L Richard: 579 books
Glöckchen, Gift und Gänsebraten
Weihnachtskrimis von Rügen bis ins Zillertal
Language: German
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Von drauß' vom Walde komm ich her – Ich muss euch sagen, gemordet wird sehr! In der besinnlichen Adventszeit wird quer durch Deutschland geplündert, gemeuchelt und verscharrt. 24 namhafte Regiokrimi-Autoren packen die Rute aus, bis der Christbaum die Nadeln verliert. Und dabei segnen nicht nur Gänse und Karpfen das Zeitliche …
by Richard Fumerton, Laurence Bonjour, John L. Pollock
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2000
The contributions in this volume make an important effort to resurrect a rather old fashioned form of foundationalism. They defend the position that there are some beliefs that are justified, and are not themselves justified by any further beliefs. This Epistemic foundationalism has been the subject...
by Annie Graeme Larkin, Douglas L. Graeme, Richard W. Graeme IV
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Before Bisbee became a bustling mining camp, it was a haven to Native Americans for centuries. However, their presence brought the intrusion of army scouts and prospectors into the Mule Mountains. The coincidental discovery of vast mineral wealth at the future site of Bisbee permanently affixed the...
Congress and Harry S. Truma
A Conflicted Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This collection of essays examines President Truman’s somewhat contentious relationships with Congress. Authors evaluate Truman’s successes and defeats and measure him against later presidents of the United States. While the Truman era has been perceived as a stalemate between the executive and...
Commonplace Commitments
Thinking through the Legacy of Joseph P. Fell
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Joseph P. Fell proposes that the solution to the problem of nihilism is found in the common experience of persons and the everyday commitments that one makes to people, practices, and institutions. In his landmark 1979 book Heidegger and Sartre, and in his subsequent essays, Fell describes a quiet...
by Richard L. Mabry
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
When Dr. Mark Baker and Nurse Kelly Atkinson are held at the mercy of a dangerous gunman, the lives of every emergency room patient are at stake. At the end of the evening three men are dead. One of them is a police officer who couldn't be saved despite Mark's best efforts. The other two are members...
Gender and Elections
Shaping the Future of American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
The updated edition of this book describes the role of gender in the American electoral process through the 2008 elections. It strikes a balance between highlighting the most important developments for women as voters and candidates in the 2008 elections and providing a deeper analysis of the ways...
Moral Maturity
Measuring the Development of Sociomoral Reflection
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
The traditional production measure of moral judgment has been the Moral Judgment Interview (MJI), which uses hypothetical moral dilemmas to elicit moral judgment. However, the MJI dilemmas have been criticized as artificial and may not be entirely appropriate for children, certain cultures, and practical...
Breakthrough: The Gorlice-Tarnow Campaign, 1915
The Gorlice-Tarnow Campaign, 1915
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2010
An expert on German military history offers the first extensive, English-language study of one of the critical campaigns of World War I.
• Maps showing various phases of the campaign
• Photographs of major figures involved in the campaign and of the German troops in the operation
•...
The Winds of Change
A Novel About the Last 14 Months of the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2007
A gripping historical novel, The Winds of Change encompasses the last fourteen months of the American Civil War. Beginning in March of 1864, President Abraham Lincoln meets Ulysses S. Grant, who explains to Lincoln his strategy of attacking the South at all points simultaneously, thereby preventing...
Good Judgment in Foreign Policy
Theory and Application
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2002
At the heart of political leadership lies choice. And at the heart of choice lies judgment. A leader's psychology and experience intersect with political realities to produce consequences that can make or break a leader—or a country. Nowhere is judgment more important than in the making of foreign...
by Richard L. DiNardo
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Published during the centennial of the events it considers, this book provides a comprehensive examination of one of the most interesting and influential campaigns of World War I, a campaign that was the apex of mobile warfare at the time. By the late summer of 1915, the Russian threat to Austria-Hungary...
by Daniel J. Hughes, Richard L. DiNardo
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
An in-depth, finely detailed portrait of the German Army from its greatest victory in 1871 to its final collapse in 1918, this volume offers the most comprehensive account ever given of one of the critical pillars of the German Empire—and a chief architect of the military and political realities...
10 Common Core Essentials: Nonfiction
Selections from New and Classic Books for the English Language Arts Standards for Middle and High School
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
The excerpts featured in this free sampler come from some of our most popular nonfiction books for middle and high school classrooms—making them ideal choices to meet the new Common Core Standards for the English Language Arts. From the primary documents of The American Reader to The Boy Who Harnessed...