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View book details for Bad Kid
A Memoir
HarperCollins
From comedian, storyteller, and The Moth host David Crabb, comes a music-filled, coming-of-age memoir about growing up gay and Goth in San Antonio, Texas. In the summer of 1989, three Goth kids crossed a street in San Antonio. They had …
Severn House Publishers
Coroner Sir John gets mixed up in alchemy in this twisty instalment in the Crowner John medieval mystery series, set in twelfth-century England. 1195. Prince John plots to seize the throne from his brother, Richard the Lionheart and he is …
Severn House Publishers
Coroner Sir John investigates the murder of a man with too many enemies to count in this pacey, twisty instalment in the Crowner John medieval mystery series, set in twelfth-century England. Exeter, 1195. High-spirited young knights, drunken squires, pickpockets and …
View book details for In the Land of Cocktails
Recipes and Adventures from the Cocktail Chicks
HarperCollins
Can't tell a Gin Fizz from a Gimlet? Think a Sidecar is something you'd see at the racetrack? If your idea of a wild night is a few Lemondrop shots washed back with a Cosmo, you're in need of some …
View book details for Calls to Arms
Presidential Speeches, Messages, and Declarations of War
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Calls to Arms: Presidential Speeches, Messages, and Declarations of War is a collection of presidential messages and speeches that called America to war from John Adams and the Quasi-War with France to George W. Bush and the fight against international …
View book details for Inside the Nye Ham Debate
Revealing Truths from the Worldview Clash of the Century
New Leaf Publishing Group, Inc.
With Millions watching this live debate on February 4, 2014, "Bill Nye, the Science Guy" squared off with Answers in Genesis founder and president Ken Ham. This event echoed the worldviews at work in our lives today and put two …
View book details for World Religions and Cults Volume 2
Moralistic, Mythical and Mysticism Religions
New Leaf Publishing Group, Inc.
Recognize and refute the Far East false religions What do these religions teach and why? How can a Christian be an effective witness for Jesus Christ when presented with ideas that are so different from a biblical perspective? How can …
View book details for Metaphysical Song: An Essay on Opera
An Essay on Opera
Princeton University Press
In this bold recasting of operatic history, Gary Tomlinson connects opera to shifting visions of metaphysics and selfhood across the last four hundred years. The operatic voice, he maintains, has always acted to open invisible, supersensible realms to the perceptions …
University of New South Wales Press
Celebrating the 120th anniversary of the Australian Labor Party (ALP)one of the oldest labor parties in the world and the first to form a governmentthis short and lively book recounts ALP's history from its origins during the late 19th century …
View book details for Leaving the Jewish Fold
Conversion and Radical Assimilation in Modern Jewish History
Princeton University Press
Between the French Revolution and World War II, hundreds of thousands of Jews left the Jewish foldby becoming Christians or, in liberal states, by intermarrying. Telling the stories of both famous and obscure individuals, Leaving the Jewish Fold explores the …
AltaMira Press
The Anthropology of Health and Healing provides the first holistic approach to the study of medical anthropology. Over the past two decades, medical anthropology has been the most rapidly growing subfield in anthropology, and a number of medical anthropology texts …
Princeton University Press
In simple action theory, when people choose between courses of action, they know what the outcome will be. When an individual is making a choice "against nature," such as switching on a light, that assumption may hold true. But in …
View book details for Hybrid Dynamical Systems
Modeling, Stability, and Robustness
Princeton University Press
Hybrid dynamical systems exhibit continuous and instantaneous changes, having features of continuous-time and discrete-time dynamical systems. Filled with a wealth of examples to illustrate concepts, this book presents a complete theory of robust asymptotic stability for hybrid dynamical systems that …
Princeton University Press
G. A. Cohen was one of the leading political philosophers of recent times. He first came to wide attention in 1978 with the prize-winning book Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence. In subsequent decades his published writings largely turned …
View book details for Racisms
From the Crusades to the Twentieth Century
Princeton University Press
Groundbeaking in its global and historical scope, Racisms is the first comprehensive history of racism, from the Crusades to the twentieth century. Demonstrating that there is not one continuous tradition of racism in the West, distinguished historian Francisco Bethencourt shows …
View book details for Archives of Authority: Empire, Culture, and the Cold War
Empire, Culture, and the Cold War
Princeton University Press
Combining literary, cultural, and political history, and based on extensive archival research, including previously unseen FBI and CIA documents, Archives of Authority argues that cultural politics--specifically America's often covert patronage of the arts--played a highly important role in the transfer …
View book details for Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies
Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy
Princeton University Press
Over the last several decades, employers have increasingly replaced permanent employees with temporary workers and independent contractors to cut labor costs and enhance flexibility. Although commentators have focused largely on low-wage temporary work, the use of skilled contractors has also …
Princeton University Press
The cryosphere encompasses the Earth's snow and ice masses. It is a critical part of our planet's climate system, one that is especially at risk from climate change and global warming. The Cryosphere provides an essential introduction to the subject, …
View book details for Paths Out of Dixie: The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America's Deep South, 1944-1972
The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America's Deep South, 1944-1972
Princeton University Press
The transformation of the American South--from authoritarian to democratic rule--is the most important political development since World War II. It has re-sorted voters into parties, remapped presidential elections, and helped polarize Congress. Most important, it is the final step in …
View book details for Creating Wine: The Emergence of a World Industry, 1840-1914
The Emergence of a World Industry, 1840-1914
Princeton University Press
Today's wine industry is characterized by regional differences not only in the wines themselves but also in the business models by which these wines are produced, marketed, and distributed. In Old World countries such as France, Spain, and Italy, small …
Princeton University Press
Dealer banks--that is, large banks that deal in securities and derivatives, such as J. P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs--are of a size and complexity that sharply distinguish them from typical commercial banks. When they fail, as we saw in the …
Princeton University Press
Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and adherents of other non-Western religions have become a significant presence in the United States in recent years. Yet many Americans continue to regard the United States as a Christian society. How are we adapting to the …
View book details for Indifference Pricing: Theory and Applications
Theory and Applications
Princeton University Press
This is the first book about the emerging field of utility indifference pricing for valuing derivatives in incomplete markets. Rene Carmona brings together a who's who of leading experts in the field to provide the definitive introduction for students, scholars, …
View book details for The Spectacle of Intimacy: A Public Life for the Victorian Family
A Public Life for the Victorian Family
Princeton University Press
Love of home life, the intimate moments a family peacefully enjoyed in seclusion, had long been considered a hallmark of English character even before the Victorian era. But the Victorians attached unprecedented importance to domesticity, romanticizing the family in every …
View book details for The Diffusion of Military Power
Causes and Consequences for International Politics
Princeton University Press
The Diffusion of Military Power examines how the financial and organizational challenges of adopting new methods of fighting wars can influence the international balance of power. Michael Horowitz argues that a state or actor wishing to adopt a military innovation …
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