David Leslie: 65 books
Sustainability in Higher Education
Stories and Strategies for Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
Campus leaders describe how community colleges, publicly funded universities, and private liberal arts colleges across America are integrating sustainability into curriculum, policies, and programs.
In colleges and universities across the United States, students, faculty, and staff are forging...
Stars in the Darkness
Stores of Wisdom, Justice, and Love
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
Stars in the Darkness is a collection of stories about why being just matters, and what the ramifications are for individuals, groups, towns, countries, or even worlds if justice is not expected, encouraged, or enforced.
The stories cover a wide range, from historical fiction to fantasy to...
Sustainability Planning and Collaboration in Rural Canada
Taking the Next Steps
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Rural communities, often the first indicators of economic downturns, play an important role in planning for development and sustainability. Increasingly, these communities are compelled to reimagine the paths that lead not only to economic success, but also to the cultural, social, environmental,...
by Dr Adam S. Davis, Dr Bruce Maxwell, Prof. David R. Clements
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Summarises latest research on IWM principles and methods
Assesses current challenges facing herbicide use
Detailed review of the range of cultural, physical and biological methods of control available for IWM.
Teach on Purpose!
Responsive Teaching for Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Great teaching is not just a matter of talent or creativity or passion. Teachers are made, not born, and great teachers know why they do what they do in their classrooms. They do it strategically and purposefully based on technique. Teach on Purpose! demonstrates a high-quality research-based and...
by Angela Castillo, Allison Latzco, Ashey Capes
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2016
A toyshop owner builds a set of magic clockwork dolls that delight a factory town. A three-inch tall samurai faces a giant iron ogre with only a sewing needle and a coin. A scientist seeks an antidote to his formula gone wrong, with the help of his partner’s beautiful daughter.All of these...
by Iskwé, Erin Leslie, David A. Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
May, a young teenage girl, traverses the city streets, finding keepsakes in different places along her journey. When May and her kookum make these keepsakes into a necklace, it opens a world of danger and fantasy. While May fights against a terrible reality, she learns that there is strength in the...
Historians on Hamilton
How a Blockbuster Musical Is Restaging America's Past
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
America has gone Hamilton crazy. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical has spawned sold-out performances, a triple platinum cast album, and a score so catchy that it is being used to teach U.S. history in classrooms across the country. But just how historically accurate is Hamilton? And how...
by Steve Haynes, Nina Allan, Sarah Brooks
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
An astonishing mix of hot newcomers, heavy hitters and superstars in this second edition of The Best British Fantasy.
“More good news come our way from Salt Publishing, it seems that they will not only release a series of year’s best British fantasy, but also starting from next year a series...
by David Attwell, Rita Barnard, Michael Bell
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
The novels of the South African writer J. M. Coetzee won him global recognition and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003. His work offers substantial pedagogical richness and challenges. Coetzee treats such themes as race, aging, gender, animal rights, power, violence, colonial history and accountability,...
Viva Poncho
Twenty Ponchos and Capelets to Knit
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Twenty knit poncho designs that “could fit right into the pages of Vogue, Nylon and Lucky,” complete with “fashionista photos” and “clear instructions” (Publishers Weekly).
Whether worn as a beach cover-up or donned as an elegant evening wrap, ponchos are everywhere. Now, with Viva...
A World-Systems Reader
New Perspectives on Gender, Urbanism, Cultures, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2000
This book brings together some of the most influential new research from the world-systems perspective. The authors survey and analyze new and emerging topics from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, from political science to archaeology. Each analytical essay is written in accessible language...
Teaching with Joy
Educational Practices for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2006
This edited collection addresses the growing need for ideas and methods conducive to holistic educational practices and aims to encourage more personal growth in students too often distracted by the background noise of war, violence, racism, and environmental deterioration. The contributors are working...
Good Practice in the Law and Safeguarding Adults
Criminal Justice and Adult Protection
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2008
Good Practice in the Law and Safeguarding Adults provides an up-to-date summary of developments in the legislative framework and best practice relevant to the area of adult protection work.
It explains legislation that can be used in adult protection work, covering criminal and civil law, and...