A Thomas: 872 books
Rhetorical Criticism
Perspectives in Action
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Now in its second edition, Rhetorical Criticism: Perspectives in Action presents a thorough, accessible, and well-grounded introduction to contemporary rhetorical criticism. Systematic chapters contributed by noted experts introduce the fundamental aspects of a perspective, provide students with an...
by John Bailitz, Faran Bokhari, Thomas A. Scaletta
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2010
The only book for EM Physicians that comprehensively covers what EM physicians need to know about caring for the trauma patient before the trauma surgeon takes over. This topic has become especially important for emergency physicians because in the last few years trauma centers have closed and fewer...
Shall Not Be Infringed
The New Assaults on Your Second Amendment
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
A comprehensive conservative history of the gun control debate in the United States— “An essential read for our times” (Ammoland Shooting Sports News).
David A. Keene and Thomas Mason examine the fight over the Second Amendment using polls, studies, and numbers. The pro-gun advocates...
by Elisabeth A. Behnke, David Carr, J. Claude Evans
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
This encyclopedia presents phenomenological thought and the phenomenological movement within philosophy and within more than a score of other disciplines on a level accessible to professional colleagues of other orientations as well as to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Entries average...
US Presidential Elections and Foreign Policy
Candidates, Campaigns, and Global Politics from FDR to Bill Clinton
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2017
While domestic issues loom large in voters' minds during American presidential elections, matters of foreign policy have consistently shaped candidates and their campaigns. From the start of World War II through the collapse of the Soviet Union, presidential hopefuls needed to be perceived as credible...
Memories of War
Visiting Battlegrounds and Bonefields in the Early American Republic
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Even in the midst of the Civil War, its battlefields were being dedicated as hallowed ground. Today, those sites are among the most visited places in the United States. In contrast, the battlegrounds of the Revolutionary War had seemingly been forgotten in the aftermath of the conflict in which the...
Who Were the First Christians?
Dismantling the Urban Thesis
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
It has been widely assumed that there were 6 million Christians (or 10% of the population of the Roman Empire) by around the year 300. The largely-unexamined consensus view is also that Christianity was an urban movement until the conversion of Emperor Constantine. On close examination, it appears...
Freedom and Tradition in Hegel
Reconsidering Anthropology, Ethics, and Religion
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2005
Freedom and Tradition in Hegel stands at the intersection of three vital currents in contemporary ethics: debates over philosophical anthropology and its significance for ethics, reevaluations of tradition and modernity, and a resurgence of interest in Hegel. Thomas A. Lewis engages these three streams...
by Thomas A. Clark
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
In Farm by the Shore, Thomas A Clark continues his investigations into the landscape and culture of the Scottish highlands and islands. His brief notations and fragments embody the precarious balance between sea and land, wilderness and civilisation, while everything is played out in a context of...
Judaism and Health
A Handbook of Practical, Professional and Scholarly Resources
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
The first state-of-the-art, comprehensive resource to encompass the wide breadth of the rapidly growing field of Judaism and health.
"For Jews, religion and medicine (and science) are not inherently in conflict, even within the Torah-observant community, but rather can be friendly partners...
by Thomas A. Powell
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2008
The Definitive Guide to Ajax Web Application Development
Evolve from the click-and-wait programming pattern to the latest Web 2.0 paradigm using this comprehensive guide to Ajax. Written by Web development expert Thomas Powell, the book lays out every feature of Ajax alongside detailed explanations...
by Douglas J. Ogurek, Tyler Bourassa, Diane Arrelle
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Since 2009, the Bards and Sages Quarterly has brought fans of speculative fiction an amazing variety of short stories from both new and established authors. Each issue sets out to introduce readers to the wealth of talent found in the horror, fantasy, and science fiction genres. In this issue: Diane...
by J.W. Thomas Byrd, Richard K. N. Ryu, Carlos A. Guanche
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010
AANA Advanced Arthroscopy: The Hip, by J.W. Thomas Byrd, MD and Carlos A. Guanche, MD, helps you make the most effective use of advanced and emerging, state-of-the-art arthroscopic techniques for managing a wide range of hip problems. Premier arthroscopic surgeons discuss disease-specific options,...
Unter der Haut
Eine literarische Reise durch unseren Körper - Mit Beiträgen von Naomi Alderman, A.L. Kennedy, Philip Kerr u.a.
Language: German
Release Date: November 4, 2019
15 der beeindruckendsten und talentiertesten Schriftsteller der Gegenwart erzählen in diesem Buch ihre ganz persönliche Geschichte über den Körper: Naomi Alderman etwa entschlüsselt die Antwort des Darms auf moderne Essgewohnheiten, A. L. Kennedy erforscht die erstaunliche Merkfähigkeit der...