David Smith: 396 books
Grido di guerra
Il ciclo dei Courteney d'Africa
Language: Italian
Release Date: August 27, 2018
Autunno 1938. Dopo un breve periodo di pace incostante, il mondo intero è nuovamente di fronte all’abisso di un sanguinoso conflitto. Ma il cuore di Saffron Courteney è in tumulto per la guerra non meno devastante esplosa dentro di sé.
Cresciuta nel Kenya coloniale degli anni ’20 sotto...
Sitting Pretty
The Life and Times of Clifton Webb
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
More than any other male movie star, the refined Clifton Webb (1889-1966) caused the movie-going public to change its image of a leading man. In a day when leading men were supposed to be strong, virile, and brave, Clifton Webb projected an image of flip, acerbic arrogance. He was able to play everything...
Networks of Music and Culture in the Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries
A Collection of Essays in Celebration of Peter Philips’s 450th Anniversary
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Peter Philips (c.1560-1628) was an English organist, composer, priest and spy. He was embroiled in multifarious intersecting musical, social, religious and political networks linking him with some of the key international players in these spheres. Despite the undeniable quality of his music, Philips...
by David Ray Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2013
Troop train wreck that occurred July 6, 1944 in the Jellico Narrows. One of the 25 worst train wrecks in the nation. Young soldiers were just going to war when the awful wreck killed 34 and injured over 100 of the new recruits
by Andrew Lefebvre, Daniel M. Masterson, Graeme Mount
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
The first full-length study of World War II from the Latin American perspective, this unique volume offers an in-depth analysis of the region during wartime. Each country responded to World War II according to its own national interests, which often conflicted with those of the Allies, including the...
The Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency
Strategic Problems, Puzzles, and Paradoxes
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
The counterinsurgency (COIN) paradigm dominates military and political conduct in contemporary Western strategic thought. It assumes future wars will unfold as "low intensity" conflicts within rather than between states, requiring specialized military training and techniques. COIN is understood...
The Price of Valor
The Life of Audie Murphy, America's Most Decorated Hero of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
When he was seventeen years old, Audie Murphy falsified his birth records so he could enlist in the Army and help defeat the Nazis. When he was nineteen, he single-handedly turned back the German Army at the Battle of Colmar Pocket by climbing on top of a tank with a machine gun, a moment immortalized...
Decision in the Atlantic
The Allies and the Longest Campaign of the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest campaign of the Second World War. This volume highlights the scale and complexity of this bitterly contested campaign, one that encompassed far more than just attacks by German U-boats on Allied shipping.
The team of leading scholars assembled in this...
The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Understanding Lisbeth Salander and Stieg Larssons Millennium Trilogy
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Lisbeth Salander, heroine of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels, is one of the most compelling, complex characters of our time. Is she an avenging angel? A dangerous outlaw? What makes Salander tick, and why is our response to her-and to Larsson’s Millennium trilogy-so...
Approaching Psychoanalysis
An Introductory Course
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
This book provides the scope and complexity of Freud's contributions and emphasizes the wide proliferation of the Lacanian approach. It describes psychoanalytical theories, and is helpful for the readers as a stimulus to independent investigation and critical thought.
A World Engraved
Archaeology of the Swift Creek Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
This major summary of the current state of archaeological research on the Swift Creek culture is the first comprehensive collection ever published concerning the Swift Creek people.
The Swift Creek people, centered in Georgia and surrounding states from A.D. 100 to 700, are best known from...
Practical Body MRI
Protocols, Applications and Image Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Practical Body MRI: Protocols, Applications and Image Interpretation demystifies MRI examinations of the abdomen and pelvis, giving the essential knowledge required by radiologists in order to develop and select appropriate protocols, assess scan quality and interpret imaging studies. Each chapter...
Bold They Rise
The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972-1986
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
After the Apollo program put twelve men on the moon and safely brought them home, anything seemed possible. In this spirit, the team at NASA set about developing the Space Shuttle, arguably the most complex piece of machinery ever created. The world’s first reusable spacecraft, it launched like...
The Silicone Breast Implant Story
Communication and Uncertainty
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
This volume examines one health issue -- breast implants -- across a series of contexts often thought to be separate -- media coverage, doctor-patient interaction, doctor-doctor professional communication, support group dialogues, public relations campaigns, and more. In so doing, it provides a narrative...