Pairing "big ideas" in marketing with the popular activity of content curation, The Rise of the Curator Class positions curation as a "humanization" movement that is restructuring the internet• Descri
The Insightful Leader is the secret formula for claiming your leadership talent and using it to achieve unlimited success by creating and achieving a personal vision of leadership.• Shows readers how
Erroneous government-generated "data" is more problematic than it would appear. This book demonstrates how women's history has consistently been hidden and distorted by 200 years of official governmen
Offering fresh and exciting approaches to solving global problems, this book creatively views challenging social issues through the lens of racial and ethnic psychology.• Utilizes concepts of racial a
The era of "big data" has revolutionized many industries—including advertising. This is a valuable resource that supplies current, authoritative, and inspiring information about—and examples of—curren
Crimes of a sexual nature perpetrated by adult females against males constitute a serious problem in our society. A woman "can" rape a man, and this crime occurs far more often than most imagine. This
Online networks like Facebook and Linkedln, as well as media platforms like Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube serve a stunning 80 percent of online Americans every month. Once the province of the young, s
This is the first book to examine the deadly history and potential apocalyptic future of both natural and man-made lethal gases that threaten our world.
The book examines various scientific, economic, and cultural forces that have affected the mental health field's viewpoint--and that of society in general--regarding the genesis of some behavioral di
This intriguing book introduces the first Social Security reform proposal tailored to meet the nation's fiscal challenges and care for an aging population.
A powerful work exposes the religiously-based white slave trade that existed throughout the Mediterranean, where it was as extensive as--and more brutal than--the trade in African slaves.
Exploring themes critical to understanding the current world order, this book lays bare the reality of the new Russia that emerged under Vladimir Putin.
A rabbi and educator shows how moral education can be crafted to address each of the three main branches of the moral life: philosophy, civics, and ethics.
Packed with rich detail and analysis, this exciting tale of war at sea relates the dramatic and moving true story of the sinking of the British liner Laconia and its consequences for the conduct of m
Few business functions are more important than putting people where they can do the most good. Get it right, and the business soars. Get it wrong, and the business pays dearly in reduced sales, profi
Three HR experts cover each step in a staffing process that, if followed, will result in an exemplary workforce of productive, happy, and loyal employees.
The Offensive Art is an arch and sometimes caustic look at the art of political satire as practiced in democratic, monarchical, and authoritarian societies around the world over the past century-toget
With oil around $100 a barrel, drivers wince whenever they pull into the gas station and businesses watch their bottom lines shrink. "Watch out," say doomsayers, "it will only get worse as oil dries
With oil at $100 a barrel, drivers wince whenever they pull into the gas station and businesses watch their bottom lines shrink. "Watch out," say doomsayers, "it will only get worse as oil dries up."
The current debate in the Episcopal Church in the United States (ECUSA) over its relationship with the worldwide Anglican Communion has been building for some time. Some Episcopalians (including prie
Veteran online campaigners tell the inside story of the revolutionary challenge to traditional "top-down" broadcast politics being made by "bottom-up" political bloggers and netroots citizen activist
The course of modern world history has been critically shaped by the physical and mental illnesses of heads of state, sometimes in the public eye but usually in secrecy. Democratic politicians as div
Electra is a well-loved, beautiful, highly intelligent teenager. Yet, as is not uncommon, she becomes so depressed she contemplates suicide, considering it for years until she finally takes action. E
This book examines the mentalities of various communities within a district of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Focusing in particular on white administrators and missionaries in the Melsetter District,
While George W. Bush proclaims regularly that his "War on Terror" is being fought for the advance of freedom, Raskin (policy studies, George Washington U.) and Spero (formerly of the US Agency for Int
Oil is the most vital resource of our time. Because it is so important, misperceptions about the black gold abound. In this book, Maugeri clears the cobwebs by describing the colorful history of oil
The dismantlement of the communist system of control of the military and its replacement with a democratic model is one of the most significant aspects of the post-communist transition in East-Centra
In this study of the life and work of Saint-Nazaire's shipbuilding workers in the 30 years before World War I, Schuster shows that the consequences of industrial production for workers differed sharp
Xenakis examines the responses of Soviet experts in American academia--primarily political scientists, but also economists and defense scholars who specialized in the USSR--to the unfolding evidence
Many works now studied by contemporary literary scholars were scorned by critics when they were first published. So too, there is a large body of popular American fiction that is only now beginning to
A guide directed towards parents to understanding the emotional/psychological states of Black children in order to encourage them to read. Paul (reading and educational media, Montclair State U.) devo
A comprehensive overview of major 12-step programs, this practical manual also describes the nuances of the various programs that address the same addictive behavior to assist the clinician in assessi
The tank was arguably the most important technological innovation that developed during World War I; however, without the support of the British Army and the allocation of important wartime resources,
Describing in-depth empirical investigations of factors related to adults' literacy skills, Literacy for the 21st Century summarizes the National Adult Literacy Survey. Conducted in 1992, the NALS is
Through analysis of the unfair use of academic grouping techniques to discriminate against American Indian students, this work shows how political power is the key to educational opportunity for thes
This account of America's post-1945 experiences with irregular war, coupled with a description of insurgency as both a method and type of war-making, elucidates the strategic military reasons for the
A detailed examination of the 1992 presidential election in the South, continuing a series begun with Praeger volumes covering the 1984 and 1988 presidential elections. An initial chapter discusses t
