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The book contains three lectures by Carl C. Plehn, delivered before the students in History and Political Science, at the University of California, Berkeley, on September 22 and 29, and October 6, 1898.

An updated edition of a standard in its field that remains relevant more than twenty years after its original publication.More than twenty years ago, sociologist and University of California, Berkeley, professor Arlie Hochschild set off a… more

Get your family’s brains going with 57 more creative calisthenics for the mind In China, for centuries it has been acknowledged that early childhood training supports lifelong intellectual growth. For generations, parents have taught their … more

Victor Rios grew up in Oakland, California in a single parent household, in poverty and on welfare. He joined a gang at the age of thirteen and by age sixteen he had dropped out of school and had been incarcerated several times. Having witn… more

These invaluable essays offer an insider’s perspective on three decades at a major American university during a time of political turmoil. Neil J. Smelser, who spent thirty-six years as a professor of sociology at the University of Californ… more

J. Allan Hobson’s scientific experimentation began inchildhod, with a soot-filledinvestigation into the capacity of a chimney toadmit Santa Claus. (He discovered that even with thedamper open the chimneywas far too narrow.) Hobson’s life as… more

This is the Fifth book in the I Found My Heart in San Francisco series.n Awakenings, the first of 26 novels of the series, we met Ryan OFlaherty and Jamie Evans, juniors at the University of California at Berkeley. Since then weve followed … more

After receiving a bipolar diagnosis, you need clear answers. Bipolar 101 is a straightforward guide to understanding bipolar disorder. It includes all the information you need to control your symptoms and live better. Authored by both a ps… more

Alfred Tarski, one of the greatest logicians of all time, is widely thought of as ‘the man who defined truth’. His mathematical work on the concepts of truth and logical consequence are cornerstones of modern logic, influencing developments… more

“This is a romantic suspense novel involving a prestigious but shy professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who rescued a woman from a fatal car crash on the rugged Coast Highway north of San Francisco. It was later revealed tha… more

The Ninth Amendment lurks like an unexploded mine within the Bill of Rights. Its wording is direct: “The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” However, … more

Born in 1940, Lillian Faderman was the only child of an uneducated and unmarried immigrant Jewish woman. Her mother, whose family perished in the Holocaust, was racked by guilt at having come to America and left them behind; she suffered re… more

The Lovecraft LexiconA Reader’s Guide to Persons, Places and Things in the Tales of H.P. LovecraftThough Howard Phillips (H.P.) Lovecraft died in 1937, his remarkable body of work, including The Dunwich Horror and The Call of Cthulhu, conti… more

About Book:The Mricchakatika, or Little Clay Cart, is one of the oldest Indian plays known, probably written about the 2nd century BCE. This is the only work by the author King Shudraka, who preceded the more famous Kalidasa by about five c… more

Cutting edge scientific research has shown that exposure to the right kind of environment during the first years of life actually affects the physical structure of a child’s brain, vastly increasing the number of neuron branches—the “magic… more

The way to attract what you want in life, from your smallest whim to your greatest heart’s desire, is to feel good. Our thoughts and feelings emit energy vibrations from us that then attract their match into our lives. It’s That Easy is abo… more

This monograph presents a new and fundamental approach to software analysis that will provide a source of ideas and inspiration for many years to come. It constitutes a thoroughly revised and extended version of the author’s PhD thesis, whi… more

About Book:The mythology of the Miwok Native Americans are myths of their world order, their creation stories and ‘how things came to be’ created. Miwok myths suggest their spiritual and philosophical world view. In several different creati… more

A crusading widow kidnaps an exceedingly strange girl. A family man sees more than he should. An alchoholic ghosts squares off against technology. An alien love moves planets—and destroys worlds. Identities, homes, and lives are threatened… more

The Lost Boys of Zeta Psi takes us inside the secret, amusing, and sometimes mundane world of a California fraternity around 1900. Gleaning history from recent archaeological excavations and from such intriguing sources as oral histories, a… more