Rick D : 88 books

Book cover of Le Livre d'or du compagnonnage
by Frédérick Tristan, Jacques Thomas, Louis Monier
Language: French
Release Date: December 31, 1992

Que sont les compagnons? D'où viennent-ils? Quelles sont leurs méthodes, leurs coutumes, leur éthique? Leur origine, les hauts faits de leur histoire font comprendre ce que c'est que le métier, éclairé par les plus remarquables de leurs chefs-d'oeuvre. « Copyright Electre »
Book cover of Inner Paths to Outer Space

Inner Paths to Outer Space

Journeys to Alien Worlds through Psychedelics and Other Spiritual Technologies

by Rick Strassman, M.D., Slawek Wojtowicz
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2008

An investigation into experiences of other realms of existence and contact with otherworldly beings • Examines how contact with alien life-forms can be obtained through the “inner space” dimensions of our minds • Presents evidence that other worlds experienced through consciousness-altering...
Book cover of The Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption
by Peter C. Whybrow, Sarah F. Brosnan, Darby Proctor
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014

Scholars from psychology, neuroscience, economics, animal behavior, and evolution describe the latest research on the causes and consequences of overconsumption. Our drive to consume—our desire for food, clothing, smart phones, and megahomes—evolved from our ancestors' drive to survive....
Book cover of Keeping and Improving Today's School Leaders

Keeping and Improving Today's School Leaders

Retaining and Sustaining the Best

by Bruce S. Cooper, Sharon Conley, Margaret Christensen
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010

With dwindling funds and resources, tougher state and federal standards, and fatigue from more regulations and testing, many school administrators are giving up_or 'crashing' and leaving their posts. This book examines the process of sustaining and retaining quality leaders at the school and district...
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Jewish Men Pray

Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources

by Daniel S. Alexander, Alexandri, Bezalel Aloni
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013

A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day. "An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary,...
Book cover of Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 2

Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 2

Improving cultivation of particular grain legumes

by Prof. James D. Kelly, Dr John O. Ojiem, Prof. William Erskine
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018

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Book cover of Sport and the Neoliberal University

Sport and the Neoliberal University

Profit, Politics, and Pedagogy

by Henry Giroux, Susan Searls Giroux, Ryan King-White
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018

College students are now regarded as consumers, not students, and nowhere is the growth and exploitation of the university more obvious than in the realm of college sports, where the evidence is in the stadiums built with corporate money, and the crowded sporting events sponsored by large conglomerates.  The...
Book cover of The Philosophy of Documentary Film
by Diana Allan, Rick Altman, Ariella Azoulay
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016

The spirit that founded the volume and guided its development is radically inter- and transdisciplinary. Dispatches have arrived from anthropology, communications, English, film studies (including theory, history, criticism), literary studies (including theory, history, criticism), media and screen...
Book cover of Where Credit is Due

Where Credit is Due

Bringing Equity to Credit and Housing After the Market Meltdown

by John Powell, Christy Rogers, Vanessa Carter
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013

While much recent attention has been focused on the subprime lending and foreclosure crisis, little has been said about its radically-disparate impact. Drawing upon history as well as insight into the current crisis, this book shows that this crisis is not an anomaly, especially for people of color;...
Book cover of What Do We Expect from Our Government?
by Alison Brooks, , Chanin
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012

Much has changed in US politics since the historic 2008 election. While the press covers the actions and agendas of the new administration, other impacts of this political shift have not received as much attention. These changes have forced the nation to rethink the necessary role of government, the...
Book cover of Retirement: Different by Design

Retirement: Different by Design

Six Building Blocks Fundamentally Changing How Life After Work is Viewed, Planned For, and Lived

by Rick Steiner, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015

Transforming Retirement One Building Block at a Time Retirement is more than the absence of work—it’s a different way of life requiring new vision, new purpose, and new life perspectives. You see, retirement is too important to leave to luck or circumstance; we have to plan and make them...
Book cover of The Crisis Counseling and Traumatic Events Treatment Planner, with DSM-5 Updates, 2nd Edition
by Tammi D. Kolski, Arthur E. Jongsma Jr., Rick A. Myer
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015

This timesaving resource features: Treatment plan components for 27 behaviorally based presenting problems Over 1,000 prewritten treatment goals, objectives, and interventions—plus space to record your own treatment plan options A step-by-step guide to writing treatment plans that meet the...
Book cover of Happiness & Health

Happiness & Health

9 Choices That Unlock the Powerful Connection Between the TwoThings We Want Most

by Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, Jen Seda
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009

The first practical guide to the physical benefits of positive emotions?from the national bestselling authors of How We Choose to Be Happy. Happiness & Health unravels the mysteries of the mindbody connection as it presents clinical, scientific, and anecdotal evidence that proves that the adoption...
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Recovering 1940s Horror Cinema

Traces of a Lost Decade

by Paul Corupe, Blair Davis, Louise Fenton
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014

The 1940s is a lost decade in horror cinema, undervalued and written out of most horror scholarship. This collection revises, reframes, and deconstructs persistent critical binaries that have been put in place by scholarly discourse to label 1940s horror as somehow inferior to a “classical” period...
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