John Christopher: 313 books
Much Ado about Culture
North American Trade Disputes
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2009
In Canada, the audio-visual and print industries are referred to as the cultural industries, whereas the United States calls them the entertainment industries. These language distinctions are accompanied by different domestic policies and political discourses. The United States has relatively open...
First Came Fear
New Takes of Horror
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2018
Emerging as the dark side of Romanticism, horror is one of literature’s oldest genres. Its history is so diverse it’s sometimes difficult to define. Are moody stories about ghosts and vampires related to gory tales of beasts and zombies? And what about the more realistic terrors of murderous rogues...
Intelligence and the National Security Strategist
Enduring Issues and Challenges
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,...
by Christopher Bamford, John Eriugena
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
John Scotus Eriugena was born and raised in Ireland during the early ninth century. Neither monk nor priest but a "holy sage," he carried to France the flower of Celtic Christianity. His homily, The Voice of the Eagle, is a jewel of lyrical mysticism, theology, and cosmology, containing the essence of...
by Kenneth L. Deutsch, John A. Murley, George Anastaplo
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1999
Responding to volatile criticisms frequently leveled at Leo Strauss and those he influenced, the prominent contributors to this volume demonstrate the profound influence that Strauss and his students have exerted on American liberal democracy and contemporary political thought. By stressing the enduring...
by John Carpenter, Christopher Sebela
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015
What's to Love: "I thought you were dead." "Call me Plissken!" We could seriously quote John Carpenter's gritty cult classic all day. Expanding Carpenter's world of Big Trouble in Little China in comics has been a dream, and now we're diving into the war-torn "future"...
Dead Man's Hand
Crime Fiction at the Poker Table
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2007
Hit the jackpot with stories from Michael Connelly, Laura Lippman, Walter Mosley, Alexander McCall Smith, and more superstars of mystery.
In “One Dollar Jackpot,” Michael Connelly’s curmudgeonly Harry Bosch finds himself going toe-to-toe with a professional poker player. Jeffery Deaver...
The Haywire Heart
How too much exercise can kill you, and what you can do to protect your heart
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
· Lennard Zinn is a household name among serious cyclists.
· Dr. John Mandrola is a cardiac electrophysiologist and an active cyclist with an athlete’s heart condition.
· Dozens of professional cyclists and triathletes have retired prematurely in recent years because of athlete’s...
by George Alecusan, John E. Alvis, Donald R. Brand
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists,...
Think in Public
A Public Books Reader
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
Since 2012, Public Books has championed a new kind of community for intellectual engagement, discussion, and action. An online magazine that unites the best of the university with the openness of the internet, Public Books is where new ideas are debuted, old facts revived, and dangerous illusions...
America's National Security Architecture
Rebuilding the Foundation
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
In August 2016, the Aspen Strategy Group examined how to reform America’s national security decision-making process. The papers in this volume provide practical solutions to repair the key functions of Washington’s executive departments, agencies, and advisory bodies responsible for shaping U.S. foreign policy and national security.
EASY MONEY and the American Real Estate Ponzi Scheme
From your pocket to theirs, the insiders' view of the Great Housing Recession, and how it's happening again.
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2016
Politicians, bureaucrats, home buyers and housing activists are at it again. History is repeating itself right in front of us, and if we do nothing to stop the volatility in real estate markets, we risk the impending doom of the next housing collapse. Industry experts John Agostinelli and Chris Michaud...
Presidential Transitions
It's Not Just the Position, It's the Transition
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
A presidential transition has a major impact on the life of an institution. Hundreds of presidential transitions take place annually, and when they are not amicable and carefully orchestrated, they can scar both the institution and the president. Sanaghan, Goldstein, and Gaval estimate that more than...
Sustainability in Higher Education
Stories and Strategies for Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
Campus leaders describe how community colleges, publicly funded universities, and private liberal arts colleges across America are integrating sustainability into curriculum, policies, and programs.
In colleges and universities across the United States, students, faculty, and staff are forging...