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Coercion: the Achilles' Heel of Education
Sociological Essay
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
My goal in writing this book is not to try to instruct you or to indoctrinate you. Its rather to present you with a menu of theories, reflections and certain facts concerning civilization and its difficulties in advancing to the next level. That next level, for me, would be to take heed of and to...
The Circulation of Children
Kinship, Adoption, and Morality in Andean Peru
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
In this vivid ethnography, Jessaca B. Leinaweaver explores “child circulation,” informal arrangements in which indigenous Andean children are sent by their parents to live in other households. At first glance, child circulation appears tantamount to child abandonment. When seen in that light,...
Cataclysm!
Compelling Evidence of a Cosmic Catastrophe in 9500 B.C.
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1997
Follow this multi-disciplinary, scientific study as it examines the evidence of a great global catastrophe that occurred only 11,500 years ago. Crustal shifting, the tilting of Earth's axis, mass extinctions, upthrusted mountain ranges, rising and shrinking land masses, and gigantic volcanic eruptions...
Nanomagnetism
Ultrathin Films, Multilayers and Nanostructures
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2006
Nanoscience is of central importance in the physical and biological sciences and is now pervasive in technology. However nanomagnetism has a special role to play as magnetic properties depend uniquely on both dimensionality and lengthscales. Nanomagnetism is already central to data storage, sensor...
by Hiriyappa .B, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2018
Stress Management helps identify the specific areas of stress in our lives – familiar, physical, work-related, social and emotional. The book takes a holistic view of finding and managing stress rather than looking only at the symptoms. This is helping college and university students focus on finding...
by Stanley C. Krippner Ph.D., Daniel B. Pitchford Ph.D., Jeannine A. Davies Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a comprehensive and thoughtful examination of the nature, causes, and treatment of PTSD. Drawing on the vast experience of its team of authors, the book details the insidious nature and history of PTSD, from the internal and external factors that cause this form of...
by Bülent Çaplı, Mehmet Ali Birand, Can Dündar
Language: Turkish
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Language: Turkish
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Bu kitapta ilk defa, Türkiye'de demokrasiye geçiş adımlarının atıldığı 1930'lardan başlayarak, ilk askerî müdahaleye (1960) kadarki dönemin toplu hikâyesini bulacaksınız. İlk defa, ülkemizin en önemli tartışmalı döneminin siyasî kavgalarını, Demokrat Parti'nin doğuş, yükseliş...
A Culturally Proficient Response to LGBT Communities
A Guide for Educators
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2013
High impact strategies to improve student outcomes
Positive systemic change begins when school leaders elevate understanding and propel schools toward safe and diverse-friendly environments. To combat anti-gay discrimination, educators often use silence, policy, legislation and compliance....
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2007
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease challenges conventional cardiology by posing a compelling, revolutionary idea-that we can, in fact, abolish the heart disease epidemic in this country by changing our diets. Drawing on the groundbreaking results of his twenty-year nutritional study, Dr. Caldwell B....
Achieving sustainable cultivation of rice Volume 2
Cultivation, pest and disease management
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
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by W. L. Araújo, C. Nick, F. T. Delazari
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Tomatoes are the second most important vegetable crop in the world after potatoes. Originating in South America, they are now grown widely around the world. As the population continues to grow, there is a need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests...
Forest Ecosystems
Analysis at Multiple Scales
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
This revision maintains the position of Forest Ecosystems as the one source for the latest information on the advanced methods that have enhanced our understating of forest ecosystems. Further understanding is given to techniques to explore the changes in climatic cycles, the implications of wide-scale...
by L. Symon, B. Guidetti, E. Pásztor
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
As an addition to the European postgraduate training system for young neurosurgeons we began to publish in 1974 this series devoted to Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery which was later sponsored by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies. The fact that the English language...
Horses Whispering:
Finding Ourselves in the Company of Equus
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Horses Whispering emphasizes the unique bond between horses and people, suggesting that every hair on the horse is a biofeedback signal that the horse is responding to connectedness with the rider. For adults interested in beginning horseback riding or returning to riding after a period of time, often...