Whitman: 252 books
Unbroken Government
Success and the Illusion of Failure in Policymaking
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Unbroken Government demonstrates how institutional and electoral characteristics present since the writing of the Constitution influence policy development. Utilizing policy areas as diverse as human spaceflight, clean air, homeland security, and foreign policy, this work shows how these patterns manifest themselves in the policymaking process.
A Life in Medicine
A Literary Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
“Excellent” poetry and prose about physicians and their patients, by Raymond Carver, Kay Redfield Jamison, Rachel Naomi Remen, and more (Library Journal).
A Life in Medicine collects stories, poems, and essays by and for those in the healing profession, who are struggling to keep up with...
Telling Tales About Dementia
Experiences of Caring
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
How does it feel when someone you love develops dementia? How do you cope with the shock, the stress and the grief? Can you be sure that you and your family will receive the support you need?
In Telling Tales About Dementia, thirty carers from different backgrounds and in different circumstances...
Of Hushed Silence
A Story of Child Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
The main reasons I wrote this first book is to encourage others of a similar fate. I hope to encourage the lost and depressed in the effort to guide them toward a bigger future without regret. For them to understand they are not alone and someone is there to listen. Not for money, but for the divine...
Neuroteach
Brain Science and the Future of Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
Teachers are brain changers. Thus it would seem obvious that an understanding of the brain – the organ of learning – would be critical to a teacher’s readiness to work with students. Unfortunately, in traditional public, public-charter, private, parochial, and home schools across the country,...
How to Start a Paving Stone Business (Beginners Guide)
How to Start a Paving Stone Business (Beginners Guide)
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
This publication will teach you the basics of how to start a Paving Stone Business. With step by step guides and instructions, you will not only have a better understanding, but gain valuable knowledge of how to start a Paving Stone Business
Security
Policing Your Homeland, Your State, Your City
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
From counterterrorism to tracking criminals by satellite, Security gives an expert's tour of twenty-first-century law enforcement. Former NYPD commissioner Howard Safir reveals the tools, methods, and science that police officers use to reduce crime, and track and apprehend criminals, including surveillance,...
Strange Brew
Alcohol and Government Monopoly
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
When prohibition ended in 1933, laws were passed that regulated the sale of alcoholic beverages, ostensibly to protect wholesalers from the depredations of suppliers and the public from the ill effects of alcohol. This book examines the monopoly protection laws, also known as franchise termination...
by Jim Whitman
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2005
Are we creating an ungovernable world? Can we be confident that our existing modes of global governance are sufficient, or adaptable enough, to meet the challenges of globalization?
This new study powerfully tackles these key questions, delivering a provocative examination of the cognitive,...
by Stephen R. Covey, Bob Whitman, Breck England
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Si hay algo seguro en los negocios es la incertidumbre. Con todo, existen empresas que actúan con confianza y excelencia a pesar de las circunstancias cambiantes de su entorno.
Asegurar resultados en tiempos de incertidumbre expone cuatro puntos básicos para lograr unos resultados óptimos...
by John Whitman
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
A brilliant madman dedicated to anarchy has dark plans for the U.S. In twenty-four hours, America will be plunged into chaos—the result of an unthinkable assassination to be carried out flawlessly—and the government has no inkling of the catastrophe that is about to occur.
Only one man...
by Rudyard Kipling, Walt Whitman, Emily Bronte
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at special days of celebration through the eyes and minds of...
Crochet for Beginners
How to Create Beautiful Patterns, Stitches, Braids, Blankets, & More
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018
Do you enjoy crocheting or would like to learn how?
Learn how to create beautiful patterns in no time at all! Whether you are on the road, at home, or anywhere else you can crochet in your spare time, anywhere you want.
- Make patterns in just a few hours.
- Learn how to crochet.
- Learn...
