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Cindy Engel

This is the first book on a fascinating new field in biology -- zoopharmacognosy, or animal self-medication -- and its lessons for humans. When Rachel Carson published SILENT SPRING, few people knew the meaning of the word "ecology." Even fewer people today probably know the meaning of "zoopharmacognosy." But that is about to change. In WILD HEALTH, Cindy Engel explores the extraordinary range of ways animals keep themselves healthy, carefully separating scientifically verifiable fact from folklore, hard data from daydreams. As with holistic medicine for humans, there turns out to be more fact in folklore than was previously thought., How do animals keep themselves healthy? They eat plants that have medicinal properties. They select the right foods for a nutritionally balanced diet, often doing a better job of it than humans do. Animals even seek out psychoactive substances -- they get drunk on fermented fruit, hallucinate on mushrooms, become euphoric with opium poppies. They also manipulate their own reproduction with plant chemistry, using some plants as aphrodisiacs and others to enhance fertility. WILD HEALTH includes scores of remarkable examples of the ways animals medicate themselves.,- Desert tortoises will travel miles to mine and eat the calcium needed to keep their shells strong.,- Monkeys, bears, coatis, and other animals rub citrus oils and pungent resins into their coats as insecticides and antiseptics against insect bites.,- Chimpanzees swallow hairy leaves folded in a certain way to purge their digestive tracts of parasites.,- Birds line their nests with plants that protect their chicks from blood-draining mites and lice., In other words, animals try to keep themselves healthy in many of the same ways humans do; in fact, much of early human medicine, including many practices being revived today as "alternative medicine," arose through observations of animals. And, as WILD HEALTH, animals still have a lot to teach us. We could use a little more wild health ourselves.

Health,Nonfiction,Science,Food and Drink,Food,Outdoors,Wilderness,Environment,Nature

618071784

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002811.Wild_Health

Wild Health: How Animals Keep Themselves Well and What We Can Learn From Them

Richard Rogers

Nothing else damages the earth’s environment more than our cities. As the world’s population has grown, our cities have burgeoned, and their impact on the environment worsened. Meanwhile, from the isolated, gated communities within Houston and Los Angeles, to the millions of residents of Bombay living in squalor, the city has failed to serve its ideal function—as the cradle of civilization, the engine of culture, and the inspiration for community and citizenship. In ,Cities for a Small Planet,, Sir Richard Rogers, one of the world’s leading architects and the designer of the Pompidou Center in Paris, demonstrates how future cities could provide the springboard for restoring humanity’s harmony with its environment.Rogers outlines the disastrous impact cities have had and will continue to have on our world, from waste-saturated Tokyo Bay, to the massive plumes of pollution caused by London’s traffic, to the depleted water resources of Mexico City. He traces these problems to the underlying social and cultural values that create them—unchecked commercial zeal, selfish individualism, and a lack of community. Bringing to bear concepts such as that of “open-minded” space—places within cities that serve multiple functions such as markets, parks, and sidewalk cafes—he explains how urban design can be used to give citizens a sense of shared experience. The city built with comfortable and safe public space can bring diverse groups together and breed a sense of tolerance, awareness, identity, and mutual respect. He calls for a new theoretical shift in the way cities do business and interact with the environment, arguing that many products come to market and are sold without figuring their social or environmental cost.Rogers goes on to describe the city of the future: one that is sustainable within its own environment; that can make a positive impact on its surroundings; that encourages communication among its citizens; that is compact and focused around neighborhoods; and that is beautiful, a city whose buildings and spaces spark the creative potential of its inhabitants.As our population grows larger, our planet grows smaller. ,Cities for a Small Planet, is a passionate and eloquent blueprint for the cities we must create in response, cities that provide for the needs of both their residents and the earth on which they live.

Architecture,Cities,Urbanism,Nonfiction,Design,Academic,Cities,Urban Planning

813335531

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002818.Cities_For_A_Small_Planet

Cities For A Small Planet

Rick Foster,Greg Hicks

Now featuring new research and the most current information on the science of happiness, this book presents an outline of the nine choices happy people consistently make.,Also included are tools for self-assessment to allow readers to measure happiness-and to find out what might be holding them back from having more of it. Insightful, intimate, and inspiring, ,How We Choose to Be Happy, lets readers learn by example, and take substantial steps toward joining the ranks of the extremely happy.

Self Help,Nonfiction,Psychology,Self Help,Personal Development,Spirituality

039952990X

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100284.How_We_Choose_to_Be_Happy

How We Choose to Be Happy: The 9 Choices of Extremely Happy People--Their Secrets, Their Stories

Jelena Lengold

Izvrstan roman o tri godišnja doba u životu jedne savremene Beograđanke.,Proleće, leto i jesen koji se opisuju u ovom romanu čine da ova Beograđanka jasnije nego ikada sagleda sav svoj život, a pogotovu da sagleda sopstvenu svakodnevicu.,U toj svakodnevici ona opaža stalno ponavljanje istih stvari, u ljubavi, tako na poslu, u porodici i prijateljstvima, kao i u pokušajima da se pobegne od dosade i ravnodušnosti.,Brižljivo slikajući unutrašnji svet svoje junakinje, Baltimor pripoveda o prostoru između ljubavi i smrti, između intime i praznine, između ćutanja i nerazumevanja, između stvarnosti i Interneta, između beogradske svakodnevice i web kamere koja junakinju odvodi u Baltimor, između pisanja i odlaska kod psihijatra.,Upečatljiva priča o junakinji naših dana.,Jedan od najboljih srpskih romana u poslednjoj deceniji.

European Literature,Serbian Literature

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10028522-baltimor

Baltimor

Michael Ruse

Creation versus evolution: What seems like a cultural crisis of our day, played out in courtrooms and classrooms across the county, is in fact part of a larger story reaching back through the centuries. The views of both evolutionists and creationists originated as inventions of the Enlightenment - two opposed but closely related responses to a loss of religious faith in the Western world. In his latest book, Michael Ruse, a preeminent authority on Darwinian evolutionary thought and a leading participant in the ongoing debate, uncovers surprising similarities between evolutionist and creationist thinking. Exploring the underlying philosophical commitments of evolutionists, he reveals that those most hostile to religion are just as evangelical as their fundamentalist opponents. But more crucially, and reaching beyond the biblical issues at stake, he demonstrates that these two diametrically opposed ideologies have, since the Enlightenment, engaged in a struggle for the privilege of defining human origins, moral values, and the nature of reality. Highlighting modern-day partisans as divergent as Richard Dawkins and Left Behind authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. every stripe and belief and offers to all a new and productive way of understanding this unifying, if often bitter, quest.

Science,Religion,Biology,Evolution,Nonfiction,History,Science,Biology,Philosophy

674016874

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002853.The_Evolution_Creation_Struggle

The Evolution-Creation Struggle

William A. Dembski,Michael Ruse,Paul C.W. Davies,James Barham,John F. Haught,Angus J.L. Menuge,Francisco J. Ayala,Kenneth R. Miller,Elliott Sober,Robert T. Pennock,Stuart A. Kauffman,Bruce H. Weber,David J. Depew,John C. Polkinghorne,Keith Ward,Michael Roberts,Richard Swinburne,Walter L. Bradley,Michael J. Behe,Stephen C. Meyer

William Dembski, Michael Ruse, and other prominent philosophers provide here a comprehensive balanced overview of the debate concerning biological origins--a controversial dialectic since Darwin published The Origin of Species in 1859. Invariably, the source of controversy has been "design." Is the appearance of design in organisms (as exhibited in their functional complexity) the result of purely natural forces acting without prevision or teleology? Or, does the appearance of design signify genuine prevision and teleology, and, if so, is that design empirically detectable and thus open to scientific inquiry? Four main positions have emerged in response to these questions: *Darwinism* *self-organization* *theistic evolution* *intelligent design*. The contributors to this volume define their respective positions in an accessible style, inviting readers to draw their own conclusions. Two introductory essays furnish a historical overview of the debate. William A. Dembski is an associate research professor in the conceptual foundations of science at Baylor University as well as a senior fellow with Seattle's Discovery Institute. His most important books are The Design Inference Cambridge, 1998) and No Free Lunch (Rowman and Littleton, 2002). Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Wekmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. He is the author of many books, including Can a Darwinian Be a Christian?: The Relationship Between Science and Religion (Cambridge, 2000).

Science,Science,Biology,Biology,Evolution,Philosophy,Nonfiction

521829496

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002854.Debating_Design

Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA

Angus J.L. Menuge,Michael Ruse

In the first study of its kind, Agents Under Fire defends a robust notion of agency and intentionality against eliminative and naturalistic alternatives, showing the interconnections between the philosophy of mind, theology, and Intelligent Design. Menuge argues that Behe's irreducible complexity is a challenge to reductionism not only in biology, but also in psychology, and shows the inability of the Darwinian psychology proposed by Dawkins, Dennett, and Steven Pinker to explain the integration, unity, direction, and reliability of rational thought. This fascinating defense against scientific materialism is the only book-length study relating Intelligent Design to contemporary issues in the philosophy of mind. Drawing on his experience as both a philosopher and a computer scientist, Menuge deftly shows the reader that the materialist's attempts to rid science of all commitment to teleology can only result in incoherence, and presents instead his own unique argument for the legitimacy of Intelligent Design.

Philosophy,Science,Pseudoscience,Intelligent Design

742534049

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002855.Agents_Under_Fire

Agents Under Fire: Materialism and the Rationality of Science

Ernie J. Zelinski

Retirement does not have to mean the end of life-in fact it can mean a whole new beginning to the life you never had time to explore. In HOW TO RETIRE HAPPY, WILD, AND FREE, best-selling author Ernie J. Zelinksi shows that the key to enjoying an active and satisfying retirement is dependent on much more than just having adequate financial resources. It means paying attention to all aspects of life, including leisure activities, creative pursuits, physical and mental well-being, and solid social support. With its friendly format, lively cartoons, and captivating quotations, Zelinski'¬?s guide offers inspirational advice on how to follow your dreams instead of someone else'¬?s, how to put your retirement in proper perspective, and how to enjoy life after work. A retirement guide from best-selling author Ernie J. Zelinski. Features tips for taking early retirement; in fact, the earlier the better. Ernie J. Zelinski'¬?s best-selling THE JOY OF NOT WORKING has sold more than 150,000 copies in 15 languages.

Nonfiction,Economics,Finance,Finance,Personal Finance,Self Help,Business,Currency,Money,How To,Reference,Economics,Spirituality

1580085784

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100285.How_to_Retire_Happy_Wild_and_Free

How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor

Anna Quindlen

From the author of ,Blessings ,and, Still Life with Bread Crumbs,, Anna Quindlen’s classic reflection on a meaningful life is the perfect gift for graduation, or any occasion.,“Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won’t happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live . . . to love the journey, not the destination.”, In this treasure of a book, Anna Quindlen, the bestselling novelist and columnist, reflects on what it takes to “get a life”—to live deeply every day and from your own unique self, rather than merely to exist through your days. “Knowledge of our own mortality is the greatest gift God ever gives us,” Quindlen writes, “because unless you know the clock is ticking, it is so easy to waste our days, our lives.” Her mother died when Quindlen was nineteen: “It was the dividing line between seeing the world in black and white, and in Technicolor. The lights came on for the darkest possible reason. . . . I learned something enduring, in a very short period of time, about life. And that was that it was glorious, and that you had no business taking it for granted.” But how to live from that perspective, to fully engage in our days? In ,A Short Guide to a Happy Life,, Quindlen guides us with an understanding that comes from knowing how to see the view, the richness in living.

Nonfiction,Self Help,Autobiography,Memoir,Inspirational,Writing,Essays,Philosophy,Self Help,Personal Development,Psychology,Spirituality,Adult

375504613

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100286.A_Short_Guide_to_a_Happy_Life

A Short Guide to a Happy Life

Raffi Cavoukian

Raffi's signature song and the top seller in his ,Songs to Read, series, ,Baby Beluga ,is now available in a quality board book edition perfect for his youngest fans.

Childrens,Picture Books,Childrens,Animals,Music,Poetry,Childrens,Storytime,Fiction,Cultural,Canada,Classics,Kids

517709775

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002873.Baby_Beluga

Baby Beluga

Sue Carroll

A collection of more than 150 treasured recipes from Cape May, New Jersey'ss most famous inn. For 25 years innkeeper Sue Carroll has been delighting her guests with her delicious breakfast dishes and the sweets and savories that accompany afternoon tea. Perfect for Sunday brunch entertaining, Breakfast at Nine, Tea at Four recipes are easy to prepare and can be done the evening before freeing the host and hostess for conversation and fun.

1896511082

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002878.Breakfast_at_Nine_Tea_at_Four

Breakfast at Nine, Tea at Four: Favorite Recipes from Cape Mays Mainstay Inn

Richard Carlson,Wayne W. Dyer

'Five principles designed to achieve happiness in the here and now reveal the importance of thought, mood, separate realities, feelings, and the present moment in finding bliss now rather than waiting for it.'.

Self Help,Nonfiction,Psychology,Self Help,Personal Development,Inspirational,Health,Philosophy,Reference,Audiobook,Relationships

1577311108

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100287.You_Can_Be_Happy_No_Matter_What

You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective

Mollie Hunter

About a hundred years ago, they say, a mermaid ruled the cold sea that washed around northern lands. She was beautiful and dangerous, and the fishermen of those parts were careful to speak well of her. All but Eric Anderson, who scorned her very existence—until the day the mermaid smashed his fishing boat against the rocks, nearly killing him and his crew. Eric bid his family good-bye, for after that, no one would sail with him. His grandchildren, Jon and Anna, never stopped missing him; so from the moment they saw the mermaid for themselves, they knew it was up to them to tame her and bring their grandfather home again...

Fantasy,Mythology,Mermaids,Fiction,Childrens,Young Adult,Childrens,Juvenile,Fantasy,Magic

64403440

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002892.The_Mermaid_Summer

The Mermaid Summer

Mollie Hunter

Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, led Scotland's rebel army in a thirty-year war against England. Now award-winning author Mollie Hunter tells the story of this legendary king, and of the young man who would become his swift rider and master of espionage. As Scotland's guerrilla campaign gathers bloody momentum, Martin Crawford finds himself deeply entrenched in a war to regain his country's freedom.Picking up the story of Scotland's light for independence ten years after the death of William Wallace (played by Mel Gibson in the Oscar-winning motion picture Braveheart), The King's Swift Rider is an homage to one of history's greatest kings, Robert the Bruce.

Historical,Historical Fiction,Young Adult,Cultural,Scotland,Historical,Historical,Medieval,Childrens,Childrens,Chapter Books,Fiction,War

60271868

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002895.The_King_s_Swift_Rider

The King's Swift Rider: A Novel on Robert the Bruce

Howard Ingham,Matthew McFarland,Peter Schaefer

Heritage of the Exiles , After the Fall of Atlantis, mages wandered as exiles in the wilderness, forced to eke a living without the protection of their grand city. With new eyes, they explored the world they had so long ignored, unhindered by Atlantean creed. They discovered that magic was not born in Atlantis—it had always existed, hidden in the land itself. Sometimes, even Sleepers knew more of it than mages. From this primal knowledge, the exiles created legacies whose names have reverberated throughout time. , A sourcebook for Mage: The AwakeningT , • 13 new legacies for players to choose from , • Long-awaited details on many legacies introduced in the Mage rulebook, from the Dreamspeakers to the Thrice-Great , • Includes 2 "Left-Handed" legacies—mages who follow a dark path—and 1 "techgnostic" legacies, for mages who mix magic and technology

Games,Gaming,Role Playing Games,World Of Darkness,Games,Role Playing Games

158846430X

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002913.Legacies

Legacies: The Ancient

Stacy Carlson

In 1842 Phineas T. Barnum is a young man, freshly arrived in New York and still unknown to the world. With uncanny confidence and impeccable timing, he transforms a dusty natural history museum into a great ark for public imagination. Barnum's museum, with its human wonders and extraordinary live animal menagerie, rises to become not only the nation's most popular attraction, but also a catalyst that ushers America out of a culture of glassed-in exhibits and into the modern age of entertainment.,In this kaleidoscopic setting, the stories of two compelling characters are brought to life. Emile Guillaudeu is the museum's grumpy taxidermist, who is horrified by the chaotic change Barnum brings to his beloved institution. Ana Swift is a professional giantess plagued by chronic pain and jaded by a world of gawkers. The differences between these two are many: one is isolated and spends his working hours making dead things look alive, while the other has people pushing against her, and reacting to her, every day. But they both move toward change, one against his will, propelled by a paradigm shift happening whether he likes it or not, and the other because she is struggling to survive. In many shapes and forms, metamorphosis is at the core of ,Among the Wonderful,. Pursuing this theme, the book weaves a world where upper Manhattan is still untrammeled wilderness, the Five Points is at the height of its bloody glory, and within the walls of Barnum's museum, ancient tribal feuds play out in the midst of an unlikely community of marvels.

Historical,Historical Fiction,Fiction,Historical,Literature,19th Century,Literary Fiction,New York,Museology,Museums,Adult,Adult Fiction,Unfinished

1586421840

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10029149-among-the-wonderful

Among the Wonderful

Joe Penhall

In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an African dictator - a story that becomes unnervingly plausible. An incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying National Health Service, Blue/Orange premiered at London's Cottesloe Theatre in April 2000 and transferred to the West End in 2001.

Plays,Plays,Theatre,Drama

413752704

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002964.Blue_Orange

Blue/Orange

Askold Krushelnycky

In December 2004, the world watched as hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians gathered to defy the results of a transparently rigged presidential election. The charismatic popular candidate, Viktor Yushchenko, had been poisoned and disfigured by his opponents. The security forces threatened violent repression. But the demonstrators stayed and, as international pressure grew, the corrupt old regime that had been supported by Putin's Kremlin was deposed. It was the most significant moment for Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall.,An Orange Revolution, is the gripping account of this historic uprising and the events that led to it. Ukraine was treated roughly by the twentieth century, occupied by the Germans and annexed by the Soviets. It saw guerrilla fighting after the Second World War and dissent was crushed by successive Communist administrations. Its history has been one of corruption, power struggles, organised crime, but a resiliently optimistic population.,Based on firsthand observation and interviews with major players and anonymous demonstrators alike, this is about a people who have forced a lasting change: judges who defied death threats, a murdered journalist, amateur musicians who composed an anthem for the people, and soldiers who staked their lives to back the opposition. ,An Orange Revolution ,also traces the story of the author's family, who paid a high price for speaking out. ,An Orange Revolution ,is a captivating book about a defining moment in European history.

Cultural,Ukraine,History

436206234

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002967.An_Orange_Revolution

An Orange Revolution: A Personal Journey Through Ukrainian History

Jigoro Kano

In 1882 Jigoro Kano (1860-1938) founded Kodokan Judo at Eishoji Temple in Tokyo. It was the culmination of a lifelong devotion to the jujutsu of the past, which he reorganized while taking great care to retain its classical traditions. Historically, martial arts were practiced only by the elite in Japan. Kano, a renowned educator as well as a sportsman, is credited with popularizing the martial arts, and in particular, judo, among people in all levels of society.,When he was young, Kano studied jujutsu, a martial art practiced in Japan since feudal times, which involved throwing, hitting, kicking, stabbing, slashing, choking, bending and twisting limbs-and defenses against these attacks. After years of studying, he realized that although many different jujutsu techniques were taught, there was no one core value holding them together. Kano identified an all-pervasive principle- to make the most efficient use of mental and physical energy-and combined only those techniques in which this principle was correctly applied into modern judo. "Ju" means gentleness or giving way. "Do" means principle or the way. Judo, therefore is the Way of Gentleness, which implies that first giving way leads to ultimate victory. The Kodokan is literally, "the school for studying the Way." This book is a collection of Kano's essential teachings, selected and compiled from his wealth of writings and lectures spanning a period of fifty-one years. Today the International Judo Federation has 187 member countries and regions. As an official sport of the Olympic Games, judo has inspired young people of all nationalities, and Kodokan is universally recognized as the Mecca of Judo.

Combat,Martial Arts,Philosophy,War,Psychology,Nonfiction,Biography

4770030150

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002968.Mind_Over_Muscle

Mind Over Muscle: Writings from the Founder of Judo

Josh Thomas

Jamie Foster has a lot going for him—he’s young, blond and handsome, with an exciting career as a journalist. Then his life falls apart.,Kent Kessler is a winner, too, a good-looking athlete and the youngest sergeant in state police history. Assigned to investigate a Gay murder, he comes up clueless. He teams with Jamie to track down the killer, and soon confronts a mind-boggling conspiracy.

Romance,M M Romance,Mystery,Suspense,Mystery,Crime,Contemporary,LGBT,Gay Romance,Gay For You,Romance

059515686X

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100296.Murder_at_Willow_Slough

Murder at Willow Slough

Gosho Aoyama,Josef Shanel,Matthias Wissnet

Conan & Co. werden in einem Kaufhaus in ein Bombenattentat verwickelt … Aber dort finden sich auch noch ganz andere Herrschaften ein: Shuichi Akai, Subaru Okiya und auch Gin!! Die Situation ist also in jeder Hinsicht explosiv, wird Conan einen kühlen Kopf bewahren können?! Natürlich wird auch noch der Mordfall um die Gothic-Lolita vom letzten Mal aufgelöst, und auch die Romanze zwischen Kommissar Shiratori und Fräulein Kobayashi macht Fortschritte!

Sequential Art,Manga,Mystery,Sequential Art,Comics,Sequential Art,Komik,Fiction,Manga,Shonen,Mystery,Detective,Young Adult,Comics Manga,Asian Literature,Indonesian Literature

3770472268

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10029726-detektiv-conan-67

Detektiv Conan 67

Brad H. Young

"Jesus the Jewish Theologian "establishes Jesus firmly within the context of first-century Judaism and shows how understanding Jesus' Jewishness is crucial for interpreting the New Testament and for understanding the nature of Christian faith. Insights from Jewish literature, archeology, and tradition help modern readers place Jesus within his original context. Particular attention is given to the Jewish roots of Jesus' teaching concerning the kingdom of God.." . . this book illuminates anew how "Jewish" Jesus was. That should come as no surprise to Jews or to Christians, although it often does. Jesus grew from the soil of his people. In reading this book I was struck again and again with how Jesus' teachings were paralleled in my own tradition. . . . Dr. Young's book is not intended to diminish Jesus' teaching, but to show its roots."," Rabbi David Wolpe, University of Judaism, Los Angeles,"Dr. Young . . . permits the words of Jesus to glisten within their own Semitic setting. . . . [He] has done his readers a great service in introducing them to Jewish theological thought. . . . What emerges, however, is not "Jesus the Jewish theologian" in any Western, systematic sense. Rather, in Jesus, Dr. Young presents an Eastern or Semitic theologian, one who employs a living, vibrant theology. . . ."," Marvin R. Wilson, Gordon College

Religion,Theology,Religion,Christianity,Christian,Nonfiction,Religion,Spirituality,Reference,Christianity,New Testament,Religion,Judaism,History

1565630602

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002979.Jesus_the_Jewish_Theologian

Jesus the Jewish Theologian

Arthur Kleinman

From the Preface, by Arthur Kleinman:Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture presents a theoretical framework for studying the relationship between medicine, psychiatry, and culture. That framework is principally illustrated by materials gathered in field research in Taiwan and, to a lesser extent, from materials gathered in similar research in Boston. The reader will find this book contains a dialectical tension between two reciprocally related orientations: it is both a cross-cultural (largely anthropological) perspective on the essential components of clinical care and a clinical perspective on anthropological studies of medicine and psychiatry. That dialectic is embodied in my own academic training and professional life, so that this book is a personal statement. I am a psychiatrist trained in anthropology. I have worked in library, field, and clinic on problems concerning medicine and psychiatry in Chinese culture. I teach cross-cultural psychiatry and medical anthropology, but I also practice and teach consultation psychiatry and take a clinical approach to my major cross-cultural teaching and research involvements. The theoretical framework elaborated in this book has been applied to all of those areas; in turn, they are used to illustrate the theory. Both the theory and its application embody the same dialectic. The purpose of this book is to advance both poles of that dialectic: to demonstrate the critical role of social science (especially anthropology and cross-cultural studies) in clinical medicine and psychiatry and to encourage study of clinical problems by anthropologists and other investigators involved in cross-cultural research.

Anthropology,Health,Health Care,Health,Medicine,Psychology,Nonfiction

520045114

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002980.Patients_and_Healers_in_the_Context_of_Culture

Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture: An Exploration of the Borderland between Anthropology, Medicine, and Psychiatry

Gerda Buxbaum

Now available in an attractively priced flexi edition, this best-selling book is an opulent and absorbing overview of the fashion world throughout the twentieth century. From Coco Chanel to Christian Dior, Kenzo to Versace, grunge to haute couture, every period and major name in twentieth-century fashion is included in this comprehensive collection of fascinating photographs, drawings, and texts. Organized into sections according to style, it features double-page spreads highlighting every aspect of fashion: designers, models, critics, and fashion photographers. Gorgeous images by Peter Lindbergh, Nick Knight, Mario Testino, and others capture the attitudes and artistry of fashion as it evolved over the decades. As glamorous as its subject, this colourful survey will provide inspiration for anyone fascinated with the world of fashion.

Couture,Fashion,Nonfiction

3791333127

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002981.Icons_of_Fashion

Icons of Fashion: The 20th Century

Steven Rosenbaum

Business Leaders Are Buzzing About ,Curation Nation,"An indispensible guide to the brave new media world.", ,--Arianna Huffington, editor in chief, ,the Huffington Post,"Gives me hope for the future of the Information Age. Rosenbaum argues for the growing importance of people--creative, smart, hip--who can spot trends, find patterns, and make meaning out of the flood of data that threatens to overwhelm us.", ,--Daniel H. Pink, ,New York Times, bestselling author of ,Drive,"A testament to the strategic mind of a genius and a road map for developing engaging consumer experiences by curating content around your brand.", ,--Bonin Bough, Global Director, Digital and Social Media, PepsiCo,"Perfectly on-trend--an insightful guide to the future. So entertaining you won't put it down.",--Chris Meyer, author of ,Blur,"Read this book. Embrace curation, and you'll be ready to 'crush it' with focus and passion in the noisy new world of massive data overload." ,--Gary Vaynerchuk, ,New York Times, bestselling author of ,Crush It,"Provides a wealth of real-world examples of how businesses can use the Web to give their customers a valuable curated experience.", ,--Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos.com, and ,New York Times, bestselling author of ,Delivering Happiness,"Our best hope for sorting the good from the mediocre in our increasingly overwhelming media landscape.", ,--Clay Shirky, author of ,Cognitive Surplus, and ,Here Comes Everybody,About the Book: ,Let's face it, we're drowning in data. Our inboxes are flooded with spam, we have too many "friends" on Facebook, and our Twitter accounts have become downright unmanageable. Creating content is easy; finding what matters is hard.,Fortunately, there is a new magic that makes the Web work. It's called curation, and it enables people to sort through the digital excess and find what's relevant.,In ,Curation Nation,, Steven Rosenbaum reveals why brands, publishers, and content entrepreneurs must embrace aggregation and curation to grow an existing business or launch a new one. In fact, he asserts that curation is the only way to be competitive in the future.,Overwhelmed by too much content, people are hungry for an experience that both takes advantage of the Web's breadth and depth and provides a measure of human sorting and filtering that search engines simply can't achieve. In these shifting sands lies an extraordinary business opportunity: you can become a trusted source of value in an otherwise meaningless chaos of digital noise.,In ,Curation Nation,, Rosenbaum "curates the curators" by gathering together priceless insight and advice from the top thinkers in media, advertising, publishing, commerce, and Web technologies. This groundbreaking book levels the playing field, giving your business equal access to the content abundance presently driving consumer adoption of the Web.,As the sheer volume of digital information in the world increases, the demand for quality and context becomes more urgent. Curation will soon be a part of your business and your digital world. Understand it now, join in early, and reap the many benefits ,Curation Nation, has to offer.,Learn more at CurationNation.org.

Nonfiction,Business,Computers,Internet,Social Science,Social Media,Museology,Curation

71760393

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10029880-curation-nation

Curation Nation: How to Win in a World Where Consumers Are Creators

Sergei Kourdakov

The Persecutor, (alternatively titled ,Forgive Me Natasha, or ,Sergei,; known as ,El Esbirro, in Spanish) is the autobiography of Sergei Kourdakov. It details his early life and life as a KGB agent persecuting Christians in the Soviet Union, as well as his defection to Canada. The first draft of this book was finished shortly before his sudden death on January 1, 1973.

Biography,Nonfiction,Christian,History,Cultural,Russia,Religion,Faith,Biography,Autobiography,Autobiography,Memoir,Biography Memoir,Historical

800781775

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1002994.The_Persecutor

The Persecutor

Jean-Paul Sartre

This unique selection presents the essential elements of Sartre's lifework -- organized systematically and made available in one volume for the first time in any language.

Philosophy,Nonfiction

1400076323

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10029.The_Philosophy_of_Jean_Paul_Sartre

The Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre

Sergei I. Gelfand

This modern approach to homological algebra by two leading writers in the field is based on the systematic use of the language and ideas of derived categories and derived functors. It describes relations with standard cohomology theory and provides complete proofs. Coverage also presents basic concepts and results of homotopical algebra. This second edition contains numerous corrections.

Science,Mathematics,Mathematics,Algebra

3540435832

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003009.Methods_of_Homological_Algebra

Methods of Homological Algebra

Nicene creed

Christian

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10030126-the-creeds-of-nicea-constantinople-athanasius-with-extracts-and-remar

The creeds of Nicea; Constantinople; Athanasius; with extracts and remarks bearing on the ...

Rika Tanaka,Nao Kodaka

Meet Kilala, an ordinary girl who loves all the Disney Princesses. When she awakens a sleeping prince named Rei, she magically gains the power of the princesses! Rei is searching for the missing princess of his world, and has a magical tiara that will lead him to her. But before Kilala can help him find the missing princess and restore peace to his world, Kilala's best friend, Erica, is kidnapped by mysterious men! So, with the help of the magical tiara and Rei, Kilala sets off on a quest to find her!

Sequential Art,Manga,Fantasy,Romance,Sequential Art,Graphic Novels,Sequential Art,Comics,Mythology,Mermaids,Adventure,Manga,Shojo,Fantasy,Magic,Young Adult

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003034.Kilala_Princess_Vol_02

Kilala Princess, Vol. 02

Peter Demetz

Prague is at the core of everything both wonderful and terrible in Western history, but few people truly understand this city's unique culture. In ,Prague in Black and Gold,, Peter Demetz strips away sentimentalities and distortions and shows how Czechs, Germans, Italians, and Jews have lived and worked together for over a thousand years. .

History,Nonfiction,Travel,History,European History,European Literature,Czech Literature,Geography,Cities,Cultural,Reference,Research,Historical,Unfinished

809016095

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100303.Prague_in_Black_and_Gold

Prague in Black and Gold: Scenes from the Life of a European City

Boris Hurtta

Boris Hurtta on nykyisin tunnetuin suomalainen kauhukirjailija. Hänen todellisuutta lähellä olevat kauhu- ja fantasiatarinansa ovat alan fanzineissa olleet jo 20 vuotta maineikkaita: erilaisia palkintoja on tullut paljon, ja vuosittaisessa Atorox-listassa on joka vuosi ollut mukana vähintään yksi Hurtan tarina. Boris Hurtta jatkaa nykykirjailijoista lähes yksin aitoa kauhukertomusten perinnettä, vaikka tuo usein tarinansa nykyaikaan. Hurttaa voi hyvällä syyllä pitää suomalaisen kauhun kuninkaana - ja myös Marton Taigan ja Outsiderin perillisenä, aitojen ja viihdyttävien seikkailukertomusten suvereenina kirjoittajana. Hurtan omalaatuinen tekstiin sisältyvä huumori on jo käsite: "hurttamaiseksi" nimittämisen ovat muut kirjoittajat kokeneet jo vuosien ajan todelliseksi kunniamaininnaksi.

European Literature,Finnish Literature,Fiction,Horror,Short Stories

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10030722-vuoden-pimein-p-iv

Vuoden pimein päivä: yön ja hämärän tarinoita

Debby Bull

Take a hip writer and a hilarious search for an end to depression, and then toss in some wild huckleberries: you get into a very interesting jam... Its a funny route out of the kind of heartache every person has felt who's had a relationship, no matter how bad, come to a screeching halt. Debby Bull learns not only that depression can send you off on new adventures, but that for anything to turn out - especially jelly - it takes patience. With fifteen authentic canning recipes, Blue Jelly is the perfect panacea for anyone who's been searching for the light at the end of the tunnel.

Autobiography,Memoir,Nonfiction,Food and Drink,Food,Food and Drink,Foodie,Humor,Food and Drink,Cookbooks,Food and Drink,Cooking,Food and Drink,Food Writing

786862556

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003099.Blue_Jelly

Blue Jelly: Love Lost & the Lessons of Canning

Charles L. Harness,Brian W. Aldiss

The Paradox Men is a science-fiction classic of its kind - a full-blooded adventure story of derring-do and distressed damsels, set after the Third Great War when North and South America are united into one country: Imperial America. A slave state run by a small noble elite who flaunt their wealth by using, and abusing, the one commodity that only the rich can have: human labour. But working underground, persecuted by the police, is an organization dedicated to the overthrow of government and the existing way of life and the establishment of freedom'. 'The Society of Thieves was the only organization that flouted authority in America Imperial: they robbed the rich to buy freedom for the slaves. They were well equipped and trained for their job and had friends and informers in high places ready to reveal where the wealth of the nobles was hidden. And Alar was the best Thief of them all - for he had senses not found in ordinary men, senses that accurately warned him when danger was near. But Alar had amnesia and did not know his true identity though sometimes he sensed that there was a purpose in his actions that was not entirely his own volition. When Keiris, wife of the Imperial Chancellor saw him, she sensed that he was something special and helped him to elude pursuit even though it put her own life in danger. And in trips to the Moon and even the Sun itself, Alar begins to see what part he is destined to play in the struggle for men's freedom.

Science Fiction,Science Fiction,Time Travel,Fiction,Space,Space Opera,Science Fiction Fantasy,Novels,Adventure

450029964

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003105.The_Paradox_Men

The Paradox Men

Langenscheidt

Dictionaries in this Universal line are complete, concise, and priced to sell. They are small enough for your pocket or purse, yet comprehensive enough for classroom use or casual conversation.

Reference

1585734926

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003106.Langenscheidt_Universal_Spanish_Dictionary

Langenscheidt Universal Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English / English-Spanish

Coco Irvine,Peg Meier

On Christmas Day, 1926, twelve-year-old Clotilde “Coco” Irvine received a blank diary as a present. Coco loved to write—and to get into scrapes—and her new diary gave her the opportunity to explain her side of the messes she created: “I’m in deep trouble through no fault of my own,” her entries frequently began. The daughter of a lumber baron, Coco grew up in a twenty-room mansion on fashionable Summit Avenue at the peak of the Jazz Age, a time when music, art, and women’s social status were all in a state of flux and the economy was still flying high.,Coco’s diary carefully records her adventures, problems, and romances, written with a lively wit and a droll sense of humor. Whether sneaking out to a dance hall in her mother’s clothes or getting in trouble for telling an off-color joke, Coco and her escapades will captivate and delight preteen readers as well as their mothers and grandmothers.,Peg Meier’s introduction describes St. Paul life in the 1920s and provides context for the privileged world that Coco inhabits, while an afterword tells what happens to Coco as an adult—and reveals surprises about some of the other characters in the diary.

Nonfiction,History,Autobiography,Memoir,Biography,Childrens,Biography Memoir,Historical,Young Adult,Teen,Diary

816673063

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10031169-through-no-fault-of-my-own

Through No Fault of My Own: A Girl's Diary of Life on Summit Avenue in the Jazz Age

Lindsay Buroker

The adventure starts here...,Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an eight-foot pile of coffee canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices, and a powerful business coalition plots to kill the emperor, she feels a tad overwhelmed. ,Worse, Sicarius, the empire's most notorious assassin, is in town. He's tied in with the chaos somehow, but Amaranthe would be a fool to cross his path. Unfortunately, her superiors order her to hunt him down. Either they have an unprecedented belief in her skills... or someone wants her dead.

Fantasy,Science Fiction,Steampunk,Mystery,Fiction,Adventure,Fantasy,Magic,Science Fiction,Romance,Adult,Fantasy,Urban Fantasy

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10031259-the-emperor-s-edge

The Emperor's Edge

James J. Lorence

In Georgia during the Great Depression, jobless workers united with the urban poor, sharecroppers, and tenant farmers. In a collective effort that cut across race and class boundaries, they confronted an unresponsive political and social system and helped shape government policies. James J. Lorence adds significantly to our understanding of this movement, which took place far from the northeastern and midwestern sites we commonly associate with Depression-era labor struggles.Drawing on extensive archival research, including newly accessible records of the Communist Party of the United States, Lorence details interactions between various institutional and grassroots players, including organized labor, the Communist Party, the Socialist Party, liberal activists, and officials at every level of government. He shows, for example, how the Communist Party played a more central role than previously understood in the organization of the unemployed and the advancement of labor and working-class interests in Georgia. Communists gained respect among the jobless, especially African Americans, for their willingness to challenge officials, help negotiate the welfare bureaucracy, and gain access to New Deal social programs.,Lorence enhances our understanding of the struggles of the poor and unemployed in a Depression-era southern state. At the same time, we are reminded of their movement's lasting legacy: the shift in popular consciousness that took place as Georgians, "influenced by a new sense of entitlement fostered by the unemployed organizations," began to conceive of new, more-equal relations with the state.

History,Labor

820338761

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10031346-the-unemployed-people-s-movement

The Unemployed People's Movement: Leftists, Liberals, and Labor in Georgia, 1929-1941

David S. Barnes

In this first English-language study of popular and scientific responses to tuberculosis in nineteenth-century France, David Barnes provides a much-needed historical perspective on a disease that is making an alarming comeback in the United States and Europe. Barnes argues that French perceptions of the disease—ranging from the early romantic image of a consumptive woman to the later view of a scourge spread by the poor—owed more to the power structures of nineteenth-century society than to medical science. By 1900, the war against tuberculosis had become a war against the dirty habits of the working class.,Lucid and original, Barnes's study broadens our understanding of how and why societies assign moral meanings to deadly diseases.

History,Nonfiction

520087720

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003146.The_Making_of_a_Social_Disease

The Making of a Social Disease: Tuberculosis in Nineteenth-Century France

Chris Van Allsburg

On a terrifically rainy day, Ben has a dream in which he and his house float by the monuments of the world, half submerged in flood-water.

Childrens,Picture Books,Childrens,Fantasy,Fiction,Science,Geography,Adventure

395320844

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003181.Ben_s_Dream

Ben's Dream

Pat Alter,Bernie Alter

Take some Inca, Aztec, Maya, and Moche, mix in Spanish, French, English, Dutch and Danish, stir it to the rhythmic beat of Africa and what do you get? A zesty brew, expressed in a callaloo soup of language, food, music, and religion. So much passion, so much sorrow. What seems familiar in the Americas often is not. For Peace Corps Volunteers, there is nothing to do but learn the language, roll up their sleeves, and get busy working alongside strangers who steal their hearts away. These stories take you on overland journeys to the Amazon Basin, into a village in Honduras terrorized by insurgent forces, and to the ball fields of Ecuador for an unusual game of "beisbol."

1609520017

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10031887-peace-corps-at-50

Peace Corps at 50: Stories of Service in the Americas: I Was There

Kathryn Cadenhead Colgrove

The road to nursing success begins here! A complete review of core concepts. More than 2,265 classroom-tested, NCLEX -style questions. (Alternate-item format, too!) Test-taking hints and rationales for correct and incorrect answers. TWO BOOKS IN ONE! Course review now. NCLEX -prep later. Assure your mastery of medical surgical nursing knowledge while honing your critical thinking and test-taking skills. The 2nd Edition of this popular resource features 2,000 questions that reflect the latest advances in medical-surgical nursing and the new, 2010 NCLEX-RN test plan. The seemingly huge volume of information you must master has been organized into manageable sections divided by body systems and specific diseases. Each chapter is a self-contained unit. For each practice question, you ll find the answer, rationales for correct and incorrect responses, and a test-taking tip. The comprehensive exam at the end of each chapter assesses your strengths and weaknesses, identifying areas for further study. The bonus CD-ROM, featuring 265 questions, offers an interactive approach to course review and exam preparation. Click Here for a Special Mail-In Rebate Offer

Nurses,Nursing

803625049

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10031978-med-surg-success

Med-Surg Success: A Q&A Review Applying Critical Thinking to Test Taking (Davis's Q&a Series)

Anton Chekhov

Chekhov's genius lies in the way he manages to convey with such apparent effortlessness a profound sense of the mystery of beauty, and of the sadness of those who observe and think. The narrator of this apparently inconsequential tale fixes on exactly the right details, from a myriad of possible ones, to strike at the heart. It's a masterpiece of minimalism.,A schoolboy is accompanying his grandfather as they drive in their carriage along a dusty road across the steppe on a sultry August day. They stop for refreshment at the house of an Armenian friend of the grandfather. The boy, the grandfather and their Ukrainian driver are all struck by the beauty of the Armenian's daughter.,Some years later, now a student, the boy is on a train that stops for some minutes at a country station. He gets out to stretch his legs, and sees a girl on the platform talking to someone in one of the carriages. She is very beautiful. ,It's about as spare and empty of plot as a story could be; two impressions that barely even amount to anecdote. Like Waiting for Godot, it's a story in which nothing happens, twice.

Short Stories,Fiction,Cultural,Russia,Literature,Russian Literature,Classics,Literature,Romance,Classics,Classic Literature,Literature,European Literature,Audiobook

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10031990-the-beauties

The Beauties

P.G. Wodehouse,David A. Jasen

Humor

826400124

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003199.The_Eighteen_Carat_Kid_and_Other_Stories

The Eighteen-Carat Kid, and Other Stories

Jean-Paul Sartre

'The Wall', the lead story in this collection, introduces three political prisoners on the night prior to their execution. Through the gaze of an impartial doctor--seemingly there for the men's solace--their mental descent is charted in exquisite, often harrowing detail. And as the morning draws inexorably closer, the men cross the psychological wall between life and death, long before the first shot rings out.,This brilliant snapshot of life in anguish is the perfect introduction to a collection of stories where the neurosis of the modern world is mirrored in the lives of the people that inhabit it.

Philosophy,Fiction,Short Stories,Classics,Cultural,France,European Literature,French Literature,Literature,Novels,Psychology,Literature,20th Century

184391400X

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10031.The_Wall

The Wall

Benny Green

The Reluctant Art,, first published in 1962 and long out-of-print, stands as one of the most important books on the art of jazz. Comprising five studies—of Bix Beiderbecke, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, and Charlie Parker (with the addition of an essay of Art Tatum for this new edition)—Benny Green's humorous, eloquent, and often angry book attempts to point out the gulf between the reality of the jazz musician and his music, on the one hand, and the romantic conceits of early jazz writing and fandom, on the other. Green, himself an excellent early jazz musician, was one of the first jazz writers to bring to the task firsthand knowledge of the music, and this illuminates his understanding of the factors involved in jazz innovation. He discusses jazz in terms of musical and social history, retelling the over-mythologized stories of these great artists with a unique combination of joyous irreverence and acute critical insight, of inspired metaphors and masterly knowledge. Benny Green's classic book swings with the same energy and passion as the timeless music it discusses.

Music

306804417

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003209.The_Reluctant_Art

The Reluctant Art

John Richardson,James Reaney

Set in the 1760s at the time of Pontiac’s Indian alliance against the British, ,Wacousta, combines elements of revenge tragedy and gothic romance in reconstructing a violent episode in Canadian frontier history. In Major John Richardson’s vivid depiction, Pontiac’s campaign against Fort Detroit is masterminded by the mysterious Wacousta, a Byronic anti-hero whose thirst for vengeance against the fortress commander borders on madness. Turning upon binary oppositions – garrison against wilderness, restraint against passion, mercy against justice – this suspenseful novel creates a world of deception and terror in which motive is ambiguous and the boundary between order and anarchy unclear.

Fiction,Cultural,Canada,Classics,Literature,Canadian Literature,Literature,Academic,Read For School,Horror,Historical

771098774

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003221.Wacousta_or_A_Tale_of_the_Canadas

Wacousta; or, A Tale of the Canadas

Assata Shakur,Angela Y. Davis,Lennox S. Hinds

On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local, state, and federal police attempted to question her about the shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike that had claimed the life of a white state trooper. Long a target of J. Edgar Hoover's campaign to defame, infiltrate, and criminalize Black nationalist organizations and their leaders, Shakur was incarcerated for four years prior to her conviction on flimsy evidence in 1977 as an accomplice to murder.,This intensely personal and political autobiography belies the fearsome image of JoAnne Chesimard long projected by the media and the state. With wit and candor, Assata Shakur recounts the experiences that led her to a life of activism and portrays the strengths, weaknesses, and eventual demise of Black and White revolutionary groups at the hand of government officials. The result is a signal contribution to the literature about growing up Black in America that has already taken its place alongside ,The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and the works of Maya Angelou.,Two years after her conviction, Assata Shakur escaped from prison. She was given political asylum by Cuba, where she now resides.

Nonfiction,Autobiography,Memoir,Biography,Race,History,Feminism,Biography,Autobiography,Politics,Social Movements,Social Justice,Cultural,African American

1556520743

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100322.Assata

Assata: An Autobiography

Brian Azzarello,Rags Morales,Phil Noto

First Wave introduces a new generation to pulp characters of yesteryear through the eyes of Eisner Award winning author Brian Azzarello. Doc Savage, The Spirit and The Bat-Man join forces to stop a secret organization, the Golden Tree, from taking over a world distracted by war.

Sequential Art,Comics,Sequential Art,Graphic Novels,Dc Comics,Batman,Superheroes,Dc Comics,Comics,Comic Book,Pulp,Action,Graphic Novels Comics,Comics,Superheroes,Fiction

1401231357

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10032313-first-wave

First Wave

Dhoruba Bin Wahad,Assata Shakur,Mumia Abu-Jamal

An essential document of the Black Panther Party written by three leading thinkers and party activists who were jailed following the FBI'S 1969 mandate to destroy the organization "by any means possible.",Still Black, Still Strong, is partly based upon the 1989 videotape Framing The Panthers by producers Chris Bratton and Annie Goldson. It recounts the stories of Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Mumia Abu-Jamal and Assata Shakur, all of whom were arrested and jailed during the COINTELPRO probe of the Black Panther Party.,Dhoruba Bin Wahad, who organized chapters of the Black Panther Party in New York and along the Estern Seaboard and worked with tenants in Harlem and on drug rehabilitation in the Bronx, was accused of murdering two officers while still in his teens and imprisoned for 19 years. He always maintained his innocence and won his freedom by forcing the FBI to release thousands of classified documents proving that he had been framed. The justice department eventually rescinded Bin Wahad's conviction and he was released in 1990, seven months after the documentary premiered.,Mumia Abu-Jamal, a journalist who headed the Black Panther free breakfast program for inner-city school children in Philadelphia, was also accused of the murder of an officer and sent on death-row, where he still is today.,Assata Shakur was a college educated social worker in her twenties when she was accused of shooting a cop, then arrested and tortured and denied medical treatment. Her interview was conducted in Cuba where she has been exiled since her escape from a New Jersey women's prison in 1975.,Bin Wahad, Shakur and Abu-Jamal offer a little-known history and an incisive analysis of the Black Panthers' original goals, which the U.S. Government has tried to distort and suppress. As one confidential, 1969, memo to J. Edgar Hoover put it, "The Negro youth and moderates must be made to understand that if they succumb to revolutionary teaching, they will be dead revolutionaries."

Race,Nonfiction,Cultural,African American,Politics,Literature,Black Literature

936756748

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100323.Still_Black_Still_Strong

Still Black, Still Strong: Survivors of the U.S. War Against Black Revolutionaries

Lee Baer,Judith L. Rapoport

Six million Americans suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and they know firsthand the often devastating effects it has on their lives. Some symptoms, such as the nagging feeling you have left the stovetop burner on, can be mildly distracting. Yet others, like compulsive hand washing, the inability to throw anything out, or nerve-racking feelings of guilt, can be completely paralyzing and make it nearly impossible for sufferers to lead healthy lives. ,Dr. Lee Baer, gives readers the tools to assess their own symptoms, set goals, and create therapeutic programs for themselves. He also helps readers differentiate between OCD and other psychological illnesses such as depression. From the latest treatments to important facts on the medications currently available and how they work, ,Getting Control, is thorough, concise, and positive--a lifesaver for anyone whose well-being is affected by OCD.

Psychology,Nonfiction,Health,Mental Health,Self Help,Health

452281776

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003244.Getting_Control

Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions

Paula Quinn

A LOVER'S PROMISE,Connor Grant left his first love in the Highlands, vowing to return after serving in the king's army. Seven years later, he is still fighting for the crown, and his victories are legendary-both in the battlefield and in the bedroom. Yet he's never forgotten his bonnie lass. And he certainly never expected to see her amidst the splendor of the British royal court: beautiful, breathtaking, and tempting him past the point of no return.,A LADY'S DESTINY ,The night he left, Mairi MacGregor banished Connor from her life forever. Now her heart belongs only to Scotland. As part of a secret alliance, she journeys to London in search of information . . . only to find herself face to face with the one man she swore she'd never trust again. Though Mairi's body still craves Connor's touch, she can't forgive his betrayal. But a traitor lurks in their midst and to protect her beloved Highlands, Mairi must make a leap of faith and join forces with Connor-even if it means losing her heart to him again.

Romance,Historical Romance,Romance,Historical,Historical,Historical Fiction,Cultural,Scotland,Audiobook,Fiction,Historical,Medieval,Adult,Mystery

446552364

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10032561-tamed-by-a-highlander

Tamed by a Highlander

Vanessa Diffenbaugh

The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. Now eighteen and emancipated from the system with nowhere to go, Victoria realizes she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But an unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger has her questioning what’s been missing in her life. And when she’s forced to confront a painful secret from her past, she must decide whether it’s worth risking everything for a second chance at happiness., , Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.

Fiction,Romance,Contemporary,Book Club,Adult Fiction,Adult,Womens Fiction,Chick Lit,Audiobook,Realistic Fiction,Novels

034552554X

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10032672-the-language-of-flowers

The Language of Flowers

Frank Thomas

During the Spanish Civil War two young Welshmen volunteered to fight for their convictions - but on opposite sides. They had similar backgrounds. The elder, Frank Thomas, had a powerful yearning for military adventure. The younger, Sid Hamm, became a Communist before going to Spain. In April 1937, by now a battle-hardened veteran, Thomas was with Franco's Foreign Legion near the town of Brunete, helping to strengthen the Nationalist trenches. Hamm was just arriving in Spain to join the Republican International Brigade. Three months later, Thomas was back home, recuperating from terrible wounds, while Hamm met his death attempting to puncture the very defence works which Thomas had helped to construct. This story of a parochial civil war within the most defining of all civil wars has come to light through Robert Stradling's discovery of two unknown documents. Robert Stradling has provided a comprehensive introduction to these two accounts, with detailed notes and explanatory glosses, complemented by a selection of maps and illustrations.

Civil War,Spanish Civil War

750916451

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003268.Brother_Against_Brother

Brother Against Brother: Experiences of a British Volunteer in the Spanish Civil War

Robert Reed

In ,The Well of Stars,, Hugo award-nominated author Robert Reed has written a stunning sequel to his acclaimed novel ,Marrow,. The Great Ship, so vast that it contains within its depths a planet that lay undiscovered for generations, has cruised through the universe for untold billions of years. After a disastrous exploration of the planet, Marrow, the Ship's captains face an increasingly restive population aboard their mammoth vessel. , ,And now, compounding the captains' troubles, the Ship is heading on an irreversible course straight for the Ink Well, a dark, opaque nebula. Washen and Pamir, the captains who saved Marrow from utter destruction, send Mere, whose uncanny ability to adapt to and understand other cultures makes her the only one for the job, to investigate the nebula before they plunge blindly in.  While Mere is away, Pamir discovers in the Ink Well the presence of a god-like entity with powers so potentially destructive that it might destroy the ship and its millions., ,Faced with an entity that might prevent the Ship from ever leaving the Ink Well, the Ship's only hope now rests in the ingenuity of the vast crew . . . and with Mere, who has not contacted them since she left the Ship…, ,With the excitement of epic science fiction adventure set against a universe full of wonders, the odyssey of the Ship and its captains will capture the hearts of science fiction readers.

Science Fiction,Space,Space Opera,Fiction,Science Fiction,Hard Science Fiction,Novels

765347644

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100327.The_Well_of_Stars

The Well of Stars

Michael Juul Holm,Stephanie Rachum,Helle Crenzien

What is color? From Aristotle and Plato through Newton and Goethe to Wittgenstein, philosophers and scientists have worked to understand and categorize color, while artists have made their own efforts to demonstrate its enigmatic logics. This is a book about color, and a book about color and art. Across eight essays and more than 150 works of art drawn from the collections of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and Merzbacher Collection, this book aims to define color as a phenomenon that manifests across many different lines of thought and areas of life: the history of art, the history of ideas, psychology, psychiatry and cognitive science, architecture, marketing, literature and music. The essayists for the volume are John Gage, Erich H. Buxbaum, Jacob Wamberg, Klaus Stromer, Morten Kringelbach with Kristine Romer Thomsen, Gertrud Olsson, Lars Handesten, Steen Chr. Steensen, Helle Crenzien and Stephanie Rachum.

8791607817

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10032831-color-in-art

Color in Art

Eugenia Bell,Phil Nicholls

From historic half-timbered pubs opened in the 1600s, to button shops, tea merchants, hatters, and toyshops from the Georgian and Victorian periods and chic specialty shops opened in the twenty-first century, the establishments profiled in ,The Traditional Shops & Restaurants of London, embody the city's spirit and embrace its history and strong sense of tradition. The ,revised ,guide profiles and updates the descriptions, directions, website addresses, and phone numbers of: ,o more than 75 businesses including booksellers, home furnishing stores, clothiers, perfumers, umbrella shops, cheesemongers, and gourmet shops;,o more than 40 places to eat and drink, including fine restaurants, cafes, pubs, and the best places for eel, pie and mash and fish-and-chips,o the top historic street markets for food, antiques, bric-a-brac, and vintage clothes, ,And-a boon for armchair shoppers-the address, phone, tube stop, opening hours for each establishment, and websites for online shopping are included.

Travel,European Literature,British Literature,Nonfiction

1892145952

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10032863-the-traditional-shops-and-restaurants-of-london

The Traditional Shops and Restaurants of London: A Guide to Century-Old Establishments and New Classics

T. Pines,D.E. Athkins,Judith Bauer Stamper,R.L. Stine,Ellen Emerson White,Patricia Windsor,A. Bates,Jay Bennett,Caroline B. Cooney,Carol Ellis,Diane Hoh,Lael Littke,Christopher Pike,Sinclair Smith

You don't really want to read this ...do you? The masters of horror are waiting to take you on a terrifying ride, and there are 13 stops.,Meet the new guy in town, very handsome, very sexy, and very deadly.,Dine on sweet and wonderfully inviting confections - they're good to the last breath.,Learn that some spells can never be broken...,Inside you'll find the works of 13 masters of horror. Let Christopher Pike, R.L. Stine and the rest of our macabre crew show you the beauty in your worst nightmares - and the terror in your most exquisite dreams...., * viii • Introduction (Thirteen) • (1991) • essay by T. Pines, * 1 • Collect Call: The Black Walker: Part I • (1991) • novella by Christopher Pike, * 49 • Lucinda • (1991) • novelette by Lael Littke, * 73 • The Guiccioli Miniature • (1991) • shortstory by Jay Bennett, * 83 • Blood Kiss • (1991) • novelette by D. E. Athkins, * 103 • A Little Taste of Death • (1991) • novelette by Patricia Windsor, * 127 • The Doll • (1991) • novelette by Carol Ellis, * 149 • House of Horrors • (1991) • shortstory by J. B. Stamper, * 165 • Where the Deer Are • (1991) • novelette by Caroline B. Cooney, * 183 • The Spell • (1991) • novelette by R. L. Stine, * 205 • Dedicated to the One I Love • (1991) • novelette by Diane Hoh, * 231 • Hacker • (1991) • novelette by Sinclair Smith, * 257 • Deathflash • (1991) • novelette by A. Bates, * 279 • The Boy Next Door • (1991) • novelette by Ellen Emerson White, * 305 • Collect Call: The Black Walker: Part II • (1991) • novella by Christopher Pike, * 331 • About the Authors (Thirteen) • (1991) • essay by uncredited

Horror,Young Adult,Short Stories,Fiction,Anthologies,Young Adult,Teen,Fantasy,Paranormal,Thriller,Mystery,Childrens

590550810

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003291.Thirteen_Tales_of_Horror

Thirteen Tales of Horror

Robert Reed

In the deepness of space there are millions of worlds like our own - and each with its own humanity. They are linked by the Bright, an ancient pathway between the stars created by an ancient, godlike race known only as the Makers. Now humanity travels the Bright, uniting its worlds to a common desiny. But the Bright can also be travelled by those bent on destruction - those who have chosen a different path, whose sole purpose is conquest.

Science Fiction,Science Fiction,Alternate History,Fiction

1841492558

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100329.Down_the_Bright_Way

Down the Bright Way

Jean-Paul Sartre,Wade Baskin

A splendid introduction to the philosophy of existentialism.,In ,Essays in Existentialism,, Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), the leading French exponent of existential philosophy, wrote a book that open many doors to the mind. Sartre challenged his readers to think beyond the meaning of their everyday thoughts and beliefs. His essays on nothingness, on the emotions, and on the image—including “The Problem of Nothingness,” “The Role of the Image in Mental Life,” and “Essays in Aesthetics”—contain the essentials of his metaphysical speculations.,An introductory essay by Professor Jean Wahl clarifies the origins of Sartre’s humanistic, religious, and aesthetic ideas.,Essays in Existentialism, challanges and encourages us to alter how we think about the choices that we make: to live “authentically” we must be concious of our freedom to choose and concerned with the effect our choice will have on all others. It is an essential text for any student of philosophy.

Philosophy,Nonfiction,Writing,Essays,Cultural,France,Literature,Classics

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10032.Essays_in_Existentialism

Essays in Existentialism

Miranda Lee

He doesn't do forever..., British billionaire Warwick Kincaid likes to take risks -- though they don't include marriage and children. Twelve months is his limit when it comes to relationships., Warwick asks beautiful Australian receptionist Amber Roberts to move into his luxury Sydney penthouse, and she dares to hope he might have changed…. But after they've been together ten months Warwick starts to act cold and withdrawn. Is Amber's time up, just like the women before her? The chemistry between them remains red-hot and she finds it hard to believe that her time with Warwick is really over….

Romance,Category Romance,Harlequin,Harlequin,Harlequin Presents,Romance,Contemporary Romance,Contemporary,Womens Fiction,Chick Lit,Fiction

373237537

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10033098-not-a-marrying-man

Not a Marrying Man

Keith Robertson,Robert McCloskey

Henry Reed has another sure-fire money-making plan--but the kids of Grover's Corner have plans of their own,An intelligent person like Henry should have no problem riding herd on the town's toddlers. But Henry's never tangled with such monsters as daredevil Danny, whose stunts keep Henry on his toes--when he's not ducking the toys Danny hurls at his head. There's also Bernice, the amazing disappearing five-year old, the always obnoxious Sebastians, who want in on the fun, and Henry's old friend Midge, able to outwit any fiendish five-year-old.

Fiction,Childrens,Childrens,Juvenile,Young Adult,Humor,Childrens,Middle Grade

140341463

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100330.Henry_Reed_s_Babysitting_Service

Henry Reed's Babysitting Service

Cordwainer Smith

Rod McBan 151st farms 'stroon', the immortality drug, and is the last scion of one of the oldest and most honourable families on Norstrilia, only source of stroon. But he's also a telepathic cripple and faces the ever-present risk of being culled under the government's draconian population laws.,To protect himself, he uses his not-strictly-legal computer to play the market and amass an unimaginable fortune. But after he survives an assassination attempt, McBan discovers that having enough money to literally buy the Earth is no good if you're too dead to spend it . . .

Science Fiction,Fiction,Speculative Fiction,Science Fiction Fantasy,Fantasy,Space,Space Opera,Novels,Short Stories,United States,Anthologies

345323009

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003311.Norstrilia

Norstrilia

Diana M. DiNitto

Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, Seventh Edition, "emphasizes the current "political "aspects of policymaking and major social welfare programs, including public assistance, Social Security, disability, health insurance, and much more. The author also focuses on policies that affect issues as racism, sexism, gay rights, and immigration. In addition, a wealth of updated instructor and student supplements give this text its celebrated advantage as a leader in the social welfare policy textbook market.This book stands out from others because it does more than describe the major social welfare policies and programs. The book also tackles the conflict and controversies surrounding these programs. Social policy is not presented as solutions to social problems. Social policy is portrayed as public conflict over the nature and causes of social welfare problems, over what, if anything, should be done about them, over who should do it, and over who should decide about it.

Social Science,Social Work,Social Science

205793843

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10033125-social-welfare

Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy

Sara Craven

Once upon a time and far away, Joanna Vernon found herself as the ultimate prize in a dangerously high-stakes card game. When the last hand had been revealed, the knowing curl of Vassos Gordanis's lip told her he had every intention of claiming his winnings….,Though no setting could be more beautiful than Vassos's private island, to Joanna the Aegean Sea was merely a turquoise-hued prison wall. In the Gordanis house, a woman was expected to know her place, and this gorgeous Greek knew this was exactly how he planned to settle the score….

Category Romance,Harlequin,Romance,Harlequin,Harlequin Presents,Romance,Contemporary Romance,Harlequin,Harlequin Romance,Contemporary,Harlequin,Hqn,Sociology,Abuse

373129920

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10033226-the-highest-stakes-of-all

The Highest Stakes of All

Mack Reynolds

Science Fiction,Fiction

705700666

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003349.Looking_Backward_From_The_Year_2000

Looking Backward, From The Year 2000

Murathan Mungan

İlk kez yayımlandığı 1992'den bu yana birçok yaz mevsimi geçti ama Yaz Geçer'e okurun ilgisi sönmedi, tersine giderek büyüdü. Yaz Geçer, Mungan'ın 1986-1992 yılları arasında yazdığı ve üç alt bölümde topladığı, farklı uzunluklarda 10 şiirden oluşuyor. İşte şairin, "Yaz geçer iyi gelir sözcükler" diyerek açtığı kitabından 1991 tarihli "Sandık Odası".,gün ışığıyla yıkanmış küskün bir yıldız,gibi akıp geçtin,sessizliğimizin üstünden,oyalanacak bir şey bile bırakmadın,tozlanmış, dalgın bakışlarımıza,ne zaman, nerede bir şey yitirsek,burada bulacağımızı sanırdık,bu sandık odasında,mümkünmüş gibi,balkonda unuttuğumuz nice yazlardan sonra...,Ludwigshafen - İstanbul, 1991

Poetry,Asian Literature,Turkish Literature,Cultural,Turkish,Literature

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10033583-yaz-ge-er

Yaz Geçer

Mike Dixon-Kennedy

Few legends have benefited from more retellings and more interpretation than have the tales of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table How can you find out what you want to know about the characters, the origins, and the events without acquiring an entire bookshelf of volumes? This all-in-one, authoritative A to Z guide -- the result of over 15 years of research -- makes it easy to locate exactly what you're looking for. Begin with Aalardin, a knight who possessed magical knowledge and wed the grandniece of Arthur, move on to Diwrnach, an Irishman who owned a wondrous cauldron that became one of the Thirteen Treasures of Britain; and end with Zitus, the name used in a Spanish romance to refer to Arthur. Of course, you'll also get long entries for the most unforgettable personalities and plot lines, such as Lancelot, Guinevere, and the search for the Holy Grail. Filled with fascinating details that will entrance anyone who loves these wonderful legends.

Fantasy,Mythology,Mythology,Arthurian,Nonfiction

713727039

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100336.Arthurian_Myth_Legend

Arthurian Myth & Legend: An A-Z of People and Places

Jane Feather

New York Times, bestselling author Jane Feather delights with her second book in this entrancing Georgian trilogy featuring three noble brothers who are offered a preposterous opportunity - a lavish inheritance, but only if they each marry a fallen woman., , ,Perfect for fans of Eloisa James, Liz Carlyle and Stephanie Laurens.,Lady Serena Grantley was born to the nobility, but fortune's whim placed her under the control of her gamester stepfather, who uses her beauty to lure young men to his gambling tables. Serena even dismissed her first love, the Honorable Sebastian Sullivan, at her stepfather's command. But when he attempts to force her into a liaison with a dissolute earl, Serena resolves to do his bidding no more. Sebastian is the only man who ever captured her heart, and it is to him she turns...,Torn between family loyalty and the woman he loves, Sebastian faces a devilish dilemma. His uncle is ailing, and time is running short. Desperate to find a solution, Sebastian conceives a dangerous plan - a wager that could bring him and Serena happiness at last...or separate them forever.,Follow the captivating tales of the brothers as they each find their ,most unusual ,brides in ,Rushed to the Altar, and, An Unsuitable Bride,.

Romance,Historical Romance,Romance,Historical,Historical,Historical Fiction,Historical,Regency,Historical Romance,Regency Romance,Adult,European Literature,British Literature,Fiction,Audiobook

1439145253

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10033916-a-wedding-wager

A Wedding Wager

Ward Rutherford

Uncover the origins and traditions of this ancient mythology with this new information about pagan Celtic society, the Druids and other mythologies.

History,Fantasy,Mythology,Religion,Nonfiction,Cultural,Ireland,Religion,Paganism

850305519

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100339.Celtic_Mythology

Celtic Mythology: The Nature and Influence of Celtic Myth, from Druidism to Arthurian Legend

Jean-Paul Sartre,Hazel E. Barnes,Mary Warnock,Richard Eyre

Being & Nothingness, is without doubt one of the most significant philosophical books of the 20th century. The central work by one of the century's most influential thinkers, it altered the course of western philosophy. Its revolutionary approach challenged all previous assumptions about the individual's relationship with the world. Known as 'the Bible of existentialism', its impact on culture & literature was immediate & was felt worldwide, from the absurdist drama of Samuel Beckett to the soul-searching cries of the Beat poets.,Being & Nothingness, is one of those rare books whose influence has affected the mindset of subsequent generations. Seventy years after its 1st publication, its message remains as potent as ever--challenging readers to confront the fundamental dilemmas of human freedom, choice, responsibility & action.

Philosophy,Nonfiction,Classics,Cultural,France,Psychology,European Literature,French Literature,Unfinished,Philosophy,Theory,Literature,20th Century,Literature

415278481

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10033.Being_and_Nothingness

Being and Nothingness

Howard Pyle

A rich and engrossing thread of Romance runs through this tale of the motherless son of a valiant robber baron of Medieval Germany. Young Otto, born into a warring household in an age when lawless chiefs were constantly fighting each other or despoiling the caravans of the merchant burghers, is raised in a monastery only to return to his family's domain and become painfully involved in the blood feud between his father and the rival house of Trutz-Drachen.,The narrative is told with Howard Pyle's consummate skill and illustrated with some of the most enchanting sketches ever done for a book of this type. Like the same author's version of ,The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, and his collection of original stories known as ,The Wonder Clock,, this book has become a legend, a modern story with the feel and sound of an ancient tale. It is a reading adventure that youngsters will not soon forget.

Historical,Historical Fiction,Fiction,Classics,Childrens,Academic,School,Historical,Medieval,Historical,Adventure,Literature,Fantasy

486217841

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003404.Otto_of_the_Silver_Hand

Otto of the Silver Hand

Anna Sofia Botkin,Elizabeth Botkin

This book is not another Christian-teenage-girl ''survival guide.'' So Much More shows how Christian girls can wage war with the world and win. The Botkin sisters focus on how young women can rise above their God-hating culture and change it for the better. Today, countless young ladies face difficult problems and challenging questions. While many long for godly purpose in their lives, their bewilderment mounts when they observe broken homes, distant fathers, overwhelmed mothers, degrading college courses, and a lack of spiritual guidance --” both at home and at church. As hope for security and stability fades, it is no wonder that many young ladies feel orphaned, unprotected, and without hope for their futures. Within the pages of this book, discover practical, biblical solutions for the young woman who wants to do so much more than just ''survive'' in a savagely feministic, anti-Christian culture. Find the answers a girl is not likely to get from her church, her peers, or her culture.

Nonfiction,Religion,Christianity,Christian,Christian,Christian Living,Religion,Religion,Theology,Parenting,Family,Spirituality,Womens

975526383

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003406.So_Much_More

So Much More

Diana Palmer

Can she convince a man to let down his defenses when he's set on guarding his heart?, ,Tall, dark and eligible?, ,That's all that matters to the women of Jacobsville when it comes to handsome and aloof FBI agent Jon Blackhawk. But if it were up to him, he would never settle down. Luckily, Jon has the best gatekeeper: his efficient and reliable assistant, Joceline Perry. Without her help, he'd be at the mercy of husband hunters�but the more he comes to rely on her, the more he notices how invaluable she really is… ,While Joceline can't deny that her boss is attractive, as a single mother with responsibilities she's determined to be professional. But when Jon is accosted by a criminal seeking revenge, she comes to his aid�fueling the spark that is growing between them. ,As the attempts on Jon's life increase, Joceline stands by his side. But when the smoke clears, will the man who avoided love realize that all he ever needed was right there all along?

Romance,Romance,Contemporary Romance,Contemporary,Westerns,Fiction,Romance,Romantic Suspense,Mystery,Suspense,Romance,Western Romance,Mystery,Crime

373775792

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10034342-merciless

Merciless

Larry Niven

Bartender Rick Shumann at his Siberian tavern catering to aliens, narrates 26 tales include:,"The Subject Is Closed" - Could AI stop working on life after death because subject solved? ,"Table Manners" - Is Rick hunter or hunted by five Folk aliens? ,"Losing Mars" - Unpublished. Aliens on Mars angry humans forget their planet.

Science Fiction,Short Stories,Fiction,Anthologies,Science Fiction,Aliens,Audiobook,Science Fiction Fantasy,Speculative Fiction,Fantasy,Humor

765347717

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100343.The_Draco_Tavern

The Draco Tavern

Blu Greenberg

The Queen of Sheba comes to Jerusalem to test King Solomon's wisdom. The king answers all her questions and reveals the splendor of his realm in this epic love story for children. Based on Biblical, Rabbinic and Ethiopian sources.

943706904

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003445.King_Solomon_And_The_Queen_Of_Sheba

King Solomon And The Queen Of Sheba

Larry Niven

Phssthpok the Pak had been traveling for most of his thirty-two thousand years. His mission: save, develop, and protect the group of Pak breeders sent out into space some two and a half million years before...,Brennan was a Belter, the product of a fiercely independent, somewhat anarchic society living in, on, and around an outer asteroid belt. The Belters were rebels, one and all, and Brennan was a smuggler. The Belt worlds had been tracking the Pak ship for days -- Brennan figured to meet that ship first...,He was never seen again -- at least not by those alive at the time.

Science Fiction,Fiction,Space,Space Opera,Science Fiction Fantasy,Space,Novels,Science Fiction,Aliens,Science Fiction,Hard Science Fiction,Speculative Fiction,Audiobook

345353129

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100344.Protector

Protector

Robert I. Simon,Liza H. Gold

The new, second edition of this comprehensive text boasts coverage that is both expanded and reconfigured to focus on the most critical topics and the most up-to-date approaches in forensic psychiatry. The first edition rapidly became the gold standard in this maturing discipline because it was the first textbook designed and written for both the general clinician and the forensic psychiatrist.,This edition retains that versatility and extends its scope to include new issues in the field. New features include: - A chapter on forensic geriatric psychiatry, a topic that grows in importance as our population ages- A chapter on forensic psychiatry and the Internet, which poses questions and raises issues that become more salient every day- An extensively revised chapter on psychological testing that addresses the administration and interpretation of the most current instruments in use in the field.,In addition, the Textbook has preserved the features that made it so successful in its first edition, updating them to reflect current knowledge and practice. These include: - An index of legal cases that provides the foundational knowledge and navigational tools to identify relevant precedents easily- Chapters that are organized around case examples and include reviews of key concepts, practical guidelines, and references for further reading. A study guide is also available to assist in teaching or preparing for the forensic board examination- A revised and updated chapter on ethics that takes into account the ongoing evolution and clarification of the ethical role of forensic psychiatrists- Thorough coverage of what it takes to set up and manage a forensic practice and deal with key players in law enforcement and the legal system- Detailed information about the role and responsibilities of the expert witness- A survey of the different categories of legal cases, including malpractice, disability, competency, and criminal - A detailed glossary of legal terms,Practicing psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, and those enrolled in forensic fellowship programs, as well as other mental health professionals, will find The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry, Second Edition a well-organized, truly practical text and reference.

Medicine,Psychiatry

1585623784

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10034640-the-american-psychiatric-publishing-textbook-of-forensic-psychiatry

The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry

Colin Dexter

Inspector Morse, recovering from an ulcer in Oxford's Radcliffe Hospital, comes across an old book recounting a sensational murder case that took place in Oxford 100 years earlier. Convinced that the two men hanged for the crime were innocent, Morse sets out from the confines of his bed to prove it.

Mystery,Mystery,Crime,Fiction,Mystery,Detective,European Literature,British Literature,Thriller,Mystery Thriller,Mystery,Murder Mystery,Thriller,Novels,Contemporary

330370308

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003488.The_Wench_is_Dead

The Wench is Dead

Merlin Coverley

Psychogeography. Increasingly this term is used to illustrate a bewildering array of ideas from key lines and the occult, to urban walking and political radicalism. But where does it come from and what exactly does it mean? This book examines the origins of psychogeography in the Situationist Movement of the 1950s, exploring the theoretical background and its political applications as well as the work of early practitioners such as Guy Debord and Raoul Vaneigem. Elsewhere, psychogeographic ideas continue to find retrospective validation in much earlier traditions from the visionary writing of William Blake and Thomas De Quincey to the rise of the flaneur on the streets of 19th century Paris and on through the avant-garde experimentation of the Surrealists. These precursors to psychogeography are discussed here alongside their modern counterparts, for today these ideas hold greater currency than ever through the popularity of writers and filmmakers such as Iain Sinclair and Peter Ackroyd, Stewart Home and Patrick Keiller. From Urban Wandering to Cognitive Mapping, from the Derive to Detournement, psychogeography provides us with new ways of apprehending our surroundings, transforming the familiar streets of our everyday experience into something new and unexpected. This guide conducts the reader through this process, offering both an explanation and definition of the terms involved, and an analysis of the key figures and their work as well as practical information on psychogeographical groups and organizations.

Nonfiction,Philosophy,Psychology,Cities,Urbanism,Philosophy,Theory,Cities,Urban Studies,Art,Politics,Travel,Walking,Sociology

1904048617

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003489.Psychogeography

Psychogeography

Clive Gifford

In today's chaotic information environment, it is a challenge to find organized, comprehensive, yet concise geopolitical information designed especially for student research. This fully-updated edition of the award-winning ,The Kingfisher Geography Encyclopedia, by Clive Gifford is a meticulously researched and visually exciting guide to the essential geographical, physical, and cultural information of the entire world. Illustrated with more than 1,500 photographs and specially commissioned computer-generated maps of every country using the latest satellite data, this one-stop reference will help children acquire essential geographical knowledge and expand their understanding of how people live in different parts of the world. The country-by-country layout makes finding information easy, and quick reference panels give key facts on each country's population, currency, language, major cities and other data. An extensive website list and comprehensive index insures the most up-to-date resources and material for further research. An essential addition to any home or classroom, ,The Kingfisher Geography Encyclopedia ,puts the world at everyone's fingertips.

Science,Geography,Reference,Science

753465752

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10034955-the-kingfisher-geography-encyclopedia

The Kingfisher Geography Encyclopedia

Fulton J. Sheen

One of the greatest and best-loved spokesmen for the Catholic Faith here sets out the Church's beautiful understanding of marriage in his trademark clear and entertaining style. Frankly and charitably, Sheen presents the causes of and solutions to common marital crises, and tells touching real-life stories of people whose lives were transformed through marriage. He emphasizes that our Blessed Lord is at the center of every successful and loving marriage. This is a perfect gift for engaged couples, or for married people as a fruitful occasion for self-examination.

Christianity,Catholic,Marriage,Religion,Theology,Religion,Religion,Faith,Nonfiction,Spirituality,Christian,Religion,Christianity,Relationships

933932871

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10034956-three-to-get-married

Three to Get Married

Jean-Paul Sartre

Set in France during the days immediately before World War II, this is the story of Mathieu, a French professor of philosophy obsessed with the idea of freedom. Translated from the French by Eric Sutton.

Philosophy,Fiction,Classics,Cultural,France,Literature,European Literature,French Literature,Novels,Literature,20th Century,Nobel Prize,Literary Fiction

679738959

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10034.The_Age_of_Reason

The Age of Reason

Wang Ping

Life interpreted, written, and emulated in the style of the Tao, spiced with experiences of NYC.

Poetry

1566890683

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003507.Of_Flesh_Spirit

Of Flesh & Spirit

Larry Niven,S.M. Stirling,Thomas T. Thomas,Jerry Pournelle

Between wars, an odd assortment of human and Kzin characters search for a hidden treasure -- which is not what it seems. Elsewhere, Kzin and humans seek a weapon too horrible to use...

Science Fiction,Fiction,Short Stories,Anthologies,War,Science Fiction,Aliens,Science Fiction,Military Science Fiction,Science Fiction Fantasy,Space,Space Opera,Space

671721372

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100350.Man_Kzin_Wars_V

Man-Kzin Wars V

Joy Hoffman,Darlene Zimmerman

17 new designs featuring "Tri-Recs" and "Tri-Mate" Tools.

Crafts,Quilting

1881588300

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10035102-quilts-to-come-home-to

Quilts to Come Home To

Larry Niven

In the free-fall environment of the Smoke Ring, the descendants of the crew of the ,Discipline, no longer remembered their Earth roots -- or the existence of Sharls Davis Kendy, the computer-program despot of the ship. Until Kendy initiated contact once more.,Fourteen years later, only Jeffer, the Citizens Tree Scientist, knew that Kendy was still watching -- and waiting. Then the Citizens Tree people rescued a family of loggers and learned for the first time of the Admiralty, a large society living in free fall amid the floating debris called the Clump. And it was likely that the Admiralty had maintained, intact, ,Discipline,'s original computer library.,Exploration was a temptation neither Jeffer nor Kendy could resist, and neither Citizens Tree nor Sharls Davis Kendy would ever be the same again...

Science Fiction,Fiction,Science Fiction Fantasy,Science Fiction,Hard Science Fiction,Fantasy,Audiobook,Space,Novels,Literature,American,Biology,Evolution

345302575

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100351.The_Smoke_Ring

The Smoke Ring

Nicolas Freeling

A Van der Valk Thriller - Winner of the Crime Writer's Award and the Grand Prix de Roman Policier. Police Inspector Piet Van der Valk becomes involved in an extraordinary case when he crosses the path of a pretty daughter of a famous dead conductor. This terse crime thriller follows Van der Valk on an exhilarating ride through the unknown.

Mystery,Mystery,Crime,Thriller,Mystery Thriller,European Literature,British Literature,Mystery,Detective,Fiction

394752309

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003523.Gun_Before_Butter

Gun Before Butter

Cyril Hare

When an anonymous letter arrives for Mr Justice Barber, the High Court judge, warning of imminent revenge, he dismisses it as the work of a harmless lunatic. ,But then a second letter appears, followed by a poisoned box of the judge's favourite chocolates, and he begins to fear for his life.

Mystery,Fiction,Mystery,Crime,European Literature,British Literature,Historical,Historical Fiction,Thriller,Mystery Thriller,Mystery,Golden Age Mystery,Classics,Mystery,Whodunit,Adult

330377388

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003527.Tragedy_at_Law

Tragedy at Law

Joseph Gies,Frances Gies

Life in a Medieval City, evokes every aspect of city life in the Middle Ages by depicting in detail what it was like to live in a prosperous city of Northwest Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The time is A.D. 1250 and the city is Troyes, capital of the county of Champagne and site of two of the cycle Champagne Fairs—the “Hot Fair” in August and the “Cold Fair” in December. European civilization has emerged from the Dark Ages and is in the midst of a commercial revolution. Merchants and money men from all over Europe gather at Troyes to buy, sell, borrow, and lend, creating a bustling market center typical of the feudal era. As the Gieses take us through the day-to-day life of burghers, we learn the customs and habits of lords and serfs, how financial transactions were conducted, how medieval cities were governed, and what life was really like for a wide range of people.,For serious students of the medieval era and anyone wishing to learn more about this fascinating period, ,Life in a Medieval City, remains a timeless work of popular medieval scholarship.

History,Nonfiction,Historical,Medieval,History,Medieval History,Historical,Reference,Research,History,European History,Reference,Cultural,France,Geography,Cities

60908807

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100352.Life_in_a_Medieval_City

Life in a Medieval City

David A. Jasen,Trebor Jay Tichenor

"A work for all time . . . (with) a tremendous amount of historical information which has never been published. . . . It will be the standard text and reference work in the ragtime field." — ,Rag Times.,This well-known, highly praised book is the definitive history of ragtime music and its composers. Both authors are widely celebrated composers, performers, collectors, historians, and critics of ragtime music. With great enthusiasm and expertise, they trace the growth and diversification of ragtime from its earliest beginnings in the late nineteenth century through its heyday in the Folk, Classic, Popular, Novelty, and Stride Ragtime periods to its current revival.,Forty-eight major composers are discussed, including Scott Joplin, Zez Confrey, Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller, and many other greats. In addition, 800 important rags are profiled, most of them bearing the carefree titles that were part of the tradition, titles like "Canned Corn Rag," "Bantam Step," "Too Much Raspberry," "Ragging the Scale," and "Red Onion Rag." Each profile includes date of publication, original publisher, a discography, and a commentary of the unique character and appeal of each rag.,Over 100 photographs, many of them rare, illuminate this lively chronicle, along with reproductions of original sheet music and many other items of interest from the authors' personal archives.,"Jasen and Tichenor have no peers in ragtime knowledge. . . .They are the two unchallengeable authorities in the field of ragtime history, personalities, and musical forms." — ,The Classic Rag.,"A combination encyclopedia/biography/history/analysis and review, it teems with what would appear to be everything the ragtime buff or casual inquirer needs or wants to know about the music that won't stand still." — ,The Christian Science Monitor.,",Rags and Ragtime, tells it all. There's a lot here I didn't know in pictures, music, and words." — Eubie Blake.

Nonfiction,Music

486259226

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003534.Rags_and_Ragtime

Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History

Edwin Benson

A look at life in the Middle Ages.

History,Nonfiction,History,Medieval History,Historical,Medieval

1600960642

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100353.Life_in_a_Medieval_City

Life in a Medieval City

Frances Gies,Joseph Gies

A Vivid, Detailed Account of Birth, Marriage and Death; Food, Clothing and Housing; Love and Labor in the Middle Ages,Daily Life in Medieval Times is a fully-illustrated edition of the classic and popular books of history and anthropology by Frances and Joseph Gies - Life in a Medieval Castle, Life in a Medieval City and Life in a Medieval Village., This book takes readers into the fascinating world of medieval life through historic pictures, period illustrations and detailed text that describes everything from castle-storming techniques to villagers' hair styles., Three real medieval places - a castle in Chepstow on the Welsh border, the city of Troyes in the country of Champagne and the village of Elton in the English East Midlands - are the jumping - off point for this thorough exploration of 13th and 14th century life in Europe., The authors use recent archeloogical discoveries and historic and contemporary documents in conjunction with diagrams and dramatic photographs to give readers a full understanding of what it was truly like to live 700 years ago.

History,Nonfiction,Historical,Medieval,Reference,History,Medieval History,Reference,Research,Historical

1579120695

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100358.Daily_Life_in_Medieval_Times

Daily Life in Medieval Times

Larry Niven,Rick Sternbach

Ranging from the 20th Century to the 31st, these interconnected stories trace Man's expansion and colonization throughout the galaxy...,Becalmed in hell,Howie's spaceship had a malfunction...but it might be only psychosomatic!,Wait it out,He was trapped on Pluto...and all his assets were frozen!,The borderland of Sol,Forward possessed the ultimate weapon...but no one would ever see it!,The jigsaw man,The organ banks want you...now!,Cloak of anarchy,They were free to be anything but violent...but that wasn't enough!,-- plus eight other great stories in Niven's spectacular cycle of the future...and, special for this volume, a complete Niven bibliography and a detailed chronology of all his Known Space stories!,Timeline for Known Space,My Universe and Welcome To It!,Coldest Place, The,Becalmed in Hell,Wait it Out,Eye of an Octopus,How the Heroes Die,The Jigsaw Man,At the Bottom of a Hole,The Deceivers,Cloak of Anarchy,Warriors, The,The Borderland of Sol,There is a Tide,Safe at Any Speed,Afterthoughts,Bibliography: The Worlds of Larry Niven

Science Fiction,Fiction,Short Stories,Space,Space Opera,Anthologies,Science Fiction Fantasy,Anthologies,Collections,Science Fiction,Hard Science Fiction,Science Fiction,Aliens,Novels

345334698

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100359.Tales_of_Known_Space

Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven

Jean-Paul Sartre,Forrest Williams,Robert Kirkpatrick

First published in France in 1937, this important essay marked a turning point in Sartre's philosophical development. Before writing it, he had been closely allied with phenomenologists such as Husserl and Heidegger. Here, however, Sartre attacked Husserl's notion of a transcendental ego. The break with Husserl, in turn, facilitated Sartre's transition from phenomenology to the existentialist doctrines of his masterwork, ,Being and Nothingness,, which was completed a few years later while the author was a prisoner of war.,This student-friendly edition of ,The Transcendence of the Ego, also includes an introduction and notes/annotations by the translators.

Philosophy,Psychology,Nonfiction,Cultural,France,European Literature,French Literature,Philosophy,Theory,Academic,School,Writing,Essays

809015455

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10035.The_Transcendence_of_the_Ego

The Transcendence of the Ego: An Existentialist Theory of Consciousness

Patricia Wentworth

The two Miss Pilgrims, Columba and Janette, think its unwise to leave their fine ancestral home, Pilgrim's Rest. When their brother suffers a fatal fall only days after talking about selling it, and his son, barely escapes two near-fatal accidents, they suspect it deadly to leave. Surely, Miss Silver can determine why the house hates to be empty.

Mystery,Fiction,European Literature,British Literature,Mystery,Cozy Mystery,Mystery,Crime,Historical,Historical Fiction,Mystery,Golden Age Mystery,Romance,Classics,Thriller,Mystery Thriller

61044024

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003604.Pilgrim_s_Rest

Pilgrim's Rest

Norman C. Fassett,Olive S. Thomson

Reference,Field Guides,Nonfiction

299067548

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003632.Spring_Flora_of_Wisconsin

Spring Flora of Wisconsin: A Manual of Plants Growing without Cultivation and Flowering Before June 15

June Thomson

Exploring the friendship of the inscrutable sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his redoubtable companion, Doctor Watson -- a bond that survived forty-six years -- this scrupulously researched biography constructs the fascinating story of their relationship, for the most part from evidence in the massive canon of Arthur Conan Doyle. Speculative only when precise data is wanting, the book examines the personalities of its principals, traces the development of their partnership in crime detection, and considers such disputed aspects as the possible homosexual implications of their relationship, Holmes's disappearance for three years, and the identity of the second Mrs. Watson.With theories as to the location of 221B Baker Street, the person of the King of Bohemia, the dating of The Hound of the Baskervilles, and other matters long debated by Holmes experts, this volume will prove to be invaluable to all students of the Great Detective. And for anyone who has enjoyed Holmes in print or in film, television, and radio adaptations, it provides a detailed and engaging biographical account of one of literature's great immortal friendships.

Biography,Nonfiction,Mystery,Crime,Mystery,Literature,19th Century,European Literature,British Literature

786708271

https://goodreads.com/book/show/1003634.Holmes_and_Watson

Holmes and Watson

Tony Gaddis

Tony Gaddis's accessible, step-by-step presentation helps beginning students understand the important details necessary to become skilled programmers at an introductory level. Gaddis motivates the study of both programming skills and the C++ programming language by presenting all the details needed to understand the "how" and the "why"-but never losing sight of the fact that most beginners struggle with this material. His approach is both gradual and highly accessible, ensuring that students understand the logic behind developing high-quality programs. , In , ,Starting Out with C++: From Control Structures through Objects, , ,Gaddis covers control structures, functions, arrays, and pointers before objects and classes. As with all Gaddis texts, clear and easy-to-read code listings, concise and practical real-world examples, and an abundance of exercises appear in every chapter. This text is intended for either a one-semester accelerated introductory course or a traditional two-semester sequence covering C++ programming. , This edition is available with MyProgrammingLab, an innovative online homework and assessment tool. Through the power of practice and immediate personalized feedback, MyProgrammingLab helps students fully grasp the logic, semantics, and syntax of programming. � ,Note: , If you are purchasing the standalone text or electronic version, MyProgrammingLab does not come automatically packaged with the text. To purchase MyProgrammingLab, please visit: myprogramminglab.com or you can purchase a package of the physical text + MyProgrammingLab by searching for ISBN 10: 0132774178 / ISBN 13: 9780132774178.� MyProgrammingLab is not a self-paced technology and should only be purchased when required by an instructor.

Textbooks,Computer Science,Programming,Science,Computer Science,Nonfiction,Academic,School,Computer Science,Software,Reference

132576252

https://goodreads.com/book/show/10036354-starting-out-with-c

Starting Out with C++: From Control Structures Through Objects

Larry Niven,Tom Clancy

On an L.A. talk show Arthur C. Clarke was once asked to name his favorite writer. His answer was "Larry Niven." Countless others agree. ,The Baltimore Sun ,and ,Kirkus Reviews, have both dubbed Niven "the premier writer of hard SF," and Gregory Benford has hailed him as "the paradigm of SF personality of the last several decade.",Now Larry Niven presents us with his undisputed masterwork. ,N-Space, contains, very simply, the best SF of his career--marvelous fiction, a wealth of anecdotes and gossip, plus Niven's own special brand of wit and excitement.,Contents:,1 • Introduction: The Maker of Worlds • (1990) • essay by Tom Clancy,3 • On Niven • (1992) • essay by Frederik Pohl and Steven Barnes and David Brin and John Hertz and Wendy All and Gregory Benford,15 • Dramatis Personae • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven,25 • Foreword: Playgrounds for the Mind • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven,31 • From World of Ptavvs (excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven,36 • Bordered in Black • (1966) • shortstory by Larry Niven,56 • Convergent Series • (1967) • shortstory by Larry Niven (variant of The Long Night),62 • All the Myriad Ways • [Time Travel - Parallel Universe] • (1968) • shortstory by Larry Niven,73 • From A Gift From Earth (Excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven,90 • The Meddler • (1968) • novelette by Larry Niven,112 • Passerby • [State] • (1969) • shortstory by Larry Niven,126 • Down in Flames • (1969) • essay by Larry Niven,139 • From Ringworld (Excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven,148 • The Fourth Profession • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven,195 • "Shall We Indulge in Rishathra?" • (1978) • shortfiction by Larry Niven,195 •  "Shall We Indulge in Rishathra?" • (1978) • interior artwork by William Rotsler,199 • Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex • (1969) • essay by Larry Niven,208 • Inconstant Moon • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven,234 • What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers? • (1971) • shortstory by Larry Niven,245 • Cloak of Anarchy • [Known Space] • (1972) • shortstory by Larry Niven,269 • From Protector (excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven,279 • The Hole Man • (1974) • shortstory by Larry Niven,293 • Night on Mispec Moor • [State] • (1974) • shortstory by Larry Niven,305 • Flare Time • (1978) • novella by Larry Niven,347 • The Locusts • (1979) • novelette by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes,389 • From The Mote in God's Eye (excerpt) • (1990) • shortfiction by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle,394 • Building the Mote in God's Eye • [A Step Farther Out] • (1976) • essay by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle,420 • Brenda • (1988) • novella by Larry Niven,465 • The Return of William Proxmire • (1989) • shortstory by Larry Niven,475 • The Tale of the Jinni and the Sisters • (1988) • shortstory by Larry Niven,491 • Madness Has Its Place • [Man-Kzin Wars] • (1990) • novelette by Larry Niven,519 • Niven's Laws (1990 version) • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven,528 • The Kiteman • [Integral Trees] • (1990) • novelette by Larry Niven,571 • The Alien in Our Minds • (1987) • essay by Larry Niven,580 • Space • (1990) • essay by Larry Niven,597 • Bibliography of Larry Niven • (1990) • essay by uncredited

Science Fiction,Fiction,Short Stories,Anthologies,Fantasy,Anthologies,Collections,Space,Science Fiction Fantasy,Speculative Fiction,Writing,Essays

812510011

https://goodreads.com/book/show/100363.N_Space

N-Space