Hoffman: 730 books

China Urban is an ethnographic account of China’s cities and the place that urban space holds in China’s imagination. In addition to investigating this nation’s rapidly changing urban landscape, its contributors emphasize the need to rethink the very meaning of the “urban” and the utility...

NSCA's Guide to Program Design offers the most current information, guidance, and protocols from respected scientists and practitioners with expertise in strength and conditioning program design. Developed by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), this text offers strength and...

Spencer Kane continues his chilling adventures, this time with a last-minute change of plans for spring break. With his Florida beach trip canceled, he agrees to help a friend, Cassie Vance, check out a home her family inherited from her uncle in southern Indiana. The generous notion to help clean...

What if everything you knew was wrong?Captain Sanesh and his crew are on a mission in outer space, when an accident kills the navigator, Bill. Weeks have passed since Bill's death, but Dr. Aless Inge still isn't convinced that this accident was Bill's fault. Her accusing gaze...

This is a collection of Paul Hoffman's wide-ranging essays on Descartes composed over the past twenty-five years. The essays in Part I include his celebrated "The Unity of Descartes' Man," in which he argues that Descartes accepts the Aristotelian view that soul and body are related as form to matter...

A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication Specialists from archaeology, ethnohistory, physical anthropology, and cultural anthropology bring their varied points of view to this subject in an attempt to answer basic questions about the nature and extent of social change within the time period. The...

Inspired by Jamilla is a book that can change your life if you will let it.This book is a great tool to give you ideas on how to create a new life. It will show you just how life can unfold for you if you choose to stop thinking negative and choose the power of the positive mind. Changing your...

One of the last remaining atmospheric theatres in the nation, elegant Marion Palace Theatre holds a storied history behind its curtains. From the "Wigwam," the Grand Opera House and Germania Park Pavilion to nickelodeons, vaudeville houses and movie theatres, performance has been an essential part of...

“You are a man who has vowed to protect his family, even at the cost of your own life. So you have no other choice. . . . You must fight, Samson. You must.” The year is 1941, and Samson Abrams makes a life-or-death decision that lands him, and his entire family, in the notorious concentration...

Mono Lake is one of the largest lakes in California, and Californians have been using it, enjoying it, and abusing it since nomadic northern Paiutes began hunting the lake’s vast bird populations. Controversy between environmentalists and the City of Los Angeles brought so much attention to Mono...

“What artists don’t know—but need to know.” —Jack Becker, Public Art Review A Comprehensive Guide to the Complex World of Public Art Learn how to find, apply for, compete for, and win a public art commission. First-hand interviews with experienced public artists and arts administrators...

Eine falsche Entscheidung. Die dein Leben verändert. Und ein anderes auslöscht. Eine bestialische Mordserie erschüttert Südflorida: Junge Frauen werden entführt und zu Tode gequält, ihre Leichen inmitten von Zuckerrohrfeldern abgelegt. Die Polizei hat keine Spur. Bis eine Zeugin auftaucht: Eines...

Introduction to Kinesiology: Studying Physical Activity, Fifth Edition With Web Study Guide, gives students a complete overview of the field of kinesiology and explores the common career paths, questions, and ideas that are part of this dynamic and expanding discipline. This engaging, four-color introductory...

Stories about a couple living together with different goals, the people behind the foreclosure numbers, a boy's experience of his parents' morning ritual, surviving a school shooting, and recalling first love. Plus poems on related topics.