William Miles: 16 books

Examine the changing nature of foreign investments in Latin America! Generously enhanced with easy-to-understand charts, tables, and graphs, this book covers the ins and outs of foreign direct investment in the established and emerging markets of Latin America. In addition to an overview of...

Fletcher explains how three writers--Ryu Shintaro, Royama Masamichi, and Miki Kiyoshi--who were supporters of democratic socialism became ideologues for the East Asian bloc ideal that rationalized Japan's dominance of Asia after 1937, and he demonstrates how and why they designed the New Order movement...

This is a detailed treatise on horse-shoeing, with chapters on everything from training horses to be shod, to treating and curing common diseases and more. With authentic photographs and helpful diagrams, this volume will appeal to modern horse owners and farriers alike, and it is not to be missed...

First published in 1863, this book is a comprehensive guide to shoeing horses, with chapters on anatomy, diseases and ailments, general maintenance, avoiding common problems, and much more. This profusely-illustrated volume contains a wealth of timeless information, and it will appeal to both modern...

202 days since the explosion in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan, Jasper was completing his nine hundred and first mile of the Appalachian Trail. After a seven week stay at Walter Reed that included nine surgeries to rebuild the lower half of his body, he had decided to walk the trail rather than...

How have different forms of colonialism shaped societies and their politics? William F. S. Miles focuses on the Hausa-speaking people of West Africa whose land is still split by an arbitrary boundary established by Great Britain and France at the turn of the century. In 1983 Miles returned...

One of the unique features of the Georgia coast today is its thorough conservation. At first glance, it seems to be a place where nature reigns. But another distinctive feature of the coast is its deep and diverse human history. Indeed, few places that seem so natural hide so much human history. In...

Twenty Christmas ghost stories from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the seventh in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 7 in the series spans the years 1857 to 1901, contains...

Based on three decades of fieldwork throughout the developing world, Scars of Partition is the first book to systematically evaluate the long-term implications of French and British styles of colonialism and decolonization for ordinary people throughout the so-called Third World. It pays particular...

Gaining an understanding of China's long and sometimes bloody history can help to shed light on China's ascent to global power. Many of China's imperial dynasties were established as the result of battle, from the chariot warfare of ancient times to the battles of the Guomindang (KMT) and Communist...

Firenze nelle descrizioni degli intellettuali che più l'hanno amata / Florence described by the writers most fond of her. Nelle parole di / In the words of Andersen, Cooper, Dickens, Dumas, Eustace, Freud, Goncourt, Hazlitt, James, Le Corbusier, Mommsen, Morgan, Ruskin, Shelley, Stendhal, Trollope e Twain.

 RAIN represents a society of CHON people desiring to make a profound change on this planet. As one people elevating their Earth consciousness to the Creator of All consciousness, they can connect to the universe by using metaphysical concepts and analytical philosophy in a number of ways. The...

Pharmacology meets the rapidly emerging needs of programs training pharmacologic scientists seeking careers in basic research and drug discovery rather than such applied fields as pharmacy and medicine. While the market is crowded with many clinical and therapeutic pharmacology textbooks, the...

Read the Old Testament from a biblical-theological perspective. Featuring contributions from thirteen respected evangelical scholars, this gospel-centered introduction to the Old Testament will help anyone who teaches or studies Scripture to better see the initial outworking of God’s plan to redeem the world through Jesus Christ.