David A Mark: 82 books
The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang, China
The Flowering of Early Animal Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
The celebrated lower Cambrian Chengjiang biota of Yunnan Province, China, represents one of the most significant ever paleontological discoveries. Deposits of ancient mudstone, about 520 million years old, have yielded a spectacular variety of exquisitely preserved fossils that record the early diversification...
Subjectivity
Ancient and Modern
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Subjectivity, sixteen leading scholars examine the turn to the subject in modern philosophy and consider its historical antecedents in ancient and medieval thought. Some critics of modernity reject the turn to the subject as a specifically modern error, arguing that it logically leads to nihilism...
Another South
Experimental Writing in the South
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Another South is an anthology of poetry from contemporary southern writers who are working in forms that are radical, innovative, and visionary. Highly experimental and challenging in nature, the poetry in this volume, with its syntactical disjunctions, formal revolutions, and typographic playfulness,...
Fortress of Terror: 550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Tales
The Phantom of the Opera, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Turn of the Screw, The Dunwich Horror, Frankenstein, The Vampire, Dracula, A Haunted Island, Black Magic, The Beetle, The Picture of Dorian Gray…
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart The Cask of Amontillado The Black Cat… Henry James: The Turn of the Screw The Ghostly Rental…...
Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization
Exploring the Fandemonium
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Identity and socialization among sports fans are burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of scholars in the social sciences and beyond. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, is an eclectic collection of new studies from...
Only One Place of Redress
African Americans, Labor Regulations, and the Courts from Reconstruction to the New Deal
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2001
In Only One Place of Redress David E. Bernstein offers a bold reinterpretation of American legal history: he argues that American labor and occupational laws, enacted by state and federal governments after the Civil War and into the twentieth century, benefited dominant groups in society to the detriment...
by Dr Ranjana Bhattacharjee, Dr Brigitte Laliberté, Dr Chris Turnbull
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2018
There is a growing demand for cocoa. However, cultivation is dependent on ageing trees with low yields and increasing vulnerability to disease. There is growing concern about the environmental impact of cultivation in areas soil health and biodiversity. There is therefore an urgent need to make cocoa...
Tracking the Rise of the Radical Right Globally
CARR Yearbook 2018/2019
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2019
2018 was a tumultuous year in global politics. Starting with the rise of the Lega Nord in Italy and ending with the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, it has never been such a pertinent time to study the radical right. This yearbook pulls together the best commentary and analysis from an international...
Energy Sprawl Solutions
Balancing Global Developmand Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Over the next several decades, as human populations grow, the demand for energy will soar. But renewable energy sources have a large energy sprawl—the amount of land needed to produce energy—which can threaten biodiversity. In Energy Sprawl Solutions, scientists Joseph M. Kiesecker and David Naugle...
At War
The Military and American Culture in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
The country’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its interventions around the world, and its global military presence make war, the military, and militarism defining features of contemporary American life. The armed services and the wars they fight shape all aspects of life—from the formation of racial...
The Historical Writings
Introducing Israel's Historical Literature
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
History has an inescapable centrality in the Hebrew Bible, and biblical narratives are for many readers the best recognized and most memorable parts of the Bible. Yet the history of ancient Israel and the nature of Hebrew historiography remain hotly contested topics in contemporary scholarship. The...
Beyond the Stars: Unimagined Realms
Beyond the Stars, #6
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
"A blisteringly good collection."
"Will read everything in this series I can get my hands on."
"These stories are full of fantastic world building."
Twelve brand new tales from fantastic authors--both bestselling and freshly discovered--in this sixth collection from the BEYOND THE STARS series of space opera anthologies.
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...
The Causes and Consequences of Group Violence
From Bullies to Terrorists
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
This book offers a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation of violence, ranging from bullying and hate crimes to revolutions, genocide, and acts of terrorism. It offers empirical investigations of these specific types of violence as well as theoretical discussions of the underlying similarities and differences among these forms of violence.