G Thomas: 617 books

Thomas Andrews drills deep into the many pressures that have reshaped a small stretch of North America, from the ice age to the advent of the Anthropocene and controversies over climate change. He brings to the surface lessons about the critical relationships to land, climate, and species that only seemingly unimportant places on Earth can teach.

Is Northeast Asia primed for peace or ripe for great-power rivalry? In this turbulent region, all the world-order challenges of arms control and disarmament, global North-South tensions, human rights and humanitarian intervention, environmental protection and eco-development, and democratization and...

Is historical accuracy an indispensable part of the Bible’s storyline, or is Scripture only concerned with theological truths? As progressive evangelicals threaten to reduce the Bible’s jurisdiction by undermining its historical claims, every Christian who cares about the integrity of Scripture...

Today they stand as enemies, but in the 1950s, few countries were as closely intertwined as Cuba and the United States. Thousands of Americans (including Ernest Hemingway and Errol Flynn) lived on the island, and, in the United States, dancehalls swayed to the mambo beat. The strong-arm Batista regime...

The theology of Vincent of Lérins is often reduced to a memorable slogan: "We hold that faith which has been believed everywhere, always, and by everyone." Thomas Guarino argues that this "Vincentian canon" has frequently been taken out of context. This book introduces Vincent's...

Affective Labour explores four distinct landscapes in order to demonstrate how collective feelings are organized by social actors in order to both reproduce and contest hegemony. Utilizing a variety of methods, including participant observation, in-depth interviews across field sites, and content...

Using empirical data from their research study, Thomas Lechler and John Byrne demonstrate that the success of a project strongly depends on the specific attitude of the project manager and the project management decision-making process. They also address: • Limiting effects of the Triple Constraints...

In this 3rd edition of the definitive work on health demography, Pol and Thomas offer an updated view of the field and a current perspective on the applications of health demography to contemporary issues.  The significance of health demography within the field of population studies has continued...

If God asked you to live faithfully in the midst of upheaval, even if the cost was high, how would you respond? What if he made extraordinary and difficult demands? The prophet Habakkuk struggled with these very questions as he tried to follow God step-by-step during a time of unrest. "Living...

Becoming Deviant describes a process by which people move from an affinity for certain prohibited behaviors to full-blown deviance. This process includes affiliation with circles and settings that include or sponsor offenses, followed by understanding and identification of the offenses as prohibited...

I BIMS, DER TOD! TRITT NÄHER UND KEINE ANGST, MEINE SENSE BEIẞT NICHT! JEDENFALLS NICHT, WENN SIE NICHT MUSS. Falls Sie einen Trauerbegleiter suchen, sind Sie hier falsch. Ersterben Sie die haarsträubendsten … oh sorry … totenkopfschädeligsten Geschichten. Unsere Autoren haben keine Kosten...

"Bier, Gaudi und Enthemmung" - das weit verbreitete Bild vom Verhältnis der Münchner zu den revolutionären Umbrüchen der neuesten Geschichte ist nicht selten klischeebeladen und hoch selektiv. Es ist höchste Zeit, diese schwarz-weiß-Malerei abzuschattieren - durch einen neuartigen facettenreichen Überblick von den napoleonischen Kriegen bis zur Studentenbewegung.

Diese umfassende und grundlegende Einführung in das Fach Psychologie wurde für die 5. Auflage vollständig überarbeitet. Neue Entwicklungen, methodische Erweiterungen und aktuelle Trends wurden eingearbeitet. Basierend auf den Richtlinien der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) werden...

Wo entsteht Literatur? Diese Frage stellten wir Autorinnen und Autoren, die in besonderer Weise mit Rheinland-Pfalz verbunden sind. Die Antworten sind vielfältig und aufschlussreich: Ob der Schreibtisch in der idyllischen Mühle oder im quirligen Berlin steht – überall entsteht Literatur. Oft...