{"product_id":"how-to-mend-a-broken-world-a-comparative-study-of-ataturks-buyuk-nutuk-and-augustines-city-of-god-9781461025542","title":"How to Mend a Broken World: A Comparative Study Of Atatürk's Büyük Nutuk And Augustine's City Of God","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat do you do when your world falls apart?\u003c\/b\u003e Panic? Despair? Or repair? \u003cp\u003e Augustine and Atatürk, a fifth-century African and a 20th-century Turk, each faced an empire's end. Each created, from the wreckage swirling around him, a lifeboat for his people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e They teach us how to focus our lives to achieve maximum results, for ourselves and for those who count on us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Thomas C. Smedley, PhD, brings a technical writer's perspective to the social scientist's task. Decades of studying social collapses and regenerations come together in this study. Using literary criticism and computer-aided content analysis, Smedley sifts out common imperatives shared by world changers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas C. Smedley Phd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781461025542\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas C. Smedley earned his PhD in Communication Studies in 2010 from Regent University. In his technical writing career, he uses sophisticated tools to describe sophisticated hardware and software. This pragmatic orientation surfaced earlier in his master's thesis, \u003ci\u003eSocial Maturity of Home School Children: A Communication Approach\u003c\/i\u003e. He now applies this skill set to the issues surrounding collapsing civilizations, and discusses what it takes to offer hope to those in the midst of cultural disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e An interest in and affection for the Turkish people, culture, and language also informs this book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Smedley lives with his wife and children in Durham, NC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45412655759475,"sku":"9781461025542","price":14.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f17027e7-e29d-4749-870d-219b0ce2f008.jpg?v=1787831558","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/how-to-mend-a-broken-world-a-comparative-study-of-ataturks-buyuk-nutuk-and-augustines-city-of-god-9781461025542","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}