Thomas J : 1181 books
by Curtis L. Thompson, Matthew Drever, Erik Hanson
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
This volume is a continuation of our series exploring Saint Augustine’s influence on later thought, this time bringing the fifth century bishop into dialogue with 19th century philosopher, theologian, social critic, and originator of Existentialism, Soren Kierkegaard. The connections, contrasts,...
Owning and Managing Forests
A Guide to Legal, Financial, and Practical Matters
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Owning and Managing Forests is both an accessible overview of the privileges, rights, and obligations that accompany forest ownership and a guidebook to help active forest owners and managers use laws to their advantage and avoid the pitfalls of expensive and exhausting litigation. The book is a revised,...
Cities and Suburbs
New Metropolitan Realities in the US
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
This book is a systematic examination of the historical and current roles that cities and suburbs play in US metropolitan areas. It explores the history of cities and suburbs, their changing dynamics with each other, their growing diversity, the environmental consequences of their development and...
Serendipity
Seemingly Random Events, Insignificant Decisions, And Accidental Discoveries That Altered History
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
The world as we know it... would be radically different were it not for the role that accidents, chance, and pure luck have played throughout history. Each chapter of "Serendipity" sets a pivotal event in its historical context and raises the question of how chance may have changed our world on both a global and personal level in this fascinating mix of significant events and pop culture.
The Valtellina and UNESCO
Making a Global Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2012
Global in scope and transdisciplinary in method, this work examines the process through which local historic landscapes become global heritage sites. The Valtellina, a valley in the Italian Alps, is known for being unusually fertile for its elevation and latitude, and for the dry stone terraces on...
Homelessness in New York City
Policymaking from Koch to de Blasio
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
Can American cities respond effectively to pressing social problems? Or, as many scholars have claimed, are urban politics so mired in stasis, gridlock and bureaucratic paralysis that dramatic policy change is impossible? Homelessness in New York City tells the remarkable story of how America’s...
by Thomas J. Hanratty
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Presenting tools for understanding the behaviour of gas-liquid flows based on the ways large scale behaviour relates to small scale interactions, this text is ideal for engineers seeking to enhance the safety and efficiency of natural gas pipelines, water-cooled nuclear reactors, absorbers, distillation...
Living Racism
Through the Barrel of the Book
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Living Racism is based on the premise that race and racism are well-entrenched elements of US society. The contributors of this volume argue that race and racism are more than mere concepts; instead, they see and treat these as part of the fabric that constitutes and organizes everyday life. Consequently,...
by Thomas J. Cutler
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Most Americans know little about their Navy and learning about it can be daunting. But this informative yet highly accessible guide explains the sometimes strange ways of the U.S. Navy in terms civilians can understand. It addresses such things as the many titles military people have, the alphanumeric...
Ten Years of Wanderings Among the Ethiopians
With Sketches of the Manners and Customs of the Civilised and Uncivilised Tribes from Senegal to Gaboon.
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
An account, first published in 1861, of the relationship between indigenous and European traders in the Niger Delta.
The Coming New World Order
The Rise of Global Government
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
This book proposes a step-by-step blueprint for a better world. There is a storm brewing on the horizon. A new world order is coming based on all the trends and global pressures that is facing mankind today. The question is, who's world vision is going to prevail and lead us into the 21st century and...
Spies, Scouts, and Secrets in the Gettysburg Campaign
How the Critical Role of Intelligence Impacted the Outcome of Lee's Invasion of the North, June-July 1863
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
As intelligence experts have long asserted, “Information in regard to the enemy is the indispensable basis of all military plans.” Despite the thousands of books and articles written about Gettysburg, Tom Ryan’s groundbreaking Spies, Scouts, and Secrets in the Gettysburg Campaign: How the Critical...
by Thomas J. Murrey
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Cookery Books are collection of most admired cook recipes from different authors. Enjoy reading the cookery book collection one by one to celebrate coming Diwali and Christmas.
JFK and His Enemies
A Portrait of Power
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
The famed 19th century humorist Finely Peter Dunne once commented that life “would not be worth living if we didn’t keep our enemies.” Certainly John F. Kennedy could appreciate the wisdom behind this observation. At nearly every stage of his noteworthy political career, which stretched from...