Christopher: 7927 books
What on Earth Evolved? ... in Brief
100 species that have changed the world
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Why have creatures evolved as they are?
Which species have been the most successful?
How do life forms adapt to a world dominated by nearly seven billion humans?
Christopher Lloyd leads us on an exhilarating journey from the birth of life to the present day, as he attempts to...
Airportness
The Nature of Flight
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Airportness takes the reader on a single day's journey through all the routines and stages of an ordinary flight. From curbside to baggage, and pondering the minutes and hours of sitting in between, Christopher Schaberg contemplates the mundane world of commercial aviation to discover "the nature...
by Christopher Moore
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1997
At the end of the eighteenth century, when ten lawyers gathered in what is now Niagara-on-the-Lake to form the Law Society of Upper Canada, they were creating something new in the world: a professional organization with statutory authority to control its membership and govern its own affairs. Today's...
The Century of Revolution
1603–1714
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
There is an immense range of books about the English Civil War, but one historian stands head and shoulders above all others for the quality of his work on the subject. In 1961 Christopher Hill first published what has come to be acknowledged as the best concise history of the period, Century of Revolution....
by Christopher Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
This paper explains the math that enabled Archimedes amongst others to build powerful Burning Mirrors. It shows that the ancients could produce beam intensities up to 100s of MW/sqm. This is sufficient to deliver the parabolic mirror techniques outlined in The Sun Devices. It is aimed at researchers who could utilize the devices. Use PDF/RTF/Formats
Moral Combat
Why the War on Violent Video Games Is Wrong
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
In family rooms across America, millions of children and teenagers are playing video games, such as Call of Duty, Halo, and Grand Theft Auto, roaming violent virtual worlds-with virtual guns in their hands.
In what sometimes seems like an increasingly violent world, it’s only natural to worry...
Paleopoetics
The Evolution of the Preliterate Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
Christopher Collins introduces an exciting new field of research traversing evolutionary biology, anthropology, archaeology, cognitive psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, and literary study. Paleopoetics maps the selective processes that originally shaped the human genus millions of years ago and...
The Court of Appeal for Ontario
Defining the Right of Appeal in Canada, 1792-2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014
In Christopher Moore’s lively and engaging history of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, he traces the evolution of one of Canada’s most influential courts from its origins as a branch of the lieutenant governor’s executive council to the post-Charter years of cutting-edge jurisprudence and national...
by Christopher Berry-Dee, Robin Odell
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2008
'Under that veneer of charm there lies a most evil, violent and horrible side to your character. You should never be at liberty outside of prison walls.' - Mr Justice Drake, Exeter Crown Court, 28 April 1989Before being sentenced to three life terms for the murder of Bristol newlywed Shirley Banks...
Talking with Serial Killers 2
The World's Most Evil Killers Tell Their Stories
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
Christopher Berry-Dee is the man who talks to serial killers. He has penetrated their minds and gained their trust to produce one stomach-churningly compulsive selection of tales already, and his unique collection of audiotape and videotape interviews has been collected into another disturbing book....
by Christopher L Mohr
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
What we call Time may not really be Time at all; it may only be a projection, or more precisely a dimensional characteristic of Time. We believe we feel Time pass us by, yet it is non-substantial; not of a tactile nature. Time is one of the least understood phenomena of the physical world. We take...
Healing Hepatitis C
A Patient and a Doctor on the Epidemic's Front Lines Tell You How to Recognize When You Are at Risk, Understand Hepatitis C Tests, Talk to Your Doctor About Hepatitis C, and Advocate for Yourself and Others
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
Get the facts about Hepatitis C
Having hepatitis C can be a transformative, extremely tough experience—especially without the right information. Healing Hepatitis C remedies that by combining the personal story of Christopher Kennedy Lawford, who unknowingly contracted the virus during his...
Healthy Child Healthy World
Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2008
Learn how to create a cleaner, greener, safer home with Christopher Gavigan and the trusted experts at Healthy Child Healthy World.
Healthy Child Healthy World is the essential guide for parents! All parents want a happy and healthy child in a safe home, but where do they start? It starts...
by Dr. Christopher Schaberg
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
If air travel was once the bold future, it has now settled into a mundane, on-going present. We no longer expect romantic experiences or sublime views, but just hope that we get from here to there with minimal hassle. In The End of Airports, Christopher Schaberg suggests that even as the epoch of...