This book offers an analysis of every American presidential assassination and various attempted assassinations, examining the events surrounding each event and the people involved.
This revisionist history offers a fresh analysis of Napoleon and the French army as they defended their empire against the massive Coalition invasion of 1814.
This perceptive and practical guide explores the growing phenomenon of successful women serving as mentors to other women in academia or in professional careers.
Seliktar (political science, Melrose Park) analyzes the failure of the 1993 Oslo accords to bring about a lasting settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She argues that the whole Oslo process
This volume provides a practical exploration of one of today's most complex and challenging issues--the care of an elderly parent--with an innovative approach that emphasizes how rewarding the caregi
Offers a fresh and detailed take on the evolution of religious behavior from a biobehavioral perspective, promoting a new understanding that may help build bridges across the religious divide.
Breaking Free is about making the transition from working for "the man" to working for yourself by starting your own business or freelancing. By focusing on the personal experiences, ideas, and actio
The first book to provide a comprehensive look at the problem of gullibility, this groundbreaking work covers how and why we are fooled in areas that range from religion, politics, science, and medic
This work focuses on continual global conflict and how American views are being obstructed through fogs that distort reality. Dilworth and Maital discuss the root of these problems and their analysis
This 30th anniversary edition of a highly acclaimed classic covers the entire span of the American naval experience from the Revolution to the present. It avoids descending into a dry chronology of n
Problems common to divorcing and divorced parents trying to be sensitive to their children's plight in the face of the split are detailed in interviews and an exchange of letters between therapist an
They are four words that can terrify any parent to the core: Your child has cancer. Each year more than 13,000 children and teenagers are diagnosed with cancer in the United States. The shock and dem
Emory University Pediatrician Roy Benaroch wrote this guide to help parents understand the most common childhood maladies and misbehaviors and know what the best options are for action. Himself the f
Behavior often represents what a child cannot communicate, due to language limitations, level of psychological development, or traumatic experience. Levine shows us how to observe, question, and thin
Whether they fly airplanes into the World Trade Center or Pentagon; blow up ships, ports, and federal buildings, kill doctors and nurses at abortion clinics, exterminate contemporary Palestinians, or
June was 9 years old when she came home from school and her schizophrenic mother met her at the door, angrily demanding to know, "Who the hell are you? What are you doing in my house?" Tess's mother
Santeria, also known as Yoruba, Lukumi, or Orisha, was originally brought to the Americas from Africa by enslaved peoples destined for the Caribbean and South America. By the late 1980s it was estima
People use concepts such as time and date to structure their lives on a daily basis. They often measure their travel by marking points arranged along great circles on the globe. Yet most do not under
The accessibility of health information on the Internet has revolutionized access to clinical information for health practitioners and patients. This access to information has the potential to make a
In this wide-ranging historical exploration of transformational leadership, Popper examines why followers are influenced by leaders and what psychological dynamics exist between leaders and their subo
This is the first book written since September 11, 2001 to look at the life and philosophy of controversial radical Islamist Sayyid Qutb of Egypt (1906-1966), the philosopher of Islamic terror and th
Heated debates about and insurgencies against female circumcision are symptoms of a disease emanating from a mindset that produced hierarchies of humans, conquered colonies, and built empires. The los
From a background in ethnography, Israeli teacher Ben-David aims to understand the meaning of organ donation and transplantation from the perspectives of the three major partners involved: donors, re
From Martin Luther King Day to Waitangi Day, this collection surveys the gamut of national holidays. The celebrations analyzed include anniversaries of independence, religious observances, and govern
Hans J. Morgenthau is primarily considered a theorist of power politics, often associated with the "six principles of realism" and "the national interest." This book sheds a new light on the theorist
Morgenthal (b. 1904) was trained as a lawyer, but preferred philosophy, and chose to teach and write about international affairs. From 1970 to 1973, he delivered what seems to have been a series of gr
Two naturopaths introduce the world of brain biochemistry, translating the science into laymen's terms, so that the reader can understand the potential power of herbs and nutrients to enhance health,
Recently, the National Center for Victims of Crime reported annual figures showing 103,845 children were sexually abused, while in that same year there was a 20% increase in all rape incidents and a
Jardine Matheson & Company is perhaps best known through James Clavell's Taipan. The firm played an important role in the founding of Hong Kong, but its growth in the 20th century, through acquisitio
Educators, neurologists, and psychologists explain how the high-stakes testing movement, and the race to wire classrooms, is actually stunting our children's intellects, blocking brain development and
What causes sprawl, and are there sensible solutions to its aggravating problems? Nozzi delivers an easy-to-follow introduction to sprawl's causes and offers common-sense solutions available to commu
Successful strategies and principles for using information technology to transform regional and community economies exist, and they are presented here with clarity and insight in a way that is useful
The movie theater has in many ways served as a barometer of the evolution of urban America over the past century. This book explores how the growth and decline of the inner city has been intertwined w
