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Fernwood Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"An accessible and empirically rich introduction to Canada's engagements in the world since confederation, this introductory textbook charts a unique path by locating Canada's colonial foundations at the heart of the analysis. Canada in the World begins by arguing that the colonial relations with Indigenous peoples represent the first example of foreign policy, and demonstrates how these relations became a foundational and existential element of the...
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English
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In Person of Interest, cold-case homicide detective, former atheist, and bestselling author J. Warner Wallace employs a unique 'no-body, missing person' detective strategy to investigate Jesus and demonstrate why He still matters today, even in a world that is skeptical of the Bible.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Explores the subtle, secret influences that affect the decisions we make--from what we buy, to the careers we choose, to what we eat.
You think that your choices and behaviors are driven by your individual, personal tastes, and opinions. Our own personal thoughts and opinions is patently obvious. Right? Wrong. Other peoples behavior has a huge influence on everything we do, from the mundane to the momentous. Berger integrates research and thinking...
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English
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"From New York Times bestselling author and economics columnist Robert Frank, a revelatory look at the power and potential of social context. As psychologists have long understood, social environments profoundly shape our behavior, sometimes for the better, but often for the worse. Less widely noted is that social influence is a two-way street: Our environments are in large part themselves a product of the choices we make. Society embraces regulations...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Bringing prudence back into the centre of political philosophical discussion, this book assesses how far the Aristotelian notion can be of use in thinking about politics today. Antique, medieval and early modern discussions on practical wisdom are reconstructed and re-contextualised to show not only how our understanding of the virtue of 'prudence' has changed over time, but why it should be revived. Starting with basic Aristotelian principles, such...
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A gripping, multigenerational tale of a French Algerian woman, her family's past, and the legacies of colonialism"--
The Algerian War for Independence sent Na�ima’s grandfather on a journey, from wealthy olive grove owner and respected veteran of the First World War, to refugee spurned as a harki by his fellow Algerians in the transit camps of southern France, to immigrant barely scratching out a living in the north. Na�ima knows Algeria...
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Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2018
Language
Español
Description
"In his 2009 [book] Crush It!, Gary insisted that a vibrant personal brand was crucial to entrepreneurial success. In [this follow-up], Gary explains why that's even more true today, offering his unique perspective on what has changed and what principles remain timeless. He also shares stories from other entrepreneurs who have grown wealthier--and not just financially--than they ever imagined possible by following [his] principles. The secret to their...
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English
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"This short but timely work gives the reader a sense of the urgency of African and world history at this moment in time.... Like many of the Aftican-centered scholars who were Dr. Clarke's teachers and his source of inspiration, he not only gives you accurate analysis and the descriptions of history, he provides prescription of what Africans have to do to bring into being a new day"--from Foreward.
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English
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Isn't it time to stop asking, "What would Jesus do?" and start asking, "What is Jesus doing now?"
Follow is a real-life guide to discipleship the Jesus way. Here Floyd McClung tells how he traded a life of religion for a life of relationship with Jesus-a relationship that led him to form communities of Christian disciples around the world.
Taking the Gospels at face value leads Floyd to define a radical strategy for discipling new believers while...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Examines the art of effective persuasion to argue that its secret lies in a key moment before messages are delivered, sharing strategies for how to psychologically prepare one's listeners to render them most receptive.
Social psychologist Robert Cialdini shines a light on peak persuasion and reveals that the secret doesn't lie in the message itself, but in the key moment before the message is delivered. What separates average persuaders from extraordinarily...
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Wishin' and hopin' volume 2
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English
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"New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb weaves an evocative, deeply affecting tapestry of one Baby Boomer's life--Felix Funicello, introduced in Wishin' and Hopin'--and the trio of unforgettable women who have changed it, in this radiant homage to the resiliency, strength, and power of women. I'll Take You There centers on Felix, a film scholar who runs a Monday night movie club in what was once a vaudeville theater. One evening, while setting...
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McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
From the author team of the perennial bestsellers "Crucial Conversations" and "Crucial Confrontations," this new edition of "Influencer" brings readers up to date on how to become an agent of change in a way that benefits the lives of others and the world around them.
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English
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Mashable Rob Sheffield, the Rolling Stone columnist and bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape offers an entertaining, unconventional look at the most popular band in history, the Beatles, exploring what they mean today and why they still matter so intensely to a generation that has never known a world without them.
Dreaming the Beatles is not another biography of the Beatles, or a song-by-song analysis of the best of John and Paul. It isn't...
18) The cave and the light: Plato versus Aristotle and the struggle for the soul of Western civilization
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English
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Plato came from a wealthy, connected Athenian family and lived a comfortable upper-class lifestyle until he met an odd little man named Socrates, who showed him a new world of ideas and ideals. Socrates taught Plato that a man must use reason to attain wisdom, and that the life of a lover of wisdom, a philosopher, was the pinnacle of achievement. Plato dedicated himself to living that ideal and went on to create a school, his famed Academy, to teach...
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Publisher
Sentinel
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This second volume picks up in 1945 with a world irrevocably altered by World War II and a powerful, victorious United States. But new foes and challenges soon arose: the growing sphere of Communist influence, hostile dictatorships and unreliable socialist allies, the emergence of China as an economic contender, and the threat of world Islamification.
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Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Returning to the Turbulent Days of a nation, divided, best-selling author and acclaimed historian James Robertson explores 70 fascinating; figures who shaped America during Reconstruction and beyond. Relentless politicians, intrepid fighters, cunning innovators-the times called for bold moves, and this resilient generation would not disappoint. From William Tecumseh Sherman, a fierce leader who would revolutionize modern warfare, to Thomas Nast, whose...
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