Robert Taylor: 129 books
Life, Death, and Meaning
Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology...
Bertram ou Le Château de St-Aldobrand
Tragédie en cinq actes
Language: French
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Le théâtre représente une longue galerie du couvent de Saint-Anselme ; une haute fenêtre gothique au premier plan, au travers de laquelle on aperçoit les éclairs qui embrasent le Ciel.
DEUX RELIGIEUX entrent ; ils paraissent effrayés.
1er. RELIGIEUX.
MISÉRICORDE du Ciel...
The Amazing Language of Medicine
Understanding Medical Terms and Their Backstories
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
This book tells the intriguing and often colorful stories of the medical words we use. The origins of clinical and scientific terms can be found in Greek and Latin myths, in places such as jungles of Uganda and the islands of the Aegean Sea, in the names of medicine’s giants such as Hippocrates...
by Taylor Robert P.; Govindarajalu Chandrasekar; Levin Jeremy ; Meyer Anke S.; Ward William A.
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2008
While energy efficiency projects could partly meet new energy demand more cheaply than new supplies, weak economic institutions in developing and transitional economies impede developing and financing energy efficiency retrofits. This book analyzes these difficulties, suggests a 3-part model for projectizing...
by Olek C Zienkiewicz, Robert L Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
The Finite Element Method for Solid and Structural Mechanics is the key text and reference for engineers, researchers and senior students dealing with the analysis and modeling of structures, from large civil engineering projects such as dams to aircraft structures and small engineered components.
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by Daniel Hollifield, Mark Edgemon, Larissa March
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2011
More than 70 very short stories in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror! Why are 18 million spoons disappearing from Melbourne, Australia each year? How good is the magic of a discount wizard? What if superheroes were afraid to use their powers? These and other flash fiction challenges were put to...
Cornbread Nation 7
The Best of Southern Food Writing
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
How does Southern food look from the outside? The form is caught in constantly dueling stereotypes: It’s so often imagined as either the touchingly down-home feast or the heartstopping health scourge of a nation. But as any Southern transplant will tell you once they’ve spent time in the region,...
The World's Great Sermons
Volume Ii—Hooker To South
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
The aim in preparing this work has been to bring together the best examples of the products of the pulpit through the Christian centuries, and to present these masterpieces in attractive and convenient form. It is believed that they will be found valuable as instruction to ministers of to-day. They...
by Devin T. Hagerty, Craig Baxter, Jonah Blank
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2005
South Asia in World Politics offers a comprehensive introduction to the politics and international relations of South Asia, a key area encompassing the states of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. While U.S. interest has long been sporadic and reactive,...
by Robert Gordon, Olaf Jubin, Millie Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
This critical introduction to British musical theatre since 1950 is the first book to discuss its post-war developments from the perspective of British – as opposed to American – popular culture. The genre is situated within the historical context of post-war British society in order to explore...
by Robert Ziomkowski, Larissa Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
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Innovations in Child and Family Policy
Multidisciplinary Research and Perspectives on Strengthening Children and Their Families
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
Innovations in Child and Family Policy tackles many of the common problems and challenges that are considered to be at the heart of child and family policy: family creation, economic support, childrearing, and family care-giving. Innovations begins by defining child and family policy and discussing...
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
A Guidebook and Resource
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
An informative real-world guide to studying the "why" of human behavior
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods is a practical, comprehensive guide to the collection and presentation of qualitative data. Unique in the market, this book describes the entire research process — from design...
EMRA™ Intelligence
The revolutionary new approach to treating behaviour problems in dogs
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
Since 2004 in the UK, the Centre of Applied Animal Ethology (COAPE) has been developing EMRA™, a revolutionary and highly successful way of treating behaviour problems in companion animals. EMRA™ is based on emotional assessment of the individual dog or cat rather than the quasi-diagnoses of behaviour...