David A : 1722 books
The Chickamauga Campaign - Glory or the Grave
The Breakthrough, the Union Collapse, and the Defense of Horseshoe Ridge, September 20, 1863
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2015
The Chickamauga Campaign: Glory or the Grave is the winner of the 2015 Richard Harwell Award, Given by the Civil War Round Table of Atlanta. Dave Powell is the first recipient to win the award twice. He also won in 2011 for Failure in the Saddle David Powell’s The Chickamauga Campaign—Glory or...
by David A. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2016
One of the biggest sources of anguish for people with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is that victims of the disorder are baffled as to why they haven’t been able to “be strong”, get over their trauma, and move on with their lives. They beat themselves up constantly and become more depressed...
by David A. Rothery
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2010
This Very Short Introduction looks deep into space and describes the worlds that make up our Solar System: terrestrial planets, giant planets, dwarf planets and various other objects such as satellites (moons), asteroids and Trans-Neptunian objects. It considers how our knowledge has advanced over...
Christophe Honoré
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
French filmmaker Christophe Honoré challenges audiences with complex cinematic form, intricate narrative structures, and aesthetically dynamic filmmaking. But the limited release of his films outside of Europe has left him largely unknown to U.S. audiences. In Christophe Honoré: A Critical Introduction,...
Visual Vitriol
The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation is a vibrant, in-depth, and visually appealing history of punk, which reveals punk concert flyers as urban folk art. David Ensminger exposes the movement's deeply participatory street art, including flyers, stencils,...
by David A. T. Harper, Michael Benton
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
This book presents a comprehensive overview of the science of the history of life. Paleobiologists bring many analytical tools to bear in interpreting the fossil record and the book introduces the latest techniques, from multivariate investigations of biogeography and biostratigraphy to engineering...
Fire in the Sea
Bioluminescence and Henry Compton's Art of the Deep
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
The cold, stygian dark of the extreme sea depths is home to some of our planet’s strangest creatures. Even their names evoke a science fiction adventure: dragonfishes, greeneyes, viperfishes, mirrorbellies, lanternfishes. Marine biologist Henry “Hank” Compton (1928–2005) of the Texas Parks...
Cross-Cultural Psychology
Critical Thinking and Contemporary Applications, Sixth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
Written in a conversational style that transforms complex ideas into accessible ones, this international best-seller provides an interdisciplinary review of the theories and research in cross‐cultural psychology. The book’s unique critical thinking framework, including Critical Thinking boxes,...
Life on Mars
What to Know Before We Go
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
The story of the search for life on Mars—and the moral issues confronting us as we prepare to send humans there
Does life exist on Mars? The question has captivated humans for centuries, but today it has taken on new urgency. NASA plans to send astronauts to Mars orbit by the 2030s. SpaceX...
Resisting Injustice and the Feminist Ethics of Care in the Age of Obama
“Suddenly,…All the Truth Was Coming Out”
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
David A. J. Richards’s Resisting Injustice and The Feminist Ethics of Care in The Age of Obama: "Suddenly,…All The Truth Was Coming Out" builds on his and Carol Gilligan’s The Deepening Darkness to examine the roots of the resistance movements of the 1960s, the political psychology...
by David A. Lake
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
International relations are generally understood as a realm of anarchy in which countries lack any superior authority and interact within a Hobbesian state of nature. In Hierarchy in International Relations, David A. Lake challenges this traditional view, demonstrating that states exercise authority...
Abraham of Ur
A Critical Analysis of the Life and Times of the Patriarch
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Did Abraham bring Genesis-like stories to Canaan that Moses uses in the Torah?
Did Abraham Avenge the killing of Lots father Haren?
Genesis tells us Terah became the father of Abram, in Ur of the Chaldeans; while history shows Abraham was born in 2000 BC into the worlds most advanced...
Applied Ethics in Mental Health Care
An Interdisciplinary Reader
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
Discussions of key ethical dilemmas in mental health care, including consent, trauma and violence, addiction, confidentiality, and therapeutic boundaries.
This book discusses some of the most critical ethical issues in mental health care today, including the moral dimensions of addiction, patient...
by David A Morrow, MD, MPH
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Get the tools and knowledge you need for effective diagnosis, evaluation, and management of patients with acute myocardial infarction. Myocardial Infarction: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease, by David A. Morrow, MD, is a comprehensive, hands-on resource that provides practical guidance from...