M Wood: 88 books
Uncommon Courtesy
The Basics of Good Behavior for a Badly Behaved World
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
This book is the short slap to the back of the head most people need nowadays. In a world that's more likely to flip the bird than hold the door, it's their reminder of proper behavior. You'll receive a (re-)schooling in manners with lessons split up by situation, then tackled by topic. Each note...
by James M. Wood
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
How a gay newspaper columnist dominated a city’s nightlife from the 1930s to the 1960s
Winsor French was a journalist with a singular voice. A self-described “effeminate young man,” French occupied desks in city rooms drenched with masculinity, enduring his colleagues’ homophobia and...
Shimmer
The Perils of Cadence McKale : Book 1
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
A mysterious golden shimmering entity with a scent of rose and magnolia seems to manifest whenever Caden is in imminent danger. Caden knows little about the anomaly, but soon realizes that her aura reading is minuscule and what she and her friends are dealing with as they increasingly gain mutant abilities...
by Beau Bothwell, Daniel Guberman, Mei Han
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
Tyranny and Music is an edited collection of essays that explore how musical artists respond to cruel or oppressive governments and ruling regimes. Its primary strength and unique quality lies in its diversity, presenting a postmodern collage of scholarship that reaches across the divides of classical,...
by Colin J. Brauner, Chris M. Wood, Anthony P. Farrell
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Homeostasis and Toxicology of Essential Metals synthesizes the explosion of new information on the molecular, cellular, and organismal handling of metals in fish in the past 15 years. These elements are no longer viewed by fish physiologists as "heavy metals" that kill fish by suffocation, but rather...
by Chris M. Wood, Anthony P. Farrell, Colin J. Brauner
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Homeostasis and Toxicology of Non-Essential Metals synthesizes the explosion of new information on the molecular, cellular, and organismal handling of metals in fish in the past 15 years. These elements are no longer viewed by fish physiologists as "heavy metals" that kill fish by suffocation, but...
by M. Wood
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Environmental considerations are playing an increasingly important role in determining management strategies for soil and land. Many important environmental issues involve aspects of the biology of soil, and these issues cannot be considered satisfactorily in isolation from a general understanding...
The Holy Grail
History and Legend
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
The Holy Grail is one of the most fascinating themes in medieval literature. It was described as the vessel used by Jesus to celebrate the first Eucharist and it became the object of the greatest quest undertaken by King Arthur’s knight. This book examines the traditions attached to the Holy Grail...
Proficiency-Based Grading in the Content Areas
Insights and Key Questions for Secondary Schools (Adapting Evidence-Based Grading for Content Area Teachers)
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
No matter the content area, evidence-based grading puts student growth at the heart of the classroom. Designed for teachers and administrators of grades 6-12, Proficiency-Based Grading in the Content Areas details a five-step approach for implementing evidence-based grading and maintaining its effectiveness...
by S.J. Snooks, Danielle G. Konyn, R.F.M. Wood
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Safe surgery is founded upon careful dissection and clear identification of vital structures. Knowledge of the appropriate anatomy and anatomical relations is therefore essential, not only during surgical training, but as the cornerstone of surgical practice. The aim of this book is to describe the...
Call to Accountability
What Did You Do with Jesus?
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
We are living in the last days, and Jesus is coming soonbut are you ready? How many people have you brought to the Lord? Have you shared the love and forgiveness of our wonderful Savior with others? Does your soul feel prepared to sit before the coming King in Christ in praise, worship, and obedience?
If...
TechnoTeaching
Taking Practice to the Next Level in a Digital World
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
"Congratulations. Your school has just purchased a cart housing twenty-four tablets. Your principal wants you to roll it right into your classroom and start innovating—tomorrow.”
So begins this engaging and highly accessible guide for practitioners looking for a systematic way to kick their...
Love That Rejoices in the Truth
Theological Explorations
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Love, says the apostle Paul, does not rejoice over injustice, but rejoices in the truth (1 Corinthians 13:6). The theological explorations undertaken here all deal in one way or another with the liberating promise and the perplexing problem of truth in Christian life and witness, and with the ways...
by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood V.C. G.C.B., G.C.M.G.
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
Field Marshal Wood ranks as one of the most eminent soldiers of the Victorian era of the British Empire. He served with distinction in the mud and misery of the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, Wolseley’s Ishanti War, the Zulu War and in Egypt and the Sudan. His actions on attacking a gang of robbers...