Hercules Bantas

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Dr. Hercules Bantas has spent far too much of his time reading ponderous tomes, written by authors who use one thousand words where one hundred would suffice. It was while juggling no less than three publications on a single subject by the same author that the idea of The Reluctant Geek Guides was born. He is well aware that publishing clearly written and unambiguous guides to important ideas in the human sciences is frowned upon in some circles, but he's going to do it anyway.

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Books

Writers Disrupting Publishers: How Self-Published Writers Disrupted the Publishing Industry, 2nd Edition
Price: Free! Words: 23,000. Language: English. Published: March 3, 2018 . Categories: Nonfiction » Publishing » Self-publishing, Nonfiction » Computers & Internet » Digital publishing
The publishing industry has been disrupted by digital technologies. As a consequence, publishers have lost market share and the relationship between the industry and writers has fundamentally changed. By delving into the publishing industry's roots, this book shows how the industry's history created the conditions for the digital disruption, and how this has changed the publishing environment.
Time in Fiction
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 8,840. Language: English. Published: December 2, 2016 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills, Nonfiction » Reference » Publishing & books
All writers want to create stories in which readers can lose themselves, and the flow of time in a story is an important element of reader immersion. This ebook explains how time works in fiction, its relationship to time in the real world, and looks at concepts such as order and duration, as well as mechanisms writers can use to move through time in their stories and avoid plot hole
Understanding Dilthey: Hermeneutics
Series: Understanding Philosophy, Book 10. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 4,720. Language: English. Published: May 29, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » Epistemology, Nonfiction » Social Science » Reference
This guide explains Dilthey's theory of hermeneutics in simple, easy to understand language. It covers all the important concepts including the distinction between the natural and human sciences, Dilthey's historical epistemology, and his concepts of interest and 'exegesis'.
Economic Fundamentals
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 3,290. Language: English. Published: February 4, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Economics / theory, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Education
The flow of money is only a part of the story of the science of economics. This study guide explains, in clear and easy to understand terms, some of the more complex concepts that make up the foundation of economic theory. It makes clear concepts such as scarcity, factors of production, the production possibility frontier, marginal costs and benefits, and comparative and absolute advantage.
Fixed Assets and Depreciation
Series: Financial Accounting Fundamentals, Book 6. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 1,960. Language: English. Published: January 22, 2013 . Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Accounting / financial, Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Study guides - Business
Fixed assets - property, plant, and equipment - are an integral part of doing business for many organisations, but they can present problems when preparing financial reports. This essay-length guide looks at the various types of fixed assets and the role they play in financial reporting. Topics covered include depreciation, disposal of assets, and gain/loss on disposal.
Nine Thinkers
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 22,590. Language: English. Published: December 20, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » Essays, Nonfiction » Philosophy » History & surveys / general
Each chapter in this volume is dedicated to an idea that helped shape our world. It begins with Plato and love, then moves on to look at Aristotle and virtue, Descartes and existence, Kant's concepts and intuitions, Marx and class struggle, Freud and the subconscious, Sartre and existentialism, Rawls and justice as fairness and, finally, Júrgen Habermas and the ideal speech community.
Understanding Sartre: Existentialism Is A Humanism
Series: Understanding Philosophy, Book 9. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 2,700. Language: English. Published: December 18, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » Ethics & moral philosophy, Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Philosophy & social aspects
In 'Existentialism is a Humanism', Jean-Paul Sartre defended existential philosophy from a wide range of criticisms, including a popular perception that many of its key tenets were overly pessimistic. This essay-length guide explains many of the arguments Sartre presented in the lecture, including key concepts such as abandonment, and existence preceding essence.
Understanding Marx: Class Struggle
Series: Understanding Philosophy, Book 8. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 2,170. Language: English. Published: December 5, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » Contemporary philosophy, Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Philosophy & social aspects
Many of Karl Marx's social and economic theories have the concept of class struggle at their core. This essay length guide examines Marx's concept of class struggle, and explains its role in the revolutionary process. Topics covered include a definition of class, the dialectic development of society, and the formation of the capitalist state, and the classless society.
Positive Accounting Theory and Policy Selection
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 3,250. Language: English. Published: October 23, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Accounting, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Education
Many accounting practices and procedures have their foundation in positive accounting theory. This essay-length study guide explains the major tenets of positive accounting theory in plain language, and then explains how it influences accounting policy selection. Subjects covered in the discussion include positive and normative accounting theories, as well as ex post and ex ante procedures.
Accounting Information Systems
Series: Financial Accounting Fundamentals, Book 5. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 1,930. Language: English. Published: March 19, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Accounting, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Education
This clearly written, essay length guide examines the design and development of computerized and manual accounting information systems. Topics covered include an overview of the design process, subsidiary ledgers, and specialized journals. Part of the Accounting Fundamentals Series.
Accounting Fundamentals
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,790. Language: English. Published: March 19, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Accounting, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Education
This collection of five study guides covers the basic accounting concepts that form the foundations of the discipline. Using easy to understand language, it deals with five core areas of accounting: Financial Statements and the Accounting Equation, The General Journal and the Ledger, Adjustments and Closing the Books, Inventories and Retail Operations, and Accounting Information Systems.
Inventories and Retail Operations
Series: Financial Accounting Fundamentals, Book 4. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 1,910. Language: English. Published: March 5, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Accounting, Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Finance
Accounting for retail operations and inventories is the focus of this essay-length study guide. Arranged in three sections, it explains and demonstrates a range of concepts including perpetual and periodic inventory systems, FIFO and LIFO inventory costing methods, and gross profit. Part of the Accounting Fundamentals Series.
Understanding Habermas: The Ideal Speech Community
Series: Understanding Philosophy, Book 7. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 2,420. Language: English. Published: February 4, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » Ethics & moral philosophy, Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Study guides - Philosophy
This essay length guide examines Habermas's theory of the Ideal Speech Community, which is a combination of speech act theory and Kantian moral theory. Topics covered include a brief examination of critical theory and its origins, different types of speech acts and the validity claims they make, the world creation criteria that validate speech acts, and the principle of universalisation.
Adjustments and Closing the Books
Series: Financial Accounting Fundamentals, Book 3. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 1,900. Language: English. Published: December 28, 2011 . Categories: Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Study guides - Business, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Accounting
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This guide explains how to determine whan an account needs adjusment and how to do it. It explains the time period assumption, the accrual basis of accounting, as well as the procedure used to 'close the books' at the end of an accounting period. Part of the Accounting Fundamentals Series.
The General Journal & the Ledger
Series: Financial Accounting Fundamentals, Book 2. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 1,980. Language: English. Published: November 17, 2011 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Accounting
This study guide explains the roles played by the General Journal and the Ledger in the accounting recording process. Using easy to understand language, it deals with journalizing transactions, posting to the ledger, and the preparation of a trial balance.
Financial Statements and the Accounting Equation
Series: Financial Accounting Fundamentals, Book 1. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 2,430. Language: English. Published: September 19, 2011 . Categories: Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Study guides - Business, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Accounting
This study guide covers the fundamental accounting concepts that form the foundations of the discipline. Using easy to understand language, it deals with basic assumptions, the role and structure of financial statements, and the relationship between assets, liabilities and owner's equity in the accounting equation. Part of the Accounting Fundamentals Series.
Understanding Freud: The Unconscious Mind
Series: Understanding Philosophy, Book 6. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 2,310. Language: English. Published: April 6, 2011 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » European philosophy, Nonfiction » Philosophy » Contemporary philosophy
Freud's theory of the unconscious mind, as outlined in his Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis, has had a profound influence on the study of human thought. This essay length guide examines 'parapraxes', the dream-works, neurotic diseases and symptoms, as well as its pivotal role in psychoanalysis.
Understanding Descartes: I Am, I Exist
Series: Understanding Philosophy, Book 5. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 2,420. Language: English. Published: March 28, 2011 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » European philosophy, Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Study guides - Philosophy
In Meditations on First Philosophy, René Descartes uses rational thought to argue that his essence exists in his thoughts alone. This guide will outline the reasoning Descartes' uses in establishing his theory of knowledge that he argues is necessary to form a 'pro
Understanding Kant: Concepts and Intuitions
Series: Understanding Philosophy, Book 4. Price: Free! Words: 2,950. Language: English. Published: January 16, 2011 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » European philosophy, Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Study guides - Philosophy
This guide examines Kant's theory of knowledge, specifically his arguments for separating human thought into concepts and intuitions.
Understanding Aristotle: The Virtues
Series: Understanding Philosophy, Book 3. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 2,250. Language: English. Published: January 6, 2011 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » American philosophy, Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Study guides - Philosophy
This guide covers Book 2 of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics in which he discusses the virtues. It explains the difference between moral and intellectual virtues, what Aristotle means by 'happiness', what he considers vices, and his 'doctrine of the mean'.
Understanding Plato: 'The Symposium'
Series: Understanding Philosophy, Book 2. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 3,520. Language: English. Published: December 30, 2010 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » Ancient philosophy
This guide examines Plato's discussion of love in The Symposium. It covers all the speeches, culminating in Alcibiades's drunken homage to Socrates, and explores the moral dimensions Plato attaches to love, as well as key concepts such as Common and Heavenly love.
Understanding John Rawls: Justice as Fariness
Series: Understanding Philosophy, Book 1. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 3,840. Language: English. Published: December 22, 2010 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » American philosophy
This guide explains Rawls's concept of 'justice as fairness'. It covers such topics as the two principles of justice, the principle of fairness, the original position and the veil of ignorance, and the difference principle, as well as examining some of the criticisms levelled at Rawls's arguments.
Democracy, Citizenship, and the Internet
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 68,360. Language: English. Published: November 16, 2010 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » Contemporary philosophy
This compilation contains nine guides: Deliberative Democracy Basics, John Rawls and Deliberative Democracy, Jurgen Habermas and Deliberative Democracy, John Dryzek and Deliberative Democracy, Citizen Power and the Internet, The Propaganda Model and the Internet, Ricoeur's Hermeneutic Arc and the Internet, Democracy and Postmodern Identity, and Democracy and the Internet.
The Political Internet
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 41,010. Language: English. Published: November 16, 2010 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » Contemporary philosophy
This compilation contains five guides that answer some of the political questions introduced by the growth of the Internet. The compilation is comprised of: Citizen Power and the Internet, The Propaganda Model and the Internet: Smashing the Gateway, Ricoeur's Hermeneutic Arc and the Internet: The Changing Narrative Landscape, Democracy and Postmodern Identity, and Democracy and the Internet.
Democracy and the Internet
Series: The Connected World, Book 5. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 19,900. Language: English. Published: November 16, 2010 . Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Civil & human rights, Nonfiction » Philosophy » Contemporary philosophy
Computer communication technologies, such as the Internet, are now integral to many democratic public spheres throughout the world. The question is how they impact the democratic process. Using several real world examples and the deliberative democracy theories of Rawls, Habermas, and Dryzek, this book looks at how technology has influenced the political process, and its effect on citizen power.
Understanding Essay Writing: A Guide To Writing Essays By Someone Who Grades Them
Price: Free! Words: 7,080. Language: English. Published: November 7, 2010 . Categories: Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Essays, Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Study skills
A concise guide on how to write a good essay written by someone who has graded a heck of a lot of them. It contains essay writing strategies, helpful tips, and a step-by-step process guide. The second edition has a sample essay and extensive examples of pragraph structure and paraphrasing. Learn how to get the highest grade possible for your work and avoid the mistakes that so many students make.
Democracy and Postmodern Identity
Series: The Connected World, Book 4. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 4,140. Language: English. Published: November 4, 2010 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » American philosophy
The Internet makes it difficult for people to tell exactly whom they are communicating with because online identity can often rely totally upon communicative interactions. Mark Poster argues that this uncertainty- the postmodern identity- can cause difficulties for some democratic public spheres. This guide examines Poster's arguments and then applies them to three democratic theories.
Citizen Power and the Internet
Series: The Connected World, Book 3. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 7,570. Language: English. Published: November 1, 2010 . Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Democracy
The rapid proliferation of technologies like the Internet has raised the question of whether they have had a positive or a negative effect upon democratic citizenship. This guide uses Steven Lukes' three-dimensional analysis of power to examine arguments of technological determinism that cast a negative light on the technology, and Castells' positive analysis of mass self-communication.
The Propaganda Model and the Internet: Smashing the Gateway
Series: The Connected World, Book 1. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 5,010. Language: English. Published: September 9, 2010 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » American philosophy
Herman and Chomsky's 'The Propaganda Model' describes how they believed the print and broadcast mass media were manipulating information flow into the US public sphere. This ebook begins with a detailed description of the model. It then examines how computer mediated communication, like the Internet, circumvents the information filters and loosens the stranglehold of the mass media.
Ricoeur's Arc and the Internet
Series: The Connected World, Book 2. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 4,830. Language: English. Published: August 29, 2010 . Categories: Nonfiction » Social Science » Storytelling
The rise of interactive online games has challenged traditional notions of storytelling, where author tells and audience listens. This ebook uses Ricoeur's concept of a 'hermeneutic arc' to demonstrate how narratives in online games such as World of Warcraft differ from those presented through traditional media such as print and film.
Understanding Deliberative Democracy
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 27,480. Language: English. Published: August 17, 2010 . Categories: Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Study guides - Philosophy
This compilation is a comprehensive guide to contemporary deliberative democracy thought. It contains four guides, beginning with the basic tenets of deliberative democracy theory in Deliberative Democracy Basics, before moving on to explore the deliberative theories of John Rawls, Jurgen Habermas, and John Dryzek.
Deliberative Democracy Basics
Series: Understanding Deliberative Democracy, Book 1. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 1,780. Language: English. Published: August 17, 2010 . Categories: Nonfiction » Philosophy » Contemporary philosophy, Nonfiction » Philosophy » Political
This concise, essay length guide is an easy-to-understand introduction to deliberative democracy theory. It covers the basic tenets as well as exploring a spectrum of ideas on the subject.
John Dryzek and Deliberative Democracy
Series: Understanding Deliberative Democracy, Book 4. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 13,510. Language: English. Published: August 17, 2010 . Categories: Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Study guides - Philosophy
John Dryzek argues for a transnational deliberative democracy that moves beyond the nation state. This detailed, article length guide outlines Dryzek's radical concept of citizenship, his arguments about de-traditionalisation of societies through globalisation, and a transnational public sphere.
Jurgen Habermas and Deliberative Democracy
Series: Understanding Deliberative Democracy, Book 3. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 7,090. Language: English. Published: August 17, 2010 . Categories: Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Study guides - Philosophy
Jurgen Habermas is one of the most influential thinkers of our time. This detailed, article length guide examines his theory of deliberative democracy and covers many of the central concepts such as communicative reason, communicative power, and the ideal speech community.
John Rawls and Deliberative Democracy
Series: Understanding Deliberative Democracy, Book 2. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 5,570. Language: English. Published: August 17, 2010 . Categories: Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Study guides - Philosophy
John Rawls is a giant of modern democratic thought, but much of his important work is buried deep in weighty tomes, or hidden behind academic jargon that few people have the strength of will to decipher. This book is a concise and clearly written article length guide that covers important concepts in Rawls's democratic theory, including the idea of public reason and the politicized public sphere.
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