Boasting more than 750 entries, this is the most wide-ranging and up-to-date dictionary of critical theory available, covering the whole range of critical theory, including the Frankfurt school, cultural materialism, cultural studies, gender studies, film studies, literary theory,hermeneutics, histo..
What are the goals of health promotion and the most apropriate means of achieving them The prevailing view is that these goals are to prolong life and reduce mortality rates. Since the leading causes of morbidity and mortality are now largely attributable to lifestyle behaviors--smoking, diet, exer..
From the co creators of the bestseller I Love You This Much comes another touching lullaby book. Join a little one as she wonders about God's promise to send angels to protect us. Are angels big or small Do they really have wings Will they come when we call Sing along as your child drifts off to ..
In Better than Human , noted bioethicist Allen Buchanan grapples with the ethical dilemmas of the medical revolution now upon us. Biomedical enhancements, he writes, can make us smarter, have better memories, be stronger, quicker, have more stamina, live much longer, be more resistant to disease and..
Biotechnologies already on the horizon will enable us to be smarter, have better memories, be stronger and quicker, have more stamina, live longer, be more resistant to diseases, and enjoy richer emotional lives. To some of us, these prospects are heartening; to others, they are dreadful. In Beyond ..
All along the Mississippi--on country plantation landings, urban levees and quays, and the decks of steamboats--nineteenth-century African Americans worked and fought for their liberty amid the slave trade and the growth of the cotton South. Offering a counternarrative to Twain's well-known tale fro..
A major breakthrough in the way goods and services [are] sold. When Mack Hanan speaks, we should all listenreally listen. Selling Magazine Do you sell products or services It doesnt matter: What youre really selling is customer profit. You help your customers and clients make profitable business de..
This book analyses the evolving relationship between the French monarchy and the French nobility in the early modern period. New interpretations of the absolutist state in France have challenged the orthodox vision of the interaction between the crown and elite society. By focusing on the struggle o..
The earliest films made in Cuba-newsreel footage of the Cuban-Spanish-American War-date from the end of the nineteenth century, but Cuba cannot be said to have had an indigenous film industry before the revolution of 1959. The melodramas, musicals, and comedies made until then reflected Hollywood’s-..
Discovering Design reflects the growing recognition that the design of the everyday world deserves attention not only as a professional practice but as a subject of social, cultural, and philosophic investigation. Victor Margolin, cofounder and an editor of the journal Design Issues, and Richard Buc..
The Nobel Prize winning economist talks about the economic value of the work ethic and the saving ethic, and the economic origin of ethical constraints in three lectures presented in 1991 at the U. of Oklahoma. Also included are two lectures delivered at other locales on the economics and the ethics..
For many Egyptians in the early twentieth century, the biggest national problem was not British domination or the Great Depression but a "marriage crisis" heralded in the press as a devastating rise in the number of middle-class men refraining from marriage. Voicing anxieties over a presumed increas..
292p firm red cloth, first edition, very minimal Cambridge college library markings and front endpaper missing, otherwise excellent Author: Sharp, Buchanan Publisher: Univ of California Pr Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0520036816 ISBN-13: 9780520036819..
1985 HARDCOVER w/DUST JACKET Author: Buchanan, James M. Publisher: New York University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0814710859 ISBN-13: 9780814710852..
"Where the hell is Britt Montero "So says Sgt. Craig Burch of Miami's Cold Case Squad at the end of the first chapter of Edna Buchanan's new novel, Love Kills. So have readers been wondering since reporter Britt Montero vanished after her lover, homicide cop Kendall McDonald, was killed three books ..
After authoring a best-selling text in India, Dhananjay Dhamdhere has written Operating Systems, and it includes precise definitions and clear explanations of fundamental concepts, which makes this text an excellent text for the first course in operating systems.Concepts, techniques, and case studie..
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.How to take charge of the newest, most versatile microcontrollers around, Atmel's AVR RISC chip family (with CD-..
Two decades after its first publication, Roadside Kansas remains the premier guide to the geology, natural resources, landmarks, and landscapes along nine of the Sunflower State's major highways. During that span, however, many aspects of the Kansas landscape changed: the growth of some towns and ne..
This important study, the first book-length treatment of an increasingly crucial topic, treats the moral issues of secession at two levels. At the practical level, Professor Buchanan develops a coherent theory of the conditions under which secession is morally justifiable. He then applies it to hist..
"Abide in me," Jesus tells us, "and you will bear much fruit." Yet too often we forget that fruit needs different seasons in order to grow. We measure our spiritual maturity by how much we do rather than how we are responding to our current spiritual season.In Spiritual Rhythm, Mark Buchanan replace..
2009 Massachusetts Book Awards WinnerRepresenting nothing less than a tour-de-force of formal invention and emotional intensity, Oni Buchanan’s Spring encompasses radically contrasting work. Ecstatic, visually intricate rhapsodies are juxtaposed with tight, sonnet-like poems, and wispy columns of ve..
This volume examines comparatively the views and principles of seven prominent ethical traditions on the issue of the making of state and national boundaries. The traditions represented are Judaism, Christianity, Islam, natural law, Confucianism, liberalism and international law. Each contributor is..
Developing your landscape is one of the pleasures of owning a home. It's an opportunity to surround yourself with beauty and provide for your comfort and convenience. In a well-designed yard, kids have room to play and adults have an attractive area in which to relax and enjoy the surroundings. Your..
Contemporary buildings, like contemporary forms of urban development, are major contributors to the environmental crisis. In this book documenting a major traveling exhibition organized by the Architectural League, curator and critic Peter Buchanan uses ten buildings that combine environmental respo..
This book opens with a maintenance survey to help identify likely problems and to guide the reader to the appropriate sepcialized sections. A chapter devoted to tools and techniques precedes the coverage of hull types. Author: Buchanan, George Publisher: Gulf Publishing Binding: paperback Language: ..