Social Science

Millennial nerds and Gen Z nerds don't know how good they've got it, with more Star Wars and Star Trek movies and TV series than they can count. It wasn't always this easy to be a nerd! This memoir from a decorated veteran details the glory days of...

Marihuana, la flor del c??amo, es un libro que reviste caracter?sticas inusuales. Su autor realiz? investigaciones en el Uruguay, en las islas del delta del R?o Paran? y en la cordillera de la costa chilena. El trabajo resultante presenta rasgos de...

Este libro re?ne textos narrativos y po?ticos que construyen figuraciones del R?o de la Plata con el fin de dar cuenta del impacto est?tico que tuvo el arrojo de cuerpos al estuario durante la ?ltima dictadura c?vico-militar argentina. Tres son los ejes...

La predicaci?n cristiana naci? y se consolid? en el mundo del auge de la Pax Romana, la aparici?n del c?dice como formato de lectura y el dominio cultural del pensamiento griego cl?sico. Ser?a descabellado creer que no sobrevivir? la ?poca del genoma...

Full textPerhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. It recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, D.C.,...

UNDERWORLDS is a tri-annual paperback magazine that seeks to create a bridge between crime fiction (especially, but not neccesarily exclusively, of the noir school) and horror fiction. Because of its general air of emotional and psychological darkness,...

"Temos uma responsabilidade coletiva de criar um mundo mais est?vel e mais pr?spero" (Christine Lagarde, Diretora Administrativa do Fundo Monet?rio Internacional).N?o seria manchete se um cientista declarasse que no mundo de hoje, estamos todos...

A Toys for Tots volunteer in Georgia was stabbed by a shoplifter. An Indianapolis woman was arrested after causing a disturbance by arguing with other Wal-Mart shoppers. She had been asked to leave the store, but refused. A man was arrested at a Florida...

Looking for much needed rest and relaxation, three friends head to a cabin at Hidden Lake. While there the trio find a hidden secret in a cave. As they barely escape from those guarding that secret, Melanie falls and breaks her leg. Her friends Andrea...

Written by the Chief Executive of the National Pawnbrokers Association, this fascinating insight into pawnbroking traces one of the world's oldest professions back some 3000 years. Social history is mixed with interest facts and anecdotes. Did you know;...

10 Sickening True Crime Stories Of Serial Killers That Tortured, Hacked And Butchered Their Victims The act of killing itself, is taboo in society. People kill for many reasons though, some of them understandable, but others are totally unfathomable...

Ruthless Serial Killers On The Loose: True Crime Stories Of Deadly Murderers From Around The Globe A lot of things contribute to the investigation of a crime - the intelligence of the killer (does he leave clues?), the perseverance of the police,...

True Crime: The Worlds Weirdest And Most Vicious Killers Of All Time: True Crime Stories Of The Sick Minded Killers How would a mother feel if her young son became a victim of a notorious serial killer who had already killed more than a hundred boys?...

Deadly Serial Killers And Grisly True Murder Stories From The Last 100 Years "I am the devil, and I am here to do the devil's business," he roamed the house to collect the other residents and brought them to the living room. Tex stabbed him numerous...

Volume 3 of the True Crime Series: The Horrific Crimes And Accounts Of Some Of The Worlds Worst Murderer's, Butcherers And Serial Killers In 1984, a woman in Texas was placed on death row - her sentence divided the state: on one side were her supporters,...

True Murder Stories And Accounts Of Incredible Murder Mysteries From The Last Century Unsolved Mysteries, a famous show which started airing in 1987, continue to feature many stories of unsolved cases from missing persons, murders, wanted fugitives, and...

10 True Crime Stories Of Monsters And Serial Killers: Chilling Cold Cases True Crime Accounts The world is full of mysteries. Despite the fact that people are living in a high-tech world, with many advances in science and technology, there are still many...

The world has changed... Teenagers exist in a different world than you grew up in. Video games, gun violence, sexting, and bullying have all exploded onto the scene, leaving many parents shut off from their children and vice versa. In that vacuum, too...

Saudi Arabia is an ancient culture as old as time itself, yet filled with all the modern conveniences that money provides. Restless and looking for something new and exciting, two nurses traveled to this ancient kingdom to ply their skills and practice...

Sometimes, it may seem like language is the glue that holds the human population together. Students frantically study verb conjugations in their foreign language classes, parents attempt to keep up with their teenagers' lingo, lawyers settle cases over...

Stop violence will help us understand how to identify a psychopath before it is too late. This is an informational book.Author: Nery RomanPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Jul 30, 2018Number of Pages: 110...

Il Binait Dol - Those Girls reveals the daily miseries of Egypt's homeless and helpless street girls. It brings to life their stories - their voices, voices too long silenced. The book also details the efforts of one lone woman and her 20-year struggle...

The care of the sick and injured on wildland fire incidents has expanded over the last 30 years. The mission of Medical Units on wildland fire incidents has evolved into a complex service which provides: (1) stabilization and emergency medical treatment...

"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past 3 decades, has been a history of what worked with what sounds good."-Thomas SowellAuthor: John D. FreemanPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date: Mar 05,...

28 Thoughts On Digital Revolution is a collection of thoughts developed by the world-renowned speaker, Jonathan MacDonald, between 2006 and 2014 with regards to the digital revolution we are living in. The 28 thoughts in this collection originally...

The Degree of Mark Master, which is the Fourth in the Masonic series, is, historically considered, of the utmost importance, since we are informed that, by its influence, each operative Mason, at the building of King Solomon's Temple, was known and...

Women are weak. Women are worthless. Women have no power unless politicians or activists grant it to them, unless they can effectively steal man's role, unless they bring others down to hoist themselves up. Those are the lies the modern-day feminist...

Who am I? It's a common question. But how do we answer it, what does how we answer it mean, and why is the answer even important? Through story, poetry and quotes, this book describes one person's way of understanding who they are and takes the reader on...

Have you ever had a REEL TALK? Pop culture is a major source of communication. It's an ice breaker with new friends. It's a memory with old friends. It marks important steps in your life: the first R-rated film you watched; your favourite holiday film;...

In 1967 a young woman, alone in a small motel room, clung to life because of the sweet baby boy in her life. In a rocky relationship, a woman turned her back on her husband so that she could abort their child. . . losing him forever. Lying in a clinic,...