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Contemporary World Issues (Hardcover): Tobacco: A Reference Handbook (Hardcover)

Tobacco addresses the many interrelated controversies surrounding the historical and current use of tobacco and presents a clear objective and thorough treatment of this contentious public health and legal issue. The American Indians valued tobacco... more

Contemporary World Issues (Hardcover): Media and American Courts: A Reference Handbook (Hardcover)

A unique reference work exploring the interaction of ever more pervasive media and the U.S. judicial system in the 20th century. At a time when two-thirds of local news is crime- or court-related when Court TV broadcasts daily and when one lurid... more

Contemporary World Issues (Hardcover): Policing in America: A Reference Handbook (Hardcover)

This book maps the development of modern policing--both theory and practice--from humans first efforts at social control through the British roots of modern policing to the unique institution of American policing today. How Americans view police has... more

Handbook of Asian American Health (Hardcover)

Asian Americans encounter a range of health issues often unknown to the American public policy makers researchers and even clinicians. National research often combines Asian Americans into a single category not taking into account the differences... more

International Handbooks of Religion and Education: International Handbook of the Religious Moral and Spiritual Dimensions in Education (Hardcover)

Traditionally spirituality has resided and been contained within religious frameworks but while the links between the two areas are still acknowledged by many in the contemporary world spirituality is perceived by some as an aspect of human life... more

Kantian Reason and Hegelian Spirit: The Idealistic Logic of Modern Theology (Hardcover)

Winner: 2012 The American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence in Theology and Religious Studies PROSE Award. In this thought-provoking new work the world renowned theologian Gary Dorrien reveals how Kantian and post-Kantian... more

Statistics (Hardcover) by James McClave Terry Sincich

9780321755933. New condition. Other. 12th edition. Pages: 840. Intended for college/higher education audience. Classic yet contemporary. Theoretical yet applied. McClave & Sincich s Statistics gives you the best of both worlds. This text offers a... more

Contemporary Studies in Sociology: Till Death Do Us Part: A Multicultural Anthology on Marriage (Hardcover)

Assembles a group of international scholars to address issues on marriage and the state motivations to marry partner selections marriage ceremonies religion kinship ties and marriage sexual interaction and marriage and divorce. more

Century Trilogy: Edge of Eternity (Hardcover)

Ken Follett s extraordinary historical epic the Century Trilogy reaches its sweeping passionate conclusion. In Fall of Giants and Winter of the World Ken Follett followed the fortunes of five international families--American German Russian English... more

Critical Issues in Health and Medicine: The Health Care Safety Net in a Post-Reform World (Hardcover)

The Health Care Safety Net in a Post-Reform World examines how national health care reform will impact safety net programs that serve low-income and uninsured patients. With contributions from leading health care scholars it is the first... more

Everyman s Library Contemporary Classics: The House of the Spirits (Hardcover)

(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed) Chilean writer Isabel Allende s classic novel is both a richly symbolic family saga and the riveting story of an unnamed Latin American country s turbulent history. In a triumph of magic realism Allende constructs... more

Barnum s Bones : How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World (Hardcover)

Barnum Brown s (1873-1963) parents named him after the circus icon P.T. Barnum hoping that he would do something extraordinary--and he did! As a paleontologist for the American Museum of Natural History he discovered the first documented skeleton of... more

Hill and Wang Critical Issues: Prisoners Without Trial : Japanese Americans in World War II (Paperback)

Prisoners Without Trail is part of Hill and Wang s Critical Issues Series and well established on college reading lists. This book presents a concise introduction to a shameful chapter in American history: the incarceration of nearly 120 000... more

Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World (Hardcover)

Schneier the highly regarded author of APPLIED CRYPTOGRAPHY and SECRETS AND LIES turns his iconoclastic mind on the broader issues of security including the vast infrastructure we already have in place and the vaster systems--some useful others... more

Contemporary Indigenous Issues: Indigenizing the Academy : Transforming Scholarship and Empowering Communities (Paperback)

Continuing the thought-provoking dialogue launched in the acclaimed anthology Natives and Academics: Researching and Writing about American Indians leading Native scholars from diverse disciplines and communities offer uncompromising assessments of... more

Anxious Men: Masculinity in American Fiction of the Mid-Twentieth Century (Hardcover)

Explores representations of men and masculinity in American fiction published after the Second World War Offers readings of a wide selection of postwar American novels from 1945 to the mid-1950s including canonical works from the unique perspective... more

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Studies in Religion Culture: The Political Economy of Liberation (Hardcover)

James Cone and Thomas Sowell tower as African American intellectuals who have influenced ideas around the world for decades on issues such as poverty and justice. Although Thomas Sowell writes as a secular economist his views harmonize more... more

Public Administration and Public Policy The Constitutional School of American Public Administration (Hardcover)

The growing constitutional school of public administration has roots in the Federalist Papers constitutional law and the writings of several contemporary leaders and contributors in the field. It is comprised of a loose grouping of scholars who... more

Rocket Man : Robert H. Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age (Hardcover)

More famous in his day than Einstein or Edison the troubled solitary genius Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) was the American father of rocketry and space flight launching the world s first liquid-fuel rockets and the first powered vehicles to break... more

American Medical Association Guide American Medical Association Complete Guide to Men s Health (Hardcover)

Men are often reluctant to discuss issues that are important to their general health and well-being. This one-of-a-kind guide provides helpful information in an easy-to-read format on major health concerns including diet and nutrition exercise... more

The American Child (Hardcover)

Purchase one of 1st World Library s Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - One day several years ago when Mr. Lowes Dickinson s statement that he had found no... more

Scientific Management: Frederick Winslow Taylor s Gift to the World? (Paperback)

Many of those interested in the effect of industry on contemporary life are also interested in Frederick W. Taylor and his work. He was a true character the stuff of legends enormously influential and quintessentially American an award-winning... more

Ashley Bryan s ABC of African American Poetry (Hardcover)

From Coretta Scott King Award-winning creator Ashley Bryan comes a luminously illustrated primer on celebrated African American poets from A to Z. And God stepped out on space And he looked around and said: I m lonely--I ll make me a world. --James... more

The Story of Silver (Hardcover)

How silver influenced two hundred years of world history and why it matters today This is the story of silver s transformation from soft money during the nineteenth century to hard asset today and how manipulations of the white metal by American... more

From Charity to Social Work : Mary E. Richmond and the Creation of an American Profession (Hardcover)

Mary E. Richmond (1861-1928) was a contemporary of Jane Addams and an influential leader in the American charity organization movement. In this biography--the first in-depth study of Richmond s life and work--Elizabeth N. Agnew examines the... more

Healing From Infidelity : A Survival Guide for Happy Couples. Let s Save a Contemporary Marriage From the Main Issue of Our Generation: The Divorce! (Hardcover)

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The Zero Carbon Car : Green Technology and the Automotive Industry (Hardcover)

The Zero Carbon Car examines the hundreds of ways in which car manufacturers are trying to reduce our carbon footprint and the adaptation of the automotive industry to changing technology in a world where environmental issues are becoming ever more... more

Politics and Development of Contemporary Making China Strong: The Role of Nationalism in Chinese Thinking on Democracy and Human Rights (Hardcover)

Robert Weatherley argues that Chinese perceptions of democracy and human rights have been heavily influenced by the pressing issue of how to make China strong in the face of a perceived threat posed by foreign imperialism be it military imperialism... more

Major Issues in American History Environmental Issues in American History: A Reference Guide with Primary Documents (Hardcover)

Controversy surrounding environmental issues is not a recent development in American history. Since the time of the early settlers issues concerning the environment have plagued certain groups of Americans. In this exhaustively researched study... more

Bloomsbury Studies in American Philosophy: Richard Rorty: From Pragmatist Philosophy to Cultural Politics (Hardcover)

Richard Rorty was one of the most important philosophers of the last half of the twentieth century. His work helped effect global transformations in the way philosophy thinks about its work and role midst contemporary culture. He was influential... more

Histories of the Sacred and Secular 1700-2000: Jehovah s Witnesses and the Secular World: From the 1870s to the Present (Hardcover)

Analyses the influence of Jehovah s Witnesses from a transnational perspective in a variety of contexts Tackles previously un-discussed issues to present an innovative contribution to the field of Watch Tower studies Addresses the growing scholarly... more

Mending the World: Stories of Family by Contemporary Black Writers (Paperback)

The many facets of black family life have not always been fully visible in American literature. Black families have often been portrayed as chaotic fractured and emotionally devastated and historians and sociologists are just beginning to... more

Hitler s Last Days: The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World s Most Notorious Dictator (Hardcover)

By early 1945 the destruction of the German Nazi State seems certain. The Allied forces led by American generals George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower are gaining control of Europe leaving German leaders scrambling. Facing defeat Adolf Hitler... more

Movements of the American Mosaic: Encyclopedia of the American Indian Movement (Hardcover)

A vivid description of the people events and issues that forever changed the lives of Native Americans during the 1960s and 1970s--such as the occupation of Alcatraz fishing-rights conflicts and individuals such as Clyde Warrior. Rising out of more... more

The America I Once Knew Vanishing But Not Forgotten : A World War II Veteran Takes a Critical View of the Foibles of American Society (Hardcover)

If you enjoy reading a perspective on life that can be only be obtained from a member of the Greatest Generation you have selected the right book. Chuck Salm entertains you with a series of essays that will strike a responsive chord not only with... more

American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War (Hardcover)

Winner of the Grawemeyer Award in Religion This groundbreaking history tells the little-known story of how in one of our country s darkest hours Japanese Americans fought to defend their faith and preserve religious freedom. The mass incarceration... more

Everyman s Library Contemporary Classics: The Makioka Sisters (Hardcover)

Junichir� Tanizaki s magisterial evocation of a proud Osaka family in decline during the years immediately before World War II is arguably the greatest Japanese novel of the twentieth century and a classic of international literature. Tsuruko the... more

Pre-Owned Contemporary Intellectual Assessment Third Edition: Theories Tests and Issues 9781609189952 Hardcover 3rd edition

Contemporary Intellectual Assessment Third Edition: Theories Tests and Issues ISBN-10 1609189957 ISBN-13 9781609189952 Dawn P. Flanagan; Patti L. Harrison 3rd edition 926 pages The Guilford Press Binding: Hardcover more