Melvin: 353 books
The Jewish Body
An Anatomical History of the Jewish People
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
A history of the Jewish people from bris to burial, from “muscle Jews” to nose jobs.
Melvin Konner, a renowned doctor and anthropologist, takes the measure of the “Jewish body,” considering sex, circumcision, menstruation, and even those most elusive and controversial of microscopic...
Bounce Back
How To Turn Failures And Mistakes Into A Stepping Stones For Success
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
Even the most successful people in the world are not exempt from failure.
**In fact, they have probably failed more times than the average person! Most of them have failed spectacularly and fallen flat on their faces. **
The truth is, successful people are people just like you and me. At one time,...
by Melvin Jones
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
No matter how bad your life seemed and no matter how much bad you had done in your life. As long as you have God in your life, he will forgive you and he will be there for you to give you a second chance... even possibly a second chance with your true love. Stay Tuned for the Next Episode deals with...
Beethoven in China: How the Great Composer Became an Icon in the People's Republic: Penguin Specials
Beethoven in China: How the Great Composer Became an Icon in the People's Republic: Penguin Specials
How the Great Composer Became an Icon in the People's Republic: Penguin Specials
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
At the turn of the twentieth century, students returning from abroad introduced Beethoven to China. The composer's perseverance in the face of adversity and his musical genius resonated in a nation searching for a way forward. Beethoven remained a durable part of Chinese life in the decades that followed,...
by Melvin Grigsby
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Almost more remarkable than having survived the horrors of the Confederate prison at Andersonville is the fact that Melvin Grigsby could 33 years later pen this often hilarious recounting of his experiences in the American Civil War. He does not shy away from descriptions of life as it was in Andersonville....
Manstein
Hitler's Greatest General
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Among students of military history, the genius of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein (1887–1973) is respected perhaps more than that of any other World War II soldier. He displayed his strategic brilliance in such campaigns as the invasion of Poland, the Blitzkrieg of France, the sieges of Sevastopol,...
by Sheila Melvin
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
The Secret to Business Success in China
As the Chinese market continues to open up in the West, the opportunities for you and your business are endless. But so are the opportunities for making the wrong move, saying the wrong thing and unknowingly jeopardizing your success in this market. In...
Voices in a Revolution
The Collapse of East German Communism
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Afeatured article in Die Zeit, the leading German weekly, begins with "Melvin, du hast gewonnen"--Mel, you have won! In his extraordinary account of the final days of the German Democratic Republic (DDR) we see the reckoning of a regime, and also the vindication of a life-long devotee of European...
Contested Conventions
The Struggle to Establish the Constitution and Save the Union, 1787–1789
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
There is perhaps no more critical juncture in American history than the years in which Americans drafted the federal Constitution, fiercely debated its merits and failings, and adopted it, albeit with reservations. In Contested Conventions, senior historian Melvin Yazawa examines the political and...
Antiwarriors
The Vietnam War and the Battle for America's Hearts and Minds
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
The antiDVietnam War movement marked the first time in American history that record numbers marched and protested to an antiwar tune_on college campuses, in neighborhoods, and in Washington. Although it did not create enough pressure on decision-makers to end U.S. involvement in the war, the movement's...
Whistleblower at the CIA
An Insiders Account of the Politics of Intelligence
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
As a former senior CIA analyst and author critiquing the inner workings of the US intelligence community, Melvin A. Goodman brings peerless authority, gravitas, and first-person source material to a subject that is of intense interest to those on all positions of the political spectrum: the failure...
Dissent and the Supreme Court
Its Role in the Court's History and the Nation's Constitutional Dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
From the admired judicial authority, author of Louis D. Brandeis (“Remarkable”—Anthony Lewis, The New York Review of Books; “Monumental”—Alan M. Dershowitz, The New York Times Book Review), Division and Discord, and Supreme Decisions—Melvin Urofsky’s major new book looks at the role...
Wheelchair Warrior
Gangs, Disability, and Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2008
Melvin Juette has said that becoming paralyzed in a gang-related shooting was “both the worst and best thing that happened” to him. The incident, he believes, surely spared the then sixteen year-old African American from prison and/or an early death. It transformed him in other ways, too. He attended...
Building Colonial Cities of God
Mendicant Orders and Urban Culture in New Spain
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
This book tracks New Spain's mendicant orders past their so-called golden age of missions into the ensuing centuries and demonstrates that they had equally crucial roles in what Melvin terms the "spiritual consolidation" of cities. Beginning in the late sixteenth century, cities became home...