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The Astronaut Maker: How One Mysterious Engineer Ran Human Spaceflight for a Generation

Chicago Review Press, 2018

One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA’s history, George W. S. Abbey was called “the Dark Lord,” “the Godfather,” and “UNO”—short for unidentified NASA official. He was said to be secretive, despotic, a Space Age Machiavelli. Yet Abbey had more influence...

Women, Development and Peacebuilding in Africa: Stories from Uganda

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This book explores and reflects on peacebuilding, which emerges from the experiences and realities of women’s lives in East Africa, specifically, in Uganda. The author argues that often these community based peacebuilding efforts are responses to women's struggles for survival ? both individually and for their...

The Search for Why: A Revolutionary New Model for Understanding Others, Improving Communication, and Healing Division

Tiller Press, 2021

EVER WONDERED WHY PEOPLE REALLY DO WHAT THEY DO? (AND WHAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH IF WE ONLY KNEW?)

We need a clear-eyed look at what’s happening in society right now. Misinformation, fake news, and politicization is affecting how we as a society come to grips with a global pandemic, economic inequality, and...

History of Nordic Computing

Springer, 2005

This book is dedicated to the men and women who seek to preserve the legacy of the computing profession, particularly those from the Nordic ...

Shadows of War: Violence, Power, and International Profiteering in the Twenty-First Century (California Series in Public Anthropology, 10)

University of California Press, 2004

"This should be made into a movie!"-Katia Lund, Co-director of City of God "Carolyn Nordstrom destroys the categories through which we normally look at war. This is a major achievement. Her eyewitness reporting, when contrasted with the official histories later compiled of the same events, is a revelation. The amount of...

Punk Rock Warlord: the Life and Work of Joe Strummer (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)

Routledge, 2014

Punk Rock Warlord explores the relevance of Joe Strummer within the continuing legacies of both punk rock and progressive politics. It is aimed at scholars and general readers interested in The Clash, punk culture, and the intersections between pop music and politics, on both sides of the Atlantic. Contributors to the collection represent a...

Political Theology: A Critical Introduction

John Wiley & Sons, 2018

God is dead, but his presence lives on in politics. This is the problem of political theology: the way that theological ideas find their way into secular political institutions, particularly the sovereign state.

In this intellectual tour-de-force, leading political theorist Saul Newman shows how political theology arose...

Distributed Programming with Ruby

Addison Wesley, 2009

“A must have title for the well-rounded Ruby programmer building advanced Rails applications and large systems!”

OBIE FERNANDEZ, Series Editor

Complete, Hands-On Guide to Building Advanced Distributed Applications...

Organizing for Transgender Rights: Collective Action, Group Development, and the Rise of a New Social Movement (SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures)

SUNY Press, 2019

In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) updated its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (today known as DSM-5), replac ing the term “gender identity disorder” with “gender dysphoria” (Beredjick 2012). This change did not receive as much attention as the APA’s...

The Salem Witch Trials: A Reference Guide

Greenwood Press, 2007

Part of the enduring fascination of the Salem witch trials is the fact that, to date, no one theory has been able to fully explain the events that ravaged Salem in 1692. Countless causes, from ergot-infected rye to actual demonic posession, have been offered to explain why the accusations and erratic behavior of seven village girls left hundreds...

Cyberpower: The Culture and Politics of Cyberspace and the Internet

Routledge, 1999

Cyberspace now touches all lives. For some it has become as essential as the telephone or the letter. For others it is still a fearful whisper of technological promise. Sometimes we look on bemused, uncertain why all those little addresses that begin ‘http://’ appear in advertisements, and sometimes we are shocked by the possibilities,...

Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination

Counterpoint, 2008

John F. Kennedy's assassination launched a frantic search to find his killers. It also launched a flurry of covert actions by Lyndon Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, and other top officials to hide the fact that in November 1963 the United States was on the brink of invading Cuba, as part of a JFK-authorized coup. The coup plan's...

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