David Gregory: 96 books

Book cover of Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia
by Dr. Ian G. Baird, Corey L. Bell, Dr. Stephen C. Berkwitz
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...
Book cover of Rights, Risk and Restraint-Free Care of Older People

Rights, Risk and Restraint-Free Care of Older People

Person-Centred Approaches in Health and Social Care

by David Oliver, Gabriele Meyer, Kate Irving
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The restraint of older people is a pressing issue for health and social care practice. This book provides health and social care professionals with an authoritative reading resource on the ethics and use of restraint. The book provides an overview of the different forms of restraint, the conditions...
Book cover of Histories of Southeastern Archaeology
by David G. Anderson, Gregory A. Waselkov, Stephen Williams
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010

This volume provides a comprehensive, broad-based overview, including first-person accounts, of the development and conduct of archaeology in the Southeast over the past three decades. Histories of Southeastern Archaeology originated as a symposium at the 1999 Southeastern Archaeological Conference...
Book cover of Great War Modernism

Great War Modernism

Artistic Response in the Context of War, 1914-1918

by Graeme Stout, Gregory M. Dandeles, Michael J. K. Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015

New Modernist Studies, while reviving and revitalizing modernist studies through lively, scholarly debate about historicity, aesthetics, politics, and genres, is struggling with important questions concerning the delineation that makes discussion fruitful and possible. This volume aims to explore...
Book cover of THE SPELL HAS BEGUN: 550+ Supernatural Mysteries, Macabre & Horror Classics

THE SPELL HAS BEGUN: 550+ Supernatural Mysteries, Macabre & Horror Classics

Black Magic, Sweeney Todd, The Vampyre, Dracula, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Tell-Tale Heart, A Haunted Island, Northanger Abbey, The Horla, The Willows…

by Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018

This meticulously edited horror collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Mortal Immortal… John William Polidori: The Vampyre Bram Stoker: Dracula The Jewel of Seven Stars… Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera Marjorie...
Book cover of Changing Perspectives on the Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley
by Gregory L. Fox, Paul P. Kreisa, David H. Dye
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011

Fourteen experts examine the current state of Central Valley prehistoric research and provide an important touchstone for future archaeological study of the region. The Mississippi Valley region has long played a critical role in the development of American archaeology and continues to be widely...
Book cover of The Art of Forgiveness
by Kit Barker, Dale Campbell, David P. Gushee
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018

Forgiveness is at the heart of the Christian Gospel. It goes hand in hand with love, mercy, and grace, the fundamental theological virtues. However, forgiveness is easier to define than it is to embody. This unique collection of essays brings together theologians, ethicists, and ministry practitioners...
Book cover of Edward Bryant's Sphere Of Influence
by Edward Bryant, Steve Rasnic Tem, Eneasz Brodski
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017

Edward Bryant influenced a generation of readers and writers. Edward Bryant’s Sphere of Influence includes stories by Connie Willis, Steve Rasnic Tem, Kevin J. Anderson, Gary Jonas, Lucy Taylor, Bruce Holland Rogers, and many more! Over the years Ed Bryant influenced many writers. In this...
Book cover of The Philosophy of Documentary Film
by Diana Allan, Rick Altman, Ariella Azoulay
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016

The spirit that founded the volume and guided its development is radically inter- and transdisciplinary. Dispatches have arrived from anthropology, communications, English, film studies (including theory, history, criticism), literary studies (including theory, history, criticism), media and screen...
Book cover of The Mountain Shadow
by Gregory David Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015

Shantaram introduced millions of readers to a cast of unforgettable characters in the hidden heart of Bombay through Lin, an Australian fugitive, working as a passport forger for a branch of the Bombay mafia. In The Mountain Shadow, the long awaited sequel, Lin must find his way in a Bombay run by...
Book cover of In the Shadow of the Towers

In the Shadow of the Towers

Speculative Fiction in a Post-9/11 World

by Richard Bowes, Gregory Feeley, Susan Palwick
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015

“Powerful and interesting” short fiction inspired by the events of September 11, 2001, by Cory Doctorow, Bruce Sterling, and other award winners (Publishers Weekly). How do we continue to dream, imagine, and create in the aftermath of unthinkable tragedy? This moving collection of nearly...
Book cover of Shantaram
by Gregory David Roberts
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 23, 2010

Il bus della scalcagnata Veterans' Bus Service, una compagnia di veterani dell'esercito indiano, è appena arrivato al capolinea di Colaba, la zona di Bombay dove si concentrano gli alberghi a buon mercato. Greg è il primo a mettere piede sul predellino e a farsi largo tra la folla di faccendieri,...
Book cover of The Weimar Moment

The Weimar Moment

Liberalism, Political Theology, and Law

by Peter C. Caldwell, Christophe Chalamet, Rodrigo Chacón
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2012

The Weimar Moment’s evocative assault on closure and political reaction, its offering of democracy against the politics of narrow self-interest cloaked in nationalist appeals to Volk and “community” – or, as would be the case in Nazi Germany, “race” – cannot but appeal to us today. This...
Book cover of Montesinos' Legacy

Montesinos' Legacy

Defining and Defending Human Rights for Five Hundred Years

by Pablo Adrián Arrocha Olabuenaga, Gregory Baum, Eve Bratman
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015

Montesinos’ Legacy brings scholars together in honor of the 500th anniversary of Dominican Antonio de Montesinos’ famous sermon in defense of the rights of the indigenous Amerindians. The collection addresses the historical context for this sermon, but also the continued relevance of Montesinos...
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