Douglas: 4895 books

This first volume is a compilation of numerous essays by Douglas on the Lele in the Belgian Congo covering a fifteen year period. There are early indications of Douglas's cultural imagination and written expression that were to make her works accessible and relevant to a western readership of non-anthropologists....

First published in 1985, Mary Douglas intended Risk and Acceptability as a review of the existing literature on the state of risk theory. Unsatisfied with the current studies of risk, which she found to be flawed by individualistic and psychologistic biases, she instead uses the book to argue risk...

Thirty-five years ago, Sir John Hackett published The Third World War, which speculated how WW3 might start in the mid-eighties and how it would be fought. His scenario started with the death of Marshall Tito in Yugoslavia, followed by the break-up of that country and Russian and Warsaw Pact tanks...

Can we access the minds of people of other times? Can we know their psychology: how they understood one another and interpreted human behavior? The author describes examples of how human beings at different times understood their own psychology through the examples of phrenology, how body-types predict...

A lifelong runner’s groundbreaking guide to fighting depression and anxiety, one run at a time Everyone knows that running builds stronger muscles and a healthier heart. In Running Is My Therapy, longtime runner Scott Douglas shows how endurance running is also the best form of exercise to...

A teacher presents a lesson, and at the end asks students if they understand the material. The students nod and say they get it. Later, the teacher is dismayed when many of the students fail a test on the material. Why aren’t students getting it? And, just as important, why didn’t the teacher...

In this book, I will share with you some inspirational stories of my own as well as other people’s experiences of resilience and what I call "bouncebackability", some poems, anecdotes, quotes and practical lessons to apply to your life to help you learn to brush yourself off and get back...

In an age of simplistic and repetitive choruses, many churches are rediscovering the blessing of theologically rich and biblically informed songs. In the latest addition to our A Long Line of Godly Men Profile series, Douglas Bond introduces us to Isaac Watts, “the father of English hymnody.”...

When we've chosen the wrong decision and have fallen off the horse. We must pick ourselves up and get back on the horse literally speaking. A.G.Douglas proudly presents to you a short story called, ‘The Parable of One Winged Butterfly.’ I have found the butterfly to be a fascinating insect which...

"The guide that the Government should have written, but didn’t!" Now updated for 2016/17, this is the comprehensive guide to the Special Educational Needs & Disability Code of Practice 2014 and new SEN  framework, which came into force in September 2014.   ...

Douglas James Robertson (author of "The Weird Teacher") is widely recognized as the most innovative, challenging, skilled, and handsome educator this planet has seen since the first fish pulled itself from the primordial ooze. His new book brilliantly covers The Test, controlling administrators,...

Marriage Beyond Black and White is a powerful story about the marriage of a black man and a white woman, and offers a poignant and sometimes painful look at what it was like to be an interracial couple in the United States from the early 1940s to the mid-1990s. Breaking one of the strongest taboos in...

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Inside the Heart of an SF Trolley Man: A Line Trainer's Guide Douglas Meriwether follows up his 2013 book with this revised second installment: SAN FRANCISCO — For many first-time San Franciscan commuters and transit riders, navigating and riding the bustling transit system can be both intimidating...