Michael Travis: 15 books
Melozi
A Teenager's Search for A Summer Job Lands Him An Adventure In The Alaska Bush
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
Would you send your teenager into the Alaska wilderness to work for people you never met? On June 9, 1973, 16-year-old Michael Travis put an advertisement in the Fairbanks Daily News Miner looking for work. What he got was more than he bargained for. Michael accepted an offer to help an older couple...
The Landmen
How They Secured the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Right-of-Way
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2016
Armand Spielman had no idea of the overwhelming task before him! It was March 1969 and Armand had accepted a temporary position as a landman for the company that would build the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. His task–acquire the project right-of-way so that crude oil would flow from the oil-producing...
by Fiction River, Kevin J. Anderson, Kelly Washington
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Adrenaline. Ranging from straight thriller to science fiction and fantasy to mainstream crime, these fifteen stories promise to make your pulse pound. Join an ex-president as he tries to escape the mother of all assassination attempts, a heroine on a mission straight from Hell, and a story of war...
by Doug Achterman, Marlene Asselin, Steven M. Baule
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
This collection of enlightening and stimulating articles, written by some of the most important figures in school librarianship, demonstrates how teacher-librarians, classroom teachers, and administrators can work together to create a 21st century school library media program. With topics that emphasize...
by Leah Bradshaw, Charles R. Embry, Molly Brigid Flynn
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
This volume explores the role of some of the most prominent twentieth-century philosophers and political thinkers as teachers. It examines how these teachers conveyed truth to their students against the ideological influences found in the university and society. Philosophers from Edmund Husserl and...
The Strong Gray Line
War-time Reflections from the West Point Class of 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
To preserve the memory of their service during the tumultuous decade since their commissioning as Army officers, members of the West Point class of 2004 have written The Strong Gray Line. This class suffered the highest casualty rate since those that graduated during the Vietnam War. In this book,...
On the Border
Society and Culture between the United States and Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004
A stunningly beautiful backdrop where cultures meet, meld, and thrive, the U.S.–Mexico borderlands is one of the most dynamic regions in the Americas. On the Border explores little-known corners of this fascinating area of the world in a rich collection of essays. Beginning with an exploration of...
by Travis Michael Hovde
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
There are times and places where heaven and earth collide, where the line between eternity and time grows dim, and the reality of God becomes real. There are experiences and circumstances that force our beliefs to cross over from a mundane theory and into a living reality.
This is my story....
by Taner Akçam, Cengiz Aktar, Madawi Al-Rasheed
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
The Future of Religious Minorities in the Middle East addresses the domestic and international politics that have created conditions for contemporary religious cleansing in the Middle East. It provides a platform for a host of distinguished scholars, journalists, human rights activists, and political...
Decentering Discussions on Religion and State
Emerging Narratives, Challenging Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
This volume explores dynamic conversations through history between individuals and communities over questions about religion and state. Divided into two sections, our authors begin with considerations on the separation of religion and state, as well as Roger Williams’ concept of religious freedom....
Great War Modernism
Artistic Response in the Context of War, 1914-1918
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
New Modernist Studies, while reviving and revitalizing modernist studies through lively, scholarly debate about historicity, aesthetics, politics, and genres, is struggling with important questions concerning the delineation that makes discussion fruitful and possible. This volume aims to explore...
Democratic Destiny and the District of Columbia
Federal Politics and Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
This book contributes substantially to urban affairs and public policy literature by presenting an introduction to the complex politics and public policy issues of Washington, D.C. The uniqueness of the city, as elaborated in this volume, provides background for understanding the non-traditional congressional...
by Michael M. Franz, Paul B. Freedman, Kenneth M. Goldstein
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2009
It has been estimated that more than three million political ads were televised leading up to the elections of 2004. More than $800,000,000 was spent on TV ads in the race for the White House alone and presidential candidates, along with their party and interest group allies, broadcast over a million...
Comrades in Health
U.S. Health Internationalists, Abroad and at Home
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Since the early twentieth century, politically engaged and socially committed U.S. health professionals have worked in solidarity with progressive movements around the world. Often with roots in social medicine, political activism, and international socialism, these doctors, nurses, and other health...
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