Samuel: 2879 books
Criminal Indifference of the Fda to Cancer Prevention
An Anthology of Citizen Petitions, Newspaper Articles, Press Releases, and Blogs 1994–2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Samuel S. Epstein, M.D. is professor emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, and Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition, and former Congressional consultant. His awards include the 1998 Right Livelihood Award and the...
Making Sense of People
The Science of Personality Differences
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
A NEW, MORE PRACTICAL EDITION OF THE POPULAR SCIENTIFIC GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING OTHER PEOPLE
What really bothers you about your boss—or your daughter’s boyfriend? Why are you so attracted to the person you’re dating? Can you rely on your intuition about people? This book will...
Retirement and the Hidden Epidemic
The Complex Link Between Aging, Work Disengagement, and Substance Misuse -- and What To Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2014
Evidence from both local and national surveys suggests that substance misuse and abuse among older adults in the United States is a "hidden epidemic" that poses a major threat to the welfare and quality of life of older drinkers and their families, and has significant public health implications. Based...
Remaking China's Great Cities
Space and Culture in Urban Housing, Renewal, and Expansion
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
China’s rapid urbanization has restructured the great socialist cities Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou into mega cities that embrace global capitalism. This book focuses on the urban transformations of these three cities: Beijing is the nation’s political and cultural capital; Shanghai is the...
by Dr. Samuel Taddesse
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Since the end of World War II, multilateral organizations, bilateral donors, and national governments have spent billions of dollars each year to address and resolve development challenges for better human outcomes. However, many of these challenges continue to recur. Dr. Samuel Taddesse, who has...
by Emmanuel Samuel Faamagii
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2018
A coveted secret that has been kept with some few individuals since from the beginning of the smart phone and internet age is been unveiled and revealed in this book.
“If you have a smartphone and you are still poor
you are doing something wrong, you can sell
anything to anyone at anywhere...
Seriously Funny
Mexican Political Jokes as Social Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Political jokes exist around the world and across many types of political systems. But what purposes do they serve? Do they have an impact on politics—or on politicians? Surprisingly, scholars have paid scant attention to these significant questions. And, until the publication of this book, no one...
Happiness in America
A Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2018
Much interest currently revolves around happiness in America, so much so that one could reasonably argue that there is a “happiness movement” afoot. The wide range of arenas in which happiness intersects reflects the subject’s centrality in everyday life in America these past one hundred years....
Sexidemic
A Cultural History of Sex in America
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
Sexidemic is the first real cultural history of sexuality in the United States since the end of World War II. For a people who supposedly love sex, the author argues, Americans have had no shortage of problems with it. Since the end of World War II, in fact, we’ve had a contentious relationship...
by Samuel H. Young
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
A Welsh child dies in the Aberfan landslide that she has predicted . . . A Mexican girl receives visitors from all over the world who go away cured of their ailments . . . A little girl describes trips that only her dead sister has taken . . . Marvelous visions, amazing memories of past times, eerie...
100 Things I HATE/Love about Dentistry
A professionals guide to efficiency, profitability, and sanity!
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
What happens when the dream finally comes true? Enduring years and years of careful planning and hard work to become a dentist and small business owner, you finish school, pass the boards, and feel ready to conquer the world. Eager to provide quality care and help patients, you create your dream practice. ...
Resilience Imperative
Uncertainty, Risks and Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
"We have to adapt to the impacts that, unfortunately, we can no longer avoid", said President Obama at the UN Climate Summit in September 2014. Adaptation and resilience are now a must in both academic research and international bodies. A fashionable concept, resilience's polysemy sparks many debates...
A History of Utilitarian Ethics
Studies in Private Motivation and Distributive Justice, 1700-1875
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
In this landmark volume, Samuel Hollander presents a fresh and compelling history of moral philosophy from Locke to John Stuart Mill, showing that a ‘moral sense’ can actually be considered compatible with utilitarianism. The book also explores the link between utilitarianism and distributive...
by Samuel Hollander
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
This book rejects the commonly encountered perception of Friedrich Engels as perpetuator of a 'tragic deception' of Marx, and the equally persistent body of opinion treating him as 'his master's voice'. Engels' claim to recognition is reinforced by an exceptional contribution in the 1840s to the very...