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African American Students’ Career and College Readiness
The Journey Unraveled
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
African American Students’ Career and College Readiness: The Journey Unraveled explores the historical, legal, and socio-political issues of education affecting African American students and their career and college readiness. Each chapter has been written based on the authors’ experience and...
Teaching Terror
Strategic and Tactical Learning in the Terrorist World
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2006
In the world of terrorism, knowledge is a critical asset. Recent studies have revealed that, among international terrorists, there is a global sharing of ideas, tactics, strategies, and lessons learned. Teaching Terror examines this sharing of information in the terrorist world, shaping our understanding...
Information, Power, and Politics
Technological and Institutional Mediations
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
With the spread of information and communication technologies (ICTs) comes the potential both for new social and economic equalities and new forms of inequalities. Information, Power, and Politics: Technological and Institutional Mediations demonstrates that ICTs can act as an impetus for democratizing...
Getting to the Other Side of Grief
Overcoming the Loss of a Spouse
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
This sensitive and biblically oriented book offers a roadmap for bereaved spouses on the journey through grief to resolution. Excellent for pastors, too.
The Boys King Arthur
Illustrated
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2017
The Boys King Arthur (1880) by the American poet Sidney Lanier is a re-working of the original Sir Thomas Malory's "History of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table".
The book interprets existing French and English stories about these figures, with some of Malory's own original...
by K r i s t i n a G i l c h r i s t
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2007
Egypt
Let me take you to a place where God wasnt welcome and Jesus was told to leave.
A place where I dont care filled the air.
Men had breasts and long hair and
I was there.
I was there when she got raped and my tears ran down her face and we couldnt tell the police...
by Jeffrey C. Alexander, Bernadette N. Jaworsky
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
What is the source of Obama’s power? How is it that, after suffering a humiliating defeat in the 2010 mid-term elections, Obama was able to turn the situation around, deftly outmaneuvering his opponent and achieving a decisive victory in the November 2012 presidential election?
In this short...
by Peter R. N. Childs, BSc.(Hons), D.Phil
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
Rotating flow is critically important across a wide range of scientific, engineering and product applications, providing design and modeling capability for diverse products such as jet engines, pumps and vacuum cleaners, as well as geophysical flows. Developed over the course of 20 years’ research...
Modeling of Thermo-Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Processes
Applications in Metal Forming and Resistance Welding
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
Modeling of Thermo-Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Processes with Applications in Metal Forming and Resistance Welding provides readers with a basic understanding of the fundamental ingredients in plasticity, heat transfer and electricity that are necessary to develop and proper utilize computer...
Dyslexic and Un-Stoppable
How Dyslexia Helps Us Create the Life of Our Dreams and How You Can Do It Too
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
Does your child have difficulty with reading? Is your child's teacher complaining about behavior or attention issues? Is writing a chore for your child? Could your child be dyslexic? You are in luck. "Dyslexic AND UN-Stoppable" is not just another book about dyslexia. It is uniquely designed for...
Leaving Women Behind
Modern Families, Outdated Laws
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2007
Paternalistic federal laws and regulations thwart initiatives to grant women the same economic liberties as men. Why have federal institutions overseeing employment, employee benefits, childcare, taxation, health care, education, retirement, and social security adopted such a warped and antiquated...
Biodiesel Science and Technology
From Soil to Oil
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2010
Biodiesel production is a rapidly advancing field worldwide, with biodiesel fuel increasingly being used in compression ignition (diesel) engines. Biodiesel has been extensively studied and utilised in developed countries, and it is increasingly being introduced in developing countries, especially...
by Katherine N. Probst, Thomas C. Beierle
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
In most countries, the development of environmental programs follows a similar pattern. Early efforts concentrate on direct threats to public health, such as contaminated drinking water and air pollution. Only after these problems are addressed does the need to improve day-to-day management of hazardous...
Communicative Understandings of Women's Leadership Development
From Ceilings of Glass to Labyrinth Paths
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Communicative Understandings of Women's Leadership Development: From Ceilings of Glass to Labyrinth Paths, edited by Elesha L. Ruminski and Annette M. Holba, intertwines the disciplines of communication studies, leadership studies, and women's studies to offer theoretical and practical reflection...