David J David: 1790 books
Muslims Like Us
A Bridge to Moderate Muslims
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2005
Ever wonder if there are alternatives to hostilities between nations and cultural groups? Would you be interested in learning more about common roots and values among Muslims and Westerners? More so, would you like to learn ways the individual citizen can work for increasing understanding between...
The Nature of War in the Information Age
Clausewitzian Future
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
There has been a great deal of speculation recently concerning the likely impact of the 'Information Age' on warfare. In this vein, much of the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) literature subscribes to the idea that the Information Age will witness a transformation in the very nature of war. In...
by David J. Garms
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2015
David Garms’s With the Dragon’s Children is the first-hand account of interactions with Vietcong who responded to the South Vietnamese government’s amnesty program. The narrative, packed with information about Vietnamese attitudes, aspirations, and reactions to the war, explores their rich history...
Christ and Modernity
Christian Self-Understanding in a Technological Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
In this re–examination of the roots of the relationship between religion and science, David Hawkin focuses on the concept of autonomy as he explores the question: Is there continuity and compatibility between the autonomy that underlies Christian faith and the role of individual freedom in the technological...
by David J. Young
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Introducing English Grammar provides a basic grounding in English grammar, without going into too much detail or theory, and will lay the foundation for further grammatical studies. David Young presents English grammar in a coherent and lively way. He dispels the popular notion among students that...
by David J. Murray
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012
Black Hole and Other Poems, a new compilation of verse by poet David Murray, focuses on the role played by hunger for power in reducing the success of heterosexual romantic relationships. Divided into four parts, this collection explores the topic in a wide variety of styles and approaches.
The...
by David J. Chalmers
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
What is consciousness? How does the subjective character of consciousness fit into an objective world? How can there be a science of consciousness? In this sequel to his groundbreaking and controversial The Conscious Mind, David Chalmers develops a unified framework that addresses these questions...
Errant Affirmations
On the Philosophical Meaning of Kierkegaard's Religious Discourses
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Kierkegaard's religious discourses - his writings which have explicitly dealt with religion - have historically been given scant attention by philosophers. They have generally been considered to be of less philosophical interest than his 'proper' philosophy. Errant Affirmations radically questions...
by David J. Siemers
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
“What did the president know and when did he know it?” takes on a whole new meaning in Presidents and Political Thought. Though political philosophy is sometimes considered to be dry and abstract, many of our presidents have found usable ideas embedded within it. In this first comparative study...
The Border
Journeys along the U.S.-Mexico Border, the World’s Most Consequential Divide
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2019
David Danelo spent three months traveling the 1,952 miles that separate the United States and Mexico--a journey that took him across four states and two countries through a world of rivers and canals, mountains and deserts, highways and dirt roads, fences and border towns. Here the border isn't just...
Undone Science
Social Movements, Mobilized Publics, and Industrial Transitions
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
A theoretical integration of science and technology studies and social movement studies that finds both common ground and “undone” research.
As the fields of social movement studies (SMS) and science and technology studies (STS) have diversified in topical focus, they have moved closer...
Till
A Glacial Process Sedimentology
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Provides the first comprehensive review of the current state of the science on tills
It is critical that glacial scientists continue to refine their interpretations of ancient archives of subglacial processes, specifically those represented by tills and associated deposits, as they form the...
by David J. Hand
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
Measurement is a fundamental concept that underpins almost every aspect of the modern world. It is central to the sciences, social sciences, medicine, and economics, but it affects everyday life. We measure everything - from the distance of far-off galaxies to the temperature of the air, levels of...
by David J. A. Clines, Bruce M. Metzger, David Allen Hubbard
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and...