John Michael: 772 books
by Celeste Ray, Margaret Bennett, Edward J. Cowan
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2010
Examines the impact of the Scottish legacy on North American cultures and heritage.
During the past four decades, growing interest in North Americans' cultural and ancestral ties to Scotland has produced hundreds of new Scottish clan and heritage societies. Well over 300 Scottish Highland...
by JoAnn Fagot Aviel, Lincoln Bizzozero, Elsa Cardozo da Silva
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2003
This comprehensive text analyzes the foreign policies of eighteen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. First assessing the state of the discipline, the introduction develops a common framework that compares the relevant explanatory weight of foreign policy determinants at the individual,...
Tornado GR1
An Operational History
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Replacing the Vulcan, Buccaneer and Jaguar in the front line of the Cold War, the remarkable “swing-winged” Tornado GR1 provided Britain’s strike capability in the last years of the Cold War in the 1980s, equipping some 10 RAF squadrons. During the Gulf War, Tornado GR1 crews led Britain’s...
Paths of Innovation in Warfare
From the Twelfth Century to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Innovation shapes wars, and twelve studies by former faculty members of West Point’s United States Military Academy examine specific cases of past and present military innovation. The complex, competitive, and dynamic environment that defines war drives combatants to seek solutions to potentially...
Atone
Religion, Conflict, and Reconciliation
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
The relationship between religion and conflict has generated considerable academic and political debate. Although the majority of religions and spiritual traditions are replete with wisdom that propagates a broader unity among human beings, these same examples have been used to legitimize hatred and...
On New Shores
Understanding Immigrant Fathers in North America
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2008
Over the past several decades, researchers as well as social policymakers and educators have acknowledged the importance that fathers play in their children's lives. A good deal of research on fathering has been conducted among Euro-American families in North America. However, our understanding of...
by Michael McLaughlin, John M. Harper
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Take Your PL/SQL Programming Skills to the Next Level
Build robust database-centric PL/SQL applications quickly and effectively. Oracle Database 12c PL/SQL Advanced Programming Techniques shows you how to write and deploy Java libraries inside Oracle Database 12c, use the utl_file and DBMS_SCHEDULER...
Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Assessing Pope Benedict XVI's Ecological Vision for the Catholic Church in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
During his papacy, Pope Benedict XVI was called ‘the green pope’ because of his ecological commitments in his writings, statements, and practical initiatives. Containing twelve essays by lay, ordained, and religious Catholic theologians and scholars, along with a presentation and a homily by bishops,...
Logic from A to Z
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Glossary of Logical and Mathematical Terms
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
First published in the most ambitious international philosophy project for a generation; the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Logic from A to Z is a unique glossary of terms used in formal logic and the philosophy of mathematics.
Over 500 entries include key terms found in the study of:
* Logic:...
Textual Layering
Contact, Historicity, Critique
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Textual Layering: Contact, Historicity, Critique sets out to rethink our relation to textual tradition against the background of several contemporary developments, including the emergence of digital culture, the increasing spectacularization of psychic as well as social life, the renegotiation of...
The Rule of Law in Crisis and Conflict Grey Zones
Regulating the Use of Force in a Global Information Environment
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
This book responds to ongoing calls for clarification and consensus regarding the meaning, scope and interplay of humanitarian law and human rights law in the ‘grey zones’ of unconventional operational environments such as counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations. It contributes to the...
Global Connections: Volume 2, Since 1500
Politics, Exchange, and Social Life in World History
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers expert scholarship on global history that is ideal...
The Criminalization of States
The Relationship between States and Organized Crime
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
This volume examines the relationship between states and organized crime. It seeks to add to the theoretical literature for analyzing the criminalization of the state. The volume also explores the nature of organized crime in countries throughout the Americas from Central America to the Southern Cone.
by J. John Lowe, Michael J.C Walker
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes during the Quaternary. The evidence is extremely diverse ranging from landforms and sediments to fossil assemblages and geochemical...