L Douglas: 180 books
by Michael W. Austin, Raymond Angelo Belliotti, Scott F. Parker
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
It is said the champions of the ancient Olympic Games received a crown of olive leaves, symbolizing a divine blessing from Nike, the winged goddess of victory. While the mythology of the ancient games has come to exemplify the highest political, religious, community, and individual ideals of the time,...
by Marie L. Campbell, Marjorie L. DeVault, Tim Diamond
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2006
In this edited collection, institutional ethnographers draw on their field research experiences to address different aspects of institutional ethnographic practice. As institutional ethnography embraces the actualities of people's experiences and lives, the contributors utilize their research to reveal...
by Peter Stern, Gary L. Hewitt, Michael D. Green
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
The importance of the South in the development of the United States has always been clear, but in recent decades the rise of the sunbelt-politically, economically, and culturally-has made the significance of the region's history all the more apparent. In The Human Tradition in the Old South, Professor...
Connecting Teaching and Learning
History, Evolution, and Case Studies of Teacher Work Sample Methodology
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
As accountability in education has become an increasingly prominent topic, teacher preparation programs are being asked to provide credible evidence that their teacher candidates can impact student learning.
Teacher Work Samples, first developed 30 years ago, have emerged as an effective method...
The Ties that Bind
Essays in Medieval British History in Honor of Barbara Hanawalt
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
This collection of essays, whose title echoes that of her most well-known book, celebrates the career of Barbara A. Hanawalt, emerita George III Professor of British Studies at The Ohio State University. The volume's contents -- ranging from politics to family histories, from intimate portraits to...
Rock and Romanticism
Blake, Wordsworth, and Rock from Dylan to U2
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Rock and Romanticism: Blake, Wordsworth, and Rock from Dylan to U2 is an edited anthology that seeks to explain just how rock and roll is a Romantic phenomenon that sheds light, retrospectively, on what literary Romanticism was at its different points of origin and on what it has become in the present....
Psychological Injuries
Forensic Assessment, Treatment, and Law
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2005
Human emotional suffering has been studied for centuries, but the significance of psychological injuries within legal contexts has only recently been recognized. As the public becomes increasingly aware of the ways in which mental health affects physical - and financial - well-being, psychological...
by Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
This ebook comprises the 4 volumes of our series named "50 Classic Christmas Stories". All 4 volumes are also available separately in the shop. This edition includes bonus streaming links to our album called "35 essential christmas songs (guitar arrangements)" (Spotify, Apple Music,...
Perceptual Learning
Advances in Research and Theory
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 1997
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex learning and problem solving. Each chapter provides a thoughtful integration of a body of work.
Includes...
String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics
Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
This book is a collection of lectures given in July 2007 at the Les Houches Summer School on "String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics."
Provides a pedagogical introduction to topics in String Theory, and Cosmology
Addresses each topic from the basis to the most recent developments
Covers the lectures by internationally-renowned and leading experts
by Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2018
This holiday, we proudly presents to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas classics: most beloved novels, tales, legends, poetry & carols - to warm up your heart and rekindle your holiday sparkle: Works by Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter,...
The Citizen's Share
Putting Ownership Back into Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
The idea of workers owning the businesses where they work is not new. In America’s early years, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison believed that the best economic plan for the Republic was for citizens to have some ownership stake in the land, which was the main form of productive capital. This...
This is Home Now
Kentucky's Holocaust Survivors Speak
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
The term "Holocaust survivors" is often associated with Jewish communities in New York City or along Florida's Gold Coast. Traditionally, tales of America's Holocaust survivors, in both individual and cultural histories, have focused on places where people fleeing from Nazi atrocities congregated...
Lincoln's Sword
The Presidency and the Power of Words
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
Widely considered in his own time as a genial but provincial lightweight who was out of place in the presidency, Abraham Lincoln astonished his allies and confounded his adversaries by producing a series of speeches and public letters so provocative that they helped revolutionize public opinion on...