David Robert: 477 books
Divided Lenses
Screen Memories of War in East Asia
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
Divided Lenses: Screen Memories of War in East Asia is the first attempt to explore how the tumultuous years between 1931 and 1953 have been recreated and renegotiated in cinema. This period saw traumatic conflicts such as the Sino-Japanese War, the Pacific War, and the Korean War, and pivotal events...
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...
by Timothy Burns, George Anastaplo, Laurence D. Nee
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
mate Shakespeare’s corpus, and one of the most prominent is the image of the body. Sketched out in the eternal lines of his plays and poetry, and often drawn in exquisite detail, variations on the body metaphor abound in the works of Shakespeare. Attention to the political dimensions of this metaphor...
Evaluating Novel Threats to the Homeland
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Cruise Missiles
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2008
Changes in technology and adversary behavior will invariably produce new threats that must be assessed by defense and homeland security planners. An example of such a novel threat is the use of cruise missiles or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by terrorist groups. Individual threats cannot be assessed...
Church Wake-Up Call
A Ministries Management Approach That is Purpose-Oriented and Inter-Generational in Outreach
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Is your church viable in the changing marketplace of today--and tomorrow?
Today's church market is comprised of four cultural paradigms--Youth, Baby Busters (Generation X), Baby Boomers, and Pre-Boomers. Each has unique characteristics in terms of attitudes, spiritual orientation, values, emotional...
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 Paul Adams, Natasha Affolder, Andrea C. Akelaitis
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
Canadian environmental law is a dynamic and exciting area that is playing an increasingly important role in furthering sustainable development policy. Environmental law has distinctive relevant principles, operating procedures, implications, and importance in comparison with other areas of law, and...
The University and the New World
York University Invitation Lecture Series
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1962
This is the first volume in the Invitation Lecture Series of York University and it is an auspicious beginning. Three leaders in higher education in the United States here present their thoughts on challenging questions of enrolment, curriculum, and standards which today confront the ever expanding...
by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2014
The Pentateuch, the name by which the first five books of the Bible are designated, is derived from two Greek words, pente, "five," and teuchos, a "volume," thus signifying the fivefold volume. Originally these books formed one continuous work, as in the Hebrew manuscripts they...
Universal Terrors, 1951-1955
Eight Classic Horror and Science Fiction Films
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Universal Studios created the first cinematic universe of monsters—Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy and others became household names during the 1930s and 1940s. During the 1950s, more modern monsters were created for the Atomic Age, including one-eyed globs from outer space, mutants from the planet...
Britain's Day-flying Moths
A Field Guide to the Day-flying Moths of Britain and Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2013
This concise photographic field guide will help you identify any of the 100 or so day-flying moths found in Britain and Ireland. Combining stunning photographs, authoritative text, and an easy-to-use design, this book makes a perfect traveling companion--one that will increase your enjoyment of these...
True Green
Executive Effectiveness in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Drawing on the careers of senior executives of the US Environmental Protection Agency, True Green identifies the concrete actions that work in protecting our nation’s environment. By examining the exquisitely difficult tasks of executive leadership in environmental protection, one of the most conflicted...
Death at the Ballpark
More Than 2,000 Game-Related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1862-2014, 2d ed.
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
When we think of baseball, we think of sunny days and leisurely outings at the ballpark—rarely do thoughts of death come to mind. Yet during the game’s history, hundreds of players, coaches and spectators have died while playing or watching the National Pastime. In its second edition, this ground-breaking...
The Performance of Small Firms
Profits, Jobs and Failures
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
This study, originally published in 1987, addresses the question of small firm performance. Drawing on an extensive database containing financial, employment and ownership data for several thousand small firms, the book examines whether small firms do actually provide jobs, whether they grow and why...