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This ebook, Scientific Pollyannaism: From Inquisition to Positive Psychology (PDF) argues that the story of the orphan girl Pollyanna (namely, her strategy of playing the “glad games” to manage abuse, loss, and social prejudice) serves as a framework for scrutinizing historical forms of Western scientific Pollyannaism. The author explores Pollyannaism

Help college students understand how culture impacts development – and why it matters. Human Development: A Cultural Approach 2nd edition (PDF) leads university students to examine all stages of development through the engaging lens of culture. The very first author to take a wholly cultural approach to th etopic of

Complex Systems is a new domain of science studying how parts of a system give rise to the collective behaviors of the system, and how the system interrelates with its environment. Ecological Sustainability, (PDF) examines the complex systems involved in environmental sustainability and explores the technologies involved to help lessen

This exceptionally brief volume offers a rich survey of the field’s fundamental research and concepts at a matchless price—with formats for less than $10! The textbook also comprises of a robust media and supplements package for college students and instructors, including LaunchPad. No other textbook/media resource for the course provides

Hermann Heller was one of the prominent public lawyers and political and legal theorists of the Weimar era, whose main interlocutors were two of the giants of twentieth-century legal and political thought, Carl Schmitt and Hans Kelsen. In this 1927 work, Hermann Heller addresses the enigma of sovereignty. That is,