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The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators by William J. Bennett

2011-08-03T00:30:00-05:00

The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators
Written by William J. Bennett

eBook, 272 pages | WaterBrook Press | Reference - Bibliographies & Indexes; Religion - Christian Life - Social Issues; Political Science - Public Policy - Cultural Policy | $13.99 | 978-0-307-77809-3 (0-307-77809-6)

For decades Americans have turned to the Commerce Department's Index of Leading Economic Indicators to spot trends in the economy. The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators brings a similar kind of empirical analysis to the moral, social, and behavioral condition of American society from 1960 to the present--a vivid, clearly accessible portrait in numbers of who and where we are as a nation.

First published in 1994 and now completely updated and considerably expanded, it draws from a wide array of government sources and academic studies to offer comprehensive chapters on crime, the family, youth behavior, education, popular culture, and religion, as well as new chapters on civic participation, international comparisons, and decade-by-decade comparisons. For each topic covered, there are statistical and numerical breakdowns; tables and graphs; ranking of states; and a "Factual Overview" interpreting the data. The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators should serve as the starting point of any discussion about America's moral and cultural condition.

William J. Bennett's provocative introduction provides the essential context and perspective for the data he's collected, offering an assessment of the problems besetting modern America. Some have gotten better--most notably, crime and welfare rates--leading him to conclude that politics and public engagement in social issues can make more of a difference than he once thought. But there is much else of a worrying nature, and Bennett pulls no punches in identifying pathologies and laying out the challenges we face. No one who cares about American society and a whole range of social issues can afford to be without this essential volume--a statistical snapshot, an invaluable sourcebook, and a call to action.

The Book of Lost Books by Stuart Kelly

2007-12-18T00:30:00-05:00

The Book of Lost Books An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read
Written by Stuart Kelly

eBook, 368 pages | Random House | History; Reference - Bibliographies & Indexes | $16.99 | 978-0-307-43200-1 (0-307-43200-9)

In an age when deleted scenes from Adam Sandler movies are saved, it’s sobering to realize that some of the world’s greatest prose and poetry has gone missing. This witty, wry, and unique new book rectifies that wrong. Part detective story, part history lesson, part exposé, The Book of Lost Books is the first guide to literature’s what-ifs and never-weres.
In compulsively readable fashion, Stuart Kelly reveals details about tantalizing vanished works by the famous, the acclaimed, and the influential, from the time of cave drawings to the late twentieth century. Here are the true stories behind stories, poems, and plays that now exist only in imagination:

·Aristophanes’ Heracles, the Stage Manager was one of the playwright’s several spoofs that disappeared.
·Love’s Labours Won may have been a sequel to Shakespeare’s Love’s Labours Lost–or was it just an alternative title for The Taming of the Shrew?
·Jane Austen’s incomplete novel Sanditon, was a critique of hypochondriacs and cures started when the author was fatally ill.
·Nikolai Gogol burned the second half of Dead Souls after a religious conversion convinced him that literature was paganism.
·Some of the thousand pages of William Burroughs’s original Naked Lunch were stolen and sold on the street by Algerian street boys.
·Sylvia Plath’s widower, Ted Hughes, claimed that the 130 pages of her second novel, perhaps based on their marriage, were lost after her death.

Whether destroyed (Socrates’ versions of Aesop’s Fables), misplaced (Malcolm Lowry’s Ultramarine was pinched from his publisher’s car), interrupted by the author’s death (Robert Louis Stevenson’s Weir of Hermiston), or simply never begun (Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, America, a second volume of his memoirs), these missing links create a history of literature for a parallel world. Civilized and satirical, erudite yet accessible, The Book of Lost Books is itself a find.

From the Hardcover edition.

The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of Satanism by James R. Lewis

2006-10-30T00:30:00-05:00

The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of Satanism
Edited by James R. Lewis

Hardcover, 774 pages | Prometheus Books | Religion - Demonology & Satanism; Reference - Encyclopedias; Reference - Bibliographies & Indexes | $105.99 | 978-1-59102-390-6 (1-59102-390-4)

In the public imagination Satanism is associated with bizarre rituals, perverse hedonistic lifestyles, heavy metal music, immature adolescents acting out, horror movies, and rumors of ritual abuse. But what are the facts behind the urban legends and the "moral panics" that periodically sweep the country regarding this countercultural phenomenon? This authoritative reference work gathers together scholarly studies of Satanism and original source material, focusing on two major aspects—organized religious Satanism and the Satanic Ritual Abuse hoax that was prevalent in the 1980s and early 1990s.
The contributors first examine modern Satanism, a decentralized movement whose only coherence is based on certain themes that date back to the writings of Anton Szandor LaVey, especially his Satanic Bible. Among other factors, the authors discuss how the emergence of the Internet as a form of communication has created some coherence among disparate groups through cross-reference.
Many articles are devoted to the Satanic Ritual Abuse scare, an erroneous belief in a vast underground network of Satanists who were abusing children. For years members of the law enforcement community and numerous therapists, encouraged by the hype of mass media, bought into this panic.
Other topics include the role of the media in the perceptions of Satanism and Satanic Ritual Abuse, juvenile delinquency and Satanism, and police pursuit of satanic crime. The volume concludes with primary source material, including a report from the Ritual Abuse Task Force and selections from current Satanism groups.
This objective reference work will be useful for professionals in many fields and members of the public interested in sorting out the facts from the myths surrounding this controversial subculture.

The Book of Lost Books by Stuart Kelly

2006-04-18T00:30:00-05:00

The Book of Lost Books An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read
Written by Stuart Kelly

Hardcover, 368 pages | Random House | History; Reference - Bibliographies & Indexes | $24.95 | 978-1-4000-6297-3 (1-4000-6297-7)

The New Country Index by Intl Educ Research Foundation Staff

2004-08-01T00:30:00-05:00

The New Country Index Making Sense of International Credentials
Written by Intl Educ Research Foundation Staff

Hardcover, 432 pages | Ten Speed Press | Reference - Bibliographies & Indexes; Education - Statistics; Education - Reference | $125.00 | 978-1-58008-570-0 (1-58008-570-9)

THE NEW COUNTRY INDEX is an essential tool for interpreting the educational backgrounds of people who have studied outside the United States and who need statements of educational equivalencies to enter the U.S. educational environment and workforce. This handy reference provides an outline of world educational systems and is used extensively by a variety of organizations in the assessment of foreign academic credentials. Compiled by current and former staff and board members of the International Education Research Foundation-the oldest and one of the most respected foreign credentials evaluation agencies in the United States-THE NEW COUNTRY INDEX is a uniquely thorough reference for colleges and universities, professional organizations, state licensing boards, U.S. government agencies, foreign ministries, counseling services, recognition agencies, and attorneys and individuals. Easy-to-follow tables clearly map the varied structures of both the U.S. and foreign educational systems, making it possible for anyone to determine U.S. equivalents of foreign credentials. Includes interpretations of the educational systems of 70 countries from primary education through higher education, including academic secondary patterns and information on secondary level studies, teacher training, commercial education, and technical, vocational, and professional training. The most reliable, convenient, and practical reference of its kind.

Media-graphy by Ranjit Sandhu

2004-06-01T00:30:00-05:00

Media-graphy A Bibliography Of The Works Of Paul Kurtz Fifty-one Years, 1952-2003
Written by Ranjit Sandhu

Trade Paperback, 150 pages | Prometheus Books | Reference - Bibliographies & Indexes | $20.99 | 978-1-59102-273-2 (1-59102-273-8)

Compiled by Ranjit Sandhu and Matt Cravatta

This compilation of the works of philosopher Paul Kurtz presents both a traditional bibliography of his publications and a list of the many other media in which Kurtz has presented his ideas. These include radio, television, the Internet, public lectures, and other arenas. Given the diversity of these various publication outlets, Kurtz has coined the term "Media-graphy" to describe his multifaceted career.

Cross-Currents of Jungian Thought by Donald Dyer

2001-09-04T00:30:00-05:00

Cross-Currents of Jungian Thought
Written by Donald Dyer

Trade Paperback, 504 pages | Shambhala | Psychology - Movements - Jungian; Reference - Bibliographies & Indexes | $45.00 | 978-1-57062-956-3 (1-57062-956-0)

The last several decades have witnessed a remarkable explosion of interest in the work of C. G. Jung. Nearly eight hundred books on Jungian subjects—ranging from ancient myths and symbols to the latest thinking on feminine and masculine psychology—have been issued to date—many of them in several editions. This comprehensive bibliography provides complete facts of publication and annotations for these English-language titles, including Jung's own writings, books about his life and work, and works by Jungian analysts and other Jungian-oriented writers, published up to 1990. The annotated listings—arranged chronologically to give an evolutionary view—provide an introduction to Jungian psychology by means of a twelve-fold classification of subjects. Further listings arranged by author and title make the book a complete reference tool. In addition, information on publishers of Jungian-oriented books and Jungian organizations is included in the appendixes.

The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators by William J. Bennett

1999-10-19T00:30:00-05:00

The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators
Written by William J. Bennett

Trade Paperback, 272 pages | WaterBrook Press | Reference - Bibliographies & Indexes; Religion - Christian Life - Social Issues; Political Science - Public Policy - Cultural Policy | $14.99 | 978-1-57856-344-9 (1-57856-344-5)

A Guided Tour of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung by Robert H. Hopcke

1999-05-11T00:30:00-05:00

A Guided Tour of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung
Written by Robert H. Hopcke

Trade Paperback, 204 pages | Shambhala | Psychology - Movements - Jungian; Psychology & Psychiatry - History; Reference - Bibliographies & Indexes | $24.95 | 978-1-57062-405-6 (1-57062-405-4)

The writings of C. G. Jung himself are the best place to read about all his main ideas—but where to start, when Jung's Collected Works run to more than eighteen volumes? Robert H. Hopcke's guide to Jung's voluminous writings shows exactly the best place to begin for getting a handle on each of Jung's key concepts and ideas—from archetypal symbols to analytical psychology to UFOs. Each chapter explains one of Jung's principal concerns, then directs the reader where to read about it in depth in the Collected Works.

Each chapter includes a list of secondary sources to approach for further study—which the author has updated for this edition to include books published in the ten years since the Guided Tour's first appearance.

Random House New Releases - Reference - Bibliographies & Indexes

The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators by William J. Bennett

The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators Written by William J. Bennett

The Book of Lost Books by Stuart Kelly

The Book of Lost Books An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never ReadWritten by Stuart Kelly

The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of Satanism by James R. Lewis

The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of Satanism Edited by James R. Lewis

The Book of Lost Books by Stuart Kelly

The Book of Lost Books An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never ReadWritten by Stuart Kelly

The New Country Index by Intl Educ Research Foundation Staff

The New Country Index Making Sense of International CredentialsWritten by Intl Educ Research Foundation Staff

Media-graphy by Ranjit Sandhu

Media-graphy A Bibliography Of The Works Of Paul Kurtz Fifty-one Years, 1952-2003Written by Ranjit Sandhu

Cross-Currents of Jungian Thought by Donald Dyer

Cross-Currents of Jungian Thought Written by Donald Dyer

The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators by William J. Bennett

The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators Written by William J. Bennett

A Guided Tour of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung by Robert H. Hopcke

A Guided Tour of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung Written by Robert H. Hopcke

The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators
Written by William J. Bennett

The Book of Lost Books An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read
Written by Stuart Kelly

The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of Satanism
Edited by James R. Lewis

The Book of Lost Books An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read
Written by Stuart Kelly

The New Country Index Making Sense of International Credentials
Written by Intl Educ Research Foundation Staff

Media-graphy A Bibliography Of The Works Of Paul Kurtz Fifty-one Years, 1952-2003
Written by Ranjit Sandhu

Cross-Currents of Jungian Thought
Written by Donald Dyer

The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators
Written by William J. Bennett

A Guided Tour of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung
Written by Robert H. Hopcke