Michael David: 725 books
Robinsonade Collection vol 1: A Selection Of Classic Castaway Narratives (Golden Deer Classics)
Robinson Crusoe, The Mysterious Island, Swiss Family Robinson, The Coral Island...
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Robinsonade is a literary genre that takes its name from the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The success of this novel spawned so many imitations that its name was used to define a genre, which is sometimes described simply as a "desert island story"or a "castaway narrative." This compilation,...
by David Clemons, Michael Kroth
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2010
Tools and strategies for hiring, training, supporting, and motivating the fast-growing modern mobile workforce, which in 2011 will surpass 1 billion worldwide
Clemons, a leading training solutions innovator, outlines the eight essentials for creating and sustaining a passionate and productive...
Financial First Aid for Canadian Investors
Stop the Bleeding, Start the Healing and Get Your Portfolio on the Road to Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2009
Praise for the previous edition, Portfolio First Aid
"I'd categorize Portfolio First Aid as a serious investment primer that has the laudable, if ambitious, goal of raising the sophistication level of the general public."
—Jonathan Chevreau, Financial Post
"Portfolio...
by Diana Allan, Rick Altman, Ariella Azoulay
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
The spirit that founded the volume and guided its development is radically inter- and transdisciplinary. Dispatches have arrived from anthropology, communications, English, film studies (including theory, history, criticism), literary studies (including theory, history, criticism), media and screen...
by Milton R. Stern, Mary McAleer Balkun, M. T. Inge
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2013
This thought-provoking collection explores significant new facets of an American author of lasting international stature.
As the author of some of the most compelling short stories ever written, two of the central novels in American literature, and some of the most beautiful prose ever penned,...
by David Rohrmann, Michael Hengl, Martin Sambauer
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
An authentic leader is true to himself and helps others to be true to themselves, always seeking to leave mediocrity behind and striving for mastery. In organisations that work like this, people become happy and are committed to their performances and their passion.
by David Michael Beaudrie
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK Evanescence is known for its heavy guitar riffs and the melodic voice of singer Amy Lee. Her lyrics are also highly reflective and portray a brutal honesty in talking about personal pain. This honesty coupled with the bands distinctive sound earned them a loyal fanbase that...
by David M. Brown; Michael Wereschagin
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
At 3:17 p.m. on March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak beneath the London Junior-Senior High School in the oil boomtown of New London, Texas, created a lethal mixture of gas and oxygen in the schools basement. The odorless, colorless gas went undetected until the flip of an electrical switch triggered a...
Emancipation at 150
The Impact of the Emancipation Proclamation
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
"Emancipation at 150: The Impact of the Emancipation Proclamation" is a scholarly anthology on the Emancipation Proclamation with contributions from leading Lincoln historians and government officials. Topics covered in the anthology range from views of the Proclamation through the eyes of enslaved people...
History of World War I: The Eastern Front 1914–1920
From Tannenberg to the Russo-Polish War
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The History of World War I series recounts the battles and campaigns of the 'Great War'. From the Falkland Islands to the lakes of Africa, across the Eastern and Western Fronts, to the former German colonies in the Pacific, the World War I series provides a six-volume history of the battles and campaigns...
Archaic and Classical Greece
A Selection of Ancient Sources in Translation
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 1983
The aim of this book is to collect in one comprehensive volume a representative selection of ancient sources in translation, with commentary, on the history, institutions, society and economy of the Greek world from c. 750 to 338 BC - that is, the period best known and most important for the evolution...
Why Study Talmud in the Twenty-First Century?
The Relevance of the Ancient Jewish Text to Our World
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2009
The Talmud is the repository of thousands of years of Jewish wisdom. It is a conglomerate of law, legend, and philosophy, a blend of unique logic and shrewd pragmatism, of history and science, of anecdotes and humor. Unfortunately, its sometimes complex subject matter often seems irrelevant in today's...
Language, Ethnography, and Education
Bridging New Literacy Studies and Bourdieu
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This frontline volume contributes to the social study of education in general and literacy in particular by bringing together in a new way the traditions of language, ethnography, and education. Integrating New Literacy Studies and Bourdieusian sociology with ethnographic approaches to the study of...
Tell Newt to Shut Up
Prize-Winning Washington Post Journalists Reveal H
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
PRIZEWINNING WASHINGTON POST JOURNALISTS REVEAL HOW REALITY GAGGED THE GINGRICH REVOLUTION
Speaker Newt Gingrich and his troops promised a revolution when they seized power in January 1995. The year that followed was one of the most fascinating and tumultuous in modern American history. After...