books about: columbia     books:     Columbia      The Milepost 2008 (Milepost) Morris Communications Company, 2008 Milepost Review The only way to travel the Al-Can and the best way, (short of actually being there), to remember the great state of Alaska!             Inside Terrorism Bruce Hoffman Columbia University Press, 2006 analyzes the political tactics of terrorism I found this book to be quite enlightening as well as facinating to read. Refusing to engage in the political rhetoric surrounding terrorism, the author, Bruce Hoffman, (an expert in counterterrorism at West Point as well as a professor at Georgetown)follows the ...             Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India Diana L. Eck Columbia University Press, 1998 Solid introduction to the concept of Hindu iconography and related ritual experience Diana Eck is a wonderful scholar who has written several great books on Hinduism. Darsan (or "darshan," if you're transliterating it simply for an English-speaking audience) is a wonderfully simple introduction to Hindu iconography and the related ritual experience, a ...             Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings Columbia University Press, 1996 Becoming a Chuang Tzu enthusiast. Anyone who may be coming to Chuang Tzu for the first time is in for a treat. Although Chuang Tzu is sometimes described as the most brilliant of all Chinese philosophers, what we find in him isn't what we normally understand by 'Philosophy' and isn't technical at ...             The Best American Magazine Writing 2007 (Best American Magazine Writing) Columbia University Press, 2007 The best of the best A series of excellent prize-winning articles, ranging from the deeply touching "The Other Side of Hate" by Andrew Corsello to Ian Parker's inspired and funny analysis of fellow writer Christopher Hitchens. Not a clinker in the lot!             The Measure of America: American Human Development Report, 2008-2009 (A Columbia / SSRC Book) Sarah Burd-Sharps, Kristen Lewis, ... Columbia University Press, 2008 Truly Eye-Opening The American Human Development Project is far more than just a report of data and conclusions. On the contrary, it not only provides interesting insight on the state of our nation, but it gives its readers a completely fresh perspective on how to examine our collective ...             Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and the Science of Epidemiology Geoffrey C Kabat Columbia University Press, 2008 The media constantly bombard us with news of health hazards lurking in our everyday lives. But many of these hazards turn out to have been greatly overblown. According to author and epidemiologist Geoffrey C. Kabat, this hyping of low-level environmental hazards leads to needless anxiety and confusion on the part of the public as to which ...             Man, the State, and War Kenneth N. Waltz Columbia University Press, 2001 Still worth reading after all these years This book has legs! I read it first in graduate school in 1969. I was impressed with the argument then, and still appreciate its power now. He identifies a key problem as (page 12) "identifying and achieving the conditions of peace. . ." He notes that, over time, ...             Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters Donald R. Prothero Columbia University Press, 2007 Will this book prove effective? A society driving an eminent scientist to produce a book such as this is in need of some serious reflective thinking. Prothero's account is not the first such investigation of the clash of science and superstition, but it ranks as one of the most thorough and ...             Sources of Chinese Tradition, Vol. 1 Joseph Adler Columbia University Press, 2000 Ancient Chinese History: Vol. 1 This book is a collection of readings dealing with ancient Chinese history, especially focusing on philosophy and religion. The readings are organized into chapters related to various stages in Chinese history. Early chapters cover antiquity, Confucius, Mo Tzu, and ...             Political Liberalism (Columbia Classics in Philosophy) John Rawls Columbia University Press, 2005 A philosophical gem about public justification "A Theory of Justice" presented a conception of justice (justice as fairness) in the social contract tradition of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Kant. In "Political Liberalism" Rawls corrects an oversight in Justice as Fairness; he attempts to apply the idea of toleration ...             Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 2: Modern India and Pakistan (Introduction to Oriental Civilizations) Columbia University Press, 1988 One of the best collections ever Most of the time I have large problems with huge collections of primary sources such as this too often we get a picture of society from the top down and not the bottom up. Whoever complied this collection did a very good job. There are sources from everywhere the old ...             Mental Disorders, Medications, and Clinical Social Work Sonia G. Austrian Columbia University Press, 2005 A helpful learning tool I am an MSW student and have found this book extremely helpful as I concomitantly study the DSM-IV-TR. Combining the reading of, for example, anxiety disorders in the DSM with Austrian's chapter on anxiety disorders helps clarify assessment criteria. I don't believe ...             The New Meaning of Educational Change, Fourth Edition Michael Fullan Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2007 What is New in "The New Meaning of Educational Change"? The third edition of Fullen's book - "The New Meaning of Educational Change" came out to the readers in 2001 ten years after its second edition was published. Its contents have been greatly enriched and "`the meaning hypothesis' has become deeply confirmed." The ...             Learning to Labor: How Working Class Kids Get Working Class Jobs Paul Willis Columbia University Press, 1981 Still The Best Ethnography in Sociology I came to Dr. Willis's Learning To Labor as a Ph.D. student at York University, Toronto. I was profoundly moved both theoretically and personally. Willis gives us a theoretical way of articulating macro and micro perspectives which shows how the two arise in ...          products you might be interested in search for books civilizations, development, environmental, epidemiology, introduction, medications      toavi.com    web we recommend Milepost Review randomly chosen DVD: The Bridge on the River Kwai