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  • Life as We Do Not Know It

    The NASA Search for (and Synthesis of) Alien Life

    by Peter Ward ...
    An engrossing and revelatory first look at the search for alien life-on Earth and beyondFor the past twenty years, Peter Ward has been at the forefront of popular science writing, with books such as the influential and controversial Rare Earth. In Life as We Do Not Know It, Ward, with his signature blend of eloquence, humor, and learned insight, vividly details the latest scientific findings, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by Which They Forced Her Gates

    by Peter Ward Fay ...
    This book tells the fascinating story of the war between England and China that delivered Hong Kong to the English, forced the imperial Chinese government to add four ports to Canton as places in which foreigners could live and trade, and rendered irreversible the process that for almost a century thereafter distinguished western relations with this quarter of the globe—the process that is ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Clean Body

    A Modern History

    by Peter Ward ...
    How often did our ancestors bathe? How often did they wash their clothes and change them? What did they understand cleanliness to be? Why have our hygienic habits changed so dramatically over time? In short, how have we come to be so clean?The Clean Body explores one of the most fundamental and pervasive cultural changes in Western history since the seventeenth century: the personal hygiene ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Japanese Weapons: An Anthology

    by Michael DeMarco, David Jones, Ellis Andur, Reinier Hesselink, Rick Polland, Deborah Klens-Bigman, Edwin Symmes, Peter Ward ...
    This anthology presents an assortment of seven articles from the Journal of Asian Martial Arts that deal with Japanese weaponry: archery, short staff, naganita polearm, and test cutting (tamashigiri) with the long sword. A few articles are highly academic and others are easier reading, based on interviews or actual practice. There is a common theme: the importance of these to Japanese martial ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lamarck's Revenge

    How Epigenetics Is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Evolution's Past and Present

    by Peter Ward ...
    A riveting explanation of epigenetics, offering startling insights into our inheritable traits.In the 1700s, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck first described epigenetics to explain the inheritance of acquired characteristics; however, his theory was supplanted in the 1800s by Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection through heritable genetic mutations. But natural selection could not adequately ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A New History of Life

    The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth

    by Peter Ward, Joe Kirschvink ...
    The history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all--or so we think. A New History of Life offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how life on our planet evolved--the first major new synthesis for general readers in two decades.Charles Darwin's theories, first published more than 150 years ago, form the backbone of how we understand the ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Quest for Freedom

    Struggling for Democratic North Korea

    by Young-hwan Kim, John Cha, Peter Ward ...
    Originally written in Korean and translated into English, QUEST FOR FREEDOM covers Young-hwan Kim's activities as the leading student activist in South Korea in the 1980s. It chronicles Kim's efforts—past and present—to reach out to the international community for support for his mission to free North Korean people from tyranny. During the 1980s, Kim's heavy criticisms against the South Korean ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Disaster Recovery Guide

    Learn everything you need to know to design and implement a solid disaster recovery plan for SharePoint 2013

    by Peter Ward ...
    Learn everything you need to know to design and implement a solid disaster recovery plan for SharePoint 2013Key FeaturesDesign, implement, test, and execute solid disaster recovery plans for your SharePoint environment with this essential guideLearn outofthebox backup and restore proceduresImplement a solid disaster recovery strategy for custom development environmentsA quick handson guide to get ... Read more

    $28.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Youth Ministry and Theological Shorthand

    Living Amongst the Fragments of a Coherent Theology

    by David Bailey ...
    In Youth Ministry and Theology Shorthand, David Bailey explores the dialogue between practice and theological education through the lens of youth ministry. This qualitative study illuminates how youth ministers talk about their work amongst young people. Through the slowing down of the youth ministry process it is discovered that youth ministers speak in theological shorthand. Theological ... Read more

    $22.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Making Jesus Attractive

    The Ministry and Message of Young Life

    by Gretchen Schoon Tanis ...
    Making Jesus Attractive is an in-depth look at the history and theology of this parachurch organization dedicated to ministry with young people. Beginning with the theological background of founder Jim Rayburn and moving through the decades of the ministry, this book examines not only the articulated theological statements of the organization but the lived theology as well. This book provides a ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Price of Immortality

    by Peter Ward ...
    In the tradition of Jon Ronson and Tim Wu, an absorbing and revelatory journey into the American Way of Defying Death . . .As longevity medicine revolutionizes the lives of many older people, the quest to take the next step—to live as long as we choose—has spurred a scientific arms race in search of the elixir of life, funded by Big Tech and Silicon Valley.Once the stuff of Mesopotamian mythology ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Microsoft SharePoint for Business Executives: Q&A Handbook

    100 Essential Questions and Answers about SharePoint 2010 for Executives considering SharePoint deployments with this book and ebook

    by Peter Ward ...
    Key FeaturesBook Description“Microsoft SharePoint for Business Executives: Q&A Handbook” is a quick, non-technical reference for business executives who need to get up to speed with SharePoint and understand how to make the right decision about implementations. With an easy to absorb Q&A approach and short bite size chapters focused on defined SharePoint subjects, the book follows specific ... Read more

    $25.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus