Richard R Young: 8 books

Book cover of Railway Security

Railway Security

Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters

by Richard R. Young, Gary A. Gordon, Jeremy F. Plant
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017

This book provides an overview and assessment of the security risks, both manmade and natural, facing the railways and rail networks. Railroads face significant threats from disasters, but with situational awareness and coordinated effort these can often be substantially minimized. Transportation...
Book cover of Fantastic Stories Presents the Fantastic Universe Super Pack #2
by Evelyn E. Smith, Harry Harrison, Marion Zimmer Bradley
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016

Fantastic Universe' started publishing in 1953 and continued until March 1960. It was one of the better magazines to launch during the boom in science fiction magazine publishing. It published many important stories' by some of the field's best known writers. This is our second Fantastic Universe...
Book cover of New Earth Politics

New Earth Politics

Essays from the Anthropocene

by Ken Conca, Dan Deudney, Elizabeth Mendenhall
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016

Prominent scholars and practitioners consider the role of global environmental politics in the face of increasing environmental stress. Humanity's collective impact on the Earth is vast. The rate and scale of human-driven environmental destruction is quickly outstripping our political and social...
Book cover of Clockwork Chaos
by C.J. Henderson, Bernie Mojzes, James Chambers
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013

History, invention, the power of deduction…Clockwork Chaos is more than goggles and gears. It is about order and structure and timing striving for mechanical perfection. But in an era where mass production does not yet exist, the unique machinery brought forth into the world is at times bound to fall...
Book cover of Ethics, Literature, and Theory

Ethics, Literature, and Theory

An Introductory Reader

by Dudley Barlow, Orson Scott Card, Anthony Cunningham
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2005

Ethics, Literature, and Theory: An Introductory Reader brings together the work of contemporary scholars, teachers, and writers into lively discussion on the moral role of literature and the relationship between aesthetics, art, and ethics. Do the rich descriptions and narrative shapings of...
Book cover of Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families

Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families

Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service

by Sayali S. Amarapurkar, Laura Bates, Libby Balter Blume
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009

Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...
Book cover of Endocrinologie, diabétologie et maladies métaboliques
by Collège des enseignants d'endocrinologie, diabète et maladie, Laurence Amar
Language: French
Release Date: January 30, 2012

En parfaite cohérence avec le programme de DCEM2-DCEM4 et les épreuves classantes nationales, cet Abrégé Connaissances et Pratique apporte les connaissances fondamentales en endocrinologie, diabétologie et maladies métaboliques. La première partie Connaissances développe, de manière...
Book cover of Blood in the Hills

Blood in the Hills

A History of Violence in Appalachia

by Bruce E. Stewart, Kevin T. Barksdale, Kathryn Shively Meier
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011

To many antebellum Americans, Appalachia was a frightening wilderness of lawlessness, peril, robbers, and hidden dangers. The extensive media coverage of horse stealing and scalping raids profiled the region's residents as intrinsically violent. After the Civil War, this characterization continued...
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