L Williams: 216 books
Prisons in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century
A Human Dumping Ground
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
This volume on penitentiary systems in the Americas offers a long-overdue look at the prisons that exist at the forefront of the ongoing struggle against drugs and violence throughout North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. From Haiti to Bolivia, the authors examine the conditions in...
by M. Donald Hancock, Christopher J. Carman, Marjorie Castle
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
Politics in Europe, Seventh Edition introduces students to the power of the European Union as well as seven political systems—the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Poland—within a common analytical framework that enables students to conduct both single-case and cross-national analysis....
by B. Ablad, C.-J. Estler, J.W. Franz
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In conjunction with the Twelfth International Congress of Gerontology, the Carl-Korth Institute for Cardiovascular Research organized an international symposium on "Beta Blockers in the Elderly." It was the intention of the Scientific Committee that during this symposium we would discuss...
In the Service of Learning and Empowerment
ServiceLearning, Critical Pedagogy, and the ProblemSolution Project
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Too often teachers and students doubt their own abilities to forge collective work and dynamic critical learning in the midst of education reform practices that limit their opportunities to do so. This doubt can be heightened for elementary school teachers or even their students who are led to believe...
by Sharon L. Edwards, EdD SFHEA NTF MSc PGCEA DipN(Lon) RN, Joyce Williams
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
Are you a starting work in critical care? Are you an experienced nurse but need to check guidelines and best practices?
This is the indispensable guide to daily procedures and problems faced by nurses working in this specialty.
This book will help you to
Organise your job and...
The De-Evolution of the Black Church
Rescue or Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
This book is a look at the entity individually and collectively called the black church from its beginnings as an ethnic enclave comprised of African slaves and their descendants into an organization dedicated to the spiritual empowerment of its members in their respective communities in these United...
by Lois M. Davis, Jennifer L. Steele, Robert Bozick
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
This report assesses the effectiveness of correctional education programs for both incarcerated adults and juveniles and the cost-effectiveness of adult correctional education. It also provides results of a survey of U.S. state correctional education directors that give an up-to-date picture of what...
Bridging the High School-College Gap
The Role of Concurrent Enrollment Programs
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Concurrent enrollment programs offer high-achieving high school students the opportunity to take college credit-bearing courses taught by college-approved high school teachers. This low-cost, scalable model brings accelerated coursework to urban, suburban, and rural students. In this book, scholars...
Understanding Military Workforce Productivity
Effects of Substance Abuse, Health, and Mental Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
From the stresses of repeated deployments to the difficulties of re-entry into civilian life, we are just beginning to understand how protracted conflicts, such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan, are affecting service members. Issues such as risky health behaviors and chemical dependence raise productivity...
Enhanced Surface Imaging of Crustal Deformation
Obtaining Tectonic Force Fields Using GPS Data
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
This book takes an in depth look at a novel methodology for analyzing Global Positioning System (GPS) data to obtain the highest possible resolution surface imaging of tectonic deformation sources without prescribing the nature of either the sources or the subsurface medium. GPS methods are widely...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 1
From improved varieties to local applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Maize is one of the most important and widely grown cereal crops in the world and is a staple food for almost a billion people, particularly in the developing world. It has been estimated that maize yields need to increase by 60% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such...
by Dr Mette Vaarst, Dr Stephen Roderick, Dr Susanne Padel
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2019
Organic animal farming is growing rapidly but faces a range of challenges in areas such as nutrition, health and welfare. This volume surveys the wealth of research addressing these challenges. The book start with a review of organic principles and the key question of the right breeds for organic...
by Blaze Ward, Knotted Road Press, Leah Cutter
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2019
The world is ending.
Right here.
Right now.
How?
Why?
What’s next?
Join us to explore eighteen different interpretations of the end of the world, from the amazingly silly to the darkest nightfall.
Be sure not to miss every issue of Boundary Shock Quarterly, available everywhere you get your books.
HERO STORIES OF RUSTEM - The Hero Prince of Persia
The Hero Prince of Persia
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
The name Rustem is derived from the Persian name Rostam, the name of the Persian epic hero figure who is featured in this volume.
Rustem is the most celebrated legendary hero in Shahnameh and Iranian mythology and it is on this volume that the action and adventure movie "The Prince of Persia"...