John W : 1005 books
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction
A Century of Science Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
A survey of the last 100 years of science fiction, with representative stories and illuminating essays by the top writers, poets, and scholars, from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Samuel Butler to Robert A. Heinlein and and Jack Vance, from E.E. "Doc" Smith and Clifford D. Simak to Ted Chiang and Charles Stross-- and everyone in between. More than one million words of classic fiction and essays!
Roots of Freedom
A Primer on Modern Liberty
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Roots of Freedom is a primer on the thinkers and ideas that, over many centuries, have laid the foundations of free societies. Concepts such as the rule of law, independent judiciary, limited government, free markets, and individual autonomy are traced in the writings of (among others) Luther, Machiavelli,...
The CME Group Risk Management Handbook
Products and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
Praise for The CME Group Risk Management Handbook
"Wow! The CME Group Risk Management Handbook is a 'ten strike' and long overdue. A must-read and reference for the risk management industry!"
—Jack Sandner, retired chairman of CME Group, member of the Executive Committee
"This...
How to Organise & Operate a Small Business in Australia
How to turn ideas into success - from Australia's leading small business writer
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
How to Organise and Operate a Small Business in Australia is the bestselling, hands-on guide to running your own business. This new edition contains information, skills and approaches that are up to date, easy to understand and simple to use. The large range of opportunities offered to business by...
All You Need Is Love and Other Lies About Marriage
How to Save Your Marriage Before It's Too Late
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Why is it so difficult to remain married in thetwenty-first century, and what can you do about it?
We all know that half of today's marriages end in divorce, but we tend to believe that our own marriages are safe. As psychiatrist John Jacobs explains in this fresh and impassioned book, marriages...
The Business of the Church
The Uncomfortable Truth that Faithful Ministry Requires Effective Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
Pastors are called to be not only leaders with vision, but also managers of congregational systems, says John Wimberly in The Business of the Church. Drawing on his thirty-six years in ordained ministry, Wimberly weaves the realities of congregational dynamics and faith-centered purpose together with...
The Essential Mystery
Major Filmmakers of Indian Art Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
A comprehensive overview of Indian art cinema, this substantially revised and updated edition takes a critical look at the major filmmakers of the genre. The film directors who form the corpus of this new edition now include among others Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Shyam Benegal,...
Blue Period in Seattle
Selected Poems ( 1991 - 2011 )
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
John Gorskis Blue Period in Seattle traffics in a play of atmosphere, both meteorological and psychological. These atmospheres evoke a kind of emotional synesthesia: I get off the bus/ at 64th and Linden/ because the dark organ chords of alcohol laughter/ are playing out of tune. Blue Period in Seattle...
by John W. Robichaux
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
An artist for over 70 years and a teacher for more than 60, painter Henry Hensche (1901–92) employed Monet’s Impressionist tradition of seeing and painting color under the influence of light, and he taught his students to "see the light, not the object." In this book, his student and biographer...
The Water Of Life
A Treatise on Urine Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
In this revolutionary treatise, J W Armstrong puts the compelling case that all diseases (except those caused by traumatism or structural disorders) can be cured by one simple means: urine therapy. The therapy is an entirely natural treatment, a drugless system of healing that treats the body as a...
Twentieth-Century Diplomacy
A Case Study of British Practice, 1963–1976
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2008
In contrast to most works of international history, which dwell on particular relationships, strategies, wars or crises, the questions in this book are about how diplomacy was actually conducted. The period 1963–76 saw significant changes in diplomatic practice globally. It was particularly a time...
Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook
Annotated Translations of Greek and Latin Texts and Documents
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2003
In this volume the authors translate and annotate key passages from ancient authors to provide a history and an analysis of the origins and development of technology. Among the topics covered are:
* energy
* basic mechanical devices
* agriculture
* food processing and diet
* mining and metallurgy
*...
Fallen
A Theology of Sin
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
From marital infidelity to global war, the world is obviously broken, leaving people desperate to find an explanation for our universal sin problem. In the latest addition to the Theology in Community series, Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson have assembled an interdisciplinary team of evangelical...
Cause for Thought
An Essay in Metaphysics
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Does the fact that everything has a cause imply that all events are causally determined? Drawing on discussions from the history of philosophy, John Burbidge's Cause for Thought captures the diverse dynamics found in physics, chemistry, biology, animal psychology, and rational action. At each level,...