Richard L : 579 books
Thinking about Oral History
Theories and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
A companion to History of Oral History, Thinking about Oral History presents parts III and IV of Handbook of Oral History, an essential resource for scholars and students. Guided by Charlton, Myers, and Sharpless, the prominent authors capture the current state-of-the-art in oral history and predict key directions for future growth in theory and application.
by Richard A. Santillan, Eric Enders, Pete G. Flores
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
Mexican American Baseball in El Paso chronicles the vibrant and colorful history of baseball in the El Paso-Juárez border region. For more than a century, baseball along the border has served as a means of bringing together people of all backgrounds, races, and nationalities, from the fly-by-night...
Critical Materials
Present Danger to U.S. Manufacturing
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
A high percentage of many raw and semi-finished materials critical to U.S. manufacturing are imported. China is the controlling producer of 11 of these materials and has instituted export restrictions that have led to two-tier pricing, creating pressure to move manufacturing to China. This report suggests...
Exploring Everyday Life
Strategies for Ethnography and Cultural Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2015
The numerous tasks and routines that shape our daily existence can seem mundane, even invisible—and yet they play an extremely powerful role in structuring and reproducing society. Exploring Everyday Life casts light on these so-called trivialities, serving as both a guide to the invisible world...
by Sunil Ahuja, Margaret E. Banyan, Peter Bergerson
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
The Roads to Congress 2008 offers readers straightfoward and detailed case studies of the campaigns, candidates, key issues, and outcomes of over one dozen of the most important and interesting races of 2008. This includes both House and Senate campaigns, contests from all regions of the country,...
Maria, Mord und Mandelplätzchen
Weihnachtskrimis von Sylt bis zur Zugspitze
Language: German
Release Date: October 4, 2011
Erst 1, dann 2, dann 3, dann 4, dann steht der Mörder vor der Tür! Und das nicht nur in der Nachbarschaft: Gemeuchelt, vergiftet und die Waffe gezückt wird innerhalb ganz Deutschlands – und das zur Weihnachtszeit! Besinnlichkeit war gestern, denn jetzt lehren uns die besten Regiokrimi-Autoren...
Glöckchen, Gift und Gänsebraten
Weihnachtskrimis von Rügen bis ins Zillertal
Language: German
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Von drauß' vom Walde komm ich her – Ich muss euch sagen, gemordet wird sehr! In der besinnlichen Adventszeit wird quer durch Deutschland geplündert, gemeuchelt und verscharrt. 24 namhafte Regiokrimi-Autoren packen die Rute aus, bis der Christbaum die Nadeln verliert. Und dabei segnen nicht nur Gänse und Karpfen das Zeitliche …
by Richard Fumerton, Laurence Bonjour, John L. Pollock
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2000
The contributions in this volume make an important effort to resurrect a rather old fashioned form of foundationalism. They defend the position that there are some beliefs that are justified, and are not themselves justified by any further beliefs. This Epistemic foundationalism has been the subject...
by Annie Graeme Larkin, Douglas L. Graeme, Richard W. Graeme IV
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Before Bisbee became a bustling mining camp, it was a haven to Native Americans for centuries. However, their presence brought the intrusion of army scouts and prospectors into the Mule Mountains. The coincidental discovery of vast mineral wealth at the future site of Bisbee permanently affixed the...
Congress and Harry S. Truma
A Conflicted Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This collection of essays examines President Truman’s somewhat contentious relationships with Congress. Authors evaluate Truman’s successes and defeats and measure him against later presidents of the United States. While the Truman era has been perceived as a stalemate between the executive and...
Commonplace Commitments
Thinking through the Legacy of Joseph P. Fell
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Joseph P. Fell proposes that the solution to the problem of nihilism is found in the common experience of persons and the everyday commitments that one makes to people, practices, and institutions. In his landmark 1979 book Heidegger and Sartre, and in his subsequent essays, Fell describes a quiet...
Good Judgment in Foreign Policy
Theory and Application
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2002
At the heart of political leadership lies choice. And at the heart of choice lies judgment. A leader's psychology and experience intersect with political realities to produce consequences that can make or break a leader—or a country. Nowhere is judgment more important than in the making of foreign...
10 Common Core Essentials: Nonfiction
Selections from New and Classic Books for the English Language Arts Standards for Middle and High School
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
The excerpts featured in this free sampler come from some of our most popular nonfiction books for middle and high school classrooms—making them ideal choices to meet the new Common Core Standards for the English Language Arts. From the primary documents of The American Reader to The Boy Who Harnessed...
by Richard M. Anderson, Jay Dee Gunnell, Jerry L. Goodspeed
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Many recreational hikers have stopped along the trail to admire a wildflower only to wonder what, exactly, they are looking at. Wildflowers of the Mountain West is a useful field guide that makes flower identification easy for the general outdoor enthusiast.
Many available plant guides are...