Michael James: 446 books
by Scott Schang, Leila B. Azari, Nicholas Bianco
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Few if any people think the Clean Air Act is the optimal legislative solution to climate change; but it is a powerful tool that is being used sometimes despite the prevailing political will. To address this reality, this volume calls on the best writing from the most often-cited environmental law journal...
Rebuilding the Ark
New Perspectives on Endangered Species Act Reform
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) may be the most powerful environmental law in the United States. Enacted in 1973, the ESA prohibits any actions that may cause harm to endangered plants and animals or the ecosystems upon which they depend. But although more than 1,200 species are protected under the...
Literature among the Ruins, 1945–1955
Postwar Japanese Literary Criticism
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
In the wake of the disaster of 1945—as Japan was forced to remake itself from “empire” to “nation” in the face of an uncertain global situation—literature and literary criticism emerged as highly contested sites. Today, this remarkable period holds rich potential for opening new dialogue...
Paleomagnetism
Continents and Oceans
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 1999
Paleomagnetism is the study of the fossil magnetism in rocks. It has been paramount in determining that the continents have drifted over the surface of the Earth throughout geological time. The fossil magnetism preserved in the ocean floor has demonstrated how continental drift takes place through...
Botnets
The Killer Web Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
The book begins with real world cases of botnet attacks to underscore the need for action. Next the book will explain botnet fundamentals using real world examples. These chapters will cover what they are, how they operate, and the environment and technology that makes them possible. The following...
by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Lauren Stillwell era convinta di saper riconoscere una bugia. Si sbagliava. Lei, una tra le migliori detective di New York, non ha mai sospettato che il suo matrimonio fosse una menzogna, eppure adesso deve affrontare la realtà. Paul, l'uomo che ha sempre amato, la tradisce: mentre lo aspettava fuori...
by Nigel F. B. Allington, Sébastien Caré, James W. Ceaser
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
This collective work examines the different conservatisms displayed in the UK and US, particularly in the areas of the meaning of rights, their foreign policy mission, the role of religious activism within their respective party politics, and the impact of the current economic crisis on free-market...
Threat Assessment
A Risk Management Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Detailed how to's of threat assessment-from the initial contact to the sharing of results!
Risk management can be an organizational nightmare, but it is an essential part of your operations. Recent events have shown us that organizations need to know how to respond swiftly and effectively...
A Glass Half Full?
Rebalance, Reassurance, and Resolve in the U.S.-China Strategic Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
How to stabilize the security relationship between Washington and Beijing.
The U.S.-China relationship has not always been smooth, but since Richard Nixon’s opening in the early 1970s, the two countries have evolved a relationship that has been generally beneficial to both parties. Economic...
Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota
Volume 4, Ecosystem-Based Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute’s landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated...
A Jamaican Plantation
The History of Worthy Park 1670-1970
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1970
Worthy Park has archives covering much of its three-hundred year history. Using these records, the authors have written the first complete history of a West Indian sugar estate. However, this is not just the story of a single Jamaican plantation and its people over three hundred years; the study reveals, in microcosm, the social and economic development of the area.
North America
The Historical Geography of a Changing Continent
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
This classic text retains the superb scholarship of the first edition in a thoroughly revised and accessibly written new edition. With both new and updated essays by distinguished American and Canadian authors, the book provides a comprehensive historical overview of the formation and growth of North...
Walking the Line
Country Music Lyricists and American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
An insightful and wide-ranging look at one of America’s most popular genres of music, Walking the Line: Country Music Lyricists and American Culture examines how country songwriters engage with their nation’s religion, literature, and politics. Country fans have long encountered the concept of...
Church and Worship Music in the United States
A Research and Information Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
This fully updated second edition is a selective annotated bibliography of all relevant published resources relating to church and worship music in the United States. Over the past decade, there has been a growth of literature covering everything from traditional subject matter such as the organ works...