William Adams: 121 books
Wasting the Rain (Routledge Revivals)
Rivers, People and Planning in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
First published in 1992, this title offers an experienced and constructive evaluation of the ways in which water resources have been developed in Africa. Adams argues that the best hope of productive development lies in working and engaging with local people and using local knowledge of the environment...
What Does It All Mean?
A Humanistic Account of Human Experience
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
As a young man Bill Adams travelled the world teaching US citizens abroad on behalf of a large state university on the East Coast. Back home he reflected that if there were answers to the great questions of life, then he’d not found them - not in India, in Europe, in China, or Japan. In time he came...
Against Extinction
The Story of Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
'Conservation in the 21st century needs to be different and this book is a good indicator of why.' Bulletin of British Ecological Society Against Extinction tells the history of wildlife conservation from its roots in the 19th century, through the foundation of the Society for the Preservation of...
by William Lawrence Adams
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2013
The Republic of Bolivia, as it existed prior to the termination of the war with Chile in 1882, had an area of 597,271 square miles, exclusive of the territory of El Chaco, claimed alike by Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina. The population, though never carefully determined, was estimated by the best...
Shaped by Images
One Who Presides
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Professor Adams' boldly original work on liturgy is a good read for all who understand the very centrality of worship in the Christian experience, and a must read for anyone planning liturgy. The author addresses the subject of the formation of liturgical ministry and its ministers. The reader is then encouraged to translate this understanding into liturgical practice.
by William J. Adams
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2007
An esteemed professor and one-time chairman of the mathematics department at New Yorks Pace University, Adams, interested in all facets of university administration, has produced an almost Jeffersonian volume of correspondence from his tenure.
His views on textbook selection, collective bargaining...
Transforming Undergraduate Education
Theory that Compels and Practices that Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, Transforming Undergraduate Education provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and...
Everyday Objects
Picturesque Aspects of Natural History (Illustrations)
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
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The very favourable reception accorded both by Press and Public to the "Circle of the Year," has induced me to prepare a second volume, similar in design, but dealing with different branches of the same subject. As the former was founded on the first series of a popular...
Mastering Leadership
An Integrated Framework for Breakthrough Performance and Extraordinary Business Results
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2015
Is your leadership a competitive advantage, or is it costing you? How do you know? Are you developing your leadership effectiveness at the pace of change?
For most leaders today, complexity is outpacing their personal and collective development. Most leaders are in over their heads, whether...
Harvard Classics Volume 43
American Historical Documents
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017
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by William Henry Davenport Adams
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
The following pages may be regarded as a contribution towards that History of Human Error which was undertaken by Mr. Augustine Caxton. I fear that many minds will have to devote all their energies to the work, if it is ever to be brought to completion; and, indeed, it may plausibly be argued that its...
I Cried, He Answered
A Testimony to Answered Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1918
I Cried, He Answered contains about 125 authentic and most readable testimonies to answered prayer granted under many and widely varied conditions of human experience. Each incident is properly classified and carefully indexed by exact subject with a view to immediate reference. The introduction by...
by William Henry Davenport Adams
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
The Princess Helena Koltzoff-Massalsky, better known by her pseudonym of Dora d'Istria, came of the family of the Ghikas, formerly princes of Wallachia, and was born at Bucharest, on the 22nd of January, 1829. Through the care and conscientiousness of her instructor, Mons. Papadopoulos, and her own remarkable...
Think First, Apply Math, Think Further
Food for Thought
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2005
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