Edward A : 290 books
The YMCA at War
Collaboration and Conflict during the World Wars
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2018
The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is best known for its athletic and youth programs, a heritage that draws on its origins in 1844 to provide wholesome recreation to urban youth away from the moral decay of industrialized urban living. Before long, that uplift mission found a place in...
by Mary Ellen Dandy Marmaduke, Issam A. Awad, Edward R. Laws
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
This memoir recalls the life and accomplishments of Walter E. Dandy, MD, a neurosurgical pioneer who made stunning and seminal contributions to the field, including the first aneurysm clipping, the first discectomy, and most importantly, the invention of modern hydrocephalus therapy. Drawing on her memories...
THE BOOK OF JAMES
CPH New Testament Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2017
This commentary volume is part of a series by Christian Publishing House (CPH) that covers all of the sixty-six books of the Bible. These volumes are a study tool for the pastor, small group biblical studies leader, or the churchgoer. The primary purpose of studying the Bible is to learn about God...
Maryland
A History
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2018
In 1634, two ships carrying a small group of settlers sailed into the Chesapeake Bay looking for a suitable place to dwell in the new colony of Maryland. The landscape confronting the pioneers bore no resemblance to their native country. They found no houses, no stores or markets, churches, schools,...
by Dr Edward C. Rojas, Dr Hans J. L. Jørgensen, Dr Birgit Jensen
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Diseases remain a serious problem in wheat and barley cultivation. It has been estimated that around 20% of global crop production is lost to diseases. Leading fungal diseases affecting wheat and barley include rusts, Septoria blotches, powdery mildew, tan spot, spot blotch, net blotch, scald and...
by Edward C. Weber, DO, Joel A. Vilensky
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Designed to make learning more interesting and clinically meaningful, Netter's Concise Radiologic Anatomy matches radiologic images―from MR and ultrasound to CT and advanced imaging reconstructions―to the exquisite artwork of master medical illustrator Frank H. Netter, MD. As a companion to the...
by Edward Gross, Mark A. Altman
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
This is the unauthorized, uncensored and unbelievable true story behind the making of a pop culture phenomenon. The original Star Trek series debuted in 1966 and has spawned five TV series spin-offs and a dozen feature films, with an upcoming one from Paramount arriving in 2016. The Fifty-Year Mission...
Monster Maelstrom
A Flash Fiction Halloween Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
24 Extremely Short Halloween Stories for your Briefest Moments
From a Hillary Clinton stripper to mythical beast-women in the harsh Scandinavian tundra and from an unusual band of steadfast teddy bears to the last man in zombie-occupied Chicago, fill your briefest moments with pulse-pounding...
The Telephone Patent Conspiracy of 1876: The Elisha Gray-Alexander Bell Controversy and Its Many Players
The Elisha Gray-Alexander Bell Controversy and Its Many Players
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2000
The invention of the telephone is a subject of great controversy, central is which is the patent issued to Alexander Graham Bell on March 7, 1876. Many problems and questions surround this patent, not the least of which was its collision in the Patent Office with a strangely similar invention by archrival...
Jewish Men Pray
Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day.
"An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary,...
American Catholics and Civic Engagement
A Distinctive Voice
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding...
Collaborative Resilience
Moving Through Crisis to Opportunity
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
Case studies and analyses investigate how collaborative response to crisis can enhance social-ecological resilience and promote community reinvention.
Crisis—whether natural disaster, technological failure, economic collapse, or shocking acts of violence—can offer opportunities for collaboration,...
Taking Parenting Public
The Case for a New Social Movement
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2002
Taking Parenting Public makes a compelling case that parenting has become dangerously undervalued in America today. It calls for a new investment—both personal and public—into the work of raising children and argues that we are all 'stockholders' in the next generation. With a foreword by Sylvia...
Voluntary Simplicity
Responding to Consumer Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2003
A simpler life. In a shadow cast by the jarring beginning of the new millennium, simplicity has an undeniable appeal. Global conflicts, domestic security concerns, and a stalling economy can make keeping up with the Joneses feel like, at best, a misguided luxury. Now is not a time for excess; it is...