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by Judith S. Trent, Henry C. Kenski, Kate M. Kenski
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
This diverse and unique collection of essays examines a wide range of communication elements and themes in the context of the 2012 election. Topics include the early campaign and Romney’s nomination battle, candidate image, the rhetoric and campaigning of Michelle Obama and Ann Romney, issues of...
American Military Training Aircraft
Fixed and Rotary-Wing Trainers Since 1916
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
The U.S. did not become the world’s foremost military air power by accident. The learning curve—World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and more recently the war on terror—has been steep. While climbing this curve, the U.S. has not only produced superior military...
by C Loring Brace, Kaye Brown, Matt Cartmill
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Histories of American Physical Anthropology in the Twentieth Century chronicles the history of physical anthropology_or, as it is now known, biological anthropology_from its professional origins in the late 1800 up to its modern transformation in the late 1900s. In this edited volume, 13 contributors...
Prelude to the First World War
The Balkan Wars 1912-1913
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
The fuse to the First World War was lit in the Balkans where simmering hatreds exploded into violence. Like a string of firecrackers, these hatreds had been fuelled by attacks on the Turkish Ottoman Empire in the previous few years. From 1911-1912, Italy seized Libya. In 1912, the Balkan states united...
by Lt.-Col. H. E. C. Weldon R.A.
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
A fascinating personal flashback, Weldon’s account of his service as an artillery officer in Malta, 1939-1943, based on notes made during 1939-1943.
“A great deal of this personal narrative was originally jotted down in Malta during intervals between the raids. The remainder has been added,...
The Obama Presidency
Promise and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012
In this illuminating examination of the Obama presidency, the contributors describe the policy directions followed, and the administration’s level of success in achieving its objectives. Throughout the Obama administration, efforts were intended to alleviate the worst of the economic stress facing...
Ethics for Christian Ministry
Moral Formation for Twenty-First-Century Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
This one-of-a-kind resource in professional ethics helps today's Christian leaders maintain a high moral character and lifestyle and sharpen their personal and professional decision-making skills. Two experienced teachers and pastors address both current and perennial ethical issues and offer guidance...
The Foreign Missionary Enterprise at Home
Explorations in North American Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010
This volume is the first to examine at length and in detail the impact of the missionary experience on American cultural, political, and religious history.
This collection of 15 essays provides a fully developed account of the domestic significance of foreign missions from the 19th century...
Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito
Critical Essays
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2004
Plato's Euthyrphro, Apology, and Crito portray Socrates' words and deeds during his trial for disbelieving in the Gods of Athens and corrupting the Athenian youth, and constitute a defense of the man Socrates and of his way of life, the philosophic life. The twelve essays in the volume, written by...
African Women Under Fire
Literary Discourses in War and Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
African writers and literary critics must account for the changing political terrain and how these contribute to creating new sources of conflicts and aggression toward women. This book brings insight and scholarly breadth to the growing research on women, war, and conflict in Africa. The aftermath...
The Stakes: Three Plays of the Black Experience
To Heal, to Train, to Entertain
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
This trio of plays explores the use of drama as a support in healing, training, and entertaining all. Using the healing and accessible art of theater, timely interestsaddiction, HIV, mental illness, racial injustice, sexual harassment, and moreare brought to life in a trio of contemporary scripts.
In...
Spark
A Flash Fiction Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2016
Bringing together 34 flash fiction stories from 14 authors, SPARK offers a host of stories to thrill, move, and challenge fans of short-short fiction. A woman physically at war with her mother's legacy inside her own body, a young girl given a vision of a utopic past at the end of the world, a man...
Later Middle English Literature, Materiality, and Culture
Essays in Honor of James M. Dean
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
The essays in this volume consider the ways in which material and intellectual culture both shaped and were shaped by the literature of late medieval England. The first section, “Textual Material,” reflects on cultural and social issues generally referred to as the History of Ideas, and how those...
