David W : 792 books
The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President - Updated and Expanded with New Essays
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
As this bestseller predicted, Trump has only grown more erratic and dangerous as the pressures on him mount. This new edition includes new essays bringing the book up to date—because this is still not normal.
Originally released in fall 2017, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump was a runaway...
Faces of Resistance
Maya Heroes, Power, and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Fosters a holistic understanding of the roles of Maya heroic figures as cornerstones of cultural identity and political resistance and power.
In the sixteenth century, Q’eqchi’ Maya leader Aj Poop B’atz’ changed the course of Q’eqchi’ history by welcoming Spanish invaders to his community...
Contemporary Art and the Church
A Conversation Between Two Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
The church and the contemporary art world often find themselves in an uneasy relationship in which misunderstanding and mistrust abound. Drawn from the 2015 biennial CIVA conference, these reflections from theologians, pastors, and practicing artists imagine the possibility of a renewed and mutually fruitful relationship between contemporary art and the church.
by David Drake, W.C. Dietz
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1989
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1989
THEIR FINEST HOUR,OR THEIR FINAL DAYS...The First Empire has entered what may very well be its last crisis: the Emperor is dead by assassination and has left an infant heir. Worse, the imperial mystique is but a fading memory: nobody believes in empire anymore. Indeed nobody believes in much of anything...
The Supernatural Revamped
From Timeworn Legends to Twenty-First-Century Chic
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
This book is the logical continuation of a series of collected essays examining the origins and evolution of myths and legends of the supernatural in Western and non-Western tradition and popular culture. The first two volumes of the series, The Universal Vampire: Origins and Evolution of a Legend...
by Peter G. Beidler, Bethany Blankenship, Michael Calabrese
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was the subject of the first volume in the Approaches to Teaching series, published in 1980. But in the past thirty years, Chaucer scholarship has evolved dramatically, teaching styles have changed, and new technologies have created extraordinary opportunities for studying...
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...
We Have Sinned
Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet (Prayers of Awe)
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
A varied and fascinating look at sin, confession and pardon in Judaism.
Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries, almost forty contributors—men and women, scholars, rabbis, theologians and poets, representing all Jewish denominations—examine the history of confession in...
Reasons for Faith (Foreword by Lee Strobel): Making a Case for the Christian Faith
Making a Case for the Christian Faith
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2007
Many Christians want to witness for their faith, but they are afraid they will not be able to answer questions that others may ask of them. First Peter 3:15 reminds believers to always be prepared to "make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you." Norman Geisler and...
A World-Systems Reader
New Perspectives on Gender, Urbanism, Cultures, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2000
This book brings together some of the most influential new research from the world-systems perspective. The authors survey and analyze new and emerging topics from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, from political science to archaeology. Each analytical essay is written in accessible language...
Early Mexican Houses
A Book of Photographs and Measured Drawings
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
From 1925 to 1929, two young architectural draftsmen set out to record a select number of examples of the “minor domestic architecture” of Mexico due to a lack of measured drawings of rural ranch houses and Monterey-inspired dwellings. The result is a wonderful collection of houses from the days...
by Erik Dahlman, Claude Oestges, Alan C. Bovik
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
A one-stop Desk Reference, for R&D engineers involved in communications engineering; this is a book that will not gather dust on the shelf. It brings together the essential professional reference content from leading international contributors in the field. Material covers a wide scope of topics...
Programming Massively Parallel Processors
A Hands-on Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Programming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach, Second Edition, teaches students how to program massively parallel processors. It offers a detailed discussion of various techniques for constructing parallel programs. Case studies are used to demonstrate the development process, which...
Programming Massively Parallel Processors
A Hands-on Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016
Programming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach, Third Edition shows both student and professional alike the basic concepts of parallel programming and GPU architecture, exploring, in detail, various techniques for constructing parallel programs.
Case studies demonstrate the...