Kenneth W : 160 books

A creative fun story of friendship from the perspective of a marble. Witness a special friendship through the eyes of a marble. If you've ever played with marbles, you know how beautiful they can be. Aggie is a very special marble, thrown into an adventure where a story of friendship, caring,...

Double-shot of kid rhyming stories about allergies and dealing with the loss of a pet. Hardy suffers from allergies yet he doesn't know what makes him sneeze so often. His allergies define him, and affect his life in ways one could only imagine. Join Hardy in this short animated tale and discover...

Fun animated story about the consequences of eating fast food and a quick and easy cookbook for kids. This book starts with the story of Percy, a vampire who only wishes to fill his needs at the local Blood Baron, which is a fast food restaurant for his kind. When he can't seem to get his fill,...

Dry humor apocalyptic stories for the sarcastic kid in the family. Unique characters of the undead designed to entertain the young. What sort of trouble could four very different zombies get into? Check out the dry humor filled tales of Bruiser, Glutton, Varmint, and Prim. See how their personalities...

This story of a remarkable people, the Black Seminoles, and their charismatic leader, Chief John Horse, chronicles their heroic struggle for freedom. Beginning with the early 1800s, small groups of fugitive slaves living in Florida joined the Seminole Indians (an association that thrived for...

After the feverish mobilization of secession had faded, why did Southern men join the Confederate army? Kenneth Noe examines the motives and subsequent performance of "later enlisters." He offers a nuanced view of men who have often been cast as less patriotic and less committed to the cause,...

What motivates people to do their best work in any endeavor they undertake? Management theory and practice has traditionally focused on elements that Kenneth Thomas calls 'extrinsic motivators': pay, benefits, status, bonuses, commissions, pension plans, expense budgets, and the like. While these...

The history of South Texas is more racially and ethnically complex than many people realize. As a border area, South Texas has experienced some especially interesting forms of racial and ethnic intersection, influenced by the relatively small number of blacks (especially in certain counties), the...

Voice teachers have been addressing vocal acoustics in some manner for as long as there has been voice instruction. Given the history of excellence in singing, singers, and teachers, the historic empirical approach clearly has had success. However, our scientific knowledge about and understanding...

IN THE NEWSQ&A: Kenneth Ford on Textbooks, Popularizations, and Scientific SecrecyPhysics Today, June 2017 This reissued version of the classic text Basic Physics will help teachers at both the high-school and college levels gain new insights into, and deeper understanding...

Classroom-tested over many years and filled with fresh examples, Essential Demographic Methods is tailored to beginners, advanced students, and researchers. Award-winning teacher and eminent demographer Kenneth Wachter draws on themes from the individual lifecourse, history, and global change to bring out the wider appeal of demography.

Il senso comune ci dice che la materia non svanisce nel nulla, che una particella e un’onda sono entità molto diverse e che una conoscenza sufficientemente accurata conduce a buone predizioni. Eppure, quando usciamo dall’ambito dell’esperienza quotidiana, per addentrarci nel mondo della fisica...

The docks and alleys of Philadelphia's riverward neighborhoods teem with forgotten stories and strange histories. In the overlooked corners of Kensington and Fishtown are the launching of the Industrial Revolution, the bizarre double suicide of the Rusk twins and the violent Cramp Shipyard strike. With...

Take a romantic stroll into stories of riendship, love, romance, adventure even two ghost stories!