Matthew Alexander's Books

Kill or Capture

How a Special Operations Task Force Took Down a Notorious al Qaeda Terrorist

By: Matthew Alexander

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Kill or Capture

How a Special Operations Task Force Took Down a Notorious al Qaeda Terrorist

By: Matthew Alexander

The electrifying true story of the pursuit for the man behind al Qaeda's suicide bombing campaign in Iraq Kill or Capture is a true-life thriller that tells the story of senior military interrogator Matthew Alexander's adrenaline-filled, "outside the wire" pursuit of a notorious Syrian mass murderer named Zafar—the leader of al Qaeda in northern Iraq—a killer with the blood of thousands of innocents on his hands. In a breathless thirty-day period, Alexander and a small Special Operations task force brave the hazards of the Iraqi insurgency to conduct dangerous kill-or-capture missions and hunt down a murderer. Kill or Capture immerses readers in the dangerous world of battlefield interrogations as the author and his team climb the ladder of al Qaeda leadership in a series of raids, braving roadside bombs, near death by electrocution and circles within circles of lies.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

305

Publisher

Macmillan + ORM

Published Date

ISBN 10

1429993170

ISBN 13

9781429993173

The Dinosaur Conspiracy

By: Matthew Coleman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Dinosaur Conspiracy

By: Matthew Coleman

Its a race to seek the truth as Cathy Jurkovich, John Bush, and Carl Bennet travel the world to unravel one of mankinds greatest mysteries. But a dark foreign government organization is bound to stop the three at all costs. The closer that Cathy, John, and Carl are to the truth the more dangerous the journey becomes as each must not only battle the terror hunting them down but also their personal fears and shortcomings. With the backing of a secret organization known as the Twelve the three must overcome the greatest lie in human history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

333

Publisher

Author House

Published Date

ISBN 10

1481706853

ISBN 13

9781481706858

Challenging Colonial Narratives

Nineteenth-Century Great Lakes Archaeology

By: Matthew A. Beaudoin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Challenging Colonial Narratives

Nineteenth-Century Great Lakes Archaeology

By: Matthew A. Beaudoin

Challenging Colonial Narratives demonstrates that the traditional colonial dichotomy may reflect an artifice of the colonial discourse rather than the lived reality of the past. Matthew A. Beaudoin makes a striking case that comparative research can unsettle many deeply held assumptions and offer a rapprochement of the conventional scholarly separation of colonial and historical archaeology. To create a conceptual bridge between disparate dialogues, Beaudoin examines multigenerational nineteenth-century Mohawk and settler sites in southern Ontario, Canada. He demonstrates that few obvious differences exist and calls for more nuanced interpretive frameworks. Using conventional categories, methodologies, and interpretative processes from Indigenous and settler archaeologies, Beaudoin encourages archaeologists and scholars to focus on the different or similar aspects among sites to better understand the nineteenth-century life of contemporaneous Indigenous and settler peoples. Beaudoin posits that the archaeological record represents people’s navigation through the social and political constraints of their time. Their actions, he maintains, were undertaken within the understood present, the remembered past, and perceived future possibilities. Deconstructing existing paradigms in colonial and postcolonial theories, Matthew A. Beaudoin establishes a new, dynamic discourse on identity formation and politics within the power relations created by colonization that will be useful to archaeologists in the academy as well as in cultural resource management.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

177

Publisher

University of Arizona Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0816538085

ISBN 13

9780816538089

Discoveries and Inventions in Literature for Youth

A Guide and Resource Book

By: Joy L. Lowe,Kathryn I. Matthew

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Discoveries and Inventions in Literature for Youth

A Guide and Resource Book

By: Joy L. Lowe,Kathryn I. Matthew

A compilation of books and other resources that are appropriate for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

354

Publisher

Scarecrow Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0810849151

ISBN 13

9780810849150

Understanding Greek Warfare

By: Matthew A. Sears

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Understanding Greek Warfare

By: Matthew A. Sears

Understanding Greek Warfare offers a wide-ranging survey of Greek warfare, from the Mycenaeans through to the Hellenistic kingdoms’ clashes with Rome. Each chapter provides an overview of a particular theme and historical period, and a detailed discussion of the relevant sources, both ancient and modern. This volume covers not only the development of equipment, tactics, strategy, and the major wars of Greek history – the "drums and trumpets" – it also examines the political, social, and cultural importance of warfare in each period. Each chapter outlines major scholarly debates, such as the true nature of hoplite battle and whether Alexander the Great had a strategic vision beyond conquest, and includes several short selections from the primary literary evidence. Readable yet scholarly, this book is an ideal companion to courses on Greek warfare and society, and offers detailed suggestions for further reading and research. Understanding Greek Warfare will be a crucial resource for students of war in the ancient Greek world, and of the ancient Greeks in general.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

386

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351974122

ISBN 13

9781351974127

Omens and Oracles

Divination in Ancient Greece

By: Matthew Dillon

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Omens and Oracles

Divination in Ancient Greece

By: Matthew Dillon

Addressing the role which divination played in ancient Greek society, this volume deals with various forms of prophecy and how each was utilised and for what purpose. Chapters bring together key types of divining, such as from birds, celestial phenomena, the entrails of sacrificed animals and dreams. Oracular centres delivered prophetic pronouncements to enquirers, but in addition, there were written collections of oracles in circulation. Many books were available on how to interpret dreams, the birds and entrails, and divination as a religious phenomenon attracted the attention of many writers. Expert diviners were at the heart of Greek prophecy, whether these were Apollo’s priestesses delivering prose or verse answers to questions put to them by consultants, diviners known as manteis, who interpreted entrails and omens, the chresmologoi, who sang the many oracles circulating orally or in writing, or dream interpreters. Divination was utilised not only to foretell the future but also to ensure that the individual or state employing divination acted in accordance with that divinely prescribed future; it was employed by all and had a crucial role to play in what courses of action both states and individuals undertook. Specific attention is paid in this volume not only to the ancient written evidence, but to that of inscriptions and papyri, with emphasis placed on the iconography of Greek divination.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

569

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317148959

ISBN 13

9781317148951

Africa:It's True Role in the Ancient World

An Informal Analysis

By: Matthew Theodore Momon

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Africa:It's True Role in the Ancient World

An Informal Analysis

By: Matthew Theodore Momon

This book is designed to assist the advanced mathematics and science students through the maze of the Ancient World/Hellenistic World/ Classical World and its flow into the Modern World. This book will not only put critical events in perspective but also in their true chronological order. This book will give the reader knowledge of the history of the Mediterranean World from the Persian Empire to the 1883 A.D. discovery of electricity and beyond. From the seven wonders of the ancient world to ancient warfare and ancient machines of war and peace to Africa’s development and implementation of the disciplines of mathematics, all engineering sciences, physics, chemistry, metallurgy, statistics, medicine, masonry, technology, ethics, political science, metaphysics, astronomy, astrology and philosophy. In general, the reader will be introduced to a world that was developed and maintained by the mind of the African. This way of thought has maintained the world up to the modern age. Most importantly, the reader will learn through deductive and inductive reasoning where the origin of the western world really begins—who educated whom, when this education took place, where it took place, how long this educational environment lasted, the manner in which the professors and master teachers were treated, when the course of the world changed, who changed it, how it was changed and why. If the reader is tired of “keep your eyes on the prize!” and wants to know what the prize is and whether or not the African deserves the prize, then read this book and be informed.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

197

Publisher

Xlibris Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

1669806510

ISBN 13

9781669806516

The Queen and the Monster

By: Matthew Caputo

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Queen and the Monster

By: Matthew Caputo

A child forced to assume the role of a queen. A monster masquerading as a man. Two worlds' futures in the balance.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

411

Publisher

Trafford Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1490747362

ISBN 13

9781490747361

An Invincible Beast

Understanding the Hellenistic Pike Phalanx in Action

By: Christopher Matthew

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

An Invincible Beast

Understanding the Hellenistic Pike Phalanx in Action

By: Christopher Matthew

An innovative study of the Macedonian war machine’s sarissa-wielding infantry under such leaders as Philip II and Alexander the Great. The Hellenistic pike-phalanx was a true military innovation, transforming the face of warfare in the ancient world. For nearly 200 years, from the rise of the Macedonians as a military power in the mid-fourth century BC, to their defeat at the hands of the Romans at Pydna in 168BC, the pike-wielding heavy infantryman (the phalangite) formed the basis of nearly every Hellenistic army to deploy on battlefields stretching from Italy to India. And yet, despite this dominance, and the vast literature dedicated to detailing the history of the Hellenistic world, there remains fierce debate among modern scholars about how infantry combat in this age was actually conducted. Christopher Matthews critically examines phalanx combat by using techniques such as physical re-creation, experimental archaeology, and ballistics testing, and then comparing the findings of this testing to the ancient literary, artistic and archaeological evidence, as well as modern theories. The result is the most comprehensive and up-to-date study of what heavy infantry combat was like in the age of Alexander the Great and his successors.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

375

Publisher

Pen and Sword

Published Date

ISBN 10

147388134X

ISBN 13

9781473881341

MacroMicroCosm: Primordial Edition

Literary & Art Journal

By: Sapha Burnell,Matthew William Abram Fast,Corrie Shoemaker,Robin Wyatt Dunn,Marlena Bontas,Michael Kwaku Kesse Somuah,Katharine Fahlmann,Holly P. Isaac,Samuel Alder,Seth Ayettey

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

MacroMicroCosm: Primordial Edition

Literary & Art Journal

By: Sapha Burnell,Matthew William Abram Fast,Corrie Shoemaker,Robin Wyatt Dunn,Marlena Bontas,Michael Kwaku Kesse Somuah,Katharine Fahlmann,Holly P. Isaac,Samuel Alder,Seth Ayettey

The act of becoming begins with context, body, the swell of a woman’s hip lit by cascading sunlight through a balmy spring window, the touch of heavenly winds across a hot face. We brush our toes into the sandy beaches of our coastlines and rich textures of pleasure seep into our feet. We were made beautifully, wonderfully. Body and mind together, as a single unit. Humankind does not hold license to call its collective body a horrible, ghastly entity rutting itself toward global destruction. As a race we are too hard on ourselves. We implant our newborns with social structures, infantile cooes and gender roles, until they grow enough to ask why." Melissa Ratajczak Ratel, The Beauty of Pride Particles of meaning draped whole-heartedly across the skies as day breaks, as night falls, in the in between before the storm and that first big breath. The macrocosm, the all is mirrored in the microscopic. Quantum Mechanics becomes planetary motion, as stardust turns to love. MacroMicroCosm is an art piece, an introspection, an immersion and a literary journal showcasing Vraeyda's ideals, artists, authors & talent. MacroMicroCosm is an inspection into the cycles and patterns that built our cosmos & rule our lives. Introspection turns into outward study, heaven turns to earth. MacroMicroCosm includes poetry, short stories, articles, art, photography and comics.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Vraeyda Multimedia Inc

Published Date

ISBN 10

0992118840

ISBN 13

9780992118846

Public Places, Urban Spaces

The Dimensions of Urban Design

By: Matthew Carmona

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Public Places, Urban Spaces

The Dimensions of Urban Design

By: Matthew Carmona

Summary: 'Public Places Urban Spaces' provides a thorough introduction to the principles of urban design theory and practice. Authored by experts in the fields of urban design and planning, this edition has been updated with relevant examples to show students how principles have been put into practice.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

398

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1856178277

ISBN 13

9781856178273

Seven Deadly Wonders

By: Matthew Reilly

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Seven Deadly Wonders

By: Matthew Reilly

A prediction that promises ultimate power to whomever restores the Golden Capstone, an ancient Egyptian structure that protected people from global flooding before it was broken and scattered by Alexander the Great, prompts a brutal competition among top nations, terrorists, and a coalition. By the author of Contest and Ice Station. 125,000 first printing.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

401

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

0743270533

ISBN 13

9780743270533

The Right Moment

Ronald Reagan's First Victory and the Decisive Turning Point in American Politics

By: Matthew Dallek

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Right Moment

Ronald Reagan's First Victory and the Decisive Turning Point in American Politics

By: Matthew Dallek

Ronald Reagan's first great victory in the 1966 California governor's race is one of the pivotal stories of American political history, a victory that seemed to come from nowhere and has long since confounded his critics. Just four years earlier Governor Edmund "Pat" Brown was celebrated as the "Giant Killer" for his 1962 victory over Richard Nixon, and his liberal agenda reigned supreme. Yet in 1966 political neophyte Reagan trounced Brown by almost one million votes, marking not only the coming-of-age of Reagan's new conservatism but also the first serious blow to modern liberalism. Drawing on scores of oral histories, thousands of archival documents, and personal interviews with participants, Dallek offers a gripping new portrait of the 1960s that is far more complicated than our collective memory of that decade.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

322

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0195174070

ISBN 13

9780195174076

Adventuring Through Spanish Colonies

Simon Bolivar, Foreign Mercenaries and the Birth of New Nations

By: Matthew Brown

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Adventuring Through Spanish Colonies

Simon Bolivar, Foreign Mercenaries and the Birth of New Nations

By: Matthew Brown

Between 1810 and 1825, 7,000 English, Scottish and Irish mercenaries sailed to Gran Colombia to fight against Spanish colonial rule under the rebel forces of Simón Bolívar. Their motives were mixed. Some travelled for money, others travelled for honour. Adventuring Through Spanish Colonies explores the lives of these men – their encounters with other soldiers, indigenous people, local women and slaves – as recounted in documents that fall outside the usual remit of military, political and economic historians. Matthew Brown considers the social and cultural aspects of the presence of these ‘foreigners’, and shows how they were an essential part of the revolution which eventually gave South America its freedom. Using archival research from England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia, Adventuring Through Spanish Colonies clearly shows the active role that these mercenaries, informal outriders of the British Empire, played in the creation of Latin America as we know it today.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

281

Publisher

Liverpool University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1800855028

ISBN 13

9781800855021

Red & Black in Haiti

Radicalism, Conflict, and Political Change, 1934-1957

By: Matthew J. Smith (Ph. D.)

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Red & Black in Haiti

Radicalism, Conflict, and Political Change, 1934-1957

By: Matthew J. Smith (Ph. D.)

In 1934 the republic of Haiti celebrated its 130th anniversary as an independent nation. In that year, too, another sort of Haitian independence occurred, as the United States ended nearly two decades of occupation. In the first comprehensive political hi

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

294

Publisher

Univ of North Carolina Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0807832650

ISBN 13

9780807832653

Neuroimaging: A Teaching File

A Teaching File

By: Matthew Omojola,Mauricio Castillo

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Neuroimaging: A Teaching File

A Teaching File

By: Matthew Omojola,Mauricio Castillo

This new volume in the Teaching File Series provides 100 illustrated cases in print and an additional 200 cases online. It represents a wide variety of CNS diseases that are presented as unknowns and includes both brain and head & neck cases with color perfusion, PET and functional/MR Spectroscopy images. Each case will have 2-4 images and follow the new teaching-file template, consisting of clinical history, images, findings, DDx, diagnosis, discussion, questions, key issues for the report, what the clinician needs to know, and answers to the questions.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1402

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published Date

ISBN 10

1469887134

ISBN 13

9781469887135

Ending Civil War

Rhodesia and Lebanon in Perspective

By: Matthew Preston

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ending Civil War

Rhodesia and Lebanon in Perspective

By: Matthew Preston

Matthew Preston returns politics to its rightful place at the heart of the study of internal conflict. Rejecting approaches that emphasise economics or ethnicity, this comparative investigation of the wars in Rhodesia and Lebanon sets out the complex political dynamic that eventually produced the ultimately sucessful peace agreements of Lancaster House and Taif respectively. It was a dynamic, though, in which the ebbs and flows of events at the negotiating table and on the battlefield played only a supporting role. Rather more significant were power struggles within belligerent parties that brought consolidated yet unscrupulous leadership, growing disempowerment and suffering of civilians of all communities, and the acquisition and subsequent leverage over the belligerents by regional powers. Yet the years of negotiation over seats in parliament failed to usher in a democratic era in either country. 'Peace' brought a de-escalation in violence, but the political struggle continued, to be won decisively by Robert Mugabe's ZANU(PF) in independent Zimbabwe, and by Syria and her allies in Lebanon. At a time when Western leaders proclaim the political necessity of addressing 'failed states', 'Ending Civil War' provides a salutary reminder that the competing elites of those failed states possess their own political agendas, ones frequently resistant to the command of great but distant powers. The primary agendas of civil war in Rhodesia and Lebanon were not those of economic greed, nor of ethnic hatred, but of the age-old phenomenon of the struggle for control: of organisations, of civilians, and, ultimately, of the state. The idioms of violence were those of the time - cyclical bouts of fighting, massacres, assassinations and kidnappings -but the deployment of limited violence for political ends was one which Carl von Clausewitz would clearly have recognised.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

256

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

085771239X

ISBN 13

9780857712394

Presidents and Their Generals

An American History of Command in War

By: Matthew Moten

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Presidents and Their Generals

An American History of Command in War

By: Matthew Moten

Moten traces a sweeping history of the evolving roles of civilian and military leaders in conducting war. In doing so he demonstrates how war strategy and national security policy shifted as political and military institutions developed, and how they were shaped by leader's personalities.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

456

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0674058143

ISBN 13

9780674058149

Dictionary Of Modern Art

By: Matthew Baigell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Dictionary Of Modern Art

By: Matthew Baigell

Alphabetically arranged and crossreferenced entries provide background information on major American painters, sculptors, printmakers, and photographers, plus important topics and movements central to American art from the sixteenth century to the present.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

505

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

0429708718

ISBN 13

9780429708718

Ancient Relativity

Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, and Sceptics

By: Matthew Duncombe

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ancient Relativity

Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, and Sceptics

By: Matthew Duncombe

Ideas about relativity underlie much ancient Greek philosophy, from Protagorean relativism, to Plato's theory of Forms, Aristotle's category scheme, and relational logic. In Ancient Relativity Matthew Duncombe explores how ancient philosophers, particularly Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, and Sextus Empiricus, understood the phenomenon and how their theories of relativity affected, and were affected by, their broader philosophical outlooks. He argues that ancient philosophers shared a close-knit family of views referred to as 'constitutive relativity', whereby a relative is not simply linked by a relation but is constituted by it. Plato exploits this view in some key arguments concerning the Forms and the partition of the soul. Aristotle adopts the constitutive view in his discussions of relativity in Categories 7 and the Topics and retains it in Metaphysics Delta 15. Duncombe goes on to examine the role relativity plays in Stoic philosophy, especially Stoic physics and metaphysics, and the way Sextus Empiricus thinks about relativity, which does not appeal to the nature of relatives but rather to how we conceive of things as correlative.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

288

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0192585096

ISBN 13

9780192585097

The Time of the End II: The 7 Heads of the Dragon and the Nation-Beasts of the Last Days

By: Matthew S Crane

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Time of the End II: The 7 Heads of the Dragon and the Nation-Beasts of the Last Days

By: Matthew S Crane

A key factor in comprehending the prophetic landscape of the end times is to recognize the specific, prominent nations that will be involved. In the Scriptures, these nations are depicted in allegorical form, and for literally thousands of years, students of the word of God have labored to discern the identity and meaning of the four beasts (Daniel 7), the elements of Nebuchadnezzar’s image (Daniel 2), and the seven heads of the Dragon (Revelation 17). Many speculations and interpretations continue to be made, yet to this day, there is still a great amount of uncertainty regarding these prophecies. The Time of the End I provided the Scriptural foundation for a 10 ½ year timeline of the last days, and like the border pieces of a puzzle, this new perspective has provided new insight into the broader picture of prophecy. The Time of the End II sheds light upon and unlocks the concealed identifications of the Lion, the Bear, and the Leopard (Daniel 7), the feet and toes of Nebuchadnezzar’s image (Daniel 2), the seven heads of the Dragon, and how those nations relate to the four horns (Zechariah 1), the four carpenters (Zechariah 1), the four horsemen of the Apocalypse (Revelation 6), and the movements throughout history of Mystery Babylon (Revelation 17). Like its predecessor, The Time of the End II confidently rearranges some of the more popular and accepted ‘puzzle pieces’ of prophecy, and emerges with a notably different picture, one that is far more consistent with a literal interpretation of the Scriptures.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

176

Publisher

Matthew S Crane

Published Date

ISBN 13

9798887960791

Media and the Mind

Art, Science, and Notebooks as Paper Machines, 1700-1830

By: Matthew Daniel Eddy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Media and the Mind

Art, Science, and Notebooks as Paper Machines, 1700-1830

By: Matthew Daniel Eddy

A beautifully illustrated argument that reveals notebooks as extraordinary paper machines that transformed knowledge on the page and in the mind. We often think of reason as a fixed entity, as a definitive body of facts that do not change over time. But during the Enlightenment, reason also was seen as a process, as a set of skills enacted on a daily basis. How, why, and where were these skills learned? Concentrating on Scottish students living during the long eighteenth century, this book argues that notebooks were paper machines and that notekeeping was a capability-building exercise that enabled young notekeepers to mobilize everyday handwritten and printed forms of material and visual media in a way that empowered them to judge and enact the enlightened principles they encountered in the classroom. Covering a rich selection of material ranging from simple scribbles to intricate watercolor diagrams, the book reinterprets John Locke’s comparison of the mind to a blank piece of paper, the tabula rasa. Although one of the most recognizable metaphors of the British Enlightenment, scholars seldom consider why it was so successful for those who used it. Each chapter uses one core notekeeping skill to reveal the fascinating world of material culture that enabled students in the arts, sciences, and humanities to transform the tabula rasa metaphor into a dynamic cognitive model. Starting in the home, moving to schools, and ending with universities, the book reconstructs the relationship between media and the mind from the bottom up. It reveals that the cognitive skills required to make and use notebooks were not simply aids to reason; rather, they were part of reason itself.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

531

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0226820750

ISBN 13

9780226820750

Jacaranda Humanities Alive 7 Victorian Curriculum, LearnON and Print

By: Robert Darlington,Judy Mraz,Graeme Smithies,Matthew Richardson,Ben Rood,Cathy Bedson,Anne Low,Simon Phelan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Jacaranda Humanities Alive 7 Victorian Curriculum, LearnON and Print

By: Robert Darlington,Judy Mraz,Graeme Smithies,Matthew Richardson,Ben Rood,Cathy Bedson,Anne Low,Simon Phelan

Jacaranda Humanities Alive 7 Victorian Curriculum, 2nd Edition learnON & Print This combined print and digital title provides 100% coverage of the Victorian Curriculum for Humanities. The textbook comes with a complimentary activation code for learnON, the powerful digital learning platform making learning personalised and visible for both students and teachers. The latest editions of Jacaranda Humanities Alive Victorian Curriculum series include these key features: Choice - four titles in one, or single-subject titles teachON - video lessons by Victoria's best teachers, teaching advice and lesson plans learnON - our most powerful digital learning platform An immersive digital platform in which students and teachers are connected Rich media to engage and inspire Immediate, corrective feedback for students and an in-built testmaker for teachers to create assignments from a large pool of questions for immediate, spaced and mixed practice. Results reported against skills and content allow unmatched visibility of students' progress. Thinking Big research projects - creative, imaginative, collaborative activities SkillBuilders - Tell me, Show me, Let me do it! For teachers, learnON includes additional teacher resources such as quarantined questions and answers, curriculum grids and work programs.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

723

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

0730372839

ISBN 13

9780730372837

The Great Big Book of Horrible Things

The 100 Worst Things People Have Done To Each Other

By: Matthew White

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Great Big Book of Horrible Things

The 100 Worst Things People Have Done To Each Other

By: Matthew White

A compulsively readable and utterly original account of world history—from an atrocitologist’s point of view. Evangelists of human progress meet their opposite in Matthew White's epic examination of history's one hundred most violent events, or, in White's piquant phrasing, "the numbers that people want to argue about." Reaching back to 480 BCE's second Persian War, White moves chronologically through history to this century's war in the Congo and devotes chapters to each event, where he surrounds hard facts (time and place) and succinct takeaways (who usually gets the blame?) with lively military, social, and political histories. With the eye of a seasoned statistician, White assigns each entry a ranking based on body count, and in doing so he gives voice to the suffering of ordinary people that, inexorably, has defined every historical epoch. By turns droll, insightful, matter-of-fact, and ultimately sympathetic to those who died, The Great Big Book of Horrible Things gives readers a chance to reach their own conclusions while offering a stark reminder of the darkness of the human heart.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

689

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0393081923

ISBN 13

9780393081923

Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World

By: Matthew Dickie

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World

By: Matthew Dickie

This study is the first to assemble the evidence for the existence of sorcerors and sorceresses in the ancient world. Compelling and revealing in the breadth of evidence employed this will be an essential resource.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

379

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0415311292

ISBN 13

9780415311298

Chronica Majora

By: Matthew Paris

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Chronica Majora

By: Matthew Paris

This seven-volume work, published 1872-83, is a rich source for English history from the Creation to 1259.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

697

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1108049052

ISBN 13

9781108049054

The Oxford Handbook of Deification

By: Aquinas Chair in Theology and Philosophy Paul L Gavrilyuk,Ordinary Professor of Patristics and Ancient Languages Andrew Hofer O P,James N Jr and Mary D Perry Chair of Theology Matthew Levering

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Oxford Handbook of Deification

By: Aquinas Chair in Theology and Philosophy Paul L Gavrilyuk,Ordinary Professor of Patristics and Ancient Languages Andrew Hofer O P,James N Jr and Mary D Perry Chair of Theology Matthew Levering

This handbook offers a comprehensive and varied study of deification within Christian theology. Forty-six leading experts in the field examine points of convergence and difference on the constitutive elements of deification across different writers, thinkers, and traditions.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

753

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0198865171

ISBN 13

9780198865179

Zondervan NIV Matthew Henry Commentary

By: Matthew Henry

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Zondervan NIV Matthew Henry Commentary

By: Matthew Henry

Time has sealed the reputation of Matthew Henry's classic commentary as a rich source of insight into God's word. Four centuries after its first publication, it remains one of the best-loved, most popular commentaries ever written. However, while its wisdom is timeless, the English language has changed much through the years. Words that meant one thing in Matthew Henry's day have taken on different meanings today. In addition, Henry's often wordy reflections are generations removed from the crisp style that communicates most effectively to contemporary readers. The Zondervan NIV Matthew Henry Commentary is a masterful response to these concerns. It delivers the heart and soul of Henry's incomparable writings in a style that is easy to read and understand. -Dr. Leslie Church's meticulous abridgment retains the essential content of the original work. - Easily misunderstood words have been replaced with modern ones while keeping Henry's style. - Use of the New International Version (NIV) instead of the King James Version makes this edition fully compatible with today's most widely used Bible translation. In one volume, here is a wealth of exposition, metaphors, analogies, and illustrations, ideal for - Personal devotions - Bible study - Sermon and lesson preparation

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

8106

Publisher

Zondervan

Published Date

ISBN 10

0310874408

ISBN 13

9780310874409

A Dictionary for the Modern Singer

By: Matthew Hoch

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Dictionary for the Modern Singer

By: Matthew Hoch

Titles in the Dictionaries for the Modern Musician series offer both the novice and the advanced artist key information designed to convey the field of study and performance for a major instrument or instrument class, as well as the workings of musicians in areas from conducting to composing. Each dictionary covers topics from instrument parts to technique, major works to key figures—a must-have for any musician’s personal library! A Dictionary for the Modern Singer is an indispensable guide for students of singing, voice pedagogues, and lovers of the art of singing. In addition to classical singing, genres, and styles, musical theatre and popular and global styles are addressed. With an emphasis on contemporary practice, this work includes terms and figures that influenced modern singing styles. Topics include voice pedagogy, voice science, vocal health, styles, genres, performers, diction, and other relevant topics. The dictionary will help students to more fully understand the concepts articulated by their teachers. Matthew Hoch’s book fills a gap in the singer’s library as the only one-volume general reference geared toward today’s student of singing. An extensive bibliography is invaluable for students seeking to explore a particular subject in greater depth. Illustrations and charts further illuminate particular concepts, while appendixes address stage fright, tips on practicing, repertoire selection, audio technology, and contemporary commercial music styles. A Dictionary for the Modern Singer will appeal to students of singing at all levels. For professionals, it will serve as a quick and handy reference guide, useful in the high school or college library and the home teaching studio alike; students and amateurs will find it accessible and full of fascinating information about the world of the singing.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

319

Publisher

Scarecrow Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0810886561

ISBN 13

9780810886568

Book's by Matthew Alexander

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email