Author: David Blankenhorn
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: promises
Number of Pages: 340
Published: 1996-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0847682315
ISBN-13: 9780847682317

This collection of essays by prominent lawyers, theologians, social scientists, policy makers, and activists examines the reasons why the once treasured institution of marriage has been steadily displaced by a culture of divorce and unwed parenthood. "Promises to Keep" presents the full text of The Council on Families in America’s 1995 investigation, "Marriage in America: A Report to the Nation", and the contributors provide suggestions for marital resurrection to counteract trends that have created tragic hardships for children, generated poverty within families, and burdened us with in

Author: David Blankenhorn
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: debate, policy, middle, terrorism, east, global, west, documents, islam
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2005-09-15
List price: $33.95
ISBN-10: 0742550079
ISBN-13: 9780742550070

In 2002, sixty prominent American intellectuals released an open letter defending the use of military force against al-Qa’ida, sparking an impassioned international debate unlike any other, in which jihadists, journalists, liberal Muslims, and German pacifists engaged one another on the most pressing issues of our time: terrorism, U.S. policy, and Islam-West relations. This volume chronicles that debate and includes contributions from both sides of the political spectrum in America and the Middle East-and even from al-Qa’ida.

Author: David Blankenhorn
Publisher: Encounter Books
Keywords: marriage, future
Number of Pages: 335
Published: 2007-03-14
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 1594030812
ISBN-13: 9781594030819

In their current demands, Blankenhorn points out, gay and lesbian leaders are not asking for marriage with the adjective gay in front of it, but marriage itself. So in that sense, what marriage is and why it matters are ultimately what this debate is all about. The Future of Marriage answers the whats and the whys of our most important-and troubled-social institution.

Author: David Blankenhorn
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: social, problem, urgent, confronting, america, fatherless
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1996-02-14
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 006092683X
ISBN-13: 9780060926830

A compelling and controversial exploration of absentee fathers and their impact on the nation.

Authors:David Jessop, David Jones, Peter Baily, David Farmer,
Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Keywords: management, principles, purchasing
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2005-01-13
List price: $89.50
ISBN-10: 0273646893
ISBN-13: 9780273646891

Providing a proactive managerial view of the purchasing function, this text meets the needs of the modern manager as a practical guide and satisfies the requirements of students of purchasing management, whether functional, specialist or general. Suitable for undergraduate Business or Engineering students taking a module in Purchasing and Supplies Management, MBA and CIPS students.

Authors:Joyce E. Penner, David Lister, David J. Griggs, David
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: report, special, atmosphere, global, aviation
Number of Pages: 373
Published: 1999-12-01
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0521664047
ISBN-13: 9780521664042

This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report is the most comprehensive assessment available on the effects of aviation on the global atmosphere. The report considers all the gases and particles emitted by aircraft that modify the chemical properties of the atmosphere, leading to changes in radiative properties and climate change, and modification of the ozone layer, leading to changes in ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth. This volume provides accurate, unbiased, policy-relevant information and is designed to serve the aviation industry and the expert and policymaking

Authors:David Wray, David Lee, Andrew Clark, David Stenhouse,
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: surgery, oral, general, textbook
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2003-08-28
List price: $92.95
ISBN-10: 0443070830
ISBN-13: 9780443070839

This practical resource helps readers arrive at an integrated understanding of both general and oral surgery — in one convenient text. A companion to Wray: Textbook of General and Oral Medicine, it provides the basic principles of general surgery and general medicine and a more detailed knowledge of certain areas of these specialties which are related to dentistry or have an influence on the practice of dentistry.