G Kennedy: 19 books
Mr. Jefferson's Lost Cause
Land, Farmers, Slavery, and the Louisiana Purchase
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2003
Thomas Jefferson advocated a republic of small farmers--free and independent yeomen. And yet as president he presided over a massive expansion of the slaveholding plantation system, particularly with the Louisiana Purchase, squeezing the yeomanry to the fringes and to less desirable farmland. Now...
Cotton and Conquest
How the Plantation System Acquired Texas
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
This sweeping work of history explains the westward spread of cotton agriculture and slave labor across the South and into Texas during the decades before the Civil War. In arguing that the U.S. acquisition of Texas originated with planters’ need for new lands to devote to cotton cultivation, celebrated...
Wildfire and Americans
How to Save Lives, Property, and Your Tax Dollars
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2007
Three years after Roger Kennedy retired as director of the National Park Service, from his Santa Fe home he watched as the Cerro Grande Fire moved across the Pajarito Plateau and into Los Alamos. Two hundred and thirty-five homes were destroyed, more than 45,000 acres of forest were burned, and the...
by Dr. Sandra G. Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2014
This book presents a remarkable revelation of God’s Word. It will build your faith and renew your confidence and joy. You’ll find the keys to enduring victory as you shake off the “old” and wrap yourself in a “new” garment.
You will discover:
. The key to God’s nature...
by G. Paz-y-Miño, A. Espinosa, C. J. Dykhuizen
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
The content in this special two-volume anthology details the many facets of aikido as it was formulated by Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969). Each chapter contributes to a piece of the aikido puzzle by providing historical details, insightful technical drills (bare handed and with...
Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson : A Study in Character
A Study in Character
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 1999
This book restores Aaron Burr to his place as a central figure in the founding of the American Republic. Abolitionist, proto-feminist, friend to such Indian leaders as Joseph Brant, Burr was personally acquainted with a wider range of Americans, and of the American continent, than any other Founder...
Education Skills for 21st Century Teachers
Voices From a Global Online Educators’ Forum
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
This monograph presents the current views, challenges and future needs of educators from a global online exchange where educators and researchers discuss the 21st century skills needed by students and teachers. The three editors, who participated in the global online research discussion group, also...
by Terry G. Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Two days after Christmas in 1969, five young, forward-thinking mountaineers set out to climb Mount Cleveland, the highest peak in Glacier National Park. They were never seen alive again. The Mount Cleveland tragedy will remain one of the most enigmatic mountaineering accidents in the United States....
The Flower of Paradise
The Institutionalized Use of the Drug Qat in North Yemen
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book concerns the use of the drug qat in North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic), a country lying on the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. However, because this substance is so interwoven into the fabric of society and culture, it is also necessarily about Yemen itself. The history and...
by The Detection Club, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
It’s “great fun” when a baker’s dozen of Golden Age authors collaborate on a whodunit—including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and G. K. Chesterton (The Guardian).
Originally published in 1931, The Floating Admiral is a classic literary collaboration by members of the Detection...
Fantastic Stories Presents The Vampire Super Pack
Over 225,000 words of startling Vampire fiction by writers such as Bram Stoker, F. Marion Crawford, Steve Rasnic Tem, Robert E. Howard, Jay O'Connell, John William Polidori, and many, many more!
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2019
Vampires have fascinated mankind for centuries. These creatures of the night enthrall us, terrify us, and seduce us. The Vampire Super Pack brings together 42 vampires stories spanning almost 200 years. With over 225,000 words of fascinating fiction this is the Vampire anthology you’ve been waiting...
Dubai - The Epicenter of Modern Innovation
A Guide to Implementing Innovation Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
International and global in nature, Dubai - The Epicenter of Modern Innovation: A Guide to Implementing Innovation Strategies provides a roadmap for the successful implementation of innovation for companies and businesses currently working in the Middle East, the UAE, and more specifically, Dubai....
by Holly G!, Rudy Lapick, Jon D'Agostino
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
"Big In Japan" Cheryl goes to Japan to do research for a family-friendly video game her mother is developing. Video games-- and Japan, for that matter-- may never be the same once our radical redhead gets through with them!
by Carolyn Auerhahn, EdD, GNP-BC
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
2010 AJN Book of the Year Award Winner in Gerontologic Nursing!
Designated a Doody's Core Title!
"This is a valuable and timely resource as primary care practitioners are facing a growing aging population. Advanced practice nurses have always been swift to recognize and respond...
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