Michael B: 520 books

Researchers in the environmental sciences are often frustrated because actors involved with practice do not follow their advice. This is the starting point of this book, which describes a new model for scientific knowledge transfer called RIU, for Research, Integration and Utilization. This model...

Bias, the timid but intrepid (against his will) investigator from the Greek city-state of Priene in ancient Ionia, is at it again in this tale of murder, prophecy, and intrigue. The two priests of the religious Panionion, of which Bias is the minor priest, are dispatched by the Ionic League council....

The serial Christian killer gets captured Out of nowhere Big Mamma received a disturbing telephone call from this David demanding a million dollars for the whereabouts of my sister Faith's body. He said on the telephone to Big Mamma. I heard you were Christian folks with lots of money. I am...

This practical coursebook introduces all the basics of semantics in a simple, step-by-step fashion. Each unit includes short sections of explanation with examples, followed by stimulating practice exercises to complete in the book. Feedback and comment sections follow each exercise to enable students...

Two key challenges face mental health practitioners: making the correct psychiatric diagnosis and choosing the most appropriate treatment option. This book aims to help with both. Clinical Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders - Second Edition combines clinically-relevant...

The DSM-5® Handbook of Differential Diagnosis is the preeminent guide to differential diagnosis for both clinicians and students learning psychiatric diagnosis. Based closely on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, it offers a rich selection of perspectives in...

The importance of teaching information and communication technology (ICT) literacy is clear: without it, students will be ill-equipped to find and use information in all its forms as well as produce and present information in all forms. Unfortunately, most ICT literacy educational programs are irregular,...

This volume explores the recent national trend toward adoption of performance assessments. Embraced at all levels of educational decision-making--state, district, school, and teacher--the shapes these assessments take and the affects they have at the classroom level can differ significantly from one...

This book is a lively, passionate defence of contemporary work in the humanities, and, beyond that, of the university system that makes such work possible. The book's stark accounts of academic labour, and its proposals for reform of the tenure system, are novel, controversial, timely, and very necessary.

Bias of Priene is back! In the much awaited sequel to Murder at the Panionic Games, Bias must once again put his deductive powers to work to save his city-state from the miasma of death. King Gyges of Lydia, in an attempt to ally himself with ancient Greece, has sent several of his citizens to the...

In ancient Ionia, there are no private detectives, any wrong doing is the matter of the family. However Bias, the lesser priest of Poseidon Holikonios in Priene, has been asked to solve a private mystery. It appears that Kreton, the patriarch of the neighboring estate, suspects his daughter-in-law...

The most important member of your health care team is you. As a more effective medical consumer, you'll get the best care at the most reasonable cost, avoiding time-consuming, unnecessary trips to the doctor. Taking Care will help you take charge of your health and medical care. HELP FOR WHAT...

In der Provence wird ein Weinhändler mit einer Flasche Lafite-Rothschild erschlagen, und das Mitglied einer exklusiven Weinbruderschaft ertrinkt in einem Teich. Als sich die mysteriösen Vorfälle häufen, ist es aus mit dem faulen Leben, das Hippolyt Hermanus doch so liebt. Denn der Weinkenner und...

The growth of for-profit providers in the K–16 education sector has generated more than its share of controversy. From the emergence of charter schools to post-secondary options like the University of Phoenix, for-profit providers have been lauded for their capacity to serve historically underserved...