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Paradoxy of Modernism
A reconsideration of the all-too-neat assumptions we make about modernism in art and literature In this lively, personal book, Robert Scholes intervenes in ongoing discussions about modernism in the arts...
Stress and Hypertension
Examining the Relation between Psychological Stress and High Blood Pressure
Does living a stress-filled life lead to elevated blood pressure? And if so, do strategies to better manage stress effectively lower blood pressure? In this authoritative and comprehensive book, Kevin T. Larkin examines...
Exorcism and Enlightenment
Johann Joseph Gassner and the Demons of Eighteenth-Century Germany
In the late eighteenth century, Catholic priest Johann Joseph Gassner (1727–1779) discovered that he had extraordinary powers of exorcism. Deciding that demons were responsible for most human ailments, he healed thousands,...
Intrigue
Espionage and Culture
An inventive and surprising examination of a century of spy fiction. Why do spies have such cachet in the twentieth century? Why do they keep reinventing themselves? What do they mean in a political...
Saving the Forsaken
Religious Culture and the Rescue of Jews in Nazi Europe
Does religion encourage altruism on behalf of those who do not belong? Are the very religious more likely to be altruistic toward outsiders than those who are less religious? In this book Pearl M. Oliner examines data on...
Distributive Justice and Disability
Utilitarianism against Egalitarianism
Theories of distributive justice are most severely tested in the area of disability. In this book, Mark Stein argues that utilitarianism performs better than egalitarian theories in this area: whereas egalitarian theories help the...
The Bus Kids
Children's Experiences with Voluntary Desegregation
The Bus Kids offers a compelling and uniquely detailed examination of the experiences of kindergarten students in California participating in a voluntary school desegregation program. Ira Lit focuses on...
Smart Alliance
How a Global Corporation and Environmental Activists Transformed a Tarnished Brand
A profit-driven multinational corporation and an upstart group of environmentalists surprise the world and forge an astonishingly successful partnership Large and wealthy global companies too often fail...
Patient Adherence to Medical Treatment Regimens
Bridging the Gap Between Behavioral Science and Biomedicine
The single most important public health problem facing physicians today may be the failure of patients to follow their prescribed treatment regimens, a phenomenon that results in treatment failures, increased morbidity and...
Louis Armstrong and Paul Whiteman
Two Kings of Jazz
A dual biography of two great innovators in the history of jazz. One was black, one was white—one is now legendary, the other nearly forgotten. In Louis Armstrong and Paul Whiteman thejazz...