Erik: 1534 books
The Embattled Wilderness
The Natural and Human History of Robinson Forest and the Fight for Its Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Robinson Forest in eastern Kentucky is one of our most important natural landscapes—and one of the most threatened. Covering fourteen thousand acres of some of the most diverse forest region in temperate North America, it is a haven of biological richness within an ever-expanding desert created...
by Erik Lars Myrup
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Encompassing numerous territories across four different continents, Portugal's early modern empire depended upon a vast and complex bureaucracy, yet colonial power did not reside solely in the centralized state. In a masterful reconceptualization of the functioning of empire, Erik Lars Myrup's Power...
by G. Erik Brandt
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This impressive book succeeds in opening up the Book of Revelation to clearer understanding. Though it is scholarly and comprehensive, the text is not ponderous or difficult to read. The format leads the reader along nicely and makes its points in a logical and concise manner.Erik Brandt also...
The Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building
From the Ottoman Empire to Atatürk's Turkey
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
The decline and eventual collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the founding of the Turkish republic were among the most momentous events of the early twentieth century. This book shows that, although traditionally considered to be a complete break with the Ottoman past, in fact, much of kemalist rhetoric...
by James R. Griesemer, Joan Roughgarden, Ofer Feinerman
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
Broad perspective on collectivity in the life sciences, from microorganisms to human consensus, and the theoretical and empirical opportunities and challenges.
Many researchers and scholars in the life sciences have become increasingly critical of the traditional methodological focus on the...
The Alchemy of Happiness
three stories and a hybrid-essay
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
The Alchemy of Happiness: a triptych of stories rooted in Southeast Asian myth and legend, literary fantasy at its very best.
In the beginning were the four: Water, Fire, Air, and Earth. Arriving simultaneously with the creation of the world, these archetypal elementals shaped...
International Relations Theory
A New Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
This is a major new edition of a highly-regarded textbook on International Relations theory which combines deep analysis into the diversity of thought within the major scholarly traditions and the guidance for students on doing their own theorising. Knud Erik Jorgensen analyses the nuances of the...
Stories of Civil War in El Salvador
A Battle over Memory
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
El Salvador's civil war began in 1980 and ended twelve bloody years later. It saw extreme violence on both sides, including the terrorizing and targeting of civilians by death squads, recruitment of child soldiers, and the death and disappearance of more than 75,000 people. Examining El Salvador's...
by Erik Bergaust
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Here is Dr. Wernher von Braun’s incredible story – from his early years in Germany, where he gave birth to modern rocketry, to his arrival in the United States and his launching of the first American satellite, the first man on the moon and other stunning space exploration feats.
“Every page...
by Erik Ash
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Written during a wild, passionate love affair that turned out to be a fever dream, The Secret Carnival is a series of grotesque and uplifting vignettes concerning the cycle of creation and decay.
by Erik H. Erikson
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 1995
Erik H. Erikson's way of looking at things has contributed significantly to the understanding of human development and the nature of man.
This collection of his writings reflects the evolution of his ideas over the course of 50 years, beginning with his earliest experiences in psychoanalysis...
The Life Organic
The Theoretical Biology Club and the Roots of Epigenetics
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
As scientists debated the nature of life in the nineteenth century, two theories predominated: vitalism, which suggested that living things contained a “vital spark,” and mechanism, the idea that animals and humans differed from nonliving things only in their degree of complexity. Erik Peterson...
Disturbed Consciousness
New Essays on Psychopathology and Theories of Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Essays defend, discuss, and critique specific theories of consciousness with respect to various psychopathologies.
In Disturbed Consciousness, philosophers and other scholars examine various psychopathologies in light of specific philosophical theories of consciousness. The contributing authors—some...
Stieg Larsson
The Real Story of the Man Who Played with Fire
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Stieg Larsson's former publisher reveals the real man behind the mega-bestselling Millennium Trilogy--a man who fought heroically for human rights, and who brought that same political and moral passion to his writing.Until the trilogy's posthumous publication, Larsson was best known for his devotion...