Davis: 5083 books
Typing Politics
The Role of Blogs in American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
The power of political blogs in American politics is now evident to anyone who follows it. In Typing Politics, Richard Davis provides a comprehensive yet concise assessment of the growing role played by political blogs and their relationship with the mainstream media. Through a detailed content analysis...
Deathpower
Buddhism's Ritual Imagination in Cambodia
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Cambodia, Erik W. Davis radically reorients approaches toward the nature of Southeast Asian Buddhism's interactions with local religious practice and, by extension, reorients our understanding of Buddhism itself. Through a vivid study of contemporary...
Dancing Tango
Passionate Encounters in a Globalizing World
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
Argentinean
tango
is a global phenomenon. Since its origin among immigrants from the slums of
Buenos Aires and Montevideo, it has crossed and re-crossed many borders.Yet, never before has tango been danced by so
many people and in so many different places as today. Argentinean tango is more
than a...
Levinas
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in the work of Emmanuel Levinas, widely recognized as one of the most important yet difficult philosophers of the 20th century.
In this much-needed introduction, Davis unpacks the concepts at the centre of Levinas's thought - alterity,...
After Poststructuralism
Reading, Stories, Theory
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
In the last decades of the twentieth century, French poststructuralist 'theory' transformed the humanities; it also met with resistance and today we frequently hear that theory is 'dead'.
In this brilliantly argued volume, Colin Davis:
*reconsiders key arguments for and against theory, identifying...
Pontoon Food
Easy-to-Serve Recipes for the Water or Deck
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
You love those peaceful, relaxing pontoon rides around the lake: the beautiful scenery, the smell of fresh air, the gentle breeze cooling you on a warm summer day. Make each memorable trip last even longer; bring along treats, drinks or even your next meal. Pontoon Food, by Jon and Erin Davis, is...
Taylor Davis
Violin Play-Along Volume 65
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
(Violin Play-Along). The Violin Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music, listen to the online audio to hear how the violin should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. With the melody and lyrics included in the book, you...
Terminal Diagrams
Poems
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Garrick Davis’s Terminal Diagrams may have been inspired by the illustrated maps in airport lounges, or perhaps they are the blueprints of the Apocalypse, with their subjects and objects representing the bitter fruits of either some future nightmare or the present world. Regardless, their vision...
The Scalping of the Great Sioux Nation
A Review of My Life on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservations
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2009
The Scalping of the Great Sioux Nation recalls Davis' early upbringing and education on two Indian reservations. Davis also assesses the policies of the United States government regarding the status of Indians in society. Scalping is not too strong a term to describe the multiple injustices which...
The Political Thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Women's Rights and the American Political Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was not only one of the most important leaders of the nineteenth century women’s rights movement but was also the movement’s principal philosopher. Her ideas both drew from and challenged the conventions that so severely...
by Jefferson Davis
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Jeffreson Davis was the first and only President of the Confederacy. After noting his rise to the top of the confederate government, Davis tries to defend the abstract reasons for the south’s succession. While his...
The Sins of Brother Curtis
A Story of Betrayal, Conviction, and the Mormon Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
This brilliantly reported, unforgettable true story reveals how one of the most monstrous sexual criminals in the history of the Mormon church preyed on his victims even as he was protected by the church elders who knew of his behavior.
When Seattle attorney Tim Kosnoff agreed to listen to...
by W. Davis Waters, Joseph Brown
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
“Ironclads are said to master the world, but torpedoes master the ironclads.” Gabriel J. Rains was a Confederate Brigadier General who was more than a military officer—he was a scientist. His Civil War appointment gave him an opportunity to develop explosives. He invented three mines: the “subterra...
by Moriah Davis
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
Blood is thicker than water they say, but in the case of Moriah Davis, it certainly was not so. From reincarnation to hard facts in physics, Moriah’s mother battled her every belief with discrimination. Parents and future parents can benefit from learning how discrimination can negatively impact their children in the latest eBook short from the Empress of New Israel.