Mark J: 585 books
Playing with Something That Runs
Technology, Improvisation, and Composition in DJ and Laptop Performance
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Winner of the 2015 PMIG Outstanding Publication Award from the Society of Music Theory The DJs and laptop performers of electronic dance music use preexistent elements such as vinyl records and digital samples to create fluid, dynamic performances. These performances are also largely improvised, evolving...
Reading the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine
American Literature and Culture, 1870-1893
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2010
How a prominent magazine shaped nineteenth-century American literature and culture
During the 1870s, the organization and stewardship of American culture by the upper classes began to take hold on a mass scale, due in part to the founding of museums, municipal libraries, symphony halls, theaters,...
Before the Machine
The Story of the 1961 Pennant-Winning Reds
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The Big Red Machine dominated major league baseball in the 1970s, but the Cincinnati franchise began its climb to that pinnacle in 1961, when an unlikely collection of cast-offs and wannabes stunned the baseball world by winning the National League pennant. Led by revered manager Fred Hutchinson,...
Out of the Box and onto Wall Street
Unorthodox Insights on Investments and the Economy
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
A guide to thinking outside the Wall Street box
Part memoir, part investment strategy guide, Out of the Box and onto Wall Street presents a revolutionary, alternative look at the world of finance. Revealing the essential rules for preserving capital and making long-term profits, the book provides...
Hiring Greatness
How to Recruit Your Dream Team and Crush the Competition
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
The Unprecedented Tell-All Guide Through the Intricacies of Executive Recruitment
The single greatest opportunity that an organization has to improve both performance and culture in one stroke lies in the hiring of a new executive—the right executive. The fresh thinking of a skilled leader...
Barking Up the Family Tree
Kids and Their Animal Kinships
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
"There is no better companion, teacher, or medicine for a child than the family pet." --Anonymous Kids and pets are as timeless a combination as peanut butter and jelly. Pets provide security for kids--a warm buddy to snuggle with on cold winter nights, a sympathetic ear to listen to their...
Building Imaginary Worlds
The Theory and History of Subcreation
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Mark J.P. Wolf’s study of imaginary worlds theorizes world-building within and across media, including literature, comics, film, radio, television, board games, video games, the Internet, and more. Building Imaginary Worlds departs from prior approaches to imaginary worlds that focused mainly on...
by Mark J. Handwerker
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2011
SPACE SENTINELS I: THE BENEFAX ALLIANCE is the first in a series of space adventures featuring young Sentinel Albie Storm. Albie and his friends are kidnapped by gruesome aliens, entrenched on the moon and readying to attack Earth. With the help of an android of the Benefax Alliance, the teens face torture and death as they battle to stop the hideous invaders planning to enslave the galaxy.
by Mark J. Handwerker
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
In SPACE SENTINELS II: THE MIRRORS OF PLUTO, transmorphing Arpoids from the planet Maggotia arrive on Earth through a space-warp portal. Only Albie Storm and the Space Sentinels can stop the Arpoid invaders from succeeding in laying the groundwork for another all out assault on Earth
Obeying Orders
Atrocity, Military Discipline and the Law of War
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
A soldier obeys illegal orders, thinking them lawful. When should we excuse his misconduct as based in reasonable error? How can courts convincingly convict the soldier's superior officer when, after Nuremberg, criminal orders are expressed through winks and nods, hints and insinuations? Can our notions...
by Mark J. Boda
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
The NIV Application Commentary SeriesThe setting: Jerusalem. Recently returned from Babylonian captivity, the Jews are occupied with personal pursuits while the temple of Yahweh lies in ruins. To the prophets Haggai and Zechariah falls the task of calling God’s people to their forgotten priority:...
Mafia Cop Killers in Akron
The Gang War before Prohibition
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
From 1917 to 1919, terror struck the streets of Akron. As soldiers marched off to World War I and Spanish influenza ravaged the community, police officers faced a sinister threat. Murderous kingpin Rosario Borgia placed a bounty on officers' heads for interfering with his criminal enterprises. Gangsters...
The Wreck of the "America" in Southern Illinois
A Flatboat on the Ohio River
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
Winner, Illinois State Historical Society Superior Achievement, 2016
Flatboats were the most prolific type of vessel on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers during the early 1800s. Thousands of these boats descended the two rivers each year, carrying not only valuable cargo to New Orleans but also...
C# 7 and .NET: Designing Modern Cross-platform Applications
The Open Source revolution of .NET Core
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
Explore C# and the .NET Core framework to create applications and optimize them with ASP.NET Core 2
Key Features
Get to grips with multi-threaded, concurrent, and asynchronous programming in C# and .NET Core
Develop modern, cross-platform applications with .NET Core 2.0 and C# 7.0
Create efficient...