Jon: 3174 books
Daschle vs. Thune
Anatomy of a High-Plains Senate Race
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
The story behind the unseating of a Senate majority leader the race between Tom Daschle and John Thune in South Dakota was widely acknowledged as “the other big race of 2004.” Second in prominence only to the presidential race, the Daschle-Thune contest pitted the rival political ideologies that...
The Wartime President
Executive Influence and the Nationalizing Politics of Threat
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2013
“It is the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority,” wrote Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers. The balance of power between Congress and the president has been a powerful thread throughout American political thought since the time of the Founding...
by Jon Batson
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
In the story of a lifetime, an actual witness, one who had been held captive in a mental institution against her will (based on a true story). Jack Richmond and his friends investigate the story as factions of the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations work against him. Just when...
British Bat Calls
A Guide to Species Identification
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
Knowledge of bat echolocation and social calls, and identification using ultrasonic ‘bat detectors’ and sound analysis software, has grown significantly in the last decade. In this practical guide Jon Russ and contributors (Kate Barlow, Philip Briggs & Sandie Sowler) present the latest information...
by Jon Cowans
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Using popular cinema from the United States, Britain, and France, Empire Films and the Crisis of Colonialism, 1946–1959, examines postwar Western attitudes toward colonialism and race relations. Historians have written much about the high politics of decolonization but little about what ordinary...
Countering Displacements
The Creativity and Resilience of Indigenous and Refugee-ed Peoples
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
The essays in this collection explore the activities of two populations of displaced peoples that are seldom discussed together: Indigenous peoples and refugees or diasporic peoples around the world. Rather than focusing on victimhood, the authors focus on the creativity and agency of displaced peoples,...
Synthetic Biology and Morality
Artificial Life and the Bounds of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013
A range of views on the morality of synthetic biology and its place in public policy and political discourse.
Synthetic biology, which aims to design and build organisms that serve human needs, has potential applications that range from producing biofuels to programming human behavior. The...
Educating, Not Babysitting!
A Foundation for Reclaiming Your Public School
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2009
The majority of our public school graduates are ill-prepared for both college and the working world. How does this betrayal of public trust happen? What can be done about it? Why is it that some public schools are effective and others are not? In Educating, Not Babysitting! veteran teachers Jon Ryker...
by Jon Foyt
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2010
Come run with these ancient, present-day and prophetic characters in an emotionally gripping race with nuclear proportions. Albion E. Shepard, an old sea captain, will oversee the tides of time for your mental critique.
by Jon Van Loon
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
A must read for the short story fan who likes to be entertained and mentally challenged. This compendium is a heterogeneous collection of stories. Those who enjoy humor and intrigue will find much to enjoy. Most of the offerings herein are diverting and cheerful. However beware approaching sections...
Sexual Practices of the Druids
A Handbook of Magic and Ritual
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2013
A step-by-step guide to the ancient tradition of sex magic as practiced by generations of Celtic Druids
• Details a wide range of sex magic rituals that may be used by couples, groups, and solitary practitioners
• Explains how to channel, intensify, and project your sexual energy...
Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy
Tales of Transformation and Astonishment
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2009
An invitation to observe and achieve transformative breakthroughs in the therapeutic experience
Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy: Tales of Transformation and Astonishment brings together nineteen of the world's most prominent and creative therapists and researchers, taking professionals inside...
by Jon Mills
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2005
This book rectifies a much neglected area in the conceptualization and treatment of attachment disorders. The interface between attachment, psychic structure, and character pathology has been largely ignored in the clinical literature until recent years, and when discussed, it has been generally relegated...
by Todd E. Feinberg, MD, Jon M. Mallatt
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Demystifying consciousness: how subjective experience can be explained by natural brain and evolutionary processes.
Consciousness is often considered a mystery. How can the seemingly immaterial experience of consciousness be explained by the material neurons of the brain? There seems to be...