John Jenkins: 42 books
by John Jenkins, John Pigram
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
It is now widely recognized that recreation is as important as work. This revealing book analyzes leisure and outdoor recreation in terms of both their management and their wider importance to society. Specifically, it:
clarifies the link between leisure, recreation, tourism and resource management
reviews...
by James Keefe, John Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
For leaders of elementary, middle, or high schools, this book shows how your school can excel in reaching students with diverse learning styles; providing "authentic" instruction and performance assessment; applying constructivist learning methodologies; and enhancing learning through alternative scheduling.
The 2012 Story
The Myths, Fallacies, and Truth Behind the Most Intriguing Date in History
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
On December 21, 2012, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, a 5,125-year cycle calendar system pioneered by the Maya, will come to an end. At the same time, the earth, the sun, and the center of the galaxy will come together in an extremely rare cosmic alignment. More and more people believe that...
by Sally Jenkins, John Stauffer
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2009
New York Times bestselling author Sally Jenkins and distinguished Harvard professor John Stauffer mine a nearly forgotten piece of Civil War history and strike gold in this surprising account of the only Southern county to secede from the Confederacy.
The State of Jones is a true story about...
Science Fiction Audiences
Watching Star Trek and Doctor Who
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2005
Science Fiction Audiences examines the astounding popularity of two television "institutions" - the series Doctor Who and ^Star Trek. Both of these programmes have survived cancellation and acquired an following that continues to grow. The book is based on over ten years of research including...
by Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2019
This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names The Black Cat [Edgar Allan Poe] The Man Who Knew Too Much,The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare [G.K Chesterton] The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [Arthur Conan Doyle] The Nebuly Coat [John...
by Leesteffy Jenkins, Leesteffy Jenkins, John Pendergrass
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Biodiversity and the Law is a timely and provocative volume that combines historical perspective and cutting-edge legal analysis in an authoritative and broad discussion of biodiversity and the law. Leading legal and policy experts consider a variety of options for the worldwide protection of biodiversity...
Technology in America
A History of Individuals and Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2018
The new edition of a popular collection that traces the history of American invention from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley.
This volume traces the history of American technology—its inventions and inventors—from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley. The...
Is the Universe a Hologram?
Scientists Answer the Most Provocative Questions
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
Questions about the physical world, the mind, and technology in conversations that reveal a rich seam of interacting ideas.
Science today is more a process of collaboration than moments of individual “eurekas.” This book recreates that kind of synergy by offering a series of interconnected...
The Mystery Of 2012
Predictions, Prophecies, and Possibilities
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Are we coming to the end of a cosmic cycle? Will there be an age of awakening, or even an end to the world we know? For the first time, the leading authorities on the 2012 phenomenon are all given voice in a single book: The Mystery of 2012 . From the prophecies of the Mayan astronomers to modern...
The Partisan
The Life of William Rehnquist
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
As a young lawyer practicing in Arizona, far from the political center of the country, William Hubbs Rehnquist’s iconoclasm made him a darling of Goldwater Republicans. He was brash and articulate. Although he was unquestionably ambitious and extraordinarily self-confident, his journey to Washington...
by John B. Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Thirty Nine and Letting Go: A Father’s Journey through a Son’s Addiction and Depression shares the difficult journey of a father who faced a parent’s worst-case tragedy: the loss of a child. John B. Jenkins, a Christian minister, presents the story of his son’s addiction, depression, and eventual...
The Lost History of Christianity
The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia--and How It Died
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
“Jenkins is one of America’s top religious scholars.”
—Forbes magazine
The Lost History of Christianity by Philip Jenkins offers a revolutionary view of the history of the Christian church. Subtitled “The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and...