In a chaotic post-war America, Army Sergeant Major Craig Jones has returned home a pariah. Jones, a former Ranger was one of the most decorated soldiers in the Special Services until one strange night his entire Unit disappeared in the town of Fallujah.Fearing the worst, Jones began interrogating the townspeople and accidentally kills a civilian in the process. For his violation of the Geneva Convention, the army turned Jones over the Iraqi's where he spent three years before the p...

This book is an edited book of case studies from around the world. The case studies serve as illustrative examples of implementation of the concepts of quality, quality assessment and quality assurance in Open and Distance Learning in institutions around the world. The case studies are by authors who are leading experts well known in quality and quality assurance in Open and Distance Learning. The book has been edited by Dr. Michael Mariasingam, Mr. Thomas Smith, and Dr. Chère C. Gibson wh...

The Cycles of Speculation is a comprehensive exploration of the recurring patterns and psychological forces that drive financial markets, written by Thomas Gibson. First published in 1911, the book delves into the nature of speculation, examining how human emotions, crowd psychology, and economic conditions combine to create cycles of boom and bust. Gibson draws on historical examples from stock markets, commodities, and real estate to illustrate the universal tendencies of investors to sw...

Since 1984 New Jersey Friends of Clearwater's Environmental Sail Program (ESP) gave free environmental sail boat rides in a historical, 26 foot Tuckerton River Sailing Garvey. That vessel was retired to a seaport museum, and we needed a new vessel. Planning, construction, launch, and sailing are all presented as a photo album with captions and narrative. Planning and construction were done by a crew of about 20, all volunteers, mostly no experience. But we did have a few with experience. T...

The captivating prequel to Ransom Canyon**, now a Netflix series starring Minka Kelly and Josh Duhamel!**Virgin River meets Yellowstone against the breathtaking, rugged backdrop of West Texas in this compelling, emotional origin story behind New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas’s Ransom Canyon saga—filled with lo...

This title was first published in 2001. A general introduction to the study of motorised road haulage in Britain from its beginng up to the outbreak of the Second World War (1904-1940). Filling a gap in market, this is the first work to offer a broad survey into the subject, and is intended to stimulate further interest and debate.

Selected Short's most popular volume! Over three hours of stories to tickle your funny bone.Nicholson Baker's "Subsoil"performed by Thomas GibsonA darkly comic thriller about a tractor historian besieged by man-eating potatoes.David Schickler's "Jamaica"performed by Isaiah ShefferA man with his head stuck between the banisters has no choice but to listen in on his wife's "Gorgon Book Club."Neil Gaiman's "Chivalry"performe...

This book is about the relationship between the Buid value system and their history of resistance to the lowland world.

This is a shorter version of Building "Pete's Banjo", available for free. Instead of a 20% sample of just the leading pages, this sample tells the whole story end-to-end including planning, construction, launch, and sailing in short form. It is about one quarter of the full book. Start here, and buy the full book if you like this one.Since 1984 New Jersey Friends of Clearwater's Environmental Sail Program (ESP) gave free sail boat rides in a historical, 26 foot Tuckerton River Saili...

Charles Booth’s seventeen-volume series, The Life and Labour of the People in London (1886-1903), is a staple of late Victorian social history and a monumental work of scholarship. Despite these facts, historians have paid little attention to its section on religious influences. Thomas Gibson-Brydon’s The Moral Mapping of Victorian and Edwardian London seeks to remedy this neglect.Combing through the interviews Booth and his researchers conducted with 1,800 churchmen and w...

In The Value of Comparison Peter van der Veer makes a compelling case for using comparative approaches in the study of society and for the need to resist the simplified civilization narratives popular in public discourse and some social theory. He takes the quantitative social sciences and the broad social theories they rely on to task for their inability to question Western cultural presuppositions, demonstrating that anthropology's comparative approach provides a better means to...

Model and mother to twin boys, Porsche Thomas presents this Step 2 leveled reader about sibling differences and the importance of unconditional love. Perfect for children recognizing familiar words while sounding out new ones with help.All twins look and act the same, right?WRONG!August and Berlin are twins but they couldn't be more different. From their personalities, to their heights, to the way they like to play, these twins are definitely not th...