Jason Mark: 49 books
Satellites in the High Country
Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
In Satellites in the High Country, journalist and adventurer Jason Mark travels beyond the bright lights and certainties of our cities to seek wildness wherever it survives. In California's Point Reyes National Seashore, a battle over oyster farming and designated wilderness pits former allies against...
Building the Green Economy
Success Stories from the Grassroots
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
After centuries of economic activity based on extraction, exploitation, and depletion, we now face undeniable environmental threats. New business models that save or restore natural resources are critical. But how can we translate that insight into more sustainable practices?
*Building the...
Insurrection
Citizen Challenges to Corporate Power
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2003
From uncovering major retailers' links to sweatshop abuses and revealing the deception of American tobacco companies, to questioning corporations' ties to repressive dictators, shaming food processors into selling dolphin-safe tuna and demanding that businesses stop destroying old growth forests, citizens have become far more aggressive in directly
Island of Fire
The Battle for the Barrikady Gun Factory in Stalingrad
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Stalingrad was one of the largest, bloodiest, and most famous battles in history as well as one of the major turning points of World War II. For four winter months during the battle, German and Soviet forces fought over a single factory inside the city of Stalingrad. Lavishly illustrated with photos...
by Kealan Patrick Burke, Adam Light, Evans Light
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2018
Buckle up for a journey into Halloween eternal. OVER 700 PAGES OF HORROR!
"Brutal, humorous and utterly terrifying." —Allan Leverone, NY Times and USA Today bestselling author
This special collection contains all three volumes of the highly rated Bad Apples: Halloween Horror...
Repentace at Qumran
The Penitential Framework of Religious Experience in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Mark A. Jason offers a detailed investigation of the place of repentance in the Dead Sea Scrolls, addressing a significant lacuna in Qumran scholarship. Normally, when the belief system of the community is examined, “repentance” is usually taken for granted or relegated to a peripheral position....
The Reputation Society
How Online Opinions Are Reshaping the Offline World
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Experts discuss the benefits and risks of online reputation systems.
In making decisions, we often seek advice. Online, we check Amazon recommendations, eBay vendors' histories, TripAdvisor ratings, and even our elected representatives' voting records. These online reputation systems serve...
by Fred H. Cate, Katie Shilton, Simon DeDeo
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Perspectives on the varied challenges posed by big data for health, science, law, commerce, and politics.
Big data is ubiquitous but heterogeneous. Big data can be used to tally clicks and traffic on web pages, find patterns in stock trades, track consumer preferences, identify linguistic correlations...
The Moral Brain
A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
An overview of the latest interdisciplinary research on human morality, capturing moral sensibility as a sophisticated integration of cognitive, emotional, and motivational mechanisms.
Over the past decade, an explosion of empirical research in a variety of fields has allowed us to understand...
Higher-Order Perl
Transforming Programs with Programs
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2005
Most Perl programmers were originally trained as C and Unix programmers, so the Perl programs that they write bear a strong resemblance to C programs. However, Perl incorporates many features that have their roots in other languages such as Lisp. These advanced features are not well understood and...
At The Helm: Volume 2: A Sci-Fi Bridge Anthology
At The Helm, #2
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
Interstellar journeys. Epic battles. Artificial Intelligence's longing for meaning. Life as we know it, ending...
Sci-Fi Bridge is thrilled to present its second collection from bestselling authors and newly emerging writers. These stories span the near and far future. They transport you...
Foundations in Music Psychology
Theory and Research
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
A state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research in music psychology, written by leaders in the field.
This authoritative, landmark volume offers a comprehensive state-of-the-art overview of the latest theory and research in music perception and cognition. Eminent scholars from...
Masters of Midnight
In Darkness, Delight, #1
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2019
Midnight strikes like an invocation, clock hands joining in prayer to the darkness. After the twelfth chime, there's no escaping the nightmare.
Fear reigns supreme.
In Darkness, Delight is an original anthology series revealing the many faces of modern horror- shocking and quiet, pulp and...
Beyond Bibliometrics
Harnessing Multidimensional Indicators of Scholarly Impact
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
A comprehensive, state-of-the-art examination of the changing ways we measure scholarly performance and research impact.
Bibliometrics has moved well beyond the mere tracking of bibliographic citations. The web enables new ways to measure scholarly productivity and impact, making available...