William B : 482 books
by William B Trousdale
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
Once considered a bastion of learning, leadership, and disciplined lifestyle, today’s private military academies are often regarded as expensive holding facilities for unwanted, incorrigible boys who have nowhere else to go. Their depiction in popular media has reinforced the impression that they...
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by Major General William B. Fulton
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
[Includes 2 charts, 6 diagrams, 16 maps, and 21 illustrations]
“This monograph describes U.S. Army Riverine planning and operations in the Republic of Vietnam during the years 1966 through 1969. Since the personal experience of the author was with preparations for riverine operations and the initial...
American Catholics
Gender, Generation, and Commitment
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2001
How much do American Catholics still identify with the Catholic Church? Do they agree with the Church's teachings, and how often do they participate in its sacraments? What do they think it takes to be a good Catholic? What do they consider to be the Church's core teachings? How do they believe issues...
Camp David
Peacemaking and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
In September 1978, William Quandt, a member of the White House National Security Council staff, spent thirteen momentous days at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, where three world leaders were holding secret negotiations. When U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian President Anwar...
Shrines and Miraculous Images
Religious Life in Mexico Before the Reforma
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
The vast literature on Our Lady of Guadalupe dominates the study of shrines and religious practices in Mexico. But there is much more to the story of shrines and images in Mexico’s religious history than Guadalupe and Marian devotion. In this book a distinguished historian brings together his new...
Equipping Quality Youth Development Professionals
Improving Child and Youth Program Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Whether you are a seasonal volunteer, group leader or full-time professional, you need practical advice on how to provide young people with the tools they need to succeed.
Equipping Quality Youth Development Professionals—E-QYP for short—provides best practices to help young people ages...
Advanced Manufacturing
The New American Innovation Policies
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
How to rethink innovation and revitalize America's declining manufacturing sector by encouraging advanced manufacturing, bringing innovative technologies into the production process.
The United States lost almost one-third of its manufacturing jobs between 2000 and 2010. As higher-paying manufacturing...
Freud and Augustine in Dialogue
Psychoanalysis, Mysticism, and the Culture of Modern Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
"It is arguably the case," writes William Parsons, "that no two figures have had more influence on the course of Western introspective thought than Freud and Augustine." Yet it is commonly assumed that Freud and Augustine would have nothing to say to each other with regard to spirituality or mysticism,...
by William B. Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
William Nelson's section-by-section commentary on Daniel is the newest volume in the Understanding the Bible Commentary Series. This user-friendly commentary series helps any reader navigate the sometimes difficult terrain of the Bible. These accessible volumes break down the barriers between the...
The Peace Puzzle
America's Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989–2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Each phase of Arab-Israeli peacemaking has been inordinately difficult in its own right, and every critical juncture and decision point in the long process has been shaped by U.S. politics and the U.S. leaders of the moment. The Peace Puzzle tracks the American determination to articulate policy,...
The Irish-American Experience in New Jersey and Metropolitan New York
Cultural Identity, Hybridity, and Commemoration
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
This book is a collection of nine essays exploring the Irish-American experience in the New Jersey and New York metropolitan area, both historically and today. The essays place the local Irish-American experience in the wider context of immigration studies, assimilation, and historical theory. Using...
by Todd Breyfogle, Anne Hunsaker Hawkins, Morton Kelsey
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
The essays in Augustine and Psychology, edited by Sandra Lee Dixon, John Doody, and Kim Paffenroth, relate St. Augustine to the modern theory and practice of psychology in several ways. The contributors analyze Augustine’s own examination of himself (and occasionally others) to see to what extent...
Slavery and the University
Histories and Legacies
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Slavery and the University is the first edited collection of scholarly essays devoted solely to the histories and legacies of this subject on North American campuses and in their Atlantic contexts. Gathering together contributions from scholars, activists, and administrators, the volume combines two...
Businomics From The Headlines To Your Bottom Line
How to Profit in Any Economic Cycle
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2007
Businomics connects the dots between the economy and everyday business decisions including:
Staffing levels
Inventory
Capital expenditures
Financial structure
Investments