James West: 60 books

Book cover of Theistic Evolution

Theistic Evolution

A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique

by Douglas Axe, C. John Collins, John D. Currid
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017

Many prominent Christians insist that the church must yield to contemporary evolutionary theory and therefore modify traditional biblical ideas about the creation of life. They argue that God used—albeit in an undetectable way—evolutionary mechanisms to produce all forms of life. Featuring two...
Book cover of Religion, Culture, and International Conflict
by David Bloom, David Brooks, Peter Brown
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2005

As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often...
Book cover of The Professional Edge: Competencies in Public Service
by James S. Bowman, Jonathan P. West, Margo Berman
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016

The new context and character of public service - shifting values, entrepreneurship, information technology, multi-sector careers - require enhanced technical, ethical, and leadership skills. This concise and readable work describes what it means to be a consummate professional public servant. It...
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Moral Soundings

Readings on the Crisis of Values in Contemporary Life

by Albert Borgmann, Richard Rorty, Steven Fesmire
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2004

Moral Soundings takes a fresh new approach to introducing students and general readers to contemporary ethics. Rather than surveying the standard fare in a typical anthology format, Furrow collects diversified essays around a structured theme: does Western culture face a moral crisis of values? Prominent...
Book cover of America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics

America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics

Education, Incarceration, Segregation, and the Future of the U.S. Multiracial Democracy

by Houston Baker, Grace Lee Boggs, Benjamin DeMott
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011

Over 40 years ago the historic Kerner Commission Report declared that America was undergoing an urban crisis whose effects were disproportionately felt by underclass populations. In America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics, Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence...
Book cover of [Bundle] The top 10 selling books for the first first quarter of 2014
by Debbie Macomber, Michelle Reid, Katherine Garbera
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014

Top 10 bestsellers in the first first quarter of 2014!! This bundle contains the most popular Harlequin comics. You definitely need to enjoy the Bundle if you are new to Harlequin comics. It contains "The Price of a Bride", "The Greek Tycoon's Secret Heir", "The Andreou Marriage Arrangement", "His Wedding...
Book cover of One-Click Buy: July 2010 Harlequin Presents
by Penny Jordan, Annie West, Lucy Monroe
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010

The Wealthy Greek's Contract Wife Ilios Manos wasn't interested in Elizabeth Wareham's sob story. So what if she was broke and had nowhere to stay? He wanted his money back and his revenge, and he would exact his price from her however it suited him…. But when Ilios looked closely,...
Book cover of Systems Science

Systems Science

Addressing Global Issues

by Frank A. Stowell, Daune West, James G. Howell
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

As we approach the end of the 20th century we can look back upon the achievements that have been made in a variety of human endeavours with pride. Enormous strides have been made to improve the quality of life of millions of people through the application of the scientific discoveries made during...
Book cover of Beautiful Mercy

Beautiful Mercy

Experiencing God’s Unconditional Love So We Can Share It With Others

by Pope Francis, Matthew Kelly, Donald Wuerl
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015

Giving and receiving mercy is central to living a life of passion and is central to living the life God calls us to. We all need mercy at different times in our lives, and we all have an obligation to give mercy to others at different times in our lives. If you think about it, God’s mercy is overwhelmingly...
Book cover of Shaping Shakespeare for Performance
by Alan Armstrong, Sybille Bruun, Annalisa Castaldo
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015

Shaping Shakespeare for Performance: The Bear Stage collects significant work from the 2013 Blackfriars Conference. The conference, sponsored by the American Shakespeare Center, brings together scholars, actors, directors, dramaturges, and students to share important new work on the staging practices...
Book cover of The Bioregional Imagination

The Bioregional Imagination

Literature, Ecology, and Place

by Anne Milne, Bart Welling, Chad Wriglesworth
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012

Bioregionalism is an innovative way of thinking about place and planet from an ecological perspective. Although bioregional ideas occur regularly in ecocritical writing, until now no systematic effort has been made to outline the principles of bioregional literary criticism and to use it as a way...
Book cover of The End of an Era

The End of an Era

My Story of the L-1011

by James T. West
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2001

The End of an Era was written shortly after my retirement from Lockheed. I felt strongly about the events during the L-1011 years. The demise of the program left me without a job. I guess that in some ways I resented that. I wanted to blame the programs failure on somebody. My first draft did just...
Book cover of Africana Islamic Studies
by Jinaki Muslimah Abdullah, Charles E. Allen Jr., Toya Conston
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016

Africana Islamic Studies highlights the diverse contributions that African Americans have made to the formation of Islam in the United States. It specifically focuses on the Nation of Islam and its patriarch Elijah Muhammad with regards to the African American Islamic experience. Contributors explore...
Book cover of American Public Service

American Public Service

Radical Reform and the Merit System

by James S. Bowman, Jonathan P. West
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017

Understanding the effects of radical change on public personnel systems is critically important both now and in the future to all those interested in the quality of American democracy. Civil service reform is occurring at all levels of government both in the United States and abroad. American...
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