W Campbell: 71 books
by John B. Cobb, Jr., Francis J. Beckwith
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2019
During a time of global conflict, the theological question of whether Muslims, Jews, and Christians worship the same God carries political baggage. Is the God of ISIS the same as the God of Israel? Do Sunni Muslims and Protestant Christians pray to the same Creator and Sustainer of the universe?
In...
The Encultured Brain
An Introduction to Neuroanthropology
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Basic concepts and case studies from an emerging field that investigates human capacities and pathologies at the intersection of brain and culture.
The brain and the nervous system are our most cultural organs. Our nervous system is especially immature at birth, our brain disproportionately...
Grave Predictions
Tales of Mankind's Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and Disastrous Destiny
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
"This is a book of stories intended to describe that hand of mortal destruction in 16 utterly different, yet all apocalyptically stunning ways!" — Harlan Ellison, from the Introduction.
These compelling visions of post-apocalyptic societies and dystopian worlds include short stories by...
Reading Revelation
A Literary-theological Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
In general, Revelation studies continue to favour going outside or behind the text (in search of its context of origin, via the historical-critical paradigm) or, more recently, in front of the text (to investigate the book's reception history, past and present). To date, relatively little synchronic...
The Civil War in Popular Culture
Memory and Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Dividing the nation for four years, the American Civil War resulted in 750,000 casualties and forever changed the country's destiny. The conflict continues to resonate in our collective memory, and U.S. economic, cultural, and social structures still suffer the aftershocks of the nation's largest...
Southeastern Grasslands
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
A holistic approach to analyzing distinct grassland habitats that integrates ecological, historical, and archaeological data
Today the southeastern United States is a largely rural, forested, and agricultural landscape interspersed with urban areas of development. However, two centuries ago it...
The Gilded Age
Perspectives on the Origins of Modern America
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
The United States that entered the twentieth century was vastly different from the nation that emerged from the Civil War. Industrialization, mass immigration, the growing presence of women in the work force, and the rapid advance of the cities had transformed American society. Broad in scope, The Gilded...
by Ann M. Manzardo, Donald W. Goodwin, Jan L. Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2008
The third edition of this successful Facts title was authored by the late Dr Donald W. Goodwin, who wrote with a unique and engaging style defining alcoholism in very human terms. Although much of Dr Goodwin's assessments of alcoholism still hold true today, a great deal of progress has been made...
by Aubrey W. Bonnett, Calvin B. Holder, Fitzroy André Baptiste
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Continuing Perspectives on the Black Diaspora is a response to a 1990 publication that studied the persistence and resilience of black (African) diasporic populations in the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, and the United Kingdom. In that book, the authors used the themes of persistence and...
Methodologies of Hypnosis (Psychology Revivals)
A Critical Appraisal of Contemporary Paradigms of Hypnosis
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Originally published in 1976, this title looks closely at the current nature of controls in hypnosis research at the time and tries to assess what they contributed to our knowledge of hypnosis. Specifically, the book analyses the contributions to our understanding of hypnotic phenomena offered by...
by John Y. Campbell, Andrew W. Lo, A. Craig MacKinlay
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
The past twenty years have seen an extraordinary growth in the use of quantitative methods in financial markets. Finance professionals now routinely use sophisticated statistical techniques in portfolio management, proprietary trading, risk management, financial consulting, and securities regulation....
by Brian Moore, B.W. Higman, Carl C. Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
The book is divided into two broad sections: In Slavery and Freedom, which features critical research on slavery and post-emancipation society, and Gender Paradigms.
by Evan Roberts, G. Campbell Morgan, W. T. Stead
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
This classic gives the account of several people who were present during the great Welsh Revival at the turn of the 20th century. This revival came just before the famed Azusa Street revival in Los Angeles, California. In fact, Frank Bartleman (of Azusa) corresponded with Evan Roberts (of Wales)...
The Squam Lake Report
Fixing the Financial System
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
In the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists--representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion--gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake. Their goal: the mapping of a long-term plan for financial regulation reform.
The Squam Lake Report distills the wealth of insights...