Reshaping Life

Author : Jack Larkin
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062016806
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reshaping of Everyday Life, 1790–1840 written by Jack Larkin and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Compact and insightful. "--New York Times Book Review "Jack Larkin has retrieved the irretrievable; the intimate facts of everyday life that defined what people were really like."--American Heritage

Author : G. J. V. Nossal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521524230
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reshaping Life written by G. J. V. Nossal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-26 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative yet easy-to-read description of molecular biology, genetics, and the ethical implications of genetic engineering.

Author : Sarah Irwin
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415339377
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reshaping Social Life written by Sarah Irwin and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through analysis of key areas of social life, Irwin breaks with convention and develops a conceptual and analytical perspective of social change, focusing on relationality, context and interdependence.

Author : Sarah Irwin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134301383
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reshaping Social Life written by Sarah Irwin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-14 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caught up in current social changes, we do not fully understand the reshaping of social life. In sociological analyses there is a conceptual gap between subjectivities and social structural processes, and we face real difficulties in understanding social change and diversity. Through analysis of key areas of social life, here, Sarah Irwin develops a new and exciting resource for better understanding our changing social world. Breaking with conventional approaches and reconnecting the subjective with the objective, Irwin’s book develops a new conceptual and analytical perspective with social relationality, interdependence and social context at its heart. The new perspective is developed through grounded analyses of empirical evidence, and draws on new data. It explores and analyzes: * significant changes in family forms, fertility, gender relations and commitments to employment, children and care, both now, and with comparisons to early twentieth century developments * the meshing of norms and social relations in contexts of change * diverse values, norms and perceptions of fairness, analyzed with respect to diversity over the life course, and in respect of gender, ethnicity and social class. Through analysis of context, Irwin offers new insights, and tackles puzzles of explanation. Reshaping Social Life offers a fascinating and innovative way of slicing into and re-interrogating our changing social world, and is sure to become a landmark resource for students, scholars and researchers.

Author : Jean-Pierre De Villiers
Publisher : Panoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9781909623163
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 77 Ways to Reshape Your Life written by Jean-Pierre De Villiers and published by Panoma Press. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean-Pierre shows you how to make massive positive changes in your life. He believes that people will change their lives by reshaping their bodies and mindsets. The book focuses on providing you with three main benefits: changing your body, addressing your mindset, motivating you to make and sustain the positive changes in your life.

Author : Robin Marvel
Publisher : Loving Healing Press
ISBN 13 : 1615991115
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reshaping Reality written by Robin Marvel and published by Loving Healing Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marvel encourages people to shake their spirits awake from anything that is limiting them from their potential, propelling them into a life of purpose and meaning, giving them the support needed to grow, evolve, and empower their life.

Author : Chris Norton
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310356938
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seven Longest Yards written by Chris Norton and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was told he'd never walk again. She was losing hope that she'd ever feel whole again. This is their miraculous true story of defying the impossible. "In my very first impression of Chris, I was blown away by his determination to stay positive, do the work, and trust that God had a bigger story in mind . . . this book is a master class in the power of perseverance." -Tim Tebow Quadriplegics simply do not walk again - yet millions watched as Chris Norton defied incredible odds and took step by impossible step across his graduation stage. With his fiancée Emily by his side, those unbelievable steps became the start of an extraordinary journey for them both. Told from both of their unique perspectives, this moving story invites you to find, as Chris and Emily have, that God can transform our lowest points into life's greatest gifts. In a moment, Chris went from a talented college football player with a promising future to a quadriplegic with a 3 percent chance of ever moving or feeling anything below his neck, much less walking again. Determined to prove the doctors wrong, he pushed himself through grueling, daily workouts to achieve his goal four years later: walking the stage to receive his college diploma with Emily's help, and to the world's astonished applause. Meanwhile, Emily faced her own challenges as she sunk into a deep battle against anxiety and depression, despite her life's outward blessings. Day by day, decision by decision, Chris and Emily committed themselves to taking the extra step, trusting God, and leaning on the help of others. In a story of courageous faith and grit, this extraordinary couple's journey ultimately led them to tackle the seven longest yards - down the wedding aisle and into a new life together. And what a new life it is: Chris and Emily have adopted five beautiful girls and welcomed foster children - seventeen and counting! - into their home and hearts. Let this book be your inspiration for defying your own impossible, and finding joy on the other side.

Author : Judith Sealander
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801854606
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Private Wealth and Public Life written by Judith Sealander and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1997-04-21 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the role played by private philanthropic foundations in shaping public policy during the early years of this century—focusing on foundation-sponsored attempts to influence policy in the areas of education, social welfare, and public health. Winner of the Outstanding Book Award from the Ohio Academy of History In Private Wealth and Public Life, historian Judith Sealander analyzes the role played by private philanthropic foundations in shaping public policy during the early years of this century. Focusing on foundation-sponsored attempts to influence policy in the areas of education, social welfare, and public health, she addresses significant misunderstandings about the place of philanthropic foundations in American life. Between 1903 and 1932, fewer than a dozen philanthropic organizations controlled most of the hundreds of millions of dollars given to various causes. Among these, Sealander finds, seven foundations attempted to influence public social policy in significant ways—four were Rockefeller philanthropies, joined later by the Russell Sage, Rosenwald, and Commonwealth Fund foundations. Challenging the extreme views of foundations either as benevolent forces for social change or powerful threats to democracy, Sealander offers a more subtle understanding of foundations as important players in a complex political environment. The huge financial resources of some foundations bought access, she argues, but never complete control. Occasionally a foundation's agenda became public policy; often it did not. Whatever the results, the foundations and their efforts spurred the emergence of an American state with a significantly expanded social-policy-making role. Drawing on a wealth of archival materials, much of it unavailable or overlooked until now, Sealander examines issues that remain central to American political life. Her topics include vocational education policy, parent education, juvenile delinquency, mothers' pensions and public aid to impoverished children, anti-prostitution efforts, sex research, and publicly funded recreation. "Foundation philanthropy's legacy for domestic social policy," she writes, "raises a point that should be emphasized repeatedly by students of the policy process: Rarely is just one entity a policy's sole author; almost always policies in place produced unintended consequences."

Author : Gerard J. Milburn
Publisher : W. H. Freeman
ISBN 13 : 9780716731061
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Schrodinger's Machines written by Gerard J. Milburn and published by W. H. Freeman. This book was released on 1997-04-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his foreword to Schrödinger's Machines, Paul Davies writes, "The nineteenth century was known as the machine age, the twentieth century will go down in history as the information age. I believe the twenty-first century will be the quantum age." Perhaps the most successful scientific theory in history, quantum mechanics has already ushered in the information age with inventions like the transistor and the laser. In Schrödinger's Machines, renowned quantum physicist Gerard Milburn explores how our ever-increasing ability to manipulate atomic and subatomic processes is turning purely hypothetical situations and concepts (of a truly weird nature) into concrete, practical devices-- resulting in a complete transformation of our world view. Imagine the creation of machines the size of molecules, detectors sensitive enough to pick up the sound of a pin dropping on the other side of the earth, the fabrication of new and exotic materials, and extraordinarily powerful computers that can process information in many alternative realities simultaneously, creating a whole new type of mathematics. This isn't science fiction, but just some of the breathtaking possibilities offered by quantum technology over the next fifty years. Leaving the common sense of Newtonian machines far behind, Schrödinger's Machines is an advance preview of the strange new world ahead. Clearly presented, and with an acute awareness of recent advances in the field, it's indispensable reading for anyone interested in the future.

Author : Beth Shapiro
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541644158
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life as We Made It written by Beth Shapiro and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first dog to the first beefalo, from farming to CRISPR, the human history of remaking nature When the 2020 Nobel Prize was awarded to the inventors of CRISPR, the revolutionary gene-editing tool, it underlined our amazing and apparently novel powers to alter nature. But as biologist Beth Shapiro argues in Life as We Made It, this phenomenon isn’t new. Humans have been reshaping the world around us for ages, from early dogs to modern bacteria modified to pump out insulin. Indeed, she claims, reshaping nature—resetting the course of evolution, ours and others’—is the essence of what our species does. In exploring our evolutionary and cultural history, Shapiro finds a course for the future. If we have always been changing nature to help us survive and thrive, then we need to avoid naive arguments about how we might destroy it with our meddling, and instead ask how we can meddle better. Brilliant and insightful, Life as We Made It is an essential book for the decades to come.