K Ryan: 66 books

Book cover of Ottoman Navy Warships 1914–18
by Ryan K. Noppen
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015

At the start of the 20th century the Ottoman Navy was a shadow of its former might, a reflection of the empire as a whole the "Sick Man of Europe". Years of defeat, nepotism, and neglect had left the Ottoman Navy with a mix of obsolete vessels, whilst the list of prospective enemies was...
Book cover of Malta 1940–42

Malta 1940–42

The Axis' air battle for Mediterranean supremacy

by Ryan K. Noppen
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018

In 1940, the strategically vital island of Malta was Britain's last toehold in the central Mediterranean, wreaking havoc among Axis shipping. Launching an air campaign to knock Malta out of the war, first Italy and then Germany sought to force a surrender or reduce the defences enough to allow an...
Book cover of Austro-Hungarian Cruisers and Destroyers 1914–18
by Ryan K. Noppen
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016

At the outbreak of World War I Austria-Hungary had four modern light cruisers and twenty modern destroyers at their disposal, constructed in the early 20th century to defend their growing overseas interests. It was these fast light vessels, not the fleet's prized battleships, which saw most action...
Book cover of Broken Bones, Broken Bodies

Broken Bones, Broken Bodies

Bioarchaeological and Forensic Approaches for Accumulative Trauma and Violence

by Petra Banks, Eric J. Bartelink, Derek A. Boyd
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017

Injury recidivism is a continuing health problem in the modern clinical setting and has been part of medical literature for some time. However, it has been largely absent from forensic and bioarchaeological scholarship, despite the fact that practitioners work closely with skeletal remains and, in...
Book cover of Geeky Giving: A SFF Charity Anthology
by K.B. Spangler, Michael J. Martinez, Mary Robinette Kowal
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016

Geeky Giving’s authors—15 bright stars in the science fiction and fantasy community—explore what happens when leading-edge science fuels fiction in this anthology inspired by the work at Barrow Neurological Foundation. In these pages you’ll find authors explore the consequences of targeting...
Book cover of Homeland Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection, 2nd Edition
by Ryan K. Baggett, Brian K. Simpkins
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018

A compelling overview of the systems and strategies that have been implemented to safeguard U.S. resources from a plethora of threats, the vulnerabilities and security gaps in these infrastructure systems, and options to enable the future security of the homeland. • Provides a timely, relevant...
Book cover of Unglaubliche Begegnungen

Unglaubliche Begegnungen

Kurzgeschichten

by Klaus D Bornemann, Brigitte Bjarnason, Hendrik Blomberg
Language: German
Release Date: July 1, 2018

Begegnungen bestimmen unser Leben. Menschen kreuzen unseren Weg. Manche bleiben uns in Erinnerung, Andere erscheinen und verschwinden wieder, wie Irrlichter in dunkler Nacht. Und oft ist es nur eine Kleinigkeit, die diese Begegnungen unglaublich werden lässt: Ein falsches Wort, dämmriges Licht,...
Book cover of Negative Space
by Ryan K Lindsay
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016

When one man's writer's block gets in the way on his suicide note, he goes for a walk to clear his head and soon uncovers a century-old conspiracy dedicated to creating and mining the worst lows of human desperation. A corporation has manipulated his life purely so they can farm his suicide note as...
Book cover of The December Awethology - Light Volume
by The #Awethors, Anita Kovacevic, Kelly Hall
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015

The December Awethology - Light Volume is a mixture of stories written by #Awethors.  Each and every story is  unique, some funny, others a surprise all relating to the month of December Because one voice in your head isn't enough, here are so many more, as the Awethors chime together...
Book cover of Northern Kentucky University

Northern Kentucky University

A Panoramic History

by W. Michael Ryan, James C. Claypool, Tom Zaniello
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016

Northern Kentucky University's evolution from an educational branch of the University of Kentucky into a major university in its own right is a tale of promise and humble beginnings. Could the handful of students and instructors attending classes in a Covington bus station in 1946 have ever imagined...
Book cover of The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies
by John Law, Kalpana Shankar, David Hakken
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016

The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field. Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...
Book cover of Heroines of Film and Television

Heroines of Film and Television

Portrayals in Popular Culture

by Cynthia J. Miller, Jeffrey A. Brown, Ryan Castillo
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014

As portrayals of heroic women gain ground in film, television, and other media, their depictions are breaking free of females as versions of male heroes or simple stereotypes of acutely weak or overly strong women. Although heroines continue to represent the traditional roles of mothers, goddesses,...
Book cover of Of Words and Water: 2014
by Jay Howard, Angelica Pangan, Annie Harmon
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014

A new collection of short stories, poems and non-fiction from the talented members of Words and Water Group. This international group was formed in 2013 to encourage donations to WaterAid. In 2014 there are contributions from many of the original members, and new members have joined. In this very...
Book cover of In Search of Humanity

In Search of Humanity

Essays in Honor of Clifford Orwin

by Timothy W. Burns, Paul A. Cantor, Brent Edwin Cusher
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015

This collection of essays, offered in honor of the distinguished career of prominent political philosophy professor Clifford Orwin, provides a wide context in which to consider the rise of “humanity” as one of the chief modern virtues. A relative of—and also a replacement for—formerly more...
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