A Douglas: 260 books
Rescue of the Bounty
Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
From the author of the Fall 2015 Disney movie The Finest Hours, the “thrilling and perfectly paced” (Booklist) story of the sinking and rescue of Bounty—the tall ship used in the classic 1962 movie Mutiny on the Bounty—which was caught in the path of Hurricane Sandy with sixteen aboard.
On...
Clashing over Commerce
A History of US Trade Policy
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
Should the United States be open to commerce with other countries, or should it protect domestic industries from foreign competition? This question has been the source of bitter political conflict throughout American history. Such conflict was inevitable, James Madison argued in The Federalist Papers,...
How to Reach the Hard to Teach
Excellent Instruction for Those Who Need It Most
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
For every teacher it's different, but you know who they are for you—the students who are "hard to teach." Maybe they're reading far below grade level. Maybe they're English learners. Maybe they have diagnosed learning disabilities or behavioral issues. Maybe they're underachieving for...
Public Policy & Financial Economics
Essays in Honor of Professor George G Kaufman for His Lifelong Contributions to the Profession
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2018
The central goal of this volume was to assemble outstanding scholars and policymakers in the field of financial markets and institutions and have them articulate significant market developments in their particular areas of expertise during the past few decades.
Not just a celebratory volume,...
by Brett E. Trusko, Carolyn Pexton, Jim Harrington
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
A brand new collection of state-of-the-art insights into transforming healthcare, from world-renowned experts and practitioners… now in a convenient e-format, at a great price!
Making American healthcare work: 3 new eBooks get past ideology to deliver real solutions!
Even...
Heroic Tales
A Collection Of 19 Great Tales- Novels, Novella, And Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Imagine: you are seated about a blazing campfire, your and the other bards. Tales of Achilles, Beowulf, Alexander, Odysseus, Conan, Tarzan, Joan of Arc and other heroes are told, along with new ones that carry on with the Jungian archetypes so central to our very nature. Men and women who brave the...
The Meaning of the Bible
What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
In The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us, preeminent biblical scholars Douglas A. Knight and Amy-Jill Levine deliver a broad and engaging introduction to the Old Testament—also known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible—offering a wealth of compelling...
Peddling Protectionism
Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
The Smoot-Hawley tariff of 1930, which raised U.S. duties on hundreds of imported goods to record levels, is America's most infamous trade law. It is often associated with--and sometimes blamed for--the onset of the Great Depression, the collapse of world trade, and the global spread of protectionism...
Fallen
A Theology of Sin
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
From marital infidelity to global war, the world is obviously broken, leaving people desperate to find an explanation for our universal sin problem. In the latest addition to the Theology in Community series, Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson have assembled an interdisciplinary team of evangelical...
Three Views on the Rapture
Pretribulation, Prewrath, or Posttribulation
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
The rapture, or the belief that, at some point, Jesus’ living followers will join him forever while others do not, is an important but contested doctrine among evangelicals. Scholars generally hold one of three perspectives on the timing of and circumstances surrounding the rapture, all of which...
A Quick Introduction to the New Testament
A Zondervan Digital Short
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Derived from D. A. Carson and Douglas J. Moo’s widely adopted textbook, An Introduction to the New Testament, this digital short surveys key critical and interpretive issues in New Testament study. Attention is given to original manuscripts, interpretative traditions, biblical theology, historical...
by Barbara G.Tarn, Laura Ware, Annie Reed
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2019
Whether you're sucked in, you fall into it or you see it and decide to explore what's beyond, a portal is always an opening to a great adventure. From our world to others, alone or in good company, our heroes and heroines reach "somewhere" down the rabbit hole and meet strange creatures....
by Douglas A Puryear MD
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
It's not exactly a "book" that you sit down and read; it's a collection of tips meant to be read one a day. The goal is to help you understand ADD or ADHD better, to understand what it's like to live with ADD or ADHD and that you're not the only one, and most importantly, to help you see...
The American Civil War on Film and TV
Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American Civil War are among the most classic and controversial in motion picture history. From D. W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation (1915) to Free State of Jones (2016), the war has provided the setting, ideologies, and character archetypes...