William Patrick: 70 books
by William A. Patrick III
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
“Mr. Ash,” began the labcoat, “this story of yours is fascinating! I think it offers great insights into addiction. Does alcoholism run in your family?”“My Granddad died in the gutter, they say,” Ash said.“Also, another good definition is continued use in the face of adversity. Any DUI’s...
by William A. Patrick III
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2015
Planet Earthphat: Year 2050 - Muffin & Knob undertake a dangerous mission given to them by Lord Plebe to save the world from super-cocky roaches that have survived a nuclear war. They get up to their ears in espionage endeavors, surviving with only hot sauce, carpet tacks, a gas can with a hole...
by William A. Patrick III
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
“Mr. Ash,” began the labcoat, “this story of yours is fascinating! I think it offers great insights into addiction. Does alcoholism run in your family?”“My Granddad died in the gutter, they say,” Ash said.“Also, another good definition is continued use in the face of adversity. Any DUI’s...
Internet Governance
The NETmundial Roadmap
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
“Following up on the promise of the NETMundial meeting, this timely and useful book explores the challenges of implementing its roadmap for the future of Internet governance.” — Milton L. Mueller, Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies, USAInternet Governance: The NETmundial...
Foundations of Korean Martial Arts
Masters, Manuals & Combative Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2017
Most of what are referred to as Korean martial art styles are actually derived from Japanese/Okinawan karate systems or find their roots in Chinese boxing. The Korean peninsula has existed as a fragile territory between China and Japan and thus shared many cultural elements...
Fees Must Fall
Student revolt, decolonisation and governance in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
#FeesMustFall, the student revolt that began in October 2015, was an uprising against lack of access to, and financial exclusion from, higher education in South Africa. More broadly, it radically questioned the socio-political dispensation resulting from the 1994 social pact between big business,...
Zones of Control
Perspectives on Wargaming
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts.
Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game...
Simon's Crossing
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2010
Enter the biblically historic world of Simon of Cyrene, where a world of grief, revenge, and Dennis Patrick Slattery and tender devotion awaits. There, families are torn apart, marauding soldiers enact their violent ways, and random events suddenly disrupt life. Along this journey there will be encounters...
by General William Francis Patrick Napier K.C.B.
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2011
A masterful, epic account of the Spanish Ulcer that drained Napoleon's resources and played a pivotal role in the end of his domination of Europe.
The author served with distinction in the actions of the Light Division, such as the epic march to Talavera, the battles of Fuentes d’Oñoro,...
Peace versus Justice
Negotiating Forward- and Backward-Looking Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2005
This book examines the costs and benefits of ending the fighting in a range of conflicts, and probes the reasons why negotiators provide, or fail to provide, resolutions that go beyond just 'stopping the shooting.' What is the desired and achievable mix between negotiation strategies that look backward...
Contemporary Public Health
Principles, Practice, and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Public health refers to the management and prevention of disease within a population by promoting healthy behaviors and environments in an effort to create a higher standard of living. In this comprehensive volume, editor James W. Holsinger Jr. and an esteemed group of scholars and practitioners offer...
by General William Francis Patrick Napier K.C.B.
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2011
William Napier, was born in Dublin in 1785, one of a number of brothers who entered the British army and excelled in the service although it is his History of the War in the Peninsular that he is most remembered for. A masteful, epic account of the Spanish Ulcer that drained Napoleon's resources and...
Antidemocracy in America
Truth, Power, and the Republic at Risk
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States. But the victories of the Obama administration hid from view fundamental problems deeply rooted in American social institutions and history. The election’s consequences...
The Blacker the Ink
Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
When many think of comic books the first thing that comes to mind are caped crusaders and spandex-wearing super-heroes. Perhaps, inevitably, these images are of white men (and more rarely, women). It was not until the 1970s that African American superheroes such as Luke Cage, Blade, and others emerged....