Wilson James: 105 books
Southern Illinois University at 150 Years
Growth, Accomplishments, and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2019
Chartered in 1869, Southern Illinois University has been a stalwart presence on the southern Illinois landscape for a century and a half. This book celebrates the 150th anniversary of the university’s founding by exploring in depth its history since 1969, when the last book to celebrate a major...
Virtue and the Moral Life
Theological and Philosophical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Virtue and the Moral Life brings together distinguished philosophers and theologians with younger scholars of consummate promise to produce ten essays that engage both academics and students of ethics. The volume explores the role virtues play in identifying the good life and the good society with special reference to family ethics, public responsibilities, and interreligious dialogue.
Collaboration and the Future of Education
Preserving the Right to Think and Teach Historically
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Current educational reforms have given rise to various types of "educational Taylorism," which encourage the creation of efficiency models in pursuit of a unified way to teach. In history education curricula, this has been introduced through scripted textbook-based programs such as Teacher...
Moral Psychology
Feminist Ethics and Social Theory
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2004
Moral psychology studies the features of cognition, judgement, perception, and emotion that make human beings capable of moral action. Perspectives from feminist and race theory immensely enrich moral psychology. Writers who take these perspectives ask questions about mind, feeling, and action in...
A Frequency Dictionary of Russian
core vocabulary for learners
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
A Frequency Dictionary of Russianis an invaluable tool for all learners of Russian, providing a list of the 5,000 most frequently used words in the language and the 300 most frequent multiword constructions.
The dictionary is based on data from a 150-million-word internet corpus taken from...
by James Glenn Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
A collection of original poetry
by James Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2007
Propaganda Postcards of the Luftwaffe focuses on the efforts of the powerful Nazi propaganda machine to promote the technical achievements and might of the then newly created German airforce. The Luftwaffe had been announced to the world in March 1935, despite the restrictions contained in the Versailles...
by Constantine Santas, James M. Wilson, Maria Colavito
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
Soon after film came into existence, the term epic was used to describe productions that were lengthy, spectacular, live with action, and often filmed in exotic locales with large casts and staggering budgets. The effort and extravagance needed to mount an epic film paid off handsomely at the box...
The Imperial Republic
A Structural History of American Constitutionalism from the Colonial Era to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
This title was first published in 2002. The Imperial Republic addresses the enduring relationship that the American constitution has with the concept of empire. Early activists frequently used the word to describe the nation they wished to create through revolution and later reform. The book examines...
Let's Talk about Money before You Tie the Knot
A Guide to Premarital Financial Counseling
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
This book reviews the financial past, present, and future of couples contemplating marriage, with questions and text posed to highlight critical points. The work required in this financial counseling course for couples is purposely kept to a minimum to ensure that the task will be finished. Forms...
by Craig Williams, David James, Cassie Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Mathematics and Science for Sport and Exercise introduces students to the basic mathematical and scientific principles underpinning sport and exercise science. It is an invaluable course companion for students who have little prior experience of maths or science, and an ideal revision aid for higher...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of rice Volume 2
Cultivation, pest and disease management
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
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Psychiatry in Prisons
A Comprehensive Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
Psychiatry in Prisons provides a comprehensive overview of the history, problems and development of psychiatric health care in prisons, focusing particularly on the UK. The contributors tackle a broad range of issues, from familiar mental health issues such as substance misuse, self-injury and health...
by James Northcote-Green, Robert G. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Implementing the automation of electric distribution networks, from simple remote control to the application of software-based decision tools, requires many considerations, such as assessing costs, selecting the control infrastructure type and automation level, deciding on the ambition level, and...