Usher: 124 books
Speeches of Note
An Eclectic Collection of Orations Deserving of a Wider Audience
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Letters of Note comes a collection of 75 of history's most interesting, profound, and sometimes unknown speeches from a range of scintillating personalities such as Frederick Douglass, Justin Trudeau, Albert Einstein, Meghan Markle, Barbara Jordan,...
Letters of Note: Volume 2
An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
From the editor of the New York Times bestseller and instant classic Letters of Note, comes this companion ebook of more than 125 captivating letters. Each turn of the page brings delight and discovery in a collection of correspondence that spans centuries and place, written by the famous, the not-so-famous,...
by Charles Usher
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
Riding the subway, pulling into a new station, we've all had the thought: What if I just got off here? What's up there?
SEOUL SUB-URBAN seeks to answer those questions, visiting subway stations across the Korean capital and looking at the surrounding areas from a perspective that combines the...
French Renaissance and Baroque Drama
Text, Performance, Theory
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
The fifteen articles in this volume highlight the richness, diversity, and experimental nature of French and Francophone drama before the advent of what would become known as neoclassical French theater of the seventeenth century. In essays ranging from conventional stage plays (tragedies, comedies,...
by Carole L Usher
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
It must be hard trying to be a man,and trying to provide for his family, but he can never give up. And what about our children? Will they have to think about the choices they made in their life. Will our children learn that having a gun, dose not solve problems. What ever happen to sitting down, and...
Adult Education as Theory, Practice and Research
The Captive Triangle
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
The authors argue that the aim of research should be to improve practice through a process of critical reflection. Focusing clearly on the everyday concerns and problems of practitioners, they emphasize the importance of practical knowledge. Their definition of ‘practice’ is wide, and includes...
Understanding Social Research
Perspectives on Methodology and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2005
In 1991 the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) published "Postgraduate Taining Guidelines". Throughout the document emphasis is placed on the need for universities to make postgraduate research students aware of the methodological issues that affect their work.; This text explores...
by Rudolf Steiner, Stephen Usher
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2003
The first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles describes Christs Ascension: And a cloud received him out of their sight. As the disciples looked up, two angels appeared and told them, This same Jesus, taken up from you into heaven, shall come again in the same way as you have seen him go. In 1910, Rudolf...
Called by Name
The Inspiring Stories of 12 Men Who Became Catholic Priests
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Catholic priests communicate the glory of heaven through the ministry of the word and the sacraments, especially in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the source and summit of our Faith. By fulfilling this mission, these men truly become an alter Christus- another Christ.
In this intriguing...
by Thom Usher
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
In the latter half of the 19th century, the town of Beekman experienced an industrial boom. Iron ore beds were discovered in the hamlets of Sylvan Lake, Beekman, and Clove Valley. Mining boomed until the 1890s, and many of the small ponds scattered about town today were originally open ore pits. The...
Homeric Stitchings
The Homeric Centos of the Empress Eudocia
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 1998
Homeric Stitchings is the first extended study of the Homeric Centos, a long pastiche poem on a biblical theme composed by the Theodosian Empress Eudocia using only verses from the Iliad and the Odyssey. Building upon recent work on Homeric poetics, and utilizing linguistic and semiotic methods of...
The Blueprint
How to Design and Live a Life of Authenticity and Purpose
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2017
Most people go about living their lives based on what is required at any point in time rather than what is authentic. The result is a constant nagging feeling of “my life doesn’t quite fit who I am.” In this timely and relevant book, Trellis uses the simple to understand metaphor of designing...
Rhetoric and Educational Discourse
Persuasive Texts
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Educational policy is often dismissed as simply rhetoric and a collection of half truths. However, this is to underestimate the power of rhetoric and the ways in which rhetorical strategies are integral to persuasive acts. Through a series of illustrative chapters, this book argues that rather than...
by S. Usher Evans
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
**He's a prince, she's a pilot, their countries have been at war for fifty years. But when they're marooned on an island, they must work together if they want to survive.
The Complete Madion War Trilogy box set includes all three full-length novels - The Island, The Chasm, and The Union - as...