John S Michael: 88 books

Book cover of Ensuring safety and quality in the production of beef Volume 2
by Prof. Mick Price, Dr Matt Spangler, Annie Vénien
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017

Reviews advances in understanding how breeding and growth affects the development of quality attributes such as fat content and tenderness;  Summarises recent research on how management of cattle and carcass handling affects sensory properties;  Discusses current research on measuring and optimising quality traits such as color, flavor and tenderness
Book cover of The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens

The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens

Place, Personality, and Politics in the Civil War Era

by Amy S. Greenberg, Thomas J. Balcerski, Douglas R. Egerton
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2019

The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era’s most prominent politicians as well as the political landscapes they inhabited and informed. Both men called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their home, and both were...
Book cover of Opportunities Missed, Opportunities Seized

Opportunities Missed, Opportunities Seized

Preventive Diplomacy in the PostDCold War World

by Alexander L. George, James E. Goodby, Jane E. Holl
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...
Book cover of Appalachian Health and Well-Being
by Carol S. Baugh, Melanie F. Myers, Michael S. Hendryx
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012

Appalachians have been characterized as a population with numerous disparities in health and limited access to medical services and infrastructures, leading to inaccurate generalizations that inhibit their healthcare progress. Appalachians face significant challenges in obtaining effective care, and...
Book cover of God Grew Tired of Us

God Grew Tired of Us

The Heartbreaking, Inspiring Story of a Lost Boy of Sudan

by John Bul Dau, Michael S. Sweeney
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2008

"Lost Boy" John Bul Dau’s harrowing experience surviving the brutal horrors of Sudanese civil war and his adjustment to life in modern America is chronicled in this inspiring memoir and featured in an award-winning documentary film of the same name. Movingly written, the book traces Dau’s...
Book cover of American Catholics and Civic Engagement
by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, W Shepherdson Abell, Kirk Adams
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003

Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding...
Book cover of Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia
by Dr. Ian G. Baird, Corey L. Bell, Dr. Stephen C. Berkwitz
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...
Book cover of The World Turned Upside Down

The World Turned Upside Down

Maintaining American Leadership in a Dangerous Age

by Joseph Nye, Condoleezza Rice, Nicholas Burns
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018

Aspen Policy Books is a series of annual publications on the United States’ most pressing foreign policy and national security issues. In 2017, the Aspen Strategy Group examined the future of the liberal world order. The papers in this volume outline the history and importance the system of institutions...
Book cover of Old Law, New Tricks: Using the Clean Air Act to Curb Climate Change
by Scott Schang, Leila B. Azari, Nicholas Bianco
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013

Few if any people think the Clean Air Act is the optimal legislative solution to climate change; but it is a powerful tool that is being used sometimes despite the prevailing political will. To address this reality, this volume calls on the best writing from the most often-cited environmental law journal...
Book cover of The Political Battle over Congressional Redistricting
by Rickert Althaus, Adam Brown, Charles S. Bullock III
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013

John Engler, former Governor of Michigan, once claimed that redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take. Academicians and political leaders alike, however, have regularly debated the ideal way by to redistrict national and state legislatures. Rather than being the pure process...
Book cover of Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques

Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques

Monstrosity and Religion in Europe and the United States

by Linda C. Ceriello, Thomas S. Franke, John Block Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018

Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques examines the intersection of religion and monstrosity in a variety of different time periods in the hopes of addressing two gaps in scholarship within the field of monster studies. The first part of the volume—running from the medieval to the Early Modern period—focuses...
Book cover of Politische Morde

Politische Morde

Vom Altertum bis zur Gegenwart

by Dietmar Rothermund, Claus Leggewie, Giuseppe Zecchini
Language: German
Release Date: February 1, 2012

Historiker, Journalisten und Politologen analysieren in diesem Buch politische Morde an 28 historischen Persönlichkeiten, z.B. Gaius Iulius Cäsar, Thomas Becket, Wallenstein, Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand von Österreich, Mahatma Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Aldo Moro, Yitzhak Rabin oder Zoran Djindjic,...
Book cover of The Rehnquist Court and Criminal Justice
by Joyce A. Baugh, John D. Burrow, Mark S. Hurwitz
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011

This book examines the criminal justice decisions of the Rehnquist Court era through analyses of individual justices' contributions to the development of law and policy. The Rehnquist Court era (1986-2005) produced a period of opportunity for the U.S. Supreme Court's judicial conservatives to reshape...
Book cover of Individual Positive Behavior Supports

Individual Positive Behavior Supports

A Standards-Based Guide to Practices in School and Community Settings

by Martin Agran Ph.D., Richard Albin Ph.D., Sharon Ann Ballard-Krishnan
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016

Aligned with the Association for Positive Behavior Support’s Standards of Practice, this graduate-level text is an authoritative PBS primer for professionals preparing for work in educational and community-based settings. More than 60 leading scholars present the critical skills and knowledge...
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