Hastings: 278 books
by Tom H. Hastings
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2003
Terrorism, which by definition targets civilians, is unacceptable, but a violent response to violence usually causes more violence. This book outlines some of the best thinking about nonviolent methods of resisting terrorism in the growing fields of international aid and nonviolent interposition....
ReMixology
Classic Cocktails, Reconsidered and Reinvented
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Experience the rebirth of cocktails and enjoy your favorite classics as you’ve never tasted them before!
History tells us that once a cocktail achieved prominence at the bar, the impulse to invent variations has been irresistible. ReMixology is a celebration of time-honored cocktails, the fascinating...
Learning Mandarin for the Fish and Chips
Learning Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan and Mandarin Legal Work in London
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
For one reason or another, after I arrived in Taiwan, I became the world’s most serious student. I spent almost every hour in the day memorizing Chinese characters, using special recording machines to listen to the feedback of my spoken Chinese tones and even learning Cantonese at the same time. I...
A New Era of Nonviolence
The Power of Civil Society Over War
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
This book is an exploration of nonviolent strategies and tactics that have been used to prevent and end civil wars, invasions, and occupations. The problem of war is examined in light of efforts to transform destructive conflict into constructive conflict. Research into alternatives has produced a...
by Diane Hastings
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
The title of the book is There Is Help in the Midst of Your Trials. How many times have you been going through a test or trial and you felt like you were at the end of your rope? Sometimes, you felt forsaken or thought, Where is God? There was no one to call or you thought no one would understand....
by Milo Milton Hastings
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
FOREWORD: In this strange story of another day, the author has ''dipped into the future'' and viewed with his mind's eye the ultimate effect of America's self-satisfied complacency, and her persistent refusal to heed the lessons of Oriental progress. I can safely promise the reader who takes up this...
by General Lord Hastings Ismay KG GCB CH DSO PC
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
“This memoir is a masterly narrative by a participant at the very centre of British decision-making during the entire Second World War. Major General ‘Pug’ Ismay was appointed secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence in July 1938 and from there became, in May 1940, Churchill’s senior...
Doo Wop Motels
Architectural Treasures of The Wildwoods
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2007
The three New Jersey beach resorts known collectively as The Wildwoods have recently been the subject of widespread notice for their unique concentration of mid-century commercial architecture. Known in The Wildwoods as Doo Wop, the style is mostly represented in the resorts' surviving motels, built...
Multiculturalism
Inaugural Issue of the Journal of the Western Institute for Social Research
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
This is the inaugural issue of the Journal of the Western Institute for Social Research (WISR). This issue's theme is “multiculturalism.” Included are articles on such topics as: multicultural therapy, ethnographies of learning, Chinese learners working in groups, the role of language in multicultural...
Nationalism in Modern Europe
Politics, Identity, and Belonging since the French Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Nationalism has been, without question, one of the most potent political and cultural forces within Europe since the late-18th century. Placing particular emphasis on transnational and comparative links, Nationalism in Modern Europe provides a clear and accessible history of the development of nationalism...
Handbook of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
This new edition of Handbook of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology: Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland features practical guidance on how to handle common inpatient and outpatient challenges seen in pediatric hematology and oncology. Designed as a rapid reference to the latest diagnostic...
by Teresa Hastings, Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath, Emilio Fernandez
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
Parkinson's Disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder affecting millions of people worldwide. In order to find neuroprotective strategies, a clear understanding of the mechanisms involved in the dopaminergic death of cells that progresses the disease is needed. Oxidative stress...
by Whitlow W. L. Au, Mardi C. Hastings
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2009
Humans have always been fascinated by marine life, from extremely small diatoms to the largest mammal that inhabits our planet, the blue whale. However, studying marine life in the ocean is an extremely difficult propo- tion because an ocean environment is not only vast but also opaque to most instruments...
by Milo Hastings
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
When but a child of seven my uncle placed me in a private school in which one of the so-called redeemed sub-sailors was a teacher of the German language. As I look back now, in the light of my present knowledge, I better comprehend the docile humility and carefully nurtured ignorance of this man.