E R: 1356 books
The Cambridge Medieval History - Book IV
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
This process of history may be said to have entered on its effective stage in the West with Alaric's invasion of Italy. But it had been present, as a potentiality and a menace, for many years before Alaric heard the voice that drew him steadily towards Rome. The frontier war along the limes was...
Theodore Roosevelt
Hunter-Conservationist
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2012
Theodore Roosevelt Hunter-Conservationist reflects the zest for life that was so powerfully characteristic of TR. For decades, Roosevelt's big game hunting books have been among the most often quoted and reprinted of works in that genre. But no definitive biography of Roosevelt as the consummate hunter,...
by Neal Salisbury, Rosalind J. Beiler, Robert J. Allison
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002
The Human Tradition in America from the Colonial Era through Reconstruction is a collection of the best biographical sketches from several volumes in SR Books' popular Human Tradition in America Series. Compiled by Series Editor Charles W. Calhoun, this book brings American history to life by illuminating...
Moody Classics Complete Set
Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2010
This package includes the entire collection of the Moody Classics Set: The Confessions of St. Augustine, Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret, The Apostolic Fathers, The Incomparable Christ, Orthodoxy, Answers to Prayer, The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, Power Through Prayer, The Imitation of...
by R. E. Cholmeley
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Popular novel, first published in 1908.
The Open Society and Its Enemies
New One-Volume Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013
One of the most important books of the twentieth century, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taught...
Negative Liberties
Morrison, Pynchon, and the Problem of Liberal Ideology
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2001
Since the nineteenth century, ideas centered on the individual, on Emersonian self-reliance, and on the right of the individual to the pursuit of happiness have had a tremendous presence in the United States—and even more so after the Reagan era. But has this presence been for the good of all? In...
Ethics of Spying
A Reader for the Intelligence Professional
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2005
Intelligence professionals are employees of the government working in a business that some would consider unethical_the business of spying. This book looks at the dilemmas that exist when one is asked to perform a civil service that is in conflict with what that individual believes to be 'ethical.'...
The Book of Jewish Sacred Practices
CLAL's Guide to Everyday & Holiday Rituals & Blessings
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Discover how to make virtually any moment in your day a significant part of a meaningful Jewish life.
As we have discovered, and as our sages have long known, there is no experience in the life of a Jew that cannot be marked in Jewish ways…. The book you hold in your hands is the result of...
In the Wake of the Crisis
Leading Economists Reassess Economic Policy
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world.
In 2011, the International Monetary Fund invited prominent economists and economic policymakers to consider the brave new world of the post-crisis global economy. The result is a book that captures...
No Way Out?
Government Intervention and the Financial Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
In response to the ongoing financial crisis, the U.S. government has significantly expanded its role in economy, resulting in new legislation and both public and private policy overhauls. But these hasty efforts to buoy the economy may ultimately do more harm than good. In No Way Out?, Vincent R....
Reconstructing Appalachia
The Civil War's Aftermath
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Families, communities, and the nation itself were irretrievably altered by the Civil War and the subsequent societal transformations of the nineteenth century. The repercussions of the war incited a broad range of unique problems in Appalachia, including political dynamics, racial prejudices, and...
A.B.C.'s of Behavioral Forensics
Applying Psychology to Financial Fraud Prevention and Detection
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Get practical insights on the psychology of white-collar criminals—and how to outsmart them
Understand how the psychologies of fraudsters and their victims interact as well as what makes auditors/investigators/regulators let down their guard. Learn about the psychology of fraud victims, including...
Higher Education as a Bridge to the Future
Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents, with Reflections on the Future of Higher Education by Dr. J. Michael Adams
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
This volume assembles the papers, presentations, and speeches from the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) held in Oxfordshire in 2015. This book is a companion volume to the proceedings of the 1965 inaugural meeting of IAUP, also published by...