D Gregory: 116 books
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...
Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 3
Dairy herd management and welfare
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Reviews advances in understanding and improving the welfare of dairy cattle;
Summarises current research on rumen biology, digestion and ways of optimising nutrition of dairy cattle from grazing to feed and feed supplements;
Discusses latest developments in maintaining the health of dairy cattle, including the genetics of disease resistance and dairy herd health management
How College Affects Students
21st Century Evidence that Higher Education Works
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
The bestselling analysis of higher education's impact, updated with the latest data
How College Affects Students synthesizes over 1,800 individual research investigations to provide a deeper understanding of how the undergraduate experience affects student populations. Volume 3 contains the...
by Nikki Landis, D. J. Doyle, K. A. Denver
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
Under the onslaught of supernatural beings, the acts of good people can seem insignificant, but a courageous few stand apart. These are stories of brave men and women who stand up to the darkness, fight for what they believe in, for loved ones, for their lives. Stories of triumph, sacrifice, and...
The Last Sentry
The True Story that Inspired The Hunt for Red October
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Providing inspiration for Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October, the 1975 mutiny aboard the Soviet destroyer Storozhevoy (translated Sentry) aimed at nothing less than the overthrow of Leonid Brezhnev and the Soviet government. Valery Sablin, a brilliant young political officer, seized control of the...
Self and Others
Object Relations Theory in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1999
Self and Others is addressed to students and practitioners of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Its 19 chapters are divided into five evenly balanced parts. The first rubric, "Self, Others, and Ego," introduces us to the units of the intersubjective constitution we have come...
Controlling Your Anger before It Controls You
A Guide for Women
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Dr. Jantz shows women how to
accept the truth of their anger
examine where it comes from
be honest about how they use it
be open to change
be willing to forgive, even themselves
be willing to feel something else besides their anger
With a compassionate tone and an honest look at reality,...
by Mickey Martin, Ed Rosenthal, Gregory T. Carter
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
All of our lives we have heard marijuana is bad for us, the first step to drug addiction and life as a slacker, but it just isn't true! Over the last 75 years the Federal government has done its best to discredit a natural medicine that has been used around the world for centuries. In 2009, the American...
Gotta Have It!
Freedom from Wanting Everything Right Here, Right Now
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Gotta Have It! is every grown-up’s guide for taming the inner two-year-old. Too many people spend so much time trying to get what they want that they have no energy left to get what they need. Dr. Gregg Jantz calls this phenomenon excessity—when excess becomes a “necessity.” Excessities—whether...
Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families
Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...
by Richard A. Santillán, Gregory Garrett, Juan D. Coronado
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Mexican American Baseball in South Texas pays tribute to the former baseball teams and players from Edinburg, McAllen, Mission, Pharr, Donna, Alamo, San Juan, Brownsville, Harlingen, and other surrounding communities. From the late 19th century through the 1950s, baseball in South Texas provided opportunities...
Scripture and Social Justice
Catholic and Ecumenical Essays
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
The essays gathered here provide a panoramic view of current thinking on biblical texts that play important roles in contemporary struggles for social justice – either as inspiration or impediment. Here, from the hands of an ecumenical array of leading biblical scholars, are fresh and compelling...
by Kenneth L. Deutsch, John A. Murley, George Anastaplo
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1999
Responding to volatile criticisms frequently leveled at Leo Strauss and those he influenced, the prominent contributors to this volume demonstrate the profound influence that Strauss and his students have exerted on American liberal democracy and contemporary political thought. By stressing the enduring...
Out of Many, One People
The Historical Archaeology of Colonial Jamaica
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
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As a source of colonial wealth and a crucible for global culture, Jamaica has had a profound impact on the formation of the modern world system. From the island's economic and military importance to the colonial empires it has...