John M: 1445 books
Spars and Rigging
From Nautical Routine, 1849
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Relying on his own experience in the U.S. Navy and consulting his contemporaries in the maritime profession, midshipman John Murphy published this book to provide an accurate portrait of a ship's rigging and spars (masts or yardarms supporting or extending a ship's sail). An important book in maritime...
Medicine and the German Jews
A History
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Medicine played an important role in the early secularization and eventual modernization of German Jewish culture. And as both physicians and patients Jews exerted a great influence on the formation of modern medical discourse and practice. This fascinating book investigates the relationship between...
by John M. Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
An accessible introduction to 3D printing that outlines the additive manufacturing process, industrial and household markets, and emerging uses.
The use of 3D printing—digitally controlled additive manufacturing—is growing rapidly. Consumer models of 3D printers allow people to fabricate...
by Professor John M. Rist
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
The Reading Augustine series presents concise, personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religious scholars.
John Rist takes the reader through Augustine's ethics, the arguments he made and how he arrived at them, and shows how this moral philosophy remains vital...
Lack of Character
Personality and Moral Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2002
This book is a provocative contribution to contemporary ethical theory challenging foundational conceptions of character that date back to Aristotle. John Doris draws on behavioral science, especially social psychology, to argue that we misattribute the causes of behavior to personality traits and...
For The Century's End
Poems 1990-1999
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Poet and essayist John Haines has forged, in his long career, a body of work noted both for its austere lyric beauty, anchored in the solitude and spaciousness of his early years as a homesteader in the Alaskan wilderness, and for its penetrating responsiveness to the human condition. The generous...
Andrew Jackson
Principle and Prejudice
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. Known as "Old Hickory," he was the first President who championed the rights of the 'common man'. Originally from the frontier, he was known for being rough in speech and mannerisms and his fierce temper. After making his name...
by John M. G. Barclay
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
A fresh scholarly reading of grace in Paul's theology
In this book esteemed Pauline scholar John Barclay presents a strikingly fresh reading of grace in Paul's theology, studying it in view of ancient notions of "gift" and shining new light on Paul's relationship to Second Temple...
We Interrupt This Program
Indigenous Media Tactics in Canadian Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
We Interrupt This Program tells the story of how Indigenous people are using media tactics in the realms of art, film, television, and journalism to rewrite Canada’s national narratives from Indigenous perspectives. Miranda Brady and John Kelly showcase the diversity of these interventions by offering...
by John M. Steele
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
The Middle East is the birthplace of astronomy and the centre for its development during the medieval period. In this brief introduction John Steele offers an intriguing insight into Middle Eastern achievements in astronomy and their profound influence on the rest of the world. Amongst other things,...
After Redemption
Jim Crow and the Transformation of African American Religion in the Delta, 1875-1915
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2007
After Redemption fills in a missing chapter in the history of African American life after freedom. It takes on the widely overlooked period between the end of Reconstruction and World War I to examine the sacred world of ex-slaves and their descendants living in the region more densely settled than...
The Spy Worker
1942 – 1946
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2009
Petty Officer John G. Makie of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve did not realize what he was getting into in the summer of 1942, when he gave an oath at Camp X under the Canadian Secrets Act of 1939. He was only seventeen years old and determined to defend the freedom of Canada. He did so,...
A History of Afro-Hispanic Language
Five Centuries, Five Continents
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2005
The African slave trade, beginning in the fifteenth century, brought African languages into contact with Spanish and Portuguese, resulting in the Africans' gradual acquisition of these languages. In this 2004 book, John Lipski describes the major forms of Afro-Hispanic language found in the Iberian...
The Clash of Ideas in World Politics
Transnational Networks, States, and Regime Change, 1510-2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
Some blame the violence and unrest in the Muslim world on Islam itself, arguing that the religion and its history is inherently bloody. Others blame the United States, arguing that American attempts to spread democracy by force have destabilized the region, and that these efforts are somehow radical...