D C S : 299 books
Fields of Vision
Essays on the Travels of William Bartram
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2009
A classic work of history, ethnography, and botany, and an examination of the life and environs of the 18th-century south.
William Bartram was a naturalist, artist, and author of Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the ExtensiveTerritories...
by Scott L. McLean, Sean D. Foreman, Donna R. Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2018
The 2020 United States presidential race is arguably already over except for about 12 states and 20 counties. If recent presidential election trends are any indication of what will happen in 2020, Democrats in Texas and Republicans in New York might as well stay home on election day because their...
by Scott Schang, Leila B. Azari, Nicholas Bianco
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Few if any people think the Clean Air Act is the optimal legislative solution to climate change; but it is a powerful tool that is being used sometimes despite the prevailing political will. To address this reality, this volume calls on the best writing from the most often-cited environmental law journal...
The State of the Parties
The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on party action in election years and in between. This essential party primer includes: new chapters on polarization between and within the parties in the aftermath of the 2012 election, demographic changes to America’s political parties and the...
Texans on the Brink
Threatened and Endangered Animals
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2019
What good is a rattlesnake? What purpose do animals serve? All species play a vital role in their biological communities, and the removal of just one can have a noticeable and catastrophic ripple effect.
Yet social and political pressures frequently pit species conservation against economic...
Policing and Race in America
Economic, Political, and Social Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2017
This edited collection explores policing in America in regards to minority groups. The essays discuss how the relationship between police and minority groups affects politics, the economy, and minority groups’ daily lives and success. The contributors explore the Black Lives Matter movement, the...
by Dr Adam S. Davis, Dr Bruce Maxwell, Prof. David R. Clements
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Summarises latest research on IWM principles and methods
Assesses current challenges facing herbicide use
Detailed review of the range of cultural, physical and biological methods of control available for IWM.
A New Ecology
Systems Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
A New Ecology presents an ecosystem theory based on the following ecosystem properties: physical openness, ontic openness, directionality, connectivity, a complex dynamic for growth and development, and a complex dynamic response to disturbances. Each of these properties is developed in detail to...
by Jisheng Han, B. Pomeranz, Kang Tsou
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Scientific Bases of Acupuncture summarizes the major scientific advances from 1976 - 1988 on the mechanisms of acupuncture. Outstanding researchers from Western countries, Japan and China report their findings in the format of review articles. The individual reviews summarize each author's personal research while also referring to the overall literature in the field of acupuncture and TENS.
Best of Frauen-Erotik
69 frivole Fantasien
Language: German
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Best of weibliche Erotik! - 69 unterschiedliche Autorinnen haben uns ihre gehiemsten Sexfantasien geschildert, die wir in einem Sammelband it fast 900 Seiten zusammengefasst haben. Lesen Sie Storys zu vielen unterschiedlichen Themen, wie zum Beispiel: Voyeurismus, Sex im Büro, Hure aus Leidenschaft,...
Judo Kata
Practice, Competition, Purpose
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
The practice of judo katas has changed over time as a result of perceived purpose. The chapters in this anthology were written by seven authorities in judo history and practice. Their writings clarify the purpose of kata and thus its mode of practice and their place in...
Jewish Men Pray
Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day.
"An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary,...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 1
Breeding, quality traits, pests and diseases
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Discusses ways of ensuring genetic diversity, advances in wheat breeding and their use to improve properties such as drought resistance and cold tolerance;
Summarises research on factors affecting nutritional and other aspects of wheat quality;
Reviews advances in understanding wheat pests and diseases...
The Politics of Cultural Differences
Social Change and Voter Mobilization Strategies in the Post-New Deal Period
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
How did Republicans manage to hold the White House through much of the past half century even as the Democratic Party held the hearts of most American voters? The authors of this groundbreaking study argue that they did so by doing what Democrats have also excelled at: triggering psychological mechanisms...