Kevin Mcdonald: 12 books
by Kevin McDonald
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2018
From Paris to San Bernardino, Barcelona to Manchester, home-grown terrorism is among the most urgent challenges confronting Western nations. Attempts to understand jihadism have typically treated it as a form of political violence or religious conflict. However, the closer we get to the actual people...
Life Inside the Dead Man's Curve
The Chronicles of a Public-Safety Helicopter Pilot
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
“A warm compassionate story of helicopters in rescue missions” (Igor Sikorsky Jr., aviation historian).
Travis County STAR Flight, in Austin, Texas, is recognized as one of the premier public-safety helicopter programs in the United States. Life Inside the Dead Man’s Curve is a firsthand...
by Kevin McDonald Andrews
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
In a remote sector of space, there are dangerous enemies waiting to strike at the heart of the Galactic Coalition of Worlds. They can attack without warning and show no mercy, and they will destroy all who dare oppose them. Some possess technologies so advanced, they can suddenly appear anywhere in...
by Kevin McDonald
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Film Theory: The Basics provides an accessible introduction to the key theorists, concepts, and debates that have shaped the study of moving images. It examines film theory from its emergence in the early twentieth century to its study in the present day, and explores why film has drawn special attention...
by Kmack, aka Kevin McDonald
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
My book is about how I had to live life in the city of Detroit for over thirty years of driving a taxi cab and what my eyes have seen, the change of life, and the revitalization of the city of Detroit. So what I have here is part history of Detroit and nonfiction. These stories are from some experiences...
Our Violent World
Terrorism in Society
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
What can the analysis of violence and terror tell us about the modern world? Why is violence often used to achieve religious, cultural or political goals? Can we understand the search for the extreme that increasingly shapes violence today?
From 1960s student movements to today's global jihad,...
Our Violent World
Terrorism in Society
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
What can the analysis of violence and terror tell us about the modern world? Why is violence often used to achieve religious, cultural or political goals? Can we understand the search for the extreme that increasingly shapes violence today?
From 1960s student movements to today's global jihad,...
The Golden Age of Piracy
The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays edited by David Head. Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived in the New World seas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century empires, how pirates operated their plundering...
Pirates, Merchants, Settlers, and Slaves
Colonial America and the Indo-Atlantic World
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, more than a thousand pirates poured from the Atlantic into the Indian Ocean. There, according to Kevin P. McDonald, they helped launch an informal trade network that spanned the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds, connecting the North American...
Above the Clouds
Managing Risk in the World of Cloud Computing
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
Above the Clouds: Managing Risk in the World of Cloud Computing acts as a primer and strategic guide to identify Cloud Computing best practices and associated risks, and reduce the latter to acceptable levels. From software as a service (SaaS) to replacing the entire IT infrastructure, the author...
Cheers!
1,024 Toasts & Sentiments for Every Occasion
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Cheers! is an indispensable A-to-Z of warm, funny, erudite, and sentimental sayings forevery possible occasion. Organized by category, Cheers! is more than a list of notable quotes and memorable toasts. It is full of useful advice on how to prepare a personalized message using the sayings in the book;...
Government at Work
Policymaking in the Twenty-First-Century Congress
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
In this edited volume, an array of scholars has examined recent policymaking efforts in selected areas of contemporary importance. Government at Work: Policymaking in the Twenty-First Century Congress provides chapter-length treatment to reveal the similarities and fundamentals of policy development...