Eric Michael: 134 books
18 Wheels of Horror
A Trailer Full of Trucking Terrors
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
Psychotic killers, devious ghosts, alien monsters, howling storms, undead creatures, and other dark forces haunt the highways and the truckers who drive them in these 18 chilling tales. A ghostly voice on a trucker’s CB radio knows more about his life than it should… Two drivers find their cargo...
How Beautiful the Ordinary
Twelve Stories of Identity
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
A girl thought to be a boy steals her sister's skirt, while a boy thought to be a girl refuses to wear a cornflower blue dress. One boy's love of a soldier leads to the death of a stranger. The present takes a bittersweet journey into the past when a man revisits the summer school where he had "an...
The Genius of America
How the Constitution Saved Our Country--and Why It Can Again
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Due to a combination of heightened frustration, moves to skirt the constitutional process, and a widespread disconnect between the people and their constitutional "conscience," Lane and Oreskes warn us our longstanding Democracy is at risk. Together, they examine the Constitution's history...
by Eric B. Schultz, Michael J. Tougias
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
The harrowing story of one of America's first and costliest wars—featuring a new foreword by bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick
At once an in-depth history of this pivotal war and a guide to the historical sites where the ambushes, raids, and battles took place, King Philip's War expands...
The Objectivist Nexus
Essays in Cultural Poetics
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
"Objectivist" writers, conjoined through a variety of personal, ideological, and literary-historical links, have, from the late 1920s to the present, attracted emulation and suspicion. Representing a nonsymbolist, postimagist poetics and characterized by a historical, realist, antimythological...
by Michael Berkman, Eric Plutzer
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2010
Who should decide what children are taught in school? This question lies at the heart of the evolution-creation wars that have become a regular feature of the US political landscape. Ever since the 1925 Scopes 'monkey trial' many have argued that the people should decide by majority rule and through...
The Gilded Age
Perspectives on the Origins of Modern America
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
The United States that entered the twentieth century was vastly different from the nation that emerged from the Civil War. Industrialization, mass immigration, the growing presence of women in the work force, and the rapid advance of the cities had transformed American society. Broad in scope, The Gilded...
by Eric Mr. Verreydt, Michael Mr. Hadjimichael, Thomas Mr. Rumbaugh
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1992
The Gambia, one of the least developed countries in Africa, has been pursuing corrective economic policies since 1985, aimed at restroing financial stability and laying the basis for strong and sustainable economic growth. Supported by IMF policy advice and financing. The Gambia's economic performance...
by Michael Lund, Eric Dahl
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
Save money. Retire early. The lazy way.
So you've heard of lazy investing? But you're not quite sure what it's all about? You want to invest your money wisely, while avoiding crazy high fees and shady brokers? You know you need to save for retirement, but you don't know how? If this sounds...
Civic Media
Technology, Design, Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life.
Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation,...
Past, Present, and Future Research on Teacher Induction
An Anthology for Researchers, Policy Makers, and Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
This anthology on teacher induction research is intended for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in the field of teacher induction both nationally and internationally. This book is the final and major project of the Association of Teacher Educators' (ATE) Commission on Teacher Induction...
My Next Phase
The Personality-Based Guide to Your Best Retirement
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2007
Too many people 'flunk' retirement--even after a lifetime of hard work. Why? Because they only plan on their financial needs, not their emotional ones as they move into the next phase of life.
The key to a successful retirement lies in your personality, NOT in your bank account. My Next Phase--featured...
by Michael Bass, Casimer DeCusatis, Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
The most comprehensive and up-to-date optics resource available
Prepared under the auspices of the Optical Society of America, the five carefully architected and cross-referenced volumes of the Handbook of Optics, Third Edition, contain everything a student, scientist, or engineer requires...
by Andrew Auge, Geoffrey Bateman, Harry C. Boyte
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Climate Change across the Curriculum examines ways of thinking and conveying information about climate change across university curricula and within academic disciplines. The contributors provide methods, strategies, rationales, and theoretical justifications for teaching climate issues at the university...