J A Paul: 136 books
Fiction River: Fantastic Detectives
An Original Anthology Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Fantastic detectives come in many forms, from dogs to elves to eggs. (Yes, eggs.) And fantastic detective stories come in all mystery subgenres, from cozy to hard-boiled. (Remember. Eggs.) All of these forms and subgenres combine to create one of the most delightful additions to the Fiction River...
Hellhole
An Anthology of Subterranean Terror
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2018
A descent into terror.
Legends tell of a hollow earth, a world beneath our own. A world filled with wonders... and danger. But what if the legends are true?
Delve into dark worlds in HELLHOLE, where death lurks around every corner, and come face to face with creatures from your worst...
Beyond Bibliometrics
Harnessing Multidimensional Indicators of Scholarly Impact
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
A comprehensive, state-of-the-art examination of the changing ways we measure scholarly performance and research impact.
Bibliometrics has moved well beyond the mere tracking of bibliographic citations. The web enables new ways to measure scholarly productivity and impact, making available...
Homer Simpson Marches on Washington
Dissent through American Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
The Simpsons questions what is culturally acceptable, showcasing controversial issues like homosexuality, animal rights, the war on terror, and religion. This subtle form of political analysis is effective in changing opinions and attitudes on a large scale. Homer Simpson Marches on Washington explores...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 1
Breeding, quality traits, pests and diseases
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Discusses ways of ensuring genetic diversity, advances in wheat breeding and their use to improve properties such as drought resistance and cold tolerance;
Summarises research on factors affecting nutritional and other aspects of wheat quality;
Reviews advances in understanding wheat pests and diseases...
Preach the Word
Essays on Expository Preaching: In Honor of R. Kent Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2007
For more than forty years, pastor R. Kent Hughes has shared the gospel with thousands of people and raised the standard of expository preaching in North America and beyond.
To celebrate his legacy and pay tribute to his years of ministry, fifteen of Hughes's friends and colleagues from across...
by Eileen Mueller, A. J. Ponder, Kevin Berry
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2018
Here, between the realms of the Sky Father and Earth Mother, hellhounds race, ghosts drift aimless, and the taniwha stalks. Home fires drive them back, at the same time sparking stories and poems that traverse seconds, eons, and parsecs. Tales of gatekeepers, cloak wearers, and secret keepers. Of...
Philosophical Dialogues
Arne Naess and the Progress of Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 1999
The volume documents, and makes an original contribution to, an astonishing period in twentieth-century philosophy_the progress of Arne Naess's ecophilosophy from its inception to the present. It includes Naess's most crucial polemics with leading thinkers, drawn from sources as diverse as scholarly...
by Christopher Caldwell, Paul A. Cantor, James W. Ceaser
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Professions are institutions which, through their small size, self-governing elements, and sense of social mission, can assist in maintaining a sound civic culture. As mediating institutions in our democratic society that are neither entirely birthed by the state nor are entirely private, the individual...
by Benjamin R. Barber, Lloyd J. Dumas, Robert K. Fullinwider
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2002
What are the limits of justified retaliation against aggression? What actions are morally permissible in preventing future aggression? Against whom may retaliation be aimed? These questions have long been part of the debate over the ethics of warfare. They all took on new meaning after terrorists...
The American Civil War on Film and TV
Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American Civil War are among the most classic and controversial in motion picture history. From D. W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation (1915) to Free State of Jones (2016), the war has provided the setting, ideologies, and character archetypes...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 1
Cultivation techniques, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Sugarcane is the source of over three quarters of the world’s sugar, and is grown widely in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite rising demand, average yields have not increased significantly, partly because of continued vulnerability to pests and diseases. In addition, cultivation has been seen...
The Rock-Art of Eastern North America
Capturing Images and Insight
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Showcases the wealth of new research on sacred imagery found in 12 states and 4 Canadian provinces.
In archaeology, rock-art—any long-lasting marking made on a natural surface—is similar to material culture (pottery and tools) because it provides a record of human activity and ideology...
Von Achtsamkeit bis Zuversicht
ABC des guten Lebens
Language: German
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Was ist ein gutes Leben? Was macht mein Leben einfacher, ohne es einzuschränken? Was tut mir gut, aber gleichzeitig auch anderen? Es sind bestimmte Werte, die sich in einer Einstellung, aber auch im Verhalten, im Tun ausdrücken. Welche das sein könnten, zeigt dieses Buch mit Themen wie Achtsamkeit...