Peter Lucas: 11 books
Trillions
Thriving in the Emerging Information Ecology
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
We are facing a future of unbounded complexity. Whether that complexity is harnessed to build a world that is safe, pleasant, humane and profitable, or whether it causes us to careen off a cliff into an abyss of mind-numbing junk is an open question. The challenges and opportunities--technical, business,...
Ethics and Self-Knowledge
Respect for Self-Interpreting Agents
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
This book explores the theoretical basis of our ethical obligations to others as self-knowing beings - this task being envisaged as an essential supplement to a traditional ethic of respect for persons. Authoritative knowledge of others brings with it certain obligations, which are reflected in (inter...
The OSS in World War II Albania
Covert Operations and Collaboration with Communist Partisans
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2015
World War II found Albania fighting a war within a war. In addition to the threat faced from the Germans, Albania was engaged in a civil war between the Nazi-sponsored Ballists and the Communist partisans led by Enver Hoxha. While America was reluctant to get involved in the civil conflict, the United...
by Andrew MacRae, Kenneth Gwin, Craig Faustus Buck
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Twenty-three noir stories of crime and desperation. Featuring, Michael Bracken
Kenneth Gwin, Michael Chandos, Warren Bull, Peter H. Denton, JoAnne Lucas, Karen Gough, J.J. Lamb, Craig Faustus Buck, Patricia Dusenbury, Herschel Cozine, Diane A. Hadoc, Wenda Morrone, Jan Christensen, Ross Baxter,...
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,...
Schools That Learn (Updated and Revised)
A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents, and Everyone Who Cares About Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
"A rich, much-needed remedy for the standardized institutions that comprise too much of our school system today… ideal for teachers and parents intent on resurrecting and fostering students' inherent drive to learn…An essential resource."
-Daniel H. Pink, author of DRIVE and A WHOLE...
by Paul Adams, Natasha Affolder, Andrea C. Akelaitis
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
Canadian environmental law is a dynamic and exciting area that is playing an increasingly important role in furthering sustainable development policy. Environmental law has distinctive relevant principles, operating procedures, implications, and importance in comparison with other areas of law, and...
Seelenfeuer
Geschichten und Gedichte über das ganz große Gefühl
Language: German
Release Date: May 20, 2012
. über die Liebe! Geschichten und Gedichte, geschrieben von Frauen und Männern, die die Geschehnisse ihres Herzens, ihrer Phantasie, ihrer Erlebnisse und ihre Gefühle zu Papier gebracht haben. Ein unvergleichliches Kaleidoskop an Emotionen, arrangiert zu einem wunderbaren Strauß von Sinnlichkeit...
Open Design
Why Design Cannot Remain Exclusive
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Open Design Now looks at design in the new networked world. Design is becoming an open discipline, in which ideas are shared and products are being renewed in a worldwide collaborative process. Open Design empowers everybody to devise and distribute their own products. This book presents essays, case...
Phylogeny and Evolution of the Angiosperms
Revised and Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
Although they are relative latecomers on the evolutionary scene, having emerged only 135‒170 million years ago, angiosperms—or flowering plants—are the most diverse and species-rich group of seed-producing land plants, comprising more than 15,000 genera and over 350,000 species. Not only are...
Böse Mädchen
30 Kurzgeschichten
Language: German
Release Date: January 15, 2009
Mal ehrlich: Was gibt es für einen Mann Schöneres, als eine Partnerin, die sich wie ein böses Mädchen benimmt, ihren erotischen Wünschen freien Lauf lässt und ihn mit ihrem ungezügelten Verlangen in den siebenten Himmel katapultiert? Und was gibt es vor allem Besseres für eine junge Frau,...