D White: 121 books
White's Rules
Saving Our Youth One Kid at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2007
One heroic schoolteacher has saved hundreds of lives with unconditional love and zero tolerance for rule-breakers.
His students are the worst of the worst—drug addicts, gang members, and violent criminal offenders. They have flunked out or been thrown out of every other school they’ve attended....
Kingfish
The Reign of Huey P. Long
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
From the moment he took office as governor in 1928 to the day an assassin’s bullet cut him down in 1935, Huey Long wielded all but dictatorial control over the state of Louisiana. A man of shameless ambition and ruthless vindictiveness, Long orchestrated elections, hired and fired thousands at will,...
by John D. White
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1994
Now available in paperback! Evolved from the author's widely used book, The Analysis of Music (Prentice-Hall, 1975; 2nd. ed. Scarecrow Press, 1984), Comprehensive Music Analysis is a guide for acquiring the tools of musical analysis, skills which are essential to every serious musician and musical...
The Virtues of Captain America
Modern-Day Lessons on Character from a World War II Superhero
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
The first look at the philosophy behind the Captain America comics and movies, publishing in advance of the movie release of Captain America: The Winter Solider in April 2014.
In The Virtues of Captain America, philosopher and long-time comics fan Mark D. White argues that the core principles,...
Roosevelt the Reformer
Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner, 1889-1895
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
Covers a fascinating period of Theodore Roosevelt’s life, his first six years in Washington.
Roosevelt the Reformer sheds light on an important chapter in the biography of the flamboyant 26th president of the United States. From 1889 to 1895—before he was a Rough Rider in the Spanish–American...
The Illusion of Well-Being
Economic Policymaking Based on Respect and Responsiveness
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
The use of measures of economic output to guide policymaking has been criticized for decades because of their weak ties to human well-being. Recently, many scholars and politicians have called for measures of happiness or subjective well-being to be used to guide policy in people's true interests....
The Decline of the Individual
Reconciling Autonomy with Community
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This book explores the steady decline in the status of the individual in recent years and addresses common misunderstandings about the concept of individuality. Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, technology, economics, philosophy, politics, and law, White explains how and why the individual has...
Before Space Recon
Mission:SRX, #101
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
An unwitting sacrifice. A spark to ignite the galaxy.
Ten years before Commander Grant and his SR-X experimental fighter left the ground, the U.S.C. Defiance became the flashpoint for humanity’s First Contact War. While unprepared for the devastating assault from an alien race that was by...
Chancellorsville's Forgotten Front
The Battles of Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church, May 3, 1863
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
The first book-length study of two overlooked engagements that helped turned the tide of a pivotal Civil War battle.
By May of 1863, the stone wall at the base of Marye’s Heights above Fredericksburg, Virginia, loomed large over the Army of the Potomac, haunting its men with memories of slaughter...
The Cuban Embargo under International Law
El Bloqueo
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
The United States embargo against Cuba was imposed over fifty years ago initially as a response to the new revolutionary government's seizure of US properties, which was viewed by the US as a violation of international law. However, while sanctions can be legitimate means of enforcing established...
Shipwrecks of the California Coast
Wood to Iron, Sail to Steam
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
More than two thousand ships have been lost along California's 840 miles of coastline--Spanish galleons, passenger liners, freighters, schooners. Some tragedies are marking points in U.S. maritime history. The "City of Rio de Janeiro," bound from Hong Kong to San Francisco in 1901, sliced the fog only...
by Nigel D. White
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by some of the worlds leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated...
by Tim D. White, Michael T. Black, Pieter A. Folkens
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2011
A classic in its field, Human Osteology has been used by students and professionals through nearly two decades. Now revised and updated for a third edition, the book continues to build on its foundation of detailed photographs and practical real-world application of science. New information, expanded...
The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson
The Mortal Wounding of the Confederacy's Greatest Icon
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
An exhaustive look at the final hours of the Confederacy’s most audacious general.
May 1863. The Civil War was in its third spring, and Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson stood at the peak of his fame. He had risen from obscurity to become “Old Stonewall,” adored across the South...