S D Michael: 118 books
Patterns of Life History
The Ecology of Human Individuality
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This work summarizes an ongoing longitudinal study concerned with the nature of human differences as manifest in peoples' life histories. The traditional models for the description of human differences are reviewed, then contrasted with the presentation of alternative models. This volume is also one...
Alles Anders
Kurzgeschichten
Language: German
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Ein Kaleidoskop schillernder Farben, unglaublicher Begebenheiten, die alle eines gemeinsam haben: Nichts - gar nichts - ist, wie es scheint. Besuchen Sie ein faszinierendes, farbiges, überraschendes Potpourri aus Krimis, Lebenschroniken, Fantasy, Science Fiction und manchem mehr, dessen Fäden sich...
The Psychology of Marriage
An Evolutionary and Cross-Cultural View
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
From their location in the heart of Detroit, Michigan, the Weisfelds’ lab has reached out for thirty years to couples in long-term partnerships around the world. In living rooms of Detroit, London, Moscow, Beijing, and beyond, couples of all types and ages have shared their insights into adult romantic...
1989er Schicksale
Wendegeschichten
Language: German
Release Date: April 24, 2019
Viele Menschen erinnern sich gerade in diesem 30jährigen Jubiläums-Jahr der Wende an Begebenheiten, die sie persönlich in diesem Zusammenhang berührt haben. Wie haben damalige Besucher aus dem Westen die DDR erlebt? Welche Schicksale ereilte Men-schen, die sich in dem System nicht gefügt haben?...
Ecotoxicology and Genotoxicology
Non-traditional Aquatic Models
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
The potential impact of anthropogenic pollutants such as agrochemicals on the environment is of global concern. Increasing use of certain compounds can result in contamination of food, water and atmospheric systems and in order to combat this pollution it is important to be able to accurately monitor...
Migrationsland Schweiz
15 Vorschläge für die Zukunft
Language: German
Release Date: September 2, 2016
Die öffentliche Debatte über Migration ist heute ebenso geprägt von Ängsten und Befürchtungen wie von Idealisierung. Was fehlt, sind Perspektiven für die Zukunft - kritische Analysen und optimistische Entwürfe, die von der Öffentlichkeit aufgenommen und diskutiert werden können.
Das vorliegende...
Modern Biocatalysis
Advances Towards Synthetic Biological Systems
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
The synergy between synthetic biology and biocatalysis is emerging as an important trend for future sustainable processes. This book reviews all modern and novel techniques successfully implemented in biocatalysis, in an effort to provide better performing enzymatic systems and novel biosynthetic...
Maximum Likelihood for Social Science
Strategies for Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2018
This volume provides a practical introduction to the method of maximum likelihood as used in social science research. Ward and Ahlquist focus on applied computation in R and use real social science data from actual, published research. Unique among books at this level, it develops simulation-based...
Imaniman
Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
In homage to Gloria Anzaldúa and her iconic work Borderlands/La Frontera, award-winning poets ire'ne lara silva and Dan Vera have assembled the work of 54 writers who reflect on the complex terrain—the deeply felt psychic, social, and geopolitical borderlands—that Anzaldúa inhabited, theorized,...
Called and Chosen
Toward a Spirituality for Lay Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2005
That lay women and men increasingly serve as leaders of institutional ministries in the Church is nothing new. Yet, until now, these lay leaders have longed for theological resources and formational training to help them in their vocation and ministry. Called and Chosen: Toward a Spirituality for...
Key States, High Stakes
Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and the 2010 Elections
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
The 2010 elections were one of the most highly anticipated midterm elections in our nation's recent history. After the historic 2008 election, in which America elected its first black president, Sarah Palin's involvement and the emergence of the Tea Party in the 2010 congressional elections had the...
by Joyce A. Baugh, John D. Burrow, Mark S. Hurwitz
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
This book examines the criminal justice decisions of the Rehnquist Court era through analyses of individual justices' contributions to the development of law and policy. The Rehnquist Court era (1986-2005) produced a period of opportunity for the U.S. Supreme Court's judicial conservatives to reshape...
American Catholics and Civic Engagement
A Distinctive Voice
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding...
by Ethan Alexander-Davey, Steven D. Ealy, Khalil M. Habib
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Recognized as one of the greatest novelists of all-time, Fyodor Dostoevsky continues to inspire and instigate questions about religion, philosophy, and literature. However, there has been a neglect looking at his political thought: its philosophical and religious foundations, its role in nineteenth-century...