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From Plato to NATO
The Idea of the West and Its Opponents
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
An in-depth intellectual history of the Western idea and a passionate defense of its importance to America's future, From Plato to NATO is the first book to make sense of the legacy of the West at a time when it is facing its greatest challenges. Readers of Francis Fukuyama, John Gray, Samuel Huntington,...
by Ferdinand Mount
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
British politician and writer, Ferdinand Mount, challenges contemporary beliefs about society and family—including the history of divorce, childcare, and the concept of the nuclear family.
In Subversive Family, politician and writer Ferdinand Mount argues that society is shaped by a series...
by Arthur Kleinman
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
In this book, Kleinman proposes an international view of mental illness and mental care.
Arthur Kleinman, M.D., examines how the prevalence and nature of disorders vary in different cultures, how clinicians make their diagnoses, and how they heal, and the educational and practical implications of a true understanding of the interplay between biology and culture.
The Smart Parent's Guide
Getting Your Kids Through Checkups, Illnesses, and Accidents
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
**What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do!
“ Moms and dads need expert guidelines, especially when it comes to their kids’ health. This book reveals the inside strategies I use myself—I’m a parent, too!— to avoid critical, common blunders where it matters most: in the ER, pediatrics...
The First Strange Place
The Alchemy of Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Just as World War I introduced Americans to Europe, making an indelible impression on thousands of farmboys who were changed forever “after they saw Paree,” so World War II was the beginning of America’s encounter with the East – an encounter whose effects are still being felt and absorbed....
Completing the Revolution
A Vision for Victory in 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2000
Twice in the past generation, the Republican party has proclaimed a "revolution" in American politics. In 1980, Ronald Reagan won a landslide victory on a platform of tax cuts, smaller government, and a stronger defense. And in 1994, Newt Gingrich took up the revolutionary mantle, tossing out the...
Military Misfortunes
The Anatomy of Failure in War
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Why do competent armies fail?
• Why did the American-led coalition in Iraq fail to wage a classic counter-insurgency campaign for so long after the fall of Baghdad?
• Why was the sophisticated Israeli intelligence service so thoroughly surprised by the onslaught of combined Arab armies...
Are Those Kids Yours?
American Families With Children Adopted From Other Countries
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
The question “Are those kids yours?” has a familiar ring to parents who have adopted children from South Korea, India, Colombia, the Philippines, and other countries. As natural and normal as it feels to them to be together, such families are often asked to explain their obvious difference. In...
The Fall of the Asante Empire
The Hundred-Year War For Africa'S Gold Coast
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
For the first time, anthropologist Robert Edgerton tells the story of the Hundred-Year War—from 1807 to 1900, between the British Empire and the Asante Kingdom—from the Asante point of view.
In 1817, the first British envoy to meet the king of the Asante of West Africa was dazzled by his...
by Joseph Goldstein, Anna Freund, Albert J. Solnit
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 1986
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 1986
The second volume in a classic trilogy of reference works often cited in child custody cases, which introduced the concept of the “least detrimental alternative” when addressing a child’s welfare.
The second volume in a classic trilogy of works by Joseph Goldstein, former Sterling Professor...
American Phoenix
The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, A Man Who Turned Disaster Into Destiny
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
The incredible story of nineteenth-century millionaire William Skinner, a leading founder of the American silk industry, who lost everything in a devastating flood—and his improbable, inspiring comeback to the pinnacle of the business world.
In 1845 a young, penniless William Skinner sailed...
by George Simmel
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Two major essays on the dynamics of social organization by the great German philosopher and social theorist Georg Simmel.
The Muse in the Machine
Computerizing the Poetry of Human Thought
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
A leading mind in the world of artificial intelligence answers the provocative question: “Can we introduce emotion into the computer?”
Can we introduce emotion into the computer? David Gelernter, one of the leading lights in artificial intelligence today, begins The Muse in the Machine...
by Free From Bondage Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
I hereby declare thee husband and wife. You may kiss the bride. And then off to a happy lifetime together, until death do us part. Unfortunately that is not how it goes for too many marriages. And it not only influences the man and the woman negatively, but also those close to them. It are often the...