R Black: 41 books
John Pendleton Kennedy
Early American Novelist, Whig Statesman, and Ardent Nationalist
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2016
John Pendleton Kennedy (1795--1870) achieved a multidimensional career as a successful novelist, historian, and politician. He published widely and represented his district in the Maryland legislature before being elected to Congress several times and serving as secretary of the navy during the Fillmore...
by C.R. Black
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Fez, the centuries old cultural and religious capital of Morocco is the setting for this novella. Deep within the labyrinthine streets and alleys hides a terrorist cell bent on assassinating the Western leaning monarch and plunging the kingdom into chaos. Aligned against this threat are the Moroccan...
by Dr. Thomas R. Black
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2001
The ability to read published research critically is essential and is different from the skills involved in undertaking research using statistical analysis. This New Edition of Thomas R Black's best-selling text explains in clear and straightforward terms how students can evaluate research, with particular...
Seeking Order in Anarchy
Multilateralism as State Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
"The idea of multilateralism is not something that can be forced on states, nor does it come naturally to them." —Tom Keating Seeking Order in Anarchy offers insights into both the theoretical foundations and the real-world outcomes of multilateralism in world affairs. Recognizing that...
Canada and Africa in the New Millennium
The Politics of Consistent Inconsistency
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
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David R. Black
Canadian Aid to Africa: The elusive search for purpose.
Provides a historical account of development assistance as the most persistent and important basis for Canadian links with Africa. Shows how it can be explained as a manifestation of good international...
Major Nature
The Guardian of the Great Woods Forest
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
Being an oafish brown bear of the Great Woods Forest has never been easy. But after Brian Bear discovers a magical cape, an aviator's cap and hotshot goggles, he becomes the mighty muscled powerhouse known as MAJOR NATURE!! But little does our hero know that shadowy villains such as the Stinker, the...
by Noam Chomsky, Stanley Rogouski, Alex Fradkin
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
With urgency and clarity, Noam Chomsky speaks with the movement as it transitions from occupying tent camps to occupying the national conscience
Evaluation of Peer and Prevention Programs
A Blueprint for Successful Design and Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Whether you are responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating peer and prevention programs or simply an outside consultant or evaluator, this book will be an essential guide for your work. This user-friendly training manual provides a blueprint of a step-by-step approach to setting-up an...
The Family
A gripping new psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist!
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2019
The best way to catch a killer? Offer yourself as bait.
Becky Morgan's family were the victims of the 'crimes of the decade'. The lone survivor of a ritualistic killing, Becky's been forever haunted by the memories of that night.
Twenty years later, with the killer never found, Becky is ready...
A Decade of Human Security
Global Governance and New Multilateralisms
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Human security has been advanced as an alternative to traditional state-based conceptualizations of security, yet controversies about the use and abuse of the concept remain. Investigating innovations in the advancement of the human security agenda over the past decade, this book identifies themes...
Dispatches from the World
The Life of Percival Phillips, War Correspondent
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Percival Phillips was born in 1877. He began writing for newspapers at the age of sixteen with articles about coal miners rioting in Southwestern Pennsylvania. At the age of nineteen he began pursuing a dream of being a war correspondent with coverage of the Greco-Turkish war and later the war in...
by William Elliott, MD, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Effectively manage the chronic problems of your hypertensive patients with the practical clinical tools inside Hypertension, 2nd Edition: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease. This respected cardiology reference covers everything you need to know - from epidemiology and pathophysiology through...
Peer Programs
An In-Depth Look at Peer Programs: Planning, Implementation, and Administration
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
The Peer Power Program is a peer training program designed for middle, high school, and higher education students, focusing on 8 core skills: Attending, Empathizing, Summarizing, Questioning, Genuineness, Assertiveness, Confrontation, and Problem Solving. Through a series of exercises, games, and...
Protectors: Stories to Benefit PROTECT
Protectors Anthologies, #1
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
41 writers. One cause.
We've rallied a platoon of crime, western, thriller, fantasy, noir, horror and transgressive authors to support PROTECT's important work: lobbying for legislation that protects children from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.
Powerful stories from George Pelecanos, Andrew...