M John: 1445 books
Spars and Rigging
From Nautical Routine, 1849
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Relying on his own experience in the U.S. Navy and consulting his contemporaries in the maritime profession, midshipman John Murphy published this book to provide an accurate portrait of a ship's rigging and spars (masts or yardarms supporting or extending a ship's sail). An important book in maritime...
Medicine and the German Jews
A History
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Medicine played an important role in the early secularization and eventual modernization of German Jewish culture. And as both physicians and patients Jews exerted a great influence on the formation of modern medical discourse and practice. This fascinating book investigates the relationship between...
Love, Laugh, and Eat
And Other Secrets of Longevity from the Healthiest People on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
PBS host, weight-loss expert, and renowned authority on longevity, Dr. John Tickell shares the secret to a long life: moderation. Moderation in everything except love, laughter, and fish (and a few vegetables!).
Based on common sense, sound science, and good food, Love, Laugh, and Eat is an...
Dawn of the Code War
America's Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Global Cyber Threat
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
The inside story of how America's enemies launched a cyber war against us-and how we've learned to fight back
With each passing year, the internet-linked attacks on America's interests have grown in both frequency and severity. Overmatched by our military, countries like North Korea, China,...
by John M. Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
An accessible introduction to 3D printing that outlines the additive manufacturing process, industrial and household markets, and emerging uses.
The use of 3D printing—digitally controlled additive manufacturing—is growing rapidly. Consumer models of 3D printers allow people to fabricate...
by Professor John M. Rist
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
The Reading Augustine series presents concise, personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religious scholars.
John Rist takes the reader through Augustine's ethics, the arguments he made and how he arrived at them, and shows how this moral philosophy remains vital...
Wandering Heart: a Gay Man’S Journey
Book Three: Harbors
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
As the only child of troubled parents, author John Loomis was isolated from his peers and grew up shy, bookish, and knowing from an early age he was different in a seemingly serious and unacceptable way. Gradually, he made peace with being gay and continued his search for love, leading to many adventures,...
The Longevity Plan
Seven Life-Transforming Lessons from Ancient China
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
From a renowned Johns Hopkins- and Stanford-educated cardiologist at Intermountain Medical Center—a hospital system that President Obama has praised as an "island of excellence"—comes the story of his time living in Longevity Village in China, and the seven lessons he learned there that...
Lack of Character
Personality and Moral Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2002
This book is a provocative contribution to contemporary ethical theory challenging foundational conceptions of character that date back to Aristotle. John Doris draws on behavioral science, especially social psychology, to argue that we misattribute the causes of behavior to personality traits and...
For The Century's End
Poems 1990-1999
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Poet and essayist John Haines has forged, in his long career, a body of work noted both for its austere lyric beauty, anchored in the solitude and spaciousness of his early years as a homesteader in the Alaskan wilderness, and for its penetrating responsiveness to the human condition. The generous...
by Caroline Levander, Finnie Coleman, Hanna Wallinger
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
Imperium in Imperio (1899) was the first black novel to countenance openly the possibility of organized black violence against Jim Crow segregation. Its author, a Baptist minister and newspaper editor from Texas, Sutton E. Griggs (1872–1933), would go on to publish four more novels; establish his...
Andrew Jackson
Principle and Prejudice
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. Known as "Old Hickory," he was the first President who championed the rights of the 'common man'. Originally from the frontier, he was known for being rough in speech and mannerisms and his fierce temper. After making his name...
Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith?
A Critical Appraisal of Modern and Postmodern Approaches to Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Is historical accuracy an indispensable part of the Bible’s storyline, or is Scripture only concerned with theological truths? As progressive evangelicals threaten to reduce the Bible’s jurisdiction by undermining its historical claims, every Christian who cares about the integrity of Scripture...
by John M. G. Barclay
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
A fresh scholarly reading of grace in Paul's theology
In this book esteemed Pauline scholar John Barclay presents a strikingly fresh reading of grace in Paul's theology, studying it in view of ancient notions of "gift" and shining new light on Paul's relationship to Second Temple...