Hess: 433 books
49th Fighter Group
Aces of the Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
The 49th FG was sent to Australia in early 1942 to help stem the tide of Japanese conquest in Java. Too late to save the island, the group went into action in the defence of Darwin, Australia, where the Forty-Niners' handful of P-40E Warhawks were thrown into combat alongside survivors from the defeated...
Urban School Reform
Lessons from San Diego
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
An indispensable book for administrators, policymakers, scholars, and practitioners, Urban School Reform presents a revealing portrait of reform efforts while identifying the full range of issues that education reformers will need to address in districts across the country in the years ahead.
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Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith?
A Critical Appraisal of Modern and Postmodern Approaches to Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Is historical accuracy an indispensable part of the Bible’s storyline, or is Scripture only concerned with theological truths? As progressive evangelicals threaten to reduce the Bible’s jurisdiction by undermining its historical claims, every Christian who cares about the integrity of Scripture...
Deutsches Haus
Roman
Language: German
Release Date: September 21, 2018
Ein Prozess, der Deutschland veränderte, und auch das Leben einer jungen Frau Der erste Auschwitz-Prozess findet von 1963 bis 1965 in Frankfurt a. M. statt. Fritz Bauer, Generalstaatsanwalt in Hessen, will die deutsche Öffentlichkeit aufrütteln, sie mit ihrer Vergangenheit konfrontieren, die Verantwortlichen...
by Peter O. Hess, Mirko Schäfer, Walter Greiner
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2015
This book explores the role of singularities in general relativity (GR): The theory predicts that when a sufficient large mass collapses, no known force is able to stop it until all mass is concentrated at a point. The question arises, whether an acceptable physical theory should have a singularity,...
The Leptin A+ Plan: A Better Way to Lose Weight, Improve Health and Control Hormones
Weight Loss Plan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
The Leptin Diet A+ Plan
A Better Way to Lose Weight, Improve Health and Control Hormones
Aren't you tired of always having to search for a new, more attractive way to control your weight? Do you encounter problems sticking to all your diets because your cravings for different appetizing...
A Companionable Way
Path of Devotion in Conscious Love
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
In today's polarized publics, we are rarely prepared to encounter one another peaceably and deeply across irreconcilable difference. A Companionable Way invites inquisitive minds, body-souls, and spiritual hearts into the delightful but demanding inner work required for peaceable encounters with integrity...
Artisanal Theology
Intentional Formation in Radically Covenantal Companionship
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2009
Paradox and surprise face those who pursue deeper spiritual practice, theological wisdom, and even a religious calling into the ministry. Unbeknownst to incoming students, the pursuit of theological education in established institutions today furthers a faith that is recognizable in delight and compassion,...
Once They Hear My Name
Korean Adoptees and Their Journeys Toward Identity
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
A testament to the more than 100,000 Korean adoptees who have come to the United States since the 1950s, this collection of oral histories features the stories of nine Korean Americans who were adopted as children and the struggles they’ve shared as foreigners in their native lands. From their early...
by William N Hess
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
I think the success of the 354th as the leading group in the European theatre for aerial victories is due to several things. First was the initial training of the squadrons before deployment to England. Colonel Ken Martin nurtured the group from its infancy, and all the excellence that later showed...
by Tom Hess
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:"May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls, prosperity within your palaces" (Psalm 122:6-7).In a time when God is shaking everything that can be shaken, naturally and spiritually, you will be secure and prosperous when you pray and stand...
Military Chaplains in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond
Advisement and Leader Engagement in Highly Religious Environments
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
The role of military chaplains has changed over the past decade as Western militaries have deployed to highly religious environments such as East Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq. U.S. military chaplains, who are by definition non-combatants, have been called upon by their war-fighting commanders to...
Chinese Military Modernization and Force Development
A Western Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
China’s military development has become a key focus of US security policy as well as that of virtually all Asia-Pacific states. This report from the CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy examines trends in Chinese strategy, military spending, and military forces based on Chinese defense white papers and...
Authoring the Self
Self-Representation, Authorship, and the Print Market in British Poetry from Pope through Wordsworth
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
Drawing upon historicist and cultural studies approaches to literature, this book argues that the Romantic construction of the self emerged out of the growth of commercial print culture and the expansion and fragmentation of the reading public beginning in eighteenth-century Britain.
Arguing for continuity...