Jacob: 2030 books
Islamist Rhetoric
Language and Culture in Contemporary Egypt
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Islamism in Egypt is more diversified in terms of its sociology and ideology than is usually assumed. Through linguistic analysis of Islamist rhetoric, this book sheds light upon attitudes towards other Muslims, religious authority and secular society.
Examining the rhetoric of three central...
Upside Down Daily Readings
A Different Way to Live
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
The Sermon on the Mount calls us to a radically different way of life; one that is contrary to the world around us. Upside Down is a church-wide devotional/study book with an accompanying toolkit with all your need to create and customize a four-week, topical sermon series that fits your congregation....
by Jacob T. Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Concise undergraduate text focuses on problem solving, rather than elaborate proofs. The first three chapters present the basics of matrices, including addition, multiplication, and division. In later chapters the author introduces vectors and shows how to use vectors and matrices to solve systems of linear equations. 1961 edition. 20 black-and-white illustrations.
by Jacob Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Loving Large is a four week series that seeks to move people to action in their Christian faith. In a world that seems to run on money, greed, oil, power, etc., what would our world look like if it ran on the love of God? How can we infuse this world-changing love into our community and world? The...
What's So Funny About Faith: A Memoir from the Intersection of Hilarious and Holy
A Memoir from the Intersection of Hilarious and Holy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Do you ever feel as if your passion for pop culture and faith might be at odds? Do you ever wonder how your desire to be a part of present-day culture and your longing to grow spiritually can be reconciled? Thirty-something Jake Martin, a professional comedian who also just happens to be a Jesuit, believes...
by Patricia Cohen, Jacob Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Arising from the Cohens' work on the epidemiology of childhood psychopathology, this book explores the two aspects of motivational structure--ideas and values--that underlie the development of maladaptive functioning and symptoms. The first aspect is a measure of what children admire in their peers;...
by Jacob Salzer, Haiku Nook
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Yanty's Butterfly is an international haiku anthology dedicated to Yanty Tjiam (1981-2015), and her family. Yanty was a haiku poet who passed away in 2015. She was a beloved member of our Haiku Nook community on Google+. In honor of Yanty, 20 poets from Canada, the U.K., Germany, Persia, Sri Lanka,...
Child Security in Asia
The Impact of Armed Conflict in Cambodia and Myanmar
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Millions of children around the world are affected by conflict, and the enduring aftermath of war in post-conflict societies. This book reflects on the implications of children’s insecurity for governments and the international humanitarian community by drawing on original field research in post-conflict...
The Baseball Starter
A Handbook for Coaching Children and Teens
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2010
With an emphasis on instilling a love for the game, this handbook instructs parents and coaches on teaching the basics of baseball to young players. More than 80 photos demonstrate the proper techniques for hitting, fielding, and pitching, and appendices of games and drills reinforce the lessons in...
Presidential Swing States
Why Only Ten Matter
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
The 2016 presidential race is arguably already over in 40 states and the District of Columbia. If recent presidential election trends are any indication of what will happen in 2016, Democrats in Texas and Republicans in New York might as well stay home on election day because their votes will matter...
The U.S.-China Military Scorecard
Forces, Geography, and the Evolving Balance of Power, 1996–2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
A RAND study analyzed Chinese and U.S. military capabilities in two scenarios (Taiwan and the Spratly Islands) from 1996 to 2017, finding that trends in most, but not all, areas run strongly against the United States. While U.S. aggregate power remains greater than China’s, distance and geography...
Invisible China
A Journey Through Ethnic Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Traveling more than 14,000 miles by bus and train to the farthest reaches of China, the authors of this narrative explore the minority peoples who dwell there, talking to farmers in their fields, monks in their monasteries, fishermen on their skiffs, and herders on the steppe. Closely observing daily...
In Love in New York
A Guide to the Most Romantic Destinations in the Greatest City in the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
New York is a city for lovers: In Love in New York guides the reader to the most romantic sights and destinations the city has to offer. Whether you want to watch the sun rise over the East River like Woody and Diane or enjoy a Cary Grant/Deborah Kerr moment at the top of the Empire State Building,...
by Jacob Z. Flores
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Truman L. Cobbler has not had an easy life. It’s bad enough people say he looks like Donkey from Shrek, but he’s also suffered the death of his policeman father and his mother’s remarriage to a professional swindler, who cost them everything. Now dirt poor, they live in the barrio of San Antonio,...