David L : 1236 books
Dragon Writers
An Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Dragons are creatures of legend. Of magic. Of wisdom, nature, and the power of creation. They have been in every culture and mythology since the beginning of time.
Writers are creatures of legend. With magic, wisdom, and the power of creation at their fingertips. They, too, are in every culture...
by Byron L. Dorgan, David Hagberg
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Two Iranian agents hand over one million dollars to a Russian engineer for a thumbdrive. The drive contains a deadly computer virus that could shut down all electrical power in the United States at a keystroke.
In rural North Dakota, a lineman is electrocuted, and the local cop sent to investigate...
A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime
Mystery Writers of America Presents: Classics, #1
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
TEMPERS FLARE IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT…
…And the wrong move, the wrong word, even the wrong look can set off any man or woman already driven past their boiling point. A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, edited by bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, features 20 stories of people dealing...
by David Steffen, Matt Dovey, D.A. Xiaolin Spires
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
This anthology collects 26 original stories that will run in the fifth year of Diabolical Plots, an online magazine of science fiction and fantasy. A metrics-driven approach for utopia, a fantastical YouTube challenge, a Lovecraftian Millennial thinkpiece, correspondence with a professor at a magical...
by Adrienne J. Odasso, Tais Teng, Fiona Moore
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
The thirteenth Tarot card is Death, and he is a symbol not of the end, but of transformation and rebirth. This is the genesis and root of Thirteen: Stories of Transformation. The twenty-eight authors of this collection are voices—new and old—who are not afraid to explore what comes next. Whether...
Philosophy of Language
The Central Topics
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2007
This collection of classic and contemporary essays in philosophy of language offers a concise introduction to the field for students in graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses. It contains some of the most important basic sources in philosophy of language, including a number of classic essays...
Fate, Time, and Language
An Essay on Free Will
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2010
In 1962, the philosopher Richard Taylor used six commonly accepted presuppositions to imply that human beings have no control over the future. David Foster Wallace not only took issue with Taylor's method, which, according to him, scrambled the relations of logic, language, and the physical world,...
Equity and Full Participation for Individuals with Severe Disabilities
A Vision for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
What key issues and challenges affect the lives of people with severe disabilities today's and what should tomorrow's professionals do to address them? Aligned with the core values and agenda of TASH, this visionary text prepares professionals to strengthen supports and services for people with disabilities...
When Money Speaks
The McCutcheon Decision, Campaign Finance Laws, and the First Amendment
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
“A brilliant discussion of campaign finance in America…a must for all who care about the American political system.” —Erwin Chemerinsky
“Thorough, dispassionate, and immensely readable.” —Floyd Abrams
On April 2, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down aggregate limits...
by R. Kent Hughes, Daniel L. Akin, Bob Lepine
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2003
As the shepherd of the flock, a pastor has many responsibilities–few as great as leading and training families. The pervasive attitude and beliefs of the world have only added stress and confusion to this task. Sixteen highly regarded men and women help bring clarity and guidance to this important...
The Frontier of Patriotism
Alberta and the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
With the centenary of the First World War, communities across Canada arranged commemorations of the war experience to honour local servicemen who, through their triumphs and sacrifices, were presented as laying the foundation for a free and independent country. Often overlooked are the triumphs and...
Enlightenment and Secularism
Essays on the Mobilization of Reason
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Enlightenment and Secularism is a collection of twenty eight essays that seek to understand the connection between the European Enlightenment and the emergence of secular societies, as well as the character or nature of those societies. The contributors are drawn from a variety of disciplines including...
Tracking Humans
A Fundamental Approach to Finding Missing Persons, Insurgents, Guerrillas, and Fugitives from the Law
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Tracker. The very word evokes images of buckskin-clad braves crouching over the ground, carefully studying the signs before them—a part of history. But the modern world has not put behind it the need for the earthy business of tracking. Such skills are still routinely used by the military, rescue...
Shall Not Be Infringed
The New Assaults on Your Second Amendment
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
A comprehensive conservative history of the gun control debate in the United States— “An essential read for our times” (Ammoland Shooting Sports News).
David A. Keene and Thomas Mason examine the fight over the Second Amendment using polls, studies, and numbers. The pro-gun advocates...