Laura M : 240 books
Alternative Solutions to Higher Education's Challenges
An Appreciative Approach to Reform
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Moving beyond critique, Alternative Solutions to Higher Education’s Challenges uses an appreciative approach to highlight what is working in colleges and universities and offers an examination of how institutions can improve practice. Drawing on examples and cases from real higher education institutions,...
Climate Change
The Earth is Dying and You Can Help To Save It
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2018
Is the Earth dying?
Climate Change has been one of the major issues experiencing our planet today.
If you are curious what is REALLY happening, and how you can contribute to stopping this dilemma, then keep reading...
Animals are being extinct, water is becoming insufficient,...
by Matthew Rohr, Tim Rohr, Sue Ann Culp
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2018
Double Take is the fifth installment of MiFIWriters anthology series, Division by Zero, and features 12 stories of the fantastic and the bizarre.
by Ann Pollard Rowe, Laura M. Miller, Lynn A. Meisch
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2009
Although less well known than its much-admired counterparts in Peru and Bolivia, highland Ecuadorian weaving is an Andean tradition that has relationships with these more southern areas. A world away from the industrialized textile manufacturing of Euro-American society, these handmade pieces reflect...
by Laura M. Westdale
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Back to basics. 501 Amazing Uses for Salt, Vinegar, Baking Soda, Olive Oil, and Lemons is the essential expert domestic companion.
501 Amazing Uses for Salt, Vinegar, Baking Soda, Olive Oil, and Lemons is a collection of easy-to-use household hints for families who want to have a greener household....
Living Language
An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2011
Accessible and clearly written, Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology introduces readers to the study of language in real-life social contexts around the world through the contemporary theory and practice of linguistic anthropology.
A highly accessible introduction to the...
Tortured reality
how media framing of waterboarding affects judicial independence
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
Judicial independence is not just an abstract principle that systems of government ensuring the rule of law must adhere to. It is also a concrete standard, set out in binding (as well as in some non-binding) human rights documents and enforced by human rights courts all over the world. These multiple...
Theory and Cases in School-Based Consultation
A Resource for School Psychologists, School Counselors, Special Educators, and Other Mental Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
This casebook provides an applied perspective regarding school-based consultation, including an overview of mental health consultation, behavioral consultation, social learning theory consultation, Adlerian consultation, and ecological/organizational consultation. Along with relevant discussion of...
by Laura M. Reckford, Marie Morris
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Large numbers of Americans supplement their visits to Boston with easily-accomplished excursions to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Or else they plan vacations to these awesomely-popular islands whose gateway is Boston. We're proud to group all four destinations into one easily-read, light-to-carry guidebook.
Policy Borrowing and Reform in Education
Globalized Processes and Local Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
This book addresses the intersections of globalization, policy borrowing, and educational reform. Drawing upon multiple disciplines, it provides a comprehensive overview of globalization’s history, processes, theories, and trends, both generally and in education specifically. The book includes an...
by Laura M. Calkins
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
This book charts the development of the First Vietnam War – the war between the Vietnamese Communists (the Viet Minh) and the French colonial power – considering especially how relations between the Viet Minh and the Chinese Communists had a profound impact on the course of the war. It shows how...
by Kathryn L. Butler, Laura M. Mazer, Kiran Lagisetty
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
A combination primer on evaluating the surgical literature and summary of landmark articles in general surgery
Pocket Journal Club: Essential Articles in General Surgery is a complete primer on how to efficiently evaluate the surgical literature, conduct literature searches, and identify high-impact...
Living Language
An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Revised and updated, the 2nd Edition of Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology presents an accessible introduction to the study of language in real-life social contexts around the world through the contemporary theory and practice of linguistic anthropology.
Presents a highly...
Theological and Ethical Perspectives on Climate Engineering
Calming the Storm
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Calming the Storm presents diverse perspectives on some of the most vital questions raised by climate engineering: Who has the right to make decisions about such global technological efforts? What have we learned from the decisions that caused the climate to change that might shed light on efforts...