Richard Baker: 51 books
Judicial Review in Mexico
A Study of the Amparo Suit
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
The amparo suit is a Mexican legal institution similar in its effects to such Anglo-American procedures as habeas corpus, error, and the various forms of injunctive relief. It has undergone a long evolution since it was incorporated into the Constitution of 1857. Today, its principal purpose is to...
The American Senate
An Insider's History
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Winner of the Society for History in the Federal Government's George Pendleton Prize for 2013 The United States Senate has fallen on hard times. Once known as the greatest deliberative body in the world, it now has a reputation as a partisan, dysfunctional chamber. What happened to the house that...
by H. Royden Jones, Jr. Jr., Jayashri Srinivasan
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2011
Netter's Neurology, 2nd Edition, by Drs. H. Royden Jones, Jayashri Srinivasan, Gregory J. Allam, and Richard A. Baker, uses visually rich Netter artwork to efficiently provide you with a concise overview of general neurology and its intersection with internal medicine, neurosurgery, ophthalmology,...
British Music Hall
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2014
'The music hall ...had no place for reticence; it was downright, it shouted, it made noise, it enjoyed itself and made the people enjoy themselves as well.' W.J. MACQUEEN POPE
Music Hall lies at the root of all modern popular entertainment. With stars such as Marie Lloyd, Harry Lauder and Dan...
Letters from Across the Big Divide
The Ghost Writings of Charles M. Russell
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2008
Will Rogers once wrote, "Charlie Russell is the only western artist a true cowboy can't find fault with." Rogers also considered Charlie America's best storyteller, cowboy humorist, and sagebrush philosopher.
Though Charlie was under-schooled and semi-illiterate, his salty writings...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 1
Cultivation techniques, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Sugarcane is the source of over three quarters of the world’s sugar, and is grown widely in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite rising demand, average yields have not increased significantly, partly because of continued vulnerability to pests and diseases. In addition, cultivation has been seen...
by Richard O. Baker, Harvey W. Yarranton, Jerry Jensen
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Practical Reservoir Characterization expertly explains key technologies, concepts, methods, and terminology in a way that allows readers in varying roles to appreciate the resulting interpretations and contribute to building reservoir characterization models that improve resource definition and recovery...
Our Supreme Court
A History with 14 Activities
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
This lively and comprehensive activity book teaches young readers everything they need to know about the nation's highest court. Organized around keystones of the Constitution-including free speech, freedom of religion, civil rights, criminal justice, and property rights-the book juxtaposes...
Afriats
Understanding Forced Interpersonal Interactions
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
This may be one of the most important books you will ever read. It identifies, defines, describes, analyzes, and suggests actions to take toward a highly pervasive social phenomenon that social scientists should have recognized at least a century ago. Somehow the social scientific community has always...
Reaching a Generation for Christ
A Comprehensive Guide to Youth Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 1997
Things have changed. The Truth has not. The 1950's are gone forever. The days of the Sunday school attendance award and the much-loved Sunday school picnic have faded into oblivion. Yet some youth ministries still operate as if today's kids are living in a vacuum, unaffected by the changing morals...
Urban Growth and the Medieval Church
Gloucester and Worcester
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
It has long been recognised that the Church played a major role in the development of towns and cities from the earliest times, a fact attested to by the prominence and number of ecclesiastical buildings that still dominate many urban areas. Yet despite this physical evidence, and the work of archaeologists...
Drawing a Line in the Sea
The Gaza Flotilla Incident and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
The deadly May 31, 2010 Gaza flotilla incident has been misunderstood. This book explores the incident in more detail than mainstream media coverage has allowed—explaining the background, key players, and the incident itself—enriched by the authors having had unique access to senior Israeli officials...
by Richard Bird Baker
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Traditional cowboy lingo, like the old-time maritime vernacular of the sea, and even the jargon of baseball, is so colorfully descriptive that modern, media-molded English sounds bland and trite by comparison. Often a short, cowboy-styled phrase can convey more meaning and sentiment than several paragraphs...
by Richard W. Baker
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
“… the best handbook on membrane technology, which is currently on the market... ” –Membrane News (on the previous edition)
Building on the success of the previous edition, Membrane Technology and Applications Third Edition provides a comprehensive overview of separation membranes,...