A A Jason: 146 books
Tales of Gilarn
Book 3
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
Arcel goes to war with a neighboring country, with Gilarn again fighting beside the Safehaven legions against the neighboring country. And there are the mercenaries that the country had hired who turn on them as well as continue to fight Arcel. This is on top of the blue eagle moving to Safehaven...
Tales of Gilarn
Book 2
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Gilarn, along with Zoe, begins hunting a criminal. But when that criminal goes to another planet, Zoe returns home, and Gilarn is joined by another Tigras by the name of Malcolm. With them following the criminal to a world in the early years of the Industrial Era (so no electricity), they also get...
Tales of Gilarn
Book 1
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
Gilarn is a seven-foot-tall Tigras (a feline race) with blue fur and white stripes. He is a swordsman wizard. Along with his two siblings Zoe and Peter, both swordsmen with orange fur and black stripes; Lazena, an Elven female swordsman wizard; and Alton, a male dwarf who is an explosives expert,...
Repentace at Qumran
The Penitential Framework of Religious Experience in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Mark A. Jason offers a detailed investigation of the place of repentance in the Dead Sea Scrolls, addressing a significant lacuna in Qumran scholarship. Normally, when the belief system of the community is examined, “repentance” is usually taken for granted or relegated to a peripheral position....
by Jason T. Eberl, George A. Dunn, George A. Dunn
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
As a director, writer, and producer, Christopher Nolan has substantially impacted contemporary cinema through avant garde films, such as Following and Memento, and his contribution to wider pop culture with his Dark Knight trilogy. His latest film, Interstellar, delivered the same visual qualities...
by Dana C. Kabel, Patricia Abbott, Charles Ardai
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2018
From a host of bestselling and award-winning authors come the stories from the darkest corners of their imaginations featuring one of the most abhorrent acts of mankind; cannibalism!
Throughout history, human beings have feasted on human flesh. Whether it was to survive starvation or to horrify...
Beyond Bibliometrics
Harnessing Multidimensional Indicators of Scholarly Impact
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
A comprehensive, state-of-the-art examination of the changing ways we measure scholarly performance and research impact.
Bibliometrics has moved well beyond the mere tracking of bibliographic citations. The web enables new ways to measure scholarly productivity and impact, making available...
Contemporary Issues in Victimology
Identifying Patterns and Trends
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Contemporary Issues in Victimology: Identifying Patterns and Trends examines current topics in victimology and explores the main issues surrounding them. Key topics include: intimate partner violence and dating violence, rape and sexual assault on the college campus, Internet victimization, elder...
by James A. Whittaker, Jason Arbon, Jeff Carollo
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
2012 Jolt Award finalist!
Pioneering the Future of Software Test
Do you need to get it right, too? Then, learn from Google*.* Legendary testing expert James Whittaker, until recently a Google testing leader, and two top Google experts reveal exactly how Google...
by David Baggett, Joseph J. Foy, S. Evan Kreider
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Every generation produces a counterculture icon. Joss Whedon, creator of the long-running television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is famed for his subversive wit, rich characters, and extraordinary plotlines. His renown has only grown with subsequent creations, including Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse,...
Are We Born Racist?
New Insights from Neuroscience and Positive Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010
Where do our prejudices come from? Why are some people more biased than others? Is it possible for individuals, and society as a whole, to truly defeat prejudice? In these pages, leading scientists, psychologists, educators, activists, and many others offer answers, drawing from new scientific discoveries...
Mediated Images of the South
The Portrayal of Dixie in Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Mediated Images of the South: The Portrayal of Dixie in Popular Culture, edited by Alison F. Slade, Dedria Givens-Carroll and Amber J. Narro, is an anthology that explores the impact of the image of the Southerner within mass communication and popular culture. The contributors offer a contemporary...
Rescued Lives
The Oxford House Approach to Substance Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
An effective treatment to help those with addictions
Victims of drug addiction, chronic illness, and mental illness all too often are overwhelmed with the affliction called hopelessness. Oxford Houses succeed because their substance abuse treatment approach instills the most powerful medicine—hope...
The Post-9/11 Video Game
A Critical Examination
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
This critical study of video games since 9/11 shows how a distinct genre emerged following the terrorist attacks and their aftermath. Comparisons of pre and post–9/11 titles of popular game franchises—Call of Duty, Battlefield, Medal of Honor, Grand Theft Auto and Syphon Filter—reveal reshaped...