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Unconventional Wisdom
Facts and Myths About American Voters
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2008
Late deciders go for the challenger; turnout helps the Democrats; the gender gap results from a surge in Democratic preference among women--these and many other myths are standard fare among average citizens, political pundits, and even some academics. But are these conventional wisdoms--familiar...
Free Speech On Trial
Communication Perspectives on Landmark Supreme Court Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
Describes landmark free speech decisions of the Supreme Court while highlighting the issues of language, rhetoric, and communication that underlie them.
At the intersection of communication and First Amendment law reside two significant questions: What is the speech we ought to protect, and...
Theistic Evolution
A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Many prominent Christians insist that the church must yield to contemporary evolutionary theory and therefore modify traditional biblical ideas about the creation of life. They argue that God used—albeit in an undetectable way—evolutionary mechanisms to produce all forms of life. Featuring two...
Where Was God?
A Journey
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2011
How many of us go through life not really knowing the people who we love or what they have gone through to become who they are? Valerie Isaiah transposes a life that she wants to abandon into a spiritual awaking through her new book Where Was GOD? A Journey. Throughout this journey, Valerie asks several...
The Inerrant Word
Biblical, Historical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Because God has made himself known in his Word, a commitment to a high view of Scripture is of paramount importance. Sadly, more and more people—not only from outside the church but also from within—are denying the complete truthfulness of God’s Word.
Edited by pastor John MacArthur,...
by Alfred P. Gibbs, R. Edward Harlow, Harold M. Harper
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 1952
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 1952
An important answer book for everyone, from seeker to long-time believer, systematically covering the fundamentals of Bible doctrine and Christian living.
Ladies in the Laboratory III
South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian Women in Science: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
Published in 1998, Ladies in the Laboratory provided a systematic survey and comparison of the work of 19th-century American and British women in scientific research. A companion volume, published in 2004, focused on women scientists from Western Europe. In this third volume, author Mary R.S. Creese...
Mountaineering First Aid
A Guide to Accident Response and First Aid Care
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2004
* Meets the current standards of first aid care by the American Red Cross and the Wilderness Medical Society * Updated figures and drawings that illustrate essential first aid skills * Includes quick-reference boxes that summarize recognition and treatment of many first-aid problems This fifth edition...
Life Cycle Assessment in Industry and Business
Adoption Patterns, Applications and Implications
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
1.1 Life Cycle Assessment (LeA): a fascinating and sophisticated tool The greening of the economy is not a new task, but it is a challenge for which a lot of tasks still have to be done. It is known that the main source of environ mental deterioration by industry is not any more the chimneys and...
Agent-based Models of the Economy
From Theories to Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Agent-based models are tools that provide researchers in economic fields with unprecedented analytical capabilities. This book describes the power of agent-based models along their methodology, and it provides several examples of applications spanning from public policy evaluation to financial markets.
by Jeffrey M. Stanton,Indira R. Guzman,Kathryn R. Stam
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
In Information Nation three dedicated educators ask "Why?" They present three years of research on students and workers in the information professions highlighting barriers to inclusion and retention of U.S. students in information-related fields. They analyze the forces that prevent high school and...
by Peter C. Whybrow, Sarah F. Brosnan, Darby Proctor
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Scholars from psychology, neuroscience, economics, animal behavior, and evolution describe the latest research on the causes and consequences of overconsumption.
Our drive to consume—our desire for food, clothing, smart phones, and megahomes—evolved from our ancestors' drive to survive....
by David R. Hawkins, M.D./Ph.D., Jeffery Scott
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
What blocks spiritual progress? And how do we transcend these blocks? The spiritual teachings of David R. Hawkins on the nature of consciousness, spirit, and ego are known worldwide by students seeking to realize spiritual Truth. As a mystic, Dr. Hawkins has infused the truths found in the precepts...
Fun Conflict Resolution for the Workplace
SLIMO: Stuff Learning Is Made Of
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Fun Conflict Resolution for the Workplace – (SLIMO): Stuff Learning Is Made Of is designed to assist in creating a conflict resolution process for the workplace. This constructive and practical manual deals with gossip to serious issues, and everything in-between. The book begins with information...