Stephen J : 747 books
by Stephen J. Lee
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
The Weimar Republic provides a comprehensive introduction to Germany in the aftermath of the First World War. Exploring themes including the formation of the Republic, the impact of the Treaty of Versailles and the Republic’s problems and achievements, it is an invaluable study guide.
This...
by Wayne P. Steger, Andrew Dowdle, Randall E. Adkins
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
The newest installment in a quadrennial series that now spans five presidential elections, this book presents a broad overview of the presidential nomination process and showcases some of the most interesting work now being done on the politics of presidential selection. Written by leading experts,...
The Last Lost World
Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
An enlightening investigation of the Pleistocene’s dual character as a geologic time—and as a cultural idea
The Pleistocene is the epoch of geologic time closest to our own. It’s a time of ice ages, global migrations, and mass extinctions—of woolly rhinos, mammoths, giant ground sloths,...
Parenting After the Death of a Child
A Practitioner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
The death of a child has a tremendous and overwhelming impact on parents and siblings, completely altering the psychological landscape of the family. In the aftermath of such a tragedy, parents face the challenge of not only dealing with their own grief, but also that of their surviving children....
by Stephen J. Blundell
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2009
Superconductivity is one of the most exciting areas of research in physics today. Outlining the history of its discovery, and the race to understand its many mysterious and counter-intuitive phenomena, this Very Short Introduction explains in accessible terms the theories that have been developed,...
Heaven on Earth
Capturing Jonathan Edwards's Vision of Living in Between
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2006
Heaven isn't only about the future. It has everything to do with life on earth-life "in between." Jonathan Edwards understood this well. His writings are full of his thoughts on heaven and how those thoughts should make a difference in our lives.
This book focuses on key sermons by...
by Stephen J. Stein
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2006
Long recognized as 'America's theologian', Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) is seen as instrumental in the Great Awakening of the 1740s that gripped much of New England and that laid the groundwork for an American Protestant religious identity. This Cambridge Companion offers a general, comprehensive...
by Stephen J. Lee
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Peter the Great, whose reign saw the explosion of Russia onto the European scene, has become a legendary figure in history, as well as the subject of abiding controversy over the past two decades. Does he deserve the title 'The Great'? Was he 'enlightened' or 'barbaric'? Were his domestic reforms...
by Stephen J. Flitcraft
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2011
To say the least, beginning any type of weight loss plan can be intimidating. Fears of physical duress and possible failure flood a person’s mind. Mustering up the will to begin is daunting enough.
Nonetheless, where there’s a will, there’s a way!
Here is an “easy on the body” beginning...
Superfreakonomics
Enfriamiento global, prostitutas patrióticas y por qué los terroristas suicidas deberían contratar un seguro de vida
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 15, 2010
La explosiva segunda parte de Freakonomics.
La economía trata sobre la inflación, los tipos de interés y la bolsa. Superfreakonomics habla de prostitutas, traficantes de droga y luchadores de sumo fracasados. Han sido cuatro años buscando no solo las preguntas más difíciles, sino las...
The U.S. Experience with No-Fault Automobile Insurance
A Retrospective
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
No-fault regimes, a formerly popular alternative to the tort compensation system for auto-accident victims, have gradually lost support. Over time, premiums and claim costs have grown in no-fault states relative to other states, primarily driven by explosive medical cost increases. No-fault and tort...
Reward Management
Alternatives, Consequences and Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Reward Management is a comprehensive guide to all elements of reward in the workplace. From the theoretical frameworks and legal context of reward to pay structures, pay setting, progression and variable pay schemes, this book provides all the essential information for both students of reward management...
Organizational Behaviour
People, Process, Work and Human Resource Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
There is a large body of shared knowledge between the study of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management but despite the crossover, they are often treated as very distinct disciplines. Written by a team of experts across both fields, Organizational Behaviour bridges the gap between OB...
Presidential Leadership
Politics and Policy Making
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
With a focus on presidential leadership, the authors address the capacity of chief executives to fulfill their tasks, exercise their powers, and utilize their organizational structures to affect the output of government. The authors examine all aspects of the presidency in rich detail, including the...