Mark Anderson: 90 books

Leverage your Oracle DBA skills on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration for Oracle DBAs shows you how to use your experience as an Oracle DBA to get up to speed quickly on the Microsoft SQL Server platform. Authors with real-world expertise in both Oracle and SQL Server...

For more than a century readers have found Herman Melville’s writing rich with philosophical ideas, yet there has been relatively little written about what, exactly, is philosophically significant about his work and why philosophers are so attracted to Melville in particular. This volume addresses...

The University of Northern Colorado began in 1889 as the Colorado State Normal School, an institution dedicated to training the state�s teachers. Over the next century the institution grew from a relatively small normal school into an acclaimed state university with several nationally recognized graduate...

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Moby-Dick as Philosophy is at base a chapter-by-chapter commentary on Herman Melville’s masterwork, Moby-Dick. The commentary form of the book subserves a higher end, the presentation of an ideal of the type philosopher. Superimposing portraits of Plato, Melville, and Nietzsche—the thinkers themselves,...

We all grown with the image of happily ever after marriage Everything is beautiful and no problem that can't be solved with magic or true love Sadly that is not the case in real life The reality is divorce rates all across the globe have been rising rapidly Divorce can hit any couple at any age We don't...

The concept of water skiing can be expanded to skiing over almost any surface. We could even say there have arisen several offshoots that have taken water ski as its core derivative. These days, kids take to trampoline like a fish takes to water. It is so natural for them to associate themselves with...

Dia·mytho·log·õmen: the first person plural present subjunctive active form of an ancient Greek verb meaning 'to converse,' or, more literally, 'to tell stories,' and more literally still, 'to speak about by way of myth.' Adapted from Plato’s Phaedo (70b6), the word functions here as a hortatory...

The Westerners is the comical saga of Sterling Silver. He is a hero-wannabe type of character who is a legend in his own mind. His wife is an ex-DEA agent who has been converted to Christianity and now is the music director in the local Baptist church. He is a hunter safety instructor, hunter and...

Thinking Life is a narrative exploration of such themes as the decline of the contemporary university, man's alienation from nature, modern melancholia, Dionysian intoxication, the relative value of knowledge, truth, and artistry in the life of the philosopher, and the creative construction of self....

Miracles, signs and wonders happen today! Countless people the world over testify to Gods miraculous power and intervention in their lives. While personal testimony is inspiring to many, for others, its simply not sufficient. Cessationism says that the supernatural gifts of the Spirit ceased when...

Pure: Modernity, Philosophy, and the One is an experimental work of philosophy in which the author aspires to think his way back to a "premodern" worldview derived from the philosophical tradition of Platonism. To this end he attempts to identify and elucidate the fundamental intellectual assumptions...

The cold, stygian dark of the extreme sea depths is home to some of our planet’s strangest creatures. Even their names evoke a science fiction adventure: dragonfishes, greeneyes, viperfishes, mirrorbellies, lanternfishes. Marine biologist Henry “Hank” Compton (1928–2005) of the Texas Parks...

This book is the beginning of a conversation that has been delayed too long and a guide to helping get our society on the track to future prosperity. In reading this you will better understand our world from an economic, social, and historical perspective and be able to help move us toward solutions to our present problems.