D E E L: 250 books
by K.K. Ang, M. Baumann, S.M. Bentzen
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The impact of basic science radiobiological research is now being recognized of significant importance in clinical radiation oncology. Observations made in the laboratory using animals as'well as tissue culture have led to a better biologic understanding of techniques for altered fractionation, techniques...
by A.C. Almendral, G. Dallenbach-Hellweg, H. Höffken
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Few subjects in gynecology, let alone in medicine in general, have provoked such inter est or study as cervical cancer. Although the wealth of monographs and books publish ed on the subject would seem to obviate the need for more, the great advances made in the medical sciences and in gynecological...
Parallel Worlds
The Heroes Within
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2019
Heroes and villains are not always on the opposite ends of the spectrum of good and evil. Sometimes, all that separates them is a fine line. The stories within "Parallel Worlds" explore the lives of such heroes and what drives them -- and what keeps them from crossing over to the other side.
This...
Imaniman
Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
In homage to Gloria Anzaldúa and her iconic work Borderlands/La Frontera, award-winning poets ire'ne lara silva and Dan Vera have assembled the work of 54 writers who reflect on the complex terrain—the deeply felt psychic, social, and geopolitical borderlands—that Anzaldúa inhabited, theorized,...
by Constance L. McCart Ed.D., Friends of the Margaret E. Heggan Free Public Library
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2009
Washington Township, now the largest community in Gloucester County, was first incorporated in 1836. Its 22 acres of land, however, had been settled by Europeans as early as the 18th century, when farms were established near Lenni-Lenape encampments. By the mid-19th century, the area listed the communities...
Separate Spheres No More
Gender Convergence in American Literature, 1830-1930
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Although they wrote in the same historical milieu as their male counterparts, women writers of the 19th- and early 20th-centuries have generally been "ghettoized" by critics into a separate canonical sphere. These original essays argue in favor of reconciling male and female writers, both...
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...
Comprehensive Teacher Induction
Systems for Early Career Learning
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Based on a three-year study, the authors describe how comprehensive teacher induction systems can both provide teacher support and promote learning more about how to teach. This book calls for re-thinking what teacher induction is about, whom it should serve, what the ‘curriculum’ of induction should be, and the policies, programs, and practices needed to deliver it.
The Women's Haftarah Commentary
New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Haftarah Portions, the 5 Megillot & Special Shabbatot
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Women rabbis are changing the face of Judaism.
Discover how their interpretations of the Prophets, Writings,
and Megillot can enrich your perspective.
The Haftarah is a potent tool for understanding the values, ethics, and moral lessons contained in the Torah readings. In this first-of-its-kind...
The Handbook of Financing Growth
Strategies, Capital Structure, and M&A Transactions
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2009
The Second Edition of The Handbook of Financing Growth has been designed to help leaders and advisors gain a solid understanding of the financing strategies, sources, and transactions that will allow them to excel in such an unpredictable environment.
Written by an experienced group of practitioners...
Financing the New Federalism
Revenue Sharing, Conditional Grants and Taxation
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Financing the New Federalism is the fifth in a series on the governance of metropolitan areas which aimed to improve the political organisation of metropolitan regions in America. Originally published in 1975, this particular study focusses on federal revenue sharing exploring its effects and implications...
Genetics
Science, Ethics, and Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2005
Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional...
Movies in the Age of Obama
The Era of Post-Racial and Neo-Racist Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
The historic election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States had a significant impact on both America and the world at large. By voting an African American into the highest office, those who elected Obama did not necessarily look past race, but rather didn’t let race prevent them...
by Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Orson Scott Card, Kevin J Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
Life is full of decision points—those key moments when what we decide can change everything for better or for worse. These 20 tales describe such instances in young people’s lives, ranging from tragic to triumphant, from horror to fantasy to science fiction. Written by authors new and old, those...