Books from Prometheus Books
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Mothers and Their Adult Daughters: Mixed Emotions, Enduring Bonds
By Karen L. Fingerman, Ph.dIn D. D. Cahn (Ed.), Conflict in personal relationships (pp. 143–160). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Havighurst, R. J. (1972). Developmental tasks and education (3rd ed.). New York: McKay. Heavey, C. L., Layne, C., & Christensen, ...
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Profilers: Leading Investigators Take You Inside The Criminal Mind
By John H. Campbell, Don DeNeviIn this compilation of expert articles internationally recognized homicide investigators, most of them pioneers in developing the science and the art of profiling, share their insights gained from years of experience tracking the ...
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The Immeasurable Mind: The Real Science of Psychology
By William R. UttalIs psychology a science? Unlike Darwinian theory in biology or relativity and quantum theory in physics, psychology lacks the basic quantitative or conceptual foundation for a consensus view about how the mind works.
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Executive Jungle: A Novel
By David LevyAAA Some months later Steve and Roy Pearson met for drinks at New York's famous “21.” Roy was already full of ideas for new shows, Steve full of cautions about the need for a careful, developmental nurturing of his ideas so that Guess ...
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The Transits of Venus
By William SheehanWith a Full Preview of the June 8th, 2004, and June 5th, 2012 Transits of Venus!I could not put the book down!
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Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity (Revised & Expanded)
By John W. LoftusFrom “Can God Exist If Yahweh Doesn't? ... Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (New York: William Morrow, 1993); Richard E. Petty and John T. Cacioppo, Attitudes and Persuasion: Classic and Contemporary ...
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Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age
By Maggie Jackson... 168 future of the past, 213–35 Future of the Past, The (Stille), 226 Galapagos turtles, 195, 196 Gascoigne, Thomas, 260–61 Gee, E. Gordon, 316 INDEX.
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When Good Thinking Goes Bad: How Your Brain Can Have a Mind of Its Own
By Todd C. RinioloFor those interested in further information about the Monkey Trial, I would recommend Larson's (1998) Summer for ... copies of the articles, they are available in back issues of Skeptic (www.skeptic.com), or feel free to e-mail me at ...
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You, Disrupted: Seizing the Life You Want by Shaking, Breaking, and Challenging Everything
By Todd MitchemHe calls this willingness to take a risk the "Disruption Effect." In this inspiring book, he shows you how to realize your full potential by intentionally disrupting yourself, no matter what career path or life journey you choose.
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The Ultimate Fantasy Football League: 1993 Guide and Handbook
By Bob Chon, Greg Colao, Andy SchillingThe only hope for stargazers is former firstround pick Nick Bell who has accomplished little in two seasons due to injuries and scant opportunities to shine . His 66 - yard run against Seattle in week seven suggest comet - like ...
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Decided on the Battlefield: Grant, Sherman, Lincoln and the Election of 1864
By David Alan JohnsonBut nosooner had thisbeendone thanLazarus W.Powell of Kentucky was also nominated. This apparently took Mr. Powell by surprise as much as everybody else. Inresponse, hesaidthat he was flattered bythe offer but thathewould likehis ...
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The Laser That's Changing the World: The Amazing Stories Behind Lidar from 3D Mapping to Self-Driving Cars
By Todd NeffThese are just some of the stories Neff tells before looking ahead to a future that could bring lidar to unpiloted air taxis, to the contaminated pipes of the U.S. nuclear weapons complex, and to satellites capable of pinpointing greenhouse ...
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Born With a Junk Food Deficiency: How Flaks, Quacks, and Hacks Pimp the Public Health
By Martha RosenbergOne reason for its easy path, said rBGH critics, was thatformer Monsanto vice president and chief lobbyist Michael R.Taylor had moved to the FDA by the time rBGH was under consideration and was responsible for its labeling guidelines.
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American Juries: The Verdict
By Neil Vidmar, Valerie P. HansSee also insanity defense Paternoster, Ray, 385 Patricia Hearst case, 132–33, 142–43 Pearson, Richard N., 382, 389 Pearson, Robert W., 362 Peel, Robert, 211 peers, jury of, 34–35, 65–81 peine forte et dure, 24–25 Pellowski, Michael, ...
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The Angry Right: Why Conservatives Keep Getting It Wrong
By S. T. JoshiSt. George Tucker (Philadelphia: William Young Birch & Abraham Small, 1803), 2:441–42; in In Her Place: A Documentary History of Prejudice Against Women, ed. S. T. Joshi (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2006), p. 248. 11.
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God's Brain
By Lionel Tiger, Michael McGuireR. Dawkins, The God Delusion (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006); S. Harris, The End of Faith (New York: Norton, 2004). 21. Sullivan, “When Not Seeing Is Believing.” 22. M. B. Norton, In the Devil's Snare (New York: Knopf, 2002); J. C. ...
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Deception and Self-Deception: Investigating Psychics
By Richard WisemanThis difference between the groups was tested with a Mann-Whit» ney U test and proved significant (p [corrected for ties, l tail] : 0.032). Thus, in Experiment Two, goats watch» ing the pseudo-ESP demonstrations may have been less ...
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Three Scientific Revolutions: How They Transformed Our Conceptions of Reality
By Richard H. SchlagelThis book describes three intellectual revolutions that led to the current scientific consensus, emphasizing how science over the centuries has undermined traditional, religious worldviews.
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Shockingly Close to the Truth: Confessions of a Grave-Robbing Ufologist
By James W. Moseley... 295 Big Bo (Venusian dog), 156 Binder, Otto, 281 Birnes, William J., 312–13 Black, Victor, 84–85 Bloecher, Ted, 108, 125, 236, 237–38, 262 Bloom, G. L. See appendix Blum, Judy (wife of Ralph Blum), 232 Blum, Ralph, 232 Boland, Hank, ...
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Journey Through the Impossible
By Jules Verne... Saint-Simon (1760–1825), a French socialist born in Paris. At the age of sixteen he went to the United States to fight in the Amer- ican Revolution. When he returned to France, he supported the Revolution there, giving up his title.