David Charles: 274 books
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 David Osborne, Graeme Bowtle, Charles Buss
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Thought to be the most comprehensive guide to English law relating to ship mortgages, the second edition of The Law of Ship Mortgages has been highly anticipated. This fully-updated and complete explanation provides practitioners with a practical, commercially-based, and definitive guide to the English...
Northern Exposures
A Canadian Perspective on Occupational Health and Environment
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
'Northern Exposures' is an important and thought-provoking book that shows how the labor movement has embraced environmental protection and is beginning to create a new and more sustainable vision for the future. Dave Bennett's knowledge and commitment shine through. He is, by turns, the skeptical...
Scotland Decides
The Devolution Issue and the 1997 Referendum
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Scotland has a parliament for the first time in almost 300 years, and this book is an account of how this came about. The authors trace the origins and history of the demand for home rule in Scotland, focusing particularly on developments following the failure of the first referendum on the issue...
Peace on Earth
The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Peace on Earth: The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies provides a critical analysis of faith and religious institutions in peacebuilding practice and pedagogy. The work captures the synergistic relationships among faith traditions and how multiple approaches to conflict transformation...
The Family Emotional System
An Integrative Concept for Theory, Science, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
The Family Emotional System: An Integrative Concept for Theory, Science, and Practice presents an ongoing dialogue among scientists, family investigators, and clinicians related to a natural systems view of the family and human behavior that has been occurring over several decades. The concept of...
Frozen Chosin (Korea)
The March Out
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
This book, Frozen Chosin, are stories wrapped in fiction. They tell about the U.S. Marines that fought their way from the Chosin Reservoir south to the sea. They fought their way south, down the narrow road that led them out. They braved the subzero weather, and the hordes of Chinese that were there...
by Charles F. David
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
IRAQI Freedom, Invasion of Iraq First day in, four men with the U.S. Army V Corps, find themselves lost and left behind after their Humvee breaks down in a sand storm. They spend their days trying to rejoin their unit, fighting their way across the desert, in and out of predicaments. Some good, some...
by Vincent Bacote, J. Budziszewski, J. Daryl Charles
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
Natural law has long been a cornerstone of Christian political thought, providing moral norms that ground law in a shareable account of human goods and obligations. Despite this history, twentieth and twenty-first-century evangelicals have proved quite reticent to embrace natural law, casting it as...
by James H. Alphen, Christopher Anderson, John Rev. Beal
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
The Church is not a business, but it does have a stewardship responsibility to ensure that all of its resources are used as effectively as possible to carry out God's work on earth. In the case of human resource assets, good stewardship involves assisting those engaged in ministry (whether clerical...
Catching Stories
A Practical Guide to Oral History
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2009
In neighborhoods, schools, community centers, and workplaces, people are using oral history to capture and collect the kinds of stories that the history books and the media tend to overlook: stories of personal struggle and hope, of war and peace, of family and friends, of beliefs, traditions, and...
by David I. Backer, Chris Balaschak, Makeda Best
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Truth in the Public Sphere seeks to understand the significance of truth for the everyday world of human communication. To this end, this book explores the place of truth in several facets of the public sphere: language, ethics, journalism, politics, media, and art. Featuring an international group...
by Howard Schweber, David A Schultz, Henry L. Chambers Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Many hoped or feared that Antonin Scalia’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 1986 would guarantee a conservative counter-revolution that would reverse the liberal jurisprudence of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren and which was continued to some extent under the Burger Court though...
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
A Comprehensive Guide to Symptoms, Treatments, and Solving the Practical Problems of CFS
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2009
In this enlightening and compassionate guide, one of the foremost specialists in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome--himself a ten-year survivor of the disease--helps victims and their loved ones regain control of their lives. This updated edition includes new information about current medical treatments, related disorders, and strategies for living with the CFS.