Uses three themes to show how the United States was transformed from hunter-gatherer and agricultural Native American societies into the powerful industrial nation on earth. This title includes approach that helps students understand the impact of the notions of liberty and equality, which are often[...]

Uses three themes to show how the United States was transformed from hunter-gatherer and agricultural Native American societies into the powerful industrial nation on earth. This title includes an approach that helps students understand the impact of the notions of liberty and equality, which are of[...]

Why did the Suez War ever come to pass? Why did Eden, against public opinion and without sufficient military capability, decide to invade Egypt? When Gamal Abdel Nasser decided to nationalize the Suez Canal, Britain and France reacted dramatically, beginning a chain of events that ultimately led to [...]

Few figures have had such an influence on history as Jesus of Nazareth. His teachings have inspired discussion arguments even war and yet few have ever held forth as movingly on the need for peace forgiveness and mercy. Paul Johnson's intelligent and conversational style and ability to distill compl[...]

Written with great wit and panache, this biography also has a serious purpose: to make us face up to the moral bankruptcy of Napoleon's dictatorship. Johnson tells the whole story: his astonishing gift for figures and calculation, his mastery of cannon; his audacious, hyperactive and aggressive gene[...]

Complete summary of Geoffrey Moore, Paul Johnson and Tom Kippola's book: "e;The Gorilla Game: An Investor's Guide to Picking Winners in High Technology"e;.This summary of the ideas from Geoffrey Moore, Paul Johnson and Tom Kippola's book "e;The Gorilla Game"e; shows how the real chal[...]

The first 72 hours following assessment and admission to the emergency department are crucial to a patient's care. As the medical practitioner on duty, you need good diagnostic skills and the ability to formulate a quick, safe and appropriate management plan. Making Sense of Acute Medicine is here t[...]

For undergraduate and graduate-level courses in Organizational Behavior, Leadership, and Organizational Development. Forty years in the making, Management of Organizational Behavior is a readable text that makes behavioral sciences come alive through real life examples and progressive ideology.[...]

The book deals with the origins of the liturgical year - the feasts, fasts and seasons. It is accessible to the general reader and to students, while being a serious academic text.[...]

By joining a diaspora, a society may begin to change its religious, ethnic, and even racial identifications by rethinking its "pasts." This pioneering multisite ethnography explores how this phenomenon is affecting the remarkable religion of the Garifuna, historically known as the Black Caribs, from[...]