books about: contributions     books:       A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy Karl Marx Book Jungle, 2008 Karl Marx was commissioned by the Communist League along with Friederich Engels to write The Communist Manifesto. The manifesto is considered to be one of the world's most influential political tracts. The Manifesto established a course of action for the working class revolution to overthrow the bourgeois social order and bring about a classless society. In 1859 Marx published A Contribution To The Critique Of Political Economy, which was his ...             Lasting Contribution: How to Think, Plan, and Act to Accomplish Meaningful Work15 reviews Tad Waddington Agate B2, 2007 A theory to guide and facilitate actions that make a contribution that lasts Frankly, I did not know what to expect as I began to read this book but soon realized that, accompanied by Tad Waddington, I had embarked on a journey of discovery to learn the answer to a very important question: How can I make a contribution that lasts? Waddington asserts that "lasting contributions [begin italics] are caused [end italics]. Simply put, you [begin italics] cause [end italics] a ...             American Indian Contributions to the World: 15,000 Years of Inventions and Innovations5 reviews Kay Marie Porterfield, Emory Dean Keoke Checkmark Books, 2003 A great book on a largely ignored subject This is a very well researched and comprehensive book. It is quite monumental in its scope. To give you an example, I opened the book at random to page 139. One of the listings on this page is Ipecac. Many households know about this medication. It is usually used to induce vomiting. Children often swallow things they should not. The books goes into some detail about where the plant was first ...             Sociology of Higher Education: Contributions and Their Contexts Patricia J. Gumport The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 In this volume, Patricia Gumport and other leading scholars examine the sociology of higher education as it has evolved since the publication of Burton Clark's foundational article in 1973. They trace diverse conceptual and empirical developments along several major lines of specialization and analyze the ways in which wider societal and institutional changes in higher education have influenced this vital field of study. In her own chapters, ...             Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World: 15,000 Years of Inventions and Innovations (Facts ...3 reviews Emory Dean Keoke, Kay Marie Porterfield Facts on File, 2001 Resource facts for students and educators Published reliable information on Native Americans and their culutral contributions is hard to find. One of these authors is Lakota (Sioux) and has achieved his goal of collecting information to be used by all peoples about the First Americans. This book was first recommended to me by a friend who is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and an acquaintance of Mr. Keoke. I ...             Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization (Exploding the Myths)22 reviews Anthony T. Browder Institute of Karmic Guidance, 1992 Excellent Book! Please add this to your libaray! This is a good beginner book brothers and sisters that are beginning to learn more about our history. The material in the book was written in very plain, common sense that the average person can learn and build on. This is a must for your libaray and good material for our children to learn about our rich history. But this is only the begining for those who are in search for more light ...             African American Preaching: The Contribution of Dr. Gardner C. Taylor (Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial ... Gerald Lamont Thomas Peter Lang Publishing, 2004 Four centuries of African American preaching has provided hope, healing, and heaven for people from every walk of life. Many notable men and women of African American lineage have contributed, through the art of preaching, to the biblical emancipation and spiritual liberation of their parishioners. In African American Preaching: The Contribution of Dr. Gardner C. Taylor, Gerald Lamont Thomas offers a historical overview of African American ...             The Crash and Its Aftermath: A History of Securities Markets in the United States, 1929-1933 (Contributions ...2 reviews Barrie A. Wigmore Greenwood Press, 1985 The Great Unraveling Wigmore stresses that the Great Depression was not solely attributable to ill-advised monetary policy, but was primarily due to instabilities in the US economy. The 1929 stock market crash was the culmination of the speculative excesses of the 1920s: according to Wigmore, stock prices peaked at 30 times earnings and reached levels in excess of 400% of aggregate book value while return on equity ...             Companion to Heidegger's Contributions to Philosophy:1 review Indiana University Press, 2001 Co-Thinking the Ab-Grund We are enveloped in this book by an Introduction and thirteen masterful essays, on and in the Heideggerian movement of enowning, a.k.a. the event of appropriation (Ereignis). I use the word "enveloped" with care, as this book is not a presentation that the reader can enact on her or his own as if it entails simply gathering the meanings of key terms and 'ideas.' This is so because the English ...             Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning) (Studies in Continental Thought)6 reviews Martin Heidegger, Parvis Emad Emad Indiana University Press, 2000 Agree with the previous reader I am fluent in German and own a copy of the Beitraege and am reading the English together with the German. Even the translation of "Ereignis" as "Enonwing" is problematic, since "eignen" in the German means to make fit or suited or appropriate to. Krell's translation of Ereignis as appropriation or event of appropriation is much better, since it captures both owning and fitting. Besides, ...             The Contributions of Martha Hill to American Dance and Dance Education, 1900-1995 Elizabeth McPherson Edwin Mellen Press, 2008 Looks at the life of Martha Hill, the prominent educator and founding director of three pivotal degree-granting college dance programs or departments and two summer festivals. This book provide perspectives on Hill's life and legacy.             Institutions and Economic Theory: The Contribution of the New Institutional Economics (Economics, Cognition, ...3 reviews Eirik G. Furubotn, Rudolf Richter University of Michigan Press, 2005 An excellent introduction to New Institutional Economics Written by two leading authors in the area, this major work explores at length the "new institutional economics." Research in this area has become prominent in the social sciences in the 1980s and 1990s. Addressed largely to academic economists and advanced students, the book covers transaction-cost economics, property-rights analysis, and the theory of contracts. The "new institutional" ...             Space, Time and Archaeological Landscapes (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) Springer, 1992 This unique work explores and assesses a number of approaches to the archaeological record, particularly the `landscape approach,' in an effort to structure research which will build scientific theory within the context of a processual approach.             Educational Psychology: A Century of Contributions: A Project of Division 15 (educational Psychology) of the ...1 review Lawrence Erlbaum, 2002 Issues important to teachers I found this book a good starting point in graduate level courses that I teach because it provides a historical framework for discussing issues of importance to teachers using seminal work in the field. The authors have a great track record and are prolific in the Ed Psych. I wanted this text because of its purpose and content.             For Faith and Clarity: Philosophical Contributions to Christian Theology Baker Academic, 2006 The apostle Paul warned believers to be wary of deceptive philosophy, and many Christians have taken this admonition to mean avoiding any involvement with the subject. What, though, is the proper relationship between philosophy and theology? How can philosophy contribute to theology? In addition, how can philosophy help believers understand core doctrines of the Christian faith? James Beilby and some of the leading Christian philosophers of ...             "A Better Country": The Worlds of Religious Fantasy and Science Fiction (Contributions to the Study of ... Martha C. Sammons Greenwood Press, 1988 This book is a study of religious science fiction and fantasy in the tradition of Lewis and Tolkien. Sammons explores why writers use fantasy to convey theology. In addition, the book provides a theoretical understanding of fantasy as a form of literature by examining the techniques of current writers in light of the goals and theories of the "founders" of the genre. Sammons discusses techniques such as supposition, transposition, imagery, and ...             The Jewish Contribution to the Modern World1 review Joe King Montreal Jewish Publication Society, 2003 Short biographical studies of outstanding Jewish individual contributors to the wellbeing of Mankind I very much like the idea of the book. I also like the fact that King chooses people from a wide variety of areas of work. He does not give short shrift to the scientific and technical people. He also tries to place each individual and the contribution they make in some kind of wider context. However I would have preferred that the individual entries be longer and more detailed. The entry for ...             Fdi in China: Contributions to Growth, Restructuring, and Competitiveness Jiang Xiaojuan Nova Science Publishers, 2003 By the early 21st century, the FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) sector had carved out a major niche in the Chinese economy and exerted a remarkable impact on the nation's economic growth, industrial restructuring and its degree of integration with the global economy. The major role of the FDI sector manifests itself in many aspects, such as serving as a source of funds, improving investment efficiency, boosting output, introducing advanced ...             Muslim Contributions to World Civilization Editors: M. Basheer Ahmed; Syed A. Ahsani; Dilnawaz A. Siddiqui International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2005 The brilliant contributions of Islam to science, art, and culture, are a timeless and precious heritage, which should be historically preserved for future generations. The great achievements of Muslim scholars are rarely if at all acknowledged in formal education, and today their identity, origins and impact remain largely obscure. This collection of papers aims to give readers a brief introduction to the intellectual history of Muslims and the ...              search for books accomplish, aftermath, archaeological, archaeology, christian, civilization, cognition, competitiveness, continental, contribution, contributions, development, economics, educational, encyclopedia, innovations, institutional, institutions, interdisciplinary, inventions, landscapes, meaningful, philosophical, philosophy, preaching, psychological, psychology, religious, restructuring, securities books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Contemporary Authors: Biography - Buckaway, Catherine M(argaret) ... we recommend Excellent Book! 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