Nathan: 1413 books
Riding for the Lone Star
Frontier Cavalry and the Texas Way of War, 1822-1865
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...
Who Are We Now?
Interpreting the Pew Study on Jewish Identity in America Today
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...
Reality Mining
Using Big Data to Engineer a Better World
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,...
Hitler's Compromises
Coercion and Consensus in Nazi Germany
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...
Citizen Sailors
Becoming American in the Age of Revolution
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.
Agenda Setting in the U.S. Senate
Costly Consideration and Majority Party Advantage
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....
by Nathan Ferrari
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2018
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...
Net Loss
Internet Prophets, Private Profits, and the Costs to Community
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...
Community of Insecurity
SADC's Struggle for Peace and Security in Southern Africa
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...
Society Explained
An Introduction to Sociology
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...
How to amputate a leg
and other ways to stay out of trouble
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...
by Nathan Strange
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
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...
Nick Drake
Dreaming England
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...
by Nathan Gallizier
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
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.