J David: 1790 books
by David Jordan, James D. Kiras, David J. Lonsdale
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Understanding Modern Warfare has established itself as the leading introduction to the issues, ideas, concepts and context necessary to understand the theory and conduct of warfare in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It is an invaluable text for military professionals and students of military...
by David Jordan, James D. Kiras, David J. Lonsdale
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
A major study of the theory and practice of warfare in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Using relevant examples from recent history, this book provides a complete introduction to the issues, ideas, concepts, context and vocabulary of modern warfare. The expert team of authors explore the...
Something to Live For
Finding Your Way in the Second Half of Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2008
Drawing on ancient and contemporary wisdom, as well as modern research, Richard Leider and David Shapiro provide insightful ways of thinking and being that help us find meaning and purpose in the second half of life. This deeply reflective book uses a safari, (referencing a trip the authors took to...
Of Remixology
Ethics and Aesthetics after Remix
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
A new theory of moral and aesthetic value for the age of remix, going beyond the usual debates over originality and appropriation.
Remix—or the practice of recombining preexisting content—has proliferated across media both digital and analog. Fans celebrate it as a revolutionary new creative...
Peace Jobs
A Student’s Guide to Starting a Career Working for Peace
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
This book is a guide for college students exploring career options who are interested in working to promote peacebuilding and the resolution of conflict. High school students, particularly those starting to consider college and careers, can also benefit from this book. A major feature of the book...
Negotiating Group Identity in the Research Process
Are You In or Are You Out?
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
Negotiating Group Identity in the Research Process: Are You In or Are You Out? focuses on researcher identity and the role it plays in conducting research, whether as a member of the culture being studied (i.e., an insider) or as an outsider to that culture. Contributors address the problems researchers...
by James McRae, Renee Kohler-Ryan, Sydney Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
Ang Lee (b. 1954) has emerged as one of cinema's most versatile, critically acclaimed, and popular directors. Known for his ability to transcend cultural and stylistic boundaries, Lee has built a diverse oeuvre that includes films about culture clashes and globalization ( Eat Drink Man Woman, 1994,...
Strong Enough to Last
Building Spiritual Depth into Our Kids
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
The Barna group recently released shocking statistics: Less than half of born-again teenagers (44 percent) say they are absolutely committed to the Christian faith. Only one in every three teens (33 percent) say they are likely to continue to participate in church life once they are living on their...
Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community
Everything I Know about Relationships I Learned from Television
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community analyzes how television narratives form the first decade of the twenty-first century are powerful socializing agents which both define and limit the types of acceptable interpersonal relationships between co-workers, friends, romantic partners, family members,...
Charlotte, NC
The Global Evolution of a New South City
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
The rapid evolution of Charlotte, North Carolina, from “regional backwater” to globally ascendant city provides stark contrasts of then and now. Once a regional manufacturing and textile center, Charlotte stands today as one of the nation’s premier banking and financial cores with interests...
The Bible Alone?
Is The Bible Alone Sufficient?
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
The Bible Alone? presents a competing look at the biblical roots, historical precedent, and logic behind using only the Bible as an infallible source of truth. This short book affirms the importance of Scripture as a divinely given foundation for our faith and also encourages the reader to consider the...
THE SPELL HAS BEGUN: 550+ Supernatural Mysteries, Macabre & Horror Classics
Black Magic, Sweeney Todd, The Vampyre, Dracula, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Tell-Tale Heart, A Haunted Island, Northanger Abbey, The Horla, The Willows…
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018
This meticulously edited horror collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Mortal Immortal… John William Polidori: The Vampyre Bram Stoker: Dracula The Jewel of Seven Stars… Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera Marjorie...
A Peaceable Hope
Contesting Violent Eschatology in New Testament Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
In the New Testament texts, there is significant tension between Jesus's nonviolent mission and message and the apparent violence attributed to God and God's agents at the anticipated end. David Neville challenges the ready association between New Testament eschatology and retributive vengeance on...
Strangers at the Bedside
A History of How Law and Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
David Rothman gives us a brilliant, finely etched study of medical practice today. Beginning in the mid-1960s, the practice of medicine in the United States underwent a most remarkable--and thoroughly controversial--transformation. The discretion that the profession once enjoyed has been increasingly...