Jessica: 4351 books
by Jessica Alejandro
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
It is Sports Day and Clandestino is up against the PROS in the ultimate Brightstar Primary School race! This may be his chance to finally lose his ‘loser’ status. Then, one of the exLosers is taken captive and can’t be found. Someone out there is playing games of a different sort. Who could...
Unfairly Labeled
How Your Workplace Can Benefit From Ditching Generational Stereotypes
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
A blueprint for managing people, not generations
Unfairly Labeled challenges the very concept of "generational differences" as an unfair generalization, and offers a roadmap to intergenerational understanding. While acknowledging that generational stereotypes exist, author Jessica Kriegel argues...
Cowboy Dressage
Riding, Training, and Competing with Kindness as the Goal and Guiding Principle
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
The equestrian pursuit known as Cowboy Dressage melds the best of Western riding traditions and classical dressage in the pursuit of a harmonious relationship with a horse. Intended to be accessible to all, Cowboy Dressage is open to all breeds and all levels of riders; there isn’t a set frame for...
Global Health Programs and Partnerships
Evidence of Mutual Benefit and Equity
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Academic global health programs are proliferating, and global health partnerships between North American academic institutions and institutions in low- and middle-income countries are steadily increasing. This study employs surveys and key informant interviews to examine global health partnerships,...
by Jessica Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Horror and slasher films are often dismissed for their apparent lack of sophistication and dearth of redeemable values. However, despite criticism from film snobs who turn up their noses and moralists who look down upon the genre, slasher films are more than just movies filled with gory mayhem. Such...
Enterprising Nature
Economics, Markets, and Finance in Global Biodiversity Politics
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
Winner of the 2018 James M. Blaut Award in recognition of innovative scholarship in cultural and political ecology!
Enterprising Nature explores the rise of economic rationality in global biodiversity law, policy and science. To view Jessica's animation based on the book's themes please visit...
Biblical Porn
Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll's Evangelical Empire
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Between 1996 and 2014, Mark Driscoll's Mars Hill Church multiplied from its base in Seattle into fifteen facilities spread across five states with 13,000 attendees. When it closed, the church was beset by scandal, with former attendees testifying to spiritual abuse, emotional manipulation, and financial...
In Search of Gender Justice
Rights and Relationships in Matrilineal Malawi
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
What might gender justice look like in matrilineal Malawi? Ideas about gender and human rights have exerted considerable influence over African policy makers and civil society organisations in recent years, and Malawi is no exception. There, concerted efforts at civic education have made the concepts...
by Jessica Lee
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
In these days of fast foods, it is increasingly difficult by the day to eat real foods that will improve your health. Most of the foods being sold on the shelves of our local stores are laden with food additives and chemicals. And these unnatural food products are having adverse effects on our health....
The Psychology Research Companion
From student project to working life
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
The Psychology Research Companion: From student project to working life not only gives you the skills and confidence to conduct your psychology research project at university, but is the first book to show how these skills will help you get ahead in your first job in the workplace.
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Applied Conversation Analysis
Social Interaction in Institutional Settings
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
Focusing on applied conversation analysis (CA), Applied Conversation Analysis: Social Interaction in Institutional Settings by Jessica N. Lester and Michelle O’Reilly offers practical insights and guidelines for CA scholars studying social interactions in institutional settings. Written in an accessible...
Technological Turf Wars
A Case Study of the Computer Antivirus Industry
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2009
In Technological Turf Wars, Jessica Johnston analyzes the tensions and political dilemmas that coexist in the interrelationship among science, technology and society. Illustrating how computer security is as concerned with social relationships as it is with technology, Johnston provides an illuminating...
Pharmaceutical Freedom
Why Patients Have a Right to Self Medicate
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
If a competent adult refuses medical treatment, physicians and public officials must respect her decision. Coercive medical paternalism is a clear violation of the doctrine of informed consent, which protects patients' rights to make medical decisions even if a patient's choice endangers her health....
by Jessica Blayden, Angie Mott
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012
The uses and benefits of soft-tissue lasers in dental hygiene practice are myriad. Lasers are used for more effective debridement, scaling and planning, with less pain and bleeding. Hygienists can detect sub- and supra-gingival calculus, remove the bacteria in pockets, and remove granulation, among...