Steven James: 125 books
Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 1
Breeding, quality traits, pests and diseases
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Discusses ways of ensuring genetic diversity, advances in wheat breeding and their use to improve properties such as drought resistance and cold tolerance;
Summarises research on factors affecting nutritional and other aspects of wheat quality;
Reviews advances in understanding wheat pests and diseases...
The Love of Wisdom
A Christian Introduction to Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Philosophy is defined as the love of wisdom, and college students will certainly admire this Bible-informed introductory level textbook’s fun approach to an often heady subject. *The Love of Wisdom *is made distinct in its engaging style that includes humor and copious popular culture illustrations...
Reverence in the Healing Process
Honoring Strengths without Trivializing Suffering
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2009
Reverence is defined as a sense of awe or profound respect for the person. It has become increasing rare in modern culture, not only in health care, but in education and in corporations, where people are too often treated in a dehumanizing way. This groundbreaking book is the most comprehensive volume...
Dog Diaries: Happy Howlidays
A Middle School Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2019
Dog Diaries is the first book written by a dog AND a #1 New York Times bestseller! When mischievous mutt, Junior, causes a Turkey Day disaster, getting out of the doghouse will take a Christmas miracle!
Are you ready for a festive adventure? Join me, Junior on the most PAWSOME, most BARKTASTIC...
3D Printing Projects
Toys, Bots, Tools, and Vehicles To Print Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015
Even if you've never touched a 3D printer, these projects will excite and empower you to learn new skills, extend your current abilities, and awaken your creative impulses. Each project uses a unique combination of electronics, hand assembly techniques, custom 3D-printed parts, and software, while...
Photographic Guide to Longhorned Beetles of Bolivia
Guía Fotográfica de Escarabajos Longicornios de Bolivia
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
With loss of habitats throughout the world occurring at a staggering rate, it is critical to document what is being lost. This book strives to do that by focusing on longhorned woodboring beetles in Bolivia. Wholesale clearing of large tracts of land kills everything or forces species to move quickly...
Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families
Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...
Atlas of Surgical Techniques for Colon, Rectum and Anus E-Book
(A Volume in the Surgical Techniques Atlas Series)
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Master the full range of colorectal procedures performed today with Atlas of Surgical Techniques for the Colon, Rectum, and Anus. In this volume in the Surgical Techniques Atlas Series, top authorities provide expert, step-by-step guidance on surgery of the large bowel, rectum, and anus - including...
by Nathan J. Brown, Richard H. Dees, John Ferejohn
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008
Toleration on Trial offers the only multidisciplinary study available on the issue of toleration, bringing together political psychologists, philosophers, sociologists, Islamic scholars, and political theorists to examine the most pressing debates in the field. The volume addresses the toleration...
by Christopher Caldwell, Paul A. Cantor, James W. Ceaser
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Professions are institutions which, through their small size, self-governing elements, and sense of social mission, can assist in maintaining a sound civic culture. As mediating institutions in our democratic society that are neither entirely birthed by the state nor are entirely private, the individual...
digitalSTS
A Field Guide for Science & Technology Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Scholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in...
Teaching Young Adult Literature Today
Insights, Considerations, and Perspectives for the Classroom Teacher
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
Teaching Young Adult Literature Today introduces the reader to what is current and relevant in the plethora of good books available for adolescents. More importantly, literary experts illustrate how teachers everywhere can help their students become lifelong readers by simply introducing them to great...
Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans
Effective Activities, Strategies, and Assignments for Classrooms and Communities
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2006
The number of Asian American students in schools and colleges has soared in the last twenty-five years, and they make up one of the fastest growing segments of the student population. However, classroom material often does not include their version of the American experience. Teaching about Asian...
The Evolution of Washington, DC
Historical Selections from the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection at the George Washington University
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
The Evolution of Washington, DC is a striking volume featuring select pieces of the extraordinary collection of Washingtoniana donated by Albert H. Small to the George Washington University in 2011. It showcases treasures such as an 1860 lithograph of the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in front...