Sheldon: 545 books
Biotechnology in Our Lives
What Modern Genetics Can Tell You about Assisted Reproduction, Human Behavior, and Personalized Medicine, and Much More
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
For a quarter of a century, the Council for Responsible Genetics has provided a unique historical lens into the modern history, science, ethics, and politics of genetic technologies. Since 1983 the Council has had leading scientists, activists, science writers, and public health advocates researching...
by Sheldon Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
Physics is the science that deals with the properties and interrelationship of matter and energy. It studies mechanics, heat, light, sound, electricity, magnetism, radiation, and atomic structure. This tale stretches from 2000 BCE to 1945 and introduces the reader to the brilliant men and women from Thales of Miletos to Albert Einstein who working alone or collaboratively made it all possible.
by Sheldon Hall
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2010
Considers the history of the American blockbuster—the large-scale, high-cost film—as it evolved from the 1890s to today.
Philosophical Poetry
Poetry of the Mind
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
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Modern Art
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Revised and restructured, this second edition of Modern Art traces the historical and contemporary contexts for understanding modern art movements, and the theories that influenced and attempted to explain them. Its radical approach foregoes the chronological approach to art movements in favour of...
by Sheldon D. Visser
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Life has taught me many tough and, at times, exciting lessons. In this diary, one of those lessons was being detained while awaiting trial. I wrote down every event that took place, from the food that I ate to the conditions I had to sleep in. I was challenged to adapt to prison life and forced to...
One Square Mile
The History of Roosevelt Ny from a Autobiographical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2009
This book is an historical book done from an autobiographical perspective about a small town called Roosevelt NY Located in Nassau County Roosevelt has seen great transition in race culture and economic aspects but still managed to produce such well knowns as Eddie Murphy, Julius Dr.J Erving, Chuck...
Weapons of Mass Deception
The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2003
Weapons of Mass Deception reveals:
How the Iraq war was sold to the American public through professional P.R. strategies.
"The First Casualty": Lies that were told related to the Iraq war.
Euphemisms and jargon related to the Iraq war, e.g. "shock and awe," "Operation...
by Sidney Sheldon
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
A worldwide bestseller first published in 1980, this novel tells the story of Jennifer Parker, a successful lawyer who is loved by two men, one a politician, the other, a mafia don.
The Tao of Jazz Improvisation
A Martial Arts Training Method for Jazz Improvisation
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2008
The Tao of Jazz Improvisation is designed to simultaneously train the ear, mind, and body; and to increase the symbiotic relationship of the three. Train the ear to guide the player more efficiently and quickly. Train the mind to process musical stimuli/information at a faster rate. Train the body to...
by Sheldon Reynolds
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
When asked if he believed that God allows the departed
to assist or intervene or divinely deliver to us from beyond
this realm, Maurice smiled and said: AS real as the air we
cannot see so can GOD deliver in any form; even as the most
familiar sound.
by Sheldon Ekland-Olson, Julie Beicken
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Mandatory sterilization laws enacted in dozens of states coast-to-coast and approved by the U.S. Supreme Court formed the initial pillar for what became the Final Solution. Following WWII, there was renewed interest in a more inclusive view of social worth and the autonomy of the individual. Social...
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides?
Abortion, Assisted Dying, Capital Punishment, and Torture
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides? looks at several of the most contentious issues in many societies. The book asks, whose rights are protected? How do these rights and protections change over time, and who makes those decisions? This book explores the fundamentally sociological processes which underlie...
Thomas Jefferson and Philosophy
Essays on the Philosophical Cast of Jefferson's Writings
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Thomas Jefferson and Philosophy is a collection of nine new essays on philosophical elements in Jefferson’s writings. The first of its kind, this collection should lead to further philosophical analysis of Jefferson’s thinking—especially by philosophers, who tend to appreciate Jefferson only...