John James: 626 books
by Arthur Melzer, Todd Gitlin, Seyla Benhabib
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2001
With the end of the Cold War, the death of Communism, and the decline of Socialism, what are the primary issues, ideologies, and parties that now structure politics? Melzer, Zinman, and Weinberger have compiled essays from prominent experts to examine the politics of the past to help plot the political...
Morality and Justice
Reading Boylan's 'A Just Society'
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2009
This book is a collection of twelve essays devoted to Michael Boylan's important work in moral philosophy,A Just Society. The collection is thematically organized to mirror Boylan's own volume, so the first half explores fundamental issues of justification in ethics while the second half focuses on...
By His Own Hand?
The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
For two centuries the question has persisted: Was Meriwether Lewis’s death a suicide, an accident, or a homicide? By His Own Hand? is the first book to carefully analyze the evidence and consider the murder-versus-suicide debate within its full historical context. The historian contributors to this...
by John Rakos, Karen Dhanraj, Scott Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Project Management
The one-stop resource for project management documentation and templates for all projects
The success of any project is crucially dependent on the documents produced for it. The Practical Guide to Project Management Documentation provides a complete and reliable source of explanations...
by Arthur C. Nelson, John Randolph, James M. McElfish
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Many communities across the nation still lack affordable housing. And many officials continue to claim that “affordable housing” is an oxymoron. Building inexpensively is impossible, they say, because there are too many regulations. Required environmental impact statements and habitat protection...
Opportunities Missed, Opportunities Seized
Preventive Diplomacy in the PostDCold War World
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 1999
The basic logic of preventive diplomacy is unassailable. Act early to prevent disputes from escalating; reduce tensions that could lead to war; deal with today's conflicts before they become tomorrow's crises. Yet as we look at the record of these first years of the post-Cold War era, it is quite...
The Family Emotional System
An Integrative Concept for Theory, Science, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
The Family Emotional System: An Integrative Concept for Theory, Science, and Practice presents an ongoing dialogue among scientists, family investigators, and clinicians related to a natural systems view of the family and human behavior that has been occurring over several decades. The concept of...
The New Politics of the Old South
An Introduction to Southern Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
The New Politics of the Old South, Sixth Edition is available August 2017. Paperback ISBN 9781538100158
Now in its fifth edition, The New Politics of the Old South is the best and most comprehensive analysis and history of political behaviors and shifting demographics in America’s southern...
by John Forrer, James (Jed) Kee, Eric Boyer
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
A comprehensive guide to public sector collaboration with private and nonprofit organizations for better service delivery
Governing Cross-Sector Collaboration tackles the issues inherent in partnerships with nongovernmental actors for public service delivery, highlighting the choices available...
Religion and the New Republic
Faith in the Founding of America
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1999
A collection of the country's most respected historians, philosophers, and theologians examines the role of religion in the founding of the United States. This collection of never before published essays, originally delivered at the Library of Congress, presents the most original and recent scholarship...
All I Want For Christmas Leader Guide
Opening the Gifts of God's Grace
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
From the time the Wise Men came to bring gifts, Christmas has been a time of giving gifts to our loved ones, to the less fortunate, to the church, to favorite charities, to family, to friends, and even to our pets. In the best spirit of Christmas we give and receive Christmas gifts, remembering the...
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...
The Entrepreneurial Engineer
How to Create Value from Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Authors, educators and successful entrepreneurs wrote this textbook with the primary goal of maximising your chance of entrepreneurial success. It is designed to encourage those wanting to start a business and those who have already begun. It includes guidance, instruction and practical lessons for...
17,000 Classroom Visits Can't Be Wrong
Strategies That Engage Students, Promote Active Learning, and Boost Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
The authors share lessons learned from an incredible 17,000+ classroom walkthroughs, distilling the insights into strategies for shifting the classroom dynamic from teaching to learning.