David Thompson: 117 books
Cryopolitics
Frozen Life in a Melting World
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
The social, political, and cultural consequences of attempts to cheat death by freezing life.
As the planet warms and the polar ice caps melt, naturally occurring cold is a resource of growing scarcity. At the same time, energy-intensive cooling technologies are widely used as a means of preservation....
by Mark Thompson, Jon Thoday, Amanda D. Lotz
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
A guide to the nature, purpose, and place of public service television within a multi-platform, multichannel ecology.
Television is on the verge of both decline and rebirth. Vast technological change has brought about financial uncertainty as well as new creative possibilities for producers,...
by Gerd Gigerenzer, Shira Elqayam, Jean Baratgin
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
Examining the role of implicit, unconscious thinking on reasoning, decision making, problem solving, creativity, and its neurocognitive basis, for a genuinely psychological conception of rationality.
This volume contributes to a current debate within the psychology of thought that has wide...
Beyond the Yellow Ribbon
Ministering to Returning Combat Veterans
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Help bring combat veterans all the way back home.
Over a half million combat veterans have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan. With thousands of military personnel still deployed, few communities escape the direct impact of solders returning from war. Yet their needs and the needs of their...
Transitional Ministry Today
Successful Strategies for Churches and Pastors
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Transitional ministry can be tremendously helpful for congregations in times of change, and yet, to be successful today transitional ministers and churches need to take into account the major changes in the religious landscape. From the decline of mainline churches to the rise of those who don’t...
The Classical Hollywood Cinema
Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
'A dense, challenging and important book.' Philip French Observer
'At the very least, this blockbuster is probably the best single volume history of Hollywood we're likely to get for a very long time.' Paul Kerr City Limits
'Persuasively argued, the book is also packed with facts, figures...
by Paul Figlow, David Benjamin Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
My Redneck Raisin' is an autobiographical book by Ben Thompson that uses humorous stories about growing up in the country to relate to biblical lessons. There are many scriptures and prayers throughout the book.
Don't Hassel the Hoff
The Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
The Los Angeles Times called him a "counterculture icon," and TV Guide dubbed him one of "TV's Ten Most Powerful Stars," but true aficionados simply call him "The Hoff."
Don't Hassel the Hoff follows David Hasselhoff's phenomenal career, from his earliest childhood...
Assessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children
An Evidence-Based Model for Understanding and Supporting Families
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
Assessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children lays out an evidence-based model for working with and assessing children with disorganized attachment and their adult carers: families whose extreme, erratic and disturbing behaviour can make them perplexing and frustrating to work with.
The...
The Fellowship of the Mystery of God
Not Your Everyday Mystery Story
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2006
This book is written for inquiring minds that really want to know the truth of who Jesus is, why he came to earth nearly 2000 years ago, and why he is returning to earth very soon. During the first forty years of David Thompsons walk as a professed Born Again Christian, he believed the traditional...
Good Birders Don't Wear White
50 Tips From North America's Top Birders
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2007
David Sibley, Don and Lillian Stokes, and many more share their inside tips—and witty observations—on the birding life.
The biggest names in birding dispense advice to birders of every level—on topics ranging from feeding birds and cleaning binoculars to pishing and pelagic birding—in...
by Dr. Ian G. Baird, Corey L. Bell, Dr. Stephen C. Berkwitz
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
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...
Ecotheology and Nonhuman Ethics in Society
A Community of Compassion
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
This book promotes Christian ecology and animal ethics from the perspectives of the Bible, science, and the Judeo-Christian tradition. In an age of climate change, how do we protect species and individual animals? Does it matter how we treat bugs? How does understanding the Trinity and Christ's self-emptying...
A Forgotten Front
Florida during the Civil War Era
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
An examination of the understudied, yet significant role of Florida and its populace during the Civil War.
In many respects Florida remains the forgotten state of the Confederacy. Journalist Horace Greeley once referred to Florida in the Civil War as the “smallest tadpole in the dirty pool of...