International Education

A must for future or current international students in America. Earning a college degree in America is hard, especially for international students. Differing cultural and language backgrounds pose challenges beyond academics. Using a conversational tone of voice, and a simple but direct approach, Dr. Maria Stevens shows international students in America how to deftly navigate potential problems they are most likely to encounter.

Critically examining the Western, secular approach to formal education, the author contests the value of an education system focusing solely on the intellectual and physical aspects of human development.

Do people always act rationally and in their own best interests? US economist Richard Thaler and legal scholar Cass Sunstein did not believe so, and were convinced that psychological factors often stopped people from making the best decisions. Their 2008 work Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness argues that governments should "nudge" citizens to make better choices in all sorts of areas, from eating habits, to health, to financial planning.

What is the past - and what can we really know about it? This is the big question that 20th-century French historian Lucien Febvre works his way through in 1942's The Problem of Unbelief. Relying on his own innovative technique championing "problem-based history", Febvre focuses specifically on 16th-century French writer François Rabelais to answer one controversial question: Was Rabelais, as historians had always agreed, really one of his country's first atheists?

Have you ever thought about stepping out of the classroom and changing things up by working online? Do you want to stay home and earn money? Author Celeste Patton provides concrete examples of what it takes to be an online educator.

The title of Norwegian-born historian Odd Arne Westad's 2005 work - The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times - offers a window into his thesis. Between the end of World War II and the early 1990s, both the Soviet Union and the United States "intervened" (or "offered aid and support to") developing nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In Westad's view, these interventions were more important than events in Europe, where most studies of the Cold War focus.

Mahbub ul Haq died in 1998, three years after the publication of his important work, Reflections on Human Development. The book appeared at the end of Haq's impressive career in international development and described his revolutionary contribution to the discipline. In it, Haq argues that the goal of any society should be to improve the lives of its citizens, therefore economic development should support that aim.

Frankreich und die Welt unter wirtschaftlichen, historischen und politischen Gesichtspunkten. Außerdem: Wie kommen die Obdachlosen durch den Winter? Der flammende Appell an das Mitgefühl von Abbé Pierre von 1954. Und das Grammatik-Thema: Der accent circonflexe.

American sociologist and priest Jay MacLeod's 1987 work Ain't No Makin' It is groundbreaking for the novel way it combines field research with theory. The book follows the lives of two groups of young men from a low-income housing project in the greater Boston area. In it, MacLeod shows how poor people who aspire to live the American dream face many more obstacles than their middle-class counterparts.

In his 1986 book War Without Mercy, American historian John Dower examines Japanese-American relations during World War II and investigates links between popular culture, stereotypes, and extreme violence. He argues that it was the concept of racism - used equally by both sides - that underpinned the military conflict and led to a particularly brutal war in the Pacific and East Asia.

Would like to learn simple ways to reduce stress and improve your health and well-being without relying on medications? Here are 21 proven but simple ways you can use to take control of your life and turn your daily challenges into transformative opportunities for happiness and healthy living

Die sympathische und unbeschwerte Redensart des Autors ermöglicht Ihnen, den Alltag hinter sich zu lassen und verspricht einen Kurzurlaub...

British-born American political activist Thomas Paine wrote Rights of Man in 1791 in response to Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke's attack on the French Revolution. Burke was wary of tearing down old institutions of government. But Paine argued that revolution is acceptable - in fact, necessary - when government ignores the rights of its people. Not surprisingly, Rights of Man proved very popular in the newly liberated United States, selling over 100,000 copies.

World Order draws together Henry Kissinger's thinking on how we make sense of the world politically. Kissinger identifies four principal competing methods by which order has been and is still sought. Those four conceptions are European, Chinese, Islamic, and American. None of these has been accepted as dominant. Kissinger asks whether a new, universal world order can be developed today.

The emergence of China as a major player on the international stage is one of the most significant developments in contemporary geopolitics - the study of the effects of geography (both human and physical) on international relations. Kang's call for understanding of and engagement with China, rather than containment and confrontation, makes China Rising a "must-listen" for anyone interested in international politics.

Spanish is a strategic language that is not only enjoyable to speak, but it can open many doors, it can help you in business, as well as in your adventures traveling the world or living in new countries. Spanish is also the language that Pablo Neruda, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Cervantes used to create their timeless works of poetry and fiction. To learn a new language, you should be inspired by the joy of learning, which is so often forgotten in language schools. Have you tried to learn Spanish but have yet to have a breakthrough? Don’t worry. You’re not alone.

This book covers the foundations of salvation backed by the infallible word of God, showing completion and fulfillment was achieved through the true Messiah. This book will also show how to share salvation with all those who do not yet believe. God's plan for salvation required arrangement of separate roles in creation and redemption of all manners to deter Satan's angelic rebellion in the heavens while completing salvation for all mankind.

Democracy and Its Critics is a modern classic that integrates Robert A. Dahl's democratic thinking as it developed over the course of his academic career. It makes an important contribution to theories about democracy and remains widely cited and debated. Dahl offers an interpretation of democratic theory and practice that is relevant to the modern world and that pays special attention to the problems highlighted by people who criticize democracy.

Iranian American writer and scholar Hamid Dabashi wrote Iran: A People Interrupted amid the political fallout following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York - his adopted city - in 2001. As US President George W. Bush declared a "war on terror" and named Iran as part of an "axis of evil" that supported terrorism, Dabashi offered an insider's insight into the Iranian psyche.

Plato imagines a dinner party - a symposium - held in the Athens of the late fifth century BC. He invites seven important historical figures including the philosopher Socrates, the comic playwright Aristophanes, and the notorious military general Alcibiades. As entertainment, each guest gives a speech praising eros (human love or erotic desire). Plato then "collects" these seven speeches into Symposium.