D Stephen: 387 books
FISMA and the Risk Management Framework
The New Practice of Federal Cyber Security
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
If you are responsible for meeting federal information security requirements such as FISMA, this book is all you need to know to get a system authorized. Now in the first full revision of FISMA since its inception in 2002, a new wave of stronger security measures are now available through the efforts...
The Purposes, Practices, and Professionalism of Teacher Reflectivity
Insights for Twenty-First-Century Teachers and Students
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Very little information about the impact of reflection on teacher performance, teacher retention, and student learning is available in teacher preparation programs. This book provides practical and research-based chapters that offer greater clarity about the particular kinds of reflection that matter...
Reflections From the Wrong Side of the Tracks
Class, Identity, and the Working Class Experience in Academe
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2005
In this edited collection of narrative-based, critically situated essays, each contributor explores how class has affected his/her personal and academic lives. The collection is divided into three sections: i) narratives that critique the meritocracy; ii) narratives that trace the effects of middle...
Whose Game Is It, Anyway?
A Guide to Helping Your Child Get the Most from Sports, Organized by Age and Stage
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2006
In an era when parents and kids are overwhelmed by a sports-crazed, win-at-all-costs culture, here is a comprehensive guide that helps parents ensure a positive sports experience for their children. In Whose Game Is It, Anyway? two of the country’s leading youth sports psychologists team up with...
by Nibley, Hugh, Ricks
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1986
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1986
In the book of Moses, we find what Joseph Smith entitled "extracts from the prophecy of Enoch." Dr. Hugh Nibley says of these verses: "The excerpts. . . in the Pearl of Great Price supply us with the most valuable control yet on the bona fides of the Prophet. . . We are to test. . . 'How does it compare...
Reclaiming the Center
Confronting Evangelical Accommodation in Postmodern Times
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2004
"When evangelicals confuse an improper passion for novelty witha proper pursuit of academic and pastoral relevance, the resultscan be distressing. I cannot express how grateful I am for thewell-formed wisdom with which this book points to the abiding anddecisive relevance for future route-finding...
Understanding Abortion
From Mixed Feelings to Rational Thought
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2011
Books on abortion (other than collections of readings) typically express and defend a particular position. This book gives both sides, as evenly and objectively as possible; it gets to the heart of each position, the core idea which animates it. It then leaves the reader to make up his or her own...
by M.A., Stephen D. Bowling
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
Settled by English and Scotch-Irish descendants who ventured �over the mountains� in search of adventure, land, and fortune, Breathitt County, Kentucky, has produced interesting tales of beauty, progress, intrigue, and murder. �Bloody Breathitt� was the site of a long series of feuds that lasted...
Altitude Illness
Prevention & Treatment, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
* Mountaineering guidelines for people going to altitude (heights above 7,000 feet) with pre-existing health conditions such as heart conditions, diabetes, and cancer * A handy glossary and easy-to-read tables covering symptoms and signs, altitude illness, and high altitude drugs * Case studies of...
My First Year in the Classroom
50 Stories That Celebrate the Good, the Bad, and the Most Unforgettable Moments
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2009
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”
—Lao Tzu
But is the teacher ready? That’s the question that haunts every teacher that fateful first day in the classroom. Making it through that day and the 179 school days that follow is how every career in education—and lifelong...
by Garth D. Meckler, David M. Cline, O. John Ma
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2012
The full spectrum of emergency medicine at your fingertips -- and small enough to fit in a pocket
NOW IN FULL COLOR
Written by clinicians engaged in the day-to-day practice of emergency medicine, this handy manual is derived from Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine, 7e, the field’s most...
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 Stephen D. Mikesell
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
The Sierra Railway is one of the most intact steam railroads in the United States. It is operated today by California State Parks to interpret and celebrate the importance of steam railroading in California history. Located in the Gold Rush town of Jamestown, in Tuolumne County, the railway began operations...
by Stephen D. Cummings|and Patrick B. Reddy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
As Arnold Schwarzenegger begins to end his internationally famous and historic governorship, the intense jockeying to replace him has started. National figures like Dianne Feinstein, Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsome and Antonio Villaraigosa are among the contenders. California after Arnold provides historic...