Susan Dunn: 14 books
Jefferson's Second Revolution
The Election Crisis of 1800 and the Triumph of Republicanism
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2004
An “excellent” history of the tumultuous early years of American government, and a constitutional crisis sparked by the Electoral College (Booklist).
In the election of 1800, Federalist incumbent John Adams, and the elitism he represented, faced Republican Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson defeated...
George Washington
The American Presidents Series: The 1st President, 1789-1797
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
A premier leadership scholar and an eighteenth-century expert define the special contributions and qualifications of our first president
Revolutionary hero, founding president, and first citizen of the young republic, George Washington was the most illustrious public man of his time, a man...
The Three Roosevelts
Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
An “immensely interesting” account of how Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor led the United States through some of its most turbulent decades (David McCullough).
The Three Roosevelts is the extraordinary political biography of the intertwining lives of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt,...
Dominion of Memories
Jefferson, Madison, and the Decline of Virginia
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2007
For decades, the Commonwealth of Virginia led the nation. The premier state in population, size, and wealth, it produced a galaxy of leaders: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Mason, Marshall. Four of the first five presidents were Virginians. And yet by the middle of the nineteenth century,...
Sister Revolutions
French Lightning, American Light
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2000
What the two great modern revolutions can teach us about democracy today.
In 1790, the American diplomat and politician Gouverneur Morris compared the French and American Revolutions, saying that the French "have taken Genius instead of Reason for their guide, adopted Experiment instead...
1940
FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler-the Election amid the Storm
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 4, 2013
In 1940, against the explosive backdrop of the Nazi onslaught in Europe, two farsighted candidates for the U.S. presidency—Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, running for an unprecedented third term, and talented Republican businessman Wendell Willkie—found themselves on the defensive against American...
Blueprint for War
FDR and the Hundred Days That Mobilized America
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
In the cold winter months that followed Franklin Roosevelt’s election in November 1940 to an unprecedented third term in the White House, he confronted a worldwide military and moral catastrophe. Almost all the European democracies had fallen under the ruthless onslaught of the Nazi army and air...
by Susan C. Shea, Auralee Wallace, Judith Flanders
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Looking for a new cozy mystery author to love? Dive in to this collection of excerpts from the Minotaur Books/St. Martin's Press SPRING 2018 season (May-July). The Cozy Case Files collection includes:
Dressed for Death in Burgundy by Susan Shea
Down the Aisle with Murder by Auraleee Wallace
A...
Gaslight
A Golden Light Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Gaslight A Golden Light Anthology Gaslight: A Golden Light Anthology weaves together tales of love and peril, of fantasy and reality, of courage and redemption. These short stories journey back in time to ancient days and historical settings, to gas lit streets of bygone times. Authors J.S Dunn, Sergio...
Women in Criminal Justice
True Cases By and About Canadian Women and the Law
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Women in Criminal Justice is Book Four in the Durvile True Cases Series and in it, Canadian women judges and criminal lawyers tell of cases that they have found particularly challenging. Some were disquieting/perplexing or had surprising turns, many are high-profile, and many continue to have interesting...
Globalization on the Ground
Postbellum Guatemalan Democracy and Development
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2001
This book presents research, analysis, and reflections on the major issues of Guatemalan development and democracy: the role of the military, the involvement of Mayan communities in national development, the possible emergence of more inclusive political institutions and the roles of international...
by Peter Dunn-Rankin, Gerald A. Knezek, Susan R. Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Scaling Methods is written for professionals in the behavioral sciences who analyze data that results from subjective responses. Other books on scaling attitudes or measuring perceptions focus on the psychometrician's view of measurement. This book focuses on the users' view by concentrating on effective...
by Carol S. Baugh, Melanie F. Myers, Michael S. Hendryx
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Appalachians have been characterized as a population with numerous disparities in health and limited access to medical services and infrastructures, leading to inaccurate generalizations that inhibit their healthcare progress. Appalachians face significant challenges in obtaining effective care, and...
Flute, Accordion or Clarinet?
Using the Characteristics of Our Instruments in Music Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Music therapists are trained to use their first study instrument in clinical practice, yet existing literature focuses almost exclusively on the use of piano, basic percussion and voice.
This illuminating book brings together international music therapists who use a diverse range of musical instruments...