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It is widely recognized that social movements may spread - or 'diffuse' - from one site to another. Such diffusion, however, is a complex and multidimensional process that involves different actors, networks, and mechanisms. This complexity has sp... |
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Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species. Mainstream science—as well as religious and cultural institutions—has maintained that men and women evolved in families in which a man's possessions... |
"Sex At Dawn challenges conventional wisdom about sex in a big way... This is a provocative, entertaining, and pioneering book. I learned a lot from it and recommend it highly." Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Healthy Aging
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A Chinese American woman tells of the Chinese myths, family stories and events of her California childhood that have shaped her identity. From the Trade Paperback edition.... |
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by William R. MaplesFrom a skeleton, a skull, a mere fragment of burnt thighbone, Dr. William Maples can deduce the age, gender, and ethnicity of a murder victim, the manner in which the person was dispatched, and, ultimately, the identity of the killer. In Dead Men ... |
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by Harlan LaneThe authoritative statement on the deaf, their education, and their struggle against prejudice.
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by Dr Allan G. HunterAnalyzing the ways in which the Grimm brothers' tales provide real, vital insights into how to live more happily, understand the need for personal and psychological growth, and find that significant other, this innovative study revives the true heali... |
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Princes, Frogs & Ugly Sisters Why We Need Fairy TalesSome years ago I was invited to give a presentation to an organization called The Man Panel. I’d been asked to speak about the obstacles men and women tend to run into when they go out looking for a significant other. Just before we began, one of the organizers—a strikingly beautiful young woman in her thirties—turned to me and said: “Just so you know: these people here tonight, they’re all tired of being Cinderellas. And so am I. I want that fairy godmother, and I want that prince to turn up, and soon.” I looked at her and smiled. “It sounds like you only know the Disney version of the story,” I commented. “If you go to the original version—the Grimm brothers’ version—there’s no fairy godmother.” The woman looked shocked, her eyes wide. “No fairy godmother?” she exclaimed. “That’s right. And there’s no pumpkin that turns into a coach, either,” I continued. “What’s more, Cinderella doesn’t sit around waiting for the prince. She takes her courage and she goes out to find him.” “She does?” “She most definitely does, and not just once but three times. The real tale will tell you what you’ll need to do to be successful in love, but you have to know what it says and forget the saccharine Disney version. That version will tell you nothing.” She looked at me and nodded slowly. “I guess I’ll have to take another look at that,” she said. I could give many examples of this sort of conversation, but they’d all point the same way. They’ve shown me, again and again, how we’ve been misled by the sanitized versions of the old fairy tales. We’ve assimilated the commercialized versions, while the real tales—full of wisdom—remain unread. It’s time to redress the balance. If we guide our thinking by referring to the wrong stories, then we do ourselves no favors.
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by Joshua HirschThe appearance of Alain Resnais' 1955 French documentary Night and Fog heralded the beginning of a new form of cinema, one that used the narrative techniques of modernism to provoke a new historical consciousness. Afterimage presents a theory of p... |
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by William G. RoyMusic, and folk music in particular, is often embraced as a form of political expression, a vehicle for bridging or reinforcing social boundaries, and a valuable tool for movements reconfiguring the social landscape. Reds, Whites, and Blues examines ... |
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by Jack Weatherford"Well written, imagery-ridden...A tale of what was, what became, and what is today regarding the Indian relation to the European civilization that 'grafted' itself onto this ancient system.'"
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Bail yourself out with employment opportunities. In these turbulent times when private corporations are in trouble, the employer that seems to be offering the most stable employment opportunities is the public sector. With The Complete Idiot's Gu... |
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by Adam Reich""Adam Reich provides a nuanced, powerful and novel interpretation of masculinity and marginality in the lives of inmates in and out of juvenile prison. Hidden Truth is an indictment of a society that provides precious few avenues to a more re... |
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by Taylor MasonThe art of "bellyspeaking" isn't for dummies. The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Ventriloquism teaches everyone to speak from their bellies, create and substitute sounds, use all the registers of their voice, and create diversions to attract the list... |
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by Paul GreenbergOur relationship with the ocean is undergoing a profound transformation. Whereas just three decades ago nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild, rampant overfishing combined with an unprecedented bio-tech revolution has brought us to a point w... |
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This comprehensive Manual provides guidelines and practical interventions to plan for crises and to intervene, if necessary. Accidents, sudden loss, violence, suicide and large-scale disasters are addressed... |
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The Elements of Style by William Strunk jr. & How To Speak And Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin - Special Edition The Elements of Style by William Strunk jr. Asserting that one must first know the... |
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It remains a challenge to create and manage a professional sales and marketing agency specializing in representing a synergistic group of suppliers to a demanding customer base. * Initially, the... |
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This solved-problem guide takes you quickly and expertly through all of elementary math, including algebra and geometry. It's students' #1 choice for mastering math! ... |
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by Hardy TThis volume presents a series of papers concerned with the interrelations between the postmodern and the present state of art and design education. Spanning a range of thematic concerns, the book reflects upon existing practice and articulates revolu... |
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people face the same family issues as their heterosexual counterparts, but that is only the beginning of their struggle. The LGBT community also encounters legal barriers to government recognition of their same... |
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by Donald P. RyanFrom the known to the unknown . . .
With its spectacular temples, tombs, monuments, and mummies, as well as esoteric metaphysics, legendary historical characters, and connections to the Bible, ancient Egypt has enti... |
"Don Ryan is a rare bird – a field archaeologist who can write with verve and immediacy. I heartily recommend his book to all Egyptology buffs." Barbara Mertz ( a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters), author of Temples Tombs, and Hieroglyphs and Red
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This long awaited biography of Harold Rugg is a dramatic and compelling story with profound implications for today's educators. Harold Rugg, one of the leading progressive educators of the 20th century,... |
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A clear path out of the nightmare. Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States and in many cases the victim has no knowledge of the theft until the situation is dire. Author Mari J. Frank, an attorney and advocate for v... |
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Provides an accessible introduction to one of the most important scientific fields of the 21st century: genetics... |
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by Mark JacksonOur 6-pageguide is jam-packed with chemistry information that applies to nursing, med tech and allied health sciences. An ideal resource for nursing students or those already in the field who want a handy reference, this guide covers the key concepts... |
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The Second World War stands as the most devastating and destructive global conflict in human history. More than 60 nations representing 1.7 billion people or three quarters of the world's population were... |
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textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by Philip BladonA DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL UNITS Metric-Matters: Names and Symbols enriches your vocabulary and provides the International Standard for units and symbols throughout the World. Discover... |
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - ; Editor Jane Arthurs; Editor Ian GrantSince Diana's car crash in August 1997, media interest in the crash as an event needing explanation has proliferated. A glut of documentaries on television have investigated the social and scientific history of our responses to the car crash, as w... |
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For the first time in history, millions of women have the opportunity to grow old as vigorous, vitally engaged, and productive people. Advances in health care and medical knowledge now offer a solid foundation for those who want to reduce their he... |
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Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams... |
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The detailed, practical, step-by-step advice in this user-friendly guide will help students and researchers to communicate their work more effectively through the written word. Covering all aspects of... |
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An otherworldly examination of the unknown that will keep fright fans reading all night From any strange experience that can't be defined by science to psychic phenomena to monsters and weird creatures, The Complete Idiot's Guide® t... |
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textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by Bob Bonnet, Dan KeenSHAKE UP YOUR SCIENCE FAIRWITH THESE CUTTING-EDGE, ATTENTION-GRABBING PROJECTS!Want to win first place in the next science fair? 46 Science Fair Projects for the Evil Genius has everything... |
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The drug guide that belongs in the pocket of every front-line EMS providerThis is the first EMS pocket drug guide that contains the detailed information typically found only in much larger reference books. EMS Pocket Drug Guide is a true must-have fo... |
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When did you know you were a feminist? Whether it happened at school, at work, while watching TV, or reading a book, many of us can point to a particular moment when we knew we were feminists. In Click, editors Courtney E. Martin and J. Courtney Sull... |
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by Diane RavitchIn The Death and Life of the Great American School System, Diane Ravitch examines her career in education reform, and repudiates positions that she once fiercely defended. Evaluating broadly popular ideas for restructuring schools, she explains why t... |
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by James L. DickersonExploring the history and tragedy of concentration camps that were built, staged, and filled with adults and children under the orders of the U.S. government, this vivid narrative brings the stories of victims and flaws of American government to life... |
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"James Dickerson has opened long-closed doors to detail our nation's shameful reliance on concentration camp justice in time of war and internal division. This book should be required reading in every American high school and college—and for every President." Hodding Carter III, author, journalist, educator, and former U.S. assistant secretary of state for p
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Inside America's Concentration Camps INTRODUCTIONConcentration camps are not indigenous to America. Neither is government sanctioned torture. Both were imported by white immigrants who either had a predisposition to torture and detention, based on cultural experiences in their homelands where torture and detention were accepted means for government to control people of different races and religions, or who, in a darker psychological twist, had been tortured and detained in their homelands and then exiled to America, only to succumb, during times of crisis, to their baser instincts to do unto others as others have done unto them. When you look at U.S. history, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that for American whose families have been desensitized by generations of abuse, government advocacy of torture and detention was a culturally acceptable means of imposing their will on people of different races, religions, and political beliefs. Of course, the opposite reaction- revulsion to torture, religious and racial persecution, and political imprisonment- was a strong motivator for many immigrants who fled to America to escape those inhumane shackles of spirit that bound them in their homelands. Over the years these three unlikely groups- abusers, abuse victims, and crusaders against abuse- forged a complex witch's brew of cultural significance, one that ultimately came to define the American experience. Clashes based on those opposing views of life were inevitable. Almost from the founding of the Republic, Americans have waged an uncivil war with one another over those defining issues. The War Between the States was fought over slavery, the ultimate poster child for torture and detention. Today, the conflict continues, only this time the conflict is over Red State-Blue State differences about the role of government sanctioned torture of individuals of different races and religions, imprisonment without trial, and the imposition of the death penalty. At its core, government-sanctioned torture and detention are based on racism and religious persecution, with politics usually playing a secondary role. America was never the melting pot it was made out to be by myopic historians who have been slow to dig beneath the surface to identify the deep cultural divisions that have fractured Americans from one century to the next. Those who came to America to pursue economic gain tended to view torture as a legitimate tool with which to protect their wealth (favored were the rack, waterboarding, and the garrucha, which required the victim to be suspended from the celing with weights and pulleys attached to various appendages). By contrast, those who came to America to escape religious and personal persecution understandably viewed government-sanctioned torture and detention as unspeakable crimes that violated all concepts of human decency, although some eventually succumbed to their addictive lure as a means of protecting accumulated wealth. Those two opposing concepts of government mortality have formed the dividing line for the cultural wars that have obsessed Americans for the past three centuries.
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textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by John J. FordThe Handbook is a must-read for any guardian of a resident of a nursing home. The Handbook demystifies guardianship laws and procedures and long-term care medicaid laws, rules, applications and appeals... |
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by Joshua TallentFormatting eBooks for the Amazon Kindle is a challenge for anyone, even a veteran eBook developer like me. Over the last year I have tested the formatting on the Kindle in ways that no other developer has. In addition to formatting an array of boo... |
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Textbooks ebooks and Audio Books - by Dianne D. GlaveWith a basis in environmental history, this groundbreaking study challenges the idea that a meaningful attachment to nature and the outdoors is contrary to the black experience. The discussion shows that contemporary African American culture is usual... |
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"This book is a compelling look at American history and its impact on African Americans and their relationship to the natural world. As part of the up and coming majority it is their influence and political power that will determine the sustainability of America’s environmental protection policies, which influence an entire planet." Dudley Edmondson, author, Black & Brown Faces in America's Wild Places
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Rooted in the Earth PrefaceThree little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singing' sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true
-BOB MARLEY, "THREE LITTLE BIRDS" My personal journey to environmental awareness began in the borough of Queens and later led to a bend of the Mississippi River in New Orleans and on to metro Atlanta. I grew up near John F. Kennedy Airport in Rosedale, New York, my beloved neighborhood of concrete, asphalt, ranch homes, and rumbling planes, with my immediate family: my parents, Daphne and Percy Glave, and my brother, Richard Glave. During those early years and continuing into adulthood, I often sprawled out on my parents' bed or sat at their kitchen table, listening to them reminisce about Jamaica, their first home, their "old country," defined for some by Bob Marley and his music. They spoke of my grandparents, born in the 1890s, who lived indirectly and directly off Jamaica's reddish-brown claylike soil, much like the farmers who cultivated the land in the American South. Boss Yates, Percy's stepfather, made his living as an agent for a purchasing association, acting as an intermediary between local banana farmers and international buyers. He married Gladys Gibson, my grandmother. My mother's parents, Cyril and Christene DePass, owned a small farm in Halifax, Manchester, Jamaica, at a distance from their home, where they grew coffee and bananas while fattening pigs, chickens, and cows for slaughter, I traveled to the farm as a child during the 1960s. I remember arriving by plane to the visceral smaells, vistas, and tastes so different from those of New York. On humid afternoons, perspiration covered my neck as I rode a donkey, witnessed a hog bloodily slain and butchered, and peered at yams, potatoes, bananas, and coffee growing in the yard. Water was piped into the house from a nearby well that was filtered by golden fish. Delicate green lizards flitted about the yard. My parents launched my informal nature study during the 1970s when they drove Richard and me to Baker's Camp in upstate New York for our annual weeklong summer vacations. I swam, fished, and rowed on the lake. Every day, I would crawl past the slippery lichen-covered walls of Dead Man's Cave and wander below the shadowed understory of the woods. In the afternoons, I chased deer and chipmunks under and over downed trees, and by evening, I would be sitting on the pier by the lake, kicking my feet, baiting my hooks with worms, and catching and tossing back sunnies- small rainbow-colored fish. I was similarly awed by New Orleans, where I revised parts of this book. This mystifying emerald of a spot on the Mississippi River teemed with snowy egret at the water's edge, and with black swallowtail butterflies, lime green lizards, and weighted banana trees in the city. In the French Quarter, palmetto bugs-giant winged roches-crawled along hte damp walls. In New Orleans I lived at the mercy of rain, humidity, and wind. I watched the sky for darkened clouds. I fled from hurricanes. My memory of my time there is bittersweet since I escaped Hurricane Katrina but left behind a city of people who were very kind to me.
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