John Ruth: 39 books
by Graeme Drummond, John Ensor, Ruth Ashford
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2010
The completely revised and updated 3rd edition of the hugely successful Strategic Marketing: planning and control continues to provide a concise yet comprehensive synthesis of the key strategic marketing concepts. The text cuts through the complexity and jargon surrounding the subject and is tightly...
Environmental Management in Organizations
The IEMA Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Environmental issues can present some daunting operational concerns for all types of organization, whether in the private, public and voluntary sectors. Managing them requires environmental professionals with a working knowledge of the rapidly developing body of regulatory measures.
This new...
by Barbara Adam, Wendell Bell, Michael Burawoy
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Public sociology—an approach to sociology that aims to communicate with and actively engage wider audiences—has been one of the most widely discussed topics in the discipline in recent years. The Handbook of Public Sociology presents a comprehensive look at every facet of public sociology in theory...
Berji Kristin
Tales from the Garbage Hills
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2014
The cast-offs of modern urban society are driven out onto the edges of the city and left to make a life there for themselves. They are not, however, in any natural wilderness, but in a world of refuse and useless junk - a place which denies any form of sustainable life. Here, the unemployed, the homeless,...
by Heidi Zojer, John Klapper, Ruth Whittle
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Modern German Grammar Workbook, Third Edition, is an innovative book of exercises and language tasks for intermediate and advanced learners of German. The book is divided into three sections: Section 1 provides exercises based on essential grammatical structures. Section 2 practises everyday functions...
The Purposes, Practices, and Professionalism of Teacher Reflectivity
Insights for Twenty-First-Century Teachers and Students
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Very little information about the impact of reflection on teacher performance, teacher retention, and student learning is available in teacher preparation programs. This book provides practical and research-based chapters that offer greater clarity about the particular kinds of reflection that matter...
Do You Ever Wonder What Death Is like?
"There Is Nothing To Fear"
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Have you ever wondered what death is like? Have you ever wondered if it is painful and scary? Let me ease your worries about the inevitable. This ebook is compiled of some of the greatest authors and thier experiences. As much as some of us choose not to believe in spirituality...
Bipolar 101
A Practical Guide to Identifying Triggers, Managing Medications, Coping with Symptoms, and More
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
After receiving a bipolar diagnosis, you need clear answers. Bipolar 101 is a straightforward guide to understanding bipolar disorder. It includes all the information you need to control your symptoms and live better. Authored by both a psychologist and a mental health expert who has bipolar disorder herself, this pocket guide is the only book on bipolar disorder you'll ever need.
The Bioregional Imagination
Literature, Ecology, and Place
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Bioregionalism is an innovative way of thinking about place and planet from an ecological perspective. Although bioregional ideas occur regularly in ecocritical writing, until now no systematic effort has been made to outline the principles of bioregional literary criticism and to use it as a way...
by Honoré de Balzac, Samuel R. Delany, Robert Silverberg
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: July 31, 2011
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: July 31, 2011
Escritores do século 18 ao 20, entre escritores clássicos e renovadores da Ficção Científica, criam contos em que o amor e o sexo vencem os limites do tempo e da morte e onde máquinas estendem para além do imaginável as paixões e os prazeres.
The University in its Place
Social and Cultural Perspectives on the Regional Role of Universities
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
This book sets out to understand the significance of geographical context – place – for universities in the globalised setting of the twenty-first century. It examines their social impact on the regions in which they are situated, both from the perspectives of the universities themselves and from...
African Women and ICTs
Investigating Technology, Gender and Empowerment
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
The revolution in information and communication technologies (ICTs) has vast implications for the developing world, but what tangible benefits has it bought, when issues of social inclusion and exclusion, particularly in the developing world, remain at large? In addition, the gender digital divide...
Transnational Identities
Becoming European in the EU
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2004
This original work explores the increasingly important phenomenon of the formation of transnational identity. Considering the ongoing relevance of the European Union, the contributors ask a series of intriguing questions: Is a European identity possible? How are the various types of European identity...
Slum Clearance
The Social and Administrative Context in England and Wales
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Originally published in 1976. Slum clearance is a particularly significant process because it places the ordinary citizen in a state of extreme dependence on his local authority. The local authority not only destroys his existing environment but controls access to a replacement council house. This...