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Trails to Tiburón
The 1894 and 1895 Field Diaries of W J McGee
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
When William John McGee set out from Washington, D.C., for the Sonoran Desert in 1894, he was inspired by a passion for adventure as much as a thirst for knowledge. McGee lived in an era when discovery was made through travel rather than study, and reputations were forged by going where no outsiders...
by William C. Irvine, H. A. Ironside, W. E. Vine
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2018
The days in which you and I are living are days in which Christians need to know their Bibles, for the only way by which we may know whether or not a system of teaching is of God is by viewing the system through the lens of Holy Writ—reading the system in the light of the Bible and not reading the...
Texans on the Brink
Threatened and Endangered Animals
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2019
What good is a rattlesnake? What purpose do animals serve? All species play a vital role in their biological communities, and the removal of just one can have a noticeable and catastrophic ripple effect.
Yet social and political pressures frequently pit species conservation against economic...
Good Judgment in Foreign Policy
Theory and Application
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2002
At the heart of political leadership lies choice. And at the heart of choice lies judgment. A leader's psychology and experience intersect with political realities to produce consequences that can make or break a leader—or a country. Nowhere is judgment more important than in the making of foreign...
A Century of Controversy
Constitutional Reform in Alabama
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
This timely examination of Alabama’s severely criticized state constitution will serve as an indispensable guide for legislators and citizens considering reform of the outdated document.
Alabama’s present constitution, adopted in 1901, is widely viewed as the source of many, if not most,...
Recovering the Personal
The Philosophical Anthropology of William H. Poteat
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
Recovering the Personal will be of interest to a broad range of intellectual readers with interests in philosophy, psychology, theology, and the humanities.
Prisons in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century
A Human Dumping Ground
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
This volume on penitentiary systems in the Americas offers a long-overdue look at the prisons that exist at the forefront of the ongoing struggle against drugs and violence throughout North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. From Haiti to Bolivia, the authors examine the conditions in...
by L. B. Resnick, W. W. Ford
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Published in 1981, Psychology of Mathematics for Instruction is a valuable contribution to the field of Education.
by Lee Ann Banaszak, Jeffrey M. Berry, Paul Burstein
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 1998
Social movements in the United States are important political actors because of their scale and duration, their generation of new ideas and understandings of existing problems, their ability to mobilize those who were previously passive citizens, and the impetus they provide for restructuring and...
by B. Ablad, C.-J. Estler, J.W. Franz
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In conjunction with the Twelfth International Congress of Gerontology, the Carl-Korth Institute for Cardiovascular Research organized an international symposium on "Beta Blockers in the Elderly." It was the intention of the Scientific Committee that during this symposium we would discuss...
Dry Creek
Archaeology and Paleoecology of a Late Pleistocene Alaskan Hunting Camp
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
With cultural remains dated unequivocally to 13,000 calendar years ago, Dry Creek assumed major importance upon its excavation and study by W. Roger Powers. The site was the first to conclusively demonstrate a human presence that could be dated to the same time as the Bering Land Bridge. As Powers...
Honoring the Son
Jesus in Earliest Christian Devotional Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
Before the New Testament or the creeds of the church were written—the devotional practices of the earliest Christians indicate that they worshipped Jesus alongside the Father.
Larry W. Hurtado has been one of the leading scholars on early Christology for decades. In Honoring the Son: Jesus...
by William L. Lane, David Allen Hubbard, Glenn W. Barker
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and...
by William L. Lane, David Allen Hubbard, Glenn W. Barker
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and...