David M : 1401 books
Over Here
The First World War and American Society
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2004
The Great War of 1914-1918 confronted the United States with one of the most wrenching crises in the nation's history. It also left a residue of disruption and disillusion that spawned an even more ruinous conflict scarcely a generation later. Over Here is the single-most comprehensive discussion...
by Jane Austen, David M. Shapard
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
From the editor of the popular Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey that makes her lighthearted satire of the gothic novel an even more satisfying read. Here is the complete text of the novel with more than 1,200 annotations on facing pages,...
by Jane Austen, David M. Shapard
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
From the editor of the popular Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen’s Emma that makes her beloved tale of an endearingly inept matchmaker an even more satisfying read. Here is the complete text of the novel with more than 2,200 annotations on facing pages, including:
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Swampwalker's Journal
A Wetlands Year
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2001
Winner of the John Burroughs Medal: An “admission ticket to a secret corner of the world” (Bill McKibben).
Naturalist David Carroll has dedicated his life to art and to wetlands. He is as passionate about swamps, bogs, vernal ponds, and the creatures who live in them as most of us are about...
Zen Judaism
For You, A Little Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Few spiritual practices are more intriguing or elusive than those of Zen Judaism,” says David M. Bader in the foreword to Zen Judaism. “This growing movement offers a unique way to follow in the footsteps of the Buddha, ideally without gaining quite so much weight.” These nearly 100 sacred teachings...
Re-Covering Modernism
Pulps, Paperbacks, and the Prejudice of Form
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
In the first half of the twentieth century, modernist works appeared not only in obscure little magazines and books published by tiny exclusive presses but also in literary reprint magazines of the 1920s, tawdry pulp magazines of the 1930s, and lurid paperbacks of the 1940s. In his nuanced exploration...
by David M. Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2011
Although the presidential election of 1944 placed FDR in the White House for an unprecedented fourth term, historical memory of the election itself has been overshadowed by the war, Roosevelt’s health and his death the following April, Truman's ascendancy, and the decision to drop the atomic bomb....
Jews in American Politics
Essays
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2003
Joseph Lieberman's Vice Presidential nomination and Presidential candidacy are neither the first nor last words on signal Jewish achievements in American politics. Jews have played an important role in American government since the early 1800s at least, and in view of the 2004 election, there is no...
Comeback America
Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
He's one of America's most capable, canny, candid, and independent financial experts. Now David M. Walker sounds a call to action. Comeback America is a tough-minded, innovative, inspiring guide to help us avoid the approaching economic abyss and put the country back on track again.
As comptroller...
Congress Shall Make No Law
The First Amendment, Unprotected Expression, and the U.S. Supreme Court
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
The First Amendment declares that 'Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press. . . . ' Yet, in the following two hundred years, Congress and the states have sought repeatedly to curb these freedoms. The Supreme Court of the United States in turn gradually expanded...
The Threat
Revealing the Secret Alien Agenda
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
The world's foremost academic expert on UFOs and alien abductions provides the first evidence-based explanation of a mystery that has perplexed scientists for decades.
Based on more than 700 hypnotic-regression interviews with alien abductees and a Roper survey of 6,000 adults, The Threat reveals...
Rocky Mountain Mammals
A Handbook of Mammals of Rocky Mountain National Park and Vicinity, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2007
Revised, updated, and with more than 80 new color photographs, Rocky Mountain Mammals, Third Edition is a nontechnical guide to the mammals of the Southern Rocky Mountains and their foothills, with special emphasis on Rocky Mountain National Park and vicinity.
Designed for quick reference and...
Understanding the Big Picture of the Bible
A Guide to Reading the Bible Well
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
How do I get more out of my Bible reading?
What was going on during the gap between the Old and New Testaments?
How do all the books of the Bible fit together as a whole?
This book answers these questions and puts clear, readable Bible study aids at your fingertips. It contains...
The Book of Jewish Sacred Practices
CLAL's Guide to Everyday & Holiday Rituals & Blessings
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Discover how to make virtually any moment in your day a significant part of a meaningful Jewish life.
As we have discovered, and as our sages have long known, there is no experience in the life of a Jew that cannot be marked in Jewish ways…. The book you hold in your hands is the result of...