Robert C : 1013 books

When it opened in 1965, the Houston Astrodome, nicknamed the Eighth Wonder of the World, captured the attention of an entire nation, bringing pride to the city and enhancing its reputation nationwide. It was a Texas-sized vision of the future, an unthinkable feat of engineering with premium luxury...

A murderous tale about food to chill your spine, churn your stomach, and leave you limp as a wet noodle.

Dont Let the Old Girl In! is the new war cry for those women seeking to live for the better, for longer, and in good humor. This war cry doubles neatly as the title for this working manual. A confronting revelation at the age of sixty leads the author to his desired destiny along a pathway illuminated...

Introducing students to the full range of critical approachesto the poetry of the period, Perspectives on World War I Poetry is an authoritative and accessible guide to the extraordinary variety of international poetic responses to the Great War of 1914-18. Each chapter covers one or more major poets,...

Jane Doe Stutters is a fictional account of a person who stutters, based on actual events. The story chronicles the feelings of one who has a problem so very public. One of the most satisfying things a person can do is communicate with another and receive a positive response. Jane solves her interpersonal dilemma.

The outcome of much of the maritime warfare in the Second World War was decided by the torpedo or the aerial bomb, making relatively recent warship types, the submarine and aircraft carrier, the new arbiters naval conflict. Yet despite this, there was a surprising number of traditional ship-to-ship...

Historically, police agencies have measured their performance against a restricted set of crime-focused indicators, but modern police officers must be prepared to take on a wide variety of roles. Performance measures should be multidimensional to capture this complexity. This report describes some key...

VOICE OF REASON turns a lens on the complex array of choices and attitudes and actions that shape our lives. VOICE OF REASON does not shy away from difficult issues and questions that arise out of ignorance … fear… class … and desire. VOICE OF REASON challenges the quo in order to foster an open...

A few years ago the author visited the farm in Western Pennsylvania on which he had lived for a number of years when a boy. Much to his surprise there was not a boy of his acquaintance still on the neighboring farms, many of which had passed into other hands, and in some cases even the names of the...

Means provides the first major study of both the historical development of private law in a Latin American country and the shifting role of business corporations or share companies in Latin American development. He shows that Colombia's corporate law provisions for commercial codes held only a tenuous...

Metaphysics: The Fundamentals presents readers with a systematic, comprehensive introductory overview of modern analytic metaphysics. Presents an accessible, up-to-date and broad-ranging survey of one of the most dynamic and often daunting sub-fields in contemporary philosophy Introduces readers...

It is Unputdownable!&rdquo Rev. Dawn Linder Compassion is indeed not pity; it is to believe in and live by justice. Rev. Bob Cooks life and ministry, in so many ways, offers the proof necessary to live by the only life that countscompassion: to suffer with. To speak with Bob about those...

Israel has changed dramatically in the past two decades. The Israel Police is transforming itself to meet the needs of modern Israel. The Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Finance, and the Israel Police asked RAND to conduct a study to address issues of public perceptions and trust in the...