David A : 1722 books
An Introduction to the New Testament
Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
This New Testament introduction is different. Many introductions zero in on the historical contexts in which the New Testament literature was written. This introduction goes further—to give particular attention to the social, cultural, and rhetorical contexts of the New Testament authors and their...
by David A. Price
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Harrison “Buzz” Price was a true Disney Legend and his son David Price has now written the ultimate professional and personal tribute to his father and mentor. Part memoir, part consulting primer, and part love story, “Buzz Stories at Thirty Thousand Feet” contains stories written by those...
The Burden of Sympathy
How Families Cope With Mental Illness
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2002
What are the limits of sympathy in dealing with another person's troubles? Where do we draw the line between caring for a loved one, and being swallowed up emotionally by the obligation to do so? Quite simply, what do we owe each other? In this vivid and thoughtful study, David Karp chronicles the...
Mosby's Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring - E-Book
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Evaluate intrapartum and antepartum fetal status with this portable, practical guide! Mosby's Pocket Guide to Fetal Monitoring, 7th Edition provides a multidisciplinary, evidence-based approach model that's ideal for use in the clinical environment. It offers a single definitive source on fetal heart...
by David A. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
Winner of the 2018 Eudora Welty Prize
When the United States entered World War I, parts of the country had developed industries, urban cultures, and democratic political systems, but the South lagged behind, remaining an impoverished, agriculture region. Despite New South boosterism, the culture...
A Model of Prevention
Life Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
An autobiography of a ground-breaking medical doctor. Dr. David A. Hamburg started as a medical student with interest in stress disorders, paying special attention to the propensity toward violence, including the evolution of human aggression. This lead him on a path to becoming one of the most highly...
Digital Apollo
Human and Machine in Spaceflight
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
How human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight—the lunar landings of NASA's Apollo program.
As Apollo 11's Lunar Module descended toward the moon under automatic control, a program alarm in the guidance computer's software nearly caused a mission...
Elizabeth’S Song
One Family’S Journey Through Autism
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
For more than eight years, author Dr. David A. Bishop and his family struggled to get answers for their daughter, Elizabeth, who was diagnosed with autism at only a year and a half old.
Autism is a condition approaching epidemic proportions. It has become so pervasive most public schools today...
by David A. Turner
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 11, 2016
La esperada secuela al galardonado "Teoría de la educación" considera temas de interés permanente para los educadores. En su libro convincente y controvertido, el profesor David Turner muestra cómo la teoría de juegos y modelos matemáticos se pueden utilizar para desarrollar una comprensión...
by David A. Turner
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Hasta la fecha, la teoría en los estudios de educación ha estado dominada por una visión particular de lo que debería considerarse como teoría "científica". David Turner argumenta que este enfoque no proporciona necesariamente una base firme para la planificación de políticas y para...
George Washington's First War
His Early Military Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Renowned historian David A. Clary studies George Washington’s early military career as a young colonel during the French and Indian War, and how those campaigns influenced his leadership and strategy as a general during the Revolutionary War and as the first president of the newly formed United...
Ike and McCarthy
Dwight Eisenhower's Secret Campaign against Joseph McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
The full, little-known story of how President Dwight Eisenhower masterminded the downfall of the anti-Communist demagogue Senator Joseph McCarthy is “a gripping, detailed account of how the executive branch subtly but decisively defeated one of America’s most dangerous demagogues” (The Washington...
Rocket Man
Robert H. Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2003
More famous in his day than Einstein or Edison, the troubled, solitary genius Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) was the American father of rocketry and space flight, launching the world's first liquid-fuel rockets and the first powered vehicles to break the sound barrier. Supported by Charles Lindbergh...
by David A. Aaker
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
As industries turn increasingly hostile, it is clear that strong brand-building skills are needed to survive and prosper. In David Aaker's pathbreaking book, Managing Brand Equity, managers discovered the value of a brand as a strategic asset and a company's primary source of competitive advantage....