The Victorian novel developed unique forms of reasoning under uncertainty-of thinking, judging, and acting in the face of partial knowledge and unclear outcome. George Eliot, Wilkie Collins, William Thackeray, Thomas Hardy, and later Joseph Conrad drew on science, mathematics, philosophy, and the law to articulate a phenomenology of uncertainty against emergent models of prediction and decision-making. In imaginative explorations of unsure reasoning, hesitant judgment, and makeshift action...

In an era of democratization and globalization, the number of decision makers has multiplied exponentially. Parliamentarians, bureaucrats, international secretariats, regional governors, and nongovernmental organizations have all gained influence at the expense of heads of state. How do these competing layers of authority bargain with each other to govern? International relations theorists have traditionally focused on how leaders' domestic constraints affect their bargaining position inte...

The Enlightenment and Darwinism posed threats to traditional Christianity. So why have so many highly educated Americans remained committed believers? The Search for a Rational Faith challenges popular theories of secularization with a sweeping 400-year history of Anglo-American Protestant defenses of the Christian faith. Through a detailed study of the arguments of those who found Christian faith compatible with Enlightenment reason, Daniel K. Williams explains w...

This book is about being intentional and specific. Think On Your Thoughts!

This is not an intensive program but rather a beginners guide covering the basics of how to start and continue to live a positive lifestyle. The 6 steps (and Bonus sections) contained here are all things I did when I began and continue to do to this day. They're some of the most important parts of my journey from the self-centered, negative, unhappy, miserable to be around human being I was, into the positive, patient, empathetic, spiritual being I am today. I beagn this journey over 15 ye...

Daniel has a disability a form of Autism and has overcome a lot in life. He faced a lot of trials and tribulations in his life. He dealt with losing his parents at a young age. He dealt with his grandparents being gone. He has lived in waiver homes to eventually living in his own apartment. He has been receiving services with Bethesda Lutheran Communities for 4 years now. He continues to show more independence. Daniel have overcome a lot of changes in his life but he does it all without gi...

Ariel's best friend and secret love, Gabriel, disappeared months ago. With no clues and no leads, the police have changed their attention from a finding mission to a murder investigation. It's a heart breaking revelation for Ariel and a truth her soul does not want to face. Fleeing from her small apartment to the comfort of a local park late one night, Ariel finds her sorrow spilling out into the darkness in large, wracking sobs that echo and shake through the park. She is so caught in her...

Liam had studied long and hard for the Librarians exam - it was the ticket to getting out of his house, out of his village and into the great, wide, Minecraftia World. yet the day of the exam, fate took a turn for the worse and he failed by no fault of his own. Distraught and embarrassed, he hid away from his friends and family. Unfortunately, that compulsion to hide sent him to the one place he shouldn't have hidden when his little sister decided to invade his room with her friends - an a...

Frank Witthoff, active in sales for "ages", shares with his readers his recipes for success. And in doing so, he has consistently overachieved and done more than met his goals and has still managed to be greatly valued by clients and employers alike. His approach is based solely on a belief that a client who is treated appropriately will close deals all on his/her own and that there are no pressure or tricks necessary in convincing someone to buy. Frank Witthoff invites you to put to pract...

A little over one hundred years after the legendary shootout at the OK Corral, a radicalSouth Chicago preacher named Frances Thomas moved to Miracle Valley, Arizona. She broughtnot only her congregation, but also a dangerous cocktail of fanaticism, faith healing, bigotry,and dynamite. Believing that God had called her to take over Miracle Valley, Pastor Thomas andher cult of followers set out to do just that -- with explosive results.About theAuthorWilliam R. Daniel was born and raised in the...

Her lips felt like a feather tickling my skin. "M-magic? Amelia, ya can't… I mean you're not…" She wasn't a witch! What was she going on about like she understood? My breath had become a bit heavier and I whimpered softly. "We can. Me, you, Virginia…" She murmured and reached up, stroking my cheek gently. "Doesn't it feel right? We can actually be somethin', Mary! Instead of borin' farm girls. Isn't this what we've been waitin' for?" "I mean, well…" I wasn't very good with words at the tim...

Anne Schlosser is a MLM business professional. She lives from her passive income coming from network marketing and she can afford things that you, as an employee, can only dream of. Meanwhile, she has her own international team of successful entrepeneurs. In a series of books, the expert describes her own strategy for success. Thus, she manages to supports her own team as well as those people that want to have success in MLM businesses.