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  • Sefer Yetzirah

    The Book of Formation

    by Akiba Ben Joseph ...
    Sefer Yetzirah, or the Book of Formation, is among the earliest and most important treatises on Jewish mysticism. Traditionally ascribed to the patriarch Abaraham or the first century CE Rabbi Akiba ben Joseph, Sefer Yetzirah explores how the universe was created through "32 wondrous ways of wisdom", including the ten numbers or aspects of God in Kabbalistic thought, and twenty-two letters, ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How We Fight White Supremacy

    A Field Guide to Black Resistance

    by Akiba Solomon, Kenrya Rankin ...
    This celebration of Black resistance, from protests to art to sermons to joy, offers a blueprint for the fight for freedom and justice -- and ideas for how each of us can contributeMany of us are facing unprecedented attacks on our democracy, our privacy, and our hard-won civil rights. If you're Black in the US, this is not new. As Colorlines editors Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin show, Black ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    How We Fight White Supremacy

    A Field Guide to Black Resistance

    by Akiba Solomon, Kenrya Rankin ...
    Narrated by Jeanette Illidge, Vallea Woodbury, Je Nie Fleming, Janina Edwards, Danielle Deadwyler, Brad Raymond, Saundi Harrison, Neal Ghant, Brad Sanders, Jonathan Myles, Devanté Johnson, Marque Denmon ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 32 min

    This celebration of Black resistance, from protests to art to sermons to joy, offers a blueprint for the fight for freedom and justice -- and ideas for how each of us can contributeMany of us are facing unprecedented attacks on our democracy, our privacy, and our hard-won civil rights. If you're Black in the US, this is not new. As Colorlines editors Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin show, Black ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Theories of Hope

    Exploring Alternative Affective Dimensions of Human Experience

    by Rochelle M. Green, Akiba Lerner, Allison Merrick, Darren Webb, Lisa Kretz, Luc Bovens, Nancy Snow, Patrick Shade, Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy, Rhodes College ...
    Theories of Hope: Exploring Affective Dimensions of Human Experience is a collection of essays dedicated to inquiring into the nature of hope in its multiple and varied guises. Looking specifically at the ways in which some experiences of hope emerge within contexts of marginalization, transgression, and inquiry, this volume seeks to explore the experiences of hope through a lens of its more ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Rorty and the Prophetic

    Jewish Engagements with a Secular Philosopher

    by Akiba Lerner, Gary Slater, Samuel Hayim Brody, Elliot Ratzman, Stephen Minister, Megan Craig, Hannah Hashkes, J. Aaron Simmons ...
    Rorty and the Prophetic interrogates and provides a constructive assessment to the American neo-pragmatist philosopher Richard Rorty’s critiques of Jewish ethics. Rorty dismisses the public applicability of Jewish moral reasoning, because it is based on “the will of God” through divine revelation. As a self-described secular philosopher, it comes as no surprise that Rorty does not find public ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • Redemptive Hope

    From the Age of Enlightenment to the Age of Obama

    by Akiba J. Lerner ...
    Series series Commonalities
    This is a book about the need for redemptive narratives to ward off despair and the dangers these same narratives create by raising expectations that are seldom fulfilled. The quasi-messianic expectations produced by the election of President Barack Obama in 2008, and their diminution, were stark reminders of an ongoing struggle between ideals and political realities.Redemptive Hope begins by ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Organo Main Group Chemistry

    by Kin-ya Akiba ...
    Forging a new association; main group elements and organic chemistryCovering the essentials of all main group elements in organic chemistry, along with the synthesis and reactions of their organic compounds in just one volume, Organo Main Group Chemistry breaks important new ground. While main group chemistry has traditionally been classified as part of inorganic chemistry, this book establishes ... Read more

    $86.00 USD

  • Improving Teacher Quality

    The U.S. Teaching Force in Global Context

    by Motoko Akiba, Gerald LeTendre ...
    This groundbreaking work examines teacher quality, work norms, and professional learning opportunities, using data from 15 countries. The authors compare and contrast the United States with two high-achieving countries—Japan and Australia—that have implemented very different approaches to improving teacher quality. Drawing on both large international data sets and ethnographic and small-scale ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Indeterminacy, Vagueness, and Truth

    The Boolean Many-Valued Approach

    by Ken Akiba ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book shows that the assumption that classical logic is essentially a bivalent (i.e., 2-valued) logic, a logic of truth and falsity, is an incorrect and harmful conception. Classical logic is certainly a Boolean logic, and the smallest (non-degenerate) Boolean algebra is the 2-element Boolean algebra; however, there are numerous Boolean algebras that have more than 2 elements, such as the 4-, ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • The Philosophy Major’s Introduction to Philosophy

    Concepts and Distinctions

    by Ken Akiba ...
    Many philosophy majors are shocked by the gap between the relative ease of lower-level philosophy courses and the difficulty of upper-division courses. This book serves as a necessary bridge to upper-level study in philosophy by offering rigorous but concise and accessible accounts of basic concepts and distinctions that are used throughout the discipline. It serves as a valuable advanced ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Thinking Jewish Culture in America

    by Noam Pianko, Akiba Lerner, Gregory Kaplan, Ken Koltun-Fromm, Claire E. Sufrin, Jessica Rosenberg, Einat Ramon, Leonard Kaplan, Ari Y. Kelman, Mara H. Benjamin0, Arnold M. Eisen1 ...
    Series series Graven Images
    Thinking Jewish Culture in America argues that Jewish thought extends our awareness and deepens the complexity of American Jewish culture. This volume stretches the disciplinary boundaries of Jewish thought so that it can productively engage expanding arenas of culture by drawing Jewish thought into the orbit of cultural studies. The eleven contributors to Thinking Jewish Cultures, together with ... Read more

    $129.59 USD

  • Getting Started with Bluetooth Low Energy

    Tools and Techniques for Low-Power Networking

    by Kevin Townsend, Carles Cufí, Akiba, Robert Davidson ...
    With Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), smart devices are about to become even smarter. This practical guide demonstrates how this exciting wireless technology helps developers build mobile apps that share data with external hardware, and how hardware engineers can gain easy and reliable access to mobile operating systems.This book provides a solid, high-level overview of how devices use BLE to ... Read more

    $28.09 USD