David L : 1236 books
Entrusted
Building A Legacy That Lasts
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
When it comes to estate planning and the effective transfer of wealth, most discussions involving the terms wealth and money use those terms interchangeably. Although the two are not the same, most estate planners today do not even broach this concept with their clients or include the less-tangible...
Find Strength in Your Struggle
Discover The Miracle in You
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
**Life Happens! And When it Does, God Does His Greatest Work! **
Our world is becoming increasingly violent and troubled, marked by countless natural and manmade disasters, and life crises: tsunamis, earthquakes, terrorists, mass killings, wars, job insecurity, financial struggles, and more....
The Fifth Gospel
Understanding the Christ of Revelation
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
A name or title, like a book’s cover, should give a reader a clue of its contents. Biblical books such as Job, Esther, and Daniel are about the people they are named after, while, on the other hand, others are named after the person or people to whom the books were written. Such is the case for...
More Than a Hashtag
Facing the Reality That Our Lives Matter
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
Imagine being in your homeland feeling safe and secure. You aspire and achieve to become a valued member of society, with a promising future in view, despite everyday challenges. Then it happens: men unknown to you with evil intent seize you and your family, interrupting the life you have always known,...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 1
Cultivation techniques, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Sugarcane is the source of over three quarters of the world’s sugar, and is grown widely in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite rising demand, average yields have not increased significantly, partly because of continued vulnerability to pests and diseases. In addition, cultivation has been seen...
Improvement by Design
The Promise of Better Schools
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
One of the great challenges now facing education reformers in the United States is how to devise a consistent and intelligent framework for instruction that will work across the nation’s notoriously fragmented and politically conflicted school systems. Various programs have tried to do that, but...
Catching Stories
A Practical Guide to Oral History
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2009
In neighborhoods, schools, community centers, and workplaces, people are using oral history to capture and collect the kinds of stories that the history books and the media tend to overlook: stories of personal struggle and hope, of war and peace, of family and friends, of beliefs, traditions, and...
by David H. Calhoun, Brian B. Clayton, James R. Couch
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Famous for his masculine swagger and gritty roles, American cultural icon Clint Eastwood has virtually defined the archetype of the tough lawman. Beginning with his first on-screen appearance in the television series Rawhide (1959--1965) and solidified by his portrayal of the "Man with No Name"...
by Howard Schweber, David A Schultz, Henry L. Chambers Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Many hoped or feared that Antonin Scalia’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 1986 would guarantee a conservative counter-revolution that would reverse the liberal jurisprudence of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren and which was continued to some extent under the Burger Court though...
Transmissions of Memory
Echoes, Traumas, and Nostalgia in Post–World War II Italian Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Transmissions of Memory: Echoes, Traumas and Nostalgia in Post-World War II Italian Culture discusses cultural products—films, poetry, fiction, architectural buildings, autobiographical writing, and social media—to individuate through them the dynamics of memory. The field of analysis is Italian...
Demystifying the Big House
Exploring Prison Experience and Media Representations
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Essays in this volume illustrate how shows such as Orange Is the New Black and Oz impact the public’s perception of crime rates, the criminal justice system, and imprisonment. Contributors look at prison wives on reality television series, portrayals of death row, breastfeeding while in prison,...
Rebuilding the Ark
New Perspectives on Endangered Species Act Reform
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) may be the most powerful environmental law in the United States. Enacted in 1973, the ESA prohibits any actions that may cause harm to endangered plants and animals or the ecosystems upon which they depend. But although more than 1,200 species are protected under the...
by ARTHUR L. GASKILL, DAVID A. ENGLANDER
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1947
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1947
We have released this book "How to Shoot a Movie Story," a book that has been forgotten and having a number of years old but contains useful information that still holds true today. ”How to Shoot a Movie Story” was first released 1947 by MORGAN & MORGAN, Inc., Publishers New York, ...
by David W. Mills, Kayla L. Westra
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2019
Students, military historians, and casual readers will all find this compelling collection useful in learning about escape strategies, hostage situations, and rescue operations during times of conflict.
• Provides readers with a global collection of wartime rescues and escapes
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