Coates: 225 books
by Dennis E. Coates
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
God made us for himself, to be in eternal communion with him. This one single claim makes sense of mankind, why he was created, and what it is that gives man his deepest meaning and fulfills his deepest yearnings.
But are these things true? How do we know theyre true? How important is truth...
by Dennis Coates
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Martin Hammond is the recently appointed manager of a London group owned hotel. He knows a lot abouit running hotels but has very little experience in managing people. His misguided sense of the ridiculous leads hikm into conflict with staff and guests. He comes into conflict with masters from Head...
Israel
God’S Covenant People, God’S Promised Land
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
This book looks at many of the issues that fill our news bulletins daily concerning the tiny nation of Israel. For centuries, Jews have been subjected to horrendous abuses. In the opening chapters, we examine the root cause of anti-Semitism and debunk replacement theology, one of the most insidious...
Insecure Gulf
The End of Certainty and the Transition to the Post-oil Era
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2014
Insecure Gulf examines how the concept of Arabian/Persian Gulf 'security' is evolving in response to new challenges that are increasingly non-military and longer-term. Food, water and energy security, managing and mitigating the impact of environmental degradation and climate change, addressing demographic...
by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
An examination of how the logistical demands of the British military campaigns in Palestine and Mesopotamia led to a more intrusive and authoritarian form of imperial control in 1917-18. This early example of Western military intervention in the Middle East provoked a localized backlash in 1919-20 whose effects continue to be felt today.
by Ben Coates
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
When the English Civil War broke out, London’s economy was diverse and dynamic, closely connected through commercial networks with the rest of England and with Europe, Asia and North America. As such it was uniquely vulnerable to hostile acts by supporters of the king, both those at large in the...
The Metaphysics of Perception
Wilfrid Sellars, Perceptual Consciousness and Critical Realism
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
This book is an important study in the philosophy of the mind; drawing on the work of philosopher Wilfrid Sellars and the theory of critical realism to develop a novel argument for understanding perception and metaphysics.
Necessary Travel
New Area Studies and Canada in Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2018
Recent, unpredictable incidents in diverse locations – Paris, Nice, Ankara, Sinai, California, Manchester and London – reinforce how governments and scholars must look beneath the surface for understanding of the turbulent post-9/11world. In particular, what does ‘expertise’ mean in this new...
Challenges in Primary Science
Meeting the Needs of Able Young Scientists at Key Stage Two
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This practical and easy-to-use book enables teachers to challenge able children to develop their potential and to extend their thinking in primary science. It links theory to practice to develop understanding of what it means to be an able scientist; and empowers teachers to build on their existing...
by John Coates, Tiani Hetherington
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Riding on the success of Indigenous Social Work Around the World, this book provides case studies to further scholarship on decolonization, a major analytical and activist paradigm among many of the world’s Indigenous Peoples, including educators, tribal leaders, activists, scholars, politicians,...
Local Places, Global Processes
histories of environmental change in Britain and beyond
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
We live in an age of unprecedented environmental change: global, interconnected and universal. Yet though our lives are inextricably connected to global processes, and increasingly mobile, we still live in particular places. Our perceptions of change, and what kind of change might be for good or ill,...
The Market for Learning
Leading Transparent Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2016
Improving transparency is critical to the future of higher education. This book articulates the role and necessity of transparency to creating substantial opportunities for innovation and transformation.
Current global crises imperil exactly the kinds of progress higher education has helped...
Student Engagement in Campus-Based and Online Education
University Connections
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Blended learning is firmly established in universities around the world, yet to date little attention has been paid to how students are enaging with this style of learning.
Presenting a theoretically-based and empirically-validated model of engagement, this book examines the application...
Parent-Focused Child Therapy
Attachment, Identification, and Reflective Function
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2006
Today more pediatric therapists are centering their work on the parent-child relationship and are turning to parents as a primary modality in solving children's problems. Parent-Focused Child Therapy: Attachment, Identification, and Reflective Functions is an edited collection, drawing from leading...