raw state of nature, instead crafting a position that emphasizes their diversity, and downplays attempts to model the original foraging lifeway or to use foragers to depict human nature...
The Next Agenda
Blueprint For A New Progressive Movement
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
In The Next Agenda, editors Robert Borosage and Roger Hickey of the Campaign for America's Future have gathered essays written by some of America's most progressive thinkers and activists that lay out ideas and reforms to address the serious issues facing us today. They argue that the economic prosperity...
Understanding Misunderstandings
A Practical Guide to More Successful Human Interaction
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Have you ever meant one thing, but said another? Reacted angrily when no offense was intended? Wished that the earth would open up and swallow you? Understanding Misunderstandings will help you get out and stay out of these difficulties. Robert L. Young explains why many common types of misunderstandings...
by Robert L. Ballantyne
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
Imagine that everything you know is wrong. In Cairo, after uncovering evidence he believes will alter humanitys perception of its own history, an eminent university professor is viciously murdered. In another part of the Egyptian capital, a determined police inspector will stop at nothing to find...
by Robert L. Arend
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
“You’re a single mother,” the F.B.I. man stated, not questioned.“Yes,” Christina answered flatly, determined to resist the implications of being interrogated like she was white trash. “What’s that got to do with anything?”“No husband.” Again, a statement.“Not lookin’. Are you?”...
Enduring Motives
The Archaeology of Tradition and Religion in Native America
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4Enduring Motives examines tradition and religious beliefs as they are expressed in landscape, the built environment, visual symbols, stories, and ritual.
Bringing together archaeologists and Native American experts,...