John Smith: 388 books

Published in 1978: this book contains the text of the Select Discourses of the author. The author covers a variety of religious topics in these essays, including superstition, atheism and the existence and nature of God.

This book presents a carefully constructed framework for teaching and learning informed by philosophical and empirical foundations of phenomenology. Based on an extensive, multi-dimensional case study focused around the ‘lived experience’ of college-level teaching preparation, classroom interaction,...

Despite much recent interest in the area of urban governance, little work has been done on the changing ethical standards of urban leaderships, 'governing' institutions or the policing of public life. Yet the issue of ethical standards in public life has become a central concern in contemporary public...

Talk, thinking and philosophy are crucial components of children's learning. This book is a practical and readable guide to the ways in which teachers can provide children with the opportunities to develop and use these skills to their greatest effect. It begins by asking why talking and thinking...

Leptospirosis is a relatively rare bacterial illness that affects animals (particularly rats, mice, moles, birds, amphibians and reptiles) and humans. At least five variations in the bacteria exist in the U.S: Icterohaemorrhagiae, Canicola, Pomona, Grippotyphosa, and Bratislava. Other variants worldwide...

I-cell disease, or Inclusion-cell disease, is an extremely rare inherited metabolic disorder characterized by coarse facial features, skeletal afflictions and developmental delays. I-cell disease is also known as: GNPTA, Inclusion Cell Disease, Leroy Disease, ML Disorder, Type II, ML II, Mucolipidosis...

Burning mouth syndrome – also known as burning tongue or orodynia -- is a condition where you feel a burning sensation in your mouth. This pain can affect many parts of your mouth like the lips, tongue and gums. It may cause pain in the roof of your mouth or its walls. In some cases, it may even...

The book has an active table of contents to access each chapter of the following titles: 1. THE WEALTH OF NATIONS – ADAM SMITH 2. TWO TREATISES OF GOVERNMENT – JOHN LOCKE The similarities between Adam Smith and John Locke are both economic liberalists. They both believed...

The book also has an active table of contents for readers to access each chapter of the following titles: 1. AN ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION - THOMAS MALTHUS 2. THE DEBT-DEFLATION THEORY OF GREAT DEPRESSIONS - IRVING FISHER 3. ON THE PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY,...

President Joseph F. Smith incidentally stated on one occasion that when he should pass away, unlike many of his brethren, he would leave no written work, by which he might be remembered. It was his modest way of viewing his own ministry and literary labors, for President Smith would live in the hearts...

Fantastic Universe' started publishing in 1953 and continued until March 1960. It was one of the better magazines to launch during the boom in science fiction magazine publishing. It published many important stories' by some of the field's best known writers. This is our second Fantastic Universe...

"Retired Mountie John C. Smith has written a credible and captivating mix of life aboard a cruise ship and a mid-Atlantic murder investigation. His character's method of conducting an investigation is unique, interesting and accurately portrayed. Highly recommended reading." -- Charles Mandigo,...

The contemporary theologian Hans Küng has asked if the "death of God," proclaimed by Nietzsche as the event of modernity, was inevitable. Did the empowering of new forms of rationality in Western culture beginning around 1500 lead necessarily to the reduction or privatization of faith? In Dialogues...

Substitutions - Michael Marshall Smith Michael Marshall Smith recalls: "This story came about in the simplest way, the way I always enjoy most - something happening in real life that makes you think 'What if?' "Our household gets a lot of its food via an online delivery service, and one...