The Human Contribution

Saturday at M.I.9 is the inside story of the underground escape lines in occupied Northwest Europe which brought back to Britain over 4, 000 Allied...

Reducere. Why do we know so much more than we have evidence for in certain areas, and so much less in others? In tackling these questions--Plato's and Orwell...

Reducere. Love or power ? these are the opposing poles of a choice every child is compelled to make, very early in its life, in a drama that sets it irrevoca...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Brenda A. LefrancoisEditor: Robert MenziesEditor: Geoffrey ReaumeIn 1981, Toronto activist Mel Starkman wrote: "An importan...

Reducere. Lynn Buess has done it again As an innovator in the consciousness and self-awareness field for over fifty years, he has now contributed a decidedly...

Reducere. Description- Designed for both church and academic audiences - Ecumenical appeal Residing at the intersection of constructive theology and critical...

Reducere. Competition and Entrepreneurship defines Israel M. Kirzner's unique contribution to the economics profession. Pointing out the shortcomings of the ...

The Star of Redemption is widely recognized as a key document of modern existential thought and a significant contribution to Jewish theology in th...

Proposing that people lived (and live) in "emotional communities"--each having its own particular norms of emotional valuation and expression--Barb...

Reducere. "In this carefully written study of the constituents of human decision making, Robert Sokolowski lays an elaborate groundwork to develop the import...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Henri BergsonTranslator: Arthur MitchellHenri Bergson (1859-1941) was a French philosopher and Nobel Prize winner in Litera...

This book explores and challenges the relationship between tourism and development and establishes a conceptual link between the discrete yet inter...

DescriptionMental and emotional disorders have reached epidemic levels in Western societies. Self-doubt, panic attacks, anxiety disorders, and pers...

Leading, Managing and Developing People is critical reading for all those studying the CIPD Level 7 Advanced module in Leading, Managing and Develo...

Reducere. While examining the important role of imagination in making moral judgments, John Dewey and Moral Imagination focuses new attention on the relation...

Trees have been an intrinsic part of human lives since the times immemorial. In the Indian context, due importance has been attributed towards the ...

Reducere. About the BookWisdom and Silence (Nakem ken Ulimek) is a modest contribution to the pursuit of a huge dream; that is, the pursuit of the elusive Na...

Reducere. Karl Marx set about to analyze the development pf capital, the componets of capital and the modern day application of capital. As a political econo...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: AeschylusEditor: Peter BurianEditor: Alan ShapiroBased on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves ...

The Crusades as seen through the eyes of Muslims A significant contribution to the understanding of the medieval holy wars between Christians and M...

Reducere. DescriptionThis volume gathers the weird and fantastic tales of Th ophile Gautier (1811-1872), a pioneering French author whose weird work includes...

Reducere. We have seen these children--the shy and the sociable, the cautious and the daring--and wondered what makes one avoid new experience and another av...

- The disastrous consequences of rising sea levels in six regions around the world are captured in photographs that are both beautiful and disturbi...

Reducere. What Is Philosophy? is a foundational study in epistemology by the eminent phenomenologist Dietrich von Hildebrand. Hildebrand begins by analyzing ...

News from Nowhere(1890) is the best-known prose work of William Morris and the only significant English utopia to be written since Thomas More's. T...

Reducere. This volume contains the speech given by Derrida at Emmanuel Levinas's funeral on December 27, 1995, and his contribution to a colloquium organized...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Story of Mankind was written and illustrated by Dutch-American journalist, professor, and author Hendrik Willem van Loon and publish...

Reducere. In 1964-65, the Roman Catholic Church brutally and almost universally abandoned the Latin language. This sparked a violent polemic in some places, ...

Reducere. In 1964-65, the Roman Catholic Church brutally and almost universally abandoned the Latin language. This sparked a violent polemic in some places, ...

Reducere. It may be the most interesting and yet loneliest spot on earth: a volcanic rock surrounded by a million square miles of ocean, named for the day Du...

DescriptionThe Secure Child: Timeless Lessons In Parenting and Childhood Education was designed to contribute meaning to the adage "what was old is...

Reducere. Wordsworth Classics' new 'Best of' series enables you to buy a collection of the key works of the finest authors at an unbeatable price. Charles Da...

Reducere. Evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by exposure to chloroform, a volatile liquid used in pesticide formulations and as a ...

Reducere. Moving beyond the traditional boundaries of sociological investigation, Thomas J. Scheff brings together the study of communication and the social ...

As Eckhart Tolle has written, poetry "has been recognized since ancient times as a highly appropriate medium for the expression and transmission of...

Reducere. An excellent resource for teachers and students of yogasana, medical professionals, and bodywork practitioners, A Handbook for Yogasana Teachers pr...

Reducere. The anticipated first collection of essays by celebrated poet Tony Hoagland, author of What Narcissism Means to MeMeanness, the very thing that is ...

Reducere. Molefi Kete Asante has been named by his peers as one of the most influential contemporary scholars in America. In fact, Maulana Karenga said, "Mol...

Reducere. After a truffle-hunting dog unearths a human hand instead of a precious fungus, Chief Inspector Wexford and his team proceed to interrogate everyon...

Werner G. Jeanrond approaches hope from the perspective of a theology of love. He distinguishes human hopes from the hope which God has given to hu...

Reducere. The present, including the future, has become unthinkable without technology. Conducting experiments, managing classroom procedures, E-learning has...

Reducere. Social work is the profession that claims to intervene to enhance people's well-being. However, social workers have played a low-key role in enviro...

Reducere. Born in the wake of World War II, RAND quickly became the creator of America's anti-Soviet nuclear strategy. A magnet for the best and the brightes...

Reducere. Cynthia Crysdale and Neil Ormerod here present a robust theology of God in light of supposed tensions between Christian belief and evolutionary sci...

Reducere. DescriptionMulti NY Times author Mark Hyman MD calls it ..".An all-embracing, spiritual pathway to healing." From the #1 botanical medicine cancer ...

Photography and pop-culture buffs, get out your crayons and colored pencilsMartin Parr's colorful and tongue-in-cheek photographs--his comedy of co...

Reducere. DescriptionThis volume examines the many dimensions of dialogue as a key driver of peaceful personal and social change. While most people agree on ...

IIn a long overdue contribution to geography and social theory, Katherine McKittrick offers a new and powerful interpretation of black women's geog...

Dr. Murray Stein's prolific career has produced a substantial body of writings, lectures, and interviews. His writings, captured in these volumes, ...

An encyclopedic coverage of regions and issues, some of the best scholarship in the field, and an emphasis on solutions make this book an important...

Reducere. DescriptionWhat they didn't want you to know"We all watched in shock and disbelief when Challenger was lost. Probably no one felt more disappointme...

Reducere. In more than four decades as president of The Land Institute, Wes Jackson became widely known as one of the founders of the sustainable agriculture...

Reducere. Edith Södergran's vital, compelling and very personal poems have been translated into many languages, and several times into English. Written for t...

Reducere. Employee engagement has been consistently cited as a top and growing priority by CEOs, managers, and human resources leaders across the country. Th...

Vehicle for warped desire or major contribution to the modern novel, The Cutest Girl in Class steals the prosthetic hand of modern existence, glove...

DescriptionFor the first time, serious thinkers explore the work of this towering genius of rock music. For fans of Tom Petty, this volume is an ey...

Reducere. Since the publication of his groundbreaking books Writing Without Teachers and Writing with Power, Peter Elbow has revolutionized how people think ...

Reducere. 'Love is harder to explain than hunger, for a piece of fruit does not feel the desire to be eaten' Denis Diderot's l ments de physiologie presents ...

Reducere. When the State of Israel claims to represent all Jewish people, defenders of Israeli policy redefine antisemitism to include criticism of Israel. A...

DescriptionThis practical resource emphasizes the special contribution that visual art, drama, music, and dance can make to student literacy and un...

Reducere. The #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA at the leading edge of the feminist and civil ...

Reducere. Before the age of Industrial Revolution, the great Asian civilisations - whether located in the Middle East, India, South-East Asia, or the Far Eas...

Reducere. Reading the Bible with Rene Girard When Ren Girard introduced the Bible back into conversation with anthropology in 1978, it was all a bit scandalo...

Reducere. This volume contains the weird stories of May Sinclair (1863-1946), a British writer whose many novels and tales established her as a leading figur...

Reducere. "Finally, a book on the subtle fields of energy that is well-researched and demystified, with practical techniques that can be used by anyone. A va...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Shihab Al-Din Ahmad ArabfaqihTranslator: Paul Lester StenhouseSihab ad-Din Ahmad bin 'Abd al-Qader's account of the early s...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is Mises's classic statement in defense of a free society, one of the last statements of the old liberal school and a text from whi...

This book is for experienced spiritual students who understand that we who are in embodiment must decide what we allow on earth. And it is high tim...

Reducere. DescriptionONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS EVER PUBLSHED, it's the work of a creative genius whose observation, analysis, ingenuity, and daring lai...

DescriptionFrom building a hive to harvesting honey, a top urban beekeeper shares how to care for bees the simple, mindful way. Global bee populati...