Michael J: 2158 books
by Michael J. Wilkins
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
The importance of the Gospel of Matthew in church history cannot be overstated. For Jewish readers, it affirmed the Messiahship of Jesus, referring consistently to the Scriptures to establish his credentials. For Gentile disciples, it provided powerful and dramatic support of their inclusion in God’s...
Becoming the Gospel
Paul, Participation, and Mission
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
The first detailed exegetical treatment of Paul’s letters from the emerging discipline of missional hermeneutics, Michael Gorman’s Becoming the Gospel argues that Paul’s letters invite Christian communities both then and now to not merely believe the gospel but to become the gospel and, in doing...
by Michael J. Crowe
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
"There isn't an uninteresting page in it. It is a masterly review of an intriguing subject, erudite and entertaining, clear and all-encompassing reading for anyone interested in 'one of the most wondrous and noble questions in nature' ― does extraterrestrial life exist?" ― New Scientist.
Are...
Darwin Devolves
The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
The scientist who has been dubbed the “Father of Intelligent Design” and author of the groundbreaking book Darwin’s Black Box contends that recent scientific discoveries further disprove Darwinism and strengthen the case for an intelligent creator.
In his controversial bestseller Darwin’s...
Green Criminology
Crime, Justice, and the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
This groundbreaking text provides students with an overview and assessment of green criminology as well as a call to action. *Green Criminology *draws attention to the ways in which the political-economic organization of capitalism causes ecological destruction and disorganization. Focusing on real-world...
Root-Cause Regulation
Protecting Work and Workers in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Work is now more deadly than war, killing approximately 2.3 million people a year worldwide. The United States, with its complex regulatory system, has one of the highest rates of occupational fatality in the developed world, and deteriorating working conditions more generally. Why, after a century...
by Michael J. Valenzuela
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
You CAN take practical steps to avoid dementia -- and this book from an Australian expert shows you how. Within twenty years, dementia is set to overtake heart disease as the number one cause of death in Australia. Recent studies show that almost half our adult population already have a family member...
Empire Two: Repentance
The Space Empire Trilogy, #2
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Book Two of The Space Empire Trilogy --
Aidan, their unintended traveling companion, is losing blood fast. The destruction of two possible escape vehicles and the forced evacuation of the third leaves them little choice. But a golf cart in the dense wilderness isn't the best getaway vehicle. An introduction to Earth's Fourth Empire really wasn't on Michael or Randolph's calendar.
Empire Three: Sanctification
The Space Empire Trilogy, #3
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Book Three in The Space Empire Trilogy --
Alexander risked everything for Michael, only to see himself barely tolerated in the reconciliation between the Space Empire's king and his son. Forces are at work far beyond Lorelei's Peace Child plans and Randolph and Aidan's struggles for acceptance....
Ravel the Decadent
Memory, Sublimation, and Desire
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
The music of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), beloved by musicians and audiences since its debut, has been a difficult topic for scholars. The traditional stylistic categories of impressionism, symbolism, and neoclassicism, while relevant, have offered too little purchase on this fascinating but enigmatic...
The Town That Died
The Story of the World's Greatest Man-Made Explosion Before Hiroshima
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
On Thursday, December 6th 1917, a French freighter loaded with over 2,500 tons of high explosives collided with another vessel in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and caught fire. At exactly 9.06am she blew up. The explosions, which was seen and heard fifty-two miles away, unleashed a man-made...
Beyond Bibliometrics
Harnessing Multidimensional Indicators of Scholarly Impact
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
A comprehensive, state-of-the-art examination of the changing ways we measure scholarly performance and research impact.
Bibliometrics has moved well beyond the mere tracking of bibliographic citations. The web enables new ways to measure scholarly productivity and impact, making available...
Australia's Competitiveness
From Lucky Country to Competitive Country
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
In this in-depth overview of Australia's economy, Michael Enright and Richard Petty — leading scholars on international competition—look at the data behind the news reports to offer a complete view of Australia's stable and wealthy economy. The book compares Australia with other similarly sized...
Discount Voting
Voter Registration Reforms and their Effects
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2009
In the US, there is wide variation from state to state in the institutional arrangements - for example, registration laws - that structure the environment in which citizens decide whether to vote and parties decide whom to mobilize. This has important consequences for who gets elected and the policies...