This is the remarkable story of the American First World War serviceman Arthur Clifford Kimber. When his country entered the Great War in 1917, Kimber left Stanford University to carry the first official American flag to the Western Front. Fired by idealism for the French cause, the young student initially acted as a volunteer ambulance driver, before training as a pilot and taking part in dogfights against 'the Boche'.His letters home give a vivid picture of what ...

Two young Harvard MBAs on the fast track to wealth and success tell their story of God's transforming power and how Scripture brought them to the startling conclusion that they should give the majority of their money away to those in need. Packed with compelling case studies, research, and practical strategies, God and Money offers an honest look at what the Bible says about generous giving. No matter what your salary may be, God and Money shows you how you can reap the rewards of radical ...

Pershing's Lieutenants details the history of the key leaders working for and with the American Expeditionary Forces Commander-in-Chief General John J. Pershing, several of whom went on to become important figures in World War II.World War I had a profound impact on the United States of America, which was forced to 'grow' an army almost overnight. The day the United States declared war on Germany, the US Army was only the 17th largest in the world, ranking...

This book explores how pharmaceutical evidence is designed, interpreted, and used, drawing on positivist, constructivist, critical realist, pragmatist, feminist, and decolonial traditions. It shows how dominant evidence paradigms often struggle to account for time, population heterogeneity, patient experience, and context across contemporary therapeutic and care settings.Rather than treating these dimensions as downstream complications, the book advances an evidence ecology approac...

A History of Irish Modernism examines a wide variety of artworks (from the 1890s to the 1970s), including examples from literature, film, painting, music, radio, and architecture. Each chapter considers a particular aspect of Irish culture and reflects on its contribution to modernism at large. In addition to new research on the Irish Revival and cultural nationalism, which places them squarely in the modernist arena, chapters offer transnational and transdisciplinary perspectives that pla...

On October 8, 1918, seventeen soldiers from the 82nd Division, American Expeditionary Force, led by acting Sgt. Bernard Early, flanked a German machine gun nest that had inundated their unit with withering fire. In this sneak attack, they successfully surprised and captured more than 80 German soldiers before an unseen machine gun suddenly opened fire and killed six men.Acting Cpl. Alvin York, a member of the patrol, received the credit for taking control of the squad and single-ha...

Within the last few years, knowledge about vitamins has increased dramatically, resulting in improved understanding of human requirements for many vitamins. This new edition of a bestseller presents comprehensive summaries that analyze the chemical, physiological, and nutritional relationships, as well as highlight newly identified functions, for a

DECISION MAKING IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENTA thoroughly updated overview of systems engineering management and decision makingIn the newly revised third edition of Decision Making in Systems Engineering and Management, the authors deliver a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the systems decision process, systems thinking, and qualitative and quantitative multi-criteria value modeling directly supporting decision ...

The case of Robert Ben Rhoades is one of the most disturbing you will ever encounter, highlighting gaps in the justice system any killer could drive a truck through...The Cold Case Foundation's Director of Intelligence, James Patrick, explores the horrifying case of the "Truck Stop Killer." Calling on profilers, forensics experts, and psychologists from the Foundation team, he sets out to examine this overlooked case and identify the opportunities to prevent similar crimes from hap...

As a fan of mainstream Singer and Songwriter music I have become an expert in the dualistic creative process and passion involved in art.

New York Times bestselling author Martha MacCallum leads a cast of multiple narrators, including Brit Hume, Dana Perino, Harold Ford Jr., Kat Timpf, and Brian Kilmeade.With The Book of Valor, New York Times bestselling author Martha MacCallum tells a story of America through the first-person “voices” of twelve men and women of valor.From the brave pilgrims, determined to survive in the New World, to the youngest member of the Lewi...

The book provides a clear assessment of the New Labour public policies and their outcomes in Britain under the leadership of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown from 1997–2009. Authors Florence Faucher-King and Patrick Le Galès argue that New Labour, in contrast to its European counterparts, developed a right-wing economic policy program based upon light financial regulation and strict macroeconomic management. Blair and Brown developed a large controlling bureaucracy, making Britain's government ...