Peter A: 545 books
Exalted Above the Heavens
The Risen and Ascended Christ
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Christians usually focus on what Jesus has done (his life, death and resurrection) and what he will do (his second coming and eternal reign). While there has been something of a revival of interest in his ascension, studies of Jesus in his exalted state are relatively rare. However, the Christ that...
Educating Elites
Class Privilege and Educational Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
The gaze of educational researchers has traditionally been turned 'down' toward the experiences of communities deemed at-risk, presumably with the purpose of improving their plight. Indeed, theorizing about the relationship between education, culture, and society has typically emerged from the study...
Combating Desertification and Land Degradation
Spatial Strategies Using Vegetation
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
This book reports an approach developed to research and apply methods of assessing patterns of processes in the landscape, and suitability of different types of vegetation to mitigate soil erosion and sediment flux. Practical guidelines on a spatially strategic approach to management of land degradation...
The System Designer's Guide to VHDL-AMS
Analog, Mixed-Signal, and Mixed-Technology Modeling
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2002
The demand is exploding for complete, integrated systems that sense, process, manipulate, and control complex entities such as sound, images, text, motion, and environmental conditions. These systems, from hand-held devices to automotive sub-systems to aerospace vehicles, employ electronics to manage...
by Syed A. Hoda, Paul Peter Rosen, Edi Brogi
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Accurately identify the full range of clinical and pathological entities with Rosen’s Diagnosis of Breast Pathology by Needle Core Biopsy, Fourth Edition! With guidance from the same trusted authorities responsible for the esteemed clinical reference, Rosen’s Breast Pathology, you’ll gain masterful...
by Mark S. George, Howard A. Ring, Peter J. Ell
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Recent explorations in the neurosciences have been progressing towards an understanding of the relationship between brain struc ture and brain function. Having passed through an era which may be described as one of a localisationist philosophy, in which discrete brain areas were seen to subserve...
The Golden Age of Piracy
The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays edited by David Head. Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived in the New World seas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century empires, how pirates operated their plundering...
by Harvard Business Review, Michael D. Watkins, Peter F. Drucker
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
Becoming a manager for the first time means mastering a new set of business and personal skills. HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers Collection offers the ideas and strategies to help get you there. Included in this set are HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People,...
Reflective Leaders and High-Performance Organizations
How Effective Leaders Balance Task and Relationship to Build High Performing Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
An organization operating in the twenty-first century is different from one that operated during the Industrial Revolution. Todays focus is on optimizing human potential; people are the enablers of most aspects of intangible value. People develop relationships with suppliers, customers, distributors,...
Raise Your Game
How to Succeed at Work
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
The pressure's on…
You've just won a big promotion and your new boss has high expectations.
You have an important meeting and want to make a constructive impact.
You're thinking of restructuring the team and need to show clear leadership.
You know you're capable of so much more and need to...
by Andrew MacRae, Kenneth Gwin, Craig Faustus Buck
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Twenty-three noir stories of crime and desperation. Featuring, Michael Bracken
Kenneth Gwin, Michael Chandos, Warren Bull, Peter H. Denton, JoAnne Lucas, Karen Gough, J.J. Lamb, Craig Faustus Buck, Patricia Dusenbury, Herschel Cozine, Diane A. Hadoc, Wenda Morrone, Jan Christensen, Ross Baxter,...
by Amal El-Mohtar, Susie Moloney, Claire Humphrey
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Imaginarium 2013: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing is a reprint anthology to be published annually by ChiZine Publications, collecting speculative short fiction and poetry (science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, etc.) that represents the best work produced by Canadian writers. Canadian...
Preach the Word
Essays on Expository Preaching: In Honor of R. Kent Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2007
For more than forty years, pastor R. Kent Hughes has shared the gospel with thousands of people and raised the standard of expository preaching in North America and beyond.
To celebrate his legacy and pay tribute to his years of ministry, fifteen of Hughes's friends and colleagues from across...
World-Systems Theory in Practice
Leadership, Production, and Exchange
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 1998
In the quarter century since Wallerstein first developed world systems theory (WST), scholars in a variety of disciplines have adopted the approach to explain intersocietal interaction on a grand scale. These essays bring to light archaeological data and analysis to show that many historic and prehistoric...