James D : 1091 books
Prepare For Disaster
The One Book You Need To Plan For Emergencies
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Since 1946 the Guide Book of United States Coins has served collectors as the preeminent annual reference for coin specifications, mintages, values, and photographs. With more than 22 million copies in print, the Guide Book is well established as the hobby’s most popular reference. The Professional...
Our Scene is London
Ben Jonson's City and the Space of the Author
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2007
In this thought-provoking study Mardock looks at Ben Jonson's epigrams, prose, and verse satire in order to focus on Jonson's theatrical appropriations of London space both in and out of the playhouse. Through this critical analysis, the author argues that the strategies of authorial definition that...
Lyotard
Towards a Postmodern Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Jean-François Lyotard was one of the most influential European thinkers in recent decades. He was a leading participant in debates about post-modernism and the decline of Marxism, and he made important contributions to ethics, aesthetics and political philosophy.
In this authoritative introduction,...
101 Good Reasons to Believe
A Comprehensive Case for Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2018
This book presents a strong case for the Christian faith by using scientific evidence and philosophical reasoning. Although an abundance of Christian apologetic textbooks exist, most are not easily accessible because they offer long and scholarly treatments of subject matter that may not appeal to...
by James D. Horan
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
With never-before published contemporary photographs, facsimile documents and other illustrations...
The true story of the conspiracy that came close to destroying the Union from within, getting Illinois, Indiana and Ohio to join the Confederacy while New York City was in flames. Chicago was...
by James D. Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Exclusively focused on preparing candidates for the FRCR Part 1 anatomy viewing paper, this book enables them to practice questions that have the look and feel of the actual exam. Containing eight practice examinations, each with 20 cases which have been thoroughly reviewed and tested by radiology...
by Terence Grieder, James D. Farmer, David V. Hill
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Challuabamba (chī-wa-bamba)—now a developing suburb of Cuenca, the principal city in the southern highlands of Ecuador—has been known for a century as an ancient site that produced exceptionally fine pottery in great quantities. Suspecting that Challuabamban ceramics might provide a link between...
Lenin
The Practice and Theory of Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2001
A political and intellectual biographical study of Lenin which focuses on those aspects of his thought and political activities that had a bearing on the accession of the Bolsheviks to power in Russia in 1917 and the creation of the Soviet state. The book places Lenin in the context of his times and...
A Light in the Wilderness:
The Story of Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Southeast Florida Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Fort Jupiter and the "Military Trail" of garrisons forged in the wild to push the resourceful Seminole Indians deep into the Everglades. How the army built two camps on the Loxahatchee and tried to open the fickle Jupiter Inlet with shovels and rakes. The wreckers of Key West. How they provided the only...
by James D. Snyder
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2013
How did a small band of Jesus followers spring from Judaism and expand across the Roman world? What made the Jews rebel against Roman rule despite impossible odds? Why did Rome almost self-destruct just a few years after reaching the height of its glory? At last, history’s least understood era is revealed in this riveting epic.
by James D. Bratt
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
“Diversity” is not a new, foreign element in American life. It goes back to the earliest roots of the nation, when five distinct regions emerged along the Atlantic shore in the 17th century. This book explains how and why that happened, and with what consequences. Each region was marked by a different...
America Through a British Lens
Cinematic Portrayals 1930-2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
As the British watched their empire crumble and the United States became the dominant world power, many British films warned of the dangers posed by American culture. Americans were frequently portrayed as disconcertingly ambitious, reckless and irreverent. Yet the same films that depicted the U.S....
by Glen G. Scorgie, Simon Chan, Gordon T. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
In recent decades Christian spirituality, spiritual formation and spiritual theology have become important concepts in the global evangelical community. Consequently, an accessible and reliable academic resource is needed on these topics—one that will offer a discerning orientation to the wealth...
A Turning Point in Teacher Education
A Time for Resistance, Reflection, and Change
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2019
Since teacher education looked to become a formal field of study in the 1800s, it has historically contended with competing forces in the effort to solidify its professional identity. Currently, that contention is juxtaposed with those external forces that look to promote fast-track teacher training,...