This classic study on the sociology of Japan remains the only in-depth treatment of the Japanese middle class. Now in a fiftieth-anniversary edition that includes a new foreword by William W. Kelly, this seminal work paints a rich and complex picture of the life of the salaryman and his family.In 1958, Suzanne and Ezra Vogel embedded themselves in a Tokyo suburb, living among and interviewing six middle-class families regularly for a year. Tracing the rapid postwar economic growth ...

Grounded in the realities and complexities of today’s schools, Introduction to Teaching: Making a Difference in Student Learning, Fourth Edition is the ideal text for aspiring teachers. Acclaimed authors Gene E. Hall, Linda F. Quinn, and Donna M. Gollnick thoroughly prepare students to make a difference as teachers, presenting first-hand stories and evidence-based practices while offering a student-centered approach to learning. From true-to-life challenges that t...

Seasons of Smoke by Mark Hall is a nonfiction book about navigating life's smoke seasons, those quiet times of uncertainty and subtle change that creep in without warning. It draws from the author's experiences across 18 jobs in 15 years, from corrections officer to mechanic and service roles in Washington State's Pacific Northwest, showing how these periods can forge resilience and purpose instead of breaking you.What Are Smoke SeasonsPicture stepping into a haze with no...

Blood is thicker than water. It dictates who we call family. But kith and kin are often right around the corner from each other. The bond family members share can be replicated and forged by hardship, and struggle. But lies and ignorance are the cowardly weapons that sever those bonds. Could you bear arms against someone you could call brother? Should you? The story of a young gang member who is searching. During that search he Finds THE REASONS BEHIND HIS MISTAKES, his spirit, and a way t...

You're a young adult, which is wonderful. But… Ready to depart from home? Are you capable of supporting yourself on your own?!!!We all require a certain set of life skills to get by daily. They include things like forming wholesome relationships, organizing your closet, making goals, and adopting excellent habits. Many of these abilities are not typically taught in schools but are crucial for success in the real world. Beginners' rules for adulting will give you practical technique...

Dr. Joseph Metropolis calls himself a philosophical counselor, and he is looking for a paying client with the weight of the world on his shoulders. He finds such a person in Zero Vaynilovich, also known as Zilch, who comes to him demanding assistance in finding his lost love. Although private detective work isnt his usual employment, Dr. Metropolis agrees to help the lovelorn tycoon.Thus begins a narrative that seeks to shine a light on the darkest reaches of the human mind. As Dr....

Can you imagine traveling back to the past? What would you find there? Would you like it? Would you find that everything you do has some consequences in the future? Do you want to join the man in our story? Because he is about to "trap" himself in a backwards time warp. If you are not brave enough to come along, but you still want to find out what happened next, just grab "The Man Who Lived Backwards" by Charles F. Hall.

“ OUTLINES OF TRUTH’ (Being Bible Talks on Important Subjects Connected with the Foundations of Christianity) explains many foundational scriptural truths in an easy to understand way, and includes subjects such as : Faith & Works, Peace & Deliverance, Safety & Sanctification, Law & Grace, ‘Sin’ & ‘Sins’, The New Nature & the Old, ‘Blood’& ‘Water’, Grace & Discipleship, Election & Free Grace, Israel & the Church, Worship & Service, The Rapture & the Appearing.This valuable book sup...

Love and loyalty, hatred and revenge, fear, deprivation, and political ambition: these are the motives which thrust the characters portrayed in these three Sophoclean masterpieces on to their collision course with catastrophe. Recognized in his own day as perhaps the greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles's reputation has remained undimmed for two and a half thousand years. His greatest innovation in the tragic medium was his development of a central tragic figure, faced with a test o...

Principles of Fermentation Technology, Fourth Edition covers key components of the fermentation process, including growth kinetics, strain isolation and improvement, inoculum development, fermentation media, fermenter design, control and operation, sterilization, product recovery, and the environmental impact of processes. The book recognizes the increasing importance of animal cell culture, the continuing impact of the post-genomics era and CRISPR technology on applied science, and the hu...

Negative Affective States and Cognitive Impairments in Nicotine Dependence is the only book of its kind that addresses nicotine use and abuse in the context of negative reinforcement mechanisms. Written and edited by leading investigators in addiction, affective, genetic, and cognitive research, it provides researchers and advanced students with an overview of the clinical bases of these effects, allowing them to fully understand the various underlying dysfunctions that drive nicotine use ...

When I began to study psychology a half century ago, it was defined as "the study of behavior and experience." By the time I completed my doctorate, shortly after the end of World War II, the last two words were fading rapidly. In one of my first graduate classes, a course in statistics, the professor announced on the first day, "Whatever exists, exists in some number." We dutifully wrote that into our notes and did not pause to recognize that thereby all that makes life meaningful was bei...