Michael S: 742 books
Teaching Peace
Nonviolence and the Liberal Arts
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2003
This book opens a new frontier in understanding nonviolence. Discussions of peace and nonviolence usually focus on either moral theory or practical dimensions of applying nonviolence in conflict situations. Teaching Peace carries the discussion of nonviolence beyond ethics and into the rest of the...
by Marc Williams, Ph.D., FAAAAI
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Wildlife Toxicity Assessments for Chemicals of Military Concern is a compendium of chemical-specific toxicity information with discussions on the rationale and development of Wildlife Toxicity Reference Values (TRVs) intended for use on terrestrial wildlife for risk assessment applications. Substances...
Leading Millennial Faculty
Navigating the New Professoriate
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2019
Leading Millennial Faculty: Navigating the New Professoriate explores how to effectively lead millennial faculty as they navigate the new professoriate. Contributors address some stereotypical millennial characteristics—being achievement oriented, connected to the world at large, relatively sheltered,...
by Nigel F. B. Allington, Sébastien Caré, James W. Ceaser
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
This collective work examines the different conservatisms displayed in the UK and US, particularly in the areas of the meaning of rights, their foreign policy mission, the role of religious activism within their respective party politics, and the impact of the current economic crisis on free-market...
by Paula S. Bauer, MD; Mark C. Horattas, MD; George L. Litman
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Masterful medicine is the pursuit of perfection. Perfection may be unattainable, but the relentless pursuit of perfection is available to all who have courage, determination and perseverance. Masters of any endeavor learn with practice to be the very best. They learn with equal measure from their successes,...
by Rickert Althaus, Adam Brown, Charles S. Bullock III
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
John Engler, former Governor of Michigan, once claimed that redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take. Academicians and political leaders alike, however, have regularly debated the ideal way by to redistrict national and state legislatures. Rather than being the pure process...
by Kelly Stone Gamble, Brenda Vicars, Kate Birdsall
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2018
Wonder
This holiday season, twenty talented, award-winning, and bestselling authors have crafted never before released Yuletide-themed tales about their most beloved characters.
Magic
From murder to magic, love to loss, the past and the future, this multi-genre collection of poems...
Thinking German Translation
A Course in Translation Method
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Thinking German Translation is a comprehensive and revolutionary 20-week course in translation method offering a challenging and entertaining approach to the acquisition of translation skills. It has been fully and successfully piloted at the University of St.Andrews.
Translation is presented...
Negotiating Group Identity in the Research Process
Are You In or Are You Out?
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
Negotiating Group Identity in the Research Process: Are You In or Are You Out? focuses on researcher identity and the role it plays in conducting research, whether as a member of the culture being studied (i.e., an insider) or as an outsider to that culture. Contributors address the problems researchers...
Material Constitution
A Reader
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 1997
The only anthology available on material constitution, this book collects important recent work on well known puzzles in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. The extensive, clearly written introduction helps to make the essays accessible to a wide audience.
Thinking Spanish Translation
A Course in Translation Method: Spanish to English
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
 The new edition of this comprehensive course in Spanish-English translation offers advanced students of Spanish a challenging yet practical approach to the acquisition of translation skills, with clear explanations of the theoretical issues involved.
A variety of translation issues are addressed,...
Supernatural Youth
The Rise of the Teen Hero in Literature and Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
Supernatural Youth: The Rise of the Teen Hero in Literature and Popular Culture, edited by Jes Battis, addresses the role of adolescence in fantastic media, adventure stories, cinema, and television aimed at youth. The goal of this volume is to analyze the ways in which young heroic protagonists are...
Overheard in New York UPDATED
Conversations from the Streets, Stores, and Subways
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2008
Updated with sixteen new pages of quips, remarks and exchanges from the creators of overheardinnewyork.com.
The streets of New York are full of characters who don't mince words-or care who hears them. This collection presents some of the most outlandish real life conversations overheard on...
Urban God Talk
Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Urban God Talk: Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality, edited by Andre Johnson, is a collection of essays that examine the religious and spiritual in hip hop. The contributors argue that the prevailing narrative that hip hop offers nothing in the way of religion and spirituality is false. From its beginning,...