J N: 999 books
by N.J. Walters
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Darius Varkas is a drakon. He's neither human nor dragon.
He's both.
He's also the target of an ancient order who want to capture all drakons for their blood. When fresh, a drakon's blood can cure any illness and prolong a human's life, and the Knights will stop at nothing to get it.
When...
On Jean Améry
Philosophy of Catastrophe
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
On Jean Améry provides a comprehensive discussion of one of the most challenging and complex post-Holocaust thinkers, Jean Améry (1912-1978), a Jewish-Austrian-Belgian essayist, journalist and literary author. In the English-speaking world Améry is known for his poignant publication, At the Mind's...
by John E. Prussing, James M Longuski, José J. Guzmán
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Want to know not just what makes rockets go up but how to do it optimally? Optimal control theory has become such an important field in aerospace engineering that no graduate student or practicing engineer can afford to be without a working knowledge of it. This is the first book that begins...
The Philosophical I
Personal Reflections on Life in Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2002
Philosophy is shaped by life and life is shaped by philosophy. This is reflected in The Philosophical I, a collection of 16 autobiographical essays by prominent philosophers. Candid and philosophically insightful, these personal narratives critically call into question the belief that philosophy should...
The Edcamp Model
Powering Up Professional Learning
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Exciting professional development that works!
Discover Edcamp, a model of professional development that’s never one- size-fits-all—and always productive. In Edcamp, “unconference” participants create the agenda and lead the sessions, drawing on their individual expertise, and engage...
by Jón Gnarr
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Active online presence: already participated in two Reddit AMAs in January 2014 and December 2012.
Appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson in August 2014.
Participated in the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival in Austin, Texas in August 2014; more stand-up comedy performances and filmed television...
Hot Apple Cider
Words to Stir the Heart and Warm the Soul – Stories of Hope and Encouragement
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
A heart-warming collection of inspiring personal experience articles, short stories, and poems by 30 Canadian writers whose work is distinguished by honesty and vulnerability, combined with hope. Winner of three The Word Awards and two Awards of Merit. Winner of the Church Library Association of Ontario...
by N. J. Notjohn
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
**The self-publisher's bible! **In this clear and entertaining ten-step guide, a prolific American author tells how he formats his books using free software for upload to the world's leading sellers of digital content. "Most beginners write their books in Word or Open Office," he says....
The Meaning of Jesus
Two Visions
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
Was Jesus born of a virgin? Did he know he was the Messiah? Was he bodily resurrected from the dead? Did he intentionally die to redeem humankind? Was Jesus God? Two leading Jesus scholars with widely divergent views go right to the heart of these questions and others, presenting the opposing visions of Jesus that shape our faith today.
Empty Chair, The
Handling Grief on Holidays and Special Occasions
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
Losing a loved one--whether a spouse, parent, child, sibling, or friend--leaves people feeling overwhelmed and hopeless. Holidays and other special occasions seem to intensify the pain. Whether the occasion is Christmas or Easter, a birthday or anniversary, these celebrations force the bereaved to...
The Weimar Moment
Liberalism, Political Theology, and Law
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2012
The Weimar Moment’s evocative assault on closure and political reaction, its offering of democracy against the politics of narrow self-interest cloaked in nationalist appeals to Volk and “community” – or, as would be the case in Nazi Germany, “race” – cannot but appeal to us today. This...
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
Since Theodor Geisel published his first children's book in 1937 under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss, children and adults alike have been captivated by the charming and laconic tales of whimsical characters and imaginative worlds. But Dr. Seuss' stories are more than just catchy poems; they often wrestle...
Modernity and Epistemology in Nineteenth-Century Spain
Fringe Discourses
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
The fraught tension between science and religion has loomed large in scholarship about the nineteenth century in Spain, especially given the prominence of the Catholic Church and the discoveries made by Wallace and Darwin. The struggle for epistemological superiority between these two discourses (science...
Vamireh
Roman des temps primitifs
Language: French
Release Date: February 6, 2015
Extrait : "C'était il y a vingt mille ans. Alors le pôle nord se tournait vers une étoile du Cygne. Sur les plaines de l'Europe le Mammouth allait s'éteindre, pendant que s'achevait l'émigration des grands fauves vers le pays de la Lumière, la fuite du renne vers le Septentrion..."