Marvin: 663 books
Cultural Materialism
The Struggle for a Science of Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2001
Cultural Materialism, published in 1979, was Marvin Harris's first full-length explication of the theory with which his work has been associated. While Harris has developed and modified some of his ideas over the past two decades, generations of professors have looked to this volume as the essential...
by Marvin McKenzie
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Understanding the Bible begins with understanding the persons, places and circumstances of both the writer and original audience of each of the books of the Bible. This survey of the New Testament is meant to give, in the simplest terms, a general understanding of these and other basic points...
Forging Southeastern Identities
Social Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Folklore of the Mississippian to Early Historic South
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Forging Southeastern Identities: Social Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Mississippian to Early Historic South, a groundbreaking collection of ten essays, covers a broad expanse of time—from the ninth to the nineteenth centuries—and focuses on a common theme of identity. These essays represent...
by Marvin J. Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2012
In Be of Good Cheer, Elder Marvin J. Ashton, a member of the Council of the Twelve of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, shares his insights about how to be happy. He discusses pure religion, enduring tribulations, choosing the good part, carrying our cross, quiet giving, commitment, doing...
The Emotion Machine
Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2007
In this mind-expanding book, scientific pioneer Marvin Minsky continues his groundbreaking research, offering a fascinating new model for how our minds work. He argues persuasively that emotions, intuitions, and feelings are not distinct things, but different ways of thinking.
By examining...
King Josiah of Judah
The Lost Messiah of Israel
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2001
King Josiah of Judah is a figure of extraordinary importance for the history of Israel. Using synchronic and diachronic analyses of the Deuteronomistic History, Deuteronomy, and selected prophetic books, Marvin Sweeney reconstructs the ideological perspectives of King Josiah's program of religious and national restoration.
Chief of Staff
Lyndon Johnson and His Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Chief of Staff to the President is perhaps the most important political appointment in our nation's government. Aside from handling the myriad of day to day details that keep the White House running, the Chief of Staff is often the President's closest confidante and gatekeeper--anyone who wants access...
Heart Failure
Pathophysiology, Molecular Biology, and Clinical Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
This Second Edition of Dr. Katz's highly acclaimed text has been thoroughly revised to incorporate the latest advances in the study and treatment of heart failure. The book explains the pathophysiology, molecular mechanisms, clinical manifestations, and therapy of heart failure in an integrated, reader-friendly...
by Marvin McKenzie
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Spiritual growth! It is at once the most valued of the Christian ideals but the most difficult of Christian disciplines to attain to. We want to grow. We want to grow spiritually. But so much of the time we settle for the Christian "to do" list. This book seeks to provide direction and tools necessary for sustained spiritual growth.
by Marvin McKenzie
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
The book of Philippians is one of the most positive works of the Apostle Paul. He loved this church and his epistle to them bears that out. Within these pages we will learn: of answers to prayer, of focus upon the Lord, of the deity of Christ and of faith promise giving. We will learn of promises for...
by Marvin McKenzie
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
What's Love Got To Do With It? by Marvin McKenzie: The love chapter. Why does the King James Version use the word charity instead of love? Does the chapter really teach couples how to love each other? What is this chapter doing in the middle of Paul's correction of spiritual gifts in Corinth?
by Marvin McKenzie
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Perhaps no one thing requires more faith than does parenting. Certainly this is true if we hope to parent in obedience to the Word of God. There are enemies to Christian parenting. The prevailing sentiment see the Word of God as an antiquated and even errant book. They would just as soon we stopped referring...
Crypto Uncovered
The Evolution of Bitcoin and the Crypto Currency Marketplace
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019
Crypto currency integrated BlockChain under Virtual Scalable Enterprises is a widely debated and earnestly discussed topic in the technology arena. Executives at the largest institutions are calling crypto currency fraudulent while high-level institutional banking professionals are leaving their positions...
by Shayle R. Searle, Marvin H. J. Gruber
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
Provides an easy-to-understand guide to statistical linear models and its uses in data analysis
This book defines a broad spectrum of statistical linear models that is useful in the analysis of data. Considerable rewriting was done to make the book more reader friendly than the first edition....