D C S : 299 books
Social Work with Groups
Social Justice Through Personal, Community, and Societal Change
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Help change the world by bringing ideas of social justice into your group work practice!
Social workers who use hip-hop music to reach out to troubled adolescents. Practitioners who compare First Nations talking circles with social work practice with groups. A retired professor who transforms...
Why We Belong
Evangelical Unity and Denominational Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Denominations. The mention of the word is often enough to spark strong reactions, regardless of whether one is for or against them. This hopeful new volume, made up of contributions from prominent evangelical leaders, argues for the importance of denominations, highlighting their significant strengths...
The Modern Family Business
Relationships, Succession and Transition
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
Provides real world studies of the family in business, by observing typical firms rather than dynasties. It looks at how the nature of family business is changing in our times and provides insight into the lessons we can learn from this. The book focuses on the impact for the professional non-family manager.
The New Atkins for a New You
The Ultimate Diet for Shedding Weight and Feeling Great
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
The all-new international bestseller!
Think you know the Atkins Diet? Think again. This completely updated, easier-than-ever version of the scientifically-proven Atkins diet has helped millions of people around the world lose weight—and maintain that weight loss for life. The New Atkins is...
Powerful:...
Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 2
Safety, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Summarises current research on pathogenic risks affecting milk and ways they can be controlled on the farm;
Reviews ways of measuring and reducing the environmental impact of dairy farming such as better grassland management;
Assesses the wider role of dairy farming and how it can be improved in the developing world
Moral Leadership in Business
Towards a Business Culture of Integrity
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
This brief explores the concept of moral leadership in organizations. Specifically, it examines ways in which companies can strengthen their reputation in the market and increase performance by taking leading positions in the realm of business ethics. It presents research from top scholars of Eastern...
El laberinto de la utopía
Una antología general
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Esta antología presenta una compilación de la obra de Lizardi en versiones parcialmente modernizadas para facilitar la lectura. Los textos aquí reunidos recorren varios géneros literarios como la poesía, la fábula o la dramaturgia.
How Television Shapes Our Worldview
Media Representations of Social Trends and Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Over the last half of the twentieth century, television has become the predominant medium through which the public accesses information about the world. Through the news, situation comedies, police dramas, and commercials, we learn about the world around us, and our role within it. These genres, narratives,...
by Various, S. D. Waterman, John William McClymonds
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
It is unfortunately true that the terms education and culture are not synonymous. Too often we find that the children in our public schools, while possessed of the one, are signally lacking in the other. This is a state of things that cannot be remedied by teaching mere facts. The Greeks, many years...
by Jorge Atiles, Mira Ahn, Akin S. Akinyemi
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
This foundational text for understanding housing, housing design, homeownership, housing policy, special topics in housing, and housing in a global context has been comprehensively revised to reflect the changed housing situation in the United States during and after the Great Recession and its subsequent...
Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds
The Role of Teachers and Teacher Educators, Part II
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds presents a plethora of approaches to developing human potential in areas not conventionally addressed. Organized in two parts, this international collection of essays provides viable educational alternatives to those currently holding sway in an era of high-stakes...
by Lesley K. Bowker, James D. Price, Kunal S. Shah
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
This new edition of the Oxford Handbook in Geriatric Medicine has been expanded and updated to reflect the substantial changes in clinical practice since the previous edition, including the Francis report and the impact on care for the older patient, the National Dementia Strategy and screening, and...
Renewed Accountability for Access and Excellence
Applying a Model for Democratic Professional Practice in Education
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Renewed Accountability for Access and Excellence advances discussion of a conceptualized model for cultivating democratic professional practice in education (DPPE) and considers its relationship with contemporary teaching and leading praxes. A diverse and highly qualified group of scholars and practitioners...
Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism
A Response to Evangelical Feminism
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2006
A controversy of major proportions has spread through the church. Recent generations bear witness to the rise of "evangelical feminism"-a movement that has had a profound impact on all of life, challenging some of our basic Christian beliefs.
In this new edition of an influential and award-winning...