C Fisher: 40 books
21st Century Pastor
A Vision Based on the Ministry of Paul
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
The third millennium. It's a time of tremendous opportunity for the church--and tremendous challenge. More than ever, pastors need a model for ministry that can equip them for the rigors of a restless, increasingly secularized culture. In the 21st Century Pastor, David Fisher explores the apostle...
War at Every Door
Partisan Politics and Guerrilla Violence in East Tennessee, 1860-1869
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
One of the most divided regions of the Confederacy, East Tennessee was the site of fierce Unionist resistance to secession, Confederate rule, and the Southern war effort. It was also the scene of unrelenting 'irregular,' or guerrilla, warfare between Union and Confederate supporters, a conflict that...
Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School of Political Economy
A Framework for Policy Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
In addition to winning the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her path-breaking research on “economic governance, especially the commons,” Elinor (Lin) Ostrom also made important contributions to other fields of political economy and public policy. This four-volume compendium of papers...
A Journey Called Aging
Challenges and Opportunities in Older Adulthood
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
A Journey Called Aging presents an insightful exploration of the years between the entry into older adulthood and death. This text examines the significant changes and major landmarks of older persons between 60 and 90. Grounded by a developmental framework based on empirical research, this book presents...
When Television Was Young
The Inside Story with Memories by Legends of the Small Screen
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2007
When television was young . . .
Legendary movie producer Darryl Zanuck declared, "People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.
Before 5:30, there were only test patterns. Howdy Doody was the first show of the day.
CBS agreed to put I Love Lucy on film only if Desi...
Southeast Missouri from Swampland to Farmland
The Transformation of the Lowlands
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
As the 20th century began, swamps with immense timber resources covered much of the Missouri Bootheel. After investors harvested the timber, the landscape became overgrown. The conversion of swampland to farmland began with small drainage projects but complete reclamation was made possible by a system...
Daughters of Zion
Voices of the Women in the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
There are many women in the Bible who are not often as noted as are the men. I have taken some of them and suggested what each of their voices might have been if they had spoken for themselves. The women come from both the new and old testaments and cover the saints as well as the sinners
Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 2
Breeding and nutrition
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
To meet growing demand, the FAO has estimated that world poultry production needs to grow by 2-3% per year to 2030. Much of the increase in output already achieved has been as a result of improvements in commercial breeds combined with rearing in more intensive production systems. However, more intensive...
Toward Sustainable Development?: Struggling Over India's Narmada River
Struggling Over India's Narmada River
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
An interdisciplinary case study of a project to dam the Narmada River in central and western India so that it can be used productively. Diverse opinions of proponents and opponents are expressed, as are studies on human rights of disadvantaged groups displaced by the work.
by Ronald C. Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Now in its 4th edition, State and Local Public Finance provides a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of state and local government public finance practices and issues, using the basic tools of economics. For this new edition, there is a focus on the most important services provided in the state-local...
by R. C. Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
The human race has been a resident of planet Earth for at least six millennia, some say even longer. Nevertheless, no matter how long the time, inventions of all types and miraculous medical progress have not cured the moral, ethical and psychological demons within us. Two extreme solutions exist:...
Big Thicket People
Larry Jene Fisher's Photographs of the Last Southern Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Living off the land—hunting, fishing, and farming, along with a range of specialized crafts that provided barter or cash income—was a way of life that persisted well into the twentieth century in the Big Thicket of southeast Texas. Before this way of life ended with World War II, professional...
by Charles MacKay, G. C. Selden, Irving Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
The book has an active table of contents for readers to access each chapter of the following titles:
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds: Volume 1, 2, and 3 – Charles MacKay
The Psychology of the Stock Market – George Charles Selden
How to Invest...
by Katharina Gerlach, Ava Fairhall, K.V. Moffet
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2018
Solve a mermaid's problem…
Step off the edge of a roof…
Dig up a grave at midnight…
Take advice from a fortune cookie…
Visit the last library…
Meet a bridge troll…
And more…
In one instant, like a bolt of lightning, a single impossible event changes a person's life. And like the...