John David: 902 books
Cross-Cultural Psychology
Research and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2011
Cross-Cultural Psychology is a leading textbook offering senior undergraduate and graduate students a thorough and balanced overview of the whole field of cross-cultural psychology. The team of internationally acclaimed authors present the latest empirical research, theory, methodology and applications...
Transforming the Quality of Life for People with Dementia through Contact with the Natural World
Fresh Air on My Face
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
This important book simply but persuasively demonstrates why we should provide the opportunities for people with dementia to experience the great outdoors. It also gives a voice to people with dementia who have felt the benefit of getting closer to nature. The contributors explore many different ways...
by Julian Cooke, Tim Young, Michael Ashcroft
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Widely regarded as the leading authority on voyage charters, this book is the most comprehensive and intellectually-rigorous analysis of the area, is regularly cited in court and by arbitrators, and is the go-to guide for drafting and disputing charterparty contracts.
Voyage Charters provides...
The Law Emprynted and Englysshed
The Printing Press as an Agent of Change in Law and Legal Culture 1475-1642
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
What impact did the printing press – a new means of communicating the written word – have on early modern English lawyers? This book examines the way in which law printing developed in the period from 1475 up until 1642 and the start of the English Civil War. It offers a new perspective on the...
Hold On with a Bulldog Grip
A Short Study of Ulysses S. Grant
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2019
In this new short biography of Ulysses S. Grant, leading scholars provide an accessible introduction to Grant and his legacy. Grant led Federal forces to victory in the Civil War, was the first modern American president, and authored his memoirs, which would eventually become one of the greatest books...
Encounter with God
April–June 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Encounter with God is Scripture Union's daily Bible reading guide designed to lead you to a deeper understanding about what God is saying to you and to his world today. You’ll find its thorough and energetic investigation of the whole Bible inspiring and stimulating. And you’ll discover that its...
Forging Southeastern Identities
Social Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Folklore of the Mississippian to Early Historic South
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Forging Southeastern Identities: Social Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Mississippian to Early Historic South, a groundbreaking collection of ten essays, covers a broad expanse of time—from the ninth to the nineteenth centuries—and focuses on a common theme of identity. These essays represent...
Southern Trident
Strategy, history and the rise of Australian naval power
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2001
The development of Australia's navy has been a vital factor in its history and evolution as a nation in the century since Federation. Australia has a maritime environment and its national interests stretch far beyond its coastline.
Southern Trident examines the influences on the rise of Australian...
by John Muncie, David Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Written by some of the leading criminologists in the country, this new title is a 'one-stop shop' for those who teach, study or are interested in criminology and the criminal justice systems of the UK.
Strengthening the Connections between Leadership and Learning
Challenges to Policy, School and Classroom Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Examining a decade of research and practice, this book makes the case for a radical reappraisal of leadership, learning, and their interrelationship in educational policy. Discussing whether policy direction is progressively constraining the professionalism and initiative of teachers and school leaders,...
The American Colonization Society
And the Founding of the First African Republic
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Most historical narratives about Africans in America begin with Jamestown, Virginia, where enslaved Angolans were sold in 1619. However, this book commences with blacks as explorers in the Americas before Christopher Columbus arrival. The point here is to demonstrate that slavery robbed Africa of...
by Charles J. Scicluna, Hans Zollner, and David John Ayotte
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This symposium will contribute to greater decisiveness, transparency, and awareness of the responsibility of all in the Catholic Church in dealing with the difficult question of sexual abuse.
Connecting Teaching and Learning
History, Evolution, and Case Studies of Teacher Work Sample Methodology
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
As accountability in education has become an increasingly prominent topic, teacher preparation programs are being asked to provide credible evidence that their teacher candidates can impact student learning.
Teacher Work Samples, first developed 30 years ago, have emerged as an effective method...
Trade and Tribulations
An Evaluation of Trade Barriers to the Adoption of Genetically Modified Crops in the East African Community
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Agricultural biotechnology holds great promise in contributing to Africa’s socioeconomic development. This is confirmed by a growing body of literature analyzing the positive economic effects at the farm level, and also for a growing number of farmers in Africa. However, with the exception of Burkina...