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Buffalo Soldiers and Officers of the Ninth Cavalry, 1867–1898
Black and White Together
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
The inclusion of the Ninth Cavalry and three other African American regiments in the post–Civil War army was one of the nation’s most problematic social experiments. The first fifteen years following its organization in 1866 were stained by mutinies, slanderous verbal assaults, and sadistic abuses...
The Great Partnership
Science, Religion, and the Search for Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
***National Jewish Book Awards 2012, Finalist***
Dorot Foundation Award for Modern Jewish Thought and Experience
An impassioned, erudite, thoroughly researched, and beautifully reasoned book from one of the most admired religious thinkers of our time that argues not only that science and religion...
Training for War
An Essay
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
An essay and manual on training for war by retired Army lieutenant colonel Tom Kratman, creator of the popular Carrera military science fiction series, including novels A Desert Called Peace, Carnifex, Come and Take Them, and The Rods and the Axe. Kratman’s contention: an army is for winning wars....
Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things
How to Turn a Penny into a Radio, Make a Flood Alarm with an Aspirin, Change Milk into Plastic...
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things is a valuable resource for transforming ordinary objects into the extraordinary. With over 80 solutions and bonus applications at your disposal, you will be ready for almost any situation.
Do you know how to make something that can tell whether the $20 bill in...
The Failure of Counterinsurgency: Why Hearts and Minds Are Seldom Won
Why Hearts and Minds Are Seldom Won
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
This book examines the implications of counterinsurgency warfare for U.S. defense policy and makes the compelling argument that the United States' default position on counterinsurgency wars should be to avoid them.
• Examines a wider breadth of historical cases than other books on counterinsurgency,...
The Science of Harry Potter
How Magic Really Works
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2003
Behind the magic of Harry Potter—a witty and illuminating look at the scientific principles, theories, and assumptions of the boy wizard's world, newly come to life again in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and the upcoming film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Can Fluffy the...
by Julia Fischer
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
“Wicca: Book of Shadows! Love Spells - Witchcraft & Wicca Spells” will teach you about Wiccan white magick that previously was deeply shrouded in mystery. In it, you will discover useful basic spells and tools used in casting them.The individual chapters focus on spells for:* Finding...
The Borderlands of Science
Where Sense Meets Nonsense
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2001
As author of the bestselling Why People Believe Weird Things and How We Believe, and Editor-in-Chief of Skeptic magazine, Michael Shermer has emerged as the nation's number one scourge of superstition and bad science. Now, in The Borderlands of Science, he takes us to the place where real science...
Writing Science
How to Write Papers That Get Cited and Proposals That Get Funded
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
As a scientist, you are a professional writer: your career is built on successful proposals and papers. Success isn't defined by getting papers into print, but by getting them into the reader's consciousness. Writing Science is built upon the idea that successful science writing tells a story. It...
The Book of Crystal Spells
Magical Uses for Stones, Crystals, Minerals ... and Even Sand
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Raise Your Crystal Spellwork to the Next Level
Discover dozens of spells that you can use for health, love, home and garden, problem solving, dreams, astral travel, and much more. With hands-on spells, rituals, grids, and other magical methods, The Book of Crystal Spells is a practical and...
by Bible authors
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
According to Wikipedia: "The World English Bible (also known as WEB) is a public domain translation of the Bible that is currently in draft form. Work on the World English Bible began in 1997 and was known as the American Standard Version 1997. The New Testament is considered complete and is available...
by Wayne A. Wickelgren
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
If you've ever tried to solve mathematical problems without any idea how to go about it, this book is for you. It will improve your ability to solve all kinds of mathematical problems whether in mathematics, science, engineering, business, or purely recreational mathematical problems (puzzles, games,...
by King James Version, John Nelson Darby
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2016
This book combines two Holy Bible English Editions, King James Version (KJV) and Darby Translation (DBY) into one.
The Holy Bible - King James Version (KJV) is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England that began in 1604 and was completed in 1611. It is also known...
Elementary Science Teacher Education
International Perspectives on Contemporary Issues and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Co-Published with the Association For Science Teacher Education.
Reflecting recent policy and standards initiatives, emerging research agendas, and key innovations, this volume provides a contemporary overview of important developments and issues that have that have in recent years shaped elementary...