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Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations

Cambridge University Press, 2004

Originally published by Cambridge in 1991, this text has become an indispensable volume not only for teachers and students of international history and political science, but also general readers seeking an introduction to American diplomatic history. Along with substantially revised essays from the first edition, it presents entirely new material on postcolonial theory, borderlands history, modernization theory, gender, race, memory, cultural ...

Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation

5 reviews
R. Keith Sawyer

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

Praise for EXPLAINING CREATIVITY
From the back cover of the book: Dean Keith Simonton, author of ORIGINS OF GENIUS: "Without doubt EXPLAINING CREATIVITY is the most comprehensive single-volume presentation of what we know about the creative process, person, and product. Besides that, the book is extremely well written. It would be my first recommendation for anyone fascinated with creativity in all of its complexities and ...

Explaining Social Behavior: More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences

8 reviews
Jon Elster

Cambridge University Press, 2007

Simply the best: read it at least twice
I read this book twice. The first time, I thought that it was excellent, the best compendium of ideas of social science by arguably the best thinker in the field. I took copious notes, etc. I agreed with its patchwork-style approach to rational decision making. I knew that it had huge insights applicable to my refusal of general theories [they don't work], rather limit ourselves to nuts and bolts ...

Explaining Hitler: The Search for the Origins of His Evil

91 reviews
Ron Rosenbaum

Harper Perennial, 1999

One of the most in-depth and thought-provoking historiographies of Hitler
Written about the history of Hitler studies, Rosenbaum gives a well-written and thoughtful insight into Hitler historians (be they primarily focused on Hitler or some other aspect of the Third Reich/Holocaust - the figure of Hitler always seems to rear his head). Direct interviews with historians gives Rosenbaum insight into who these historians are, and attempts to explain not only what we ...

Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context

1 review
Stephen E. Brown, Finn-Aage Esbensen, ...

Anderson Pub Co, 2006

very fast
I received my book in excellent shape and very fast. Would order again from them.

Explaining Reading: A Resource for Teaching Concepts, Skills, and Strategies

5 reviews
Gerald G. Duffy

The Guilford Press, 2003

Individual chapters cogently provide examples
Gerald G. Duffy is a former classroom teacher and professor emeritus at Michigan State University. He draws upon his many years of experience and his considerable expertise in Explaining Reading: A Resource For Teaching Concepts, Skills, And Strategies to provide the reader with a solid guide for aiding in their teaching literacy to students who are slow to absorb the skill. Individual chapters ...

Water Bugs & Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children (Looking Up)

23 reviews
Doris Stickney

Pilgrim Press, 2004

Waterbugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children
This simple book is the best yet on the subject of discussing death with a youngster. It was enlightening for ME!

Explaining 'Unexplained Illnesses': Disease Paradigm for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multiple Chemical ...

11 reviews
Martin L. Pall

Informa HealthCare, 2007

Helpful Model for Unexplained Illness
Dr. Pall's research and recommended treatment saved me. The core of my treatment for a variety of neurological and digestive problems involves his recommended techniques for down-regulating the NO/ONOO cycle. My improvement relies on specific supplements to turn down reactivity combined with avoidance of chemical and food irritants. I only dared read this book once I had recovered sufficiently to ...

Excel-Erated Learning: Explaining in Plain English How Dogs Learn and How Best to Teach Them

10 reviews
Pamela J. Reid

James & Kenneth Publishers, 1996

Excellent translation of theory to practice
Simply excellent. It explained in clear terms how and why many techniques work and where they might go wrong. As someone who competes in obedience regularly I would highly recommend giving this book a read.

Explaining English Grammar (Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers)

1 review
George Yule

Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

Connects language functions to grammar
This book is great. It does a lot to bridge the gap between teaching grammar and pragmatics (or language functions). It goes beyond the decontextualized grammar that most grammar books provide and describes how the peculiarities and idiosyncracies of nine difficult areas of English grammar can be explained to students. The areas include articles, tense and aspect, modals, conditionals, ...

Explaining Long-Term Economic Change (New Studies in Economic and Social History)
J. L. Anderson

Cambridge University Press, 1995

This book provides an introduction to, and critical review of, the competing models that have been developed to explain long-term and large-scale economic change. An acquaintance with these models is necessary for an understanding of the processes that produced the foundations for the modern pattern of global production and distribution. Drawing examples from European and Asian history in the early modern period, the author presents an ...

Autism: Explaining the Enigma (Cognitive Development)

9 reviews
Uta Frith

Wiley-Blackwell, 2003

Great primary source for research purposes
This is a book for researchers primarily. It introduces Frith's theory of weak central coherence as an underlying mechanism in autism. The theory runs (in a nutshell) that autistic individuals do not exhibit context appropriate responses to situation, events, etc. Relevance theory (cf. Sperber & Wilson) oils the wheels of Frith's theory. The book opens with a long exegesis on a historical case ...

Explaining Consciousness: The Hard Problem

3 reviews

The MIT Press, 1999

Head Wars
This book was just about my first taste of the consciousness wars. Or no. I’ve been reading about consciousness for about ten years. But it made too much sense to me. My retinas see you, my visual cortex sees my retinas, but who sees my visual cortex? Where does the buck stop? Because the buck does stop. Once it hit me that vision is vision, something you wouldn’t expect from a brain ...

Explaining and Understanding International Relations (Clarendon Paperbacks)

2 reviews
Martin Hollis, Steve Smith

Oxford University Press, USA, 1991

A great teaching tool
This review by a philospher of science and an International Relations theorist of the range of debates in International Relations theory is one of the more useful advanced teaching tools in the discipline. What distinguingshes this book from the usual run-of-the-mill IR theory textbook is the authors' concern to locate IR theory within the broader questions of philosophy of the sciences. The ...

Hugs & Kisses from Brittany: A Children's Book About the Death of Another Child, from a Child's Point of View

2 reviews

Brittany's Books, 2005

This really helped our children with their grief.
A beautiful childrens picture book that touches on a subject many of us don't like to talk about, a child's death. This books is sensitive and original in its form. The message of hope, love, and faith helps the child who is reading it to understand that it is okay to feel the way they feel. This book helps to open the door for further discussion on this sensitive topic. The author approaches ...

Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis (2nd Edition)

12 reviews
Graham T. Allison, Philip Zelikow

Longman, 1999

Impressive Scholarship
A great number of books and articles has been published attempting to explore and explain the Cuban missile crisis that had brought the world to the brink of a thermonuclear world war. Allison and Zelikow, in Essence of Decision, explain the Cuban missile crisis through three different lenses, that is, The Rational Actor Paradigm, Organizational Behavior Paradigm and Governmental Politics ...

Explaining Darfur: Lectures on the Ongoing Genocide
Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven, Mohamed Salih, ...

Amsterdam University Press, 2007

Despite serious pressure from the United Nations, public statements of outrage from the United States, and international horror at genocidal acts, the war in Darfur, Sudan, continues unabated—and with very little actual international intervention. Many in the West still have only a very limited understanding of either the conflict or the forces driving it. Explaining Darfur provides essential resources for understanding the conflict ...

Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion

7 reviews
Rodney Stark, Roger Finke

University of California Press, 2000

Tainted but worthwhile
My thinking on the subject of church dynamics has been strongly influenced by other works of Stark (The Rise of Christianity) and of Stark and Finke (The Churching of America). This latest in their combined efforts is also quite good. HOWEVER, I have found that a conservative bias is beginning to show. In my opinion, they have let biases against Liberal Theology taint an excellent exposition ...

Mathematics and the Physical World (Dover Books Explaining Science)

6 reviews
Morris Kline

Dover Publications, 1981

Still the BEST basic review of Applied Mathematics..
This book is geared to the general reader who has a cursory knowledge of mathematics. The chapters are organized around physical phenomena and the math behind their explanation. The result is a charming and VERY useful book. I have the 1970 edition which is quite worn from frequent use. The chapter titled, Differential Equations - The Heart Of Analysis, is exceptionally beautiful and ...

Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault

25 reviews
Stephen R. C. Hicks

Scholargy Publishing, Inc., 2004

How Hideous It Is! Postmodernism Explained.
This book presents a comprehensive, but concise and highly readable intellectual history of Postmodernism from the perspective of a philosophy professor affiliated with The Atlas Society. The author undertook a formidable challenge with this book and has done an amazing job. The author starts with Immanuel Kant's denial of the identity of consciousness, Kant's denial of the validity of inductive ...

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