David Stephen: 284 books
From Kinshasa to Kandahar
Canada and Fragile States in Historical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Failed or fragile states are those that are unable or unwilling to provide a socio-political framework for citizens and meet their basic needs. They are a source of terrorism and international crime, as well as incubators of infectious disease, environmental degradation, and unregulated mass migration....
Gateway to the Confederacy
New Perspectives on the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns, 1862-1863
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
A collection of ten new essays from some of our finest Civil War historians working today, Gateway to the Confederacy offers a reexamination of the campaigns fought to gain possession of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Each essay addresses how Americans have misconstrued the legacy of these struggles and...
by Maria Bustillos, Jillian Steinhauer, Alexis Madrigal
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
“Fourteen writers take on perhaps the most important cultural issue of our time: figure out what we’re talking about when we’re talking about cat videos.” —New York magazine
Are cat videos art? This essay collection, funded by a Kickstarter campaign, addresses not just our fascination...
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...
Death and Dying
A Reader
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2004
Over a decade ago the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional societies,...
God's Love Compels Us
Taking the Gospel to the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
“Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.”
2 Corinthians 5:20
In this collection of biblical expositions, seven prominent Bible teachers lay the biblical foundation for missions based on the apostle...
DIY Citizenship
Critical Making and Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
How social media and DIY communities have enabled new forms of political participation that emphasize doing and making rather than passive consumption.
Today, DIY—do-it-yourself—describes more than self-taught carpentry. Social media enables DIY citizens to organize and protest in new ways...
Head, Heart and Guts
How the World's Best Companies Develop Complete Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2010
This book reveals the three most important capabilities leaders must demonstrate today: the ability to set strategy, empathize with others, and take risks—all at the same time. In Head, Heart, and Guts, leadership experts David Dotlich, Peter Cairo, and Stephen Rhinesmith—who teach and coach CEOs...
by Stephen M. Gardiner, David A. Weisbach
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
In this volume, Stephen M. Gardiner and David A. Weisbach present arguments for and against the relevance of ethics to global climate policy. Gardiner argues that climate change is fundamentally an ethical issue, since it is an early instance of a distinctive challenge to ethical action (the perfect...
by Stephen McQuerry, David Jansen, David Hucaby
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Cisco LAN Switching Configuration Handbook Second Edition A concise reference for implementing the most frequently used features of the Cisco Catalyst family of switches Steve McQuerry, CCIE® No. 6108 David Jansen, CCIE No. 5952 David Hucaby, CCIE No. 4594 Cisco LAN Switching Configuration...
Foundations in Music Psychology
Theory and Research
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
A state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research in music psychology, written by leaders in the field.
This authoritative, landmark volume offers a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research in music perception and cognition. Eminent scholars from...
Cheap and Clean
How Americans Think about Energy in the Age of Global Warming
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
How Americans make energy choices, why they think locally (not globally), and how this can shape U.S. energy and climate change policy.
How do Americans think about energy? Is the debate over fossil fuels highly partisan and ideological? Does public opinion about fossil fuels and alternative...
Minds at Work
Managing for Success in the Knowledge Economy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
The only sustainable advantage in our hypercompetitive marketplace is the ability to learn and adapt faster than everyone else. Companies that cling to management practices of a bygone era continue to fade away. They desperately need managers who empower people to seek out learning at a moment’s...
Luminous Ink
Writers on Writing in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Twenty-seven writers in Canada were asked to contribute pieces of original work describing how they see writing today. From Atwood’s opening, through writing from Indigenous writers, the reader is given a sense of how twenty-seven of the country’s finest writers see their world today. With an...