James L : 962 books
Civic Service: What Difference Does it Make?
What Difference Does it Make?
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
The concept and practice of civic service is deeply rooted in America's past, present, and future, and has been a featured component of recent presidential agendas. Yet despite ongoing debates about the methods and values of civic service, no recent book has systematically analyzed the effectiveness...
Guiding Change in Special Education
How to Help Schools With New Ideas and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2003
This practical, step-by-step guide illustrates and describes the seven stages of school change and provides explanations and advice for incorporating each stage into your change process.
Accountability for Human Rights Atrocities in International Law
Beyond the Nuremberg Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2009
This book explores the promises and limitations of holding individuals accountable for violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. It analyses the principal crimes under international law, such as genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, and appraises both prosecutorial...
Analysis for Residuals-Environmental Quality Management
A Case Study of the Ljubljana Area of Yugoslavia
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
According to the laws of conservation of mass and energy, matter cannot be created or destroyed. Therefore, all human activities result in some residuals. In this title, originally published in 1978, the authors describe the overall magnitude of the annual residuals problem and apply a residuals-environmental...
by James L. Hargrove, Carol A. Talley
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
The beacon of the historic Cape St. George Lighthouse still guides mariners into Apalachicola Bay. Founded in 1831, the town of Apalachicola took its name from Creek Indians, to whom it signified a land of friendly people. Sheltered from the Gulf of Mexico by a string of barrier islands, the port...
The Idea of International Society
Erasmus, Vitoria, Gentili and Grotius
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
This book offers the first comprehensive account and re-appraisal of the formative phase of what is often termed the 'Grotian tradition' in international relations theory: the view that sovereign states are not free to act at will, but are akin to members of a society, bound by its norms. It examines...
by James L. Danielson
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
This book proposes policies and procedures that could and would be practiced in modern American society if we focused on the principles and ideals of our Founding Fathers.
by James L. Sweeney
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
After political leaders mismanaged the electricity crisis, California now faces an electricity blight while it struggles to recover from its self-imposed wounds. The California Electricity Crisis focuses on policy decisions, their consequences, and alternatives: the saga California has faced and is still facing.
by Daniel Berrigan, Robin Andersen, James L. Marsh
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
On May 17, 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War, nine men and women entered a Selective Service office outside Baltimore. They removed military draft records, took them outside, and set them afire with napalm. The Catholic activists involved in this protest against the war included Daniel and Philip...
Day Trips® The Carolinas
Getaway Ideas For The Local Traveler
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler
Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with this fun and friendly guide. For local travelers seeking new adventures in their own backyards as well as for vacationers looking to experience all the excitement the area has to offer, each Day Trips®...
Confirmative Evaluation
Practical Strategies for Valuing Continuous Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2015
This much-needed book offers trainers, consultants, evaluation professionals, and human resource executives and practitioners a hands-on resource for understanding and applying the proven principles of confirmative evaluation. Confirmative evaluation is a marriage of evaluation and continuous improvement....
by James L. Chen
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
This book is for anyone who wants to be able to connect the history of lunar exploration to the Moon visible above. It addresses what Apollo equipment and experiments were left behind and what the Apollo landings sites look like now. Each Apollo mission is examined in detail, with photos that progressively...
by Brian S. Brooks, James L. Pinson
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
The Art of Editing in the Age of Convergence remains the most comprehensive and widely used text on editing in journalism. This latest edition continues to shift the focus toward online multimedia as more and more people get their news that way. Amid these changes, the authors continue to stress the...
Electric Power Principles
Sources, Conversion, Distribution and Use
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
This innovative approach to the fundamentals of electric power provides the most rigorous, comprehensive and modern treatment available. To impart a thorough grounding in electric power systems, it begins with an informative discussion on per-unit normalizations, symmetrical components and iterative...