Michael Richards: 24 books
Twentieth-Century Europe
A Brief History, 1900 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Twentieth-Century Europe: A Brief History presents readers with a concise and accessible survey of the most significant themes and political events that shaped European history in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Features updates that include a new chapter that reviews major political and economic...
Regreening the Built Environment
Nature, Green Space, and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Regreening the Built Environment examines the relationship between the built environment and nature and demonstrates how rethinking the role and design of infrastructure can environmentally, economically, and socially sustain the earth.
In the past, infrastructure and green or park spaces have...
by Michael D. Richards
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
This broad comparative survey focuses on five big case studies, starting with the English Revolution in the seventeenth century, and going on to the Mexican, Russian, Vietnamese and Iranian Revolutions.
Revolutions in World History traces the origins, developments, and outcomes of these revolutions,...
Sex Trafficking
A Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010
Global estimates of human trafficking range from 600,000 to four million victims each year with the majority being victims of sex trafficking. This strikingly large range belies the difficulty in gathering, defining, and accountability of sex-trafficking data. Victims of sex trafficking may be forced...
Frameworks for Practice in Educational Psychology, Second Edition
A Textbook for Trainees and Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
Now in its second edition, this comprehensive textbook presents a rich overview of approaches to educational psychology, through an in-depth exploration of both existing and emerging practice frameworks.
Covering established techniques such as the Monsen et al. Problem-Solving Framework and...
Darwinian Evolution and Classical Liberalism
Theories in Tension
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Darwinian Evolution and Classical Liberalism canvasses an array of thinkers from the past to the present as it examines fundamental political, philosophical, ethical, economic, anthropological, and scientific aspects of the ferment between Darwinian biology and classical liberalism. Early chapters...
Faith and Fertility
Attitudes Towards Reproductive Practices in Different Religions from Ancient to Modern Times
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2009
When an individual or couple is considering a difficult choice such as IVF treatment or third party assisted conception, the moral and ethical basis for their decisions may often be informed by their particular faith traditions.
Faith and Fertility is a comprehensive collection of essays by...
Cognitive and Intellectual Disabilities
Historical Perspectives, Current Practices, and Future Directions
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Cognitive and Intellectual Disabilities: Historical Perspectives, Current Practices, and Future Directions provides thorough coverage of the causes and characteristics of cognitive and intellectual disabilities (formerly known as mental retardation) as well as detailed discussions of the validated...
Integrating Multiple Literacies in K-8 Classrooms
Cases, Commentaries, and Practical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2003
This text gives prospective and practicing teachers a comprehensive understanding of how to teach multiple literacies in elementary arid middle school classrooms. All of the Iiteracies—dance, music, visual arts, popular culture, media, and computer technologies—are integrated with reading and...
Re-thinking Children’s Work in Churches
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2019
Drawing on current scholarship and research by authors with experience of a range of International contexts who are experts in their field, this accessible guide focuses on approaches that encourage spiritual, physical, mental and emotional development in children.
By outlining a range of lenses...
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