James John: 626 books

Much has changed in US politics since the historic 2008 election. While the press covers the actions and agendas of the new administration, other impacts of this political shift have not received as much attention. These changes have forced the nation to rethink the necessary role of government, the...

Jonathan Daniel Wells and Jennifer R. Green provide a series of provocative essays reflecting innovative, original research on professional and commercial interests in the nineteenth-century South, a place often seen as being composed of just two classes -- planters and slaves. Rather, an active middle...

Action research is increasingly used as a means for teachers to improve their instruction, yet for many the idea of doing "research" can be somewhat intimidating. Using Action Research to Improve Instruction offers a comprehensive, easy-to-understand approach to action research in classroom...

This volume offers very specific illustrations of psychoanalytic ways of thinking and working in both clinical and pedagogical contexts with children. It is designed for professionals who work with infants, children, and adolescents, and who are seeking modes of working that respects emotions, that...

Tap the power of Big Data with Microsoft technologies Big Data is here, and Microsoft's new Big Data platform is a valuable tool to help your company get the very most out of it. This timely book shows you how to use HDInsight along with HortonWorks Data Platform for Windows to store, manage,...

The purposes of this chapter are to provide guidance in using the Evaporating Cloud (EC) technique to resolve chronic conflicts for both internal and external conflicts to achieve life's goals; understanding the differences between necessary conditions and goals; establishing personal life goals and...

A 2018 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title New scholarship provides insights into the archaeology and cultural history of African American life from a collection of sites in the Mid-Atlantic. This groundbreaking volume explores the archaeology of African American life and cultures in the...

This book addresses market demand-based permitting and building planning in municipalities and counties. It reviews implications for property rights, protecting the local economy, and preventing development in excess of market needs. The book shows how market demand-based planning and permitting could...

We have always had land in which the agricultural productivity is limited because there is not enough moisture. Systems of farming and burning often degrade dryland further until it is desert. Today, however, the problem is becoming much more serious. Over 20 per cent of the world's population lives...

Le monde a changé, les batailles font rages et le B.P.R.D. est mal en point… De nouvelles recrues pour ce nouveau cycle au titre évocateur : L’Enfer sur Terre. Un épisode qui marque le début d’une nouvelle ère de l’horreur ! Un cimetière de monstres mutants est découvert dans...

Le monde a changé, les batailles font rages et le B.P.R.D. est mal en point. De nouvelles recrues pour ce nouveau cycle au titre évocateur : L'Enfer sur Terre. Un épisode qui marque le début d'une nouvelle ère de l'horreur ! Renforcés par le retour de Liz Sherman, ce sont deux équipes du B.P.R.D....

Découvrez les aventures en solo d’Abe Sapien, membre du B.P.R.D. et ami d’Hellboy. L’agent amphibien nous entraine dans un monde d’horreur cher à Mignola, que n’aurait pas renié H.P. Lovecraft ! Après avoir assisté à la mort d’un garçon possédé par un monstre marin, Abe...

Kinship care – the care of children by grandparents, other relatives or friends – is a major part of foster care, yet there are distinct issues that arise in care involving family rather than 'stranger' foster carers. This book takes an in-depth look at what goes on 'inside' kinship care....

Unfortunately, one of the best known aspects of Alexander Hamiltons (1755-1804) life is the manner in which he died, being shot and killed in a famous duel with Aaron Burr in 1804. But Hamilton became one of the most instrumental Founding Fathers of the United States in that time, not only in helping...