Robert A Foster: 8 books

Book cover of Blue is Just a Word

Blue is Just a Word

The Civil War Within

by Robert A Foster
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016

Inspired by a motherless child, Blue Is Just A Word blends music, the moral lessons of the Civil War, meditation, and deaths of a young wife and brother, to lay bare how anyone can become enslaved by anything; be it religious, political, social, or otherwise. As vice president of Lynn Massachusetts’...
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Chasing the American Dream

Understanding What Shapes Our Fortunes

by Mark Robert Rank, PhD, Thomas A. Hirschl
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014

The United States has been epitomized as a land of opportunity, where hard work and skill can bring personal success and economic well-being. The American Dream has captured the imagination of people from all walks of life, and to many, it represents the heart and soul of the country. But there is...
Book cover of Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction

Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction

A Century of Science Fiction

by Robert A. Heinlein, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Samuel Butler
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011

A survey of the last 100 years of science fiction, with representative stories and illuminating essays by the top writers, poets, and scholars, from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Samuel Butler to Robert A. Heinlein and and Jack Vance, from E.E. "Doc" Smith and Clifford D. Simak to Ted Chiang and Charles Stross-- and everyone in between. More than one million words of classic fiction and essays!
Book cover of Innovations in Child and Family Policy

Innovations in Child and Family Policy

Multidisciplinary Research and Perspectives on Strengthening Children and Their Families

by Emily M. Douglas, Loretta L. C. Brady, Melissa Brown
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010

Innovations in Child and Family Policy tackles many of the common problems and challenges that are considered to be at the heart of child and family policy: family creation, economic support, childrearing, and family care-giving. Innovations begins by defining child and family policy and discussing...
Book cover of Here Be Merfolk
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Alexandra Brandt, Alan Dean Foster
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2019

The call of the deep rings ever in our ears, from myth and legend to crime and mystery. Sea-people, mer and monster, immortals and reluctant heroes feature in this sea-worthy bundle. Table of Contents "The Women of Whale Rock" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch "We, the Ocean"...
Book cover of Souls and Shadows
by Lori Titus, Normandie Alleman, Nicole Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2019

Darkness has risen, and the shadows are calling. Face haunting new worlds filled with paranormal creatures and breathtaking romance. Journey with beautiful beasts, sexy-as-sin vampires, soul-searing demigods, shadowy necromancers, and unlikely heroes as they fall in love and battle for good...
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Fragile Settlements

Aboriginal Peoples, Law, and Resistance in South-West Australia and Prairie Canada

by Amanda Nettelbeck, Russell Smandych, Louis A. Knafla
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016

This book will be of interest to scholars and students of trans-colonial history, Indigenous Studies, and the socio-legal history of the British Empire.
Book cover of The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies
by John Law, Kalpana Shankar, David Hakken
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016

The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field. Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...
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