Stephen J : 747 books
by Stephen J. Carter
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
A mile-long descent through a plasma column ...The environmental stilling onworld threatens to advance beyond the storm ring, thus blanketing the globe and turning Nebura into a uniquely dystopian planet. Meanwhile the occupiers’ plan to arm a resurgent Siqdori Empire with a tulvar arsenal,...
Colorado
A History of the Centennial State, Fifth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013
Since 1976, newcomers and natives alike have learned about the rich history of the magnificent place they call home from Colorado: A History of the Centennial State. In the fifth edition, coauthors Carl Abbott, Stephen J. Leonard, and Thomas J. Noel incorporate recent events, scholarship, and insights...
Desegregating the Altar
The Josephites and the Struggle for Black Priests, 1871–1960
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1993
Historically, black Americans have affiliated in far greater numbers with certain protestant denominations than with the Roman Catholic church. In analyzing this phenomenon scholars have sometimes alluded to the dearth of black Catholic priest, but non one has adequately explained why the church failed...
Public Education—America's Civil Religion
A Social History
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this provocative volume, the authors argue that public education is a central part of American civil religion and, thus, gives us an unquestioning faith in the capacity of education to solve all of our social, economic, and political problems. The book traces the development of America’s...
The Priestly Blessing
Rediscovering the Gift
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
A bestselling author and leading expert on the Catholic priesthood, Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti forges a renewed theology of priestly blessing, encouraging his brother priests to embrace the habit of blessing people, objects, and events. In this provocative and inspirational book he shows how the blessing...
Introduction to the Bible
A Catholic Guide to Studying Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Catholics are often reluctant to begin reading the Bible, this is for various reasons. Perhaps we hang on to the notion that the Bible is a book meant for display, for recording the dates of family members ' births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths. Or perhaps we once attempted to read the Bible and...
Education Policy and Social Class
The Selected Works of Stephen J. Ball
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2005
Bringing together twenty years of research and writing, this book provides an overview of Stephen Ball’s career and shows not only the development of his most important ideas but also the long-lasting contributions he has made to the field of educational policy analysis. This volume contains sixteen...
Kingdom through Covenant (Second Edition)
A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2018
Kingdom through Covenant is a careful exposition of how the biblical covenants unfold and relate to one another—a widely debated topic, critical for understanding the narrative plot structure of the whole Bible.
By incorporating the latest available research from the ancient Near East and...
Leveraged Finance
Concepts, Methods, and Trading of High-Yield Bonds, Loans, and Derivatives
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2009
A timely guide to today’s high-yield corporate debt markets Leveraged Finance is a comprehensive guide to the instruments and markets that finance much of corporate America. Presented in five sections, this experienced author team covers topics ranging from the basics of bonds and loans to more...
Paper Empire
William Gaddis and the World System
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2008
Celebrates and illuminates the legacy of one of America’s most innovative and consequential 20th century novelists.
In 2002, following the posthumous publication of William Gaddis’s collected nonfiction and his final novel and Jonathan Franzen’s lengthy attack on him in The New Yorker,...
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 18, 2014
En esta obra, Levitt y Dubner demuestran, a través de ejemplos y una sarcástica perspicacia, que la economía representa el estudio de los incentivos.
¿Qué resulta más peligroso: una pistola o una piscina?
¿Qué tienen en común un maestro de escuela y un luchador de sumo?
¿Por...
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2009
Freakonomics lived on the New York Times bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Now authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in SuperFreakonomics—the long awaited follow-up to their New York Times Notable blockbuster. Based on...
Think Like a Freak
The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more.
Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written...
When to Rob a Bank
...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. It’s the perfect solution for the millions of readers who love all things Freakonomics. Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty, When...