Jacobson: 502 books
Night of Flames
A Novel of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Painting a vivid and terrifying picture of war-torn Europe during World War II, this tale chronicles the lives of Anna, a Krakow university professor, and her husband Jan, a Polish cavalryman. After they are separated and forced to flee occupied Poland, Anna soon finds herself caught up in the Belgian...
by Julie Wright, Melanie Jacobson, Heather B. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The Mariposa Hotel A Tangerine Street Romance (a novel in three parts)
Welcome to Tangerine Street
Tangerine Street is a must-see tourist stop with a colorful mix of one-of-a-kind boutiques, unique restaurants, eclectic museums, quaint bookstores, and exclusive bed-and-breakfasts....
So I Go Now
Following After the Jesus of Our Day
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2007
"I see him riding in on a Harley, the Jesus of my day. His hair is long and wild from the wind and it looks like he's been on the road for a while. But his eyes are still bright, and he smiles when he sees me. I guess he travels light because his saddlebags are mostly empty..."
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Rethinking School Bullying
Dominance, Identity and School Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
This book takes a new angle on a much-studied phenomenon, focusing on the role of domination and identity construction, understanding and self-knowledge, moral transformation and the social community, systems of training and hierarchy used by schooling, and the role they play in bullying. Exploring...
Islam in Transition
Religion and Identity among British Pakistani Youth
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2006
Islam in Transition focuses on the ways in which Islamic religion still engenders powerful loyalties within what is now a predominantly secular society and how, in their continual adherence to their religion, many young British Pakistanis find a welcome sense of stability and permanence. By presenting...
by Samuel H. Kernell, Thad Kousser, Lynn Vavreck
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2019
Why does the American political system work the way it does?
Find the answers in The Logic of American Politics. This best-selling text arms you with a toolkit of institutional design concepts—command, veto, agenda control, voting rules, and delegation—that help you recognize how the American...
Ballistics
Theory and Design of Guns and Ammunition, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
With new chapters, homework problems, case studies, figures, and examples, Ballistics: Theory and Design of Guns and Ammunition, Third Edition encourages superior design and innovative applications in the field of ballistics. It examines the analytical and computational tools for predicting a weapon’s...
Proteinaholic
How Our Obsession with Meat Is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
An acclaimed surgeon specializing in weight loss delivers a paradigm-shifting examination of the diet and health industry’s focus on protein, explaining why it is detrimental to our health, and can prevent us from losing weight.
Whether you are seeing a doctor, nutritionist, or a trainer,...
by Sandra A. Jacobson, Ronald W. Pies, Ira R. Katz
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2007
What do clinicians need to know to safely and effectively prescribe psychotropic medications to elderly patients?
Understanding the complex pharmacological changes that occur with aging is critical to informed prescribing -- yet much of today's practice in geriatric prescribing continues to...
by Kate B. Jacobson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Matilda didn't know if she'd ever see Percival again when she left Amberdel Castle in England. Still haunted by his tragic past, the rich, handsome aristocrat told her that he was leaving Europe to return to South America.Back in Florence, with her heart in tatters, Matilda returns to life as usual working...
by Peter C. Jacobson
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2009
The The Dead Presidents Club story continues with the ghosts of Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge trying to end a 160 year old curse before an assassin kills the president and his family by blowing up the White House. The ghosts have little time to discover the assassin and to...
Toward a Meaningful Life
The Wisdom of the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
Toward a Meaningful Life is a spiritual road map for living based on the teachings of one of the foremost religious leaders of our time: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Head of the Lubavitcher movement for forty-four years and recognized throughout the world simply as “the Rebbe,” Menachem Mendel...
by J. David Bleich, Arthur J. Jacobson
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Organized as a series of authoritative discussions, this book presents the application of Jewish law - or Halakhah - to contemporary social and political issues. Beginning with the principle of divine revelation, it describes the contents and canons of interpretation of Jewish law. Though divinely...
by Margaret P Battin, Leslie P Francis, Jay A Jacobson
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2008
Bioethics emerged at a time when infectious diseases were not a major concern. Thus bioethics never had to develop a normative framework sensitive to situations of disease transmission. The Patient as Victim and Vector explores how traditional and new issues in clinical medicine, research, public...