On June 2nd, 1947, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball League (NBL) held the first college basketball draft in the history of the sport. The two leagues selected a combined 100 college seniors, including future Hall of Famers Harry Gallatin, Andy Phillip, and Jim Pollard. Since then, over 9,000 draft choices have been made by the major professional basketball leagues. The Basketball Draft Fact Book is the first detailed and comprehensive listing of all p...

From reviews of previous editions:“This is the standard reference about Texas mammals.” —Wildlife Activist“A must for anyone seriously interested in the wildlife of Texas.” —Texas Outdoor Writers Association News“[This book] easily fills the role of both a field guide and a desk reference, and is written in a style that appeals to the professional biologist and amateur naturalist alike. . . . [It] should prove useful to anyone with an inte...

Decoding the discourse: Rhetorical foundations of authoritarian power.Fascism has resurfaced as one of the most pressing problems of our time. The rise of extremist parties and candidates in Europe, the United States, and around the globe has led even mainstream political commentators to begin using the term “fascism” to describe dangerous movements that have revived and repackaged many of the strategies long thought to have been relegated to the margins o...

One of the most popular sports in the world is shooting and hunting.The Beginners Guide to Firearm Safety: How to Secure, Transport and Fire a Handgun or Rifle Safely by Robert Bradley is his new book aimed at educating individuals wanting to begin owning a handgun or rifle to begin enjoying this sport or for home and personal protection.Many new firearm owners are aware of some of the basic safety instructions to being a responsible firearm owner however, many of them are ...

It's no secret that violent crimes against members of the LGBTQ community are on the rise.Inside my new book, The LGBT Guide to Concealed Carry: How to Arm Yourself for Security, Protection and Self Defense, you will learn how to increase your personal safety, become aware of your surroundings and, if required, defend yourself effectively should you get attacked.More and more individuals who identify as LGBTQ are purchasing firearms for personal safety and in this LGBTQ sel...

It's no secret that violent crimes against women are on the rise.Inside my new book, A Females Guide to Concealed Carry: How to Arm Yourself for Security, Protection and Self Defense, you will learn how to increase your personal safety, become aware of your surroundings and, if required, defend yourself effectively should you get attacked.More and more women are purchasing firearms for personal safety and in this female self-defense guide you will learn the following:

The battle has ended, but the hardest part is only beginning.A soldier trained to survive conflict now faces an enemy he cannot defeat with strength, weapons, or discipline. In the silence after war, memories remain, questions surface, and the identity that once protected him begins to feel like a prison.Guided by Daran, a patient teacher who understands the power of stillness, he enters a place known simply as the Room. There, he must learn to listen, reflect, and confront...

This book is a fictionalized treatment of the Gospel. A well-preserved manuscript is discovered, dating from the late first century A.D. It is written in the common Greek language of the eastern Roman provinces and purports to be an account of the life and acts of one Jeshua, written by a Roman centurion whose servant he had healed. This Jeshua was an itinerant Jewish preacher from the time of the Emperors Augustus and Tiberius. After introductory statements by the archeologist, by a frien...

Although the commission government movement is often treated by historians as an element of the reform surge of the Progressive Era, this is the first full-scale study of the origins, spread, and decline of the commission idea.Commission government originated in Galveston, Texas, where business leaders conceived the plan as a temporary measure to speed recovery from the great hurricane of 1900. Other cities in Texas and across the nation soon followed; by 1920, about 500 municipali...

Providing an essential brainstem relay for three cranial nerves, the NST coordinates highly complex sensory information. While other functions of the NST have received attention, its role in gustatory processing has received little. The first reference devoted exclusively to gustatory processing, The Role of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Gus

The year 2007 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of one of the Enlightenment's most important mathematicians and scientists, Leonhard Euler. This volume is a collection of 24 essays by some of the world's best Eulerian scholars from seven different countries about Euler, his life and his work. Some of the essays are historical, including much previously unknown information about Euler's life, his activities in the St. Petersburg Academy, the influence of the Russian Princess Dashkova...

Between 1940 and 1980, the Sunbelt region of the United States grew in population by 112 percent, while the older, graying Northeast and Midwest together grew by only 42 percent. Phoenix expanded by an astonishing 1,138 percent. San Diego, Houston, Dallas–Fort Worth, Tampa, Miami, and Atlanta quadrupled in size. Even a Sunbelt laggard such as New Orleans more than doubled its population.Sunbelt Cities brings together a collection of outstanding original essays on the growt...