Michael A: 1281 books
Civic Education in the Twenty-First Century
A Multidimensional Inquiry
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Imagine an America where politicians, governmental institutions, schools, new technologies, and interest groups work together to promote informed, engaged citizens. Civic Education in the Twenty-First Century brings together scholars from various disciplines to show how such a United States is possible...
by Michael A Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2006
The United States, argues Michael A. Palmer, is engaged in a political crusade to modernize the Islamic world. Americanism is in the vanguard of modernityÆs relentless advance, promoting capitalist markets and democratic institutions. To compete, Islamic societies must adopt a more secular and material...
by Michael A. Kroll
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
In 1981, I traveled with a group of criminal justice professionals to China — or, as I like to describe it, "30 professionals and 1 anti-professional: me!" China was just opening up to the outside world. Mao Tse Tung had died only a few years before, and China's economic boom was only...
Between Jewish Tradition and Modernity
Rethinking an Old Opposition, Essays in Honor of David Ellenson
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
Although the ideas of “tradition” and “modernity” may seem to be directly opposed, David Ellenson, a leading contemporary scholar of modern Jewish thought, understood that these concepts can also enjoy a more fluid relationship. In honor of Ellenson, editors Michael A. Meyer and David N. Myers...
by Michael A. Babcock
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
“It’s okay to doubt.”With these opening words of his introduction, Michael Babcock draws in skeptics and believers alike with the comforting assurance that their questions do not disqualify them from faith. Rather, he asserts, doubt is essential to faith because our doubts drive us to...
Social Identifications
A Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations and Group Processes
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2006
The authors of Social Identifications set out to make accessible to students of social psychology the social identity approach developed by Henri Tajfel, John Turner, and their colleagues in Bristol during the 1970s and 1980s. Michael Hogg and Dominic Abrams give a comprehensive and readable account...
A Presidential Nation
Causes, Consequences, and Cures
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
The Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial. Why do we devote monuments to the presidents? Why do we honor them, instead of Congress, or the courts? A Presidential Nation examines how the presidency (an office limited by the Constitution and separation of powers) became the...
Caring for Autism
Practical Advice from a Parent and Physician
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
When a professional states, "Your child has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)", it is enough to make your whole world fall apart. What does it mean to be on the autism spectrum? How will this affect your child's life, your life, the life of your family, and others you interact with? What sorts of medications,...
Life in Rewind
The Story of a Young Courageous Man Who Persevered Over OCD and the Harvard Doctor Who Broke All the Rules to Help Him
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
“A surprising tale of success by medical science confronted with a nearly insurmountable disorder. Well-rounded, powerful, and inspirational.”
—Kirkus Reviews
In the vein of Manic and Girl, Interrupted, and the popular stories of Oliver Sacks, Life in Rewind is the captivating...
Flunking Democracy
Schools, Courts, and Civic Participation
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2018
The 2016 presidential election campaign and its aftermath have underscored worrisome trends in the present state of our democracy: the extreme polarization of the electorate, the dismissal of people with opposing views, and the widespread acceptance and circulation of one-sided and factually erroneous...
The Mirror Within
Finding Your True Image
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Those blessed with the gift of sight see themselves in a mirror every day. But there is an invisible mirror that lies within each of us, the reflections of which are not seen but are felt in all we say and do. These are the reflections implanted by the Creator that tie us to the formation of the universe,...
by Michael A. Burt
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2012
Spiraling down a well of depression, Seth Delucor will stop at nothing to discover his past, even if it kills him. Haunted by the ghostly presence of a woman he desperately needs to remember, he rakes up a body count that could rival wars. A new threat has come to the Clans, one they never thought possible. HAVOC has their own werewolf now, and he has a taste for Clan blood.
by Michael A. Ventrella
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Michael Ventrella's Fortannis setting has produced a lot of fine fantasy fiction, and the fourth collection maintains a high level of quality throughout.Some of the stories are simply amusing ("Curso and the Wizard's Apprentice"), some tragic ("The Consistency of Small Minds"), and others heartwarming...
A Kingdom of Stargazers
Astrology and Authority in the Late Medieval Crown of Aragon
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
Astrology in the Middle Ages was considered a branch of the magical arts, one informed by Jewish and Muslim scientific knowledge in Muslim Spain. As such it was deeply troubling to some Church authorities. Using the stars and planets to divine the future ran counter to the orthodox Christian notion...