Donald Smith: 42 books

Book cover of The Hopeful Agnostic

The Hopeful Agnostic

What I Believe -- I Guess

by Donald E. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012

When I reached age 80, I decided that it was time to organize my thoughts about my life and my impending death. Jokingly, I had often described myself as a "Hopeful Agnostic." Now, I'm not certain that that is an accurate description. This book is my attempt to answer the age-old questions...
Book cover of Travel and the Human Condition

Travel and the Human Condition

When I Looked for Adventure, I Found Myself

by Donald E. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2009

In his quest to look for adventure in exotic lands, the author found himself. The book includes his daily journals kept while traveling in Tanzania, Java ,and the former Soviet Union.It includes, also, brief glimpses of life in Denmark, Sweden, Hungary and England. The journals exphasize the lives...
Book cover of In Search of Humanity

In Search of Humanity

Essays in Honor of Clifford Orwin

by Timothy W. Burns, Paul A. Cantor, Brent Edwin Cusher
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015

This collection of essays, offered in honor of the distinguished career of prominent political philosophy professor Clifford Orwin, provides a wide context in which to consider the rise of “humanity” as one of the chief modern virtues. A relative of—and also a replacement for—formerly more...
Book cover of Ancient Man in Britain
by Donald A. Mackenzie, G. Elliot Smith, Foreword
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Index CONTENTS I. Britons of the Stone Age II. Earliest Traces of Modern Man III. The Age of the "Red Man" of Wales IV. Shell Deities and Early Trade V. New Races in Europe VI. The Faithful Dog VII. Ancient...
Book cover of Leadership for Rural Schools

Leadership for Rural Schools

Lessons for All Educators

by Donald M. Chalker, Alan De Young, Mary Jean Ronan Herzog
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2002

More than 50% of America's schools today exist in rural settings. This book addresses the distinctiveness of rural school leaders, identifies issues encountered by administrators, faculty, and students, and concludes by proposing new standards for rural schools in general and their leaders. This book...
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Interpreting the New Testament Text

Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis

by Daniel B. Wallace, J. William Johnston, Jay E. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2006

With the explosive increase in availability of English Bible translations, the question can easily be asked, "Why bother with the hard work of biblical exegesis?" Computers can translate foreign languages and our English texts can take us very close to the original meanings, so why exegete? Answer:...
Book cover of Christian Higher Education

Christian Higher Education

Faith, Teaching, and Learning in the Evangelical Tradition

by Bruce Ashford, Paul Bialek, Peter Cha
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2018

Our world is growing increasingly complex and confused—a unique and urgent context that calls for a grounded and fresh approach to Christian higher education. Christian higher education involves a distinctive way of thinking about teaching, learning, scholarship, curriculum, student life,...
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When the Muses Came to Call

Sometimes, I Answered Their Knocking.

by Donald E. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2009

This book is a very personal collection of poems and other writings that were written over a period of more than fifty years. They were written at times of strong emotional feelings about love, death, triumphs, tragedies and , even, the most mundane of life's events.It took fifty years for the author...
Book cover of Thinking Sideways

Thinking Sideways

Short Stories Both Real and Imaginary

by Donald E. Smith Ph.D
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015

The short stories in this book are a mixture of both fact and fiction. Some are based upon my real-life experiences with a touch of fantasy mixed in to add some flavor. Some come solely from my hyperactive imagination. It's up to you, the reader, to separate reality from the world of make-believe. Does it really matter?
Book cover of Communication and Conflict Transformation through Local, Regional, and Global Engagement
by Ali Askerov, Benjamin J. Broome, Luke Brenneman
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016

Central to a transformational approach to conflict is the idea that conflicts must be viewed as embedded within broader relational patterns, and social and discursive structures—and must be addressed as such. This implies the need for systemic change at generative levels, in order to create genuine...
Book cover of Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito
by Rachana Kamtekar, Mark McPherran, P T. Geach
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2004

Plato's Euthyrphro, Apology, and Crito portray Socrates' words and deeds during his trial for disbelieving in the Gods of Athens and corrupting the Athenian youth, and constitute a defense of the man Socrates and of his way of life, the philosophic life. The twelve essays in the volume, written by...
Book cover of Valuation in a World of CVA, DVA, and FVA

Valuation in a World of CVA, DVA, and FVA

A Tutorial on Debt Securities and Interest Rate Derivatives

by Donald J Smith
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017

CVA, DVA, and FVA, which are the acronyms for credit, debit, and funding valuation adjustments, have become widely used by major banks since the financial crisis. This book aims to bridge the gap between the highly complex and mathematical models used by these banks to adjust the value of debt securities...
Book cover of Diseases of the Human Carotid Body
by Paul Smith, Donald Heath
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Ever since its discovery in 1742 the carotid body has remained an organ of mystery. Originally described as a ganglion, it was subsequently regarded as a gland, chromaffin paraganglion and non-chromaffin paraganglion. In 1928 it was shown to be a chemoreceptor with close associations with the function...
Book cover of Media Literacy: Keys to Interpreting Media Messages, 4th Edition
by Art Silverblatt, Julie Smith, Nikole Brown
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014

This fourth edition of Keys to Interpreting Media Messages supplies a critical and qualitative approach to media literacy analysis. Now updated with conceptual changes, current examples, updated references, and coverage of new developments in media— particularly in digital, interactive forms—this...
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