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This is the biography of a man whose story cannot be told! The Man Who Mastered Gravity is an intimate profile of Thomas Townsend Brown - a little-known scientist whose unorthodox ideas about electricity and gravity have made him the subject of...

This slim volume is a fascinating read. The author provides a rich and finely detailed timeline of South Sudan's historic resistance to alien rule. The chronology and research is meticulous as the author maps out the attempts to own this land and control...

Our prominent personality features are shaped in early childhood beyond our awareness and control. However, we can change them through our conscious effort throughout our life. The challenge is that emotional growth will stay arrested if the stress from...

12,000 years ago when the Continent of Lemuria was destroyed and sank into the Pacific Ocean, two crystals from Lemuria's vast computer system were miraculously saved.  They were hidden in a Brazilian Rain Forest for centuries until they were...

When Adoption Fails: Abuse, Autism, and the Search for My Identity is the story of Theresa Werba, an undiagnosed autistic adoptee who endured an abusive adoptive home, several identity changes, a disinheritance, and the discovery of her biological mother...

HOFFMAN, OKMULGEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA: DOING BUSINESS ON THE INDIAN TERRITORY FRONTIER is a 240-page history of business activity at what was first a Creek Indian Nation and then later an Okmulgee County town site, documented by means of a unique collection...

Everything you ever wanted to know about homosexuality but were afraid to ask! In simple language, Straight Talk About Homosexuality will help you understand:The hidden meaning behind same-sex attraction (SSA).Clues why five celebrities experience SSA...

Unlock the secrets of our modern socio-political landscape in "Straight Jackin'," a thought-provoking exploration of the term "woke" and its evolution. Delve into its fascinating journey from its African American Vernacular English roots to its current...

"Man School: Relating with Women in the #MeToo Era" is simultaneously an acknowledgement of women and a non-judgmental education for men in how we got here, why women are upset, and how men can win in relating with women in this new paradigm...

"The woman you truly are, right now, is perfect for where you are on your path, but you must look at yourself honestly and not through some distorted lens — a lens formed by the ideas of someone else.”Women today, at the beginning of the...

From the Foreword:"I feel both humbled to be asked to write this foreword and excited to be a small part of such a thoughtful and thought provoking book.  I’m excited by the challenges facing men at this time in history since man has...

Please can you change the book description to read as follows:Bring out the Glamour offers a lively, funny, sardonic but accurate picture of the profession of cabin crew, shedding light on the health problems this job might potentially be responsible for...

Our politics dictate the ads we create and distance us from our audience. The advertising industry has lost interest in selling. According to the IPA, we face "a crisis of effectiveness". And our politics are to blame. We are now so culturally...

The Luminous Darkness is a commentary on what segregation does to the human soul. First published in the 1960s, Howard Thruman's insights apply today as we still try to heal the wound of those days. Thurmna bares the evil of segregation and points to the...

Founded in 1931 in Schenectady, New York by nurse M. Grace Jorgensen, Bellevue Maternity Hospital grew into the most trusted name in women's health care. It remained the region's premier facility dedicated to the care of women & infants while under the...

In this ground-breaking study, Margo Maine declares war on a culture that dismisses, devalues, and disempowers women by making them hate their own bodies. This book covers issues from dieting and weight prejudice to concepts of beauty and ageism to...

For 265,000 indigenous people in Australia it's not a lucky country.Indigenous Peoples: In the Wake of Mabo is a contribution to the debate in Australia of issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This collection of papers...

The second edition of this popular and classic text, now updated for the 21st century, provides a complete manual for the beginning O&M instructor that serves as a reference for the experienced practitioner as well. An invaluable guide for teaching...

This book explores creative methods of teaching various orientation and mobility techniques to persons who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities. Imagining the Possibilities is a hands-on teaching resource for...

An exploration of the art of the Haida, an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their main territory is the archipelago of Haida Gwaii in northern British Columbia, Canada. Haida society continues to produce a robust and...

This definitive handbook assembles the most recent advances in knowledge about dementia, Alzheimer Disease, and related disorders as they affect persons with intellectual disabilities. Diagnosis, assessment, treatment, and management and care practices...

Walking toward the Sunset is a historical examination of the Melungeons, a mixed-race group predominantly in southern Appalachia. Author Wayne Winkler reviews theories about the Melungeons, compares the Melungeons with other mixed-race groups, and...

Colour permeates contemporary visual and material culture and affects our senses beyond the superficial encounter by infiltrating our perceptions and memories and becoming deeply rooted in thought processes that categorise and divide along culturally...

ESTE LIBRO BRINDA PUNTOS DE VISTA BÍBLICOS Y CIENTIFICOS BIEN DOCUMENTADOS SOBRE EL ABUSOEn el abuso, en sus diferentes formas (físico, sexual, verbal, espiritual, y por negligencia), reduce las emociones, asesina el valor propio, paraliza la mente e...

Equal under the Sky is the first historical study of Georgia O'Keeffe's complex involvement with, and influence on, US feminism from the 1910s to the 1970s. Utilizing understudied sources such as fan letters, archives of women's...

Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork among Tongan migrant mothers and adult daughters in Australia, anthropologist Makiko Nishitani provides a unique account of how gifts, money, and information flow along the connections of kin and kin-like...

The New Port Moresby: Gender, Space, and Belonging in Urban Papua New Guinea explores the ways in which educated, professional women experience living in Port Moresby, the burgeoning capital of Papua New Guinea. Drawing on postcolonial and feminist...

​Chris Crass calls on all of us to join our values to the power of love and act with courage for a world where Black lives truly matter. A world where the death culture of white supremacy no longer devours the lives of Black people and no longer deforms...

In 1837 Mariquita Sánchez de Mendeville was so fed up with governor Juan Manuel de Rosas that she chose to leave her beloved city of Buenos Aires. Leaving was especially hard because Mariquita felt that she had played an influential role in...

In this chronicle of political awakening and queer solidarity, the activist and novelist Sarah Schulman describes her dawning consciousness of the Palestinian liberation struggle. Invited to Israel to give the keynote address at an LGBT studies...

This book argues that China's businesses, and hence China's future economic development, face a huge crisis in that there is a considerable "leadership gap" in China, with a shortage of competent business leaders, at a time when new leadership skills are...

People are leading significantly longer lives than previous generations did, and the proportion of older people in the population is growing. Residential care for older people will become increasingly necessary as our society ages and, we will require...

Queering the Museum develops a queer analysis of the ways in which museums construct themselves, their core business, and their publics through the, often unconscious, use of inherited ways of knowing and doing. Providing a critique of both the practices...

  "I was determined not to simply be a good Italian girl.I was secretly dreaming big. Far bigger than what good Australian-Italian girls were expected to. I wanted to have it all - travel the world, have a successful career and tick off...

MORE INFORMATION ON THESE BOOKSOver the past 13 years the author, Ron Williams, has written this series of books that present a social history of Australia in the post-war period. They cover the period for 1939 to 1968, with one book for each year...

KAREN THORNTON  -  B.Soc.Sci (Hons) ArchaeologyWHAT IF - there are no mistakes or wrong turns in life.  WHAT IF - the path you walk is not always what it seems, and yet, exactly how it should be.  Walk With Me - find your hidden magic...

'What you are thinking about me is right,' says I, 'and it's wonderful and beautiful, and if you make it ugly for me I'll hate you for the rest of my life!' So flopping down and turning my poor brave face to the wall ... I'm...

Prolific author, Jim Connelly (the Tom and Anna series, Mountain Boy, Wild Beauty, Talk of the Town, Round and About in Gippsland) goes back to his early years to bring us this revealing account of growing up in a small Victorian country town. Garfield...

The Bright Girl Guide takes the confusion out of the menstrual cycle and helps you to understand how your period can be used to your advantage! Make sense of period symptoms and learn how to interpret what those symptoms may be telling you about...

In Jieng societies, being a girl has always meant serving family, culture, and tradition. Jieng women are frequently oppressed, denied rights to education, conditioned to fulfil household and care responsibilities, and made victims of male violence. But...

Are you an Athena or an Artemis? A Persephone or an Aphrodite? Discover the goddess archetypes active in you, and how they affect your decision-making, relationships, life pathways and priorities. The goddess myths are rich in wisdom and provide us with...

Holding on in a loveless marriage. I want my boys’ lives to be better than mine. Can I endure Javier’s possessive behaviour to bring change for my family?Something keeps informing me of impending death. Why am I sensing such...

After a lifetime of international travel, the author, a master of the dramatic anecdote, has retired to rural Victoria to write his memoir. For thirty-three years he was the producer of lavish Moulin Rouge- style theatrical extravaganzas from Paris to...

This book is the autobiography of John McCormack (1933-2022), who practised Law in Melbourne, then abandoned it for the Opal fields of Andamooka. It turned out to be hot, demanding work in a hostile environment. But, after five years, a chance meeting...

Ironside is more than a regular academy. It's also the biggest reality TV show in the world ... and a very elaborate, very luxurious prison.Their hallowed halls are ruled by the powerful Betas and the middling Omegas, with the plentiful Deltas as their...