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The Myth of Addiction
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Myth of Addiction
Current attitudes towards drug misuse in the media, government and even treatment centers often exaggerate the pharmacological power of drugs. Their coercive influence is widely believed to be so great that to experiment with a drug is tantamount to addiction. This book argues that such beliefs are largely inaccurate and harmful. Research shows that explanations for drug use vary according to circumstances. Drug users may explain that they have lost their willpower and capacity for personal decision-making, because this is the explanation expected of them, but most actually use drugs because they want to and because they see no good reason for giving them up. Addicted behavior is therefore a form of learned helplessness that encourages passivity and irresponsibility.
Drugspeak
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
MSP430 Microcontroller Basics
The MSP430 microcontroller family offers ultra-low power mixed signal, 16-bit architecture that is perfect for wireless low-power industrial and portable medical applications. This book begins with an overview of embedded systems and microcontrollers followed by a comprehensive in-depth look at the MSP430. The coverage included a tour of the microcontroller's architecture and functionality along with a review of the development environment. Start using the MSP430 armed with a complete understanding of the microcontroller and what you need to get the microcontroller up and running! - Details C and assembly language for the MSP430 - Companion Web site contains a development kit - Full coverage is given to the MSP430 instruction set, and sigma-delta analog-digital converters and timers
Myth of Addiction
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Psychology of Music
Drawing on current research in psychology and social psychology, the author explores the underlying processes of this need, in a fluent and lively style. Unlike many serious studies of music, the book is concerned not just with classical music but equally with pop, jazz, and folk. The author is principally concerned with the listener, and with the many theories of 'musicality.' The discussion ranges from the physics of sound through musical aesthetics--why people like the tunes they do; the testing of musical aptitude; the use of rhythm in western music, and concludes with some irreverent speculations about the personality of musicians and their instruments. While fully acknowledging the limitations of a pragmatic approach to such an emotive topic as music, the author aims to show that such things as 'good taste', 'sensitivity', and 'musical understanding' are not the magical properties of some kind of musical priesthood, but comprehensible entities, common in varying degrees to everyone.
The New Southern Gentleman
"Daniel Randolph Deal is a Southern aristocrat, having the required bloodline, but little of the nobility. A man resistant to the folly of ethics, he prefers a selective, self-indulgent morality. He is a confessed hedonist, albeit responsibly so."--Back cover
Worrying about China
What can we do about China? This question, couched in pessimism, is often raised in the West but it is nothing new to the Chinese, who have long worried about themselves. In the last two decades since the “opening” of China, Chinese intellectuals have been carrying on in their own ancient tradition of “patriotic worrying.”As an intellectual mandate, “worrying about China” carries with it the moral obligation of identifying and solving perceived “Chinese problems”—social, political, cultural, historical, or economic—in order to achieve national perfection. In Worrying about China, Gloria Davies pursues this inquiry through a wide range of contemporary topics, including the...
Lu Xun's Revolution
Recognized as modern China’s preeminent man of letters, Lu Xun (1881–1936) is revered as the nation’s conscience, a writer comparable to Shakespeare or Tolstoy. Gloria Davies’s vivid portrait gives readers a better sense of this influential author by situating the man Mao Zedong hailed as “the sage of modern China” in his turbulent time and place.
The Last Tree
From the author of the phenomenally successful The King Who Banned the Dark comes a new tale about community and our relationship with the environment and nature. Once upon a time a group of friends were seeking a place to call home. The desert was too hot, the valley was too wet and the mountain was too windy. Then they found the forest. It was perfect. The leaves gave shelter from the sun and rain, and a gentle breeze wound through the branches. But the friends soon wanted to build shelters. The shelters became houses, then the houses got bigger. All too soon they wanted to control the environment and built a huge wooden wall around the community. As they cut down the trees, the forest becomes thinner, until there is just one last tree standing. It is down to the children to find a solution. 'A timely and inspiring parable.' The Guardian
