John Porter: 45 books

Book cover of One of Morgan's Men

One of Morgan's Men

Memoirs of Lieutenant John M. Porter of the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry

by John M. Porter
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011

John Marion Porter (1839--1898) grew up working at his family's farm and dry goods store in Butler County, Kentucky. The oldest of Reverend Nathaniel Porter's nine children, he was studying to become a lawyer when the Civil War began. As the son of a family of slave owners, Porter identified with...
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Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam

Or, How Not to Learn from the Past

by Christian G. Appy, Andrew J. Bacevich, Alex Danchev
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011

Essays by Christian G. Appy, Andrew J. Bacevich, John Prados, and others offer “history at its best, meaning, at its most useful.” —Howard Zinn From the launch of the “Shock and Awe” invasion in March 2003 through President George W. Bush’s declaration of “Mission Accomplished”...
Book cover of The Complete Popular Children Fantasy Magic Books Anthologies (27 in 1)

The Complete Popular Children Fantasy Magic Books Anthologies (27 in 1)

Kidnapped Black Beauty Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Pinocchio Little Lord Fauntleroy Legends of King Arthur and His Knights A Little Princess Pollyanna Voyages Story of Dr. Doctor Dolittle Moonfleet Robinson Crusoe Gulliver's Travels Andersen's

by Hugh Lofting, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Carlo Collodi
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013

This is a perfect collection for a long journey, rainy days, or for any quiet moments. This wonderful collection of books will bring adults back to their childhoods and create many happy memories for middle and young adult readers. These classics include books of adventure, animals, family life, fantasy...
Book cover of Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…

by O. Henry, Mark Twain, Beatrix Potter
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018

This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
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Northern Gospel, Northern Church

Reflections on Identity and Mission

by Steven Croft, David Goodhew, Claire Dawson
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016

“Enlightening, thought provoking and honest, a bit like the North itself” — Kate Bottley (the “Gogglebox Vicar”) Foreword by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York A must-have book for anyone seeking to understand the challenges of proclaiming the Gospel in the North of England. From...
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South Carolina Women

Their Lives and Times

by Jennifer Black, Carol Botsch, W. Lewis Burke
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012

Covering an era from the early twentieth century to the present, this volume features twenty-seven South Carolina women of varied backgrounds whose stories reflect the ever-widening array of activities and occupations in which women were engaged in a transformative era that included depression, world...
Book cover of Abducting Writing Studies
by Kevin J. Porter, Michael Bernard-Donals, Jeff Rice
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016

This collection is organized around the concept of abduction, a logical operation introduced by Charles Sanders Peirce that explains how new ideas are formed in response to an uncertain future. Responding to this uncertain future with rigor and insight, each essay imagines new methods, concepts, and...
Book cover of Leadership, Strategy, and Innovation: Health Care Collection (8 Items)
by Harvard Business Review, John P. Kotter, Michael E. Porter
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015

How can management cure health care’s ills? This digital collection, curated by Harvard Business Review, includes the ideas and best practices for transforming health care in these books and articles: Leading Change, Redefining Health Care, “The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care,” HBR’s 10...
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Race and Retail

Consumption across the Color Line

by Naa Oyo A. Kwate, Geraldo L. Cadava, Traci Parker
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015

Race has long shaped shopping experiences for many Americans. Retail exchanges and establishments have made headlines as flashpoints for conflict not only between blacks and whites, but also between whites, Mexicans, Asian Americans, and a wide variety of other ethnic groups, who have at times found...
Book cover of Texas Women and Ranching

Texas Women and Ranching

On the Range, at the Rodeo, and in Their Communities

by John T. Becker, Light Townsend Cummins, Alex Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2019

The realm of ranching history has long been dominated by men, from tales—tall or true—of cowboys and cattlemen, to a century’s worth of male writers and historians who have been the primary chroniclers of Texas history. As women’s history has increasingly gained a foothold not only as a field...
Book cover of The Empire of Chance

The Empire of Chance

How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life

by Gerd Gigerenzer, Zeno Swijtink, Theodore Porter
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 1990

The Empire of Chance tells how quantitative ideas of chance transformed the natural and social sciences, as well as daily life over the last three centuries. A continuous narrative connects the earliest application of probability and statistics in gambling and insurance to the most recent forays into...
Book cover of Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 3
by Dr Alejandro Ramirez, Dr Carla Correia-Gomes, Prof. Mick Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018

Sample content Not sure what you're getting if you buy this book? Click on the cover image below to open a PDF and preview pages from the book.  Alternatively, watch our informative video introduction.
Book cover of Schooling Reform In Hard Times
by Bob Linguard, John Knight, Paige Porter
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003

Based on research carried out under Labour governments throughout the 1990s in Western Australia, the authors consider the social, political and economic conditions under which policy is formulated, understood and enacted. They look at how the state structure affects the content and nature of policy...
Book cover of Baxter's The Foot and Ankle in Sport E-Book
by David A. Porter, MD, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2007

An injury to the foot and ankle can be devastating to an athlete’s performance. Get your patients back to their peak physical condition using authoritative guidance from the only reference book focusing solely on sports-related injuries of the foot and ankle! Authoritative guidance on athletic...
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