Howard Feldman's Books

Tales of Valor

Rebirth of Latter-Day Heroes in the Image of Biblical Paladins

By: Howard J. Leavitt

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Tales of Valor

Rebirth of Latter-Day Heroes in the Image of Biblical Paladins

By: Howard J. Leavitt

Which astronaut repaired the Hubble telescope during a walk in space? Who was the model for the movie "The Man Who Never Was?" What officer was responsible for the eradication of flogging in the U.S. Navy? Who is the most decorated living U.S. Army veteran? That the uncle of a world-famous entertainer won the Distinguished Service Cross in Korea? What officer led the mission to rescue General Patton's son-in-law? Who was the commanding officer of the famed WW II B-17 Rosie's Riveters? Who commanded both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets of the U.S. submarine forces? What soldier, born in Lithuania, was the Commanding General of the U.S. Special Forces? Who commanded the battleship Utah at Pearl Harbor and received the Navy Cross? What French general was commended by Napoleon as "...one of the greatest of the great?" What general commanded the Australian forces in France in World War I? Who was and remains the only dentist in the Army to win the Congressional Medal of Honor? Who won both the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Service Cross in World War I? Who won the Navy Cross during World War I and another during World War II? What Navy surgeon received the Silver Star in Vietnam and is being considered for the Medal of Honor? Who was one of the first nurses to die in Europe in WW II and is buried in a military cemetery in France? What famous Los Angeles police officer and attorney won two Bronze Stars in Vietnam as a paratrooper? Who was the Jewish chaplain who gave his life aboard the SS Dorchester to save American soldiers? What Israeli astronaut was the youngest participant in the 1981 raid on the Osirak nuclear plant in Iraq?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

609

Publisher

Xlibris Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

1413411312

ISBN 13

9781413411317

Open versus Closed

Personality, Identity, and the Politics of Redistribution

By: Christopher D. Johnston,Howard G. Lavine,Christopher M. Federico

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Open versus Closed

Personality, Identity, and the Politics of Redistribution

By: Christopher D. Johnston,Howard G. Lavine,Christopher M. Federico

This book explains how deep-seated personality traits shape citizens' attitudes toward economic redistribution, and what it means for American democracy. It will be of interest to researchers from across the social sciences, as well as citizens, pundits, political observers, and commentators from across the political spectrum.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

299

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1107120462

ISBN 13

9781107120464

Art Education and Human Development

By: Howard Gardner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Art Education and Human Development

By: Howard Gardner

An essay commissioned by the J. Paul Getty Center for Education in the Arts.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Getty Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

0892361794

ISBN 13

9780892361793

Evidence Based Dermatology

By: Howard I. Maibach

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Evidence Based Dermatology

By: Howard I. Maibach

Evidence-based thinking in clinical medicine has impacted greatly on the physician's approach to clinical care. Evidence-Based Dermatology introduces and encourages the concept of evidence-based patient care in dermatology. Incorporating a text that is much more than merely the summary of trial data, the authors worked to explore disease mechanisms and treatments in greater depth and detail in order to provide more insight for the reader. In addition to promoting the understanding of the evidence-based philosophy, the authors have focused on some of the fundamentals in dermatology that need to be approached differently. Issues such as the interpretation of clinical research, disease-oriented evidence versus patient-care evidence, and the use of placebo are examined.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1142

Publisher

PMPH-USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

1607950391

ISBN 13

9781607950394

Space Weather and Coronal Mass Ejections

By: Tim Howard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Space Weather and Coronal Mass Ejections

By: Tim Howard

Space weather has attracted a lot of attention in recent times. Severe space weather can disrupt spacecraft, and on Earth can be the cause of power outages and power station failure. It also presents a radiation hazard for airline passengers and astronauts. These “magnetic storms” are most commonly caused by coronal mass ejections, or CMES, which are large eruptions of plasma and magnetic field from the Sun that can reach speeds of several thousand km/s. In this SpringerBrief, Space Weather and Coronal Mass Ejections, author Timothy Howard briefly introduces the coronal mass ejection, its scientific importance, and its relevance to space weather at Earth and other planets. This title focuses on the latest advances in CME observation and modeling, including new results from the NASA STEREO and SDO missions. It also includes topical issues regarding space weather and the most recent observations and anecdotal examples of the impacts of space weather and CMEs.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

119

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1461479754

ISBN 13

9781461479758

Elston

The Story of the First African-American Yankee

By: Arlene Howard,Ralph Wimbish

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Elston

The Story of the First African-American Yankee

By: Arlene Howard,Ralph Wimbish

Beginning with his early years as a St. Louis teenager, Elston tells of Elston Howard’s love of baseball and his encounters with racism. His three decades with the New York Yankees include numerous anecdotes about fellow Yankee legends such as Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, and Yogi Berra. Written with a wife’s compassion and a sportswriter’s eye for detail, and with countless personal moments and rarely seen photographs, Elston is the touching story of one of baseball’s great players.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

247

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

1493029010

ISBN 13

9781493029013

Intelligence Reframed

Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century

By: Howard E Gardner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Intelligence Reframed

Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century

By: Howard E Gardner

Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner has been acclaimed as the most influential educational theorist since John Dewey. His ideas about intelligence and creativity - explicated in such bestselling books as Frames of Mind and Multiple Intelligences (over 200,000 copies in print combined) - have revolutionized our thinking. In his groundbreaking 1983 book Frames of Mind , Howard Gardner first introduced the theory of multiple intelligences, which posits that intelligence is more than a single property of the human mind. That theory has become widely accepted as one of the seminal ideas of the twentieth century and continues to attract attention all over the world. Now in Intelligence Reframed , Gardner provides a much-needed report on the theory, its evolution and revisions. He offers practical guidance on the educational uses of the theory and responds to the critiques leveled against him. He also introduces two new intelligences (existential intelligence and naturalist intelligence) and argues that the concept of intelligence should be broadened, but not so absurdly that it includes every human virtue and value. Ultimately, argues Gardner, possessing a basic set of seven or eight intelligences is not only a unique trademark of the human species, but also perhaps even a working definition of the species. Gardner also offers provocative ideas about creativity, leadership, and moral excellence, and speculates about the relationship between multiple intelligences and the world of work in the future.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

257

Publisher

Basic Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

0465013147

ISBN 13

9780465013142

Max

A Novel

By: Howard Fast

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Max

A Novel

By: Howard Fast

The New York Times–bestselling novel of one man’s journey from New York’s slums to become one of America’s first film moguls—from the author of Spartacus. Max tells the story of the rise of Max Britsky, entwined with the film industry’s beginnings near the turn of the twentieth century. When he was twelve, Max’s father died, leaving him to scrape out a living in Manhattan’s Lower East Side slums to provide for his mother and siblings. But Max was a natural entrepreneur, and he followed his business instincts and love of the theater to become one of the first film moguls in the history of American moviemaking. Britsky’s life story is tragic and triumphant, and yet another example of the unmatched storytelling prowess of Howard Fast, one of the most prolific and widely read authors of the twentieth century. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author’s estate.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

368

Publisher

Open Road Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1453237623

ISBN 13

9781453237625

First Contact

Teaching and Learning in Introductory Sociology

By: Nancy A. Greenwood,Jay R. Howard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

First Contact

Teaching and Learning in Introductory Sociology

By: Nancy A. Greenwood,Jay R. Howard

First Contact walks the instructor through the course design and execution process for the Introductory Sociology or the first course in sociology. It is an invaluable resource for new instructors in sociology, graduate students learning how to teach, seasoned professors who want to refresh their courses, but also administrators who review and evaluate these courses.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

182

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1442212381

ISBN 13

9781442212381

A Commentary on Pseudo-Philo's Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum

With Latin Text and English Translation

By: Howard Jacobson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Commentary on Pseudo-Philo's Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum

With Latin Text and English Translation

By: Howard Jacobson

This book offers a dramatically new translation of "Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum," a commentary that deals extensively with LAB's place in ancient biblical exegesis, and an introduction that treats the major problems associated with LAB (e.g. date, original language, manuscript tradition, exegetical techniques).

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

682

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004105549

ISBN 13

9789004105546

Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday

My Life with Brian, a Memoir

By: Kim Howard Johnson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday

My Life with Brian, a Memoir

By: Kim Howard Johnson

One of the finest and most accurate records of the making of the film that I have ever read. I just wished I could remember what actually went on then." --Terry Jones "If anyone can remember more about making the Life of Brian than me, it's Kim ‘Howard' Johnson. He came, he saw, he got into costume. While the rest of us were fighting to upstage each other, Howard had a notebook hidden in his toga." --Michael Palin "Since I've forgotten everything, it will be great to read what was actually going on in Tunisia. Just as long as I'm the most quoted, the most vital to the shooting, and the most interesting. You don't have to mention my stunning good looks if you don't want to." --Terry Gilliam "Of all the books that I am planning to read in my dotage, there is none I am more looking forward to than Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday. . . . Not only does ‘Howard' Johnson know more about Python than anyone outside of the IRS, he was in Tunisia for most of the filming of Life of Brian, and is the only person who captured every thoughtless remark, heated exchange, embarrassing detail, petty insult, and spiteful act of indifference." --John Cleese "Kim ‘Howard' Johnson was invented by Graham Chapman during an idle moment on the set of The Life of Brian. ‘Let's invent a person,' he said. ‘An American fan from the Midwest,' chimed in Michael Palin, ‘who keeps a daily diary of Python filming. And then doesn't publish it for years and years.' How we laughed, and each day we'd make up stuff this ‘person' would write about us." --Eric Idle In 1978, Kim "Howard" Johnson ran away to join the circus---Monty Python's Flying Circus, that is. The Pythons converged on Tunisia to film their timeless classic, Life of Brian, and Howard found himself in the thick of it, doubling for nearly all the Pythons, playing more roles in the film than John Cleese, and managing to ruin only one shot. He became the unit journalist, substitute still photographer, Roman soldier, peasant, Biggus Dickus's double, near-stalker, and, ultimately, friend and confidant of the comedy legends. He also kept a detailed journal of what he saw and heard, on set and off, throughout those six weeks. The result is a unique eyewitness account that reveals the Pythons at work and at play in a way that nothing else written about them could do. Now, for the first time ever, the inside story of the making of the film is revealed through the fly-on-the-castle-wall perspective. Even the most diehard fans will get a fresh take on the comedy greats through some never-before-revealed nuggets of Python brilliance: what John Cleese offered to exchange for suntan lotion; Terry Jones directing in drag; Michael Palin's secret to playing revolutionaries and peasants; Graham Chapman gets naked; Terry Gilliam gets filthy; Eric Idle haggles; the secret of the Thespo-Squat; Mrs. Pilate; talk of George Harrison; the cake-flinging that jeopardized the production; badminton, impromptu cricket, and erotic frescoes; and the first-ever presentation of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life." Here, uncensored, are the legendary Pythons in their prime. It was a period of comedy history that will never be duplicated, and Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday captures the wit, the genius, and the sheer silliness of the six men that comprised Python.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

443

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

1429994258

ISBN 13

9781429994255

Human Rights and Civil Liberties

By: Howard Davis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Human Rights and Civil Liberties

By: Howard Davis

This book provides a wide-ranging and accessible textbook covering the main areas of civil liberties and human rights law as it applies to England and Wales, meeting the requirements of undergraduate law syllabuses. The book sets out not only the legal rules, common law and statutes which relate to the field of civil liberties and human rights, but also the arguments and debates which have surrounded the development of an increasingly controversial area of the law, looking at the background principles underlying it, the coherence and consistency of the rules one to another and the social and political consequences of their application in practice. Particular attention is paid to the impact of developments in Europe, and especially to the Human Rights Act 1998 which has had an especial impact on the freedom to participate in determining public goals and the ability to preserve an area of personal autonomy. The book also addresses the nature and impact of the major statutory reforms in areas such as surveillance, protection of personal data and freedom of information, and devotes as well a chapter to the increasingly prominent issue of 'terrorism' and how the government and the law should respond.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

574

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

113403234X

ISBN 13

9781134032341

The EU Race Directive

Developing the Protection against Racial Discrimination within the EU

By: Erica Howard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The EU Race Directive

Developing the Protection against Racial Discrimination within the EU

By: Erica Howard

In 2000, the European Union adopted a Directive against discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin. This book provides an in-depth evaluation of the Race Directive and its effects, questioning how successful the Race directive has been. The EU Race Directive discusses the history of the fight against racial discrimination in the EU and the equality clauses in international Human Rights instruments. It then examines the terms race, racism and racial discrimination and equality in the Directive. The book also looks at the concepts of equality which can be distinguished in the Race Directive and in the subsequent developments at EU level. Examining whether the Directive has improved the protection against racial or ethnic origin discrimination for people within the EU, the book concludes with an assessment of how far the EU has come on the road to racial equality with the adoption of the Race Directive and the subsequent developments. It also contains proposals for possible improvements. The comprehensive and up-to-date analysis in this book goes beyond most other books written on the subject and the specific focus on racism and racial discrimination means a more thorough examination than most texts focusing on discrimination on a larger number of grounds. This book will be of great value to students and academics in (European) law, social sciences and human rights, researching racism, racial discrimination, ethnicity and race relations. It will also be useful for policy makers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

239

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135235783

ISBN 13

9781135235789

The Best American Poetry 1995

By: Richard Howard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Best American Poetry 1995

By: Richard Howard

The Best American Poetry 1995 once again highlights the dazzling spectrum of style and subject matter to be found in the art today. Guest editor Richard Howard's accent is on discovery and surprise, and he has gleaned the most inventive and searching writing from a wide variety of literary journals. The themes and imagery here are indisputably "American," as our best poets continue to mine personal as well as communal experience for their work. Now in its eighth year, this series has established itself as a rich and vibrant source of new poetry -- celebrated in bookstores and on college campuses. Welcome, once again, the memorable voices and unique pleasures of Best American Poetry. Featuring: Margaret Atwood Sally Ball Catherine Bowman Stephanie Brown Lewis Buzbee Cathleen Calbert Rafael Campo William Carpenter Nicholas Christopher Jane Cooper James Cummins Olena Kalytiak Davis Lynn Emanuel Elaine Equi Irving Feldman Donald Finkel Aaron Fogel Richard Frost Allen Ginsberg Peter Gizzi Jody Gladding Elton Glaser Albert Goldbarth Beckian Fritz Goldberg Laurence Goldstein Barbara Guest Marilyn Hacker Judith Hall Anthony Hecht Edward Hirsch Janet Holmes Andrew Hudgins T.R. Hummer Brigit Pegeen Kelly Karl Kirchwey Carolyn Kizer Wayne Koestenbaum John Koethe Yusef Komunyakaa Maxine Kumin Lisa Lewis Rachel Loden Robert Hill Long James Longenbach Gail Mazur J. D. McClatchy Heather McHugh Susan Musgrave Charles North Geoffrey O'Brien Jacqueline Osherow Molly Peacock Carl Phillips Marie Ponsot Bin Ramke Katrina Roberts Michael J. Rosen Kay Ryan Mary Jo Salter Tony Sanders Stephen Sandy Grace Schulman Robyn Selman Alan Shapiro Reginald Shepherd Anglea Sorby Laurel Trivelpiece Paul Violi Arthur Vogelsang David Wagoner Charles H. Webb Ed Webster David Wojahn Jay Wright Stephen Yenser

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

588

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1439106169

ISBN 13

9781439106167

Political Freedom

Association, Political Purposes and the Law

By: Howard Davis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Political Freedom

Association, Political Purposes and the Law

By: Howard Davis

Howard Davis looks at how the presence of political motives, when balanced against other motives, affects the legal character of the action, and asks why common law and statute should differentiate the political from the nonpolitical. An original and important contribution to the debate on the nature of an effective democracy and the legal rules necessary to establish and sustain it.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

344

Publisher

A&C Black

Published Date

ISBN 10

082645030X

ISBN 13

9780826450302

A Statistical Guide for the Ethically Perplexed

By: Lawrence Hubert,Howard Wainer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Statistical Guide for the Ethically Perplexed

By: Lawrence Hubert,Howard Wainer

Exploring the intersection of ethics and statistics, this comprehensive guide illustrates the proper use of probabilistic and statistical reasoning in the behavioral, social, and biomedical sciences. Lauded for their contributions to statistics, psychology, and psychometrics, the authors make statistical methods relevant to readers' day-to-day lives by including real historical situations that demonstrate the role of statistics in reasoning and decision making. In addition, seven U.S. Supreme Court decisions reflect the influence of statistical and psychometric reasoning and interpretation/misinterpretation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

568

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1439873690

ISBN 13

9781439873694

The Beginnings of Christianity

An Introduction to the New Testament

By: Howard Clark Kee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Beginnings of Christianity

An Introduction to the New Testament

By: Howard Clark Kee

To understand the historical beginnings of Christianity requires one not only to examine the documents that the movement produced, but also to scrutinize other evidence-historical, literary, and archaeological-that can illumine the socio-cultural context in which Christianity began and how it responded to the influences that derived from that setting. This involves not only analysis of the readily accessible content of the relevant literary evidence, but also attention to the world-views and assumptions about reality that are inherent in these documents and other phenomena that have survived from this period. Attention to the roles of leadership and the modes of formation of social identity in Judaism and the continuing influence of these developments as Christianity began to take shape is important for historical analysis. Distinguished New Testament scholar Kee performs such readings of the texts and communities in this dazzling study of early Christian origins. In methodological terms, the historical study of Christian Origins in all its diversity must involve three different modes of analysis: (1) epistemological, (2) sociological, and (3) eschatological. The first concerns the way in which knowledge and communication of it were perceived. The second seeks to discern the way in which the community or tradition preserving and conveying this information defined its group identity and its shared values and aims. The third focuses on the way in which the group understood and affirmed its ultimate destiny and that of its members in the purpose of God. These factors are interrelated, and features of one mode of perception strongly influence details of the others, but it is useful to consider each of them in its own category in order to discern with greater precision the specific historical features of the spectrum of facets which appear in the evidence that has survived concerning the origins of Christianity.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

511

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0567315401

ISBN 13

9780567315403

The Ballad of John Latouche

An American Lyricist's Life and Work

By: Howard Pollack

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Ballad of John Latouche

An American Lyricist's Life and Work

By: Howard Pollack

Born into a poor Virginian family, John Treville Latouche (1914-56), in his short life, made a profound mark on America's musical theater as a lyricist, book writer, and librettist. The wit and skill of his lyrics elicited comparisons with the likes of Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart, and Cole Porter, but he had too, noted Stephen Sondheim, "a large vision of what musical theater could be," and he proved especially venturesome in helping to develop a lyric theater that innovatively combined music, word, dance, and costume and set design. Many of his pieces, even if not commonly known today, remain high points in the history of American musical theater. "A great American genius" in the words of Duke Ellington, Latouche initially came to wide public attention in his early twenties with his cantata for soloist and chorus, Ballad for Americans (1939), with music by Earl Robinson-a work that swept the nation during the Second World War. Other milestones in his career included the all-black musical fable, Cabin in the Sky (1940), with Vernon Duke; an interracial updating of John Gay's classic, The Beggar's Opera, as Beggar's Holiday (1946), with Duke Ellington; two acclaimed Broadway operas with Jerome Moross: Ballet Ballads (1948) and The Golden Apple (1954); one of the most enduring operas in the American canon, The Ballad of Baby Doe (1956), with Douglas Moore; and the operetta Candide (1956), with Leonard Bernstein and Lillian Hellman. Extremely versatile, he also wrote cabaret songs, participated in documentary and avant-garde film, translated poetry, adapted plays, and much else. Meanwhile, as one of Manhattan's most celebrated raconteurs and hosts, he developed a wide range of friends in the arts, including, to name only a few, Paul and Jane Bowles (whom he introduced to each other), Yul Brynner, John Cage, Jack Kerouac, Frederick Kiesler, Carson McCullers, Frank O'Hara, Dawn Powell, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, Gore Vidal, and Tennessee Williams-a dazzling constellation of diverse artists working in sundry fields, all attracted to Latouche's brilliance and joie de vivre, not to mention his support for their work. This book draws widely on archival collections both at home and abroad, including Latouche's diaries and the papers of Bernstein, Ellington, Moore, Moross, and many others, to tell for the first time, the story of this fascinating man and his work.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

609

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0190458313

ISBN 13

9780190458317

A Dream Deferred

How Social Work Education Lost Its Way and What Can be Done

By: Howard Karger

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Dream Deferred

How Social Work Education Lost Its Way and What Can be Done

By: Howard Karger

From its inception in the late nineteenth century, social work has struggled to carry out the complex, sometimes contradictory, functions associated with reducing suffering, enhancing social order, and social reform. Since then, social programs like the implementation of welfare and the expansion of the service economy-which should have augured well for American social work-instead led to a continued loss of credibility with the public and within the academy.A Dream Deferred chronicles this decline of social work, attributing it to the poor quality of professional education during the past half-century. The incongruity between social work's promise and its performance warrants a critical review of professional education. For the past half-century, the fortunes of social work have been controlled by the Council of Social Work Education, which oversees accreditation of the nation's schools of social work. Stoesz, Karger, and Carrilio argue that the lack of scholarship of the Board of Directors compromises this accreditation policy. Similarly, the quality of professional literature suffers from the weak scholarship of editors and referees. The caliber of deans and directors of social work educational programs is low and graduate students are ill-prepared to commence studies in social work. Further complicating this debate, the substitution of ideology for academic rigor makes social work vulnerable to its critics.The authors state that, since CSWE is unlikely to reform social work education, schools of social work should be free to obtain accreditation independently, and they propose criteria for independent accreditation. A Dream Deferred builds on the past, presents a bracing critique of the present, and proposes recommendations for a better future that cannot be ignored or dismissed.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

207

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351535625

ISBN 13

9781351535625

Coronal Mass Ejections

An Introduction

By: Timothty Howard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Coronal Mass Ejections

An Introduction

By: Timothty Howard

The book introduces the solar coronal mass ejection phenomena. This includes both those observed in the corona and those further from the Sun, known as interplanetary coronal mass ejections. We discuss the history and physics behind these phenomena, theories describing their launch and evolution, association with other solar eruptive phenomena, and methods employed for their detection and scientific data extraction. Instruments used for their study (past, present and future) are also discussed, along with their resulting space weather effects on Earth and other planets. The latter requires a description of the Earth’s magnetosphere, which is also included. Coronal Mass Ejections brings together solar physics, heliospheric physics, and magnetospheric physics, three traditionally separate fields of study. The content is accessible to beginning graduate students who are trying to master difficult fundamental concepts.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

263

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1441987894

ISBN 13

9781441987891

Motor Control and Learning, 6E

By: Schmidt, Richard A.,Lee, Tim,Winstein, Carolee,Wulf, Gabriele,Zelaznik, Howard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Motor Control and Learning, 6E

By: Schmidt, Richard A.,Lee, Tim,Winstein, Carolee,Wulf, Gabriele,Zelaznik, Howard

Motor Control and Learning, Sixth Edition, focuses on observable movement behavior, the many factors that influence quality of movement, and how movement skills are acquired.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

552

Publisher

Human Kinetics

Published Date

ISBN 10

1492547751

ISBN 13

9781492547754

A History of Marxian Economics, Volume II

1929-1990

By: Michael Charles Howard,John Edward King

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A History of Marxian Economics, Volume II

1929-1990

By: Michael Charles Howard,John Edward King

This second volume completes a critical history of the social, political, and theoretical forces behind Marxian economics--the only work in English to offer such comprehensive treatment. Beginning with Marxian analyses of the Great Depression and Stalinism, it explores the theories developed to explain the "long boom" in Western capitalism after the Second World War. Later chapters deal with post-Leninist theories of imperialism and continuing controversies in value theory and the theory of exploitation. After outlining recent work on the "second slump," the integration of rational-choice theory into Marxism, and the political economy of socialism, the book concludes with a review and evaluation of Marxian theory over the whole period since Marx's death. Praise for the first volume: "Howard and King have done an excellent job... One comes away with the impression of Marxian economics being a vibrant subject, relevant to the problems of these times and useful in practical matters."--Meghnad Desai, The Times Higher Education Supplement Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

437

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1400862930

ISBN 13

9781400862931

Multiple Intelligences

New Horizons in Theory and Practice

By: Howard E Gardner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Multiple Intelligences

New Horizons in Theory and Practice

By: Howard E Gardner

The most complete account of the theory and application of Multiple Intelligences available anywhere. Howard Gardner's brilliant conception of individual competence, known as Multiple Intelligences theory, has changed the face of education. Tens of thousands of educators, parents, and researchers have explored the practical implications and applications of this powerful notion, that there is not one type of intelligence but several, ranging from musical intelligence to the intelligence involved in self-understanding. Multiple Intelligences distills nearly three decades of research on Multiple Intelligences theory and practice, covering its central arguments and numerous developments since its introduction in 1983. Gardner includes discussions of global applications, Multiple Intelligences in the workplace, an assessment of Multiple Intelligences practice in the current conservative educational climate, new evidence about brain functioning, and much more.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

315

Publisher

Basic Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

0786721871

ISBN 13

9780786721870

Elston and Me

The Story of the First Black Yankee

By: Arlene Howard,Ralph Wimbish

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Elston and Me

The Story of the First Black Yankee

By: Arlene Howard,Ralph Wimbish

Of all the great ballplayers to wear Yankee pinstripes, Elston Howard was among the proudest. Remarkable temperament and courage made him the Jackie Robinson of baseball's most storied franchise. No Yankee carried himself with more dignity. No Yankee had greater respect for his teammates or love for his wife and family. And no one loved being a Yankee more than Elston Howard.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

224

Publisher

University of Missouri Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

082626350X

ISBN 13

9780826263506

A Profile of Mathematical Logic

By: Howard DeLong

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Profile of Mathematical Logic

By: Howard DeLong

This introduction to mathematical logic explores philosophical issues and Gödel's Theorem. Its widespread influence extends to the author of Gödel, Escher, Bach, whose Pulitzer Prize–winning book was inspired by this work.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

322

Publisher

Courier Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

0486139158

ISBN 13

9780486139159

Investment in Learning

By: Howard R. Bowen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Investment in Learning

By: Howard R. Bowen

Publisher Description

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

542

Publisher

JHU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0801855306

ISBN 13

9780801855306

Neuromimetic Semantics

Coordination, quantification, and collective predicates

By: Harry Howard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Neuromimetic Semantics

Coordination, quantification, and collective predicates

By: Harry Howard

This book attempts to marry truth-conditional semantics with cognitive linguistics in the church of computational neuroscience. To this end, it examines the truth-conditional meanings of coordinators, quantifiers, and collective predicates as neurophysiological phenomena that are amenable to a neurocomputational analysis. Drawing inspiration from work on visual processing, and especially the simple/complex cell distinction in early vision (V1), we claim that a similar two-layer architecture is sufficient to learn the truth-conditional meanings of the logical coordinators and logical quantifiers. As a prerequisite, much discussion is given over to what a neurologically plausible representation of the meanings of these items would look like. We eventually settle on a representation in terms of correlation, so that, for instance, the semantic input to the universal operators (e.g. and, all)is represented as maximally correlated, while the semantic input to the universal negative operators (e.g. nor, no)is represented as maximally anticorrelated. On the basis this representation, the hypothesis can be offered that the function of the logical operators is to extract an invariant feature from natural situations, that of degree of correlation between parts of the situation. This result sets up an elegant formal analogy to recent models of visual processing, which argue that the function of early vision is to reduce the redundancy inherent in natural images. Computational simulations are designed in which the logical operators are learned by associating their phonological form with some degree of correlation in the inputs, so that the overall function of the system is as a simple kind of pattern recognition. Several learning rules are assayed, especially those of the Hebbian sort, which are the ones with the most neurological support. Learning vector quantization (LVQ) is shown to be a perspicuous and efficient means of learning the patterns that are of interest. We draw a formal parallelism between the initial, competitive layer of LVQ and the simple cell layer in V1, and between the final, linear layer of LVQ and the complex cell layer in V1, in that the initial layers are both selective, while the final layers both generalize. It is also shown how the representations argued for can be used to draw the traditionally-recognized inferences arising from coordination and quantification, and why the inference of subalternacy breaks down for collective predicates. Finally, the analogies between early vision and the logical operators allow us to advance the claim of cognitive linguistics that language is not processed by proprietary algorithms, but rather by algorithms that are general to the entire brain. Thus in the debate between objectivist and experiential metaphysics, this book falls squarely into the camp of the latter. Yet it does so by means of a rigorous formal, mathematical, and neurological exposition – in contradiction of the experiential claim that formal analysis has no place in the understanding of cognition. To make our own counter-claim as explicit as possible, we present a sketch of the LVQ structure in terms of mereotopology, in which the initial layer of the network performs topological operations, while the final layer performs mereological operations.The book is meant to be self-contained, in the sense that it does not assume any prior knowledge of any of the many areas that are touched upon. It therefore contains mini-summaries of biological visual processing, especially the retinocortical and ventral /what?/ parvocellular pathways; computational models of neural signaling, and in particular the reduction of the Hodgkin-Huxley equations to the connectionist and integrate-and-fire neurons; Hebbian learning rules and the elaboration of learning vector quantization; the linguistic pathway in the left hemisphere; memory and the hippocampus; truth-conditional vs. image-schematic semantics; objectivist vs.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

555

Publisher

Elsevier

Published Date

ISBN 10

0080537448

ISBN 13

9780080537443

The Baseball Talmud

The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseball's Chosen Players

By: Howard Megdal

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Baseball Talmud

The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseball's Chosen Players

By: Howard Megdal

Updated and expanded edition! From the icons of the game to the players who got their big break but never quite broke through, The Baseball Talmud provides a wonderful historical narration of Major League Jewish Baseball in America. All the stats, the facts, the stories, and the (often unheralded) glory. This delightful compmendium reveals that there is far more to Jewish baseball than Hank Greenberg's powerful slugging and Sandy Koufax's masterful control. From Ausmus to Zinn, Berg to Kinsler, Holtzman to Yeager, and many others, Howard Megdal draws upon the lore and the little-known details that increase our enjoyment of the game. This new, expanded edition of The Baseball Talmud rewrites the history of Jewish baseball and is a book that every baseball fan should own.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

227

Publisher

Triumph Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

163727033X

ISBN 13

9781637270332

The Great War

An Imperial History

By: John Howard Morrow

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Great War

An Imperial History

By: John Howard Morrow

Includes index . bibliography, p. [333] - 347.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

388

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0415204402

ISBN 13

9780415204408

Child Maltreatment, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics

By: Howard Dubowitz

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Child Maltreatment, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics

By: Howard Dubowitz

Pediatric primary care provides a unique opportunity to tackle child abuse and neglect. In the United States in particular, primary care is a well-established system, and most children have multiple visits, especially in the first few years. There is typically a very good relationship between parents and health professionals, who are respected experts on children. The interested pediatrician, thus, has a remarkable entrée into the workings of a family, its shortcomings, and its strengths. With some knowledge and skill, pediatricians can play a pivotal role, even in a few strategic minutes. We know, however, that some professionals feel very uncomfortable becoming involved in this unpleasant area and may be deterred from taking any action. Understandable as this may be, it can jeopardize a child’s health and safety. Hopefully, this issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America will help make this work a bit easier, albeit not easy. With training and support, pediatricians can equip themselves to be competent and more comfortable addressing child maltreatment. Aside from the possible forensic implications, the heart of this work is primarily about helping families take adequate or good care of their children. Indeed, helping address child abuse and neglect also helps promote children’s health, development, and safety, and it is central to the rich mandate of Pediatrics.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

257

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

0323326250

ISBN 13

9780323326254

Rewind

By: Catherine Ryan Howard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Rewind

By: Catherine Ryan Howard

PLAY Andrew, the manager of Shanamore Cottages, watches his only guest via a hidden camera in her room. One night the unthinkable happens: a shadowy figure emerges on-screen, kills her, and destroys the camera. But who is the murderer? How did they know about the camera? And how will Andrew live with himself? PAUSE Natalie wishes she’d stayed at home as soon as she arrives in the wintry isolation of Shanamore. There’s something creepy about the manager. She wants to leave, but she can’t—not until she’s found what she’s looking for ... REWIND Psycho meets Fatal Attraction in this explosive story about a murder caught on camera. You’ve already missed the start. To get the full picture you must rewind the tape and play it through to the end, no matter how shocking ...

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

310

Publisher

Blackstone Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1538519690

ISBN 13

9781538519691

Comparing Economic Systems

A Political-Economic Approach

By: Andrew Zimbalist,Howard J. Sherman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Comparing Economic Systems

A Political-Economic Approach

By: Andrew Zimbalist,Howard J. Sherman

Comparing Economic Systems: A Political-Economic Approach presents a political-economic approach to the analysis and comparison of different types of economic systems. Full, integrated political-economic case studies of several representative countries, including Japan, Sweden, and France, are given. This book consists of six parts and begins with an overview of some definitions of the main kinds of political and economic systems; theoretical arguments from various points of view about how political and economic systems relate to each other; and the criteria for evaluating different political-economic systems. The next section considers three essentially market capitalist systems: Japan, Sweden, and France. The Soviet Union, a centrally planned, allegedly socialist economy, is examined next. More specifically, Soviet development from 1917 to 1928 and from 1928 to the present is discussed. Central planning in developing countries such as China and Cuba is also explored. Finally, the theory of market socialism is analyzed, citing the cases of Hungary and Yugoslavia. This monograph will be of value to politicians, economists, and economic policymakers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

497

Publisher

Academic Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1483260933

ISBN 13

9781483260938

Cosmology and the Scientific Self in the Nineteenth Century

Astronomic Emotions

By: Howard Carlton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Cosmology and the Scientific Self in the Nineteenth Century

Astronomic Emotions

By: Howard Carlton

This book argues that while the historiography of the development of scientific ideas has for some time acknowledged the important influences of socio-cultural and material contexts, the significant impact of traumatic events, life threatening illnesses and other psychotropic stimuli on the development of scientific thought may not have been fully recognised. Howard Carlton examines the available primary sources which provide insight into the lives of a number of nineteenth-century astronomers, theologians and physicists to study the complex interactions within their ‘biocultural’ brain-body systems which drove parallel changes of perspective in theology, metaphysics, and cosmology. In doing so, he also explores three topics of great scientific interest during this period: the question of the possible existence of life on other planets; the deployment of the nebular hypothesis as a theory of cosmogony; and the religiously charged debates about the ages of the earth and sun. From this body of evidence we gain a greater understanding of the underlying phenomena which actuated intellectual developments in the past and which are still relevant to today’s knowledge-making processes.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

316

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3031052803

ISBN 13

9783031052804

Bad

An Unprecedented Investigation into the Michael Jackson Cover-Up

By: Dylan Howard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Bad

An Unprecedented Investigation into the Michael Jackson Cover-Up

By: Dylan Howard

An Inside View into the Dark Side of a Music Icon He was the King of Pop, a superstar without equal, the idol of millions of young people around the world. But was Michael Jackson also a sexual predator without equal, someone who preyed on the very fans who adored him? Bad is the revelatory untold true story of the strange and larger-than-life career of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. In the wake of the controversial two-part documentary Leaving Neverland, which told the stories of two young boys who were befriended by the singer and have claimed they suffered years of agonizing abuse, Dylan Howard set out to investigate Jackson’s life and death in unprecedented depth, to determine—as one lawyer suggested—that the pop star ran “the most sophisticated child sexual abuse procurement and facilitation operation the world has known.” After all the highly publicized trials and unfounded accusations, stunning new information has finally come to light: irrefutable evidence that one of the best-known, best-loved figures in the world was a monster behind closed doors—a foul-mouthed, abusive, drug-sodden freak whose deeds and the reasons for those deeds are revealed now for the first time. A dramatic narrative account based on dozens of interviews, Howard shares Jackson’s own riveting personal journal—obtained exclusively for this book—interviews with family members, multiple first-person sources—some of whom have asked to remain anonymous—as well as thousands of pages of court documents. What he uncovers is a man who was both naive and Machiavellian, unorthodox, a devoted father, shrewd businessman, and drug addict whose life was cut short but whose sound and style have influenced artists of various genres and generations. Remarkably though, in death, there remains two portraits of Michael Jackson: the reigning King of Pop, and a pedophile whose pattern of abuse ruined his reputation. Fans and individuals alike will forever be asking if the insidious claims being made about MJ are true. This is the new narrative and the sad legacy of one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Here is his life story, told for the first time with stories and testimony that will leave you shaken.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

362

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1510763279

ISBN 13

9781510763272

Hugh and Jane Lowndes the Gawsworth, England Quakers

By: Howard G. Lownes Sr.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Hugh and Jane Lowndes the Gawsworth, England Quakers

By: Howard G. Lownes Sr.

The story is about a couple in England that were Quakers and prosecuted numerous times while preaching. Then after paying the fine to be released went back to preaching again.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

447

Publisher

Balboa Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1982244860

ISBN 13

9781982244866

Jewish New York

The Remarkable Story of a City and a People

By: Deborah Dash Moore,Jeffrey S. Gurock,Annie Polland,Howard B. Rock,Daniel Soyer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Jewish New York

The Remarkable Story of a City and a People

By: Deborah Dash Moore,Jeffrey S. Gurock,Annie Polland,Howard B. Rock,Daniel Soyer

The definitive history of Jews in New York and how they transformed the city Jewish New York reveals the multifaceted world of one of the city’s most important ethnic and religious groups. Jewish immigrants changed New York. They built its clothing industry and constructed huge swaths of apartment buildings. New York Jews helped to make the city the center of the nation’s publishing industry and shaped popular culture in music, theater, and the arts. With a strong sense of social justice, a dedication to civil rights and civil liberties, and a belief in the duty of government to provide social welfare for all its citizens, New York Jews influenced the city, state, and nation with a new wave of social activism. In turn, New York transformed Judaism and stimulated religious pluralism, Jewish denominationalism, and contemporary feminism. The city’s neighborhoods hosted unbelievably diverse types of Jews, from Communists to Hasidim. Jewish New York not only describes Jews’ many positive influences on New York, but also exposes their struggles with poverty and anti-Semitism. These injustices reinforced an exemplary commitment to remaking New York into a model multiethnic, multiracial, and multireligious world city. Based on the acclaimed multi-volume set City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York winner of the National Jewish Book Council 2012 Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award, Jewish New York spans three centuries, tracing the earliest arrival of Jews in New Amsterdam to the recent immigration of Jews from the former Soviet Union.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

510

Publisher

NYU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1479864471

ISBN 13

9781479864478

Prophecy

The History of an Idea in Medieval Jewish Philosophy

By: Howard Kreisel

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Prophecy

The History of an Idea in Medieval Jewish Philosophy

By: Howard Kreisel

More than any other topic, prophecy represents the point at which the Divine meets the human, the Absolute meets the relative. How can a human being attain the Word of God? In what manner does God, when conceived as eternal and transcendent, address corporeal, transitory creatures? What happens to God's divine Truth when it is beheld by minds limited in their power to apprehend, and influenced by the intellectual currents of their time and place? How were these issues viewed by the great Jewish philosophers of the past, who took the divine communication and all it entails seriously, while at the same time desired to understand it as much as humanly possible in the course of dealing with a myriad of other issues that occupied their attention? This book offers an in-depth study of prophecy in the thought of seven of the leading medieval Jewish philosophers: R. Saadiah Gaon, R. Judah Halevi, Maimonides, Gersonides, R. Hasdai Crescas, R. Joseph Albo and Baruch Spinoza. It attempts to capture the `original voice' of these thinkers by looking at the intellectual milieus in which they developed their philosophies, and by carefully analyzing their views in their textual contexts. It also deals with the relation between the earlier approaches and the later ones. Overall, this book presents a significant model for narrating the history of an idea.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

688

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1402011814

ISBN 13

9781402011818

Book's by Howard Feldman

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email