Downey: 162 books
Planting a Capitalist South
Masters, Merchants, and Manufacturers in the Southern Interior, 1790--1860
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
"This is a pathbreaking book, well grounded in the appropriate documentary record. Downey makes especially good use of the reports of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company and of other corporations, which are so tedious to read, to offer an exciting and fresh perspective on an old problem...
Ni Howdy!
An American Woman's (Mal)Adaptation to Life in the People's Republic of China
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2005
Author Desi Downey had never been out of the States and rarely out of the Midwest when her husband's job was transferred to China. Without a clue-and virtually overnight-Downey was thrust into a new and bewildering existence.
Ni Howdy! is Downey's nitty-gritty, down-to-earth, and hilarious...
by Dawn Downey
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Deeply honest and deeply personal, Downey's observations are laced with quirky insights and self-deprecating humor. She draws inspiration from the flu, the garden, bad knees and bad TV. She explores larger themes of loss and estrangement, while retaining a youthful outlook on the vagaries of...
by John Wesley Downey
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
Author John Wesley Downey, in his first non-fiction book, creatively combines basic Judeo-Christian beliefs with the simplest and most compelling concepts of Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism to give readers The Ten Commandments of Spirituality.
By combining basic spiritual concepts...
by Dawn Downey
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
You're not alone.
Hollow words for any tender soul smiling through the day while hiding a deep sense of loneliness.
For such a soul—like Dawn Downey—the friendliest encounter becomes an exercise in alienation. In her essay titled, "A Traveler's Tale," she describes a stroll...
The Bread of the Strong
Lacouturisme and the Folly of the Cross, 1910-1985
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Contributing to the ongoing excavation of the spiritual lifeworld of Dorothy Day—“the most significant, interesting, and influential person in the history of American Catholicism”—The Bread of the Strong offers compelling new insight into the history of the Catholic Worker movement, including...
All True Vows
A memoir
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
All True Vows is one woman’s story of choosing to enter the religious life for all the wrong reasons—and how she finds her way out to wholeness and fulfillment.
Author Sharon Downey opens up about her struggles within her family of origin and the “family” she became a part of as a...
Stumbling Toward the Buddha: Stories about Tripping over My Principles on the Road to Transformation
Stumbling Toward the Buddha: Stories about Tripping over My Principles on the Road to Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
In a voice that is both authentic and wry, Dawn Downey sits down with her readers to have an honest conversation about how a spiritual life really manifests in the day-to-day world. Through this delightful collection of linked essays, we come to understand—and recognize—how we all stumble through...
Think DSP
Digital Signal Processing in Python
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
If you understand basic mathematics and know how to program with Python, you’re ready to dive into signal processing. While most resources start with theory to teach this complex subject, this practical book introduces techniques by showing you how they’re applied in the real world. In the first...
by David Downey
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2013
Goddess is a collection of David Downey’s short stories. The tales explore love, loss, and longing, against the quirky and psychedelic backdrops of one night stands, time travel, jilted gods, nuclear war, alien invasions, and junk mail hording.
by K. Patrick Downey
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2017
Do you enjoy reading macabre poetry ? Do you enjoy short stories written within the realm of darkness? Then you will enjoy the Visions of Darkness. They are written in the more classical style of dark lore. They will invoke memories of the first time you read the works of Edgar Allan Poe. The story...
Think Data Structures
Algorithms and Information Retrieval in Java
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2017
If you’re a student studying computer science or a software developer preparing for technical interviews, this practical book will help you learn and review some of the most important ideas in software engineering—data structures and algorithms—in a way that’s clearer, more concise, and more...
Horses and Helicopters
A Son’s Tribute to His Father and Their Shared Military Service
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
Horses and Helicopters, is about my father Major James R. Downey JR, US Army Retired and Technical Sgt. James R. Downey III. MA, US Air Force Retired, and their military experiences. [Part I] “Horses” is an chronological review of “Pops” travel. He did not talk much about experiences except...
by Liam Downey
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
Winner, American Sociological Association Section on Environment and Technology Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award
The world currently faces several severe social and environmental crises, including economic under-development, widespread poverty and hunger, lack of safe drinking...