Robert Rose: 38 books

When in the early 1870s historian Hubert Howe Bancroft sent interviewers out to gather oral histories from the pre-statehood gentry of California, he didn’t count on one thing: the women. When the men weren’t available, the interviewers collected the stories of the women of the household—sometimes...

Based on a study of 256 exemplary community college presidents, this book examines the attributes of outstanding leaders and their ability to orchestrate organizational change. Chapter 1 provides the background for the study, emphasizes the importance of leadership, and identifies attributes common...

Adaptation to Climate Change: ASEAN and Comparative Experiences presents a dynamic and comprehensive collection of works from legal scholars around the world that delves into a relatively new frontier on legal aspects of climate change adaptation with focus on the ASEAN region, both at the regional...

Orphan children destroy their nasty superintendent and create a clockwork replacement; a professor publishes a list of known vampires, but doesn’t get it quite right; a military drone achieves sentience—and an unfortunate conscience; self-replicating humanoid robots fall in love with humans; an...

Stages an encounter, at once critical and celebratory, with historical and contemporary Naples, a city that presents itself as an irresolvable paradox for its ability to remain intellectually and culturally animated (“delirious”), even in the face of its recurring economic and political crises.

To millions of people in the world, rice is the center of existence, especially in Asia, where more than 90 percent of the world's rice is grown. This book is about the trends and changes that have occurred in the Asian rice economy since World War II, but particularly since the introduction of new...

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1936): “ … Italy is the bounteous mother of all continental cooking and her range of viands is greater than that of any other country. There are enough Italian specialties to make sprightly every one of the thousand meals in the year: succulent sausages, salami of Verona,...

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1938) - These famous culinary Browns have literally eaten their way around the world. They have lived and cooked in Spain, France, Germany, Hungary, Russia, China, Japan. They have discovered the secret of excellent food, which does not lie in elaborate or expensive dishes, but...

Open up Dignity and Old Age, and you’ll find a wealth of thoughtful suggestions for how you and others can gain more respect and admiration for your relatives, neighbors, and patients who are in the latter stages of life. You’ll examine the word “dignity” as it relates to the world’s elderly...

This Bridge We Call Communication: Anzaldúan Approaches to Theory, Method, and Praxis explores contemporary communication research studies, performative writing, poetry, Latina/o studies, and gender studies through the lens of Gloria Anzaldúa’s theories, methods, and concepts. Utilizing different...