J J Martin: 509 books
Drones
An Illustrated Guide to the Unmanned Aircraft that are Filling our Skies
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Little more than ten years ago drones were barely used, but now more than 50 countries have them in service and they are not only changing how wars are fought but how crops are sprayed, how underwater pipelines are monitored and even how sports events are filmed. If it’s too risky to send a manned...
by Ed Lees, Martin Rowland, C. J. Clegg
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Exam Board: Edexcel
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: Biology
First Teaching: September 2015
First Exam: June 2016
Endorsed for Edexcel
Supports Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Biology B (9BI0) specification.
Build investigative skills, test understanding and apply biological theory to topical...
Theory of Mind
How Children Understand Others' Thoughts and Feelings
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Most of us are continually aware that others have thoughts and feelings – but are children? When? This book is a concise and readable review of the extensive research into children’s understanding of what other people think and feel, a central topic in developmental psychology known as "Theory...
by Frank Hoffmann, Gerhard Falk, Martin J Manning
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Learn the value of football to American society
No sport reflects the American value system like football. Visitors to the United States need only watch a game or two to learn all they need to know about the American way of life and the beliefs, attitudes, and concerns of American society....
The U.S.-China Military Scorecard
Forces, Geography, and the Evolving Balance of Power, 1996–2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
A RAND study analyzed Chinese and U.S. military capabilities in two scenarios (Taiwan and the Spratly Islands) from 1996 to 2017, finding that trends in most, but not all, areas run strongly against the United States. While U.S. aggregate power remains greater than China’s, distance and geography...
FaRK Trek - Episode 1
Das Erwachen der Legenden
Language: German
Release Date: August 26, 2017
Sommer 2017 – ein Meteor zieht über den Nachthimmel und zerbricht in unzählige Splitter. Diese Splitter verteilen sich über ganz Deutschland und setzen eine ganze Kette von Ereignissen in Gang. Verschwunden geglaubte Wesen aus Sagen und Legenden erwachen aus langem Schlaf, kehren zurück ans...
Sternenfeuer
Science-Fiction-Kurzgeschichten
Language: German
Release Date: June 27, 2016
Völlig neue Welten und das lockende Unbekannte. Eine unstillbare Neugier treibt zahlreiche Schriftsteller seit Jules Verne dazu, technische Innovationen aufzugreifen, die fesselnde Frage nach Leben auf fremden Planeten zu stellen und über interstellare Transportmöglichkeiten zu spekulieren. Dabei...
Raoul Peck
Power, Politics, and the Cinematic Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
This comprehensive collection of essays dedicated to the work of filmmaker Raoul Peck is the first of its kind. The essays, interview, and keynote addresses collected in Raoul Peck: Power, Politics, and the Cinematic Imagination focus on the ways in which power and politics traverse the work of Peck...
Great War Modernism
Artistic Response in the Context of War, 1914-1918
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
New Modernist Studies, while reviving and revitalizing modernist studies through lively, scholarly debate about historicity, aesthetics, politics, and genres, is struggling with important questions concerning the delineation that makes discussion fruitful and possible. This volume aims to explore...
by Martin C. Libicki, Howard J. Shatz, Julie E. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2011
What is the impact of demographics on the prospective production of military power and the causes of war? This monograph analyzes this issue by projecting working-age populations through 2050; assessing the influence of demographics on manpower, national income and expenditures, and human capital;...
Narrow Gauge in the Arras Sector
Before, During & After the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
The Arras sector of the Western Front in World War I (WW1) was held partly by the British and Dominions 1st Army from September 1915, and almost wholly by the 1st and 3rd Armies from March 1916. No less than in the Ypres sector to the north and the Somme sector to the south, the struggles of the French...
Individual Positive Behavior Supports
A Standards-Based Guide to Practices in School and Community Settings
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Aligned with the Association for Positive Behavior Support’s Standards of Practice, this graduate-level text is an authoritative PBS primer for professionals preparing for work in educational and community-based settings. More than 60 leading scholars present the critical skills and knowledge...
Multiphase Flow in Permeable Media
A Pore-Scale Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Hydrocarbon production, gas recovery from shale, CO2 storage and water management have a common scientific underpinning: multiphase flow in porous media. This book provides a fundamental description of multiphase flow through porous rock, with emphasis on the understanding of displacement processes...
A World Ignited
How Apostles of Ethnic, Religious, and Racial Hatred Torch the Globe
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2007
War. Torture. Humiliation. Exploitation. Fear. Futility. The daily news is bleak. And it's not reserved to just one corner of the globe. World wide we are bombarded with graphic, emotionally-laden examples of inhumanity. These challenges to peace and freedom have become so commonplace that public...