Jay A : 118 books
by Alex Bledsoe, Nayad Monroe, Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
There's something compelling about the shine of clicking brass clockwork and hiss of steam-driven automatons.
But there was something missing. It was easy to find excellent stories of American and British citizens... but we rarely got to see steampunk from the point of view of the rest of the...
Hillary Rodham Clinton and the 2016 Election
Her Political and Social Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Hillary Rodham Clinton and the 2016 Election: Her Political and Social Discourse is anedited collection that demonstrates the ways in which Clinton has used political rhetoric and discourse to provide and assert her right to leadership in her many roles as First Lady, Senator from New York, and Secretary...
Who Donates in Campaigns?
The Importance of Message, Messenger, Medium, and Structure
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2018
While much is known about who votes in American elections, much less is known about who donates. In this book, the authors utilize a unique and historically unprecedented data set of donors from the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections to answer longstanding questions: What is the relationship between...
Scoring Rubrics in the Classroom
Using Performance Criteria for Assessing and Improving Student Performance
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2000
This book offers a practical approach to assessing challenging but necessary performance tasks like creative writing, "real-world" research projects, and cooperative group activities.
by Jay S. Keystone, CM, MD
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2018
Includes new chapters to assist your care of specific populations such as those engaging in ecotourism or military travel, as well as the VIP traveler. A new chapter on pre-travel considerations for non-vaccine preventable travel infections has also been added.
Provides new information on new...
Acid Mine Drainage, Rock Drainage, and Acid Sulfate Soils
Causes, Assessment, Prediction, Prevention, and Remediation
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Provides the tools needed to analyze and solve acid drainage problems
Featuring contributions from leading experts in science and engineering, this book explores the complex biogeochemistry of acid mine drainage, rock drainage, and acid sulfate soils. It describes how to predict, prevent, and...
The Fragile Middle Class
Americans in Debt
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Since 1997, the number of American families filing for federal bankruptcy annually has exceeded one million. By most measures, those who file are members of the middle class-a group that has long provided stability and vitality for the American economic system. This raises the troubling question: why,...
Religion, Culture, and International Conflict
A Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2005
As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often...
Social Networking and Impression Management
Self-Presentation in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Social Networking and Impression Management: Self-Presentation in the Digital Age, edited by Carolyn Cunningham, provides original research on key issues in the field of identity management and social networking sites. The contributors to this volume draw on current research in the field and offer...
Jewish Pastoral Care 2/E
A Practical Handbook from Traditional & Contemporary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
T****he first comprehensive resource for pastoral care in the Jewish tradition—and a vital resource for counselors and caregivers of other faith traditions.
The essential reference for rabbis, cantors, and laypeople who are called to spiritually accompany those encountering joy, sorrow, and...
by Jay R. Fiske, Corinne A. Fiske
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
The Big Book of Benefit Auctions is the ultimate step-by-step handbook on how to plan and have a successful and effective auction. Auction committees will find it an invaluable reference as it provides all the tools they will need for complete auction planning and management. From setting the goal...
by Danielle M. Stern, William E. Loges, Steve Granelli
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
Television, Social Media, and Fan Culture examines how fans use social media to engage with television programming, characters, and narrative as well as how television uses social media to engage fan cultures. The contributors review the history and impact of social media and television programming;...
Island Lives
Historical Archaeologies of the Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
This comprehensive study of the historical archaeology of the Caribbean provides sociopolitical context for the ongoing development of national identities.
Long before the founding of Jamestown in 1607, there were Spanish forts, bustling towns, sugar plantations, and sea trade flourishing in...
Intercultural Discipleship (Encountering Mission)
Learning from Global Approaches to Spiritual Formation
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
This addition to an acclaimed series brings cutting-edge research to bear on a topic of perennial interest: making disciples. The book looks at disciple-making from multiple cultures to help readers discover contextual approaches that are culturally relevant and biblically faithful. It emphasizes...