Gary: 4892 books
Manufacturing Depression
The Secret History of a Modern Disease
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
Am I depressed or just unhappy? In the last two decades, antidepressants have become staples of our medicine cabinets—doctors now write 120 million prescriptions annually, at a cost of more than 10 billion dollars. At the same time, depression rates have skyrocketed; twenty percent of Americans...
The Emergent Agriculture
Farming, Sustainability and the Return of the Local Economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Long embraced by corporations who are driven only by the desire for profit, industrial agriculture wastes precious resources and spews millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year, exacerbating climate change and threatening the very earth and water on which we depend. However,...
Through the Woods
A Journey Through America's Forests
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2015
Through the Woods is a journey through the rich beauty of America’s forests, sharing interviews with people whose lives are intertwined with America’s woodlands. This edition includes a new introduction by Gary Ferguson, who reminds us that now, more than ever, kinship with the earth is essential."By...
Fast Shopper, Slow Store
A Guide to Courting and Capturing the Mobile Consumer
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
As a retailer, how can you leverage mobile technology to increase sales? Fast Shopper, Slow Store will show you how.
From Best Buy to Borders, retail stores are closing their doors forever. More and more, consumers are looking to their mobile devices for the best products and the cheapest deals,...
What the Luck?
The Surprising Role of Chance in Our Everyday Lives
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
In Israel, pilot trainees who were praised for doing well subsequently performed worse, while trainees who were yelled at for doing poorly performed better. It is an empirical fact that highly intelligent women tend to marry men who are less intelligent. Students who get the highest scores in third...
Staying Afloat in a Sea of Forgetfulness
Common Sense Caregiving Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
When my father was first diagnosed with Alzheimers, I read and researched everything I could get my hands on about the disease. Right off the bat I could tell if it was written by a physician, pharmaceutical company or even a nursing home. When caregivers are looking for help, the last thing they...
The Giza Prophecy
The Orion Code and the Secret Teachings of the Pyramids
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2012
A detailed study of the proportions of the Giza pyramids and how they reveal shifts in the Earth’s axis in the remote past—and near future
• Debunks the “pyramids as tombs” theory and shows how they are “recovery vaults” to ensure the rebirth of civilization after a global disaster
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by Gary Weston
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2012
With only Monkley the genetically modified primate for company on the Mars Base, Andrew Foreman was eagerly awaiting for the visitors from Earth. He was expecting a few surprises, but he got more than he bargained for...
by Gary Hawkes
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
A short essay breaking down the current state and direction of a ounce proud nation.
Windows into the Soul
Surveillance and Society in an Age of High Technology
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
We live in an age saturated with surveillance. Our personal and public lives are increasingly on display for governments, merchants, employers, hackers—and the merely curious—to see. In Windows into the Soul, Gary T. Marx, a central figure in the rapidly expanding field of surveillance studies,...
Managing a Diverse Workforce
Learning Activities
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
Experiential activities help students understand workplace diversity
This book shows readers how to create an inclusive work environment and culture that can value and leverage the contributions of all members, regardless of personal characteristics that are not pertinent to the job. To achieve...
by Gary Cain
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Hilarious spoof news and outrageous satire website HumorVolcano.com presents revised versions of its first year's articles in this new e-book. Humor Volcano proudly satirizes and makes fun of subjects from all around the world, including sex, sports, politics, business, education, health and more. Prepare to LYAO.
by Gary H.F.
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2017
You can completely free yourself of food addictions! … Not by hiding from it, but truly free of them. No other ED book gives this advice. Emotions are only half the problem. Find the real cause, and find the solution.
You will also lose weight, all without feeling deprived You’ll find yourself...
McLuhan and Baudrillard
Masters of Implosion
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Gary Genosko's timely study traces McLuhan's influence on the work of Jean Baudrillard, arguing that McLuhan's ideas have been far more influential than hitherto imagined in the development of postmodern theory. Genosko explores how McLuhan's ideas persist and are distorted through Baudrillard's work....