Johnston: 1395 books
Angels of Desire
Esoteric Bodies, Aesthetics and Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
The idea that the human body consists of 'subtle bodies' - psycho-spiritual essences - can be found in a variety of esoteric traditions. This radical form of selfhood challenges the dualisms at the heart of Western discourse : mind/body, divine/human, matter/spirit, reason/emotion, I/other. 'Angels...
Round Mr Horne
The Life of Kenneth Horne
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2013
When Kenneth Horne died in 1969 at the age of 61, he was described as 'the last of the truly great radio comics'. In a broadcasting career spanning more than 25 years he starred in three of the most popular radio comedy series of all time - "Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh", "Beyond Our Ken"...
Religion and Security
The New Nexus in International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2004
Religion and Security: The New Nexus in International Relations focuses on a groundbreaking theme. In global security today, religion is not only part of the problem but also part of the solution. This book explores positive nexus points between religion and security, paying particular attention to...
Value-ology
Aligning sales and marketing to shape and deliver profitable customer value propositions
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
This book offers both marketing and sales professionals a rare combined insight into both worlds to continuously capture customer intelligence and create value, by blending detailed research with academic rigor and commercial experience of the authors in both Europe and North America.
It...
The Neutron's Children
Nuclear Engineers and the Shaping of Identity
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
The first nuclear engineers emerged from the Manhattan Project in the USA, UK and Canada, but remained hidden behind security for a further decade. Cosseted and cloistered by their governments, they worked to explore applications of atomic energy at a handful of national labs. This unique bottom-up...
Time and Navigation
The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
If you want to know where you are, you need a good clock. The surprising connection between time and place is explored in Time and Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There, the companion book to the National Air and Space Museum exhibition of the same name.
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The Education-Drug Use Connection
How Successes and Failures in School Relate to Adolescent Smoking, Drinking, Drug Use, and Delinquency
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2007
Does success in school protect teenagers from drug use? Does drug use impair scholastic success? This book tackles a key issue in adolescent development and health - the education-drug use connection. The authors examine the links and likely causal connections between educational experiences, delinquent behavior, and adolescent use of tobacco, alco
by Scott Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1999
Thanks to The Complete Book of Golf Games, if you can't make par, you can at least make a few bucks!
Victorian Convicts
100 Criminal Lives
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
What was life like in the Victorian underworld – who were the criminals, what crimes did they commit, how did they come to a criminal career, and what happened to them after they were released from prison? Victorian Convicts, by telling the stories of a hundred criminal men and women, gives the...
Hip-Hop Redemption (Engaging Culture)
Finding God in the Rhythm and the Rhyme
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Hip-hop culture is experiencing a sea change today that has implications for evangelism, worship, and spiritual practices. Yet Christians have often failed to interpret this culture with sensitivity. Sociologist, preacher, pop-culture expert, and DJ Ralph Watkins understands that while there is room...
by Ian Buxton, Ian Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
The launch in 1606 of HMS Dreadnought, the worlds's first all-big-gun battleship, rendered all existing battle fleets obsolete, but at the same time it wiped out the Royal Navy's numerical advantage, so expensively maintained for decades. Already locked in the same arms race with Germany, Britain...
by Alexis Annes, Jenny Björklund, Kath Browne
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
This international edited collection contributes to knowledge about the geographies of sexualities experienced and imagined in rural spaces. The book draws attention to the heterogeneity of rural contexts and the diversity of meanings about sexualities within and across these spaces. The collection...
by Angus Johnston, Guy Block
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012
This work is the only current, single volume coverage of the the latest EU energy legislation and its application on the context of the rules of the EU Treaties. Providing a comprehensive account of EU energy law following the adoption of the third energy package in 2009 this book focuses on internal...
by Thomas Berger, Kent E. Calder, Lowell Dittmer
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2003
Is Northeast Asia primed for peace or ripe for great-power rivalry? In this turbulent region, all the world-order challenges of arms control and disarmament, global North-South tensions, human rights and humanitarian intervention, environmental protection and eco-development, and democratization and...