David Ashley: 29 books

Book cover of Rights, Risk and Restraint-Free Care of Older People

Rights, Risk and Restraint-Free Care of Older People

Person-Centred Approaches in Health and Social Care

by David Oliver, Gabriele Meyer, Kate Irving
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The restraint of older people is a pressing issue for health and social care practice. This book provides health and social care professionals with an authoritative reading resource on the ethics and use of restraint. The book provides an overview of the different forms of restraint, the conditions...
Book cover of Glimpse
by hjlawson, Michael Anderle, Mixi J Applebottom.
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016

Step through the door, and get a Glimpse into a new world. This thrilling anthology includes twenty-two stories, written by some of today’s most talented authors.Be tempted and fascinated with peeks into worlds of Ghosts, Vampires, and Fantasy, to Crime and Science Fiction. Many of these short...
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Antidemocracy in America

Truth, Power, and the Republic at Risk

by Michelle Wilde Anderson, Lisa Wade, Thomas J. Sugrue
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019

On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States. But the victories of the Obama administration hid from view fundamental problems deeply rooted in American social institutions and history. The election’s consequences...
Book cover of Theatre Symposium, Vol. 23

Theatre Symposium, Vol. 23

Theatre and Youth

by David S. Thompson, Becky K. Becker, Camille L. Bryant
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015

The curtain rises on Theatre and Youth, volume 23 of Theatre Symposium with keynote reflections by Suzan Zeder, the distinguished playwright of theatre for youth, and presents eleven original essays about theatre’s reflections of youth and the role of young people in making and performing theatre.   The...
Book cover of A World Engraved

A World Engraved

Archaeology of the Swift Creek Culture

by Rebecca Saunders, Alan Marsh, Buddy Calvin Jones
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009

This major summary of the current state of archaeological research on the Swift Creek culture is the first comprehensive collection ever published concerning the Swift Creek people. The Swift Creek people, centered in Georgia and surrounding states from A.D. 100 to 700, are best known from...
Book cover of Transforming Undergraduate Education

Transforming Undergraduate Education

Theory that Compels and Practices that Succeed

by Jann H. Adams, Jerzy Axer, Kenneth R. Bain
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011

For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, Transforming Undergraduate Education provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and...
Book cover of Taking Chances

Taking Chances

The Coast after Hurricane Sandy

by Robert B. Gramling, Steven G. Decker, David A. Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016

Humanity is deeply committed to living along the world’s shores, but a catastrophic storm like Sandy—which took hundreds of lives and caused many billions of dollars in damages—shines a bright light at how costly and vulnerable life on a shoreline can be. Taking Chances offers a wide-ranging...
Book cover of The Bully Pulpit, Presidential Speeches, and the Shaping of Public Policy
by Grant Walsh-Haines, Marla J. Jarmer, Kevin R. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015

Issue framing is the way that people, especially politicians, get other people to view a particular problem or issue. By framing the issue in a particular way, the goal is to get people to think about the issue, to believe that an action is required and, most importantly, to believe that a particular...
Book cover of Faces of Resistance

Faces of Resistance

Maya Heroes, Power, and Identity

by S. Ashley Kistler, Fernando Armstrong-Fumero, Allen J. Christenson
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018

Fosters a holistic understanding of the roles of Maya heroic figures as cornerstones of cultural identity and political resistance and power.   In the sixteenth century, Q’eqchi’ Maya leader Aj Poop B’atz’ changed the course of Q’eqchi’ history by welcoming Spanish invaders to his community...
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The Supernatural Revamped

From Timeworn Legends to Twenty-First-Century Chic

by Simon Bacon, Jessica Birch, Scott Culpepper
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016

This book is the logical continuation of a series of collected essays examining the origins and evolution of myths and legends of the supernatural in Western and non-Western tradition and popular culture. The first two volumes of the series, The Universal Vampire: Origins and Evolution of a Legend...
Book cover of The Roads to Congress 2014
by William Binning, Jerry McBeath, Walter Clark Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015

The 2014 midterm congressional elections provided a view of the attitude of American voters in the sixth year of Barack Obama’s presidency. This book provides insight about the formative aspects of the 2014 campaign season as well as in depth coverage of key races for Congress. The first section...
Book cover of The Roads to Congress 2008
by Sunil Ahuja, Margaret E. Banyan, Peter Bergerson
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010

The Roads to Congress 2008 offers readers straightfoward and detailed case studies of the campaigns, candidates, key issues, and outcomes of over one dozen of the most important and interesting races of 2008. This includes both House and Senate campaigns, contests from all regions of the country,...
Book cover of Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts
by Yvonne Yi-Wood Mak, Haifa Al Sanousi, Ashley Barnes
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007

Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts describes a range of successful programmes pioneered by artists, writers, nurses, musicians, therapists, social workers, and chaplains in palliative care settings. These range from simple painting and writing activities to organized communal activities like...
Book cover of Seeds of Sustainability

Seeds of Sustainability

Lessons from the Birthplace of the Green Revolution in Agriculture

by Pamela A. Matson, Walter Falcon, Ashley Dean
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012

Seeds of Sustainability is a groundbreaking analysis of agricultural developmand transitions toward more sustainable managemin one region. An invaluable resource for researchers, policymakers, and students alike, it examines new approaches to make agricultural landscapes healthier for both the environmand...
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