L R Johnson: 44 books
Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 2
Cultivation techniques
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Wheat is the most widely cultivated cereal in the world and a staple food for around 3 billion people. It has been estimated that demand for wheat could increase by up to 560% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests and...
Understanding the Big Picture of the Bible
A Guide to Reading the Bible Well
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
How do I get more out of my Bible reading?
What was going on during the gap between the Old and New Testaments?
How do all the books of the Bible fit together as a whole?
This book answers these questions and puts clear, readable Bible study aids at your fingertips. It contains...
Dragon Writers
An Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Dragons are creatures of legend. Of magic. Of wisdom, nature, and the power of creation. They have been in every culture and mythology since the beginning of time.
Writers are creatures of legend. With magic, wisdom, and the power of creation at their fingertips. They, too, are in every culture...
Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families
Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...
by Raina Robeva, James R. Kirkwood, Robin Lee Davies
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Essential for all biology and biomathematics courses, this textbook provides students with a fresh perspective of quantitative techniques in biology in a field where virtually any advance in the life sciences requires a sophisticated mathematical approach. An Invitation to Biomathematics, expertly...
Orogenesis
The Making of Mountains
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Orogenesis, the process of mountain building, occurs when two tectonic plates collide – either forcing material upwards to form mountain belts such as the Alps or Himalayas or causing one plate to be subducted below the other, resulting in volcanic mountain chains such as the Andes. Integrating...
Ideology and Utopia in the Twenty-First Century
The Surplus of Meaning in Ricoeur's Dialectical Concept
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2018
This edited work is spurred by the 30-year anniversary of the groundbreaking work by Paul Ricoeur, Lectures on Ideology and Utopia (1986)—and the 40-year anniversary of the original lectures (1975). Ricoeur took these concepts that continue to be enormously important in social and political analysis...
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Child Migrants
Seen but Not Heard
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
As global societies grapple with an unprecedented refugee and migration crisis, child refugees and migrants—who constitute a particularly vulnerable immigrant category—have been surprisingly overlooked in immigration scholarship. This book addresses this lapse by presenting interdisciplinary perspectives...
by G.H. Dury, Reiner Eiden, James R. Holton
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
An important purpose of The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry is to aid the understanding of distribution and chemical reaction processes which occur in the environment. Volume 1, Part E of this series is dedicated to Environmental Systems, Physical Properties of the Atmosphere, Global Transport and the Thermodynamics of Ecosystems.
by R. L. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
What are the Odds that eight separate people’s lives can change based on one solitary incident that occurs in one home? That is exactly what happens in Destiny’s Odds.
Procrastination and Task Avoidance
Theory, Research, and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Procrastination is a fascinating, highly complex human phenomenon for which the time has come for systematic theoretical and therapeutic effort. The present volume reflects this effort. It was a labor of love to read this scholarly, timely book-the first of its kind on the topic. It was especially...
by Ronald L. Eisenberg, MD, JD
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
Gain the essential pathology understanding you need to produce quality radiographic images! Covering the disease processes most frequently diagnosed with medical imaging, Comprehensive Radiographic Pathology, 6th Edition is the perfect pathology resource for acquiring a better understanding of the...
by R. L. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
Sheriff Xavier 'Zay' McKendree resided in Phoenix before marrying his wife Maya, and moving to her hometown of Sassbeaux, Louisiana. He hates the town and all of its secrets and is treated like an outsider even after being appointed Sheriff. The townspeople, including his wife, wanted him to believe...
Russian Social Science Reader
The Commonwealth and International Library of Science Technology Engineering and Liberal Studies
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Russian Social Science Reader is one of a series designed for non-linguists who need knowledge of the Russian language in order to pursue their interests in fields other than language or literature. The purpose of this book is to provide real assistance to the trained social scientist who, having...