Matthew Smith: 85 books
The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens
Place, Personality, and Politics in the Civil War Era
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2019
The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era’s most prominent politicians as well as the political landscapes they inhabited and informed. Both men called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their home, and both were...
There is a Gunman on Campus
Tragedy and Terror at Virginia Tech
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2008
In our media-saturated culture, momentous events occur quickly, as news and images are broadcast around the country and the world. We are often riveted by the news and our everyday reality is suddenly changed. Yet, almost as quickly, that critical event is replaced by a new story. The old event fades...
Vermont Icons
50 Classic Symbols of the Green Mountain State
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
The state of Vermont is illustrated through gorgeous photographs and evocative essays, showcasing 50 iconic places, events, inventions, foods, and objects from the Green Mountain State.
Australian Sport - Better by Design?
The Evolution of Australian Sport Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2004
Australians have invested an enormous amount of emotional and physical capital in their sporting systems and structures. While Australian sport has many times been dissected from a historical and cultural perspective, there is little detailed analysis of sport's relationship with government.
The book...
Philosophy and Geography II
The Production of Public Space
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 1997
The future of public space is uncertain. Although public spaces have become increasingly shabby and crowded, novel alternatives have appeared in the form of fantastic, semi-public pleasure grounds, developed by well-heeled, crowd-pleasing entrepreneurs and devoted to profit, consumption, and self-indulgence....
New Hampshire Icons
50 Classic Symbols of the Granite State
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
New Hampshire literally has something for everyone: urban types looking for bookstores, coffee shops, swank eateries, and nightclubs; outdoorsy folks searching for endless vistas atop the high peaks of the White Mountains; history buffs seeking clues to the state’s rich past; or snow-loving families...
Bioarchaeology of the American Southeast
Approaches to Bridging Health and Identity in the Past
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
A timely update on the state of bioarchaeological research, offering contributions to the archaeology, prehistory, and history of the southeastern United States.
Building on the 1991 publication What Mean These Bones? Studies in Southeastern Bioarchaeology, this new edited collection from Shannon...
The Naturalness of Belief
New Essays on Theism’s Rationality
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Despite its name, “naturalism” as a world-view turns out to be rather unnatural in its strict and more consistent form of materialism and determinism. This is why a number of naturalists opt for a broadened version that includes objective moral values, intrinsic human dignity, consciousness, beauty,...
Christian Physicalism?
Philosophical Theological Criticisms
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
On the heels of the advance since the twentieth-century of wholly physicalist accounts of human persons, the influence of materialist ontology is increasingly evident in Christian theologizing. To date, the contemporary literature has tended to focus on anthropological issues (e.g., whether the traditional...
by David Alvis, Martha Bayles, James W. Ceaser
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Democracy Reconsidered provides an enlightening study of democracy in America's post-modern context. Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Peter Augustine Lawler explore some of the foundational principles of democracy as they have been borne out in American society. The essays included in this volume examine...
by Erin Bell, Marco Bohr, Cheryl D. Edelson
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2019
Already acknowledged by Metacritic and the Guinness World Records as the highest-rated series in the history of television, Breaking Bad has elicited an unprecedented amount of criticism. Writers both popular and academic, columnists as well as eager commenters, have addressed every imaginable topic,...
The World's Water Volume 7
The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Produced biennially, The World's Water is the mcomprehensive and up-to-to date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources. Each new volume examines critical global trends and offers the best data available on a variety of topics related to water.
Volume 7 features chapters...
Automotive Engineering
Powertrain, Chassis System and Vehicle Body
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
This one-stop Mega Reference eBook brings together the essential professional reference content from leading international contributors in the automotive field.
An expansion the Automotive Engineering print edition, this fully searchable electronic reference book of 2500 pages delivers content...
Beauty Belongs to the Flowers
A Tor.Com Original
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
In Miho's world, nanos, plastic surgery, and robot girlfriends can fix just about anything…or break it.
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