J Thomas: 1181 books
A Nazi Past
Recasting German Identity in Postwar Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Since the end of World War II, historians and psychologists have investigated the factors that motivated Germans to become Nazis before and during the war. While most studies have focused on the high-level figures who were tried at Nuremberg, much less is known about the hundreds of SS members, party...
Battle of Paoli
The Revolutionary War "Massacre" Near Philadelphia, September 1777
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
This first full-length treatment of the Revolutionary War battle of Paoli recounts the British surprise attack on a Continental Army division near Philadelphia in September 1777. A crushing defeat for the Americans, the battle became known as the "Paoli Massacre". Philadelphia fell to the...
The Children of Roswell
A Seven-Decade Legacy of Fear, Intimidation, and Cover-Ups
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
This is not just another book about Roswell. It’s not about any of the events surrounding one of the most famous UFO incidents of all time. It’s not even about any of the men or women involved in the recovery of a spaceship and its crew in the summer of 1947.
Rather, it’s about the aftermath—the...
Hybrid Systems, Optimal Control and Hybrid Vehicles
Theory, Methods and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
This book assembles new methods showing the automotive engineer for the first time how hybrid vehicle configurations can be modeled as systems with discrete and continuous controls. These hybrid systems describe naturally and compactly the networks of embedded systems which use elements such as integrators,...
National Service and Volunteerism
Achieving Impact in Our Communities
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
National service and volunteerism enjoy a rich history in the United States and an emergent future in other parts of the world. However, there remains relatively scant evidence of overall impact of national service programs and volunteer effectiveness. This condition continues to threaten national...
by Thomas E. Hachey, Lawrence J. McCaffrey
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2010
Completely revised and updated, this rich and readable history of modern Ireland covers the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural dimensions of the country's development from the origins of the Irish Question to the present day. A new introductory chapter covers the period prior to...
Ecology and Conservation of the Sirenia
Dugongs and Manatees
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Dugongs and manatees, the only fully aquatic herbivorous mammals, live in the coastal waters, rivers and lakes of more than 80 subtropical and tropical countries. Symbols of fierce conservation battles, sirenian populations are threatened by multiple global problems. Providing comparative information...
by Charlotte J. Lundgren, Alun H. Mr. Thomas, Robert C. York
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Sizeable natural resource endowments and potentially large financial inflows from their extraction provide an unparalleled opportunity for economic growth and development in a growing number of sub-Saharan African countries. Empirical evidence suggests, however, that translating this resource wealth...
Spirituality, Culture, and Development
Implications for Social Work
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
This book explores culture, development, and spirituality from the perspective of social work. This framework serves as foundation and guides analytical deliberation through the use of case studies from around the world. With emerging trends in development, synchronistic synthesis between the inner...
The World Trade Organization
Law, Practice, and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
The WTO is one of the most important intergovernmental organizations in the world, yet the way in which it functions as an organization and the scope of its authority and power are still poorly understood. This comprehensively revised new edition of the acclaimed work by an outstanding team of WTO...
by Winninger, Thomas J.
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Prayer is powerful. Deep, personal prayer changes lives when a relationship with God forms. Prayer can even unite us to others through shared experiences. Many teenagers nationwide have responded to this call to prayer, to a conversation with God in their lives. Although our society screams otherwise, our teens' hearts long to be heard by God.
Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education
Contemporary Issues and Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives examines forms of pedagogy such as service-learning, experiential learning, and problem-based learning in order to determine how students make connections between and among abstract academic concepts and real-life...
America’s Two Constitutions
A Study of the Treatment of Dissenters in Time of War
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
America’s Two Constitutions explores the history of the treatment of dissenters in time of war, beginning with the treatment of Tories during the Revolution, followed by description and analysis of the Lincoln administration’s treatment of disloyal persons during the Civil War, President Wilson’s...
Religion and the New Republic
Faith in the Founding of America
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1999
A collection of the country's most respected historians, philosophers, and theologians examines the role of religion in the founding of the United States. This collection of never before published essays, originally delivered at the Library of Congress, presents the most original and recent scholarship...