Social Science - General

""Rust, Smut, Mildew, and Mold: An Introduction to the Study of Microscopic Fungi"" is a book written by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke in 1870. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the world of microscopic fungi, including their classification, morphology, and life cycle. It also...

Guns, Polls, and Democracy has a simple thesis: Supermajorities of Americans should usually be able to get the laws they want. But when the problem is gun violence, that isn't the case. Our gun violence problem is staggering: Firearm fatalities claim almost 40,000 lives...

In this book, Craig A. Leisy provides a concise history of weights and measures regulation in the United States from the early 20th century up to the present day. Written for academic and professional readers, Leisy describes basic terms and concepts, the origins and...

Heritage Politics in China: The Power of the Past studies the impact of heritage policies and discourses on the Chinese state and Chinese society. It sheds light on the way Chinese heritage policies have transformed the narratives and cultural practices of the past to...

Europeanisation of the Contemporary Far Right explores the role of transnational European identity in far-right mobilisation strategies. Focusing on the national members of two trans-European far-right coalitions - Generation Identity and Fortress Europe - the author explores the extent to which European far-right extra-parliamentary...

The central theme of this book is the operation of intersecting discourses of power, privilege and positioning as they are revealed in fraught encounters between in-groups and out-groups in our deeply fractured world. The authors offer a unique perspective on inter-group dynamics and structural...

The Germanic Tribes, the Gods and the German Far Right Today deals with the question of how right-wing extremists in German-speaking countries adapt and adopt elements from the history, culture, and mythology of the Germanic tribes. It provides the first in-depth study of the...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This exclusive report represents the most comprehensive study of its kind. This new special report analyzes $74 billion in grant funds going to over 240,000 organizations, answering important questions like: - What types of organizations receive grants from DAFs?- How have DAF trends changed...

Author: Barbara RubenISBN-10: 1465370803ISBN-13: 9781465370808Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/31/2011Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d

In this introductory textbook to epidemiology, students will discover the knowledge and skills required for managing population-based health care under health reform. Fundamental epidemiological techniques are presented teaching students to assess the health status of populations served; determine appropriate interventions based upon knowledge of...

This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.Author: Arthur SchopenhauerISBN-10: 1461075157ISBN-13: 9781461075158Publisher:...

- Are chemicals and electro-smog in your home and workplace making you sick? - Does your doctor tell you that your symptoms are not real? are all in your head? - Has your condition been dismissed or labelled "idiopathic" (and then dismissed)? Turn on...

While many police departments effectively use radar to control traffic, there are still numerous instances of improper use. To operate traffic radar does not require genius, but it does require proper training as well as a basic understanding of this precision instrument. Unfortunately many...

It's all quiet now in cities like Birmingham, Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Newark, where blacks once protested and rioted against their segregated conditions in the 1960s and women burned their bras during the Women's Liberation era in the 1970s. But for five years,...

In the mid nineteen sixties the Author had progressed from being a country copper, a city copper to the C.I.D. and to the newly formed Crime Squad to combat the nationwide crime. He starts off by telling you of one of his experiences of...

Author: John C. LandonISBN-10: 1450060242ISBN-13: 9781450060240Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/27/2010Pages: 558Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.13lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.38d

Drawing upon a lifetime of experience as a highly successful businessman grounded in the powerful Judeo-Christian principles he holds most dear, the author's near-death experience moved him to express his concerns for our nation. He explains why your involvement, combined with a Christian perspective,...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: John TimbsISBN-10: 1443788570ISBN-13: 9781443788571Publisher: Littlefield...

This fascinating book offers an in-depth guide to the art of ventriloquism, and will prove to be an invaluable addition to the bookshelf of anyone with a desire to learn this entertaining skill. The content is split into three manageable parts, to move on...

A growing field of inquiry, biosemiotics is a theory of cognition and communication that unites the living and the cultural world. What is missing from this theory, however, is the unification of the information and computational realms of the non-living natural and technical world....

The Hidden History of South Africa's Book and Reading Cultures shows how the common practice of reading can illuminate the social and political history of a culture. This ground-breaking study reveals resistance strategies in the reading and writing practices of South Africans; strategies that...

How Nonprofits Work looks at nonprofit organizations through a sociological lens, identifying characteristics that make some nonprofits successful and characteristics that cause challenges, focusing on nonprofts in the health services sector. The book opens with helpful background information about nonprofit organizations, then shares case...

The complete The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, in the 1888 English version edited by Engels himself. One of the most influential political treatises of all time, The Communist Manifesto is essential reading for every student of politics and history.Author: Friedrich...

Have you ever tried to ship a dead relative? Ever have a nervous breakdown over bubble wrap? Maybe you accidentally sent your glass eye along with your granddaughter's birthday present? Well if you have, you're not alone. Lot's of people are as crazy as...

There is nothing like this in print anywhere So, you know history . . . well, Brough explains it. He applies evolutionary natural selection to the whole of human history and prehistory, showing how social evolution works. He fully explains what makes civilizations rise...

In Uncle Remus Joel Harris has in the folklore scenes tried to preserve the legends themselves in their original simplicity and to preserve the southern dialect. The stories have the genuine flavor of the old plantation. Uncle Remus is known for his wit and...

Muscular Work: A Metabolic Study With Special Reference To The Efficiency Of The Human Body As A Machine (1913) is a scientific book written by Francis Gano Benedict. The book explores the metabolic processes involved in muscular work and the efficiency of the human...

Author: Linda WirknerISBN-10: 1435837983ISBN-13: 9781435837980Publisher: PowerKids PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2005Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.07dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.8Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 84054 / Learning about America's Colonial Period with Graphic Organizers

Author: Edwin BensonISBN-10: 143411662XISBN-13: 9781434116628Publisher: Waking Lion PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/30/2008Pages: 68Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d

Practicing Futures: A Civic Imagination Action Handbook is a practical guide for community leaders, educators, creative professionals and change-makers who want to sharpen their visions for the future and understandings of the how the past affects them. Author: Colin Lankshear, Gabriel Peters-LazaroISBN-10: 1433172704ISBN-13: 9781433172700Publisher:...

Plantation Pedagogy originates from an Afro-Caribbean primary school teacher's experience. It provides a discourse which extends and illuminates the limitations of current neo-liberal and global rationalizations of the challenges posed to a teacher's practice. Plantation pedagogy is distinguished from critical pedagogy by its historical...

Who says working for social justice can't be fun and transformative? "Wielding the Force: The Science of Social Justice" explored new science, old wisdom and their implications for radical social change. This booklet puts that knowledge into action by providing practical ways in which...

"Self-forgetfulness is the reigning temptation of the technological era. This is why we so readily give our assent to the absurd proposition that a computer can add two plus two, despite the obvious fact that it can do nothing of the sort--not if we...

We Shall Not Be Moved narrates the story of the Kent State student-led May 4th Coalition and its efforts to maintain untouched the site of the Ohio National Guard's shooting of thirteen Kent State students.The story is told in a local context of the...

"Politics & the Struggle for Democracy in Ghana" is a pioneering attempt to describe the Ghanaian political system, define its parameters, its structures and analyze the ups and downs of democratic transitions and the struggles thereof. The book is a good fit for students...

The Breakdown gives a clear and concise explanation of the various political, economic, linguistic, and psychological systems which govern our everyday lives. It speaks openly and honestly about the lies and misrepresentations that everybody is indoctrinated to since birth and that are taught in...

The polar ice cap rapidly recedes; colonies of honeybees collapse in alarming numbers; androgynous fish are detected in rivers and streams. These reports not only describe recent events, but also function as signs of an ominous and rapidly encroaching future. In this issue of...

LARGE PRINT EDITION More at LargePrintLiberty.com. Every once in a while, a treatise on libertarian philosophy appears that presages a new way of thinking about politics and economics. Mises's "Liberalism", Rothbard's "Ethics of Liberty", and Hoppe's "Democracy: The God That Failed" come to mind."Boundaries...

In Think Moderates, Milton King makes a strong case for changing public debate from an unproductive focus on extremists, problems, and off-centered public life to a more productive focus on moderates, solutions, and balance. He shows that turning to moderates for solutions and balance...

This book is about the experience of an Eritrean in the era of the nation's struggle for freedom and independence. It reflects the objective reality of the Eritrean experience from the periphery and/or from within the struggle. Through this book, I have the opportunity...

Author: Joy D. Karen Gibson J. Ross Griffith, Karen Gibson J. Ross Joy D. GriffithISBN-10: 1477156488ISBN-13: 9781477156483Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/23/2012Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d

The Ku Klux Klan's persecution of Hispanics during the early 1920s was just as brutal as their terrorizing of the black community--a fact sparsely documented in historical texts. The KKK viewed Mexicans as subhuman foreigners supporting a Catholic conspiracy to subvert U.S. institutions and...

The generation of readers most heavily impacted by J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series--those who grew up alongside "the boy who lived"--have come of age. They are poised to become teachers, parents, critics and writers, and many of their views and choices will be influenced...

Author: Donald B. Egolf, Sondra L. ChesterISBN-10: 1475968469ISBN-13: 9781475968460Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/19/2013Pages: 454Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.33lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d

The author explores a nexus of varied abstract issues and protean realities that relates to social justice, its complex manifestations and inordinate conundrums. It's counter-factual to think of a world without a social problem. The author, based on his half-a-century of experience, deep insight,...

This superb guide teaches you how to read critically. Its no-nonsense, practical approach uses a specially developed reading code to help you read articles for your research project; this simple code enables you to decipher journal articles structurally, mechanically and grammatically. Refreshingly free of...

Interpretive Pedagogies for Higher Education focuses on providing a humanistic perspective on pedagogy by relating it to the interpretive practices of particular public educators: thinkers and writers whose work has had an immeasurable impact on how we understand and interpret the world and how...

Exam Board: IB Level: MYP Subject: Science First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: June 2017 Develop your skills to become an inquiring learner; ensure you navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused approach to Sciences presented in global contexts. -...