Taylor John: 200 books
by John Sharrock Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
An ancient Celtic settlement, Wigan stands on the River Douglas with its face to the Pennine foothills, 8 miles south-west of Bolton and 20 miles from the South Lancashire coast. Described in 1698 as 'a pretty market town built of stone and brick', Wigan was radically transformed by the first and...
Innovations in Social Work Research
Using Methods Creatively
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
A valuable reference to help practising researchers not only to understand but also to apply innovative approaches to social work research.
Featuring extended case studies of actual research projects, the book provides an overview of a number of central features and qualities of social work...
The Rise of Investor-State Arbitration
Politics, Law, and Unintended Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Today, investor-state arbitration embodies the worst fears of those concerned about runaway globalization - a far cry from its framers' intentions. Why did governments create a special legal system in which foreign investors can bring cases directly against states? This book takes readers through...
Scattering Theory
The Quantum Theory of Nonrelativistic Collisions
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
This graduate-level text is intended for any student of physics who requires a thorough grounding in the quantum theory of nonrelativistic scattering. It is designed for readers who are already familiar with the general principles of quantum mechanics and who have some small acquaintance with scattering...
Street Blues
My Experience, My Strength, and My Hope
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
THE GOOD NEWS OF DELIVERANCE
The Lord has filled me with his spirit. He has chosen me and sent me to bring good news to the poor to heal the broken hearted, to announce release the captives and freedom to those in prison. He has sent me to proclaim that the time has come when the Lord will...
Ideology and Utopia in the Twenty-First Century
The Surplus of Meaning in Ricoeur's Dialectical Concept
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2018
This edited work is spurred by the 30-year anniversary of the groundbreaking work by Paul Ricoeur, Lectures on Ideology and Utopia (1986)—and the 40-year anniversary of the original lectures (1975). Ricoeur took these concepts that continue to be enormously important in social and political analysis...
by Jason Zeitler, John Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
In Part 2, a smattering of the novellas are a young Irishman’s escapades as he experiences that the local legend isn’t really a legend in The Washerwoman; help a young orphan find her biological parents and unearth her family’s secrets in Looking for Home; experience the lives of a prisoner...
Tackling Child Neglect
Research, Policy and Evidence-Based Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
With contributions from internationally recognized experts, this edited volume presents original thinking on the theory, research and practice surrounding child neglect.
Comprehensive and current, the book takes an expansive look at how we can better address this prevalent issue. It explores...
Unfinished Business
Why International Negotiations Fail
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Most studies of international negotiations take successful talks as their subject. With a few notable exceptions, analysts have paid little attention to negotiations ending in failure. The essays in Unfinished Business show that as much, if not more, can be learned from failed negotiations as from...
Down in the River to Pray, Revised Ed.
Revisioning Baptism as God's Transforming Work
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
Combining careful Bible study with enlightening historical survey and practical suggestions, this book provides a rich resource for deepening and renewing a central practice of the Christian faith.
Later Middle English Literature, Materiality, and Culture
Essays in Honor of James M. Dean
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
The essays in this volume consider the ways in which material and intellectual culture both shaped and were shaped by the literature of late medieval England. The first section, “Textual Material,” reflects on cultural and social issues generally referred to as the History of Ideas, and how those...
by John Taylor Mulder
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
In 1992, I kept a notebook observing other people and situations for a twelve month period. It is not only observations, but my own philosophies I used the format from Hugh Prathers book, Notes to Myself, because I liked the thought-provoking comments that were shared in Hughs book.
by John T. (Taylor) Almarode, Ann M. (Marie) Miller
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Discover engaging, brain-based science and math strategies that captivate students’ attention, activate prior knowledge, and invigorate interest. Features a ready-to-use framework, content-specific attention grabbers, and more.
The Longest Kiss
Modern Library of Indonesia
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
The protagonists of the stories in this translated collection all crave a private domain, a place that nobody else can touch. They share with their creator a passion for words, a passion for writing and a passion for literature. These characters are feisty, non-conformist, and fiercely independent—traits...