F Alexander: 62 books
The Peasant in Postsocialist China
History, Politics, and Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
The role of the peasant in society has been fundamental throughout China's history, posing difficult, much-debated questions for Chinese modernity. Today, as China becomes an economic superpower, the issue continues to loom large. Can the peasantry be integrated into a new Chinese capitalism, or will...
by Philip K. Dick, Milton Lesser, Edmond Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Imagination' was one of the most successful science fiction magazines of its time. While many of it contemporaries tried to push literary boundaries, 'Imagination' focused on adventure and space opera, assuring its financial success. Here are some of the finest stories ever to appear in its pages....
by Alexander F. Patterson
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Richard Örlendr died over a thousand years ago. He lived in Norway during the Germanic Iron Age and trusted in the judgement of the gods. That is not to say he did not question them when they gave him a dragon, nor did he blindly follow their orders when they told him to go to war. But, when one god...
Sociologia n.2/2017
Rivista quadrimestrale di Scienze Storiche e Sociali
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 2, 2017
La società e la storia NICOLA ANTONETTI Prefazione. “Sociologia” una cultura per la democrazia ANDREA BIXIO Introduzione Sturzo e la tradizione storica LUIGI STURZO La Sociologia GABRIELE DE ROSA Il tempo e l'opera di Luigi Sturzo PIETRO SCOPPOLA Intellettuali in una società in trasformazione:...
by F. A. Alexander Liddell
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Clovis finds himself needing the help of the only person willing to help him in his time of need. The only thing that is keeping him from honoring a man to man code is his best friends girlfriend. What Clovis find, rather than his best friend at the door, is his best friends girlfriend. Upon seeing...
Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)
The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
The Self as Muse
Narcissism and Creativity in the German Imagination 1750-1830
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2011
While there are countless philosophical and psychological studies that focus on sources of the self, narcissism has found relatively little attention in a pre-Freudian context. The Self as Muse fills this gap by examining various aspects of narcissism and their significance for the outpouring of creativity...
The Moral Brain
A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
An overview of the latest interdisciplinary research on human morality, capturing moral sensibility as a sophisticated integration of cognitive, emotional, and motivational mechanisms.
Over the past decade, an explosion of empirical research in a variety of fields has allowed us to understand...
Opportunities Missed, Opportunities Seized
Preventive Diplomacy in the PostDCold War World
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 1999
The basic logic of preventive diplomacy is unassailable. Act early to prevent disputes from escalating; reduce tensions that could lead to war; deal with today's conflicts before they become tomorrow's crises. Yet as we look at the record of these first years of the post-Cold War era, it is quite...
Too Late For Gordon And Khartoum;
The Testimony Of An Independent Eye-Witness Of The Heroic Efforts For Their Rescue And Relief [Illustrated Edition]
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Includes 6 detailed plans and maps
Sudan was afire with flame and revolt in 1883 as the Islamic revolution headed by the self-proclaimed Mahdi gained followers and captured districts. The British government not wanting to be involved in the costly suppression of the rebellion ordered Egypt...
The Pacifist Option
The Moral Argument Against War in Eastern Orthodox Theology
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 1999
In this path-breaking study, Fr. Alexander Webster convincingly demonstrates that a distinctive pacifist trajectory, characterized by the moral virtues of non-violence, nonresistance, voluntary kenotic suffering, and universal forgiveness, has endured through two millennia of Eastern Orthodox history...
Financing Public Schools
Theory, Policy, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Financing Public Schools moves beyond the basics of financing public elementary and secondary education to explore the historical, philosophical, and legal underpinnings of a viable public school system. Coverage includes the operational aspects of school finance, including issues regarding teacher...
A Gentle Introduction to Support Vector Machines in Biomedicine
Volume 2: Case Studies and Benchmarks
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Support Vector Machines (SVMs) are among the most important recent developments in pattern recognition and statistical machine learning. They have found a great range of applications in various fields including biology and medicine. However, biomedical researchers often experience difficulties grasping...
Antbirds and Ovenbirds
Their Lives and Homes
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Antbirds and ovenbirds, two of the five largest families of birds found only in the Western Hemisphere, have been among Alexander Skutch's favorites for more than six decades. In this book, he draws on years of observations to describe the life cycle of these fascinating birds, which inhabit Latin America...