Christopher Williams: 72 books
A Cultivated Reason
An Essay on Hume and Humeanism
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 1999
As Plato’s tripartite division of the soul, Descartes’s criterion of clear and distinct ideas, and Kant’s notion of the categorical imperative attest, philosophy has traditionally been wedded to rationalism and its “intellectualist” view of persons. In this book Christopher Williams seeks...
by Nicolas Brunel, John Rinzel, Jonathan Rubin
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
A comprehensive, integrated, and accessible textbook presenting core neuroscientific topics from a computational perspective, tracing a path from cells and circuits to behavior and cognition.
This textbook presents a wide range of subjects in neuroscience from a computational perspective. It...
Venturing in International Firms
Contexts and Cases in a High-Tech World
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
This book gives students a new perspective on entrepreneurial venturing in an international context. By analyzing the dynamics in international companies, they will be armed with the skills they need to build successful strategies for entering new international markets.
Williams presents a...
Doing International Research
Global and Local Methods
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
This energetic and thought-provoking book encourages a reflexive, non-nationalistic approach to doing world research and sets out how to understand, plan, do and use this research.
Williams introduces a range of frameworks, from desk-based studies and traditional ethnography to the use of internet,...
Adaptation and Natural Selection
A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
Biological evolution is a fact—but the many conflicting theories of evolution remain controversial even today. When Adaptation and Natural Selection was first published in 1966, it struck a powerful blow against those who argued for the concept of group selection—the idea that evolution acts to...
The Narrows
Invasion
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
Life as we know if is over. The day of reckoning has arrived. In the heart of historic Bucks County the fate of the world rests in the hands of a shy, teenage boy. In the quaint borough of Newtown the dead have been whispering. Sixteen year old Kadin Godwin hears their voices and bears a terrible...
by Christopher Williams
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Every one of us is searching for a name for ourselves. You have to have faith and follow your dreams, no matter how many people say it is not possible. When you come to a bridge you cannot cross, find another way. We all move to face our own giants. Remember to keep your faith, and victory will be...
Origins of Form
The Shape of Natural and Man-made Things—Why They Came to Be the Way They Are and How They Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
Origins of Form is about the shape of things. What limits the height of a tree? Why is a large ship or office building more efficient than a small one? What is the similarity between a human rib cage and an airplane or a bison and a cantilevered bridge? How might we plan for things to improve as they...
by Christopher Williams
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
This exciting new text consolidates the hows and whys of researching powerful people.
Written by a leading authority in the field, this book introduces the reader to a significant area of methodology, and provides a research-based contribution to elite and leadership studies. It offers a truly...
The Battle for Sky
The Murdochs, Disney, Comcast and the Future of Entertainment
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2019
From perilous early years through clashes with the BBC and BT, not to mention the News Corporation bid for full control that failed in the wake of 2010's phone hacking scandal, there has been no shortage of drama in Sky's history – nor in its likely future. In 2018, the organization was the target...
Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
The Fundamentals
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Translated into seven languages, Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has for the last 25 years been the basic primer for endoscopy around the world, providing clear, clinical and practical guidance on the fundamentals of endoscopy practice, from patient positioning and safety,...
by John Williams, Christopher J Williams
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
THE BEATLES JUDY GARLAND JEAN SHRIMPTON
DUDLEY MOORE JOHNNY O'KEEFE SPIKE MILLIGAN
Just some of the many celebrities John Williams met and worked with over an extraordinary career Filled with humour, honesty and interesting tales, A Fortunate Life, provides a revealing look at Australia...
Seconds from Impact
Jake Walker US Special Forces Book One
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Our story opens in Afghanistan in 2002 and Special Forces operative Jake Walker is trapped on the side of a mountain. His team have been ambushed; they are carrying casualties and are sheltering from a growing number of Taliban fighters and a hidden machine gun. What happens next is an act of bravery...
by Christopher J Williams
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
A young American doctor is taking a well earned holiday from her charity work in the tourist town of Portoroz in Slovenia. Feeling happy and safe in a local bar, she makes the fatal decision to talk with an attractive and charming man. But, before she realizes her mistake, he drugs her drink, takes...