John H: 963 books
Dialogues between Faith and Reason
The Death and Return of God in Modern German Thought
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The contemporary theologian Hans Küng has asked if the "death of God," proclaimed by Nietzsche as the event of modernity, was inevitable. Did the empowering of new forms of rationality in Western culture beginning around 1500 lead necessarily to the reduction or privatization of faith? In Dialogues...
Wet Britches and Muddy Boots
A History of Travel in Victorian America
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012
What was travel like in the 1880s? Was it easy to get from place to place? Were the rides comfortable? How long did journeys take? Wet Britches and Muddy Boots describes all forms of public transport from canal boats to oceangoing vessels, passenger trains to the overland stage. Trips over long distances...
by John H. Kerr
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
Like all the other various codes of football, rugby has been and continues to be a physically hard and occasionally violent game. There are two types of violence in rugby: sanctioned violence, permitted by the laws of the game, enjoyed by players and found in the violent collisions that occur in tackles,...
Cultural Anthropology
Tribes, States, and the Global System
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2011
This introductory text introduces basic concepts in cultural anthropology by comparing cultures of increasing scale and focusing on specific universal issues throughout human history. Cultural materials are presented in integrated ethnographic case studies organized by cultural and geographic areas...
by John H. Carroll
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Zachary Zombie has been sent by Gert the Wicked Witch to find the magical Dagger of Gik from the ruins of an old wizard’s mansion. He is accompanied by Al, Gus, and Carl, three fellow zombies. Thick forest surrounds the decaying mansion and even darker passages with untold perils wait for the undead...
Sunshine Was Never Enough
Los Angeles Workers, 1880–2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Delving beneath Southern California’s popular image as a sunny frontier of leisure and ease, this book tells the dynamic story of the life and labor of Los Angeles’s large working class. In a sweeping narrative that takes into account more than a century of labor history, John H. M. Laslett acknowledges...
Concert Life in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans
A Comprehensive Reference
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
During the nineteenth century, New Orleans thrived as the epicenter of classical music in America, outshining New York, Boston, and San Francisco before the Civil War and rivaling them thereafter. While other cities offered few if any operatic productions, New Orleans gained renown for its glorious...
One Size Does Not Fit All
Traditional and Innovative Models of Student Affairs Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2013
In the day-to-day work of higher education administration, student affairs professionals know that different institutional types—whether a small liberal arts college, a doctoral intensive institution, or a large private university—require different practical approaches. Despite this, most student...
The Battle of Lake Champlain
A "Brilliant and Extraordinary Victory"
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
On September 11, 1814, an American naval squadron under Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough defeated a formidable British force on Lake Champlain under the command of Captain George Downie, effectively ending the British invasion of the Champlain Valley during the War of 1812. This decisive battle...
Doomsday Delayed
USAF Strategic Weapons Doctrine and SIOP-62, 1959-1962
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2008
In the wake of the Soviet launching of Sputnik I, John H. Rubel became one of six Assistant Directors of Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense in the recently re-organized Pentagon. It was here that Rubel would witness two of the most significant events of his career. In Doomsday...
Why Parties?
A Second Look
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Since its first appearance fifteen years ago, Why Parties? has become essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the nature of American political parties. In the interim, the party system has undergone some radical changes. In this landmark book, now rewritten for the new millennium, John...
Holiday of a Lifetime
Germany - August 1914
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Author's PrefaceMy mother-in-law, the 'Elsie' in the story, many years ago told me some of the facts about her holiday in Germany with her elder sister in the summer of 1914. But many vital details were missing. Where did they stay? When did they arrive in Germany and when did they leave? How did they...
by John H. Haaren
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018
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by John H. MacDonald
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
Hi, my name is John H. Macdonald. What follows is a summary, or an explanation, of Little Bits of Heaven. How do you explain some written words? To begin with, I have been a writer, a poet, only in recent years. Construction was my means of financial gain for many years. A motorcycle accident put...