David Alan: 169 books
Subversion, Conversion, Development
Cross-Cultural Knowledge Exchange and the Politics of Design
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
Explorations of design, use, and reuse of information technology in diverse historical and cultural contexts.
This book explores alternative cultural encounters with and around information technologies. These encounters are alternative because they counter dominant, Western-oriented notions...
Being Amoral
Psychopathy and Moral Incapacity
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2014
Investigations of specific moral dysfunctions or deficits that shed light on the capacities required for moral agency.
Psychopathy has been the subject of investigations in both philosophy and psychiatry and yet the conceptual issues remain largely unresolved. This volume approaches psychopathy...
Anubis Key
A Jake Crowley Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2019
An action-packed archaeological thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of LOCH and the Australian Shadows Award winning author of HIDDEN CITY.
Some doors should never be opened.
When Rose Black's sister goes missing, she once again calls upon Jake Crowley for help, but the two...
Saisir sa chance
Mémoires de David M. Culver
Language: French
Release Date: September 19, 2018
David Culver, figure clé tant du milieu des affaires que du milieu culturel canadien, raconte son enfance à Montréal, ses études aux universités McGill et Harvard et son service militaire pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Il décrit surtout sa spectaculaire ascension au sein d’Alcan, jusqu’à...
Religion, Culture, and International Conflict
A Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2005
As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often...
by John Law, Kalpana Shankar, David Hakken
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
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...
Teaching America
The Case for Civic Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
In Teaching America, more than 20 leading thinkers sound the alarm over a crisis in citizenship—and lay out a powerful agenda for reform. The book’s unprecedented roster of authors includes Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Senator Jon Kyl, Senator Bob Graham, Secretary Rod Paige, Alan Dershowitz,...
Service as Mandate
How American Land-Grant Universities Shaped the Modern World, 1920–2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2016
Established by the Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862, America’s land-grant universities have had far-reaching influences on the United States and the world. Service as Mandate, Alan I Marcus’s second edited collection of insightful essays about land-grant universities, explores how these...
Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 3
Dairy herd management and welfare
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Reviews advances in understanding and improving the welfare of dairy cattle;
Summarises current research on rumen biology, digestion and ways of optimising nutrition of dairy cattle from grazing to feed and feed supplements;
Discusses latest developments in maintaining the health of dairy cattle, including the genetics of disease resistance and dairy herd health management
Live Better, Live Longer
The New Studies That Reveal What's Really Good---and Bad---for Your Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
WE'VE ALL SEEN THE HEADLINES:
The Pill That Can Prevent Cancer!
A Guaranteed Way To Avoid Alzheimer's Disease!
The Food That Lowers Bad Cholesterol!
BUT WHAT SHOULD WE BELIEVE?
ONCE UPON A TIME, maintaining your health seemed relatively simple. But today we're barraged...
by Robert Arnett, R. Barton Palmer, Steven Sanders
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Known for restoring vitality and superior craftsmanship to the crime thriller, American filmmaker Michael Mann has long been regarded as a talented triple threat capable of moving effortlessly between television and feature films as a writer, director, and executive producer. His unique visual sense...
Is Wine the Best Medicine?
And Other Facts & Myths About Food & Drink
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Original published as part of DOCTOR CHOPRA SAYS.
WE'VE ALL SEEN THE HEADLINES:
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away!
- A glass of wine a day helps prevent heart disease!
- Drinking coffee lowers your risk for liver cancer!
BUT WHAT SHOULD WE BELIEVE?
ONCE UPON A TIME, maintaining...
by Francesca Giovannini, William Keller, Tanya Ogilvie-White
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
International efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)—including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons—rest upon foundations provided by global treaties such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Over time, however,...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of coffee
Breeding and quality traits
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Covers recent research on coffee genetics, physiology and genetic diversity
Reviews the latest developments in breeding new varieties
Assesses advances in measuring and understanding the chemical composition, sensory and nutraceutical properties of coffee