Brent Thomas: 9 books

Book cover of Deadly Troubadours
by Brent Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015

Who are the Deadly Troubadours? Artists? Thieves? Pranksters? Punks? The answer depends on who you ask. In the summer city of Tryst the Deadly Troubadours seek to make a name for themselves - unfortunately that leads to a stupid oath after a night of heavy drinking. Because of course it does. Kestra:...
Book cover of Handbook of Collective Intelligence
by Andrew W. Lo, Deborah M Gordon, Jeffrey P. Bigham
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015

Experts describe the latest research in a rapidly growing multidisciplinary field, the study of groups of individuals acting collectively in ways that seem intelligent. Intelligence does not arise only in individual brains; it also arises in groups of individuals. This is collective intelligence:...
Book cover of Edison and Ford in Florida
by Mike Cosden, Brent Newman, Chris Pendleton
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015

Prolific inventor Thomas Edison and automobile pioneer Henry Ford shaped the modern world like few others. The lives of these close friends intersected at their winter homes in southwest Florida. Edison first visited the tiny cattle-ranching community of Fort Myers in 1885, building a home and laboratory...
Book cover of What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God

What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God

Religious Communication in Democratic Party Politics

by Allison J. Ainsworth, Samuel Boerboom, Daniel D. Gross
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010

What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God is a collection of essays on the religious communication of members of the Democratic Party, past and present-in office, while campaigning, and in their public and private writing. While many books on the market address issues at the intersection...
Book cover of New Directions in Contemporary Sociological Theory
by Peter M. Blau, Thomas J. Fararo, Jack A. Goldstone
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002

Written by eminent sociologists, this book introduces and assesses some of the most influential, recent sociological theories. Each chapter explains the theory and describes a related program of empirical research. Chapters are authored by the actual founders (and/or leading exponents) of these theoretical...
Book cover of In Search of Humanity

In Search of Humanity

Essays in Honor of Clifford Orwin

by Timothy W. Burns, Paul A. Cantor, Brent Edwin Cusher
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015

This collection of essays, offered in honor of the distinguished career of prominent political philosophy professor Clifford Orwin, provides a wide context in which to consider the rise of “humanity” as one of the chief modern virtues. A relative of—and also a replacement for—formerly more...
Book cover of Perspectives on Flourishing in Schools
by Peter Bates, Bob Bayles, Wilfred Beckford
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...
Book cover of Tyranny and Music
by Beau Bothwell, Daniel Guberman, Mei Han
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017

Tyranny and Music is an edited collection of essays that explore how musical artists respond to cruel or oppressive governments and ruling regimes. Its primary strength and unique quality lies in its diversity, presenting a postmodern collage of scholarship that reaches across the divides of classical,...
Book cover of Southeastern Grasslands

Southeastern Grasslands

Biodiversity, Ecology, and Management

by JoVonn G. Hill, John A. Barone, Charles Allen
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018

A holistic approach to analyzing distinct grassland habitats that integrates ecological, historical, and archaeological data   Today the southeastern United States is a largely rural, forested, and agricultural landscape interspersed with urban areas of development. However, two centuries ago it...
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