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Novel Ideas
Contemporary Authors Share the Creative Process
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Novel Ideas provides a substantial introduction to the elements of fiction followed by in-depth interviews with successful novelists who speak with candor and insight into the complex process by which a novel is made. This edition includes new and updated interviews as well as writing exercises to...
Defending the Rock
How Gibraltar Defeated Hitler
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Adolf Hitler's failure to take Gibraltar in 1940 lost him the Second World War. But in truth the formidable Rock, jutting between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, was extraordinarily vulnerable. Every day, ten thousand people crossed its frontier to work, spy, sabotage or escape. It was threatened...
by Andrew Lefebvre, Daniel M. Masterson, Graeme Mount
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
The first full-length study of World War II from the Latin American perspective, this unique volume offers an in-depth analysis of the region during wartime. Each country responded to World War II according to its own national interests, which often conflicted with those of the Allies, including the...
by Kathleen Rankin
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
By the late nineteenth century, Belfast had developed into one of the great industrial cities in the Empire. Much of this new-found wealth was based on the manufacture of linen, principally in both the Lagan Valley and the Bann Valley. The River Bann is the longest river in Northern Ireland, flowing...
by Thomas E. Rankin, Wilford M. Aikin
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Starting with the notion that the best way to study literature is to read it, this 1917 overview takes the reader on tour—minimizing the amount of biography often found in these sorts of books. The book begins with the earliest Anglo-Saxon writings, and moves through the Renaissance, Shakespeare, Milton,...
by Monica A. Rankin
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
The History of Costa Rica provides a thorough, straightforward narrative of a Central American country that has become increasingly more visible since the end of the 20th century. Written for students and the general reader, this book covers the nation from its pre-Colombian origins to the present day.||This...
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First Amendment Rights: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]
An Encyclopedia
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
First Amendment Rights: An Encyclopedia provides both historical information and current, 21st-century topics in First Amendment issues. Volume 1 addresses the subject through the lens of past decisions and precedent, updated to include controversies between new social media and civil liberties....
Introducing Newton
A Graphic Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
"Introducing Newton" explains the extraordinary ideas of a man who sifted through the accumulated knowledge of centuries, tossed out mistaken beliefs, and single-handedly made enormous advances in mathematics, mechanics and optics. By the age of 25, entirely self-taught, he had sketched...
Living Jainism
An Ethical Science
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013
Living Jainism explores a system of thought that unites ethics with rational thought, in which each individual is his or her own guru and social conscience extends beyond human society to animals, plants and the whole of the natural world. The Jain Dharma is a humane and scientific spiritual pathway...
by David Rankin
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
To observe the Celts through the eyes of the Greeks and Romans is the first aim of this book.
Yes, You Can Get Out Of Debt!
A Guide to Understanding Credit Card Debt, Student Loans & Mortgage Debts So You Can Find Debt Solutions To Pay Up And Be On Your Way To Financial Recovery And Be Free Of Debt For Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Yes, you can get out of any debt! Be it a credit card debt, a student loan, a mortgage loan or any other personal loan, there is a solution to pay them all up. It will take time though, several years for some people, but it is not a predicament that is impossible to solve. Get that one fact straight...
First Aid for Teacher Burnout
How You Can Find Peace and Success
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Offering clear strategies rooted in research and expert recommendations, First Aid for Teacher Burnout empowers teachers to prevent and recover from burnout while finding success at work. Each chapter explores a different common cause of teacher burnout and provides takeaway strategies and realistic...
Minerals, Metals and Sustainability
Meeting Future Material Needs
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
Minerals, Metals and Sustainability examines the exploitation of minerals and mineral products and the implications for sustainability of the consumption of finite mineral resources and the wastes associated with their production and use. It provides a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates the...
Today's Economic Issues: Democrats and Republicans
Democrats and Republicans
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
What are the real differences between the Democrats and the Republicans on major economic issues that influence the character and vitality of the American economy? This volume answers this question in a thorough, nonpartisan, and evenhanded fashion.
• Examines the degree to which the behavior...