Peter George: 92 books

Book cover of Shakespeare and the Body Politic
by Timothy Burns, George Anastaplo, Laurence D. Nee
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013

mate Shakespeare’s corpus, and one of the most prominent is the image of the body. Sketched out in the eternal lines of his plays and poetry, and often drawn in exquisite detail, variations on the body metaphor abound in the works of Shakespeare. Attention to the political dimensions of this metaphor...
Book cover of Porous Carbon Materials from Sustainable Precursors
by Shu-Hong Yu, Vitaliy Budarin, Rafael Luque
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015

Porous carbon materials are at the heart of many applications, including renewable energy storage and generation, due to their superior physical properties and availability. The environmentally-friendly production of these materials is crucial for a sustainable future. This book focuses on the transformation...
Book cover of Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema
by Peter Rollberg, George Washington University
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016

Russian and Soviet cinema occupies a unique place in the history of world cinema. Legendary filmmakers such as Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Dziga Vertov, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Sergei Paradjanov have created oeuvres that are being screened and studied all over the world. The Soviet film industry...
Book cover of Communication and Conflict Transformation through Local, Regional, and Global Engagement
by Ali Askerov, Benjamin J. Broome, Luke Brenneman
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016

Central to a transformational approach to conflict is the idea that conflicts must be viewed as embedded within broader relational patterns, and social and discursive structures—and must be addressed as such. This implies the need for systemic change at generative levels, in order to create genuine...
Book cover of Transforming the Quality of Life for People with Dementia through Contact with the Natural World
by Lorraine Robertson, Marie-José Enders-Slegers, Johanna M. Wigg
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011

This important book simply but persuasively demonstrates why we should provide the opportunities for people with dementia to experience the great outdoors. It also gives a voice to people with dementia who have felt the benefit of getting closer to nature. The contributors explore many different ways...
Book cover of Habitats and Ecological Communities of Indiana
by Marion T. Jackson, George R. Parker, Peter E. Scott
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012

In Habitats and Ecological Communities of Indiana, leading experts assess the health and diversity of Indiana’s eight wildlife habitats, providing detailed analysis, data-generated maps, color photographs, and complete lists of flora and fauna. This groundbreaking reference details the state’s...
Book cover of Connecting Teaching and Learning

Connecting Teaching and Learning

History, Evolution, and Case Studies of Teacher Work Sample Methodology

by Ronald A. Beghetto, Karen S. Buchanan, Barbara Chesler Buckner
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011

As accountability in education has become an increasingly prominent topic, teacher preparation programs are being asked to provide credible evidence that their teacher candidates can impact student learning. Teacher Work Samples, first developed 30 years ago, have emerged as an effective method...
Book cover of The Politics of Survival in Academia

The Politics of Survival in Academia

Narratives of Inequity, Resilience, and Success

by Maria Chun, Eugenia Cowan, Concha Delgado-Gaitan
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2002

This volume presents the personal accounts of African American, Asian American, and Latino faculty who use 'narratives of struggles' to describe the challenges they faced in order to become bona fide members of the U.S. Academy. These narratives show how survival and success require a sophisticated...
Book cover of The Harvey House Cookbook

The Harvey House Cookbook

Memories of Dining Along the Santa Fe Railroad

by George H. Foster, Peter C. Weiglin
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2006

In the 1870s, people traveling west of the Mississippi were still venturing into the wild. Loud, smoke-belching trains might have cut across the rough terrain, but harsh weather, rigid seats, and short breaks for bad food in the middle of nowhere showed the West was by no means won. Entrepreneur Fred...
Book cover of New frontiers of antitrust 2014
by Joaquín Almunia, Chris Fonteijn, Peter Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015

This volume contains the papers presented at the annual Concurrences Journal conference held on 21 February 2014 at the French Ministry for the Economy. After the traditional « State of the Union », presented by Vice President Joaquín Almunia in the context of the « after » economic crisis, the...
Book cover of The Encyclopedia of the Novel
by Peter Melville Logan, Olakunle George, Susan Hegeman
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014

Now available in a single volume paperback, this advanced reference resource for the novel and novel theory offers authoritative accounts of the history, terminology, and genre of the novel, in over 140 articles of 500-7,000 words. Entries explore the history and tradition of the novel in different...
Book cover of Alternative Solvents for Green Chemistry
by Francesca Kerton, Ray Marriott, James H Clark
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015

Everyone is becoming more environmentally conscious and therefore, chemical processes are being developed with their environmental burden in mind. This also means that more traditional chemical methods are being replaced with new innovations and this includes new solvents. Solvents are everywhere,...
Book cover of Modern Organic Synthesis

Modern Organic Synthesis

An Introduction

by George S. Zweifel, Michael H. Nantz, Peter Somfai
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017

This book bridges the gap between sophomore and advanced / graduate level organic chemistry courses, providing students with a necessary background to begin research in either an industry or academic environment. • Covers key concepts that include retrosynthesis, conformational analysis,...
Book cover of Unions, Change and Crisis

Unions, Change and Crisis

French and Italian Union Strategy and the Political Economy, 1945-1980

by Peter Lange, George Ross, Maurizio Vannicelli
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016

First published in 1982, Unions, Change and Crisis represents the first detailed, comparative, historical and theoretically grounded study of two of the major trade union movements of Europe. It brings together the results of the first part of the first major study from Harvard University’s Centre...
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