Michael Weber: 41 books
Innovations in Higher Education
Igniting the Spark for Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad...
by Stephan Günzel, Franziska Kümmerling, Kurt Röttgers
Language: German
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: German
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Der Raum und das Verständnis des Raums sind als große neue Themen der Philosophie im Gespräch. Die damit zusammenhängenden Fragen gewinnen derart an Bedeutung, dass von einem ›spatial turn‹ der Wissenschaft gesprochen wird, in Entsprechung zum ›linguistic turn‹, der das Gesicht der Philosophie...
... und den Mond als Licht für die Nacht
Andachten zur Nacht im Kirchenjahr
Language: German
Release Date: June 19, 2013
74 Texte zur Nacht, 74 profilierte Autorinnen und Autoren: Der Band bietet eine einzigartige Sammlung verschiedener Zugänge, Stile, Einfälle und Gedanken. Bibelstellen zur Nacht sind den Sonntagen und Festtagen des Kirchenjahrs zugeordnet, so dass keiner leer ausgeht. Der Band eignet sich für Abendandachten...
Trugbild des Himmels
Neue Gedichte aus Rheinland-Pfalz
Language: German
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Keine Bestands-, sondern vielmehr eine Momentaufnahme der Lyrik in Rheinland-Pfalz abzubilden, ist das Ziel der vorliegenden Anthologie. Dreißig Autorinnen und Autoren, der älteste 1914 geboren, die jüngste 1986, sind mit Gedichten vertreten, die unterschiedlichste Themen, Formen und Traditionen...
Ideas: Brilliant Thinkers Speak Their Minds
Brilliant Thinkers Speak Their Minds
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
For four decades, Ideas has presented more than 400,000 CBC Radio listeners in Canada and the United States with the most challenging contemporary thought of the day. Now, to mark the program’s 40th anniversary, executive producer Bernie Lucht has selected the most striking interviews and lectures...
Beautiful Mercy
Experiencing God’s Unconditional Love So We Can Share It With Others
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
Giving and receiving mercy is central to living a life of passion and is central to living the life God calls us to. We all need mercy at different times in our lives, and we all have an obligation to give mercy to others at different times in our lives. If you think about it, God’s mercy is overwhelmingly...
Eigensinn und Bindung
Katholische Intellektuelle im 20. Jahrhundert
Language: German
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Ob in Philosophie, Literatur, Bildenden Künsten, Publizistik oder Politik - katholische deutsche Intellektuelle haben die geistige Landschaft des 20. Jahrhunderts wesentlich mitgeprägt. Sie stellten Fragen an die Zeit und ihre Mitmenschen, die anderen nicht einfielen oder die sie nicht zu stellen...
Psychische Gesundheit bei intellektueller Entwicklungsstörung
Ein Lehrbuch für die Praxis
Language: German
Release Date: November 21, 2018
Das zentrale Anliegen des Lehrbuchs ist die Verbesserung der medizinischen und pädagogischen Behandlung und Begleitung von Menschen mit kognitiver Beeinträchtigung. Im Zentrum des ersten Teils stehen Gespräche mit den beteiligten Familien, die Fragen zu psychischer Gesundheit, Lebensqualität und...
On the Border
Society and Culture between the United States and Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004
A stunningly beautiful backdrop where cultures meet, meld, and thrive, the U.S.–Mexico borderlands is one of the most dynamic regions in the Americas. On the Border explores little-known corners of this fascinating area of the world in a rich collection of essays. Beginning with an exploration of...
Fish, Markets, and Fishermen
The Economics Of Overfishing
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
A significant number of the world's ocean fisheries are depleted, and some have collapsed, from overfishing. Although many of the same fishermen who are causing these declines stand to suffer the mfrom them, they continue to overfish. Why is this happening? What can be done to solve the problem.The...
From Abundance to Scarcity
A History Of U.S. Marine Fisheries Policy
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
The managemof coastal and ocean fisheries is highly contentious. Industry interests focus on maximizing catches while conservationists and marine scientists have become increasingly concerned about dramatic declines in fish stocks and the health of ecosystems. Besides attempting to mediate among these...
Social Class and Stratification
Classic Statements and Theoretical Debates
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2006
The second edition of this strong collection brings together classical statements on social stratification with current and original scholarship, providing a foundation for theoretical debate on the nature of race, class, and gender inequality. Designed for students in courses on social stratification,...
by Grant Walsh-Haines, Marla J. Jarmer, Kevin R. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
Issue framing is the way that people, especially politicians, get other people to view a particular problem or issue. By framing the issue in a particular way, the goal is to get people to think about the issue, to believe that an action is required and, most importantly, to believe that a particular...
by Michael Schindlbeck, Rahul Patwari, Scott C. Sherman
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
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A clear, concise guide for clinicians new to the Emergency Department
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Written by authors who are practicing emergency physicians and emergency medicine educators,...