William Jordan: 31 books
by William Chester Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2004
"The Penguin History of Europe series... is one of contemporary publishing's great projects."--New Statesman
It was an age of hope and possibility, of accomplishment and expansion. Europe's High Middle Ages spanned the Crusades, the building of Chartres Cathedral, Dante's Inferno,...
by William G. Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2003
During World War I, the publishers of America's crusading black newspapers faced a difficult dilemma. Would it be better to advance the interests of African Americans by affirming their patriotism and offering support of President Wilson's war for democracy in Europe, or should they demand that the...
From England to France
Felony and Exile in the High Middle Ages
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2015
At the height of the Middle Ages, a peculiar system of perpetual exile—or abjuration—flourished in western Europe. It was a judicial form of exile, not political or religious, and it was meted out to felons for crimes deserving of severe corporal punishment or death. From England to France explores...
by Henry R. Gall, William George Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
First published in 1919, this fascinating volume provides an overview of the history of the Aetna Insurance Company, beginning with their very first president and policy. A history of the Aetna Insurance Company is arguably a history of modern insurance itself, making this volume a must-read for those...
Devastating Losses
How Parents Cope With the Death of a Child to Suicide or Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
This book fills a critical gap in our scientific understanding of the grief response of parents who have lost a child to traumatic death and the psychotherapeutic strategies that best facilitate healing. It is based on the results of the largest study ever conducted of parents surviving a child's...
by William George Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
The Power of Truth: Individual Problems and Possibilities written by an American editor, lecturer and essayist William George Jordan. This book is one of many works by him. Published in 1902. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form....
by William George Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
"Calmness is the rarest quality in human life. It is the poise of a great nature, in harmony with itself and its ideals. It is the moral atmosphere of a life self-centred, self-reliant, and self-controlled. Calmness is singleness of purpose, absolute confidence, and conscious power,--ready to be focused...
Harvard Classics Volume 40
English Poetry 1: Chaucer To Gray
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)
Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 2
Improving cultivation of particular grain legumes
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
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Making Nature Whole
A History of Ecological Restoration
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
Making Nature Whole is a seminal volume that presents an in-depth history of the field of ecological restoration as it has developed in the United States over the last three decades. The authors draw from both published and unpublished sources, including archival materials and oral histories from...
Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota
Volume 4, Ecosystem-Based Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute’s landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated...
The King's Two Bodies
A Study in Medieval Political Theology
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Originally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitted the post mortem continuity of monarch and monarchy, as epitomized by the statement, "The king...
by William George Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
This early work, originally published in 1907 was written by the eminent American essayist and editor. This title is one of a number of religious books he wrote, which can be thought of as precursors to today's self-help book. Contents Include: The Kingship of Self-control; The Crimes of the Tongue;...
Inventing Place
Writing Lone Star Rhetorics
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Bringing together methods and scholars from rhetoric and related disciplines, essays in Inventing Place: Writing Lone Star Rhetorics blend personal and scholarly accounts of Texas sites, examining place as an embodied poiesis, an understanding and composition formed through the collaboration of a...