David Montgomery: 31 books
King of Fish
The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
The salmon that symbolize the Pacific Northwest's natural splendor are now threatened with extinction across much of their ancestral range. In studying the natural and human forces that shape the rivers and mountains of that region, geologist David Montgomery has learned to see the evolution and near-extinction...
Loving to Heal
Easing the Way to Wellness
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Loving to heal is better than fighting to fix.David Montgomery
Reading David Montgomery's Loving to Heal is like floating down a cool, gently flowing stream on a warm day: I felt buoyant, supported, exhilarated, and refreshed. His blend of medical science and spiritual wisdom leads to altered...
Unfinished History:
A New Account of Franz Schubert's B Minor Symphony
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
This study addresses a long-standing mythology concerning the "Unfinished" Symphony and reviews anachronistic performance practices that prevent listeners from experiencing the work as a product of its own time. David Montgomery’s Unfinished History challenges the traditional story of Franz Schubert’s...
by David Montgomery
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
"The era of Reconstruction was short-lived but rife with historically significant activity. The central political issues of the day, according to the author, were the future integrity of the Union, and the future status of the newly emancipated Negroes. His purpose here is to use the labor question...
Natural Gas Markets After Deregulation
Methods of Analysis and Research Needs
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Originally published in 1983, Broadman and Montgomery present an agenda for further research into deregulated natural gas markets by relating natural gas production, transmission and distribution with the economic function of contracts and local distribution companies. This work raises fundamental...
The Fall of the House of Labor
The Workplace, the State, and American Labor Activism, 1865–1925
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 1987
This book studies the changing ways in which American industrial workers mobilised concerted action in their own interests between the abolition of slavery and the end of open immigration from Europe and Asia. Sustained class conflict between 1916 and 1922 reshaped governmental and business policies,...
Native American Crafts and Skills
A Fully Illustrated Guide To Wilderness Living And Survival
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
This book is geared toward all ages and gives step-by-step instructions on scores of crafts and outdoor skills cultivated by various Native American tribes over the centuries. In the spirit of “creativity kits,” this book outlines the history and purpose of the activity and then shows how to replicate...
Household Accounts
Working-Class Family Economies in the Interwar United States
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
With unprecedented subtlety, compassion and richness of detail, Susan Porter Benson takes readers into the budgets and the lives of working-class families in the United States between the two world wars. Focusing on families from regions across America and of differing races and ethnicities, she argues...
Mountainman Crafts & Skills
A Fully Illustrated Guide To Wilderness Living And Survival
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Filled with valuable information for hobbyists, survival enthusiasts, family campers - and everyone who enjoys outdoor life, Mountainman Crafts and Skills is the essential illustrated guide to wilderness living and survival. How to make your own clothing, shelter, and equipment are all covered in...
by Douglas R. Bohi, W. David Montgomery
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
This book, first published in 1982, takes the interaction between the domestic economy and the international trade in oil and, through the use of a consistent microeconomic framework, examines the conditions under which energy and related policies may or may not improve the performance of the U.S....
Traditional Skills of the Mountain Men
A Fully Illustrated Guide To Wilderness Living And Survival
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2019
Filled with valuable information for hobbyists, survival enthusiasts, family campers - and everyone who enjoys outdoor life, Traditional Skills of the Mountain Men is the essential illustrated guide to wilderness living and survival. How to make your own clothing, shelter, and equipment are all covered...
by David Herbert Lawrence, Mary Shelley, Marcel Proust
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature.
Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML)
The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected...
Practicing Islam
Knowledge, Experience, and Social Navigation in Kyrgyzstan
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
David W. Montgomery presents a rich ethnographic study on the practice and meaning of Islamic life in Kyrgyzstan. As he shows, becoming and being a Muslim are based on knowledge acquired from the surrounding environment, enabled through the practice of doing. Through these acts, Islam is imbued in...
by David J. Montgomery
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2018
**Prepare for edge-of-your-seat suspense in this Thriller Short.
Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009),
edited by #1** New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.
In this Thriller Short, David J. Montgomery, who usually makes a living by critiquing books, turns writer with a...