Henry Carter Hull

El tercer tomo de Ser adolescente en el Perú se centra en los aspectos vinculados con la cultura escolar, el aprendizaje y las actividades que las y los adolescentes realizan, así como en la relación con sus docentes. Por ello, se analizan los elementos que configuran dicha cultura, además de la valoración y propósito de la escuela y otros aspectos de la vida escolar. Asimismo, acerca del aprendizaje, se exploran factores como la memoria, la...

Der Aberglauben hat immer dann das Zusammenleben der Menschen bestimmt, als die meisten noch Analphabeten waren. Der Autor hat die wichtigsten Geschehnisse, die zum Aberglauben gehörten, zusammen gestellt und kurz beschrieben. Vieles davon besitzt für unsere Gegenwart noch Bedeutung und nicht zu ignorieren. Vielleicht kann der eine oder andere für sich nun verstehen, dass jeder zum Aberglauben tendiert, ohne es zu wollen.

In reading the book, parts of Howitt's character made my skin crawl, but the uncovering of his life was revelatory ... I believe the publication of Line of Blood will be at a very pertinent time. - Bruce Pascoe Line of Blood tells the full story of Australia's so-called 'ablest anthropologist'; the botanist, geologist, senior public servant and explorer Alfred Howitt - and ancestor of the author, Craig Horne. That Howitt was an extraordinary polymath...

Uses real-life episodes of psychosis and recovery to show how poetic paradigms for thinking about psychiatric symptoms can enlarge contemporary understandings of mental illness and improve long-term treatment outcome. "Twenty-two years ago, I lost my mind." So begins Jeanne Ellen Petrolle's fascinating personal narrative about her mental illness and recovery. Drawing on literature, art, and philosophy, Petrolle explores a unique understanding of...

Witness True Resilience in These Incredible Survival Stories "Michael Tougias converts the wisdom of survivors into advice we can all use..." -Amanda Ripley, bestselling author of The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes-and Why #1 New Release in Disaster Relief Extreme Survival will have you on the edge-of-your-seat with truly amazing survival stories. New York Times bestselling author Michael Tougias has earned critical acclaim...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an anthropologist? There is a certain mystery about the profession, since anthropologists often travel to out-of-the-way parts of the world that might be considered exotic, dangerous, or otherwise mysterious to most people. Of course, there are many misconceptions, such as the view of the anthropologist in khaki-coloured shorts, wearing a pith hat and accompanied by a string of baggage carriers trailing...

"Winner of the 2012 Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award, History of Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association" Lawrence A. Scaff is professor of political science and sociology at Wayne State University. He is the author of Fleeing the Iron Cage: Culture, Politics, and Modernity in the Thought of Max Weber. Max Weber, widely considered a founder of sociology and the modern social sciences, visited the United States in 1904...

"Winner of the History of Sociology and Social Thought Book Award, American Sociological Association" Matteo Bortolini is associate professor of sociology at the University of Padua in Italy. He is the coauthor of Italian Sociology, 1945–2010: An Intellectual and Institutional Profile and the editor of The Anthem Companion to Robert N. Bellah. He lives in Bologna, Italy. The brilliant but turbulent life of a public intellectual who transformed...

Omega Sector, an interagency task force, is made up of the country's most elite agents. In these four classic tales by USA TODAY bestselling author Janie Crouch, they'll be challenged like never before! Stealth The wrong place at the wrong time-that's the only way Sophia Reardon could explain her predicament. She wasn't even an FBI field agent and now she was being taken hostage. By her ex-boyfriend Cameron Branson. The moment Sophia walked into...

Well before the 1960s, a sexual revolution was under way in America, led by expatriated European thinkers who saw a vast country ripe for liberation. In Adventures in the Orgasmatron, Christopher Turner tells the revolution's story-an illuminating, thrilling, often bizarre story of sex and science, ecstasy and repression. Central to the narrative is the orgone box-a tall, slender construction of wood, metal, and steel wool. A person who sat in the...