Thomas F : 389 books
On Running and Becoming Human
An Anthropological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
How does the simple act of running make us human? As a form of enskilled movement that shapes how we perceive our surroundings, running enacts a mindful bodily engagement with the world, an engagement that generates our very minds through perceptual learning. Thomas F. Carter examines the interrelated...
Truth-Spots
How Places Make People Believe
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
We may not realize it, but truth and place are inextricably linked. For ancient Greeks, temples and statues clustered on the side of Mount Parnassus affirmed their belief that predictions from the oracle at Delphi were accurate. The trust we have in Thoreau’s wisdom depends in part on how skillfully...
by Very Revd Thomas F. Torrance
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018
In this sequel to Space, Time and Incarnation, Thomas F. Torrance sets out the biblical approach to the Resurrection in terms of the intrinsic significance of the resurrected one, Jesus; and demonstrates that the Resurrection is entirely consistent with who Jesus was and what he did. The Resurrection...
by Dr O. Huguenin-Elie, Dr L. Delaby, Dr K. Klumpp
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018
Assesses latest research on how grasslands function
Surveys best practice in sustainable grassland management
Considers wider aspects of sustainability such as ecosystem services and biodiversity
Seamless Learning
Eine Feldstudie über den Einsatz von problembasierten Lernvideos in einem offenen Mathematikunterricht
Language: German
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Ziel der Feldstudie war es, den Einsatz einer offenen und technologiegestützten Lernform im Mathematikunterricht einer fünften Schulstufe eines Gymnasiums zu evaluieren. Hierfür wurden insgesamt 21 problembasierte Lernvideos und ein spezieller Feedbackmodus („Sterne“) entwickelt. Die Lernform...
Never Fear - The Apocalypse
Never Fear
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
*Apocalypse-definition: the complete final destruction of the world, especially as described from the Book of Revelation in The Bible; an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic level. *
Eighteen bestselling and award-winning authors have contributed their visions...
Dancing Revelations
Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2004
In the early 1960s, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was a small, multi-racial company of dancers that performed the works of its founding choreographer and other emerging artists. By the late 1960s, the company had become a well-known African American artistic group closely tied to the Civil...
Venice
A New History
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
An extraordinary chronicle of Venice, its people, and its grandeur
Thomas Madden’s majestic, sprawling history of Venice is the first full portrait of the city in English in almost thirty years. Using long-buried archival material and a wealth of newly translated documents, Madden weaves...
Istanbul
City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
For more than two millennia Istanbul has stood at the crossroads of the world, perched at the very tip of Europe, gazing across at the shores of Asia. The history of this city—known as Byzantium, then Constantinople, now Istanbul—is at once glorious, outsized, and astounding. Founded by the Greeks,...
by Thomas F. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
“Traces the ways that Cuban poets dealt with issues of national identity, reflected in their views of Afrocubanismo, often in response to historical changes in public and official opinions on the most visual manifestation of Afro-Cuban culture: carnival.”—Choice “Uncovers a wealth of literary...
by Thomas F. Homer-Dixon
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
The Earth's human population is expected to pass eight billion by the year 2025, while rapid growth in the global economy will spur ever increasing demands for natural resources. The world will consequently face growing scarcities of such vital renewable resources as cropland, fresh water, and forests....
Patent Wars
How Patents Impact Our Daily Lives
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Patents are ubiquitous in contemporary life. Practically everything we use incorporates one or more patented inventions, and recent years have witnessed epic disputes over such matters as the patenting of human genes, the control of smartphone design and technology, the marketing of patented drugs,...
Borderlands, Volume One
- The Anthology of Weird Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2018
It’s hard to believe, but this anthology first appeared 28 years ago. In re-reading the stories in this gathering of the weirdest tales, I am also reminded of how strikingly fresh and original the material remains.
As its title implies, Borderlands contains fiction that resides out there...
by Thomas F. Monteleone
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2014
Youthful, charismatic, ruthless, Senator Thomas Flanagan always knew he was destined for greatness. Then his jetliner goes down over the Florida Everglades, and his astonishing gift for healing reveals itself. With the mere touch of his hand, Flanagan raises from the dead his best friend, a young cancer...