Thomas P Thomas: 439 books
Something Complete and Great
The Centennial Study of My Ántonia
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
This volume situates My Ántonia as a novel that stands the test of time by including in its pages an extraordinarily wide range of historical, cultural, literary, psychological, thematic, perceptual, and stylistic issues. The volume provides an analysis and assessment of complexities in the novel...
by Geoffrey P Hull, Geoffrey Hull, Thomas Hutchison
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2011
The Music Business and Recording Industry is a comprehensive music business textbook focused on the three income streams in the music industry: music publishing, live entertainment, and recordings. The book provides a sound foundation for understanding key issues, while presenting the latest research...
by Dominick Domasky, Joey Faucette, Joe Walko
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
What makes a band of nine fathers want to write a book on fatherhood? They felt the need to share their struggles and successes. In a medley of stories, opinions and advice, the authors take you on a journey of men who don't hold back their enthusiasm of being proud fathers. You will find moments...
Political Communication
The Manship School Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
A new era of political power has arrived, one in which the social media forces of Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter indisputably play a larger role in the political process. In this revised and expanded edition of Political Communication: The Manship School Guide, edited by Robert Mann and David D. Perlmutter,...
by Terry L. Anderson, Ann M. Carlos, Christian Dippel
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Most American Indian reservations are islands of poverty in a sea of wealth, but they do not have to remain that way. To extract themselves from poverty, Native Americans will have to build on their rich cultural history including familiarity with markets and integrate themselves into modern economies...
Parental Choice?
A Critical Reconsideration of Choice and the Debate about Choice
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Education has rarely been absent from local and national public discourse. Throughout the history of modern education spanning more than a century, we have as a culture lamented the failures of public schooling, often making such claims based on assumptions instead of any nuanced consideration of...
Extinction in Our Times
Global Amphibian Decline
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009
For over 350 million years, thousands of species of amphibians have lived on earth, but since the 1990s they have been disappearing at an alarming rate, in many cases quite suddenly and mysteriously. What is causing these extinctions? What role do human actions play in them? What do they tell us about...
Balancing Renewable Electricity
Energy Storage, Demand Side Management, and Network Extension from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2012
An important aim behind the restructuring of Germany’s and Europe’s electricity systems is to reduce the environmental burden, especially with respect to greenhouse gas emissions, of the current systems. Emissions must be brought down to a level that is sustainable in the long run and consistent...
World Religions
A Guide to the Essentials
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
This masterful survey of world religions presents a clear and concise portrait of the history, beliefs, and practices of Eastern and Western religions. The new edition contains added material and has been revised throughout. The authors, both respected scholars of world religions, have over fifty...
by Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
This book,contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that...
by Ben Schirfin, Jeffrey P. Schaffer, Thomas Winnett
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
First published in 1973, The Pacific Crest Trail, Vol. 1, California quickly established itself as the "PCT Bible"-- the book trekkers could not do without. Now thoroughly updated and redesigned into two portable volumes, Pacific Crest Trail: Southern California starts at the Mexican border...
Masculindians
Conversations about Indigenous Manhood
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
What does it mean to be an Indigenous man today? Between October 2010 and May 2013, Sam McKegney conducted interviews with leading Indigenous artists, critics, activists, and elders on the subject of Indigenous manhood. In offices, kitchens, and coffee shops, and once in a car driving down the 401,...
Tatort Naschmarkt
13 Kriminalgeschichten aus Wien
Language: German
Release Date: April 14, 2016
In Band 9 der Falter-Krimianthologien steht der Naschmarkt, der bekannteste Lebensmittel- und Detailmarkt Wiens, im Zentrum kriminologischer Ermittlungen. Durch seine zentrale Lage an der Wienzeile und das breite Warenangebot ist er für Einheimische wie für Wienbesucher ein Anziehungspunkt. Eine...
Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization
Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
This one-of-a-kind collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative practices from classrooms, schools, districts, communities, and faraway places in the world. Each of the chapters-organized under six headings-tells an authentic, compelling story of a pioneering and successful...