David A : 1722 books
The Faith and Values of Sarah Palin
What She Believes and What It Means for America
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2010
She stepped onto the world stage as the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the election of 2008. Previously, she had only been a small town mayor and the governor of a state with slightly more than half a million people. Still, there was something about her. She was pretty, fierce in her conservatism...
Learning in Action
A Guide to Putting the Learning Organization to Work
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2003
Most managers today understand the value of building a learning organization. Their goal is to leverage knowledge and make it a key corporate asset, yet they remain uncertain about how best to get started. What they lack are guidelines and tools that transform abstract theory-the learning organization...
A Critical Introduction to Coaching and Mentoring
Debates, Dialogues and Discourses
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
This is the definitive introduction to coaching and mentoring, written by an experienced and multidisciplinary team. Taking you all the way through from the emerging theory to informed practice, the book covers:
· Skills, purposes and outcomes of coaching and mentoring...
A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration
New Hope for Arid Lands
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Dryland degradation and desertification now affect alma billion people around the world. Tragically, the biological resources and productivity of millions of acres of land are lto desertification each year because people remain unaware of strategies and techniques that could improve yields, reduce...
Love and Hate in Jamestown
John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A New York Times Notable Book and aSan Jose Mercury News Top 20 Nonfiction Book of 2003In 1606, approximately 105 British colonists sailed to America, seeking gold and a trade route to the Pacific. Instead, they found disease, hunger, and hostile natives. Ill prepared for such hardship, the men responded...
Failed Evidence
Why Law Enforcement Resists Science
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2012
With the popularity of crime dramas like CSI focusing on forensic science, and increasing numbers of police and prosecutors making wide-spread use of DNA, high-tech science seems to have become the handmaiden of law enforcement. But this is a myth,asserts law professor and nationally known expert...
Balancing on a Planet
The Future of Food and Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
This book is an interdisciplinary primer on critical thinking and effective action for the future of our global agrifood system, based on an understanding of the system’s biological and sociocultural roots. Key components of the book are a thorough analysis of the assumptions underlying different...
by David A. Byrne
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Shady Place is a fifty-five and up planned community in Florida. It’s full of vibrant seniors enjoying the the sunset years of their lives. Shady Place the novel is about those people.Shady Place follows the antics and exploits of Jim Phillips, a retired police detective from Philadelphia,...
by David A. Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Studies have shown it takes only 21 days for a new habit to take root. If there's a spiritual interest you've always wanted to take advantage of, the answer is just 21 days away with the 21 Days to Mastery Series.
We may not notice, but numbers are all around us, and far from being random,...
by David A. Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
When Cole Harper is compelled to return to Wounded Sky First Nation, he finds his community in chaos: a series of shocking murders, a mysterious illness ravaging the residents, and reemerging questions about Cole’s role in the tragedy that drove him away 10 years ago. With the aid of an unhelpful...
by David A. Adler
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
Explore the fascinating field of magnetism with this interactive picture book for young learners.
Magnetism is all around us--even the earth is a giant magnet. A world without magnets would be a world without cell phones, computers, and more!
Trusted children's nonfiction author David...
by David A. Davies
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
Within hours of the devastating terrorist attacks on 9/11, CIA officer Chris Morehouse is dispatched on a mission to Afghanistan. Objective: locate a man he once wanted to kill and get him to the United States . . . dead or alive.
Thrust into a war zone with little more than a pistol and an ill-conceived...
What Parents Need to Know about Teens
Facts, Myths and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2007
As a parent, you want practical, accurate and user friendly information to help raise your teen. You want to know what’s considered normal adolescent behaviour, how to determine whether your child is on a good path, how to encourage your teen’s healthy development, and how to get help when problems...
Failure in the Saddle Nahan Bedford Forrest Joe Wheeler and the Confederate Cavalry in the Chickamauga Campaign
Nathan Bedford Forrest, Joe Wheeler, and the Confederate Cavalry in the Chickamauga Campaign
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Confederate cavalry has a storied and favorable relationship with the history of the Civil War. Tales of raids and daring exploits create a whiff of lingering romance about the horse soldiers of the Lost Cause. Sometimes however romance obscures history. In August 1863 William Rosecrans Union Army...