M Rogers: 48 books
by Katharine M. Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2006
According to ancient Egyptian lore, the goddess Bast, who protected her worshippers from disease and hard luck, had the figure of a woman and the head of a cat. Egyptians loved their feline companions, including them in family portraits, mummifying them alongside their owners, and creating exquisite...
Unpopular Sovereignty
Mormons and the Federal Management of Early Utah Territory
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Charles Redd Center Phi Alpha Theta Book Award for the Best Book on the American West
2018 Francis Armstrong Madsen Best Book Award from the Utah State Historical Society
2018 Best First Book Award from the Mormon History Association
Newly created territories in antebellum America were designed...
The Contemporary Printed Literature of the English Counter-Reformation between 1558 and 1640
Volume I: Works in Languages other than English
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
In 1956 Allison and Rogers published A Catalogue of Catholic Books in English Printed Abroad Secretly in England, 1558-1640. Known simply as A & R, it is the standard listing of the clandestine vernacular output of English Catholics during that period. Now, after more than thirty years work, Allison...
by Everett M. Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
Since the first edition of this landmark book was published in 1962,
Everett Rogers's name has become "virtually synonymous with the study
of diffusion of innovations," according to Choice. The second and
third editions of Diffusion of Innovations became the standard
textbook and reference...
L. Frank Baum
Creator of Oz: A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Since it was first introduced over a hundred years ago in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum's world of Oz has become one of the most enduring and beloved creations in children's literature. It has influenced numerous prominent writers and intellectuals, and become a lasting part of the culture...
Career Stories
Belle Époque Novels of Professional Development
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2008
In Career Stories, Juliette Rogers considers a body of largely unexamined novels from the Belle Époque that defy the usual categories allowed the female protagonist of the period. While most literary studies of the Belle Époque (1880–1914) focus on the conventional housewife or harlot distinction...
Pork
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
“Pork. The Other White Meat.” The well known National Pork Board slogan doesn’t begin to describe the many types of meat that fall under the umbrella of “pork.” The most versatile of meats, pork ranges from the rich, delicate succulence of a roast loin to the dry, salty assertiveness of...
by Everett M. Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2003
Now in its fifth edition, Diffusion of Innovations is a classic work on the spread of new ideas.
In this renowned book, Everett M. Rogers, professor and chair of the Department of Communication & Journalism at the University of New Mexico, explains how new ideas spread via communication...
Combating AIDS
Communication Strategies in Action
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2002
·****· Awarded the Annual Award for Distinguished Scholarly Book in Applied Communication, by the National Communication Association, USA**·****·**
`This gripping narrative not only documents the history of humankind's interaction with a clever virus, it brings to the forefront...
by Caroline M. Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
Entwined with simple moments of nature and the transparency of a soul in search, Rogers openhearted poems invite readers to find stillness in these delicate recordings of her experience.
Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease
Results of New Trials
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In recent years, major social forces such as: ageing populations, social trends, migration patterns, and the globalization of economies, have reshaped social welfare policies and practices across the globe. Multinational corporations, NGOs, and other international organizations have begun to influence...
The Contemporary Printed Literature of the English Counter-Reformation between 1558 and 1640
Volume II: Works in English, with Addenda & Corrigenda to Volume I
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
This is an annotated bibliography of Catholic books in English printed abroad or secretly in England at a time when Catholic printing was prohibited in England and such books, when discovered by the authorities, were seized and destroyed. It includes all the 930 items listed in the authors' A Catalogue...
Specialised Translation
Shedding the 'Non-Literary' Tag
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
This book shifts the common perception of specialised or 'LSP' translation as necessarily banal and straightforward towards a more realistic understanding of it as a complex and multilayered phenomenon which belies its standard negative binary definition as 'non-literary'.
Strategic Scientific and Medical Writing
The Road to Success
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2015
A document may be based on accurate medical and scientific information, follow guidelines precisely, and be well written in clear and correct language, but may still fail to achieve its objectives. The strategic approach described in this book will help you to turn good medical and scientific writing...