Michael Thomas: 553 books
Paleomagnetism
Continents and Oceans
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 1999
Paleomagnetism is the study of the fossil magnetism in rocks. It has been paramount in determining that the continents have drifted over the surface of the Earth throughout geological time. The fossil magnetism preserved in the ocean floor has demonstrated how continental drift takes place through...
by Thomas Wild, Michael Kroes
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
The most comprehensive, current guide to aircraft powerplants Fully revised to cover the latest industry advances, Aircraft Powerplants, Eighth Edition, prepares you for certification as an FAA powerplant technician in accordance with the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR). This authoritative text...
Handbook of Low Cost Airlines
Strategies, Business Processes and Market Environment
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
The number of low cost airlines and connections offered has kept growing constantly over the last two decades. This book combines the knowledge of experienced and renowned experts and explains relevant developments in the low cost segment, strategies employed by low cost airlines, and the low cost...
Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota
Volume 4, Ecosystem-Based Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute’s landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated...
The Lean IT Field Guide
A Roadmap for Your Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
How many IT books have you read that are long on theory and short on practical application? They are interesting, but not very impactful. They provide a framework from which to think and understand, but lack a process from which to act. Addressing this urgent need for the IT community, The Lean IT...
Maria, Mord und Mandelplätzchen
Weihnachtskrimis von Sylt bis zur Zugspitze
Language: German
Release Date: October 4, 2011
Erst 1, dann 2, dann 3, dann 4, dann steht der Mörder vor der Tür! Und das nicht nur in der Nachbarschaft: Gemeuchelt, vergiftet und die Waffe gezückt wird innerhalb ganz Deutschlands – und das zur Weihnachtszeit! Besinnlichkeit war gestern, denn jetzt lehren uns die besten Regiokrimi-Autoren...
Jul-Morde
Skandinavische Weihnachtskrimis
Language: German
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Wie feiert man im hohen Norden Weihnachten? Tanzt man um den Tannenbaum, fährt man Schlitten, genehmigt man sich ein Schlückchen Glögg? Nej, nej! In der norwegischen Einöde stapft ein alter Einsiedler wachsam durchs Gehölz. Nicht schon wieder soll ein Tannenbaum aus seinem Wald gestohlen werden,...
by Linda Barwick, Tim Dargaville, Stephen Emmerson
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
The increasing interest in artistic research, especially in music, is throwing open doors to exciting ideas about how we generate new musical knowledge and understanding. This book examines the wide array of factors at play in innovative practice and how by treating it as research we can make new...
Mindfulness and Critical Friendship
A New Perspective on Professional Development for Educators
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Mindfulness and Critical Friendship: A New Perspective on Professional Development for Educators assembles an international community of scholar-practitioners from multiple disciplines who utilize different methodologies and ideological perspectives to reflect on and interrogate contexts that situate...
by Michael Dyer, Clark Murdock, Thomas Karako
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
For decades, the United States has led the effort to stem the spread of nuclear weapons, both among potential adversaries and among its allies and partners. The current state of deterrence and of the nonproliferation regime, however, is open to many doubts. What happens if the nonproliferation regime...
Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques
Monstrosity and Religion in Europe and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques examines the intersection of religion and monstrosity in a variety of different time periods in the hopes of addressing two gaps in scholarship within the field of monster studies. The first part of the volume—running from the medieval to the Early Modern period—focuses...
City and Nation
Rethinking Place and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
This compendium offers a textured historical and comparative examination of the significance of locality or "place," and the role of urban representations and spatial practices in defining national identities. Drawing upon a wide range of disciplines - from literature to architecture and...
by Claudia Bernardi, Roberto Cuéllar, Rev. Carlos Sanchez
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Archbishop Romero and Spiritual Leadership in the Modern World presents a contemporary and integrated understanding of one of the most remarkable pastoral leaders of our time. This bishop, Oscar Romero of El Salvador, experienced deeply the overwhelming sufferings of the Salvadoran people, as well...
Ten Years after Katrina
Critical Perspectives of the Storm's Effect on American Culture and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
This collection charts the effects of hurricane Katrina upon American cultural identity; it does not merely catalogue the trauma of the event but explores the ways that such an event functions in and on the literature that represents it. These essays raise new questions about the representative genres that structure our stories and the ways stories reflect and produce culture and identity.