Oliver: 3228 books

Introduction to Criminal Justice, Second Edition, provides you with balanced, comprehensive, and up-to-date coverage of all aspects of the criminal justice system. Authors Brian K. Payne, Willard M. Oliver, and Nancy E. Marion cover criminal justice from a student-centered perspective by identifying...

According to Wikipedia: "William Taylor Adams (July 30, 1822 March 27, 1897) was a noted academic, author, and Massachusetts state legislator. He was born in Medway, Massachusetts in 1822 to Captain Laban Adams and Catherine Johnson Adams. He became a teacher in the Boston, Massachusetts public schools...

A witty, authoritative, and often provocative guide to the use and abuse of the English language, by the London Times's lead grammar columnist.** Are standards of English alright—or should that be all right? To knowingly split an infinitive or not to? And what about ending a sentence...

Published in 1890, Over the Teacups is the last of Oliver Wendell Holmes’s fabled “table talk” books. A collection of charming and witty essays, written in the form of a novel, with Holmes’s characteristic engaging voice, this is a tour de force from Holmes, who was nearly eighty years old when he began composing these pieces.

FULFIL YOUR PHYSICAL DESIRES STRAIGHT FROM THE INFERNAL, THE OLD WAY IN THE OLIVER BOWES METHOD OF USING THE 16TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN BY A POPE WHO USED THE FORCES OF DARKNESS TO GET HIS OWN WAY, NEVER HAS SUCH POWER BEING TAKEN IN TO CONSIDERATION TO ACHIEVE YOUR DESIRE FROM A FEW HOURS TO...

A short note gives the context for each Sunday's scripture readings in the Roman Catholic Lectionary – who, why, and for whom.This volume contains notes for the Sundays and principal feasts in Year B from Trinity 2018 to Christ the King 2018.Similar volumes have been published...

Baviera, 1666. A vent’anni circa dalla fine della guerra dei Trent’anni, il flusso di pellegrini verso il celebre monastero bavarese di Andechs, rinomato per le sue antichissime reliquie miracolose, nonché per la sua birra capace di donare l’oblio, è il più intenso a memoria d’uomo. In...

America is in civic chaos, its politics rife with conspiracy theories and false information.  Nationalism and authoritarianism are on the rise, while scientists, universities, and news organizations are viewed with increasing mistrust. Its citizens reject scientific evidence on climate change and...

Bringing warring parties to the negotiating table is the aim of any peace process. But what happens when those negotiations falter and conflict resolution fails? Is everything lost or are there prospects for meaningful change in even the most intractable of conflicts? In this insightful book,...

As Oliver Richmond explains, there is a level to peacemaking that operates in the realm of dialogue, declarations, symbols and rituals. But after all this pomp and circumstance is where the reality of security, development, politics, economics, identity, and culture figure in; conflict, cooperation,...

The core of the book is Oliver's account of his research travels throughout tropical Africa from the 1940s to the 1980s; his efforts to train and foster African graduate students to teach in African universities; his role in establishing conferences and journals to bring together the work of historians...

Like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a fascinating voyage into a strange and wonderful land, a provocative meditation on communication, biology, adaptation, and culture. In Seeing Voices, Oliver Sacks turns his attention to the subject of deafness, and the result is a deeply felt portrait...

Leila Oliver White has celebrated 92 years of her life in Oregon. As the daughter of pioneers, she is well acquainted with the wilderness and wildlife that abounds in this rugged country. She lives by herself in the country with the help of good neighbors and close family. This third book records her memories and forays into the spiritual realm.

Give your children the greatest gift of all-pass on your faith. In Passing It On, Kara Lassen Oliver provides a practical guide to help parents, grandparents, and other concerned adults nurture their children's faith. For four weeks at a time, she offers easy-to-follow suggestions for families...