The timeless brilliance of this exhaustive survey of the best classical writers of antiquity on Pythagoras was first published in 1687 in Thomas Stanley’s massive tome, The History of Philosophy. It remains as contemporary today as it was over three hundred years ago.The text of the 1687 book has been reset and modernized to make it more accessible to the modern reader. Spelling has been regularized, obsolete words not found in a modern dictionary have been replaced, and c...

A chronological autobiography from a man who is still mystified as to why in later life he has written his story, a long and winding road. Tom's main career as a high school social studies teacher took place over 34 years in six countries with the Department of Defense Overseas Schools (DoDDS) and in two US states. He and his wife, Sue, also a DoDDs teacher, had many authentic overseas experiences. Their son, Howard, was born in Tokyo. Writing began after his teaching career ended in 2000 ...

La ciencia social actual muestra un deseo impulsivo, persistente y angustioso de encontrar conocimientos prácticos que propicien un buen vivir en una sociedad justa y equitativa. Es un empeño que persiguió a la emergencia de las ciencias sociales en el siglo XIX, se agudizó en los movimientos investigadores de posguerra, y hoy está representado por las evaluaciones internacionales de los sistemas educativos y la formación profesional que marcan a los gobiernos el camino para modernizar la ...

There is an alluring desire that research should lead us to find the practical knowledge that enables people to live a good life in a just and equitable society. This desire haunted the 19th century emergence of the social sciences as a discipline, then became more pronounced in the postwar mobilizations of research. Today that desire lives on in the international assessments of national schools and in the structure of professional education, both of which influence government modernizatio...

Der Weltbestseller, von dem mehr als 2 Millionen Exemplare verkauft wurden!Der Millionär gleich nebenan von Dr. Thomas J. Stanley und Dr. William Danko enthüllt die sieben wichtigsten Eigenschaften, die die reichsten Menschen kennzeichnen.Hier soll betont werden, dass die Bestverdiener nicht unbedingt die Reichsten sind! Vieles von dem, was die Verfasser herausgefunden haben, widerspricht den landläufigen Auffassungen.Sie werden sich wundern, wenn Sie erkennen, wie ...

Many people dont take the Bible off the shelf and open it up and read it because they say they dont understand what it says. When you study the Bible with this book, even if you havent ever read or studied the Word of God before; it will help you get a little basic knowledge in the Word of God. I wrote this Study Guide for people who have just got saved or for young people. When anyone uses the Expositors Study Bible along with this study they will find some of the answers are in the comme...

Since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe in the early 1990s, communist parties are widely regarded as passe or irrelevant. But these parties still exist, act and sometimes thrive in various corners of the world. This comprehensive history describes how the South African Communist Party has not only survived but flourished in a harsh political environment. Formed in 1921 as an umbrella organization of leftist groups, the SACP for decades fought against the racist Apartheid regime, ...

How do the rich get rich? An updated edition of the "remarkable" New York Times bestseller, based on two decades of research ( The Washington Post).Most of the truly wealthy in the United States don't live in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue. They live next door.America's wealthy seldom get that way through an inheritance or an advanced degree. They bargain-shop for used cars, raise children who don't realize how rich their families are, an...

The New York Times bestseller that gives "readers with an entrepreneurial turn of mind . . . road maps on how millionaires found their niches" ( USA Today).The author of the blockbuster bestseller The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy shows how self-made millionaires have surmounted shortcomings such as average intelligence by carefully choosing their careers, taking calculated risks, and living balanced l...

The New York Times–bestselling author of The Millionaire Next Door reveals the spending and saving habits of financially successful women.Millionaire Women Next Door presents a variety of groundbreaking concepts involving the personality, lifestyle, motives, beliefs, and spending habits of economically successful American businesswomen. Most of these women report being raised in nurturing family environments. They were trained not only to...

The Charles F. Stanley Life Principles Bible, with over a million sold to date, is designed to lead believers into a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ, and to help them experience the Good News about God’s mighty kindness and love. The updated second edition is the best way to experience this bestselling classic—with a completely new design featuring our easy-to-read Comfort Print typeface, 100 specially designed maps and charts that bring biblical places and themes to ...

"¿Por qué no soy tan rico como debería?". Son muchas las personas que se hacen esta pregunta. Pero la mayoría de la gente tiene una idea errónea de cómo llegar a ser rico: los auténticos millonarios regatean el precio de coches de segunda mano; pagan impuestos bajos; crían unos hijos que, con frecuencia, ignoran que pertenecen a una familia adinerada hasta llegar a la edad adulta; y, sobre todo, rechazan llevar el estilo de vida de gran consumo que muchos asociamos a la gente rica. Gran pa...