David A : 1722 books
by David A. Rollins, David Rollins
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
The Cold War is going badly for President Reagan's administration. Support in Europe for the Soviet Union is on the rise, while acceptance of the new US intermediate range nuclear missiles is waning.
Enter Roy Garret, a bright young NSA analyst with a plan. It goes into effect on the morning of 1...
by David A. Gerber
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
Americans have come from every corner of the globe, and they have been brought together by a variety of historical processes--conquest, colonialism, the slave trade, territorial acquisition, and voluntary immigration. A thoughtful look at immigration, anti-immigration sentiments, and the motivations...
by David A. Long
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
All the excitement of Broadway during the glory days of the Great White Way comes to life in Tales of a Broadway Flack, David A. Longs engrossing new biography about Sol Jacobson, press agent for some of Broadways most memorable shows and legendary performers, from Desi Arnaz and Eddie Bracken (Too...
by David A. Aaker
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
The most important assets of any business are intangible: its company name, brands, symbols, and slogans, and their underlying associations, perceived quality, name awareness, customer base, and proprietary resources such as patents, trademarks, and channel relationships. These assets, which comprise...
Politics of Public Money
Spenders, Guardians, Priority Setters, and Financial Watchdogs inside the Canadian Government
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2007
Public money is one of the primary currencies of influence for politicians and public servants. It affects the standards by which they undertake the nation's business and it impacts on the standard of living of the nation's citizens. The Politics of Public Money examines the extent to which the Canadian...
From Kansas to Kilimanjaro
A Memoir of a Family That Survived Two World Wars and Outwitted Russian Espionage
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
For author Dr. David A. Emery, life has been anything but dull. In this memoir, he narrates some of the highlights of his long and colorful life. He also provides a background of his family tree, which found some of its roots in Kansas.
From Kansas to Kilimanjaro documents Emerys decisions...
by David A. Rothery
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Proving to be both varied and fascinating, moons are far more common than planets in our Solar System. Our own Moon has had a profound influence on Earth, not only through tidal effects, but even on the behaviour of some marine animals. Many remarkable things have been discovered about the moons of...
Mine's Bigger
The Extraordinary Tale of the World's Greatest Sailboat and the Silicon Valley Tycoon Who Built It
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
As the dominant venture capitalist of Silicon Valley, Tom Perkins had seemingly done it all—from amassing a billion-dollar fortune to getting himself convicted of manslaughter in France. But his ultimate dream was to create the biggest, fastest, riskiest, highest-tech, most self-indulgent sailboat...
The Politics of Punk
Protest and Revolt from the Streets
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Punk rock has long been equated with the ever-shifting concepts of dissent, disruption, and counter-cultural activities. As a result, since its 1970s and 1980s incarnations, when bands in Britain—from The Clash and Sex Pistols to Angelic Upstarts, U.K. Subs, and Crass—offered alternative political...
The Case for Gay Rights
From Bowers to Lawrence and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
As Americans wrestle with red-versus-blue debates over traditional values, defense of marriage, and gay rights, reason often seems to take a back seat to emotion. In response, David Richards, a widely respected legal scholar and long-time champion of gay rights, reflects upon the constitutional and...
by David A. Scott
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2014
The True story of a Siberian Husky rescue, through illness and love till her sudden passing at Christmas in 2013.Mika goes from her rescue and through a battle for life with Heart Worms , to becoming the center of one mans world as they shared adventures together from Bath time and giving everyone...
The Bureau and the Mole
The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Dangerous Double Agent in FBI History
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The New York Times–bestselling “first-rate spy thriller” of the FBI agent who sold top-secret information to the Russians for more than twenty years (Entertainment Weekly).
Drawing from a wide variety of sources in the FBI, the Justice Department, the White House, and the intelligence...
by Michael Ignatieff, Kwame Anthony Appiah, David A. Hollinger
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2011
Michael Ignatieff draws on his extensive experience as a writer and commentator on world affairs to present a penetrating account of the successes, failures, and prospects of the human rights revolution. Since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, this revolution...
Postethnic America
Beyond Multiculturalism
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2006
First published in 1995, Postethnic America was widely hailed as a groundbreaking proposal for healing our nation's ethnic divisions. David A. Hollinger, one of America's foremost intellectual historians, argues for replacing the pluralist model of multiculturalism that is based on the idea of group...