C James: 778 books
Circles of Hope
A Historical Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
Through a fictional wheat farming family, the author explores the dynamics of American wheat, Vietnam War, and the Watergate scandal. Toward gaining peace in Vietnam, Nixon made a secret wheat deal with Moscow which was joined inseparably to a billion-dollar grain fraud against the farmers. As victims...
International Governance, Regimes, and Globalization
Case Studies from Beijing and Taipei
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
In the this collection, International Governance, Regimes, and Globalization, the writers explore international relations and globalization by using specific examples from Beijing and Taipei. In December 1949, when China was politically divided the People's Republic of China (PRC) central government...
China's Bitter Victory: War with Japan, 1937-45
War with Japan, 1937-45
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
"China's Bitter Victory" is a comprehensive analysis of China's epochal war with Japan. Striving for a holistic understanding of China's wartime experience, the contributors examine developments in the Nationalist, communist, and Japanese-occupied areas of the country. More than just a history...
'Only Nixon'
His Trip to China Revisited and Restudied
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2009
In 1998, Professor Humes and Doctor Ryals traveled with Edward Nixon, the brother of the President, to the People's Republic of China. While retracing Nixon's steps, they interviewed those Chinese Foreign Service experts who had planned the president's meetings with Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai. These...
Red Pepper and Gorgeous George
Claude Pepper's Epic Defeat in the 1950 Democratic Primary
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2011
For nearly a century in Florida and throughout the South, election to the United States Senate virtually guaranteed a lifetime position, especially if you were a Democrat. Certainly no Republican candidate stood a chance in the general election, and it was nearly unthinkable to imagine a serious challenger...
The Creativity Conundrum
A Propulsion Model of Kinds of Creative Contributions
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
This book challenges traditional notions of creativity as a trait, and brings forward ideas of multiple types of creativity, along with the possibility of development of creativity.
by Philip B. Bedient, James B. Blackburn Jr., Shannon S. Van Zandt
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
If Hurricane Ike had made landfall just fifty miles down the Texas coast, the devastation and death caused by what was already one of the most destructive hurricanes in US history would have quadrupled. Ike made everyone realize just how exposed and vulnerable the Houston-Galveston area is in the...
How Your Surgeon Feels
Lifetime Essays in the Art and Science of Surgery
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2009
In the vast array and vitriol of our National Health debate , the doctors voice , especially that of the surgeon , is rarely solicited , and seldom heard . It is mostly the clamor of patients you hear or the rancor of politicians . This compendium of lifetime essays will restitute an imbalance that...
by David Devonis, PhD, David Devonis
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
"This bookís great strength is the way it weaves psychology between events and trends in society. It shows that psychology isnít separate, watching through a one-way mirror, but that psychology and society are threads woven together in the same tapestry. Key theories and ëbig namesí fit into a...
Reclaiming the Game
College Sports and Educational Values
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
In Reclaiming the Game, William Bowen and Sarah Levin disentangle the admissions and academic experiences of recruited athletes, walk-on athletes, and other students. In a field overwhelmed by reliance on anecdotes, the factual findings are striking--and sobering. Anyone seriously concerned about...
Octopus
The Ocean's Intelligent Invertebrate
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
The visually arresting and often misunderstood octopus has long captured popular imagination. With an alien appearance and an uncanny intellect, this exceptional sea creature has inspired fear in famous lore and legends—from the giant octopus attack in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to Ursula the...
by James C. Dobson
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
A respected authority on child development answers questions about the teenage years: how to implement discipline, build confidence, and talk about puberty.
by James C. Wofford
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001
This clearly illustrated manual aims to help riders teach their horses how to jump in the most efficient and correct way possible. This book also offers problem-solving tips for retraining old horses who have developed bad habits.
Theistic Evolution
A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Many prominent Christians insist that the church must yield to contemporary evolutionary theory and therefore modify traditional biblical ideas about the creation of life. They argue that God used—albeit in an undetectable way—evolutionary mechanisms to produce all forms of life. Featuring two...