Praxis imprint: 9 books
Uncivil Liberties
Deconstructing Libertarianism
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Last year, Praxis Peace Institute responded to the libertarian conspiracy film Thrive with a pamphlet titled “Uncivil Liberties: Deconstructing Libertarianism,” carefully and concisely laying out the problems inherent in libertarian philosophy and why it is so appealing to today’s society. Now,...
The View From the Cart
An imagined account of the life of St Cuthman in the Dark Ages
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
The story of a legendary saint from the Dark Ages, as told by his mother. The young Cuthman is instructed by God to take his crippled mother with him on a pilgrimage across southern England. He fashions a wooden cart for her, and together they spend some months on the rough and bumpy roads, meeting many...
Bye Bye Bank
21 Bankerinnen und Banker auf dem Weg zu neuen Ufern
Language: German
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Was haben Jörg Blunschi, Geschäftsführer der Migros Zürich, die Journalistin und Autorin Nomi Prins, der CEO des WWF Schweiz, Thomas Vellacott, oder die dreifache Krippenbesitzerin Priska Gehring-Hertli gemeinsam? Sie alle waren in ihrem Leben mindestens einmal auf einer Bank tätig und haben...
SpaceX
Making Commercial Spaceflight a Reality
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013
This first account of commercial spaceflight’s most successful venture describes the extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement that have placed SpaceX at the forefront of the launch industry and made it the most likely candidate for transporting humans to Mars. Since its inception...
The Hubble Space Telescope
From Concept to Success
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
The highly successful Hubble Space Telescope was meant to change our view and understanding of the universe. Within weeks of its launch in 1990, however, the space community was shocked to find out that the primary mirror of the telescope was flawed. It was only the skills of scientists and engineers...
Faith 7
L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the Final Mercury Mission
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2016
This book celebrates the final spaceflight in the Mercury series, flown by NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper, who led an adventurous life in the cockpit of airplanes and spacecraft alike, and on his Mercury mission he became the last American ever to rocket into space alone. He flew in the Mercury and...
The Apollo Lunar Samples
Collection Analysis and Results
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
This book focuses on the specific mission planning for lunar sample collection, the equipment used, and the analysis and findings concerning the samples at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Texas. Anthony Young documents the collection of Apollo samples for the first time for readers of all backgrounds,...
Understanding Gaia
A Mission to Map the Galaxy
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2019
This book is the first to provide a comprehensive, readily understandable report on the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission that will meet the needs of a general audience. It takes the reader on an exciting journey of discovery, explaining how such a scientific satellite is made, presenting the...
by Fabio Vittorio De Blasio
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
This book introduces the reader to the wonders of Mars, covering all aspects from our past perceptions of the planet through to the latest knowledge on its history, its surface processes such as impact cratering, volcano formation, and glaciation, and its atmosphere and climate. In addition, a series...