The Greatest Works of Jane Addams: Democracy and Social Ethics, the Spirit of Youth and the City Streets, a New Conscience and an Ancient Evil, Why Wo

Reducere. Jane Addams (1860-1935), known as the "mother" of social work, was a pioneer American settlement activist, public philosopher, sociologist, protest...

Nearly a century before the advent of multiculturalism, the author put forward her conception of the moral significance of diversity. In this book ...

Reducere. Woodrow Wilson, a disciple of Walter Bagehot, considered the United States Constitution to be cumbersome and open to corruption. He favored a parli...

Reducere. Captains of the City Streets is another trip into the world of the legendary Cat Club of Greenwich Village. Two adventurous young cats--Sinbad and ...

The strongest challenge to Christianity is the problem of evil, especially when trying to reconcile a loving God with: horrors against children the...

Revives the classical idea that a city expresses its own distinctive ethos or values. This book explores how this classical idea can be applied to ...

An experiential mosaic. Myriad impressions of buildings, windows, streets and people are captured in the watercolor paintings of Alex Price. This c...

Hope for American democracy in an era of deep divisions In Healing the Heart of Democracy, Parker J. Palmer quickens our instinct to seek the commo...

Reducere. DescriptionHector Vega's story is a must-read because hope is found within its pages - a hope that is persistent even when there seems to be no way...

AN EVIL SPIRIT OUT OF THE WEST is the first novel in a trilogy set in one of the most turbulent and exciting periods of Ancient Egyptian history

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Battle of Thermopylae, then keep reading...The Battle of Thermopylae is one of the most famo...

US government has been repeatedly renewed during its over 230 years. Major aspects of the federal system were broken again during the Trump adminis...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth are disproportionately represented in the U.S. youth homelessness population. In Comin...

Reducere. From the Sunday Times bestselling author, a dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind's greatest invention: the city. 'Brilliant...enchanting' ...

Reducere. For a huge number of Republicans, Goldwater's book, The Conscience of a Conservative was must reading. I believe it is just as vital today as it wa...

At a time when everyone is going green, most people are unaware that the FBI is using anti-terrorism resources to target environmentalists and anim...

Reducere. Huston Smith, the author of the classic bestseller The World's Religions, delivers a passionate, timely message: The human spirit is being suffocat...

Reducere. Humanity has been on an unending quest to find inner peace and happiness since the dawn of time. Two components necessary for a quality life yet oh...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. A renowned, respected teacher and mentor to thousands, Sobonfu Somi is one of the first and foremost voices of African spirituality to come to the ...

This powerful 7316-line sermon in rhyming couplets dramatically rehearses God's power and man's vulnerability, capturing Man's wretchedness and the...

Reducere. Charles Addams was renowned for his depictions of love (or lack thereof) in his cartoons. The passion of Morticia and Gomez Addams, the lonely desi...

Reducere. Lucie Blackman--tall, blond, twenty-one years old--stepped out into the vastness of Tokyo in the summer of 2000, and disappeared forever. The follo...

Reducere. Published in 1960 under the name of Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, "The Conscience of a Conservative" is a widely influential and important book ...

Challenges conventional wisdom about how the public thinks about and evaluates democracy. Mining both political theory and over 75 years of public ...

Reducere. This is the story of Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, who transformed a poor neighborhood in Chicago by open...

Publisher: G&D MediaAuthor(s): Mitch HorowitzNumber of pages: 350Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 29Cover type: Paperback / softbackRe...

Reducere. Bestselling author and apologist takes on one of the most difficult questions Christians face. How can an omnipotent, loving God preside over a wor...

Reducere. DescriptionMonumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation's ...

Reducere. Politics and governance could be very different if we helped diverse ordinary people create real community wisdom -- and this book tells us how, we...

Reducere. Ever since 9/11, fears about the shari'a--Islamic law--have been spreading. A word that originally conveyed nothing more sinister than a direct pat...

How we understand our responsibilities as citizens in a democratic society committed to political equality is connected to the standards of our new...

The power of the court to overturn a law or decree--called judicial review--is a critical feature of modern democracies. Contemporary American judg...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Ronald (University of California Los Angeles, USA) MellorNumber of pages: 586Collection: Routledge Source...

DescriptionIn 2011 one of the biggest political events in the world, the Arab Spring, swept across North Africa. But what came next? As the world m...

Why Political Democracy Must Go is an insightful analysis of the origins of the socialist movement in the United States, written by famed journalis...

Reducere. Demonic possession. Exorcism. Haunted Houses. Satanic Rituals.For most people this is the stuff of nightmares, horror movies, folklore, and superst...

DescriptionThe widespread use of the measurement of educational outcomes in order to compare the performance of education within and across countri...

Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh. Lessons for Transforming Evil in Soul and Society - Matthew Fox

Reducere. In The Ancient City, Fustel de Coulanges hands us the skeleton key unlocking classical civilization: the Indo-European domestic cult. With a formid...

Reducere. This work is the product of seven years' research based on historical documents that sets out to prove the authenticity and antiquity of the "Gospe...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Matthew (Professor in the Department of Government, Professor in the Department of Government, Geo...

Whilst wandering the back streets of Arezzo, Romer came across an old recipe book and was inspired by the recipes to investigate the culinary histo...

Reducere. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) is a novel by American writer Stephen Crane. Self-published by Crane when the author was only 22 years old, Ma...

Reducere. 'The Queen of Heaven' is a step-by-step guide to the symbolism of the so-called 'fertility religions' of the antique worlds. With over 150 illustra...

Reducere. We need young people to be civically engaged in order to define and address public problems. Their participation is important for democracy, for in...