David S Thomas: 56 books

Book cover of Globalization, Economic Growth and Innovation Dynamics
by Paul J.J. Welfens, S. Jungbluth, John T. Addison
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013

In the new global economy, more countries have opened up to international competition and rapid capital flows. However, in the triad the process of globalization is rather asymmetric. With a rising role of multinational companies there are favorable prospects for higher global growth and economic...
Book cover of Old Law, New Tricks: Using the Clean Air Act to Curb Climate Change
by Scott Schang, Leila B. Azari, Nicholas Bianco
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013

Few if any people think the Clean Air Act is the optimal legislative solution to climate change; but it is a powerful tool that is being used sometimes despite the prevailing political will. To address this reality, this volume calls on the best writing from the most often-cited environmental law journal...
Book cover of Promoting Global Competence and Social Justice in Teacher Education

Promoting Global Competence and Social Justice in Teacher Education

Successes and Challenges within Local and International Contexts

by Burcu Ates, Perien Joniell Boer, Alexandra Brown
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015

Promoting Global Competence and Social Justice in Teacher Education addresses the growing concern that few practicing teachers in the United States are prepared to handle the demands of educating students for our changing global context. This book advocates for preparing teacher candidates to develop...
Book cover of Violence, Conflict, and World Order

Violence, Conflict, and World Order

Critical Conversations on State Sanctioned Justice

by Gregg Barak, Mahin Ashki, Gregg Barak
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2006

This is an ethnographic collection of 12 edited talks and conversations from a conference on violence, conflict, and the world order held at Eastern Kentucky University. The conference was organized by Carole Garrison, Chair of Criminal Justice and Police Studies at EKU, who arranged for video recording...
Book cover of Improving grassland and pasture management in temperate agriculture
by Dr O. Huguenin-Elie, Dr L. Delaby, Dr K. Klumpp
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018

Assesses latest research on how grasslands function Surveys best practice in sustainable grassland management Considers wider aspects of sustainability such as ecosystem services and biodiversity
Book cover of Alles Anders

Alles Anders

Kurzgeschichten

by Ulrike Zimmermann, Maria Hertting, Beate Schmidt
Language: German
Release Date: April 15, 2015

Ein Kaleidoskop schillernder Farben, unglaublicher Begebenheiten, die alle eines gemeinsam haben: Nichts - gar nichts - ist, wie es scheint. Besuchen Sie ein faszinierendes, farbiges, überraschendes Potpourri aus Krimis, Lebenschroniken, Fantasy, Science Fiction und manchem mehr, dessen Fäden sich...
Book cover of Achieving sustainable cultivation of potatoes Volume 2

Achieving sustainable cultivation of potatoes Volume 2

Production, storage and crop protection

by Dr Ilkka Leinonen, Hongyan Chen, James A. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2018

Comprehensive coverage of improvements in cultivation techniques across the potato value chain, from yield modelling to post-harvest storage Detailed review of the main fungal, bacterial and viral diseases affecting potatoes Assesses the environmental impact of potato cultivation
Book cover of Antidemocracy in America

Antidemocracy in America

Truth, Power, and the Republic at Risk

by Michelle Wilde Anderson, Lisa Wade, Thomas J. Sugrue
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019

On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States. But the victories of the Obama administration hid from view fundamental problems deeply rooted in American social institutions and history. The election’s consequences...
Book cover of The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens

The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens

Place, Personality, and Politics in the Civil War Era

by Amy S. Greenberg, Thomas J. Balcerski, Douglas R. Egerton
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2019

The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era’s most prominent politicians as well as the political landscapes they inhabited and informed. Both men called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their home, and both were...
Book cover of Charles de Gaulle's Legacy of Ideas
by Dana H. Allin, Timo Behr, David P. Calleo
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011

The essays in this volume examine selected national, regional European, and international policies of Charles de Gaulle, giving consideration to their significance in his own time, and today. Not everything de Gaulle did withstands the test of time. Nor, obviously, was everything beyond criticism...
Book cover of Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota

Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota

Volume 4, Ecosystem-Based Management

by Hector Alafita Vásquez, Mr. William W. Arzapalo, Donald M. Baltz
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013

The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute’s landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated...
Book cover of Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito
by Rachana Kamtekar, Mark McPherran, P T. Geach
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2004

Plato's Euthyrphro, Apology, and Crito portray Socrates' words and deeds during his trial for disbelieving in the Gods of Athens and corrupting the Athenian youth, and constitute a defense of the man Socrates and of his way of life, the philosophic life. The twelve essays in the volume, written by...
Book cover of Archbishop Romero and Spiritual Leadership in the Modern World
by Claudia Bernardi, Roberto Cuéllar, Rev. Carlos Sanchez
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015

Archbishop Romero and Spiritual Leadership in the Modern World presents a contemporary and integrated understanding of one of the most remarkable pastoral leaders of our time. This bishop, Oscar Romero of El Salvador, experienced deeply the overwhelming sufferings of the Salvadoran people, as well...
Book cover of The Bucket List Collection: Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die

The Bucket List Collection: Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die

Leaves of Grass, Siddhartha, Dubliners, Les Misérables, Don Quixote, Art of War, Middlemarch, Swann's Way…

by Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Kahlil Gibran
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019

Invest your time in reading the true masterpieces of world literature, the greatest works of the greatest masters of their craft, the revolutionary works, the timeless classics and the eternally grand storylines every person should experience in their lifetime: British: Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Macbeth...
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