L John: 890 books
The Catholic Church
What Everyone Needs to Know®
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Roman Catholicism stands at a crossroads, a classic ''best of times, worst of times'' moment. On the one hand, the Catholic Church remains by far the largest branch of the worldwide Christian family, and is growing at a remarkable clip. Yet the Church has also been rocked by a series of scandals related...
by John L. Esposito
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, there has been an overwhelming demand for information about Islam, and recent events - the war in Iraq, terrorist attacks both failed and successful, debates throughout Europe over Islamic dress, and many others - have raised new questions in the minds...
by John L. Esposito
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2010
John L. Esposito is one of America's leading authorities on Islam. Now, in this brilliant portrait of Islam today--and tomorrow--he draws on a lifetime of thought and research to sweep away the negative stereotypes and provide an accurate, richly nuanced, and revelatory account of the fastest growing...
Against the Tide
The Radical Leadership of Pope Francis
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Pope Francis has fascinated the world with his humility, his compassion, and his radical vision for the Church. He has welcomed the homeless into the Vatican, embraced people with diseases, and shaken a complacent hierarchy. Shepherds, he said, should acquire the smell of the sheep.
John L....
Knowing the Suffering of Others
Legal Perspectives on Pain and Its Meanings
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
In Knowing the Suffering of Others, legal scholar Austin Sarat brings together essays that address suffering as it relates to the law, highlighting the ways law imagines suffering and how pain and suffering become jurisprudential facts.
From fetal imaging to end-of-life decisions, torts to...
Shoreline of Infinity 1: Science Fiction Magazine
Shoreline of Infinity science fiction magazine, #1
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Shoreline of Infinity is a science fiction magazine including fiction, reviews, interviews and more.
Published in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Issue 1 Contents
Editorial: Pull up a Log
Fiction
The Three Stages of Atsushi, Larry Ivkovich
The Spiral Moon, Alex Barr
Symbiosis,...
Reconstructing Appalachia
The Civil War's Aftermath
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Families, communities, and the nation itself were irretrievably altered by the Civil War and the subsequent societal transformations of the nineteenth century. The repercussions of the war incited a broad range of unique problems in Appalachia, including political dynamics, racial prejudices, and...
Global Negotiation
The New Rules
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Each year American executives make nearly eight million trips overseas for international business. In the process, they leave billions of dollars on the negotiation table. Global Negotiation provides critical tools to help businesspeople save money (and face) when negotiating across cultural divides....
Religion and Politics in America
A Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2005
As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often...
Dark Winter
How the Sun Is Causing a 30-Year Cold Spell
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Climate change has been a perplexing problem for years. In Dark Winter, author John L. Casey, a former White House national space policy advisor, NASA headquarters consultant, and space shuttle engineer tells the truth about ominous changes taking place in the climate and the Sun.
Casey’s...
X-Events
The Collapse of Everything
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
“I am an assiduous reader of John Casti’s books. He is a real scientific intellectual.”
—Nassim Nicholas Taleb, New York Times bestselling author of Fooled by Randomness
“Casti is at his best in presenting difficult philosophical ideas enthusiastically and lucidly, and in presenting...
Accounting Theory
Conceptual Issues in a Political and Economic Environment
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
This updated Ninth Edition of Accounting Theory: Conceptual Issues in a Political and Economic Environment continues to be one of the most relevant and comprehensive texts on accounting theory. Authors Harry I. Wolk, James L. Dodd, John J. Rozycki provide a critical overview of accounting as a whole...
by John W. Creswell, Vicki L. Plano Clark
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Combining the latest thinking in the field with practical, step-by-step guidance, the Third Editionof John W. Creswell and Vicki L. Plano Clark’s***Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research***now covers seven mixed methods designs with accompanying journal articles illustrating each design....
by Robert J. Marzano, John L. Brown
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
How can I make certain that all my students achieve success in mastering learning goals—and play an active role in monitoring and adjusting their own learning process? How can I manage my classroom so that all students are engaged, challenged, and active members of my classroom's learning community?...