Charles Williams: 106 books

Book cover of The Crash of TWA Flight 260
by Charles M. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010

This moment-by-moment account of a major airplane crash on a beautiful and treacherous mountainside puts the reader at the pilot's side, describing the flight, its catastrophic ending, and the aftermath.At 7:05 a.m. on February 19, 1955, TWA Flight 260 took off from the Albuquerque airport...
Book cover of My Forty Years with Ford
by Charles E. Sorensen, Samuel T. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2006

An unflinching eyewitness account of the Ford story as told by one of Henry Ford’s closest associates.
Book cover of Along the Allegheny River

Along the Allegheny River

The Northern Watershed

by Charles E. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2006

The Allegheny River, of western Pennsylvania and New York, flows through a region rich in natural resources and human history. While the river is 320 miles long, the northern watershed district originates in Potter County, Pennsylvania, and joins the Clarion River near Parker, Pennsylvania. Along the...
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 Assessing the Implications of Allowing Transgender Personnel to Serve Openly
by Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Radha Iyengar, Srikanth Kadiyala
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016

The U.S. Department of Defense is considering a change in policy to allow transgender military personnel to serve openly. A RAND study examined the health care needs of transgender personnel, the costs of gender transition–related care, and the potential readiness implications of a policy change....
Book cover of Along the Allegheny River

Along the Allegheny River

The Southern Watershed

by Charles E. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2006

The Allegheny River of western Pennsylvania and New York rises in Potter County, Pennsylvania, and flows 320 miles to its confluence with the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh. The Allegheny�s southern watershed district begins in East Brady, Pennsylvania, and ends in Pittsburgh, and it includes the...
Book cover of Western Pennsylvania's Oil Heritage
by Charles E. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2008

The discovery of oil flowing from a well in the wilds of northwestern Pennsylvania shook the modern world in 1859. Refined as kerosene for lamps, a lubricant for home and industrial needs, and ultimately as a fuel for transportation in the form of gasoline, oil literally changed the world and defined...
Book cover of Bach
by Charles Francis Abdy Williams
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

The position of Johann Sebastian Bach as one of a numerous family of musicians is unique. Of no other composer can it be said that his forefathers, contemporary relations, and descendants were all musicians, and not only musicians, but holders of very important offices as such. All his biographers have...
Book cover of Collaborative Resilience

Collaborative Resilience

Moving Through Crisis to Opportunity

by Connie Ozawa, Moira Zellner, Charles J. Hoch
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011

Case studies and analyses investigate how collaborative response to crisis can enhance social-ecological resilience and promote community reinvention. Crisis—whether natural disaster, technological failure, economic collapse, or shocking acts of violence—can offer opportunities for collaboration,...
Book cover of Intelligence and the National Security Strategist

Intelligence and the National Security Strategist

Enduring Issues and Challenges

by Matthew M. Aid, Christopher M. Andrew, Michael R. Bromwich
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2005

Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges presents students with a useful anthology of published articles from diverse sources as well as original contributions to the study of intelligence. The collection includes classic perspectives from the history of warfare,...
Book cover of The Uses of Psychoanalysis in Working with Children's Emotional Lives
by Devra B. Adelstein, Ann Alaoglu, E. James Anthony
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013

This volume offers very specific illustrations of psychoanalytic ways of thinking and working in both clinical and pedagogical contexts with children. It is designed for professionals who work with infants, children, and adolescents, and who are seeking modes of working that respects emotions, that...
Book cover of The Applied Anthropology of Obesity

The Applied Anthropology of Obesity

Prevention, Intervention, and Identity

by Chad T. Morris, Jose B. Rosales Chavez, Zuhra Malik
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015

The increasing global prevalence of obesity and nutrition-based non-communicable disease has many causes, including food availability; social norms as evidenced in local foodways; genetic predisposition; economic circumstance; cultural variation in norms surrounding body composition; and policies...
Book cover of Along the Bucktail Highway
by Charles E. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2008

The Bucktail Highway, Pennsylvania Route 120, traverses over 100 miles of the commonwealth�s historic northern tier, linking Ridgway in the west with Lock Haven in the east. The Bucktail Highway crosses the eastern continental divide east of St. Marys and closely follows the picturesque, deep valleys...
Book cover of Understanding Scripture

Understanding Scripture

An Overview of the Bible's Origin, Reliability, and Meaning

by R. Kent Hughes, Peter J. Gentry, Leland Ryken
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012

Originally featured as articles in the ESV Study Bible, these eighteen essays have been repurposed and republished in a convenient format. Covering a diverse range of essential subjects, including how to read the Bible well and why it is reliable, the essays delve into specific topics such as world...
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