J L Taylor: 27 books

Book cover of Flash of Aphelion
by Daniel Hollifield, Mark Edgemon, Larissa March
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2011

More than 70 very short stories in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror! Why are 18 million spoons disappearing from Melbourne, Australia each year? How good is the magic of a discount wizard? What if superheroes were afraid to use their powers? These and other flash fiction challenges were put to...
Book cover of The End of Consensus

The End of Consensus

Diversity, Neighborhoods, and the Politics of Public School Assignments

by Toby L. Parcel, Andrew J. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015

One of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas, Wake County, North Carolina, added more than a quarter million new residents during the first decade of this century, an increase of almost 45 percent. At the same time, partisanship increasingly dominated local politics, including school board...
Book cover of Handbook for Small Science Centers
by Pat Adams, American Association of Museums, Association of Science-Technology Centers
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006

There has been, and continues to be, an explosion of interest in developing new small science centers that is changing the world of museums. This handbook is designed to be a one-stop source for future and current centers, and anyone interested in the important roles these institutions play in their...
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Theology and Public Philosophy

Four Conversations

by Charles Taylor, Fred Dallmayr, William Schweiker
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012

This volume brings together eminent theologians, philosophers and political theorists to discuss the relevance of theology and theologically grounded moral reflection to contemporary America’s public life and argument. Avoiding the focus on hot-button issues, shrill polemics, and sloganeering that...
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Dreams Deferred

Brooks Sisters Dreams Series, #2

by L.J. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2016

Liking the bad boys can get you killed.  Has Ivy made that mistake again? Ivy Brooks was always attracted to the bad boys until one day, she met the worst of them all and landed in prison as a result.  Now, three years later, more mature and the mother of a beautiful little boy, she’s determined...
Book cover of Just Dreams

Just Dreams

The Brooks Sisters Dreams Series, #1

by L.J. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2015

Love is a dirty word and passion has no place in high-profile litigation. Sparks fly when attorney Kathy Brooks agrees to represent novelist Charles Morgan, Jr. in a high profile lawsuit against a powerful government defense contractor.  But when Charles' hidden agenda threatens to expose...
Book cover of Transformative Conversations

Transformative Conversations

A Guide to Mentoring Communities Among Colleagues in Higher Education

by Peter Felten, H-Dirksen L. Bauman, Aaron Kheriaty
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013

Praise for Transformative Conversations "In the 'superstorm' of writings about the crisis in higher education this little gem of a book stands out like a mindfulness bell. It calls us back to the only thing that truly matters—the energy and wisdom buried in the minds and hearts of dedicated...
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Waves of Protest

Social Movements Since the Sixties

by David G. Bromley, Diana Gay Cutchin, Luther P. Gerlach
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 1999

This book updates and adds to the classic Social Movements of the Sixties and Seventies, showing how social movement theory has grown and changed_from an earlier emphasis on collective behavior, to the resource mobilization approach, and currently to analyses that emphasize culture, ideology, and...
Book cover of Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education

Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education

Contemporary Issues and Perspectives

by Donna Eder, Joe D. Nichols, Sheena Choi
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016

Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives examines forms of pedagogy such as service-learning, experiential learning, and problem-based learning in order to determine how students make connections between and among abstract academic concepts and real-life...
Book cover of Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality

Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality

Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions

by Vishal Agarwal, Arik Ascherman, Sherry H. Blumberg
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2005

Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions provides a forum for prominent religious scholars to examine the state of religious knowledge and theological reflection on spiritual development in childhood and adolescence. Featuring essays from thinkers...
Book cover of Communication and the Work-Life Balancing Act

Communication and the Work-Life Balancing Act

Intersections across Identities, Genders, and Cultures

by Julia Anderson, Katrina Bloch, Patrice Buzzanell
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016

Communication and the Work-Life Balancing Act: Intersections across Identities, Genders, and Cultures offers scholarly research related to work-life balance in today’s environment, with a particular focus on the fields of communication and gender studies. The chapters examine the choices, challenges,...
Book cover of The Liberian Agenda
by L.J. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2016

What if the person you married neglected to mention he was a member of a notorious family of Liberian arms dealers? Sonia Johnson, native New Yorker, attorney, and daughter of a U.S. Senator, never expected to find herself a virtual prisoner in Liberia, but her husband - the country’s new...
Book cover of Thinning Films and Tribological Interfaces

Thinning Films and Tribological Interfaces

Proceedings of the 26th Leeds-Lyon Symposium

by D. Dowson, M. Priest, C. M. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000

This collection of fully peer-reviewed papers were presented at the 26th Leeds-Lyon Tribology Symposium which was held in Leeds, UK, 14-17 September, 1999. The Leeds-Lyon Symposia on Tribology were launched in 1974, and the large number of references to original work published in the Proceedings over...
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