William Lyons: 15 books
Wittgenstein
The Crooked Roads
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Difficult to know and impossible to forget, Ludwig Wittgenstein is remembered as the greatest philosopher of the twentieth century. He published only one book in his lifetime - a masterpiece that moulded the evolution of philosophy and baffled his teachers. Spanning most of his life, from his early...
by William Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
Silence of Midnight This story is about a teenage girl who lost her mother from cancer. She and her father decided to take a trip to visit his sister down South, unknowing of the events that would take place on their journey. Sweet Voice Afar This story was told to me by my father one day while we...
Wittgenstein at the Movies
Cinematic Investigations
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2011
Ludwig Wittgenstein loved movies, and based on his remarks on watching them, there is a strong connection between his experience of watching films and his thoughts on aesthetics. Furthermore, however, Wittgenstein himself has been invoked in recent cinema. Wittgenstein at the Movies is centered on...
by William Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2009
Working Guide to Reservoir Engineering provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of reservoir engineering. The book begins by discussing basic concepts such as types of reservoir fluids, the properties of fluid containing rocks, and the properties of rocks containing multiple fluids. It...
by William Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Strepsiades lives in Greece. He has debt. A lot of debt. And that’s because his son, Phiddy, has a penchant for betting and isn’t so keen on working. At a loss, Streps has an idea: Phiddy can go to Socrates' Academy and learn how to talk himself out of trouble! Job done! What could possibly go...
by William Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
After receiving praise for inventing a new device that will revolutionize our nations war on drugs, Steve fi nds himself under attack from a mysterious organization that is bent on world domination. As he searches for the truth behind a massive conspiracy against him, he must endure several unusual...
Punishing Schools
Fear and Citizenship in American Public Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009
In a society increasingly dominated by zero-tolerance thinking, Punishing Schools argues that our educational system has become both the subject of legislative punishment and an instrument for the punishment of children. William Lyons and Julie Drew analyze the connections between state sanctions...
The Politics of Community Policing
Rearranging the Power to Punish
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2010
In this in-depth examination of community policing in Seattle, William T. Lyons, Jr. explores the complex issues associated with the establishment and operation of community policing, an increasingly popular method for organizing law enforcement in this country.
Stories about community policing...
Women in the Biblical World
A Survey of Old and New Testament Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
Women in the Biblical World: A Survey of Old and New Testament Perspectives is a volume featuring the most current research in biblical scholarship. This collection will whet the reader's appetite for cutting-edge research and encourage a closer look at some of the familiar passages that may have...
Peace versus Justice
Negotiating Forward- and Backward-Looking Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2005
This book examines the costs and benefits of ending the fighting in a range of conflicts, and probes the reasons why negotiators provide, or fail to provide, resolutions that go beyond just 'stopping the shooting.' What is the desired and achievable mix between negotiation strategies that look backward...
Formulas and Calculations for Drilling, Production, and Workover
All the Formulas You Need to Solve Drilling and Production Problems
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Formulas and Calculations for Drilling, Production, and Workover: All the Formulas You Need to Solve Drilling and Production Problems, Third Edition, provides a convenient source of reference for oil field workers who do not use formulas and calculations on a regular basis. This book is still intended...
by Gary J Plisga, BS, William C. Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
This new edition of the Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering provides you with the best, state-of-the-art coverage for every aspect of petroleum and natural gas engineering. With thousands of illustrations and 1,600 information-packed pages, this text is a handy and valuable...
Formulas and Calculations for Drilling, Production, and Workover
All the Formulas You Need to Solve Drilling and Production Problems
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Formulas and Calculations for Drilling, Production, and Workover, All the Formulas You Need to Solve Drilling and Production Problems, Fourth Edition provides a convenient reference for oil field workers who do not use formulas and calculations on a regular basis, aiming to help reduce the volume...
Delivering the Word
Preaching and Exegesis in the Western Christian Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Biblical texts have been used consistently in sermons throughout Christian history. Preachers have transformed the texts into an aural experience, using them to evangelize, educate, edify, exhort, or even terrify, their audiences. Sermons have enabled Scripture to be communicated to people from a...
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