Benjamin Thomas: 70 books
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
Since Theodor Geisel published his first children's book in 1937 under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss, children and adults alike have been captivated by the charming and laconic tales of whimsical characters and imaginative worlds. But Dr. Seuss' stories are more than just catchy poems; they often wrestle...
by Constitutional Convention, Second Continental Congress, Benjamin Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2012
Anthology of the most important documents of the United States of America especially formatted for digital readers with linked articles and amendments and also with The Constitutional Dictionary.* The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments; ...
America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics
Education, Incarceration, Segregation, and the Future of the U.S. Multiracial Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Over 40 years ago the historic Kerner Commission Report declared that America was undergoing an urban crisis whose effects were disproportionately felt by underclass populations. In America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics, Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence...
by Allen Peterkin, Arthur W. Frank, David H. Flood
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
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...
by Tobias Conte, Lilia Filipova-Neumann, Wibke Michalk
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
Driven by maturing Web service technologies and the wide acceptance of the service-oriented architecture paradigm, the software industry’s traditional business models and strategies have begun to change: software vendors are turning into service providers. In addition, in the Web service market,...
The Book That Made Me
A Collection of 32 Personal Stories
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Just as authors create books, books create authors — and these essays by thirty-one writers for young people offer a fascinating glimpse at the books that inspired them the most.
What if you could look inside your favorite authors’ heads and see the book that led them to become who they...
Gung Ho T2
Court-circuit
Language: French
Release Date: February 27, 2019
Les adolescents continuent leur intégration dans la colonie. La rivalité entre les clans exacerbe les passions. Et l'arrivée d'une belle jeune fille ne va rien arranger. Les adultes quand à eux doivent gérer un univers hostile au-delà des murs de Fort Apache. Mais le danger n'est peut-être...
Gung Ho T3
Sexy Beast
Language: French
Release Date: February 27, 2019
Quelques semaines après les événements du livre 2. Les enfants obtiennent officiellement le droit de porter des armes et sont donc autorisés à quitter Fort Apache sans adultes. Mais une attaque des Rippers va remettre cette décision en cause. Kingsten informe le conseil sur la situation suite...
Gung Ho T1
Brebis Galeuses
Language: French
Release Date: February 27, 2019
Dans un futur proche, la « Plaie Blanche » a presque complètement décimé l'humanité, et la civilisation n'est plus qu'un doux souvenir. L'Europe toute entière est devenue une zone de danger, où la survie n'est plus possible qu'à l'intérieur de villes ou de villages fortifiés.
by Hank Lazer, Charlie Bertsch, Benjamin Friedlander
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2011
"What have I in common with Jews? I hardly have anything in common with myself!"
--Franz Kafka
Kafka's quip--paradoxical, self-questioning, ironic--highlights vividly some of the key issues of identity and self-representation for Jewish writers in the 20th century. No group of writers...
by Peter Bates, Bob Bayles, Wilfred Beckford
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
This book provides perspectives and insights across the educational system for how we might move toward living out this wish in all schools. The chapters provide perspectives on fundamental questions that have been guiding recent research on wellbeing in schools: How do school communities flourish...
The Atlantic World
Europeans, Africans, Indians and their Shared History, 1400–1900
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2009
From 1400 to 1900 the Atlantic Ocean served as a major highway, allowing people and goods to move easily between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. These interactions and exchanges transformed European, African, and American societies and led to the creation of new peoples, cultures, economies, and...
SOA with REST
Principles, Patterns & Constraints for Building Enterprise Solutions with REST
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
The Definitive Guide to Building Web-Centric SOA with REST The World Wide Web is based on the most successful technology architecture in history. It has changed how we view, access, and exchange information and, with the advent of REST, it has also provided us with compelling ways to build and improve...
by Benjamin P. Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2019
Part One of this book is devoted to the history of New Salem. It tells who the inhabitants were, how they lived, and how they looked on life, giving Lincoln faith in people and himself. In Part Two, Lincoln's activities are discussed, and the meaning of the New Salem years in his development is appraised,...