Development as Freedom

This title is a synthesis of the thought of economist Amartya Sen, who views economic development as a means to extending freedoms rather than an e...

This book has two currents. The first is an analysis of the three concepts of freedom that are called, respectively, negative, positive, and inner....

In the aftermath of the French Revolution, "freedom" came to have a host of meanings. This volume examines these contested visions of freedom both ...

Reducere. Created in 1964 as part of the Mississippi Freedom Summer, the Mississippi Freedom Schools were launched by educators and activists to provide an a...

The authors challenge the assumption that we can bring about economic development and promote liberal democracies through direct foreign interventi...

Bestselling Tapping Solution author Nick Ortner returns with a 21-day programme of self-discovery and self-development using the simple, proven pra...

Reducere. A Study of ancient African history reveals an early African definition of the human Melanin System as a whole body Black Melanin System that serves...

DescriptionIn May 1967, internationally renowned activist Fannie Lou Hamer purchased forty acres of land in the Mississippi Delta, launching the Fr...

Reducere. In May 1967, internationally renowned activist Fannie Lou Hamer purchased forty acres of land in the Mississippi Delta, launching the Freedom Farms...

Reducere. Are you seeking financial freedom? How about a thriving business and healthy relationships?What about all that plus a vibrant faith that impacts th...

Veronika van Duin began her career forty years ago as a homemaker. Beginning with love, enthusiasm, and idealism, she quickly discovered that she h...

Reducere. DescriptionManaging collections in today's libraries is more complicated and challenging than ever. Electronic formats, new options for collaborati...

Reducere. DescriptionThis groundbreaking account of the development of American business from the colonial period to the present explains that the history of...

The South China Sea (SCS) has emerged as a theatre of political, economic, and security concerns not only for the countries in the region but also ...

African Americans in Mercer County have a legacy spanning two centuries of progress. Runaway slaves secreted along stations of the Underground Rail...

DescriptionA vivid look at how India has developed the idea of entrepreneurial citizens as leaders mobilizing society and how people try to live th...

Reducere. Although written at the turn of the century its themes are still current. From Poverty to Power is a concise and informative guide to the developme...

Reducere. In this innovative study, Crystal Sanders explores how working-class black women, in collaboration with the federal government, created the Child D...

Reducere. The Other Black Church: Alternative Christian Movements and the Struggle for Black Freedom examines the movements led by Father Divine, Charles Mas...

Reducere. The rise of the so-called alt-right is the most unexpected ideological development of our time. Most people of the current generation lack a sense ...

Reducere. Sergio Oliva, The Myth, the only man to have ever won the Mr. Olympia title uncontested. Now at last Oliva tells all. His early childhood, his dari...

Reducere. This volume provides an extensive translation of the notes and fragments that survived Kant's death in 1804. These include marginalia, lecture note...

A member of the Energy Therapies family - which includes, acupuncture, acupressure and shiatsu - Emotional Freedom Technique is a simple and increa...

Reducere. From the author of the award-winning bestseller The Content of Our Character comes a new essay collection that tells the untold story behind the po...

Reducere. Leading African American Buddhist teachers offer lessons on racism, resilience, spiritual freedom, and the possibility of a truly representative Am...

Contributor(s): Author: Miguel GrinbergTake full creative control of your web applications with Flask, the Python-based microframework. With the se...

Reducere. Red Power is a classic documentary history of the American Indian activist movement. This landmark second edition considerably expands and updates ...

Reducere. Perhaps you've been to counseling for years - or maybe you've never sought outside help. Either way, you know there are fears, insecurities, emotio...

Reducere. Proclaim the message... be persistent, whether the time is favourable or unfavourable. 2 Timothy 4: 2The sexual revolution at the heart of this boo...

Reducere. Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) was one of the most consequential white southerners of the twentieth century. Born in Fayetteville and raised in Ch...

Reducere. "I admire Russia for wiping out an economic system which permitted a handful of rich to exploit and beat gold from the millions of plain people... ...

There are many debates about what constitutes a utopia. Are utopias benign or dangerous? Is the idea of utopianism essential to Christianity or her...

The pursuit of power, happiness, and life's meaning is as old as history itself, as the Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Way and Its Virtue) attests. ...

DescriptionBianchi's wide-ranging book draws together insights from the social sciences, the humanities, and religion to establish a holistic frame...

Contributor(s): Author: Brenna BhandarIn Colonial Lives of Property Brenna Bhandar examines how modern property law contributes to the formation of...

Reducere. DescriptionObstacles and challenges don't have to be accepted as "just the way it is." Growth and lasting change are possible. But the solution isn...

Reducere. In The Trend of Economic Thinking Hayek presents many of the figures that influenced the development of his economic thought. The articles range fr...

Description"This famous manual . . . should be read by all those professing the slightest interest in lettering, writing, or the graphic arts." -- ...

Ours is a century of fear. Governments and mass media bombard us with words and images: desert radicals, ``rogue states, `` jihadists, WMDs, existe...

David Harvey is one of most famous Marxist intellectuals in the past half century, as well as one of the world's most cited social scientists. Begi...

Reducere. DescriptionOriginally published in German in 1844, philosopher Max Stirner's "The Ego and Its Own" is an important and influential work that harshl...

DescriptionMarlene Dumas' (born 1953) new works respond more than ever to the uncertainty and sensuality of the painting process itself. Allowing t...

A medical miracle is reshaping the world. The artificial womb ensures the perfect health and flawless development of every unborn child. Natural pr...

Blake discovers the truth about his ancestors and their quest for freedom in a wild and dangerous land. Travel with him as he wakes up on the Mayfl...

Reducere. Marina Tsvetaeva is acknowledged today as one of the twentieth century's greatest poets, a masterful innovator who produced a remarkable body of wo...

A Sojourner's Truth is an African American girl's journey from South Carolina to the United States Naval Academy, and then to her calling as an int...

Reducere. Frederick Douglass Opie deconstructs and compares the foodways of people of African descent throughout the Americas, interprets the health legacies...

Reducere. Essential reading. New Society.A classic of eighteenth-century thought, Friedrich Schiller s treatise on the role of art in society ranks among Ger...

Reducere. A long-awaited survey of female Abstract Expressionist artists revealing the richness and lasting influence of their work The artists Jay DeFeo, He...

DescriptionThis series of lectures on the science of spiritual knowledge begins by addressing an audience in Dornach, Switzerland, where only month...

Reducere. Dr. Ronald D. Ramsey draws on his experiences as an organization development consultant, his knowledge of the behavioral sciences and theological s...

Reducere. While observing the childhood of his grandsons, Joe G. Bax realized that his own childhood stood in stark contrast to theirs, and his childhood cou...

Reducere. While the steady increase of the religiously unaffiliated Nones in America has generated anxious responses about rising secularism and loss of nati...

DescriptionNo one can be a great thinker who does not recognise, that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclus...

Reducere. This book contains brilliant advice from a former sufferer of anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts. Inspired by compassion, this book is a g...

Reducere. Edward Teller is perhaps best known for his belief in freedom through strong defense. But this extraordinary memoir at last reveals the man behind ...

Reducere. This seminal work asserts that free spiritual activity--understood as the human ability to think and act independently of one's physical nature--is...

DescriptionWashington has poured billions into Israel's economy and military and, since 1967, Israel has undertaken innumerable operations on Washi...

Reimagines the American 19th century through a sweeping interdisciplinary engagement with oceans, genres, and timeEmergent Worlds re-locates ninete...

Reducere. A large-format, storybook-like celebration of Ishigami's elegant, light-filled landscape architecture and buildingsJapanese architect Junya Ishigam...

Reducere. This book contemplates current crises guided by a core Buddhist teaching: the roots of deepest suffering lie in what we grasp most tightly. Thus, t...

What if self-improvement is booby-trapped? And what if there is actually a way to change one's life - in all areas, all at once - by finding and sh...

Reducere. DescriptionPassionate, soul-connected, sacred, stimulating, purposeful, and secure? Do these describe the relationship you only believe exists in y...

It is often taken as a simple truth that the Civil War and the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution ended slavery in the United States. In the ...

Reducere. In the spring of 1943, twenty-one-year old Jack Kerouac set out to write his first novel. Working diligently day and night to complete it by hand, ...

'This is the story of a happy boat, or so it seems to me...' A fascinating story of a charming boat, Something About Navigator explores the develop...

Komeda: A Private Life in Jazz is the biography of Krzysztof (Trzciński) Komeda (1931-1969), composer of no fewer than 40 soundtracks, including fi...

DescriptionBased on Mike Bayer's New York Times bestseller Best Self, a motivational, do-it-yourself workbook teaching you how to reinvent your lif...

Reducere. DescriptionThere are two sides to the BTS story. The all too familiar rags to riches odyssey in which seven young South Korean boys (RM, Suga, V, J...

Reducere. It is often taken as a simple truth that the Civil War and the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution ended slavery in the United States. In the ...