Social Science - General

While there are some people that we can predict are on a path that may lead to jail, others, and even ourselves, may not see the incident, the arrest, or a trip to jail coming. Society does not mentally condition us to prepare for,...

Hans Brinker - or the Silver Skates is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1875. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As...

In a decade which celebrates the centenary of the genesis of broadcasting, With God on Our Side examines the extent to which the personality and charisma of key individuals rather than regulators, churches or governments, contributed to the impact of religious broadcasting in the...

American culture is changing, a sentiment echoed in phrases such as "the new normal," and "in these uncertain times," that regularly introduce all forms of public discourse now, signally a national sense of vulnerability and transformation. Cultural shifts generally involve multiple catalysts, but in...

This book examines the ethical standard of the obligations of power articulated by philosophers Rabindrinath Tagore and Amartya Sen. The author argues that Tagore and Sen focused on the need to diminish all states' capacity for violence, regardless of regime type.Author: Neal LeavittISBN-10: 166691567XISBN-13:...

Why do sugary beverage and fast food industries thrive in the emerging world?An interesting public health paradox has emerged in some developing nations. Despite government commitment to eradicating noncommunicable diseases and innovative prevention programs aimed at reducing obesity and type 2 diabetes, sugary beverage...

Travel Tales: Getting Away With It -- Or Almost! is about what travelers get away with doing themselves. Yes, they may perpetrate their own schemes on fellow travelers or even the locals themselves. Sometimes you succeed and sometimes you don't. This book collects the...

This Elder Speak manual will take you on a deep, rich, and rewarding journey. It is a guided journey that includes the Elder, their family and friends, the Elder Speak Program facilitators and, eventually, the greater community. The journey of Elder Speak is one...

The book analyzes U.S economy, construction industry, and residential market crisis and recovery from 2000 to 2019. The motivation emanated from the need to document the unprecedented housing market crisis (and recovery) and its negative effects on the hitherto seeming formidable U.S economy. The...

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted,...

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted,...

We live in a time of unparalleled opportunity for women and a time, just because of that opportunity, of great stress. It is a time when every woman can find her own particular style, to develop her skills, to acknowledge her needs and failures,...

Issues of the Age - or, Consequences involved in modern thought is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1874. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine,...

The Amateur - Volume I: May - December, 1875 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1875. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other...

The Humbugs of the World is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1865. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher...

From Tricia Hersey, the celebrated founder of the Nap Ministry and author of the New York Times bestseller Rest Is Resistance, this deck of 50 powerful rest practices helps you embrace rest as a form of radical communal care and personal liberation. "This is...

As biologist Jeremy Griffith explains in THE Interview (which psychiatrist Professor Harry Prosen described as "the most important interview of all time"), while we humans lacked the explanation for our 2-million-year corrupted human condition we had no choice but to deny that our distant...

Covid-19 has been referred to as a "black swan event." It, quite literally, turned all of our worlds upside down and exposed deep structural inequalities and social issues. Surely, historians will come to recount this period as viscerally destructive and they will wonder how...

The Sacred Magic of the Qabbalah (1936) by writer and mystic Manly P. Hall, explores the doctrines of the Qabbalah, an ancient tradition that investigates the science and mystery of divine names and numbers.Author, lecturer, and mystic Manly P. Hall (b. 1901, d. 1990)...

The Sacred Magic of the Qabbalah (1936) by writer and mystic Manly P. Hall, explores the doctrines of the Qabbalah, an ancient tradition that investigates the science and mystery of divine names and numbers.Author, lecturer, and mystic Manly P. Hall (b. 1901, d. 1990)...

In Lectures on Ancient Philosophy, Manly P. Hall expands on the philosophical, metaphysical, and cosmological themes introduced in his classic work, The Secret Teachings of All Ages. Hall wrote this volume as a reader's companion to his earlier work, intending it for those wishing...

Our mom is often one of our first teachers. Readers discover some of the fun things kids can learn from their moms, including how to count, tie shoes, and play baseball. These lessons are shown through a relatable fictional narrative and bright illustrations. The...

A trip to grandma's house can be filled with fun things to learn! Readers see some of the fun things grandmas can teach their grandchildren when they explore this charming fictional narrative. The engaging, accessible text is perfect for independent reading or for reading...

Dads can teach us many things. Readers follow along as a relatable narrator experiences the learning opportunities around every corner when they spend time with their dad. This engaging fictional story is told through accessible text that readers can explore on their own or...

When we spend time with our siblings, playtime can also be a time to learn. Young readers follow along as a relatable narrator discovers the things they can learn from their brother and sister. From playing music to building a blanket fort, these fun...

Ruy Teixeira, a lifelong man of the Left, author of the 2002 The Emerging Democratic Majority, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and fixture of Democratic Party politics for more than 30 years who very much wants the Democratic Party to succeed,...

Early care and education for many children in the United States is in crisis. The period between birth and kindergarten is a critical time for child development, and socioeconomic disparities that begin early in children's lives contribute to starkly different long-term outcomes for adults....

Islam the second religion in the world.Majority of people knows this religion through political circumstances in the mainstream media, but what's the reality about this religion?Who can give the people the truth about Islam .What are the holy places of Jesus and Mary in...

Few of people knows about the Scientific Miracles of the Quran and Sunnah .There's so many discoveries in different fields of sciences occured in the last two centuries by the human, despite the Quran and Sunnah mentioned them for more than fourteen centuries ago.What...

The Thousand And One Nights - The Arabian Nights' Entertainments is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1865. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and...

From an engineer and futurist, an impassioned account of technological stagnation since the 1970s and an imaginative blueprint for a richer, more abundant future. The science fiction of the 1960s promised us a future remade by technological innovation. We'd vacation in geodesic domes on...

While corporations continue with business as usual, climate change is rapidly expanding the gap between rich and poor, according to this group of anticapitalists from five continents. Their essays here cover topics from food shortages and carbon trading to perspectives from indigenous peoples, and...

This Element investigates how the Ghanaian household wealth index is impacted by travel time reduction, which is a direct effect of infrastructural investments from 2000 to 2016. The wealth index is constructed based on the possession of selected assets and reflects the well-being of...

Detailed descriptions of historic artwork, in the form of English bookcovers dating from the 13th to 18th Centuries. This is a modern reprint, with all 51 original illustations. It is not a facsimile.Author: Cyril DavenportISBN-10: 1849025096ISBN-13: 9781849025096Publisher: Benediction ClassicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/03/2011Pages: 120Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.77lbsSize:...

This vintage book contains the complete collected works of Mahatma Ghandi. This wonderful and comprehensive collection would make for a fine addition to any bookshelf, and will be of particular value to those with a keen interest in the life and mind of this...

This book is the first to explore the relationship between tourism and Brexit from a social science perspective. Contributors from around the world use international examples to examine three entwined themes integral to tourism: travel, borders and identity. It will be useful for students...

Current urban planning systems are not equipped to deal with the major urban challenges of the twenty-first century, including effects of climate change, resource depletion and economic instability, plus continued rapid urbanization with its negative consequences such as poverty, slums and urban informality. These...

This collection of essays, part of the Onati International Series in Law and Society, focuses attention on the global impact of legal policies on levels of poverty. They illustrate the distinct dimensions of poverty in a range of different political and cultural settings and...

Slavery Religion and Regime challenged us to question the basis of a society founded on freedom for the elite and the subjugation and enslavement of natives and imported victims of slavery and slave-trading. The purpose of this book is to establish a critical theological...

John Parker is a father, author, successful entrepreneur, professional motivational speaker and social activist. He is a former college and professional football coach of twenty-five years and an award-winning television and radio talk show host. He is currently the Director of Corporate Communications and...

Through an analysis of the discourse practices of populist Far Right groups in France, Italy and Belgian Flanders, this book makes a ground-breaking contribution to our understanding of the ways in which homophobic discourse functions. It also encourages us to reconsider the power given...

With the seeming defeat of ISIS, has jihadism disappeared from world politics? In this startling new book, Stephen Chan uncovers the ideological foundations that allow ISIS and other jihadi groups to survive, as they propagate terror by sophisticated means online and continue thrusting their...

This volume takes up the pressing issues of justice and responsibility that arise at the intersection of food and agricultural systems, environmental degradation, and global climate change. The diverse contributions examine both the various ways that food and agricultural practices contribute to environmental degradation,...

This book has a double agenda. First, it is a series of free-standing essays dealing with the fraught question of regulation in its multiples guises: economic, social, political, cultural and psychological. At the same time, it serves as a companion volume to the re-edition...

A well-balanced and detailed look at the East German Ministry for State Security, the secret police force more commonly known as the Stasi. "This is an excellent book, full of careful, balanced judgements and a wealth of concisely-communicated knowledge. It is also well written....

The young man of 'Hrothgar's lost parchments' has gone for good, and in his place a monster has emerged. Mankind can never be safe again from the corrosive and perfidious exploits of wicked Grendel.Author: Cordelia E. PetalwhiteISBN-10: 197842146XISBN-13: 9781978421462Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

The zaniest book you will ever read with wings made of iron and a fist of gold. Final part of the life-story of Mathew Moonighan, vagrant, moonwalker and moondog. Guaranteed to make you split your sides unless you are a farmworker from North Korea.Author:...

Excerpt from Evolution of Life and Form: Four Lectures Delivered at the Twenty-Third Anniversary Meeting of the Thesophical Society at Adyar, Madras, 1893 Science, the direction in which each has worked, and is working, the ultimate union that, we hope, may take place between...

Humanity suffers from an Emotional Plague, declared Dr. Wilhelm Reich. For his controversial ideas, his books were banned and burned, and he died in prison. Robert Anton Wilson explores the trials of Reich in this essay and play script. In his introduction, Dr. Christopher...

Demystifying MTSS distills all the complex elements of multitiered system of supports into a customizable framework built around four components: collaborative leadership, universal access, a continuum of tiered supports, and data-based decision making. Drawing from research and their experience in building and sustaining effective...