Jeffrey: 3395 books
The Big Picture
Why Democracies Need Journalistic Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Freedom of the press is the cornerstone of democracy. But, as countless recent examples of lapsed standards in the press since the Jayson Blair affair have shown, the First Amendment is no guarantee that American journalism will be first-rate.
A press in crisis is a democracy endangered, argues...
Muslim Rebels
Kharijites and the Politics of Extremism in Egypt
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2006
The Kharijites were the first sectarian movement in Islamic history, a rebellious splinter group that separated itself from mainstream Muslim society and set about creating, through violence, an ideal community of the saved. Their influence in the political and theological life of the nascent faith...
Corporate Humanities in Higher Education
Moving Beyond the Neoliberal Academy
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
How do humanists speak for and from the humanities in an academy which values them less and less and market-driven approaches more and more? Jeffrey R. Di Leo provides a thorough critique of the higher education crisis and a set of practical and reasonable remedies for shaping the study and practice of the humanities in the academy of the future.
Dismantling Canada
Stephen Harper's New Conservative Agenda
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Stephen Harper is the first prime minister to represent the new Conservative Party, and the first to declare that his goals include nothing less than changing Canada by entrenching conservative values and replacing the Liberals as the country’s natural governing party. After nine years of a closed-door...
by Jeffrey V. Perry
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2010
A book of Poetry
"The Storytellers" is about the child in all of us.“Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come to me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God…” (Luke 18:16)
If we are ever to hear the call of the Father, we must first learn...
Power and Restraint
The Rise of the United States, 1898–1941
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
At the end of the nineteenth century, the United States emerged as an economic colossus in command of a new empire. Yet for the next forty years the United States eschewed the kind of aggressive grand strategy that had marked other rising imperial powers in favor of a policy of moderation.In Power and...
Fixing American Government
Ending Gridlock and Apathy with a 21st Century Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
by Dr. George Ritzer, Mr. Jeffrey N. Stepnisky
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2017
Now with SAGE Publishing, Contemporary Sociological Theory and Its Classical Roots: The Basics, is a brief survey of sociology's major theorists and theoretical approaches, from the Classical founders to the present. With updated scholarship in the new Fifth Edition, authors George Ritzer and Jeffrey...
by Jeffrey Alan Henning
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2017
“The Agent's Daughter” is the fifth in the line of short story episodes, or “Storysodes” in The Crymson Guard series.The team gets quite a surprise when the Agent brings his daughter in to their headquarters.
Rainforest Cowboys
The Rise of Ranching and Cattle Culture in Western Amazonia
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
The opening of the Amazon to colonization in the 1970s brought cattle, land conflict, and widespread deforestation. In the remote state of Acre, Brazil, rubber tappers fought against migrant ranchers to preserve the forest they relied on, and in the process, these "forest guardians" showed the world...
Das letzte Plädoyer
Roman
Language: German
Release Date: March 10, 2011
Keine Gnade vor Recht – der große Justizthriller von Bestseller-Autor Jeffrey Archer Die Justiz kennt kein Erbarmen mit dem jungen Danny Cartwright: Obwohl er auf "nicht schuldig" plädiert, soll er über zwanzig Jahre lang hinter Gitter – für den Mord an seinem besten Freund. Aber...
Cooperation and Community
Economy and Society in Oaxaca
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
In the villages and small towns of Oaxaca, Mexico, as in much of rural Latin America, cooperation among neighbors is essential for personal and community survival. It can take many forms, from godparenting to sponsoring fiestas, holding civic offices, or exchanging agricultural or other kinds of labor....
by Jeffrey Gilbert
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Here is a chapbook contains the Mystical Musings of a modern mystic. I have found my way to "God" through binaural beats, plant medicines, meditation, Christian College where I got my Bachelors Degree in Bible/Philosophy, living in a Charismatic house church and holding "free healing" signs at the...
by Sean D. Foreman, Robert Dewhirst, Sunil Ahuja
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
The 2010 Midterm Elections were momentous in the history of U.S. campaigns. Readers of this book will follow the path of seven House and six Senate races from inception to election postmortem. The chapters are both narrative and provide analysis of an array of interesting and diverse contests from...