List 1 of books by David Robertson

The Original Compromise

What the Constitution's Framers Were Really Thinking

by David Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012

The eighty-five famous essays by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay--known collectively as the Federalist Papers--comprise the lens through which we typically view the ideas behind the U.S. Constitution. But we are wrong to do so, writes David Brian Robertson, if we really want to know what the Founders were...

Hard as the Rock Itself

Place and Identity in the American Mining Town

by David Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2010

The first intensive analysis of sense of place in American mining towns, Hard as the Rock Itself: Place and Identity in the American Mining Town provides rare insight into the struggles and rewards of life in these communities. David Robertson contends that these communities - often characterized...

Collaborative Ministry: What it is, How it Works and Why

by David Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2013

'Collaborative Ministry' has become a ‘buzz phrase’ in the church, following on from phrases such as ‘every member ministry’ and ‘the priesthood of all believers’. It is referred to by those who speak and write about leadership, the Church and outreach, but what exactly does...

The Power of Little Ideas

A Low-Risk, High-Reward Approach to Innovation

by David Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017

Conventional wisdom today says that to survive, companies must move beyond incremental, sustaining innovation and invest in some form of radical innovation. "Disrupt yourself or be disrupted!" is the relentless message company leaders hear. The Power of Little Ideas argues there's a "third...

W. C. Handy

The Life and Times of the Man Who Made the Blues

by David Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011

Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 David Robertson charts W. C. Handy’s rise from a rural-Alabama childhood in the last decades of the nineteenth century to his emergence as one of the most celebrated songwriters of the twentieth century. The child of former...

Marriage: Restoring Our Vision

by David Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013

First published by BRF (2005), this book aims to restore our vision of God’s created purpose for marriage. It allows the Bible to shed light on both our inherited cultural values and our contemporary Christian assumptions. Linking with the vows in the Marriage Service, it examines biblical principles...

Enterprise Architecture As Strategy

Creating a Foundation for Business Execution

by Peter Weill, David Robertson, Jeanne W. Ross
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2006

Does it seem you’ve formulated a rock-solid strategy, yet your firm still can’t get ahead? If so, construct a solid foundation for business execution-an IT infrastructure and digitized business processes to automate your company’s core capabilities. In Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating...

Word and Meaning in Ancient Alexandria

Theories of Language from Philo to Plotinus

by David Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016

During the late Hellenistic and early Imperial periods (B.C. 50 - A.D. 300), important developments may be traced in the philosophy of language and its relationship to mind. This book examines theories of language in the work of theologians and philosophers linked to Ancient Alexandria. The growth...

Brick by Brick

How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry

by David Robertson, Bill Breen
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013

Sometimes radical yet always applicable, Brick by Brick abounds with real-world lessons for unleashing breakthrough innovation in your organization, using LEGO--which experienced one of the most remarkable business transformations in recent history--as a business model. As LEGO failed to keep...

A Dictionary of Human Rights

by David Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2004

This reference work reflects the growing international concern over human rights. It provides explanations of the terminology, issues, organizations and laws surrounding this emotive subject. A Dictionary of Human Rights features: * over 200 clear and concise mini-essays * alphabetical arrangement...

Bertie's Quest for the Perfect Pearl

by David Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013

Bertie Brundle is a very rich man. He has everything anyone could want – but his special passion is his collection of costly pearls, and when he discovers the Lost Pearl of Kullimoor in a junk shop, his life is turned upside down... Bertie’s Quest for the perfect pearl is a children’s...

Uneasy Partners

Multiculturalism and Rights in Canada

by Janice Stein, David Robertson Cameron, John Ibbitson
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009

After decades of extraordinary successes as a multicultural society, new debates are bubbling to the surface in Canada. The contributors to this volume examine the conflict between equality rights, as embedded in the Charter, and multiculturalism as policy and practice, and ask which charter value...

The Routledge Dictionary of Politics

by David Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004

This dictionary is the essential guide to politics, its terminologies, ideologies and institutions. Providing authoritative and up-to-date information that is invaluable to both students and general readers, it includes: well over 500 extensive definitions an understanding of the basics of...