The atonement is the crown jewel of Christian doctrine. And it is the responsibility of each generation of theologians to preserve its heritage, explore its facets and allow its radiance to illumine their day. With The Glory of the Atonement editors Charles E. Hill and Frank A. James III, along with[...]
Anticorruption reforms provide political cover for public officials, but do they really work? This text seeks to show how the proliferating regulations and oversight mechanisms designed to prevent or root out corruption seriously undermine the ability to govern. Over the last century, the authors ar[...]
Mad Frankie Fraser, one of the most notorious gangsters, takes us on a tour of Britain's criminal underworld. Here, he gives us the lowdown on crimes from up and down the country, and his take on crimes he was personally involved in and cases as yet unsolved.[...]
The product of extended visits to properties associated with Wright, and extensive interviews with surviving colleagues and students, this is the first book in full colour to focus on Wright's four most famous residential landscapes - his first home and studio at Oak Park, Illinois; his magnificent [...]
Frank Sinatra was the best-known entertainer of the twentieth century--infinitely charismatic, lionized and notorious in equal measure. But despite his mammoth fame, Sinatra the man has remained an enigma. Now James Kaplan brings deeper insight than ever before to the complex psyche and turbulent li[...]
There is no western outlaw more infamous and notorious than Jesse James. His life has been the subject of hundreds of books, films, and television shows, but none more vividly captures the actual life story of the legendary criminal than Frank Triplett's definitive biography. Reproduced from one of [...]
Today's teachers need up-to-the-minute information to help their students make sense of the multimodal texts they encounter daily in and out of school. Reading the Visual is an essential introduction that focuses on what teachers should know about multimodal literacy and how to teach it.
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How much more effective would companies be if all the content they created for the Web reached its specific target audience? In this book, three pioneering IBM content and search experts show how to get closer to this goal than ever before. Readers will discover how to write highly relevant content [...]
Michael Faraday is one of the best known scientific figures of all time. Known as the discoverer of electro-magnetic induction, the principle behind the electric generator and transformer, he has frequently been portrayed as the 'father' of electrical engineering from whence much of his popular fame[...]
Church history is the story of the greatest community the word has known and the greatest movement in world history. Yet, just as the biblical record of the people of God is the story of a mixed people with great acts of faith and great failures in sin and unfaithfulness, so is the history of the pe[...]
Introduced in Psychoanalysis and Motivation (1989) and further developed in Self and Motivational Systems (1992), The Clinical Exchange (1996), and A Spirit of Inquiry (2002), motivational systems theory aims to identify the components and organization of mental states and the process by which affec[...]
Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible is the first book in a four-book series, The Dave Pelz Scoring Game Series. The next volume in the series will be Dave Pelz's Putting Bible.
"He who rules the short game collects the gold."
Dave Pelz's Golden Rule of Golf
Fed up wi[...]
Anxious to bask in the reflected glory of the James clan, many people have claimed a family connection to these two famous outlaws. Now noted Western historian and folklorist Phillip W Steele has penned an authoritative chronicle of the James family, drawing on sources newly discovered in the past t[...]
Provides answers on various aspects of adult and pediatric cardiac surgery. This title covers the range of classic surgical procedures - including the alternate and minimally invasive surgical techniques - and presents the clinical evidence you need to make effective management decisions.[...]
Featuring full-color photographs and illustrations, this title offers comprehensive information covering major and minor livestock and poultry animals. It includes issues in animal agriculture including, biosecurity, animal ID, and vertical integration, while incorporating vital agriscience and prod[...]
Stimulated by the increasing importance of chiral molecules as pharmaceuticals and the need for enantiomerically pure drugs, techniques in chiral chemistry have been expanded and refined, especially in the areas of chromatography, asymmetric synthesis, and spectroscopic methods for chiral molecule s[...]
While at first glance Lean and Six Sigma may look very different, they can work hand-in-hand to improve processes, increase quality, and increase profitability. This book explains how these seemingly dissimilar approaches can complement one another. It teaches several problem solving tools that can [...]
"Korea 2010: Politics, Economy and Society" contains concise overview articles covering domestic developments and the economy in both South and North Korea as well as inter-Korean relations and foreign relations of the two Koreas in 2009. A detailed chronology complements these articles. South Korea[...]