Ronald K : 67 books
The Judge
26 Machiavellian Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
There is no book of political strategy more canonical than Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, but few ethicists would advise policymakers to treat it as a bible. The lofty ideals of the law, especially, seem distant from the values that the word "Machiavellian" connotes, and judges are supposed to...
Intoxication
The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2005
A scientific and cultural exploration of the pursuit of altered states of consciousness in both humans and animals
• Contains myriad studies and examples from the author's 20 years of research
• By the foremost authority on the social and psychological effects of drug use
History...
Robotica
Speech Rights and Artificial Intelligence
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
In every era of communications technology - whether print, radio, television, or Internet - some form of government censorship follows to regulate the medium and its messages. Today we are seeing the phenomenon of 'machine speech' enhanced by the development of sophisticated artificial intelligence....
by Ronald K. Pierce
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
The growth of Islam in the United States looks much like an invasion with the Muslim population numbering more than three million. Mosques in the United States number more than two thousand and growing rapidly. In Islamic Violence in Americas Streets, author Ronald K. Pierce offers a clear and balanced...
by Ronald K. Pearson
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Exploratory Data Analysis Using R provides a classroom-tested introduction to exploratory data analysis (EDA) and introduces the range of "interesting" – good, bad, and ugly – features that can be found in data, and why it is important to find them. It also introduces the mechanics of...
by Ronald K. Myers
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2014
Pushing a '40 hot rod Ford to the limit, sensible Freddy, wise guy Rafferty, and the incandescent Neal McCord race over the border to borrow a Canadian flag but run smack into a wicked brooding mass of ugly, stone-faced Mafiosi wanna be's. In a ‘refusing-to-die' game, they end up with a bank bag that...
Mania
The Story of the Outraged and Outrageous Lives That Launched a Cultural Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
By the time Lucien Carr stabbed David Kammerer to death on the banks of the Hudson River in August 1944, it was clear that the hard-partying teenage companion to Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, and William S. Burroughs might need to reevaluate his life. A two-year stint in a reformatory...
Aware and Prepared
A Guide to Personal Safety and Security for Everyone
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
This self-help guide provides advice and tips for staying safe and protecting your valuables in your home, in your car, and while traveling.
Crime can happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time. But there are ways to thwart the possibility of crime. In Aware and Prepared, author Ronald Hanzel...
When Money Speaks
The McCutcheon Decision, Campaign Finance Laws, and the First Amendment
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
“A brilliant discussion of campaign finance in America…a must for all who care about the American political system.” —Erwin Chemerinsky
“Thorough, dispassionate, and immensely readable.” —Floyd Abrams
On April 2, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down aggregate limits...
Talk that Counts
Age, Gender, and Social Class Differences in Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2005
Talk That Counts is a sociolinguistic study of variation in discourse employing quantitative methods to explore age, gender, and social class differences in the use of features such as you know, I mean, adverbs, and pronouns. Unlike many studies of discourse variation that focus on a single social...
MENSPIRATION
Motivating & Inspiring Men to Conquer Life's Mountains
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
Have you ever injured yourself, perhaps on the basketball court, and experienced severe pain that just wouldn’t go away? As a man, you think you can handle it, but over time it continues to get worse. Your doctors inform you that they have the remedy for your pain, yet you struggle with making the...
A Triumph of Genius
Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2015
This riveting biography from the American Bar Association, visits the spectacular life of Edwin Land, breakthrough inventor. At the time of his death, he stood third on the list of our most prolific inventors, behind only Thomas Edison and one of Edison’s colleagues. Land’s most famous achievement...
by Ronald K. Gay, Oakland County Pioneer & Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
Detroit�s first mayor, Solomon Sibley, and his wife, Sarah (Sproat) Sibley, were responsible for organizing a group that set out in 1818 for a plot of land 30 miles north, at the confluence of the Huron River of St. Clair (now the Clinton) and several Native American trails. The future town would be...
by Ronald K. Seifert
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
A Quick Guide To Understanding Guardian Angel, Angel Art, Death Angels, Angels On Earth, Angel Falls, Angel Wing.