Christopher J Martin: 9 books

Book cover of The Dragon and the Toothache
by Christopher J. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017

Anna and her brother Thomas are out exploring when they meet Boris the Blue-Scaled Dragon. Boris has a toothache and does not know what to do. Boris learns that help can come from very small places and Anna and Thomas learn why Halloween in their hometown is always so scary!
Book cover of The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies
by John Law, Kalpana Shankar, David Hakken
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016

The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field. Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...
Book cover of Pynchon's Against the Day

Pynchon's Against the Day

A Corrupted Pilgrim's Guide

by Jeffrey Severs, Christopher Leise, Graham Benton
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2011

Thomas Pynchon's longest novel to date, Against the Day (2006), excited diverse and energetic opinions when it appeared on bookstore shelves nine years after the critically acclaimed Mason & Dixon. Its wide-ranging plot covers nearly three decades-from the 1893 World's Fair to the years just after...
Book cover of Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…

by O. Henry, Mark Twain, Beatrix Potter
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018

This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
Book cover of Intelligence and the National Security Strategist

Intelligence and the National Security Strategist

Enduring Issues and Challenges

by Matthew M. Aid, Christopher M. Andrew, Michael R. Bromwich
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2005

Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges presents students with a useful anthology of published articles from diverse sources as well as original contributions to the study of intelligence. The collection includes classic perspectives from the history of warfare,...
Book cover of War and Border Crossings

War and Border Crossings

Ethics When Cultures Clash

by Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Terence Ball, Linell Cady
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2005

War and Border Crossings brings together renowned scholars to address some of the most pressing problems in public policy, international affairs, and the intercultural issues of our day. Contributors from widely varying disciplines discuss cross-cultural ethical issues and international topics ranging...
Book cover of The Archaeology of Slavery

The Archaeology of Slavery

A Comparative Approach to Captivity and Coercion

by Catherine M. Cameron, Ryan P. Harrod, Debra L. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014

Plantation sites, especially those in the southeastern United States, have long dominated the archaeological study of slavery. These antebellum estates, however, are not representative of the range of geographic locations and time periods in which slavery has occurred. As archaeologists have begun...
Book cover of Free-Electron Lasers in the Ultraviolet and X-Ray Regime

Free-Electron Lasers in the Ultraviolet and X-Ray Regime

Physical Principles, Experimental Results, Technical Realization

by Jörg Rossbach, Martin Dohlus, Peter Schmüser
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014

The main goal of the book is to provide a systematic and didactic approach to the physics and technology of free-electron lasers. Numerous figures are used for illustrating the underlying ideas and concepts and links to other fields of physics are provided. After an introduction to undulator radiation...
Book cover of High-Skilled Immigration in a Global Labor Market
by Sarit Cohen-Goldner, Joseph F. Ferrie, Volker Grossmann
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011

Recent U.S. immigration reform proposals have focused almost exclusively on regulating the population of low-skilled foreign workers. High-Skilled Immigration in a Global Labor Market contends that policymakers should focus more on attracting immigrants with exclusive skill sets-professional, technical,...
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