J Abraham: 47 books
Jewish Continuity in America
Creative Survival in a Free Society
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Jewish Continuity in America presents an overview of a life's work by a preeminent scholar and brings new insight to the challenge of American Jewish continuity.
Jews have historically lived within a paradox of faith and fear: faith that they are an eternal people and fear that their generation...
Invention and Reinvention
The Evolution of San Diego’s Innovation Economy
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Formerly prosperous cities across the United States, struggling to keep up with an increasingly global economy and the continued decline of post-war industries like manufacturing, face the issue of how to adapt to today's knowledge economy. In Invention and Reinvention, authors Mary Walshok and Abraham...
The Thin You Within You
Winning the Weight Game with Self-Esteem
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 1998
Diets don't work. The pounds may slide off, but for too many dieters, once the food scales and calorie counters have been put away, the weight returns. Dr. Abraham Twerski, a specialist in addictive behavior, shows that it is not lack of willpower that leads to overeating but an absence of self-esteem....
Der Judenpogrom 1938
Von der "Reichskristallnacht" zum Völkermord
Language: German
Release Date: January 30, 2015
+++ Das Überblickswerk zum Pogrom an den Juden 1938 +++Das Attentat des 17-jährigen Herschel Grynszpan auf einen deutschen Botschaftsangehörigen in Paris lieferte den Nationalsozialisten den Vorwand zu dem von oben organisierten reichsweiten Pogrom gegen die jüdische Bevölkerung. In der Nacht...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 1
Cultivation techniques, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
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...
by Robert J. Hilt, MD FAAP FAACAP FAPA, Abraham M. Nussbaum
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
Building on the best-selling Pocket Guide to the DSM-5 Diagnostic Exam, The DSM-5® Pocket Guide for Child and Adolescent Mental Health teaches readers how to formulate a diagnosis and treatment plan for this patient population. Because these patients are more likely to initiate mental health treatment...
by Pearl Abraham, Nicole Blackman, Ken Bruen
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2004
-All new stories (none have been published previously). -Akashic's strong reputation with mystery stores. -First-ever anthology of Brooklyn crime fiction.
Ethics, Literature, and Theory
An Introductory Reader
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2005
Ethics, Literature, and Theory: An Introductory Reader brings together the work of contemporary scholars, teachers, and writers into lively discussion on the moral role of literature and the relationship between aesthetics, art, and ethics.
Do the rich descriptions and narrative shapings of...
by Abraham J. Peck, Jean M. Peck
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2007
According to historian Benjamin Band, the first record of a Jew in Maine concerns Susman Abrams, a tanner who resided in Union until his death at 87 in 1830. Historical records beginning in 1849 also tell of a small Bangor community that organized a synagogue and purchased a burial ground. But it was...
by Robert L. Lewis, Abraham J. Perlstein
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
An Attorneys Guide to the Collection of Bad Debts is meant to give readers a broad overview of debt-collection techniques, as well as to inform them of some popular debt-collection techniques used by attorneys. The reader should consider this book a type of debtcollection techniques catalog.
We...
Twelve Jewish Steps to Recovery (2nd Edition)
A Personal Guide to Turning From Alcoholism and Other Addictions—Drugs, Food, Gambling, Sex...
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
This book is not just for Jewish people. It's for all people who would gain insight— and strength to heal—from Jewish tradition. • All people who are in trouble with alcohol, drugs, or other addictions—food, gambling, and sex • Anyone seeking an understanding of the Twelve Steps from a Jewish...
Shame Borne in Silence
Spouse Abuse in the Jewish Community
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Providing a religious lens on the topic, this book directly addresses the problem of spousal abuse in the Jewish community, in hopes of confronting the truth and taking definitive steps to end this violation of all that Judaism stands for. A leading rabbi and psychiatrist reveals with striking candor,...
by Jason Colby, Abraham H. Gibson, Sandra Swart
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
The conventional history of animals could be more accurately described as
the history of human ideas about animals. Only in the last few decades have
scholars from a wide variety of disciplines attempted to document the lives of
historical animals in ways that recognize their agency as sentient beings...
by J. Donald Boudreau, Eric Cassell, Abraham Fuks
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
The renewal of medical curricula generally arises from emerging pedagogies (e.g. problem-based learning), new technologies (e.g. high fidelity simulation), or prevailing sociocultural forces (e.g. complexity of health care delivery and team-based care). Approximately 15 years ago, a team of physicians...