David A : 1722 books
The Juan Pardo Expeditions
Exploration of the Carolinas and Tennessee, 1566-1568
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
An early Spanish explorer’s account of American Indians.
This volume mines the Pardo documents to reveal a wealth of information pertaining to Pardo’s routes, his encounters and interactions with native peoples, the social, hierarchical, and political structures of the Indians,...
American Constitutionalism, Marriage, and the Family
Obergefell v. Hodges and U.S. v. Windsor in Context
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
This edited volume in American constitutionalism places the Supreme Court’s declaration of same-sex marriage rights in U.S. v. Windsor (2013) and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) within the context of the Court’s developing understanding of the legal and social status of marriage and the family. Leading...
by David C. Leege, Lyman A. Kellstedt
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
This text addresses whether and how religion and religious institutions affect American politics. For some time, analysts have argued that the conflicts of the New Deal era rendered cultural differences trivial and placed economic interests at the top of the political agenda. The authors and their...
Decline and Recovery of the Island Fox
A Case Study for Population Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Native only to the California Channel Islands, the island fox is the smallest canid in North America. Populations on four of the islands were threatened to extinction in the 1990s due to human-mediated predation and disease. This is the first account of the natural history and ecology of the island...
Nothing Sacred
Nazi Espionage Against the Vatican, 1939-1945
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Nazi Germany considered the Catholic Church to be a serious threat to its domestic security and its international ambitions. In Germany, informants provided intelligence, but in Rome, German attempts to penetrate the Papacy were less successful - except for the codebreaking work.
Van Gogh among the Philosophers
Painting, Thinking, Being
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
This volume brings Continental philosophical interpretations of Van Gogh into dialogue with one another to explore how for Van Gogh, art places human beings in their world, and yet in other ways displaces them, not allowing them to belong to that world.
Who Donates in Campaigns?
The Importance of Message, Messenger, Medium, and Structure
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2018
While much is known about who votes in American elections, much less is known about who donates. In this book, the authors utilize a unique and historically unprecedented data set of donors from the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections to answer longstanding questions: What is the relationship between...
Bergey's Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology
Volume Two: The Proteobacteria (Part C)
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2006
Includes a description of the Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteabacteria (1256 pages, 512 figures, and 371 tables). This large taxa include many well known medically and environmentally important groups. Especially notable are Acetobacter, Agrobacterium, Aquospirillum, Brucella, Burkholderia,...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of coffee
Breeding and quality traits
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Covers recent research on coffee genetics, physiology and genetic diversity
Reviews the latest developments in breeding new varieties
Assesses advances in measuring and understanding the chemical composition, sensory and nutraceutical properties of coffee
by David Chavarría
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Como institución emblemática del arte, la ciencia y la cultura costarricenses, la Editorial Costa Rica fue creada en 1959 como resultado del esmero de destacados intelectuales, artistas y políticos, en un momento histórico de gran auge para las instituciones del Estado. Han pasado muchas décadas...
by Lowell A Goldsmith, Stephen I. Katz, Barbara A. Gilchrest
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
The landmark dermatology text that bridges the gap between science and clinical medicine—updated for today’s practice
Generations of clinicians, skin biologists, residents, and educators have acclaimed Fitzpatrick’s as the most authoritative and complete guide to dermatologic basic sciences,...
by David Riordan, Ajoy Kumar Kundu, Mark A. Price
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Textbook introducing the fundamentals of aircraft performance using industry standards and examples: bridging the gap between academia and industry
Provides an extensive and detailed treatment of all segments of mission profile and overall aircraft performance
Considers operating costs, safety,...
by Ronald Recardo, Charles A Mention Iii, Jennifer Jolly
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
Is team-based management best for your business?
Will it help your organization meet the challenges of the twenty-first century to cut production costs, increase quality and service, and compete in the global economy?
his practical, immensely informative book will help you make that decision....
by Professor David Wray, Jane A Medwell
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2008
Still the biggest concern for many on initial teacher training courses is the acquisition of subject knowledge and the ability to translate that into effective teaching. This book addresses this - building on the core subject knowledge covered in the Achieving QTS series and relating it to classroom...