Thomas P Thomas: 439 books

During the last half of the nineteenth century Railroads were the life blood of the nation. Here are four short pieces describing the working of the Railroads at that time. Railway management, by E P Alexander, former Confederate General and President of Several post Civil War Railroads; The Railway...

The new edition of a popular collection that traces the history of American invention from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley. This volume traces the history of American technology—its inventions and inventors—from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley. The...

Das »Wörterbuch alttestamentlicher Motive« erleichtert das Verständnis der alttestamentlichen Texte und erschließt die Bedeutung ihrer Themen und Motive. Rund 120 Artikel beschreiben die altorientalischen Wurzeln zu jedem Motiv und erwähnen die Wirkungsgeschichte, die zumeist über das Neue...

In this creative and inventive book, authors Thomas E. Woodward and James P. Gills take readers on an exploration of the human epigenome. Acting as tour guides leading visitors through a 3-D model of a human cell, Woodward and Gills bring to life the human molecular makeup. Readers (as visitors) will...

Discussions of key ethical dilemmas in mental health care, including consent, trauma and violence, addiction, confidentiality, and therapeutic boundaries. This book discusses some of the most critical ethical issues in mental health care today, including the moral dimensions of addiction, patient...

**Elite British boarding schools, international travel, and brushing shoulders with the Royal Family do not guarantee one’s happiness. The Come’ere pulls back the curtain on this privileged world to follow the struggles of a young man, striving for praise from his father, and appreciation...

Go from being a good practitioner to being an extraordinary leader of healthcare professionals. If you read nothing else on leadership, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles on leadership and selected the most important ones for healthcare...

Iatrogenesis is the occurrence of untoward effects resulting from actions of health care providers, including medical errors, medical malpractice, practicing beyond one’s expertise, adverse effects of medication, unnecessary treatment, inappropriate screenings, and surgical errors. This is a huge...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names - Little Women [Louisa May Alcott] - Sense and Sensibility [Jane Austen] - Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy) [J.M. Barrie] - Cabin Fever [ B. M. Bower] - The Secret Garden [Frances Hodgson Burnett] - A Little Princess [Frances...

'It's a type of reorganization or infection of humanity's thought system, the way humanity talks to itself, the way a society thinks. It's like everyone simultaneously is taking LSD.' Julian Assange 'No one is more hopelessly enslaved than those who think they're free.' Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...

USC Annenberg Press has published The Politics of Academic Labor in Communication Studies, edited by Jonathan Stere. This collection features the work of 21 authors who raise difficult questions about academic labor in the field of communication studies. Twenty-one authors take on difficult questions...

Globalization stems from many sources, but as Thomas Gould makes clear, advertising is a primary driver of trans-global cultural change. Gould argues that advertising often carries unfiltered and unblocked cultural messages in addition to commercial speech; as such, it not only builds consumer demand...

This classic text retains the superb scholarship of the first edition in a thoroughly revised and accessibly written new edition. With both new and updated essays by distinguished American and Canadian authors, the book provides a comprehensive historical overview of the formation and growth of North...

Verlassen liegen sie da. Niemand hat sie seit Jahren betreten. Kein Mensch kümmert sich mehr darum. Die Grabsteine sind verwittert, die Inschriften oft kaum mehr lesbar. Gras, Moos, einst auf den Gräbern gepflanzter Efeu, wild aufgegangene Bäumchen oder Sträucher dominieren das Bild … Doch nicht...