Most Popular Books by James a Robinson

This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Thus democracy is preferred by the majority of citizens, but opposed by elites. Dictatorship nevertheless is not stable when citizens can threaten social disorder and revolution. In response, when the costs of repression are sufficiently high and promises of concessions are not credible, elites may be forced to create democracy. By democratizing, elites credibly transfer political power to the citizens, ensuring social stability. Democracy consolidates when elites do not have strong incentive to overthrow it. These processes depend on (1) the strength of civil society, (2) the structure of political institutions, (3) the nature of political and economic crises, (4) the level of economic inequality, (5) the structure of the economy, and (6) the form and extent of globalization.

Critically acclaimed author James Robinson''s book JSA- THE GOLDEN AGE is printed in a new edition! Presenting the thought-provoking alternate comic book-history tale of the Justice Society of America in a new edition. The JSA, the heroes of WWII, find themselves face to face with a new kind of oppression in "McCarthy Era" America! Some of the greatest heroes of the 1940s, including the original Green Lantern, Atom, Hawkman and Starman, among others, return in this epic tale. The story follows their postwar adventures as they battle evil in a world they fear may no longer need them. And as their importance wanes, a new hero, Dynaman, rallies the nation behind a fascist agenda... Collects JSA- THE GOLDEN AGE #1-4.

"Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger"

Health Unplugged is about keeping it simple. When you go to your doctor and he or she tells you that you have to lose weight, that’s all they tell you. Then they send you to a registered dietician and they give you a food pyramid chart and you still can’t figure out what foods to eat. They use words like Glycemic Index, Amino Acid, BMI, Carbohydrates, and HDL, LDL. What does all of that mean? So you go out to the book store and buy books written for and by doctors and you still can’t understand the words, a month later you still haven’t lost weight. On my journey to losing weight, I have purchased at least 5 books/dvd’s trying to figure out what to eat and what exercise to do. Half of the books I never finished reading because I just wanted to get to the parts that I needed. Health Unplugged has a grocery list of foods that you can eat and an exercise schedule that you can start today. My book goes straight to the point for people like me that just want to lose weight without the mumble jumble.

"Off and on, of late years, I have studied the history and development of all religions with immense interest as being for me, at least, the most illuminating ''case histories'' of the inner life of man."--Eugene O''Neill writing to M. C. Sparrow, 1929 While it is commonly accepted that Euu00adgene O''Neill studied Oriental mystical religions and that this study may be detected in some of his less successful experimental plays (Lazarus Laughed, The Fountain, Marco Millions) there has not been an effort to conu00adsider systematically his "immense interest" and the influence it had on O''Neill''s thought and writing. Robinson explores the tension between Occidental and Oriental elements in the playwright''s art, examining both the sources of the conflict and its manifestation in selected plays written between 1916and 1942. Through an examination of O''Neill''s coru00adrespondence, research library, and manuscript materials (some of which have preu00adviously been unavailable for study) Robinson is able to reveal the origins of O''Neill''s Oriu00adentalism. An easy familiarity with the comu00adplex interrelationships of Eastern and Westu00adern religions and the Oriental thought that underlies the ideas of many Western philosou00adphers, allows Robinson to address the inu00adtricate problem of Oriental influences on O''Neill''s favorite Western sources, including Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Jung, Strindberg, and Emerson. Finally in a play-by-play exegesis, Robinu00adson traces the course of O''Neill''s mysticism from its apparent repudiation in the deeply flawed Dynamo to its synthesis in The Iceman Cometh, Long Day''s Journey Into Night, and Hughie, where Eastern ideas of maya, dyu00adnamic polarity, and the emptiness of the uniu00adverse are again evident.

The Gods separated Themyscira from the world for a good reason: it serves as the prison for the God of War, and the most powerful army ever created stands guard around him! So what happens when the greatest evil in the universe decides he wants that army for himself? The power of the ancient gods has returned Darkseid to his former self, but he wants more--he wants the throne of Apokolips back! But to put down the rebellions and civil war raging on his homeworld, he''ll need an army more powerful than he''s ever had before. That sounds suspiciously like the Amazons! Meanwhile, Wonder Woman''s brother Jason has always longed to meet his mother, Hippolyta, but the machinations of the gods have made it impossible. But now, with the barrier between worlds at its thinnest, could they come face-to-face at last? Should Wonder Woman help him return home, if it could lead to the destruction of the Amazons? From superstar writer James Robinson and artist Carlo Pagulayan comes the next great Wonder Woman epic in Wonder Woman Vol. 7! Collects Wonder Woman #38-45.