John Kevin: 137 books
Defining Sport
Conceptions and Borderlines
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
Defining Sport: Conceptions and Borderlines is not about the variations of usage of the term “sport.” It is about the concept, the range of activities in the world that we unite into one idea—sport. It is through the project of defining sport that we can come to understand these activities better,...
by John Gittins, Kevin Glazebrook, Richard Weber
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2011
In 1989 the first edition of this book set out Gittins' pioneering index solution to the multi-armed bandit problem and his subsequent investigation of a wide of sequential resource allocation and stochastic scheduling problems. Since then there has been a remarkable flowering of new insights, generalizations...
by Tiantian Zheng, Kevin Carrico, Professor Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
In globalizing Asia, sexual mores and gender roles are in constant flux. How have economic shifts and social changes altered and reconfigured the cultural meanings of gender and sexuality in the region? How have the changing political economy and social milieu influenced and shaped the inner workings...
by John Bura, Alexandra Kropova, Glauco Pires
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Learn to create the art and code for a 3D virtual reality (VR) Whackamole game. In this eBook, we take you through each step of game development, from downloading software to integrating art. The programs we use are Unity and Blender, the top free platforms for building VR games. We create real examples...
A Guide to MATLAB
For Beginners and Experienced Users
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2006
This is a short, focused introduction to MATLAB, a comprehensive software system for mathematical and technical computing. It contains concise explanations of essential MATLAB commands, as well as easily understood instructions for using MATLAB's programming features, graphical capabilities, simulation...
Racial Encounter
The Social Psychology of Contact and Desegregation
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
The political and legislative changes which took place in South Africa during the 1990s, with the dissolution of apartheid, created a unique set of social conditions. As official policies of segregation were abolished, people of both black and white racial groups began to experience new forms of social...
by John Eyles, Kevin J. Woods
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
This book, originally published in 1983, drawing material from Europe, the USA, the Soviet Union and the Developing World, provides a comprehensive review of the key issues in medical geography. It sets the central problems of medical geography in a broad social context as well as in a spatial one...
by Lonely Planet, John Noble, Michael Benanav
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Lonely Planet's Discover India is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Gaze at the iconic Taj Mahal, ride a camel through a magical desert scene in Jaisalmer,...
by Sarah Dalton, Steven Kay, Anne Grange
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
Sheffield Shorts is a collection of short stories, poetry and first chapters that showcase emerging literary talent from the city. With work from eleven authors, from a variety of genres, readers are bound to find a story they enjoy in this collection.
Play Therapy Treatment Planning and Interventions
The Ecosystemic Model and Workbook
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Play Therapy: Treatment Planning and Interventions: The Ecosystemic Model and Workbook, 2e, provides key information on one of the most rapidly developing and growing areas of therapy. Ecosystemic play therapy is a dynamic integrated therapeutic model for addressing the mental health needs of children...
Seewölfe Paket 11
Seewölfe - Piraten der Weltmeere, Band 201 bis 220
Language: German
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Länger als eine Stunde blieb der Medizinmann in dem Seetempel auf Bali und befragte die Götter, ob ein Unglück die Insel heimsuchen würde. Als er zu der schweigenden Menge zurückkehrte, kündete der Ausdruck seiner Augen von Unheil. Sein Gesicht war düster. Er blickte zum Gipfel des Gunung Agung...
Seewölfe Paket 10
Seewölfe - Piraten der Weltmeere, Band 181 bis 200
Language: German
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Die "Saint Croix" war abgefallen, lief mit westlichem Kurs auf die Ausfahrt der Bucht zu und bot der "Isabella" ihre Backbord-Breitseite dar. Die Piraten schrien durcheinander, hantierten mit den Luntenstöcken und senkten sie auf die Bodenstücke ihrer Geschütze. Gleichzeitig...
Crime, Second Chances, and Human Services
Creating a Pathway to Ordinary Life for the Convicted
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2019
This book promotes the notion of second chances and the importance of human services within the communities most affected by crime and the criminal justice system. Recognition of the fallibility of humans and the necessity of redemption is the first step to change our attitude toward guilt and punishment....
Tough Decisions
Cases in Medical Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2000
Life is full of tough decisions that must be made ethically and under the pressures of time. This book places readers in realistic situation where they experience the difficulties of making tough medical decisions. The cases are composites of actual cases the authors have seen or managed. In the role...