Books written by Michael Williams

Groundless Belief: An Essay on the Possibility of Epistemology

In this essay Michael Williams attacks phenomenalism and empiricism.
Adenosine and Adenosine Receptors

Adenosine is able to block the H-mediated effects of histamine via an A1-type receptor (Genovese et al., 1988), probably at the level of second messenger generation (Hollingsworth et al., 1986), thus producing a histamine-induced ...
School Improvement: International Perspectives

(Earl and LeMahieu, 1997) • How can we make good use of information and communications technology to facilitate the lifelong learning of both teachers and students and contribute to curriculum renewal? q How can we take account of ...
Deforesting the Earth: From Prehistory to Global Crisis

Raymond E. Crist and Charles M. Nissly, East from the Andes: Pioneer Settlements in the South American Heartland, 1–8; quotation is from p. i. For a more recent and penetrating analysis of land use, history, and social status, ...
A Century of British Geography

These essays trace the evolution of British geography as an academic discipline during the last hundred years, and stress how the study of the world we live in is fundamental to an understanding of its problems and concerns.
Wrapped in Red: Thirteen Tales of Vampiric Horror

Thirteen crimson concoctions sure to tempt your teeth, from the ancient to the modern, from the Carpathian Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean to the Wild West, you are sure to find your... type - Wrapped In Red. 13 Authors. 13 Stories.
The Making of Ireland: Landscapes in Geology

This is a book about the earth history of Ireland.
Culture and Security: Symbolic Power and the Politics of International Security

Barnett, M. and Duvall, R. (eds) (2004) Power in Global Governance, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ... Booth, K. (1997) 'Confessions of a Fallen Realist', in K. Krause and M. C. Williams (eds) Critical Security Studies: Concepts ...
Practical Ethics in Clinical Neurology: A Case-Based Learning Approach

CASE 3 Ashley is a 17-year-old who has had epilepsy for 5 years. She lives with her parents. The seizures are very difficult to control, despite attempts with a wide range of medications, which she has taken without any resistance.
The Love from Just One

Ashley giggled. “I'm not nervous!” He said after gulping. “Well then, come on!” Ashley grabbed ahold of Robert's hand and dragged him over to meet Elise. “Do you think she'll like me?” “We're both about to find out.
The Biblical Hebrew Companion for Bible Software Users: Grammatical Terms Explained for Exegesis

The Biblical Hebrew Companion for Bible Software Users by Michael Williams is a resource book intended for users of Bible software to help them understand the exegetical significance of Hebrew grammatical terminology identified by the ...
To Pass On a Good Earth: The Life and Work of Carl O. Sauer

With them were Brand, the Rockefeller Foundation scholar Gottfried Pfeifer, and Pfeifer's wife, Ruth.20 Mazatlán became their base camp from which archaeological forays were made by hired car or local bus. True to form, Sauer rejected ...
Isaac Taylor Tichenor: The Creation of the Baptist New South

South Western Baptist, 21 November 1861, 2; Malcolm C. McMillan, The Disintegration of a Confederate State. Three Governors and Alabama; Wartime Home Front, 1861– 1865 (University, AL: University of Alabama, 1963), 31–33; W. W. McMillan ...
Expressivism, Pragmatism and Representationalism

Similar points apply to this famous remark from P. F. Strawson, the earlier part ofwhich I quoted approvingly in the previous lecture: 'Ifyou prise the statements off the world you prise the facts offit too; but the world would be none ...
Americans and Their Forests: A Historical Geography

Mills were built or relocated nearer to the stumpage and the railroad right - of - way and away from the old water - powered sites on the rivers like Saginaw , Muskegon , and Manistee ( Fig . 7.10C ) ...
Problems of Knowledge: A Critical Introduction to Epistemology

While accessible to theundergraduate and general reader, this book contains Williams' own original ideas and is essential reading for all philosophers concerned with the theory of knowledge.
Golden Arms, aka Test Pilots: Six Years that Changed Aerial Warfare

... or “tail-can” that stuck out, allowing engineers to mount different types of test articles on the back. Below on the desert floor is the butterfly shaped Lake Lucero where gypsum crystals are formed that creates the White Sands.
Oath and the Measure: The Meetings Sextet

For here was a statue of Lucero di Caela, Wing Commander in the Great Ogre Wars, his sword drawn, stepping forth into battle. And there the statue of Bedal Brightblade, who singlehandedly fought the desert nomads,
On the Slow Train Again

Michael Williams has spent the past year traveling along the fascinating rail byways of Britain for this new collection of journeys.
The Boys of Milo

... E-4 Larry Dean Benedict, Private, E-1 Thomas D. Kennedy, Airman Second Class, E-3 Ronald J. Kennedy, Private, E-1 Ronald P. Hensel, Specialist Fourth Class, E-4 Ronald Burson, Senior Master Sergeant, Retired James Franklin Spencer, ...