B Allen: 126 books

Book cover of Health Humanities Reader
by Allen Peterkin, Arthur W. Frank, David H. Flood
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire...
Book cover of Liberal Arts for the Christian Life
by Michael Wilder, Sharon Coolidge, Leland Ryken
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012

Comprehensive in scope, this substantial volume was compiled in honor of Leland Ryken and champions the importance of an approach to faith and learning grounded in the Christian liberal arts.
Book cover of Clues Over Croissants
by Allen B. Boyer
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012

Bess Bullock knows about clues. After all, her career as a policewoman has made her more than qualified to help her fellow residents at the Honey Hills Retirement Center solve their various personal mysteries. But when one morning, a tray of delicious, buttery croissants heralds the arrival of a fantastic...
Book cover of Metaphorosis: Best of 2016
by B. Morris Allen, Joshua Phillip Johnson, Elise Forier Edie
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. The best science fiction and fantasy stories from Metaphorosis magazine's first year. Mysterious languages, unusual dogs, solitude, alien communications, and magic. Stories from Joshua Phillip Johnson, Elise Forier...
Book cover of Best Vegan Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2016
by B. Morris Allen, Jarod K. Anderson, Stewart C. Baker
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2017

The best vegan science fiction and fantasy stories of 2016. Twelve stories of mysterious aliens, unusual pets, messages from the future, witchcraft, and much more. And what's more, they're all vegan friendly - no skipping over the ugly parts. There are none! Just interesting ideas, good stories,...
Book cover of Disarm: A Gun Sense Anthology

Disarm: A Gun Sense Anthology

Black Heart Digital Anthologies, #2

by Hobie Anthony, B. Morris Allen, Erin Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017

"We cannot get rid of mankind’s fleetingly wicked wishes. We can get rid of the machines that make them come true. I give you a holy word: DISARM." –Kurt Vonnegut, Deadeye Dick As the U.S. continues to simmer with violence, and mass-shootings continue to pile bodies into graves...
Book cover of Lectures on Anthropology
by Immanuel Kant, Robert B. Louden, Allen W. Wood
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012

Kant was one of the inventors of anthropology, and his lectures on anthropology were the most popular and among the most frequently given of his lecture courses. This volume contains the first translation of selections from student transcriptions of the lectures between 1772 and 1789, prior to the...
Book cover of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Her Contemporaries

Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Her Contemporaries

Literary and Intellectual Contexts

by Cynthia J. Davis, Gary Scharnhorst, Jennifer S. Tuttle
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011

Considers Gilman's place in American literary and social history by examining her relationships to other prominent intellectuals of her era. By placing Charlotte Perkins Gilman in the company of her contemporaries, this collection seeks to correct misunderstandings of the feminist writer and...
Book cover of Invitational Education and Practice in Higher Education
by Omar Garrett Wray, Jasmine Majkowski, Ken Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016

This edited collection examines the means to create, maintain, and enhance welcoming colleges and universities in the United States and abroad with personal accounts, case studies, models, programs, and other frameworks written by practitioners in higher education. The contributors explain how they...
Book cover of Python for Software Design

Python for Software Design

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist

by Allen B. Downey
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2009

A no-nonsense introduction to software design using the Python programming language. Written for people with no programming experience, this book starts with the most basic concepts and gradually adds new material. Some of the ideas students find most challenging, like recursion and object-oriented...
Book cover of Think Python

Think Python

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist

by Allen B. Downey
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015

If you want to learn how to program, working with Python is an excellent way to start. This hands-on guide takes you through the language a step at a time, beginning with basic programming concepts before moving on to functions, recursion, data structures, and object-oriented design. This second edition...
Book cover of Think Julia

Think Julia

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist

by Ben Lauwens, Allen B. Downey
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2019

If you’re just learning how to program, Julia is an excellent JIT-compiled, dynamically typed language with a clean syntax. This hands-on guide uses Julia 1.0 to walk you through programming one step at a time, beginning with basic programming concepts before moving on to more advanced capabilities,...
Book cover of Think Perl 6

Think Perl 6

How to Think Like a Computer Scientist

by Laurent Rosenfeld, Allen B. Downey
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017

Want to learn how to program and think like a computer scientist? This practical guide gets you started on your programming journey with the help of Perl 6, the younger sister of the popular Perl programming language. Ideal for beginners, this hands-on book includes over 100 exercises with multiple...
Book cover of The Legend of Hornigold's Treasure
by Allen B. Graves, C. Joseph Elder
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013

The EcoExplorers, a young adult adventure club, travel to Andros Island in the Bahamas for a weeklong marine biology course at Rockwood Field Station. Scuba diving and snorkeling are at the top of their agenda, but the itinerary quickly takes a new direction when shady characters are encountered,...
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