Nathan: 1413 books

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Riding for the Lone Star

Frontier Cavalry and the Texas Way of War, 1822-1865

by Nathan A. Jennings
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016

The idea of Texas was forged in the crucible of frontier warfare between 1822 and 1865, when Anglo-Americans adapted to mounted combat north of the Rio Grande. This cavalry-centric arena, which had long been the domain of Plains Indians and the Spanish Empire, compelled an adaptive martial tradition...
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Who Are We Now?

Interpreting the Pew Study on Jewish Identity in America Today

by The Jewish Daily Forward, Jane Eisner, Josh Nathan-Kazis
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013

Who is a Jew in 21st century America? Is membership in “the tribe” defined by shared religious beliefs? Common ethnic backgrounds? Familiar holiday practices? Similar tastes in culture and cuisine? And what do the widely varying answers to those questions mean for the future of the American...
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Reality Mining

Using Big Data to Engineer a Better World

by Nathan Eagle, Kate Greene
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014

A look at how Big Data can be put to positive use, from helping users break bad habits to tracking the global spread of disease. Big Data is made up of lots of little data: numbers entered into cell phones, addresses entered into GPS devices, visits to websites, online purchases, ATM transactions,...
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Hitler's Compromises

Coercion and Consensus in Nazi Germany

by Nathan Stoltzfus
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016

History has focused on Hitler’s use of charisma and terror, asserting that the dictator made few concessions to maintain power. Nathan Stoltzfus, the award-winning author of Resistance of Heart: Intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest in Germany, challenges this notion, assessing the surprisingly...
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Citizen Sailors

Becoming American in the Age of Revolution

by Nathan Perl-Rosenthal
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015

After 1776, Americans struggled to gain recognition of their new republic and their rights as citizens. None had to fight harder than the nation’s seamen, whose labor took them deep into the Atlantic world. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal tells the story of how their efforts created the first national, racially inclusive model of U.S. citizenship.
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Agenda Setting in the U.S. Senate

Costly Consideration and Majority Party Advantage

by Chris Den Hartog, Nathan W. Monroe
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011

Proposes a new theory of Senate agenda setting that reconciles a divide in literature between the conventional wisdom – in which party power is thought to be mostly undermined by Senate procedures and norms – and the apparent partisan bias in Senate decisions noted in recent empirical studies....
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by Nathan Ferrari
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2018

This is your step-by-step and proven guide that will demonstrate everything that you need to know about talking to people and improving your daily life. This handy manual will instruct you the ins and outs of effective communication. Discover: What communication is really all about What...
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Net Loss

Internet Prophets, Private Profits, and the Costs to Community

by Nathan Newman
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2002

How has the Internet been changing our lives, and how did these changes come about? Nathan Newman seeks the answers to these questions by studying the emergence of the Internet economy in Silicon Valley and the transformation of power relations it has brought about in our new information age. Net...
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Community of Insecurity

SADC's Struggle for Peace and Security in Southern Africa

by Laurie Nathan
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016

Exploring the formation, evolution and effectiveness of the regional security arrangements of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Nathan examines a number of vital and troubling questions: * why has SADC struggled to establish a viable security regime? * why has it been unable to engage...
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Society Explained

An Introduction to Sociology

by Nathan Rousseau
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014

Society Explained introduces students to key concepts in sociology through engaging narrative examples. After an overview of the history of sociology, the book walks readers through subjects that include individualism; culture; socialization and imagination; values, money, and politics; marriage and...
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How to amputate a leg

and other ways to stay out of trouble

by Nathan Mullins
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009

I remember the advertisement to join the Army. It asked for guys who were fit, committed, tough, volunteer parachutists, comfortable in the ocean, and mature. As a surfer, that sounded like me - except for the mature bit. Nathan Mullins is an ex-cop, ex-soldier, ex-security consultant and an...
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by Nathan Strange
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018

Whether you are looking for a weekend hike in the woods, a family outing, or great locations to study the local flora and fauna, Indiana state parks provide something for everyone. Visiting 24 state parks in Indiana, Nathan Strange and Matt Williams describe and photograph the features that make each...
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Nick Drake

Dreaming England

by Nathan Wiseman-Trowse
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013

 Since his death in 1974 at the age of twenty-six, singer-songwriter Nick Drake has gained a huge international audience and come to be thought of as the epitome of English romanticism. But while his small body of work has evoked poetic comparisons with Blake and Keats, closer inspection of Drake’s...
Book cover of The Hill of Venus
by Nathan Gallizier
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016

Milan-born author Nathan Gallizier brings the enchantment and intrigue of early medieval Italy to vivid life in his classic romance novel The Hill of Venus, set in the year 1266. Lovers Francesco and Ilaria want nothing more than to spend their lives together -- but seemingly insurmountable circumstances stand in the way.
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