Ball: 664 books
Called by Stories
Biblical Sagas and Their Challenge for Law
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Distinguished legal scholar and Presbyterian minister Milner S. Ball examines great sagas and tales from the Bible for the light they shed on the practice of law and on the meaning of a life lived in the legal profession. Scholars and laypersons alike typically think of the law as a discipline dominated...
Certain Details
The Poetry of Nelson Ball
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Nelson Ball has had a significant impact on contemporary Canadian poetry not only as a poet but as an editor, with his Weed/Flower Press in the 1960s and 70s. Certain Details provides a major overview of the breadth and many paths of Ball’s poetry over six decades. This selection of his work includes...
Serving the Reich
The Struggle for the Soul of Physics under Hitler
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
After World War II, most scientists in Germany maintained that they had been apolitical or actively resisted the Nazi regime, but the true story is much more complicated. In Serving the Reich, Philip Ball takes a fresh look at that controversial history, contrasting the career of Peter Debye, director...
Curiosity
How Science Became Interested in Everything
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
With the recent landing of the Mars rover Curiosity, it seems safe to assume that the idea of being curious is alive and well in modern science—that it’s not merely encouraged but is seen as an essential component of the scientific mission. Yet there was a time when curiosity was condemned. Neither...
Treating the Public
Charitable Theater and Civic Health in the Early Modern Atlantic World
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
In Treating the Public, Rachael Ball presents a comparative history of commercial theater, public opinion, and charitable organizations in eight cities across the Spanish and Anglo-Atlantic worlds during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This innovative study uncovers the rapid expansion of...
by John Ball
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
3 works of John Ball English Lollard priest who took a prominent part in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 (1338-1381)
This ebook presents a collection of 3 works of John Ball. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.
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No More Laughing at the Deaf Boy
A Technological Adventure between Silicon Valley and the Alps
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
Hearing loss affects countless millions of people, yet few sufferers even seek help, let alone try to find a cure. This is the story of a man who took on that daunting task and ultimately invented the world's most successful middle ear implant. Geoffrey Ball's adventure in technology began in the legendary...
Silence Once Begun
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
From the celebrated author of The Curfew (“A spare masterwork of dystopian fiction” —The New York Times Book Review), Jesse Ball’s Silence Once Begun is an astonishing novel of unjust conviction, lost love, and a journalist’s obsession.
Over the course of several months, eight people...
Die wichtigsten Werke von Hugo Ball
Ein geistlich Liederbuch für Emmy + Eröffnungs-Manifest, 1. Dada-Abend + Simultan Krippenspiel + Gedichte: Ein und kein Frühlingsgedicht und 45 weitere Gedichte
Language: German
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Diese Ausgabe der Werke von Ball wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfältig formatiert. Dieses eBook ist mit interaktiven Inhalt und Begleitinformationen versehen, einfach zu navigieren und gut gegliedert. Hugo Ball (1886/1927) war ein deutscher Autor und Biograf. Außerdem war er...
War Torn
My World in Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
John Balls road to self-discovery took a dangerous turn when he was recruited to serve in a top secret squadron in Thailand during the Vietnam War. In his memoir, War Torn, Ball recalls his time as a young naval officer and pilot, when he chose to create his own path in light of the social and political...
Living Well, Running Hard
Lessons Learned from Living with Parkinson’S Disease
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
In 1983, John Ball was almost at a midpoint in his lifea time to assess the first half before he carried on with the second. It was then that he had to deal with the diagnosis of Parkinsons disease, just before he turned forty years old. In this memoir, Ball narrates his story of how he has lived...
by Peter M. Ball
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
If you love your fiction weird, heartbreaking, and unforgettable, take this opportunity to introduce yourself to the short stories of Peter M. Ball.
This debut collection of fantasy tales will take you on strange and wonderful journeys that contrast the sublime and the everyday, introducing...
Invisible
The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
If offered the chance—by cloak, spell, or superpower—to be invisible, who wouldn’t want to give it a try? We are drawn to the idea of stealthy voyeurism and the ability to conceal our own acts, but as desirable as it may seem, invisibility is also dangerous. It is not just an optical phenomenon,...
by Stephen J. Ball
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Foucault, Power, and Education invites internationally renowned scholar Stephen J. Ball to reflect on the importance and influence of Foucault on his work in educational policy. By focusing on some of the ways Foucault has been placed in relation to educational questions or questions about education,...