William R Scott: 21 books

Book cover of The Itching Palm: A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America
by William R. Scott
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015

"Oliver Cromwell struck a mortal blow at the universal heart of Flunkyism," wrote Carlyle of the execution of Charles I. Yet, Flunkyism is not dead! In the United States alone more than 5,000,000 persons derive their incomes, in whole or in part, from "tips," or...
Book cover of Reclaiming the Center

Reclaiming the Center

Confronting Evangelical Accommodation in Postmodern Times

by D. A. Carson, Douglas Groothuis, J. P. Moreland
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2004

"When evangelicals confuse an improper passion for novelty witha proper pursuit of academic and pastoral relevance, the resultscan be distressing. I cannot express how grateful I am for thewell-formed wisdom with which this book points to the abiding anddecisive relevance for future route-finding...
Book cover of State Behavior and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
by Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, Jeffrey W. Knopf, Maria Rost Rublee
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014

This is the first book-length study of why states sometimes ignore, oppose, or undermine elements of the nuclear nonproliferation regime—even as they formally support it. Anchored by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the nuclear nonproliferation regime is the constellation...
Book cover of PIRATE NOVELS: 50+ Adventure Classics, Treasure Hunt Tales & Maritime Novels

PIRATE NOVELS: 50+ Adventure Classics, Treasure Hunt Tales & Maritime Novels

Treasure Island, Captain Blood, Sea Hawk, The Dark Frigate, Blackbeard, Pieces of Eight, Captain Singleton, Facing the Flag, Swords of the Red Brotherhood, Gold-Bug, The Ghost Pirates and many more

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack London, Daniel Defoe
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017

Sale with the iconic pirate-villains and outlaws, experience great sea adventures and dangerous treasure hunts! You will find it all in this passionately edited collection: Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Captain Blood (Rafael Sabatini) Sea Hawk (Sabatini) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces...
Book cover of Blood Work
by Rick Ollerman, Reed Farrel Coleman, Jen Conley
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2018

Edited by Rick Ollerman. Alphabetical list of contributors: Scott Adlerberg, Eric Beetner, Kristi Belcamino, Michael A. Black, Michael Bracken, Don Bruns, Gary R. Bush, Austin Camacho, Dave Case, Jessie Chandler, Reed Farrel Coleman, Jen Conley, John Gaspard, Lois Greiman, Libby Fischer Hellmann,...
Book cover of Zones of Control

Zones of Control

Perspectives on Wargaming

by Jon Peterson, John Curry, Tetsuya Nakamura
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016

Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts. Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game...
Book cover of America’s Space Futures

America’s Space Futures

Defining Goals for Space Exploration

by Eric R. Sterner, Scott Pace, William Adkins
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013

America’s Space Futures is an important contribution to the ongoing debate about space policy, the American space program, and the human destiny in space. It lays out alternative paradigms and frameworks for assessing America’s future in space and how different visions would require changes to America’s...
Book cover of Harvard Classics Volume 51
by Robert Matteson Johnston, Golden Deer Classics, William Scott Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017

Volume 51 contains a total of 60 lectures covering 12 topics: History Poetry Natural Science Philosophy Biography Prose Fiction Criticism and the Essay Education Political Science Drama Voyages and Travels Religion
Book cover of The Foreign Missionary Enterprise at Home

The Foreign Missionary Enterprise at Home

Explorations in North American Cultural History

by Scott Flipse, Daniel H Bays, William Lawrence Svelmoe
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010

This volume is the first to examine at length and in detail the impact of the missionary experience on American cultural, political, and religious history. This collection of 15 essays provides a fully developed account of the domestic significance of foreign missions from the 19th century...
Book cover of At War

At War

The Military and American Culture in the Twentieth Century and Beyond

by David Kieran, Edwin A. Martini, Sahr Conway-Lanz
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018

The country’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its interventions around the world, and its global military presence make war, the military, and militarism defining features of contemporary American life. The armed services and the wars they fight shape all aspects of life—from the formation of racial...
Book cover of Box Set - The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volumes 1 to 7 (100+ authors & 200+ stories)
by Leonid Andreyev, Cynthia Asquith, E. F. Benson
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2018

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. This box set includes all the seven volumes of the collection.
Book cover of The Philosophy of Documentary Film
by Diana Allan, Rick Altman, Ariella Azoulay
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016

The spirit that founded the volume and guided its development is radically inter- and transdisciplinary. Dispatches have arrived from anthropology, communications, English, film studies (including theory, history, criticism), literary studies (including theory, history, criticism), media and screen...
Book cover of Auf Hochtouren
by Lars Eighner, R. S. Thomas, Matthew Rettenmund
Language: German
Release Date: May 2, 2017

Zwölf schwule Sex-Geschichten rund ums Reisen - jede ein echt heißer Trip! Irgendetwas am Reisen ist verdammt sexy. Es macht Spaß, alles Alltägliche und Gewöhnliche im Leben hinter sich zu lassen, und sei es nur für ein paar Tage im Urlaub. Die hier gesammelten Geschichten spielen rund um den...
Book cover of Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia
by Dr. Ian G. Baird, Corey L. Bell, Dr. Stephen C. Berkwitz
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...
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