Hess: 433 books
by Alan Hess
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
A colorful, portable guide to all the features of Nikon's D3200 dSLR
The Nikon D3200 dSLR camera is packed with fabulous features like a 24-megapixel sensor, full HD video capability with fulltime autofocus, and 4 frames-per-second continuous shooting mode. This full-color guide provides instructions...
Photographing Fireworks
The Right Gear, Location, and Techniques for Capturing Beautiful Images
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
In Photographing Fireworks, author and photographer Alan Hess teaches you how to capture stunning photos of fireworks displays, offering helpful tips to guide you in the field. Alan covers the equipment setup that you’ll need to snap the perfect shot, as well as the fundamentals of exposure and composition....
In the Trenches at Petersburg
Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
In the Trenches at Petersburg, the final volume of Earl J. Hess's trilogy of works on the fortifications of the Civil War, recounts the strategic and tactical operations around Petersburg during the last ten months of the Civil War. Hess covers all aspects of the Petersburg campaign, from important...
The Old Testament
A Historical, Theological, and Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
A Respected Scholar Introduces Students to the Discipline of Old Testament Studies
Richard Hess, a trusted scholar of the Old Testament and the ancient Near East, offers a substantial introduction to the Old Testament that is accessibly written and informed by the latest biblical scholarship....
by Richard S. Hess
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
Richard Hess has written an insightful commentary on one of the most intriguing books of the Bible, which celebrates God's gift of love.
Following an introduction to the biblical book and a history of its interpretation, Hess divides his discussion into seven major sections. Each section begins...
The Battle of Peach Tree Creek
Hood's First Effort to Save Atlanta
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
On July 20, 1864, the Civil War struggle for Atlanta reached a pivotal moment. As William T. Sherman's Union forces came ever nearer the city, the defending Confederate Army of Tennessee replaced its commanding general, removing Joseph E. Johnston and elevating John Bell Hood. This decision stunned...
by Frederick M. Hess
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The Cage-Busting Teacher adopts the logic of Cage-Busting Leadership and applies it to the unique challenges and opportunities of classroom teachers. Detailed, accessible, and thoroughly engaging, it uncovers the many ways in which teachers can break out of familiar constraints in order to influence...
by Frederick M. Hess, Michael B. Horn
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The growth of for-profit providers in the K–16 education sector has generated more than its share of controversy. From the emergence of charter schools to post-secondary options like the University of Phoenix, for-profit providers have been lauded for their capacity to serve historically underserved...
Deborah and Her Sisters
How One Nineteenth-Century Melodrama and a Host of Celebrated Actresses Put Judaism on the World Stage
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
Before Fiddler on the Roof, before The Jazz Singer, there was Deborah, a tear-jerking melodrama about a Jewish woman forsaken by her non-Jewish lover. Within a few years of its 1849 debut in Hamburg, the play was seen on stages across Germany and Austria, as well as throughout Europe, the British...
Fighting for Atlanta
Tactics, Terrain, and Trenches in the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
As William T. Sherman's Union troops began their campaign for Atlanta in the spring of 1864, they encountered Confederate forces employing field fortifications located to take advantage of rugged terrain. While the Confederates consistently acted on the defensive, digging eighteen lines of earthworks...
by Earl J. Hess
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Fought on July 28, 1864, the Battle of Ezra Church was a dramatic engagement during the Civil War's Atlanta campaign. Confederate forces under John Bell Hood desperately fought to stop William T. Sherman's advancing armies as they tried to cut the last Confederate supply line into the city. Confederates...
Science Studies
An Advanced Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1997
Thrust into the public eye by the contentious "Science Wars"--played out most recently by physicist Alan Sokal's hoax--the nascent field of science studies takes on the political, historical, and cultural dimensions of technology and the sciences.
Science Studies is the first comprehensive...
Undone Science
Social Movements, Mobilized Publics, and Industrial Transitions
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
A theoretical integration of science and technology studies and social movement studies that finds both common ground and “undone” research.
As the fields of social movement studies (SMS) and science and technology studies (STS) have diversified in topical focus, they have moved closer...
Working Knowledge
STEM Essentials for the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2012
Working Knowledge: STEM Essentials for the 21st Century is designed to inspire a wide range of readers from high school and undergraduate students with an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) to STEM teachers and those who wish to become teachers. Written by...