Subject(s): Trust in children | Truthfulness and falsehood in children | Social adjustment in children | Social perception in children | Child psychology Summary: "Children learn a great deal from other people, including history, science and religion, as well as language itself. Although our informants are usually well-intentioned, they can

Subject(s): Income distribution -- United States | Consumer credit -- United States | Debt -- United States | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 Summary: "Prevailing economic theory attributes the 2008 crash and the Great Recession that followed to low interest rates, relaxed borrowing standards, and the housing price bubble. After careful

Subject(s): Architectural design -- Technological innovations | Open source software | Intellectual property Summary: "Even more than authorship, ownership is challenged by the rise of digital and computational methods of design and production. These challenges are simultaneously legal, ethical and economic. How are new methods of fabricati

Subject(s): Dark tourism | Crime | Crime scenes Summary: "Dark tourism has become widespread and diverse. It has passed into popular culture vernacular, deployed in guide books as a short hand descriptor for sites that are associated with death, suffering and trauma. However, whilst books have been devoted to dark tourism as a general topic

Subject(s): Library orientation for college students -- Great Britain Summary: "This practical guide offers innovative tips and reliable best practice to enable new and experienced library and information professionals to evaluate their current provision and develop their service to meet the evolving needs of the research community. Interac

Subject(s): Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 | Soviet Union -- History -- 1917-1936 Summary: "Since the fall of Soviet Russia, there has been much reflection on the significance of the Russian Revolution, a desperate time in the country's history that paved the way for the horrors of Stalin's regime. Now historian S.

Subject(s): Imperialism -- History | Kings and rulers -- History | Imperialism -- Social aspects History | Imperialism -- Philosophy | Political culture -- History | Civilization -- History | World history | World politics -- To 1900 | Eurasia -- History | Eurasia -- Politics and government Summary: "The claim by certain rulers to universal

Subject(s): Behavior modification | Habit breaking | Brain | Change (Psychology) Summary: "This is the book that readers of Jeffrey Schwartz's best-seller Brain Lock have been asking for. The authors have refined a program that successfully explains how the brain works and why we sometimes feel as though we've lost control of our ow

Subject(s): Management Summary: "Prepare students for management success with this engaging survey of modern management practice. Understanding management, 10E, seamlessly integrates classic management principles with today's latest management ideas to create a current market-leading text. Acclaimed authors Richard Daft and Dorothy Marc

Subject(s): Crusades | Islam -- Relations Christianity History -- To 1500 | Christianity and other religions -- Islam History -- To 1500 | Muslims -- History -- To 1500 -- Mediterranean Region Summary: "In The Race for Paradise, Paul M. Cobb offers an accurate and accessible representation of the Islamic experience of the Crusades during th