Michael Lawrence: 97 books
by Countrysport, John Barsness, Philip Bourjaily
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
The stories in this anthology demonstrate why the pheasant has become America's favorite game bird. Some of the finest writers in the field take their best shots at the Ringneck, covering guns, dogs, lore, history, conservation, and even some tried and true methods for preparing your pheasant for consumption.
Understanding Inequality
The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2007
As the age of globalization and New Media unite disparate groups of people in new ways, the continual transformation and interconnections between ethnicity, class, and gender become increasingly complex. This reader, comprised of a diverse array of sources ranging from the New York Times to the journals...
Rethinking Poles and Jews
Troubled Past, Brighter Future
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2007
Since Polish Catholics embraced some anti-Jewish notions and actions prior to WWII, many intertwined the Nazi death camps in Poland with Polish anti-Semitism. As a result, more so than local non-Jewish population in other Nazi-occupied countries, Polish Catholics were considered active collaborators...
The United States and the International Criminal Court
National Security and International Law
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2000
American reluctance to join the International Criminal Court illuminates important trends in international security and a central dilemma facing U.S. Foreign policy in the 21st century.
The ICC will prosecute individuals who commit egregious international human rights violations such as genocide....
by Lawrence A. Clayton, Michael L. Conniff, Susan M. Gauss
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
A New History of Modern Latin America provides an engaging and readable narrative history of the nations of Latin America from the Wars of Independence in the nineteenth century to the democratic turn in the twenty-first. This new edition of a well-known text has been revised and updated to include...
On the Border
Society and Culture between the United States and Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004
A stunningly beautiful backdrop where cultures meet, meld, and thrive, the U.S.–Mexico borderlands is one of the most dynamic regions in the Americas. On the Border explores little-known corners of this fascinating area of the world in a rich collection of essays. Beginning with an exploration of...
Kissing in the Chapel, Praying in the Frat House
Wrestling with Faith and College
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
College is a time to learn, explore, and grow, but what does faith have to do with it? In this collection of essays, gifted writers in their twenties and early thirties reflect on their college years by telling stories—some hilarious, some heart-wrenching—on the intersection of faith and college.
At...
by Szczepan Praskiewicz, OCD, Thomas Coonan
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2016
Biography and anthology of the Polish engineer and freedom fighter, exiled to Siberia, who became the restorer of Carmel in Poland and the first Carmelite friar canonized since John of the Cross. Includes 12 photos.
More Information Little known outside his native...
The Book of Jewish Sacred Practices
CLAL's Guide to Everyday & Holiday Rituals & Blessings
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Discover how to make virtually any moment in your day a significant part of a meaningful Jewish life.
As we have discovered, and as our sages have long known, there is no experience in the life of a Jew that cannot be marked in Jewish ways…. The book you hold in your hands is the result of...
The Disaster Recovery Handbook
A Step-by-Step Plan to Ensure Business Continuity and Protect Vital Operations, Facilities, and Assets
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Terrorist attacks. Data assaults. Natural catastrophes. Disease outbreaks. Recent years have taught us that not only was 9/11 not just a single, horrible occurrence, but that events of many types can-and statistically will-hit organizations of every size, threatening to disrupt and potentially even...
The Universal Happiness Method
How to be Happy and Live without Stress
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
The Universal Happiness Method is an original teaching and modern method for gaining conscious control of your mind. Once you understand and experience how your mind operates on the deepest level, you can consciously direct your attention, manage thought, control emotion and be present naturally. This...
by Lisa Fetchko, Laurie Baker, Piyali Bhattacharya
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2016
The Winter 2015-16 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.
The...
Merchants of Menace
Mystery Writers of America Presents: Classics, #5
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2018
CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES BY
20 VENDORS OF VILLAINY
Mystery Writers of America is pleased to present this sinister volume of larceny, deception, and murder, brought to you by the very finest purveyors of perfidy.
Donald E. Westlake tells a tale of a cheating wife who tries to turn the...
by Michael Connelly, T. Jefferson Parker, Lawrence Block
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
It’s no secret that authors have a love-hate relationship with Hollywood. The oft-repeated cliché that “the book was better than the movie” holds true for more reasons than the average reader will ever know. When asked about selling their book rights to Hollywood authors like to joke that they...