List 57 of books by Samuel

Building a Better Brain

Where Nature Meets Nurture

by Samuel Barondes
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011

This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Making Sense of People: Decoding the Mysteries of Personality (9780132172608) by Samuel Barondes. Available in print and digital formats. How your brain builds itself, evolves, and develops the unique...

The Extraordinary Spirit of Green Chimneys

Connecting Children and Animals to Create Hope

by Samuel B. Ross Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011

Green Chimneys is a nationally renowned US nonprofit organization that helps improve the lives of at-risk urban children by incorporating animals and environmental activities into their educational experiences. Founded by Dr. Samuel (Rollo) B. Ross, Jr., “Green Chimneys Farm for Little Folk” opened...

Stop Blaming God and Examine Yourself

by Samuel L Sprewer II
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018

Stop Blaming God and Examine Yourself was a book that was penned in 2006 by Samuel L Sprewer II under the inspiration from the set-apart spirit. The fabrics of its lining deal with subjects that affect so many homes today such as broken marriages, broken homes, mismanagement of the home, but everything...

Songs of Sorrow

Lucy McKim Garrison and Slave Songs of the United States

by Samuel Charters
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2015

In the spring of 1862, Lucy McKim, the nineteen-year-old daughter of a Philadelphia abolitionist Quaker family, traveled with her father to the Sea Islands of South Carolina to aid him in his efforts to organize humanitarian aid for thousands of newly freed slaves. During her stay she heard the singing...

The Whale / A Bright New Boise

by Samuel D. Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014

Acclaimed for his gentle, complex characterizations, Samuel D. Hunter's bighearted and funny plays explore the quiet desperation running through many American lives. The Whale tells the story of a six hundred-pound shut-in's last chance at redemption and of discovering beauty in the most unexpected...

Work Smarter with Social Media

A Guide to Managing Evernote, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Your Email

by Alexandra Samuel
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015

From managing email to building a social media presence, making smart use of technology is essential to professional success in a digital world. But using all these tools can quickly lead to digital overload. In this comprehensive guide from social media expert Alexandra Samuel, you’ll find out...

Algebraic Theory of Numbers

Translated from the French by Allan J. Silberger

by Pierre Samuel
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013

Algebraic number theory introduces students not only to new algebraic notions but also to related concepts: groups, rings, fields, ideals, quotient rings and quotient fields, homomorphisms and isomorphisms, modules, and vector spaces. Author Pierre Samuel notes that students benefit from their studies...

Lives of the Engineers (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

George and Robert Stephenson

by Samuel Smiles
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011

British engineers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries constructed awe-inspiring public works, many used and appreciated to this day as much for the elegance of their design as for their function. Here, Samuel Smiles lauds the men—such as John Metcalf, Telford, and George Stephens—behind these...

Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico [Illustrated]

by Samuel Champlain, Norton Shaw, Editor
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked Index The narrative is highly interesting as exhibiting the state of some of the West India Islands two hundred and fifty years ago, many of them being then uninhabited by Europeans; and of...

Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro: His Anti-Slavery Labours in the United States, Canada, and England

by Samuel Ringgold Ward
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018

Samuel Ringgold Ward was born a slave but escaped and became a famous abolitionist. Heraklion Press has included a linked table of contents in this edition of Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro: His Anti-Slavery Labours in the United States, Canada, and England.

The Heart of the White Mountains, Their Legend and Scenery

by Samuel Adams Drake
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013

The Heart of the White Mountains, Their Legend and Scenery By Samuel Adams Drake

Those Paris Days: With The World At The Crossroads

by Dr. Samuel N. Watson
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014

In the volume the former Dean of the American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Paris Samuel N. Watson recounts his experiences across America and Europe in his many years in the priesthood. Perhaps of particular interest are his reminiscences of the First World War, from which period the book takes...

Thrift

by Samuel Smiles
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2018

Samuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904) was a Scottish author and government reformer who campaigned on a Chartist platform. But he concluded that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His masterpiece, Self-Help (1859), promoted thrift and claimed that poverty...

The Dynamics of Bureaucracy in the US Government

How Congress and Federal Agencies Process Information and Solve Problems

by Samuel Workman
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015

This book develops a new theoretical perspective on bureaucratic influence and congressional agenda setting based on limited attention and government information processing. Using a comprehensive new data set on regulatory policymaking across the entire federal bureaucracy, Samuel Workman develops...