Society and culture: general Books

Queer People of Color in Higher Education (QPOC) is a comprehensive work discussing the lived experiences of queer people of color on college campuses. This book will create conversations and provide resources to best support students, faculty, and staff...

Queer People of Color in Higher Education (QPOC) is a comprehensive work discussing the lived experiences of queer people of color on college campuses. This book will create conversations and provide resources to best support students, faculty, and staff...

A volume in Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and PracticeGender, Media, and Organization: Challenging Mis(s)Representations of Women Leaders and Managers is the fourth volume in the Women and Leadership: Research,Theory, and Practice series. This...

A volume in Critical Constructions: Studies On Education and SocietySeries Editors: Curry Stephenson Malott, West Chester University of Pennsylvania; Brad J. Porfilio, California State University, East Bay; Marc Pruyn, Monash University; and Derek R...

Norm Shulman's relationship with his stepson Greg Levenson had always been stable and warm, but it altered when Greg decided to enlist in the Air Force at age 27. This unexpected decision brought them even closer together, and Norm came to realize that...

For half a century, feminism and New Criticism have sought to reframe the art of women. Portrayed as neglected or suppressed, women's art has recently been subject of widespread research. But has the feminist narrative simply replaced the commonplace...

Seymour W. Itzkoff is one of the world's leading intelligence researchers. His exciting new book Our Unfinished Biological Revolution offers a bold and highly original new study on the evolution of human intelligence from the origin of life to our times...

Opium Consumption and Experience in India offers a "cultural biography" of opium on the subcontinent. It spans the Raj and India after independence. The book examines the "social lives" of opium in India, beginning as a commodity in the sixteenth...

Until now, the influential agents in rampage killings have been described with unsatisfactory generalizations or chalked up to unconscious impulses. Instead of simply attributing lethal decision-making to distorted thinking, Why Rampage Killers Emerge...

The Torah. The family. The kiddush. The joy. In Jewish Neighborhoods in California: History and Development, Keith Warwick amplifies the essence of Judaism as experienced in California s historic Jewish neighborhoods. Both memory and history, this book...

By drawing on Jung's and Marx's opposing ideas, James Driscoll's Carl versus Karl: Jung and Marx, Two Icons for our Age develops fresh perspectives on urgent contemporary problems. Jung and Marx as thinkers, Driscoll contends, carry the...

Art, culture and media are inter-related fields of study. They are often studied in integration with each other. This book attempts to understand the multiple branches that fall under the discipline of art, culture and media, and how such concepts have...

Urban studies and development is an interdisciplinary field. A primary aspect of this field is the development and protection of infrastructure for public welfare. This book elucidates the concepts and innovative models around prospective developments...

As I walk into the arena of life for the first time, I notice the bloodshed of those who came before me. My opponents stand tall with heavy armor, and weaponry. The crowd erupts with undistinguishable chaos; there is absolutely no way of distinguishing...

This book tells my life's experiences and even though I had both parent's in the home it doesn't mean that you won't go through anything. Opening up about being raped, emotionally abused, broken in heart wasn't the hardest part; forgiving was. The...

Accounts of past lost civilizations, strange aerialphenomena, unexplained encounters, and crypticcodes unquestionably continue to tease our mindswith their intrigue. While many of these puzzles,which often are passed down from one generation toanother,...

If you need hope, you need to read this book. You Are Me is a fascinating, heartening true story of one person's journey from becoming crippled with amnesia by a car accident to recovering and becoming a parent to children who each needed a second chance...

Walter and Julia Alston were two parents with two different upbringings-one was from a family of means, and the other was from a family with very little. One was about trying to have success and wealth, and the other was about having nothing, spending...

How do scholars research and interpret marginalized populations, especially those that are seldom recognized as marginalized or whose sources are believed to be rare? Combining intersectional feminism and public history methodologies, 'A Girl Can...

With traditional forms of advertisement facing increasing challenges, brand placement - the integration of a product or brand in a work of art - has exploded. It has become a lucrative phenomenon whose goal is to produce a reaction of purchase in the...

As the first scholarly book of its kind, this edited volume brings together educational leadership scholars and practitioners from across the country whose research focuses on the unique contributions and struggles that Latinas across the diaspora face...

It is said that crisis is the true test of a leader. The leaders who contributed to this volume and their peers at HBCUs nationwide were tested in unprecedented ways by the events of 2020 and 2021. The crisis caused by COVID-19 was unique in its...

As the demand for education at all levels has increased, so have the models of meeting these increased demands for education. As in many other parts of the world, public education has expanded to serve large populations across the regions of Africa, the...

Acts of bullying and victimization experienced by gifted individuals is a seriously neglected problem, leaving many of these students emotionally shaken and subject to extreme anxiety and depression. Even more, based on certain common characteristics of...

Drinking is only an issue when it damages a person or a relationship. Emotional drinking as an alternative to staying present and dealing with your feelings can become a real issue in many relationships. This book outlines my discovery of “the...

Now in his old age, Chief Tenaya’s lifeand the lives in his tribe are changed forever...In the Mariposa Indian War of 1850/51, the venerable Chief Tenaya is catapulted into leading his people into conflict against white man’s plunder of their...

Are you feeling miserable yet trapped in your relationship? Who is this stranger, and where is the person you fell in love with?Are you constantly told you’re not good enough – and actually starting to agree? Kept from voicing your concerns...

For fans of true crime memoir comes a gripping tale of one woman's harrowing and spiritual journey of resilience after she learns that she was a victim of a sex crime--and her husband was the culprit. At sixteen, Caroline longed to meet the man who owned...

For fans of stranger than truth stories, Sandy Schnakenburg is uncovering rattling and unprecedented revelations in this powerful memoir of love, secrets, and survival. When Lee Metoyer is hired to be the new housekeeper, she has no idea that she's about...

"There is probably no language spoken in North America possessed of a nominal inflection more developed than the Klamath."-Albert Samuel Gatschet, The Klamath Indians of Southwestern Oregon (1890)The Klamath Indians of Southwestern Oregon: Contributions...

Theresa Shanahan was raised in upstate New York in a loving, two-parent Irish-Catholic family. To others, it all seemed normal, nearly idyllic. Theresa failed to thrive, however, and fell prey to a man who nearly took her life.What went wrong? Why did...

"InnovateHERs inspires and guides by telling the stories of a diverse set of women who have developed the mindset, and have used it to succeed in brilliant ways." - Coco Brown, CEO, The Athena Alliance "One inspiring story after another, this...

¿Has sido víctima de abuso sexual o un ser querido ha pasado por esto? ¿Necesitas apoyo para sobrellevar este terrible acontecimiento? ¿Te gustaría retomar el control de tu vida y no volver a mirar atrás? Entonces sigue leyendo..."No estoy aceptando las...

¿Te gustaría saber cuales son los grupos más misteriosos e impactantes de la historia? ¿Te has preguntado qué es lo que hace que decenas o cientos de personas cometan actos de locura? ¿Las razones por las cuales algunos líderes son elevados al nivel de...

Big Ugly Confession: An NFL Wife and Concussion Driven Domestic Violence showcases a one-of-a kind verbal screenplay of the domestic violence and abuse she and other unnamed NFL players’ partners experienced during life in the National Football...

I found a gold mine. This is very far and located in a very inaccessible place. One has to cross the legendary 7 seas and 13 rivers to reach this place. It is deep inside thousands and thousands of acres of wilderness. It is guarded by a very powerful...

Sree Sree Jagannath is not only presiding deity of Odisha but he is Lord of Universe . Jagannath culture is an amalgamation of diverse religious cults and worshipped by devotees in India and across the world. Mrs. Chaddha's book in Hindi Jay Jagannath is...

There is much in these stories that our modern mindsets will find hard to accept. But having struggled with this myself, I believe that these folktales are timeless for a reason; they hold a mirror to the one thing that has not changed over the centuries...

The author describes, in her aunt's words the turbulent and often traumatic past of a woman who struggled to overcome her past and traditions; and establish her own identity as a scholarly, bilingual achiever. Sarah grew up in the early 1900s on the...

This book gives an example of a non-conventional approach to learning and teaching in a university of applied sciences in the Netherlands. The author shares from own experiences, the characteristics of a fluid approach for higher education. This model...

Pandemic Pedagogies invites readers to consider how the COVID-19 pandemic has radically altered every facet of social life. From education and communication to structures of government, health systems, social and recreational services, the...

Judith had been neglected, misunderstood, and abused until she met and married the man of her dreams, Gary Ridgway, who would become known as The Green River Serial Killer by the rest of the world.For fourteen happy years, Judith shared her life with an...

Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an African-American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and...

<p>&ldquo;The Wounded Healer &ldquo;- A memoir of Priya Saklani, details a compelling and ferocious insight into a mind and life of a victim of complex trauma, demonstrating just how childhood affects every aspect of your life...

This (deluxe, hardcover edition) book explores the roots of the great conflict of our time: the war between the Islamic State and the Illuminati for a New World Order.What are the deep ideas, agendas and power structures of the "Illuminized"...

High-Rise Observations and Secrets of a Doorman offers some insight into the ways in which some among us chose to live our lives, others who find themselves trapped in the complexities of life, some who create their own complexities, and some who strive...