Brian D: 304 books
by Brian D. Warner
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
Tools for amateur astronomers who wish to go beyond CCD imaging and step into ‘serious’ science. The text offers techniques for gathering, analyzing, and publishing data, and describes joint projects in which amateurs and students can take part. Readers learn to recognize and avoid common errors...
Morphology and Universals in Syntactic Change
Evidence from Medieval and Modern Greek
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
This book, first published in 1990, is a study of both the specific syntactic changes in the more recent stages of Greek and of the nature of syntactic change in general. Guided by the constraints and principles of Universal Grammar, this hypothesis of this study allows for an understanding of how...
Customary International Law
A New Theory with Practical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2010
Customary international law, although long recognized as a primary source of international law, remains replete with enigmas, both conceptual and practical. These include how to determine the existence of opinio juris, the function of the state practice requirement, the definition of jus cogens customary...
by Brian D'Amato
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2009
“A stunningly inventive novel that . . . weaves together Mayan history, modern science, game theory and the coming Mayan apocalypse. BEWARE DECEMBER 21, 2012!”—Douglas Preston, author of The Monster of Florence
It was predicted. We were warned. December 21, 2012. The day time stops.
The...
An Unseen Light
Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
During the second half of the nineteenth century, Memphis, Tennessee, had the largest metropolitan population of African Americans in the Mid-South region and served as a political hub for civic organizations and grassroots movements. On April 4, 1968, the city found itself at the epicenter of the...
by Karl F. Warnick, Rob Maaskant, Marianna V. Ivashina
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
Discover a modern approach to the analysis, modeling and design of high sensitivity phased arrays. Network theory, numerical methods and computational electromagnetic simulation techniques are uniquely combined to enable full system analysis and design optimization. Beamforming and array signal processing...
by Brian D. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
"Would I Lie To You" is a book that makes witty and satirical comments about how we live our daily lives in this fast paced race we all call life, it highlights the silly things we all do, what we buy, see, hear, ad do, and it uses captioned pictures to poke fun of our daily lives and activities...
by Brian D. Husketh
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Inside this book, you will find more than just poetry. You will find another point of view from my own perspective of life and death. As I have heard before, death is only the beginning. So why do people fear death? Are we that afraid to trust in Jesus, or is it that we dont like new beginnings? Writing...
We Fight for Peace
Twenty-Three American Soldiers, Prisoners of War, and Turncoats in the Korean War
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
At midnight on January 24, 1954, the last step was taken in the armistice to end the war in Korea. That night, the neutral Indian guards who had overseen the prisoner of war repatriation process abandoned their posts, leaving their charges to make their own decisions. The vast majority of men allowed...
State Building in Putin’s Russia
Policing and Coercion after Communism
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2011
This book argues that Putin's strategy for rebuilding the state was fundamentally flawed. Taylor demonstrates that a disregard for the way state officials behave toward citizens - state quality - had a negative impact on what the state could do - state capacity. Focusing on those organizations that...
The Last Word and the Word after That
A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
Book Three in The New Kind of Christian Trilogy
In the final installment of The New Kind of Christian Trilogy, Pastor Dan Poole and his friends face and survive their questions, doubts, and dark nights of the soul. They begin to imagine a new vision of God--and a new way of life that is more...
by Baker, Wayne, McLaren
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
First, this book is unique in subject. Dr. Wayne Baker is reporting a surprising truth about Americans: We are united by 10 Core Values. This truth is empowering because it enables us to rise above and see beyond political polarization, Washington gridlock, the imagery of Red/Blue states, and the...
Power Struggles
Successful Techniques for Educators
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
It’s every educator’s worst fear: losing control of the classroom. Regain the focus of challenging and resistant students with this practical resource on classroom management, discipline, and motivation. The dedicated authors re-examine the root causes of student misbehavior and offer a range...
Heroes Need Not Apply
How to Build a Patient-Accountable Culture without Putting More on Your Plate
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Everyone in healthcare knows that the lack of accountability negatively impacts care, and when accountability improves throughout your organization, care improves. What healthcare leaders don’t know, is how to improve accountability and why it so critically linked to improving patient care.