Lawrence D: 412 books
The Jiangyin Mission Station
An American Missionary Community in China, 1895-1951
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Lawrence Kessler uses the Jiangyin mission station in the Shanghai region of China to explore Chinese-American cultural interaction in the first half of the twentieth century. He concludes that the Protestant missionary movement was welcomed by the Chinese not because of the religious message it spread...
Wombs with a View
Illustrations of the Gravid Uterus from the Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
The volume provides an archive of some of the most beautiful illustrations ever made of the gravid uterus with fetus and placenta, which will serve future generations of investigators, educators, and students of reproduction. The approximately two hundred figures from over one hundred volumes included...
On the Border
Society and Culture between the United States and Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004
A stunningly beautiful backdrop where cultures meet, meld, and thrive, the U.S.–Mexico borderlands is one of the most dynamic regions in the Americas. On the Border explores little-known corners of this fascinating area of the world in a rich collection of essays. Beginning with an exploration of...
Reinventing the Automobile
Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2010
How to leave behind our unwieldy, gas-guzzling, carbon dioxide–emitting vehicles for cars that are green, smart, connected, and fun.
This book provides a long-overdue vision for a new automobile era. The cars we drive today follow the same underlying design principles as the Model Ts of a...
Red Shirt
The Life and Times of Henry Lafayette Dodge
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2015
Henry Lafayette Dodge has long been a familiar name in 19th century American Southwestern history. As one of the earliest and most effective Indian agents to the Navajo, he has been portrayed as a congenial, sympathetic and compassionate advocate for the tribe—a veritable role model. The Navajo...
The Power of Accounting
What the Numbers Mean and How to Use Them
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
The Power of Accounting: What the Numbers Mean and How to Use Them provides a highly readable text for non-financial managers. It explores accounting’s uses and limitations in the management process. The text is intended for users of accounting information as opposed to preparers. It focuses on...
Primordial Leadership
Unleash the Results Animal in You...and in Others
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Traditional behavioral insights from Maslow, Herzberg, McGregor, Porter, Collins, and many others are helpful, but they stop short of the most basic and powerful drives behind human behavior. Also, they do not provide actionable methods and tools to use. The product of C-executive Larry Duckworth’s...
The Weight Loss Plan for Beating Diabetes
The 5-Step Program That Removes Metabolic Roadblocks, Sheds Pounds Safely, and Reverses Prediabetes
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
The Weight Loss Plan for Beating Diabetes is a five-step plan that shows you how to overcome the metabolic roadblocks that diabetes creates. Using an integrated plan of diet, exercise, nutritional supplementation, medication, and lifestyle modification you’ll lose weight, reverse your diabetes,...
by Lawrence D. Hood
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
The purpose of this book is to make you aware of many different philosophical and religious approaches to the divine consciousness. The truth lies beyond all these aspects of understanding. There is a process that a person can embark on that will reveal the real and disperse the illusion. The race...
by Dr. Lawrence D. Komer, Joan Chandler Komer
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2016
If you or someone you love has had a concussion or traumatic brain injury, this book is for you. “New Hope for Concussions TBI & PTSD” is a powerful resource for the injured, the caregivers, the sporting world, the medical community, and those serving our veterans and others with PTSD. It...
Liberia, a Bulwark of Rage
My First Home
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
This is about racial profiling in Liberia, and I feel it would be suitable for everybody to know about. Throughout the existing accusatory writing, sometimes Liberians and foreigners have dominant thought about whether racial profiling is ingrained in the people. The founding of Liberia has exalted...
by Lawrence D. Stone, Johannes O. Royset, Alan R. Washburn
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
This book begins with a review of basic results in optimal search for a stationary target. It then develops the theory of optimal search for a moving target, providing algorithms for computing optimal plans and examples of their use. Next it develops methods for computing optimal search plans involving...
by Lawrence D. Hogan
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
This text gives readers the chance to experience the unique character and personalities of the African American game of baseball in the United States, starting from the time of slavery, through the Negro Leagues and integration period, and beyond.
• Presents a wide variety of original materials,...
Best Kept Secrets of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Celestial Concepts in a Telestial World
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2006
I had a religion professor at Brigham Young University who often asked, What is the best kept secret of The Mormon Church? After declaring all answers amiss he would make this statement; The best kept secret of The Mormon Church is the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Over the years of teaching gospel doctrine...