Ken: 3136 books
Ranch Tales
Stories from the Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
An entertaining, fast-paced look at early ranching in British Columbia.
Frontier historian Ken Mather is known for his fascinating, in-depth profiles of the men and women who established a distinctive ranching culture in Western Canada over a hundred years ago. Now, in this concise collection...
Destroyer Squadron 23
Combat Exploits of Arleigh Burke's Gallant Force
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Called one of the most inspiring stories to come out of World War II when first published in 1959, this epic account of Arleigh Burke's legendary Destroyer Squadron 23 is much more than a story of ships and their tactical deployment. It is a story of men in action--some four thousand of them--and...
Education in Britain
1944 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
In the decades after 1944 the four nations of Britain shared a common educational programme. By 2015, this programme had fragmented: the patterns of schooling and higher education in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England resembled each other less and less. This new edition of the popular Education...
Experiencing the Truth
Bringing the Reformation to the African-American Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2008
Experiencing the Truth communicates the need of a vibrant, experiential, Reformed Christianity among African-Americans and all believers.
How does a believer choose a church to attend? Sadly too many Christians search for churches that serve them and meet their perceived needs. Instead they...
Beyond Mindfulness
Living Life Through Everyday Zen
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2015
Zen Buddhist teachings and writings of the late Ken Jones
On the Clock
The Story of the NFL Draft
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The NFL draft features no action on the field. No passing, running, tackling, or kicking. Hey, there isn't even a field. Yet the draft has become more popular than many other sporting events, including the NBA and NHL playoff games, against which it goes head-to-head for viewers. In fact, the draft...
by Ken Booth
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
Ken Booth’s study, first published in 1979, investigates the way in which cultural distortions have affected the theory and execution of strategy. Its aim is to illustrate the importance of ethnocentrism in all areas of the subject, to follow through its implications and to suggest approaches to...
Encounters with Flying Humanoids
Mothman, Manbirds, Gargoyles & Other Winged Beasts
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The fascinating stories of flying humanoids from around the world
A strange creature with gigantic, blood-red embers for eyes crept out of the dark in West Virginia. Dozens of witnesses reported seeing the winged beast—later identified as the Mothman—take flight, chasing cars at speeds...
Off-Season
Discovering America on Winter's Shore
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010
No Longer the Forgotten Season
Just after Labor Day, Ken McAlpine said good-bye to his family and began a drive up the East Coast, from Florida to Maine, on a one-man quest to capture the elusive “forgotten season” of beach towns shuttered until the return of warm weather. Off-Season is...
Being Red
A Politics for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2016
In Being Red, Ken Livingstone serves up an account of the Labour Party and its future, at a pivotal moment in its history. Having worked most of his life within the party in various leading roles; as the head of the Greater London Council, as Member of Parliament and as Mayor of London, Livingstone...
Time of Grace
Thoughts on Nature, Family, and the Politics of Crime and Punishment
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
“I hole up in my own cozy cubicle and write, considering ways to make the approaching Thanksgiving holiday not just another day in this place. In prison, hope faces east; time is measured in wake-ups.”
Time of Grace is a remarkable book, written with great eloquence by a former science...
by Ken Pearce
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2010
Throughout most of its history, Cowley has been a small country village just two miles south of the market town of Uxbridge. Its origins are in the Saxon period, and St Laurence church is mentioned in the Domesday Book. However, in 1901 the population was only 214. The opening of a railway station...
by Ken Hutchinson
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Wallsend Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of Wallsend, the famous streets and the famous faces, and what they meant to the people of Wallsend throughout the 19th and into the 20th Century....
by Ken MacLeod
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
This book provides undergraduate and postgraduate students with an accessible and comprehensive overview of the fascinating area of cardiac electrophysiology. Using plain language and well-designed illustrations, it attempts to overcome the preconceptions of the subject as difficult to approach, given...