S Peter: 321 books
Ending Poverty in America
How to Restore the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
**An “**engrossing collection of rigorously researched articles” from Elizabeth Warren, Jared Bernstein, William Julius Wilson, and more (Publishers Weekly).
Can the wealthiest nation in the world do anything to combat the steadily rising numbers of Americans living in poverty—or the...
by Bruce Caldwell, Samuel Hollander, Alan Levine
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
The recent economic crisis in the United States has highlighted a crisis of understanding. In this volume, Bradley C. S. Watson and Joseph Postell bring together some of America's most eminent thinkers on political economy—an increasingly overlooked field wherein political ideas and economic theories...
Taiwan and the Rise of China
Cross-Strait Relations in the Twenty-first Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
Coincided with China’s economic reform and her rapid ascendance to a great power status, the relations between Taiwan and Chinese mainland since 1979 have also seen some encouraging development. However, the rapprochement is nothing but a smooth ride. Taiwan Strait has always been full of tensions...
Blockbusters and Trade Wars
Popular Culture in a Globalized World
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
The unparalleled global distribution of books, television programs and other cultural products would seem to augur well for the diversity of ideas and creative expression. Yet ever more of this flow is concentrated in the hands of fewer giant corporations, significantly American controlled, whose...
For Service to Your Country:
The Essential Guide to Getting the Veterans' Benefits You've Earned
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The Must-Have Guide To Veterans' Benefits
If you're a veteran--or a veteran's family member--you know how hard it is to navigate the VA benefits maze. This definitive guide steers you through the process so that you and your family can get the benefits you're entitled to. Filled with vital...
Shakespeare Films
A Re-evaluation of 100 Years of Adaptations
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
This study reexamines the recognized “canon” of films based on Shakespeare’s plays, and argues that it should be broadened by breaking with two unnecessary standards: the characterization of the director as “auteur” of a play’s screen adaptation, and the convention of excluding films with...
The Language of Grace
Flannery O' Connor, Walker Percy, and Iris Murdoch - Seabury Classics
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Hawkins explores both traditional and contemporary ways grace has been handled in literature. The traditional representation of grace is explained using, among other things, the parables of Jesus. Then he turns to more contemporary literature, including O'Connor's A Good Man is Hard to Find, Percy's...
Nice Guys Finish Dead
The Hollywood Murder Mysteries Book Six
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Ned Sharkey is a fugitive from mob revenge. For six years he's been successfully hiding out in the Los Angeles area while a $100,000 contract for his demise hangs over his head. But when Warner Brothers begins filming "The Winning Team", the story of Grover Cleveland Alexander, Ned can't resist showing...
The Unkindness of Strangers
The Hollywood Murder Mysteries Book Five
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Warner Brothers is getting it from all sides and Joe Bernardi seems to be everybody’s favorite target. “A Streetcar Named Desire” is unproducible, they say. Too violent, too seedy, too sexy, too controversial and what’s worse, it’s being directed by that well-known pinko, Elia Kazan. To make...
by Peter Sís
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
A trip around a city block is like a trip around the world!
Peeking out through a die-cut window on the jacket, Madlenka invites the reader to enter her world. And what a world it is! On the surface, it looks like an ordinary city block, but as we meet Madlenka's neighbors -- the French baker,...
Jezebel in Blue Satin
The Hollywood Murder Mysteries Book One
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2010
WWII is over and Joe Bernardi has just returned home after three years as a war correspondent in Europe. Married in the heat of passion three weeks before he shipped out, he has come home to find his wife Lydia is a complete stranger. It’s not long before Lydia’s off to Reno for a quikie divorce...
The Lean Belly Prescription
The Fast and Foolproof Diet and Weight-Loss Plan from America's Top Urgent-Care Doctor
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Dr. Travis Stork, cohost of The Doctors, cares about the state of your abdomen. Why? Because when he's not on TV, he works in the E.R. at Vanderbilt Medical Center. And his years of training and experience have told him that the one of the very first vital signs to check—one of the most important...
by Jr. Peter A. DiPrima, Scott S. Coyne
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
More than 300 high-yield flashcards cover must-know information for the EMT certification exam McGraw-Hill's EMT Flashcards offer a succint, comprehensive, and easy-to-carry review of the essential concepts students need to remember for their certification exam. Each two-sided care features...
by Scott S. Coyne, Peter A. DiPrima Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
High-yield flashcards cover must-know information for the Paramedic certification exam
McGraw-Hill's Paramedic Flashcards offer a succint, comprehensive, and easy to carry review of the must-know concepts that students need to remember for their certification exam.
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