M Lawrence: 162 books
Accessible Connecticut
A Guide to Recreation for Children with Disabilities and Their Families
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
This user-friendly guide helps parents of children with disabilities plan family outings in Connecticut that are stimulating and fun. Intended for youngsters who use wheelchairs or who have visual, hearing, or mental impairments, it presents places throughout the state that are easily accessible and...
Carbonates in Continental Settings
Geochemistry, Diagenesis and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2009
This book provides an up-to-date compilation of the latest research on the petrography, facies, paleonvironmental significance and economic aspects of continental carbonates. The overall organization of the book first emphasizes the descriptive aspects and processes operating on carbonate deposits...
The Daily Show and Rhetoric
Arguments, Issues, and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
The Daily Show and Rhetoric: Arguments, Issues, and Strategies examines the popular Comedy Central program from a rhetorical perspective to uncover the ways in which Jon Stewart, the cast, and writers critique mainstream media and politicians. This volume analyzes the nature of The Daily Show, the...
Simonides on the Persian Wars
A Study of the Elegiac Verses of the "New Simonides"
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
This book considers what evidence the "new Simonides" fragments offer for Simonides' elegiac compositions on the Persian Wars. The current orthodoxy is that they represent three separate elegies on individual battles, one on Artemisium, one on Salamis, and one on Plataea. Kowerski evaluates...
by Lawrence M. Mead
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Mead's timely and closely reasoned analysis makes a strong intellectual and moral case for a more authoritative welfare policy.
by Timothy Crowe, M.S., Criminology - Florida State University
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, 3e is a vital book for anyone involved in architectural design, space management, and urban planning. The concepts presented in this book explain the link between design and human behavior. Understanding this link can enable a planner to use natural environmental...
College Admissions for the Other 95%
A Guide to the School Counseling Office (From a Director of School Counseling)
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
This book is written to be a user-friendly guide to the school counselors office. Like the first tour of the school library, it is meant to show the user how to find information on any subject they need to be successful in the college admissions process. The reader can select the topic(s) of most...
The Search for Mabila
The Decisive Battle between Hernando de Soto and Chief Tascalusa
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2009
One of the most profound events in sixteenth-century North America was a ferocious battle between the Spanish army of Hernando de Soto and a larger force of Indian warriors under the leadership of a feared chieftain named Tascalusa. The site of this battle was a small fortified border town within...
Sacred Strategies
Transforming Synagogues from Functional to Visionary
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2010
Sacred Strategies is about eight synagogues that reached out and helped people connect to Jewish life in a new way—congregations that had gone from commonplace to extraordinary. Over a period of two years, researchers Aron, Cohen, Hoffman, and Kelman interviewed 175 synagogue leaders and a selection...
Not God's People
Insiders and Outsiders in the Biblical World
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2008
In the Bible, there is a drama of defining who are truly God's people—and who are not. Using an array of biblical texts from both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, Not God's People explores how ancient Jews and Christians created their own identity in relation to others. The book analyzes...
by John S. Grabowski, Montague Brown, Roger Duncan
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
It has always been understood that the central claim of Christianity—that Jesus born of Mary is the Son of God—is as much a declaration of the mystery of the human as it is the mystery of God; just as the claim that in virtue of this identity he is the Christ who restores, and more, transforms,...
Indian Wars: The Fightings in West Virgina, North Carolina, Montana & Illinois
History of Conflicts Between European Colonists and the Indigenous Peoples of North America: Wars in West Virgina, North Carolina, Montana & Illinois
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018
This carefully edited historical collection of has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Indian Wars is the collective name for the various armed conflicts fought by European governments and colonists, and later the United States...
South Sudan Skills Story
From Perspective of Skills for South Sudan Founding Member
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
The South Sudan Skills Story is an account about manpower and education development in South Sudan, a narrative that includes efforts exerted in attainment of the much-needed workforce for fuelling the countrys economy, now fatally impacted by the ongoing internal strife. Prior to escalation of the...
The Case for Congress
Separation of Powers and the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
The Case for Congress: Separation of Powers and the War on Terror examines the constitutional relationship between Congress and the President in the post-September 11 world, arguing that Congress should exercise its legitimate authority in guiding United States policy. While many commentators have...