John Smith: 388 books
by Ann Ferguson, Milton Fisk, John L. Hammond
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Taking Socialism Seriously raises essential questions about what socialism is and how socialists can reach it by addressing a long list of potential quandaries. The contributions compiled by Anatole Anton and Richard Schmitt describe how socialism differs from a reformed and more humane form of capitalism....
Freedom of Speech
The History of an Idea
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
The essays in this volume portrays the public debates concerning freedom of speech in the 18th century in France and Britain as well as Austria, Denmark, Russia, and Spain and its American territories. The economic integration of Europe and its offshoots over the past three centuries into a distinctive...
Be Transformed
How A 15-Year-Old Lost 70 Pounds in 3 Months Using the Power of GOD
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
At the age of 15 years old, the author lost 70 pounds in 3 months. Before he did, his friend called him a “fat piece of shit.” Three months later, the same friend’s girlfriend told him “you are so hot, you are so hot!” It was the equivalent of going from rags to riches. Everything changed and...
How to Do Systems Analysis
Primer and Casebook
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Presents the foundational systemic thinking needed to conceive systems that address complex socio-technical problems
This book emphasizes the underlying systems analysis components and associated thought processes. The authors describe an approach that is appropriate for complex systems in...
Tobruk's Easter Battle 1941
The Forgotten Fifteenth's Date with Rommel's Champion
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
The initial Australian and British victory over Rommels Afrika Korps on Easter Monday 1941 at Tobruk was Germanys first defeat in World War II. Incongruously the vital actions of Queenslands 2-15 Battalion on that day have been generally ignored. For the first time, this investigation places that...
by John Martin Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2001
The fleeting scenes of Robison Park, Cathedral Square, and Fort Wayne's many parks have often been captured in postcards sent or collected by Allen County's residents and visitors. Captured here in over 200 vintage postcards and images is the history of Allen County, chosen by local merchants, depicting...
Cuba's Forgotten Decade
How the 1970s Shaped the Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
The 1970s have largely been overlooked in scholarly studies of the Cuban Revolution, or, at the very least, dismissed simply as a period of “Sovietization” characterized by widespread bureaucratization, institutionalization, and adherence to Soviet orthodoxy. Consequently, scant research exists...
by John G Smith
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
After a tough tour of duty as an RAF conscript, Eugene returns home from war-ravaged Burma. He is unexpectedly excluded from the family business and sets out to succeed in business by exploiting the opportunities that present themselves in post-war Britain. For all his success Eugene still mourns...
Portable Prose
The Novel and the Everyday
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2018
Portable Prose: The Novel and the Everyday examines the novel as a privileged site for representing the everyday, as well as a physical object that occupies public and private space. This collection interrogates the relationships between these differing aspects of the novel’s existence, negotiating...
The Influence of Airpower upon History
Statesmanship, Diplomacy, and Foreign Policy since 1903
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
From early zeppelins, to the Luftwaffe and the Enola Gay, to the unmanned aerial vehicles of today, air power has long been regarded as an invaluable instrument of war. However, nations have employed aircraft for many other purposes as well; they provide security and surveillance, and they are vital...
Exploring Mathematics
An Engaging Introduction to Proof
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Exploring Mathematics gives students experience with doing mathematics - interrogating mathematical claims, exploring definitions, forming conjectures, attempting proofs, and presenting results - and engages them with examples, exercises, and projects that pique their interest. Written with a minimal...
by John McLeod, Richard Smith
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
This bestseller provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of counselling and psychotherapy.
Christian Physicalism?
Philosophical Theological Criticisms
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
On the heels of the advance since the twentieth-century of wholly physicalist accounts of human persons, the influence of materialist ontology is increasingly evident in Christian theologizing. To date, the contemporary literature has tended to focus on anthropological issues (e.g., whether the traditional...
Tree Crops
A Permanent Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
A complete reference for growing high-yield fruit- and nut-bearing trees.