John Peters: 18 books

Book cover of The Management of a Student Research Project
by John A Sharp, John Peters, Keith Howard
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017

The third edition of this popular book has been extensively revised to reflect the changes that have affected student research in higher education in recent years. The ability to carry out research successfully has come to be seen as a 'key transferable skill' required of all higher education students...
Book cover of The Marvelous Clouds

The Marvelous Clouds

Toward a Philosophy of Elemental Media

by John Durham Peters
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015

When we speak of clouds these days, it is as likely that we mean data clouds or network clouds as cumulus or stratus. In their sharing of the term, both kinds of clouds reveal an essential truth: that the natural world and the technological world are not so distinct. In The Marvelous Clouds, John...
Book cover of Joseph Conrad's Critical Reception
by John G. Peters
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2013

Throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Joseph Conrad's novels and short stories have consistently figured into - and helped to define - the dominant trends in literary criticism. This book is the first to provide a thorough yet accessible overview of Conrad scholarship and criticism...
Book cover of Pink is for Disappointment
by John Tobias Peters
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015

Many children are born into poor families worldwide. It is not the same as being born into a family suffering from a poverty mentality... Pink Is For Disappointment is a fictional work about just such a family and a son who was the family disappointment. The main Character John in first person, tells...
Book cover of Speaking into the Air

Speaking into the Air

A History of the Idea of Communication

by John Durham Peters
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012

Communication plays a vital and unique role in society-often blamed for problems when it breaks down and at the same time heralded as a panacea for human relations. A sweeping history of communication, Speaking Into the Air illuminates our expectations of communication as both historically specific...
Book cover of Will Your Anchor Hold?
by John M. Peters
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016

Believers in Jesus Christ, the risen Son of God, are going to be persecuted beyond measure, even in this generation. The swelling tide against the Bible and those who believe and practice Christ's commandments, is encroaching upon everything we hold dear. Will your faith be the "Anchor"...
Book cover of Pandora's Garden

Pandora's Garden

Kudzu, Cockroaches, and Other Misfits of Ecology

by Clinton Crockett Peters, John Griswold
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018

Pandora’s Garden profiles invasive or unwanted species in the natural world and examines how our treatment of these creatures sometimes parallels in surprising ways how we treat each other. Part essay, part nature writing, part narrative nonfiction, the chapters in Pandora’s Garden are like the...
Book cover of Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…

by O. Henry, Mark Twain, Beatrix Potter
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018

This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
Book cover of The Maritime History of Cornwall
by Helen Doe, John C. Appleby, John Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015

Cornwall is quintessentially a maritime region.  Almost an island, nowhere in it is further than 25 miles from the sea.  Cornwall’s often distinctive history has been moulded by this omnipresent maritime environment, while its strategic position at the western approaches—jutting out into the...
Book cover of The Idea of the Public Sphere
by Hannah Arendt, Seyla Benhabib, James Bohman
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2010

The notion of 'the public sphere' has become increasingly central to theories and studies of democracy, media, and culture over the last few decades. It has also gained political importance in the context of the European Union's efforts to strengthen democracy, integration, and identity. The Idea...
Book cover of Called and Chosen

Called and Chosen

Toward a Spirituality for Lay Leaders

by Regina Bechtle, , S.C
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2005

That lay women and men increasingly serve as leaders of institutional ministries in the Church is nothing new. Yet, until now, these lay leaders have longed for theological resources and formational training to help them in their vocation and ministry. Called and Chosen: Toward a Spirituality for...
Book cover of Toward a Political Economy of Culture

Toward a Political Economy of Culture

Capitalism and Communication in the Twenty-First Century

by Marc Bogdanowicz, Jean-Claude Burgelman, Andrew Calabrese
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2003

Several of the most important and influential political economists of communication working today explore a rich mix of topics and issues that link work, policy studies, and research and theory about the public sphere to the heritage of political economy. Familiar but still exceedingly important topics...
Book cover of Creative Physical Education

Creative Physical Education

Integrating Curriculum Through Innovative PE Projects

by John Quay, Jacqui Peters
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012

Creative Physical Education offers a flexible extended learning experience for children and teens that focuses on physical, cognitive, and interpersonal knowledge and skill development. A combination teacher’s guide and student workbook, Creative Physical Education has everything you need, including...
Book cover of Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract E-Book
by Charles J. Yeo, MD, FACS
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012

Comprehensive and complete, Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract delivers the definitive, clinically oriented, cutting-edge guidance you need to achieve optimal outcomes managing the entire spectrum of gastrointestinal disorders. Make effective use of the latest endoscopic, robotic, and...
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