Benjamin: 3278 books
by Benjamin Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Poor Richard's Almanack is one of Benjamin Franklin's most charming creations. He delighted in cloaking his writing behind a variety of literary personas, and Richard Saunders remains one of his most beloved, although some critics have complained that Poor Richard reveals the shallow materialism at the...
Miser Farebrother
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Benjamin Farjeon was an Anglo-Jewish writer known for his staggering literary output. He produced dozens of lengthy novels over the course of his career, as well as plays, stories, and essays. The novel Miser Farebrother is a thoroughly entertaining account of a brazen beggar who takes up residence in a stately country manor and lives there rent-free for years.
Is the West in Decline?
Historical, Military, and Economic Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Is the West in Decline? is a collection of ten essays by prominent scholars of international relations and current history, many of them associated with the European Studies program of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. The essays explore the question of decline from several...
Beyond Bibliometrics
Harnessing Multidimensional Indicators of Scholarly Impact
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
A comprehensive, state-of-the-art examination of the changing ways we measure scholarly performance and research impact.
Bibliometrics has moved well beyond the mere tracking of bibliographic citations. The web enables new ways to measure scholarly productivity and impact, making available...
by Benjamin H. Bratton, Søren Bro Pold, Christian Ulrik Andersen
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2014
The mobile app as technique and imaginary tool, offering a shortcut to instantaneous connection and entertainment.
Mobile apps promise to deliver (h)appiness to our devices at the touch of a finger or two. Apps offer gratifyingly immediate access to connection and entertainment. The array of...
Wild Nights
How Taming Sleep Created Our Restless World
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Why the modern world forgot how to sleep
Why is sleep frustrating for so many people? Why do we spend so much time and money managing and medicating it, and training ourselves and our children to do it correctly? In Wild Nights, Benjamin Reiss finds answers in sleep's hidden history--one that...
Legalist Empire
International Law and American Foreign Relations in the Early Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
America's empire expanded dramatically following the Spanish-American War of 1898. The United States quickly annexed the Philippines and Puerto Rico, seized control over Cuba and the Panama Canal Zone, and extended political and financial power throughout Latin America. This age of empire, Benjamin...
by Benjamin Ehinger
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Discover how diet is slowing you down with this quick ebook. Put my tips into practice immediately and find out exactly how you can gain more energy fast!
The Big 50: St. Louis Cardinals
The Men and Moments that Made the St. Louis Cardinals
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
The Big 50: St. Louis Cardinals is an amazing, full-color look at the 50 men and moments that make the Cardinals the Cardinals. St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Benjamin Hochman recounts the living history of the team, counting down from No. 50 to No. 1. Learn about and revisit the remarkable stories,...
Sports Analytics
A Guide for Coaches, Managers, and Other Decision Makers
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Benjamin C. Alamar founded the first journal dedicated to sports statistics, the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports. He developed and teaches a class on sports analytics for managers at the University of San Francisco and has published numerous cutting-edge studies on strategy and player evaluation....
Every Waking Hour
An Introduction to Work and Vocation for Christians
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Pastors and chaplains aren't the only ones in ministry--every Christian is called to be a minister through his or her work in the world. But in order to fully understand what this entails, we must look to the Bible and develop a fuller understanding of work as any way we interact with God's creation....
Love Me Slender
How Smart Couples Team Up to Lose Weight, Exercise More, and Stay Healthy Together
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Based on cutting-edge research with more than 1,000 married couples, this “revolutionary book” (Harville Hendrix, PhD, coauthor of Making Marriage Simple) shows you how to bolster your resolve by strengthening your relationship, offering a fresh approach to weight loss that will turn your spouse...
Fast From Something : One Week Trial Series (Book #2)
One Week Trial Series, #2
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Fasting has been around for centuries. It's a great way to build self-discipline, self-awareness and learn a bit of will power. However, it doesn't have to be about food.
This One Week Trial Series builds upon the last book about finding time for silence. It's all about personal growth. If...
by Benjamin Swett
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Experience the ancient roots and enduring natural beauty of New York as never before.
New York City, once a lush and verdant group of forested islands, is still home to a rich collection of diverse tree species, each with a story to tell about the city’s past. This gorgeous book by naturalist...