Steven Thomas: 89 books
Albert Schweitzer in Thought and Action
A Life in Parts
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
In the 1940s and 1950s, Albert Schweitzer was one of the best-known figures on the world stage. Courted by monarchs, world statesmen, and distinguished figures from the literary, musical, and scientific fields, Schweitzer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952, cementing his place as one of the...
Corps Commanders in Blue
Union Major Generals in the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
The outcomes of campaigns in the Civil War often depended on top generals having the right corps commanders in the right place at the right time. Mutual trust and respect between generals and their corps commanders, though vital to military success, was all too rare: Corps commanders were often forced...
Life, Death, and Meaning
Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology...
Life, Death, and Meaning
Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology...
Religious Freedom in America
Constitutional Roots and Contemporary Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
All Americans, liberal or conservative, religious or not, can agree that religious freedom, anchored in conscience rights, is foundational to the U.S. democratic experiment. But what freedom of conscience means, what its scope and limits are, according to the Constitution—these are matters for heated...
Living the Catholic Social Tradition
Cases and Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2004
In a time when the global and national economies seem to favor so few and harm so many, when the threats to the common good are so prevalent and so deep, how do people of faith think about these issues and act with those who are most vulnerable? Living the Catholic Social Tradition: Cases and Commentary...
The Inerrant Word
Biblical, Historical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Because God has made himself known in his Word, a commitment to a high view of Scripture is of paramount importance. Sadly, more and more people—not only from outside the church but also from within—are denying the complete truthfulness of God’s Word.
Edited by pastor John MacArthur,...
by Steven L. Skalak, Thomas W. Golden, Mona M. Clayton
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
Recent catastrophic business failures have caused some to rethink the value of the audit, with many demanding that auditors take more responsibility for fraud detection. This book provides forensic accounting specialists?experts in uncovering fraud?with new coverage on the latest PCAOB Auditing Standards,...
College Student Retention
Formula for Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
Although access to higher education is virtually universally available, college student retention stills remains a vexing and puzzling problem for educators and legislators.
In College Student Retention: Formula for Student Success, second edition, Alan Seidman deals with this problematic issue...
by Steven Mr. Symansky, Thomas Mr. Baunsgaard
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
This paper discusses how to enhance automatic stabilizers without increasing the size of government. We distinguish between permanent changes in the parameters of the tax and expenditure system (e.g., changes in tax progressivity) that will enhance the traditional automatic stabilizer, and temporary...
Moral Soundings
Readings on the Crisis of Values in Contemporary Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2004
Moral Soundings takes a fresh new approach to introducing students and general readers to contemporary ethics. Rather than surveying the standard fare in a typical anthology format, Furrow collects diversified essays around a structured theme: does Western culture face a moral crisis of values? Prominent...
by Jeffrey Mr. Davis, Thomas Mr. Richardson, Rolando Mr. Ossowski
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2000
Privatization has been a key element of structural reform in many developing and transition economies during the last decade. This paper examines the fiscal and macroeconomic issues involved in the privatization of nonfinancial public enterprises in these economies. It considers issues such as the...
Natural Gas and Israel's Energy Future
Near-Term Decisions from a Strategic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This book discusses the opportunities and risks the government of Israel faces in shifting to a greater reliance on domestic and imported natural gas. By applying newly developed methods for strategic planning and decisionmaking under deep uncertainty, the analysis seeks to help the Israeli government...
Climate Change and Infrastructure, Urban Systems, and Vulnerabilities
Technical Report for the U.S. Departmof Energy in Support of the National Climate Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Hurricane Irene ruptured a Baltimore sewer main, resulting in 100 million gallons of raw sewage flooding the local watershed. Levee failures during Hurricane Katrina resulted in massive flooding which did not recede for months. With temperatures becoming more extreme, and storms increasing in magnitude,...