J C S : 329 books
Key States, High Stakes
Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and the 2010 Elections
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
The 2010 elections were one of the most highly anticipated midterm elections in our nation's recent history. After the historic 2008 election, in which America elected its first black president, Sarah Palin's involvement and the emergence of the Tea Party in the 2010 congressional elections had the...
by Kenneth J. Arrow, G. Constantinides, H.M Markowitz
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
Edited by Rajnish Mehra, this volume focuses on the equity risk premium puzzle, a term coined by Mehra and Prescott in 1985 which encompasses a number of empirical regularities in the prices of capital assets that are at odds with the predictions of standard economic theory.
The Squam Lake Report
Fixing the Financial System
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
In the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists--representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion--gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake. Their goal: the mapping of a long-term plan for financial regulation reform.
The Squam Lake Report distills the wealth of insights...
by John P. Bartkowski, Gary C. Bryner, John J. Callahan
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2003
In their introduction, the editors of New Ways of Doing Business assert that in retrospect, it will be apparent that today's government, that of the early years of the 21st century, "was undergoing its most significant transformation since the decade of the 1930's when direct government-delivered...
Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context
Learning from the Sex Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2005
Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context is the first book to provide a broadly interdisciplinary approach to understanding the leadership crisis in the Catholic Church in the wake of the sex abuse scandal and how it was handled. Well-known scholars, religious clergy, and laymen in the trenches...
Television and the Self
Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Sitting prominently at the hearth of our homes, television serves as a voice of our modern time. Given our media-saturated society and television’s prominent voice and place in the home, it is likely we learn about our society and selves through these stories. These narratives are not simply entertainment,...
Spectrum
SmartyPants Spectrum Series, #1
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
**You are an explorer in a galaxy of worlds... **
...with countless stories to delve into or even just try out.
Inside, you are the rescuer of the kitten who rescues you right back. You are the citizen making a life-or-death decision. You are the teenager experiencing her first...
by E.D.E. Bell, Z. Ahmad, Kella Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Ordinary objects. Extraordinary tales.
As Told by Things is a lighthearted, multi-genre collection of short stories and flash fiction, each told from the perspective of an inanimate object.
Fun, witty, and full of charm, As Told by Things will capture your imagination—as well as your heart.
What objects do you think have stories to tell?
by B. Morris Allen, Jarod K. Anderson, Stewart C. Baker
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2017
The best vegan science fiction and fantasy stories of 2016.
Twelve stories of mysterious aliens, unusual pets, messages from the future, witchcraft, and much more. And what's more, they're all vegan friendly - no skipping over the ugly parts. There are none! Just interesting ideas, good stories,...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 1
Breeding, quality traits, pests and diseases
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Discusses ways of ensuring genetic diversity, advances in wheat breeding and their use to improve properties such as drought resistance and cold tolerance;
Summarises research on factors affecting nutritional and other aspects of wheat quality;
Reviews advances in understanding wheat pests and diseases...
Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 1
Safety, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016
Reviews latest research on zoonoses affecting poultry meat such as Salmonella and Campylobacter as well as methods for their control on the poultry farm and in the slaughterhouse
Summarises advances in understanding and optimising poultry quality traits such as flavour, colour, tenderness, shelf life...
Applied Multivariate Research
Design and Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
Using a conceptual, non-mathematical approach, the updated Third Edition of Applied Multivariate Research: Design and Interpretation provides full coverage of the wide range of multivariate topics that graduate students across the social and behavioral sciences encounter. Authors Lawrence S. Meyers,...
Innovations in Child and Family Policy
Multidisciplinary Research and Perspectives on Strengthening Children and Their Families
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
Innovations in Child and Family Policy tackles many of the common problems and challenges that are considered to be at the heart of child and family policy: family creation, economic support, childrearing, and family care-giving. Innovations begins by defining child and family policy and discussing...
African American Students’ Career and College Readiness
The Journey Unraveled
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
African American Students’ Career and College Readiness: The Journey Unraveled explores the historical, legal, and socio-political issues of education affecting African American students and their career and college readiness. Each chapter has been written based on the authors’ experience and...