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Montesinos' Legacy
Defining and Defending Human Rights for Five Hundred Years
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Montesinos’ Legacy brings scholars together in honor of the 500th anniversary of Dominican Antonio de Montesinos’ famous sermon in defense of the rights of the indigenous Amerindians. The collection addresses the historical context for this sermon, but also the continued relevance of Montesinos...
Ethics of Spying
A Reader for the Intelligence Professional
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2005
Intelligence professionals are employees of the government working in a business that some would consider unethical_the business of spying. This book looks at the dilemmas that exist when one is asked to perform a civil service that is in conflict with what that individual believes to be 'ethical.'...
by B J Lossing
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
A brief discussion of American Privateers and Privateering during the War of 1812 when America's Private Navy scourged British Commerce.
by B J Lossing
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
This is a brief biographic sketch of the Hero of New Orleans and populist President written in the 1850's for the popular press.
by B.J. Daniels
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
SOMETIMES NAUGHTY SOMETIMES NICE NO ONE KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT
FROM THIS COWBOY PACKAGE
Montana had never seen a man like Bridger Duvall before. Quiet as the rugged stranger kept, he sure had the whole town talking.
Setting up stakes in Whitehorse proper, he was in for the long haul—and...
by Brian Knowler, B.A., J.D.
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
In 2004, Brian Knowler was the first police officer at the scene of a fatal collision. The driver who died was a close friend of Brian's and died while Brian was attempting to save his life. For 8 years, Brian hid the physical and psychological effects of that evening while his personal and professional...
Ending Racial Preferences
The Michigan Story
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2009
In 2006, Michigan voters banned affirmative action preferences in public contracting, education, and employment. The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI) vote was preceded by years of campaigning, legal maneuvers, media coverage, and public debate. Ending Racial Preferences: The Michigan Story...
Windows into the Earth
The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2000
Millions of years ago, the North American continent was dragged over the world's largest continental hotspot, a huge column of hot and molten rock rising from the Earth's interior that traced a 50-mile wide, 500-mile-long path northeastward across Idaho. Generating cataclysmic volcanic eruptions and...
by N. K. Peske, B.J. Pennacchini
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2009
As all women know, movies are more than entertainment -- they're self-medication. A good flick is like a soothing tonic that, if administered property, (and in combination with something obscenely high in fat grams), can cure everything from a bad hair day to full-fledged identity crisis. Cinematherapy:...
Floodplains
Processes and Management for Ecosystem Services
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Floodplains provides an overview of floodplains and their management in temperate regions. It synthesizes decades of research on floodplain ecosystems, explaining hydrologic, geomorphic, and ecological processes and how under appropriate management these processes can provide benefits to society...
Seeing Judaism Anew
Christianity's Sacred Obligation
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2005
In September 2002, twenty-one prominent Catholic and Protestant scholars released the groundbreaking document "A Sacred Obligation," which includes ten statements about Jewish-Christian dialogue focused around a guiding claim: "Revising Christian teaching about Judaism and the Jewish...
Healing of Soul, Healing of Body
Spiritual Leaders Unfold the Strength & Solace in Psalms
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
A source of solace and a healing resource for those who are facing illness, as well as those who care for them.
For centuries, people have turned to the Book of Psalms for solace, comfort, and catharsis, seeking guidance, meaning, hope, and reassurance—in short, spiritual healing.
This...
Healing and the Jewish Imagination
Spiritual and Practical Perspectives on Judaism and Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
Where Judaism and health intersect, healing may begin.
Essential reading for people interested in the Jewish healing, spirituality and spiritual direction movements, this groundbreaking volume explores the Jewish tradition for comfort in times of illness and Judaism’s perspectives on the...
by H. George Frederickson, Kevin B. Smith, Christopher Larimer
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
The Public Administration Theory Primer explores how the science and art of public administration is definable, describable, replicable, and cumulative. The authors survey a broad range of theories and analytical approaches—from public institutional theory to theories of governance—and consider...