John Peter: 364 books
by Peter D. Hershock, John W. M. Krummel, Erin McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
This interdisciplinary collection of essays highlights the relevance of Buddhist doctrine and practice to issues of globalization. From various philosophical, religious, historical, and political perspectives, the authors show that Buddhism—arguably the world’s first transnational religion—is a rich resource for navigating todays interconnected world.
Pacific America
Histories of Transoceanic Crossings
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
In recent times, the Asia-Pacific region has far surpassed Europe in terms of reciprocal trade with the United States, and since the 1980s immigrants from Asia entering the United States have exceeded their counterparts from Europe, reversing a longstanding historical trend and making Asian Americans...
by Deborah Zamble, Jennifer Glass, Max Costa
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
Metal ions play key roles in biology. Many are essential for catalysis, for electron transfer and for the fixation, sensing, and metabolism of gases. Others compete with those essential metal ions or have toxic or pharmacological effects.
This book is structured around the periodic table and...
Strange Gods
A Novel About Faith, Murder, Sin and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
The Archbishop of New York fell down dead.
Michael Manning was the sixth cardinal among the international Catholic clergy to die under violent and suspicious circumstances. Somebody is killing cardinals. But what is going on and why? With the latest death, the Vatican is forced to act. The...
Exits, Voices and Social Investment
Citizens’ Reaction to Public Services
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Over fifty years ago, Albert Hirschman argued that dissatisfied consumers could either voice complaint or exit when they were dissatisfied with goods or services. Loyal consumers would voice rather than exit. Hirschman argued that making exit easier from publicly provided services, such as health...
Reptiles of Victoria
A Guide to Identification and Ecology
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Victoria's reptiles are not often encountered by urban dwellers, with many species now threatened. You may have glimpsed a skink darting into the undergrowth, a snake slithering along a walking path or a blue-tongued lizard sunning itself near your garden shed. Yet the turtles, skinks, geckos, goannas,...
Medical Leadership
From the Dark Side to Centre Stage
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
'Successful medical leaders are usually, but not always, experienced and credible clinicians with good people skills, who look beyond the boundaries of their own specialty or institution, who are positive and perseverant and who are prepared to take reasonable risks to achieve their goals. Most importantly...
Spirituality, Values and Mental Health
Jewels for the Journey
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2007
Spirituality, religious belief and inclusive faith communities are important for mental well being but mental health practitioners have few guidelines for acknowledging these issues when working with service users.
Spirituality, Values and Mental Health gathers together personal and professional...
Building Brains
An Introduction to Neural Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2011
The development of a brain from its simple beginnings in the embryo to the extraordinarily complex fully-functional adult structure is a truly remarkable process. Understanding how it occurs remains a formidable challenge despite enormous advances over the last century and current intense world-wide...
Managing soil health for sustainable agriculture Volume 2
Monitoring and management
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
There has been growing concern that both intensive agriculture in the developed world and rapid expansion of crop cultivation in developing countries is damaging the health of soils which are the foundation of farming. At the same time we are discovering much more about how complex soils are as living...
by Peter J. Stahl, Doron S. Stember, John P Mulhall
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Clinical Care Pathways in Andrology provides a valuable resource for understanding clinical decision-making in the context of the predominant male reproductive and sexual disorders for which patients commonly seek evaluation and treatment. Conditions that are less well-known but can be severely bothersome...
by John W. McCormick, Peter C. Chapin
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Software is pervasive in our lives. We are accustomed to dealing with the failures of much of that software - restarting an application is a very familiar solution. Such solutions are unacceptable when the software controls our cars, airplanes and medical devices or manages our private information....
Geschichte der Welt 1945 bis heute
Die globalisierte Welt
Language: German
Release Date: October 30, 2013
«Weltgeschichte ist lange Zeit als eine Geschichte des Aufstiegs und Niedergangs einer kleinen Zahl von ‚Hochkulturen’ geschrieben worden. Unter diesen Kulturen schienen Europa oder der atlantische ‚Westen’ während der letzten Jahrhunderte nach den Kriterien Macht, Wohlstand und kulturelle...
Ut omnes unum
Festschrift anlässlich des 100jährigen Bestehens der Hochkirchlichen Vereinigung Augsburgischen Bekenntnisses e. V.
Language: German
Release Date: November 8, 2018
Im Oktober 1918 wurde in Berlin die Hochkirchliche Vereinigung Augsburgischen Bekenntnisses e.V. (HV) gegründet. Sie war damit die Vorreiterin der jüngeren liturgischen Bewegung in Deutschland. Seither versteht sich die HV als ein Labor der gemeinsamen liturgischen Forschung und des Austausches...