K David Harrison: 11 books

It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. The phenomenon known as language death has started to accelerate as the world has grown smaller. This extinction of languages, and the knowledge...

Part travelogue and part scientist's notebook, The Last Speakers is the poignant chronicle of author K. David Harrison's expeditions around the world to meet with last speakers of vanishing languages. The speakers' eloquent reflections and candid photographs reveal little-known lifeways as well as...

Hours of great reading await, with tales of war and military adventure by some of the greatest writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. Ranging from classics of the Civil War to the World Wars to the future of war -- and many other battlefields -- here more than 640 pages of military fiction! Included...

Magic, myth and alien worlds come together in this collection of short stories from Writers, Poets and Deviants. ~ A young witch and her talking dog must rid their home of unwelcome guests. ~ A pair of newsmen travel to Alaska to hear an astonishing tale of an encounter with an extinct creature. ~...

- A Greek god seeks out a woman he once seduced… - A tragic letter from 1910 chronicles a young woman's quest to find her lost love… - A terminally ill teen finds forbidden love... - A historian travels to the past and finds herself in the arms of Benedict Arnold. Enjoy these stories and...

Fantastic Universe' started publishing in 1953 and continued until March 1960. It was one of the better magazines to launch during the boom in science fiction magazines publishing. It published many important stories' by some of the fields best known writers. Collected in this over sized edition are...

Discussions of key ethical dilemmas in mental health care, including consent, trauma and violence, addiction, confidentiality, and therapeutic boundaries. This book discusses some of the most critical ethical issues in mental health care today, including the moral dimensions of addiction, patient...

- A desperate father, on the run with his daughter reveals a terrifying truth about his child... - Who is the bogeyman, really? Hear the real story – directly from the monster himself... - A tiny burger joint along a desert highway – it appears to be a refreshing oasis for a traveling family......

Communication and the Work-Life Balancing Act: Intersections across Identities, Genders, and Cultures offers scholarly research related to work-life balance in today’s environment, with a particular focus on the fields of communication and gender studies. The chapters examine the choices, challenges,...

Continuing a Gold Medallion Award-winning legacy, this completely revised edition of The Expositor’s Bible Commentary series puts world-class biblical scholarship in your hands. Based on the original twelve-volume set that has become a staple in college and seminary libraries and pastors’ studies...

This one-stop Mega Reference eBook brings together the essential professional reference content from leading international contributors in the automotive field. An expansion the Automotive Engineering print edition, this fully searchable electronic reference book of 2500 pages delivers content...