W Young: 48 books
by Andrew W. Young
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts,...
The New Whole Art of Confectionary
Sugar Boiling, Iceing, Candying, Jelly and Wine Making, &c.
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Published in 1835 in New York, The New Whole Art of Confectionary provided delicious, sugary recipes for bakers, confectioners, and homemakers in the early 19th century. One of the earliest dessert cookbooks published in the United States from an original British publication, this compendium of all...
The Politics of Praise
Naming God and Friendship in Aquinas and Derrida
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
While the revelation of God's name is a central theological topic, its ethical and political significance are often overlooked. In a world filled with violence committed 'in the name of God', how might invoking God's name enable peace, community, and hope? The Politics of Praise argues that the redemptive...
by John W. Young
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
This reference guide throws light on almost every aspect of postwar international history from the rise of Mao's China to the Bosnian Civil War. It provides a huge wealth of information on East-West relations setting events, crises and conflicts in their full international context.
David Bruce and Diplomatic Practice
An American Ambassador in London, 1961-9
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
David Bruce (1898-1977) was a prominent American diplomat, who served in France, Germany, and the UK. His work is examined here to provide an in-depth look at the practice of diplomacy and the role of the ambassador as diplomatic actor.
This thorough survey aims to investigate the relevance...
Multidimensional Scaling
History, Theory, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This outstanding presentation of the fundamentals of multidimensional scaling illustrates the applicability of MDS to a wide variety of disciplines. The first two sections provide ground work in the history and theory of MDS. The final section applies MDS techniques to such diverse fields as physics, marketing, and political science.
Fantastic Stories Presents: Fantasy Super Pack #1
With linked Table of Contents
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present thirty-two wonderful tales of fantasy in this completely revised second edition text. More than seven hundred and fifty pages for your reading pleasure. Escape today! 'Immortal' by Shariann Lewitt; 'The Thing in the Attic' by James Blish;...
The Moral Brain
A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
An overview of the latest interdisciplinary research on human morality, capturing moral sensibility as a sophisticated integration of cognitive, emotional, and motivational mechanisms.
Over the past decade, an explosion of empirical research in a variety of fields has allowed us to understand...
Alberta's Lower Athabasca Basin
Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
Over the past two decades, the oil sands region of northeastern Alberta has been the site of unprecedented levels of development. Alberta's Lower Athabasca Basin tells a fascinating story of how a catastrophic ice age flood left behind a unique landscape in the Lower Athabasca Basin, one that made...
by Liam W H Young
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2016
Callum is a member of the Shadow class, the lowest rank in human society. His kin lead desperate lives; they survive on the scraps left by an over-indulgent post-apocalyptic humanity, clinging to the remains of a broken metropolis. Their increasing numbers – a result of ineffective government policies...
Unpredictable Journey
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
In this memoir Ernl W.D. Young tells of growing up as a farm-boy in Bedfordview, Johannesburg, South Africa, and making the unpredictable life-journey to Palo Alto, California; from being a printer, pastor, and political activist in South Africa to becoming a full professor at Stanford University;...
Processing Inaccurate Information
Theoretical and Applied Perspectives from Cognitive Science and the Educational Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014
Interdisciplinary approaches to identifying, understanding, and remediating people's reliance on inaccurate information that they should know to be wrong.
Our lives revolve around the acquisition of information. Sometimes the information we acquire—from other people, from books, or from the...
by Liam W H Young
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2018
Now recovered from her terrible wounds, a vengeful Lileah returns to Freylar, driving a renewed invasion that threatens to destroy the Freylarkai. Meanwhile, the sinister shaper Krashnar has infiltrated the vale, garishly working his way towards the very heart of Mirielle’s empire, over which her...
by Liam W H Young
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2017
The Blades are left reeling in the wake of the recent invasion of Freylar as they struggle to reconcile their losses and bolster waning morale. Recruitment is at an all-time low and The Vengeful Tears – an increasingly zealous band of surviving Blades led by Anika – become cause for concern. In...