West: 2498 books
by Nigel West
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2006
Once dubbed espionage, the practice of intelligence has never been more important nor more sophisticated than it is today. Its coming-of-age began during World War II, which saw the birth of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in the United States and the XX Committee to supervise the activities...
Mask
MI5's Penetration of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007
MI5’s dramatic interception of secret signals to Moscow from a hidden base in Wimbledon uncovered the true extent of Soviet espionage in Britain.
Intelligence expert Nigel West reveals how MASK, the codename for one of the most secretive sources ever run by British intelligence, enabled Stanley...
Domesticating History
The Political Origins of America's House Museums
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Celebrating the lives of famous men and women, historic house museums showcase restored rooms and period furnishings, and portray in detail their former occupants' daily lives. But behind the gilded molding and curtain brocade lie the largely unknown, politically charged stories of how the homes were...
by Robert West, Jamie Brown
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2013
The word ‘addiction’ these days is used to refer to a chronic condition where there is an
unhealthily powerful motivation to engage in a particular behaviour. This can be driven by
many different factors – physiological, psychological, environmental and social. If we say that it
is all about...
On the Horseshoe
A Guide to the Historic Campus of the University of South Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Founded in 1801 as South Carolina College, the University of South Carolina is one of the nation’s oldest public colleges. Located in the heart of downtown Columbia and bound by Sumter, Pendleton, Bull, and Greene Streets, this historic landscape, known today as the Horseshoe, has both endured and...
The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology
Werewolves, Dragons, Skyfish, Lizard Men, and Other Fascinating Creatures Real and Mysterious
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology includes information, interviews, and stories about forty different cryptids seen in various places all over the world by credible eyewitnesses like policemen, rangers, and doctors. Readers will learn where and how to find flying humanoids, hairy humanoids,...
Creating Ourselves
African Americans and Hispanic Americans on Popular Culture and Religious Expression
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2009
Creating Ourselves is a unique effort to lay the cultural and theological groundwork for cross-cultural collaboration between the African and Latino/a American communities. In the introduction, the editors contend that given overlapping histories and interests of the two communities, they should work...
by Bryce Beattie, Michael DeCarolis, Kevyn Winkless
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
StoryHack Action adventure is a fiction magazine in the style of the great pulps of years past. It includes stories from a wide variety of genres.
In this issue, you'll find:
New Rules for Rocket Nauts by Michael DeCarolis. A recently dismissed recruit watches in horror as an alien...
Fill These Hearts
God, Sex, and the Universal Longing
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
The bestselling author, speaker, and teacher of John Paul II's Theology of the Body explores the yearning we all have for God and each other.
Fill These Hearts is a book about desire. Not trivial wants or superficial cravings, but the most vital powers of body and soul, sexuality and spirituality,...
by Kate West
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
This new title by Kate West, bestselling author of The Real Witches' Handbook, will contain masses of spells and rituals for celebrations marking the seasons and festivals of the year, as well as a wealth of other information about magic for the initiated or the beginner alike. This book is the perfect...
Reexamining Reentry
The Policies, People, and Programs of the United States Prisoner Reintegration Systems
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
Reexamining Reentry takes an in-depth look at how and why prisoner reentry programs are developed. Furthermore, this book explains how having access to these programs, or not, could potentially stymie the community reintegration of the formerly incarcerated. All too often we see the pervasive criminalization...
Breaking Bread
Insurgent Black Intellectual Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
In this provocative and captivating dialogue, bell hooks and Cornel West come together to discuss the dilemmas, contradictions, and joys of Black intellectual life. The two friends and comrades in struggle talk, argue, and disagree about everything from community to capitalism in a series of intimate...
by Nicholas B. Davies, John R. Krebs, Stuart A. West
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
This textbook helped to define the field of Behavioural Ecology. In this fourth edition the text has been completely revised, with new chapters and many new illustrations and full colour photographs. The theme, once again, is the influence of natural selection on behaviour – an animal's struggle...
Exploring the Labyrinth
A Guide for Healing and Spiritual Growth
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
"Whoever you are, walking the labyrinth has something to offer. If a project is challenging you, walking can get your creative juices flowing. When struggling with grief or anger, or a physical challenge or illness, walking the labyrinth can point the way to healing and wholeness. If you're looking...