J A James: 250 books

Book cover of Rebuilding the Ark

Rebuilding the Ark

New Perspectives on Endangered Species Act Reform

by Jonathan Adler, Jonathan H. Adler, Jamison E. Colburn
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) may be the most powerful environmental law in the United States. Enacted in 1973, the ESA prohibits any actions that may cause harm to endangered plants and animals or the ecosystems upon which they depend. But although more than 1,200 species are protected under the...
Book cover of Environmental Law Handbook
by Christopher Bell, F. William Brownell, David R. Case
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016

The environmental field and its regulations have evolved significantly since Congress passed the first environmental law in 1970, and the Environmental Law Handbook, published just three years later, has been indispensable to students and professionals ever since. The authors provide clear and accessible...
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On New Shores

Understanding Immigrant Fathers in North America

by Carl F. Auerbach, James D. Bachmeier, John W. Berry
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2008

Over the past several decades, researchers as well as social policymakers and educators have acknowledged the importance that fathers play in their children's lives. A good deal of research on fathering has been conducted among Euro-American families in North America. However, our understanding of...
Book cover of Viewpoints on Media Effects

Viewpoints on Media Effects

Pseudo-reality and Its Influence on Media Consumers

by Andrew W. Cole, Megan R. Hill, R. Lance Holbert
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017

Viewpoints on Media Effects: Pseudo-reality and Its Influence on Media Consumers continues the ongoing research of media effects by illuminating not only the negative effects of media consumption, but also some of the pro-social aspects, with a special focus on social media. Recommended for scholars...
Book cover of The Catholic Church in Ireland Today
by Brian R. Calfano, Michele Dillon, Bernadette Flanagan
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015

From a Church that once enjoyed devotional loyalty, political influence, and institutional power unrivaled in Europe, the Catholic Church in Ireland now faces collapse. Devastated by a series of reports on clerical sexual abuse, challenged publicly during several political battles, and painfully aware...
Book cover of Catalysis in Ionic Liquids

Catalysis in Ionic Liquids

From Catalyst Synthesis to Application

by Robin D Rogers, R Sheldon, Simon Doherty
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014

Although ionic liquids have only been studied in depth during the last decades, the field is now maturing to such a degree that the focus is on larger scale applications for use in real processes such as catalysis. Current information is scattered across the literature and Catalysis in Ionic Liquids...
Book cover of The Rhetoric of Religious Freedom in the United States
by Matthew Hawkins, Michael G. Strawser, Eric C. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017

The Rhetoric of Religious Freedom in the United States, fifteen scholars from this field address the variety of forms that free, public religiosity may assume, and which rhetorical techniques are operative in a public square populated by a diversity of religious-political actors. Together they consider...
Book cover of Integrated weed management for sustainable agriculture
by Dr Adam S. Davis, Dr Bruce Maxwell, Prof. David R. Clements
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.
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Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Atlas

Volume 1 Congenital Heart Disease

by James B. Seward, William D. Edwards, Donald J. Hagler
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

This atlas is a comprehensive compendium of congeni­ and two-dimensional echocardiographic examples. The tal cardiac morphology as depicted by tomographic two­ examples and experience span all ages and may be used dimensional echocardiography. Anatomic specimens by both pediatric and adult cardiologists....
Book cover of Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 2
by Xiping Yang, Ramkrishna Kandel, Jian Song
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018

Sugarcane is the source of over three quarters of the world’s sugar, and is grown widely in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite rising demand, average yields have not increased significantly, partly because of continued vulnerability to pests and diseases. In addition, cultivation has been seen...
Book cover of New Strategies in Higher Education Marketing
by James A Burns, Thomas J Hayes
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012

With rising financial difficulties and declining enrollments, many colleges and universities are finding that they need new and better ways to present and promote themselves to potential students and the general public. New Strategies in Higher Education Marketing contains practical, “how-to”...
Book cover of Foundations of Biosocial Health

Foundations of Biosocial Health

Stigma and Illness Interactions

by Nicholas Emard, Theodore Gideonse, Seung Yong Han
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017

The chapters in Foundations of Biosocial Health: Stigma and Illness Interactions, drawn primarily from medical anthropology, highlight the diverse ways in which various stigmatized health conditions interact with social inequalities and stigma to form syndemics. The authors delineate multiple examples...
Book cover of The Oceans and Environmental Security

The Oceans and Environmental Security

Shared U.S. And Russian Perspectives

by James Broadus, Matthew J. Lamourie, Tom Tietenburg
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013

The concept of environmental security, drawing on the widely understood notion of international strategic interdependence (in facing, for example, threats of nuclear war or economic collapse) is gaining currency as a way of thinking about international environmental management.In 1989, the Institute...
Book cover of Pediatric Anesthesiology Review

Pediatric Anesthesiology Review

Clinical Cases for Self-Assessment

by Robert S. Holzman, Thomas J. Mancuso, Navil F. Sethna
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010

Based on a program of study developed at the Children's Hospital Boston, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology Review: Clinical Cases for Self-Assessment provides essential medical information for the subspecialty of pediatric anesthesiology. Illustrating...
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