Derek Smith: 16 books
by Derek Smith
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2010
The incidents described in this book, however improbable or implausible they may appear to be, are all completely true and have needed little or no embellishment on the part of the author. They all took place during a two year period between 1952 and 1954, and helped to transform a callow, naive,...
In the Lion's Mouth
Hood's Tragic Retreat from Nashville, 1864
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
Spellbinding account of the Confederates' retreat after their crushing defeat at the Battle of Nashville in December 1864.
by Derek Smith
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2011
This is the true story of a nine year old boy who, at the height of the Birmingham blitz, is transported from his ‘all mod cons’ big city home to the safety of a house in a remote south Staffordshire hamlet, a mile and a half from nowhere, where he finds himself living in domestic and sanitary...
Exploring Mathematics
An Engaging Introduction to Proof
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Exploring Mathematics gives students experience with doing mathematics - interrogating mathematical claims, exploring definitions, forming conjectures, attempting proofs, and presenting results - and engages them with examples, exercises, and projects that pique their interest. Written with a minimal...
Sumter After the First Shots
The Untold Story of America's Most Famous Fort until the End of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Everyone knows the story of how the Civil War began at Fort Sumter, but what happened to the fort after the first shots were fired there? The North wanted to restore Sumter to its rightful place in the Union and close the vital Confederate supply port of Charleston while the South needed to defend...
The Gallant Dead
Union and Confederate Generals Killed in the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2005
Covers the deaths of 124 generals, including Stonewall Jackson, Albert Sidney Johnston, Jeb Stuart, James B. McPherson, John Reynolds, and numerous others
by Derek Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
Young, in love … naïve. When villagers warn Anne and her fiancé, Jeremy, against moving into the ‘cursed’, beautiful farmhouse, they pay little attention. The blissful bubble soon bursts, however, as dreadful events unfold. Their son, Tom, proves to be no wiser, and soon the Curse of Morton...
by Derek Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
At the beginning of the Korean War, Jimmy McLeod is called up for national service, and this has far reaching effects on the rest of his life. The story shows how an ordinary man, through circumstances not all of his making, can find his whole life’s course altered, and demonstrates how, when trained to kill, he can lose his way in life.
Making the Case for Leadership
Profiles of Chief Advancement Officers in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
The advancement industry has experienced tremendous growth in breadth and depth over the last few decades. Driving this growth is the chief advancement officer; however, as a relatively new position on most college and university campuses, little is formally known about the role and the people who...
Tongues of Fire Devotional
50 Days Celebrating Pentecost
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
A fifty-day devotional for Pentecost featuring the words and teachings of faithful men and women of God, both classic and contemporary authors, regarding the miraculous power available through God's gift of the Holy Spirit. Includes excerpts from Smith Wigglesworth, John G. Lake, William Seymour,...
Charlotte, NC
The Global Evolution of a New South City
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
The rapid evolution of Charlotte, North Carolina, from “regional backwater” to globally ascendant city provides stark contrasts of then and now. Once a regional manufacturing and textile center, Charlotte stands today as one of the nation’s premier banking and financial cores with interests...
by Prof. Mick Price, Dr Matt Spangler, Annie Vénien
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Reviews advances in understanding how breeding and growth affects the development of quality attributes such as fat content and tenderness;
Summarises recent research on how management of cattle and carcass handling affects sensory properties;
Discusses current research on measuring and optimising quality traits such as color, flavor and tenderness
Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL
Insights from a Connected World
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Businesses, entrepreneurs, individuals, and government agencies alike are looking to social network analysis (SNA) tools for insight into trends, connections, and fluctuations in social media. Microsoft’s NodeXL is a free, open-source SNA plug-in for use with Excel. It provides instant graphical...
Critical Rhythm
The Poetics of a Literary Life Form
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Will be of interest to those following the recent turn to a politically, socially, and historically inflected approach to literary form, as well as to those in a range of fields thinking about affect, sound studies, and aesthetics.
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