Michael Larson: 18 books
by Michael Larson
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2015
Magic is dead. Or is it? Young ‘Lucky’ Brown has the amazing ability to work magic, although he has no idea how he does it. But the US Army can do magic too, in the form of sophisticated android soldiers, Flexbots, that can work magic, or at least good science. But when the Flexbots are unexpectedly...
Babes Remember
Unforgettable People, Places, and Things from the 50s and 60s
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
Sometimes we forget the goofy things that made us happy or the simplicity and possibility that was our past. Our lives are made up of fleeting moments--moments we wish we could've written down. Babes Remember is just that: a list of songs, people, ideas, toys, and trends sure to stir up memories of...
by David Luhrssen, Michael Larson
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Examining one of the most popular and enduring genres of American music, this encyclopedia of classic rock from 1965 to 1975 provides an indispensable resource for cultural historians and music fans.
• Provides readers with summaries of the careers of all significant rock artists during a...
by Nathan Larson, Carl-Michael Edenborg
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
“[A] superb sampling of Swedish crime writing talent . . . will be appreciated by fans of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium [series] and Jens Lapidus’s Easy Money.” —Library Journal
What could be more peaceful than a city made up of a series of islands surrounded by crystal-clear water?...
by Edward J. Larson, Michael Ruse
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
A captivating historical survey of the key debates, questions, and controversies at the intersection of science and religion Throughout history, scientific discovery has clashed with religious dogma, creating conflict, controversy, and sometimes violent dispute. In this enlightening and accessible volume,...
by B.V. Larson, Michael A. Stackpole, Kevin J. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Five short novels by five masters of military science fiction.
It’s a war out there.
In these pulse-pounding tales, the best (or worst) soldiers in the galaxy are pitted against powerful aliens on distant battlefields. Never before published stories about monsters, deadly combat tech,...
by John Joseph Adams, Nancy Kress, Carrie Vaughn
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy,...
by Richard T. Callaghan, Michael P. Pateman, Daniel Torres Etayo
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Heritage preservation is a broad term that can include the protection of a wide range of human-mediated material and cultural processes ranging from specific artifacts, ancient rock art, and features of the built environment and modified landscapes. As a region of multiple independent nations and...
From the Pleistocene to the Holocene
Human Organization and Cultural Transformations in Prehistoric North America
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
The end of the Pleistocene era brought dramatic environmental changes to small bands of humans living in North America: changes that affected subsistence, mobility, demography, technology, and social relations. The transition they made from Paleoindian (Pleistocene) to Archaic (Early Holocene) societies...
The Constitutional Convention
A Narrative History from the Notes of James Madison
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
In 1787, the American union was in disarray. The incompatible demands of the separate states threatened its existence; some states were even in danger of turning into the kind of tyranny they had so recently deposed. A truly national government was needed, one that could raise money, regulate commerce,...
Splendidly Victorian
Essays in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century British History in Honour of Walter L. Arnstein
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
This title was first published in 2001. The eminent historian of Victorian Britain, Walter L. Arnstein has, over the course of a career spanning more than 40 years, arguably introduced more students to British history than any other American historian. This collection of essays by some of his former...
by Michael J. Larson
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
Tundra animals hear of the birth of the Christ Child and desire to give the new born babe a gift. An angel advises the animals on what that special gift should be and the gift givers experience a startling change as the gift is being delivered.
This book along with its companion book, The Easter...
by Harold G. Koenig, Michael E. McCullough, David B. Larson
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2001
What effect does religion have on physical and mental health? In answering this question, this book reviews and discusses research on the relationship between religion and a variety of mental and physical health outcomes, including depression and anxiety; heart disease, stroke, and cancer; and health...
Writing for Engagement
Responsive Practice for Social Action
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
Engagement is trendy. Although paired most often with community, diverse invocations of engagement have gained cache, capturing longstanding shifts toward new practices of knowledge making that both reflect and facilitate multiple ways of being an academic. Engagement functions as a gloss for these...
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