John David: 902 books
Innovations in Social Work Research
Using Methods Creatively
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
A valuable reference to help practising researchers not only to understand but also to apply innovative approaches to social work research.
Featuring extended case studies of actual research projects, the book provides an overview of a number of central features and qualities of social work...
by John A. Dixon, David E. James, Paul B. Sherman
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land. They vary from the hyper-arid regions of the classic deserts of Africa and Asia to the more common semi-arid and sub-humid areas that support extensive agricultural systems dependent on rainfall or irrigation. Following their successful...
by Prof John Fletcher, Alan Fyall, Mr David Gilbert
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Thanks to its engaging writing style and accessible structure, Fletcher has become the ultimate one-stop text for any student studying Tourism. Its broad appeal and popularity increases with each new edition, making it excellent value for any student who wants to understand and explore the principles...
Southern Nation
Congress and White Supremacy after Reconstruction
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
How southern members of Congress remade the United States in their own image after the Civil War
No question has loomed larger in the American experience than the role of the South. Southern Nation examines how southern members of Congress shaped national public policy and American institutions...
by James H. Alphen, Christopher Anderson, John Rev. Beal
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
The Church is not a business, but it does have a stewardship responsibility to ensure that all of its resources are used as effectively as possible to carry out God's work on earth. In the case of human resource assets, good stewardship involves assisting those engaged in ministry (whether clerical...
by Joseph I. Goldstein, Dale E. Newbury, Joseph R. Michael
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
This thoroughly revised and updated Fourth Edition of a time-honored text provides the reader with a comprehensive introduction to the field of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS) for elemental microanalysis, electron backscatter diffraction analysis (EBSD)...
Orange Chinook
Politics in the New Alberta
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
In 2015, the New Democratic Party won an unprecedented victory in Alberta. Unseating the Progressive Conservatives-who had won every provincial election since 1971-they formed an NDP government for the first time in the history of the province. Orange Chinook is the first scholarly analysis of this...
Place Matters
Criminology for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Over the last two decades, there has been increased interest in the distribution of crime and other antisocial behavior at lower levels of geography. The focus on micro geography and its contribution to the understanding and prevention of crime has been called the 'criminology of place'. It pushes...
Schwarze Magnolie
Wie ich aus Nordkorea entkam. Ein Bericht aus der Hölle
Language: German
Release Date: July 13, 2015
Ein langer Weg in die Freiheit
Ihre Kindheit in Nordkorea ist „ganz normal“ – und unvorstellbar: Das Leben von Hyeonseo Lee und das ihrer Familie gehören dem Staat. Es gelten eiserne Regeln, und wer sie nicht befolgt, muss mit dem Schlimmsten rechnen: Hyeonseo ist sieben Jahre alt, als sie...
Transmissions of Memory
Echoes, Traumas, and Nostalgia in Post–World War II Italian Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Transmissions of Memory: Echoes, Traumas and Nostalgia in Post-World War II Italian Culture discusses cultural products—films, poetry, fiction, architectural buildings, autobiographical writing, and social media—to individuate through them the dynamics of memory. The field of analysis is Italian...
The Influence of Airpower upon History
Statesmanship, Diplomacy, and Foreign Policy since 1903
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
From early zeppelins, to the Luftwaffe and the Enola Gay, to the unmanned aerial vehicles of today, air power has long been regarded as an invaluable instrument of war. However, nations have employed aircraft for many other purposes as well; they provide security and surveillance, and they are vital...
Teaching Peace
Nonviolence and the Liberal Arts
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2003
This book opens a new frontier in understanding nonviolence. Discussions of peace and nonviolence usually focus on either moral theory or practical dimensions of applying nonviolence in conflict situations. Teaching Peace carries the discussion of nonviolence beyond ethics and into the rest of the...
Locating, Classifying and Countering Agile Land Vehicles
With Applications to Command Architectures
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
This book examines real-time target tracking and identification algorithms with a focus on tracking an agile target. The authors look at several problems in which the tradeoff of accuracy and confidence must be made. These issues are explored within the context of specific tracking scenarios chosen...
by Christopher Bell, F. William Brownell, David R. Case
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
The environmental field and its regulations have evolved significantly since Congress passed the first environmental law in 1970, and the Environmental Law Handbook, published just three years later, has been indispensable to students and professionals ever since. The authors provide clear and accessible...