Oliver: 3228 books
Not In Your Genes
The real reasons children are like their parents
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Professor Robert Plomin, the world’s leading geneticist, said in 2014 of his search for genes that explain differences in our psychology: ‘I have been looking for these genes for fifteen years. I don’t have any’.
Using a mixture of famous and ordinary people, Oliver James drills deep...
Taking Back Eden
Eight Environmental Cases that Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Taking Back Eden is the gripping tale of an idea—that ordinary people have the right to go to court to defend their environment—told through the stories of lawsuits brought in eight countries around the world. Starting in the United States in the l960’s, this idea is now traveling the planet,...
Keep It Simple Golf - Constructive Practice
Keep it Simple Golf, #9
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2017
Constructive Practice - mindless practice is destructive. Learn how to practice to get permanent positive results.
My eleven KEEP IT SIMPLE GOLF booklets explain the basics of the golf swing and how they affect the golf ball and influence its behaviour. Golf is all about spinning the golf ball....
Self, World, and Time
Volume 1: Ethics as Theology: An Induction
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
Self, World, and Time takes up the question of the form and matter of Christian ethics as an intellectual discipline. What is it about? How does Christian ethics relate to the humanities, especially philosophy, theology, and behavioral studies? How does its shape correspond to the shape of practical...
Finding and Seeking
Ethics as Theology, vol. 2
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
This is the second of three volumes in Oliver O’Donovan’s masterful “Ethics as Theology” project. In his first volume -- Self, World, and Time -- O’Donovan discusses Christian ethics as an intellectual discipline in relation to the humanities, especially philosophy, theology, and behavioral...
Keep it Simple Golf - Playing a Fade or a Draw
Keep it Simple Golf, #7
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2017
Playing a Fade or a Draw - by understanding how to impart spin to the golf ball you can control the ball instead of it controlling you.
My eleven KEEP IT SIMPLE GOLF booklets explain the basics of the golf swing and how they affect the golf ball and influence its behaviour. Golf is all about...
by Oliver Leaman
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
This book helps to deepen our understanding of the varieties of contemporary Islam and the issues that are of most concern to Muslims today. Oliver Leaman explores some of the controversies and debates that exist within Islam and between Islam and other religions. He considers how the religion can...
by Dr Simon Oliver
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
This addition to our popular Guides for the Perplexed series tackles a subject that is enjoying renewed debate: Christianity, along with Judaism and Islam, claims that the universe is not a brute fact. It is 'created'. But what do we mean by 'creation'? Do we mean that the universe is 'designed'?...
by Chadwick Dearing Oliver, Fatma Arf Oliver
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
In the past few decades, sustainability of natural resources and the social and environmental issues that surround them have become increasingly topical. This multidisciplinary book discusses the complex relationships between society, natural resources and the environment. Major resources including...
The Planet Remade
How Geoengineering Could Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
The risks of global warming are pressing and potentially vast. The difficulty of doing without fossil fuels is daunting, possibly even insurmountable. So there is an urgent need to rethink our responses to the crisis. To meet that need, a small but increasingly influential group of scientists is exploring...
Mapping Mars
Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2002
Who are the extraordinary individuals that will take us on the next great space race, the next great human endeavor, our exploration and colonization of the planet Mars? And more importantly, how are they doing it? Acclaimed science writer Oliver Morton explores the peculiar and fascinating world...
The Common Law
With Linked Table of Contents
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
The Common Law is a book about common law in the United states, including torts, property, contracts and crime, written by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. This classic is a must read for anyone wishing to understand American Common Law from an historical perspective. Simply one of the most important books ever written on American Law.
Civil Rights and Beyond
African American and Latino/a Activism in the Twentieth-Century United States
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Civil Rights and Beyond examines the dynamic relationships between African American and Latino/a activists in the United States from the 1930s to the present day. Building on recent scholarship, this book pushes the timeframe for the study of interactions between blacks and a variety of Latino/a groups...
The Commonwealth Games
Extraordinary Stories behind the Medals
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
How well do you know the Friendly Games?
Sports journalist Brian Oliver brings the Commonwealth Games to life with riveting stories of the athletes who have competed over the years. He delves into the best tales of the past and interviews the key protagonists to unveil the highs and lows of this idiosyncratic...