Richard E : 523 books
Arbitration Law in America
A Critical Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2006
Arbitration Law in America: A Critical Assessment is a source of arguments and practical suggestions for changing the American arbitration process. The book argues that the Federal Arbitration Act badly needs major changes. The authors, who have previously written major articles on arbitration law...
A Fighter Pilot Looks At the World Upside Down
Book 2 Of a Philosophical Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Fighter pilots see the world differently from other people. This series of books is a philosophical memoir of how I sense humanity, society, and the universe I live in. I began these writings when I was 33 years old. For several decades it never occurred to me that I might want to publish them. In the...
Fast Forward Your Career
7 Career Success Principles
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
Your career will span decades. Career success and job satisfaction are not automatic. It takes positive, thoughtful and consistent action to always be at the top of the “highly promotable” list. “Fast Forward Your Career” gives you specific tools to do just that. It is based on interviews with...
Thinking In Time
The Uses Of History For Decision Makers
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
“A convincing case that careful analysis of the history, issues, individuals, and institutions can lead to better decisions—in business as well as in government” (BusinessWeek).
Two noted professors offer easily remembered rules for using history effectively in day-to-day management of...
by Richard E. Schultz
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
In the Sixteenth century the Dutch people established the right of a people to govern themselves, by challenging the Divine Right of a King to rule a nation. It was the most radical revolutionary idea of its day.The eighty year war that followed was the prime precursor to the American Revolution two...
by Richard E. Valdez
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
In the year AD 1055, a peaceful people, with a culture veiled in mysticism and ritual, inhabit the San Juan Basin of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. A small boy named Honaw, groomed by his wise grandfather to be one of the spiritual leaders of their village, dreams of the day when he will...
by Richard E. Albert
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
This uplifting story about one man's gift to the desert and the gift he receives in return has a powerful environmental lesson. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which will look almost identical to the print version. Additionally for devices that support audio, this ebook includes a read-along setting.
by Richard E. Kim
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
"Written in a mood of total austerity; and yet the passion of the book is perpetually beating up against its seemingly barren surface. . . . I am deeply moved." -Philip Roth
During the early weeks of the Korean War, Captain Lee, a young South Korean officer, is ordered to investigate...
Aristotle's Children
How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Middle Ages
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2004
A true account of a turning point in medieval history that shaped the modern world, from “a superb storyteller” and the author of When Jesus Became God (Los Angeles Times).
Europe was in the long slumber of the Middle Ages, the Roman Empire was in tatters, and the Greek language was all but...
Wagons West
Brigham Young and the First Pioneers
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
This simple, clear retelling of the Saints' trek west will help both young and old experience what life was like in Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1844 after their beloved Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were killed. Hurry with the Saints as they rush to complete their temple while also building...
The Foundation of the CIA
Harry Truman, The Missouri Gang, and the Origins of the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
This highly accessible book provides new material and a fresh perspective on American National Intelligence practice, focusing on the first fifty years of the twentieth century, when the United States took on the responsibilities of a global superpower during the first years of the Cold War. Late...
by Major Richard E. Kerr Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
This thesis examines the effect the rifle had on infantry tactics during the Civil War. It traces the transition from smoothbore to rifle and the development of the Minie ball. The range and accuracy of various weapons are discussed and several tables illustrate the increased capabilities of the rifle....
Compelling Confessions
The Politics of Personal Disclosure
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2010
Compelling Confessions: The Politics of Personal Disclosure is a collection of essays whose shared purpose is to offer an accessible interdisciplinary exploration of the social dynamics behind confessional discourse. As various contributors to this collection demonstrate, confession is ubiquitous...
by Richard E. Killblane
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
When the enemy adopts a policy to attack convoys, truck drivers become front line troops. Convoy commanders must then become tacticians. How to study war? The student of tactics studies previous fights and mentally places himself in the position of the participants. Knowing what they knew, how would...