A A Smith: 616 books
Collaborative Environmental Management
What Roles for Government-1
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Collaboration has become a popular approach to environmental policy, planning, and management. At the urging of citizens, nongovernmental organizations, and industry, government officials at all levels have experimented with collaboration. Yet questions remain about the roles that governments play...
by Howard Schweber, David A Schultz, Henry L. Chambers Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Many hoped or feared that Antonin Scalia’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 1986 would guarantee a conservative counter-revolution that would reverse the liberal jurisprudence of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren and which was continued to some extent under the Burger Court though...
Pop-Culture Pedagogy in the Music Classroom
Teaching Tools from American Idol to YouTube
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
Teachers the world over are discovering the importance and benefits of incorporating popular culture into the music classroom. The cultural prevalence and the students' familiarity with recorded music, videos, games, and other increasingly accessible multimedia materials help enliven course content...
To Breathe into Another Voice
A South African Anthology of Jazz Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
‘Writing about jazz is like dancing about architecture,' observed TheloniousMonk. It's possibly one of the few times he was wrong. Jazz poetry is almostas old as jazz itself. Poets such as Thulani Davis, Langston Hughes and ourown Keorapetse Kgositsile and Mongane Wally Serote have long heard thepatterns...
Appalachia in Regional Context
Place Matters
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
In an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. Nowhere is that more true than in Appalachian studies -- a field which brings scholars, activists, artists, and citizens together around a region to contest misappropriations of resources and power and combat stereotypes of isolation...
by Adrienne E. Hacker Daniels, Jeffrey Bogaczyk, Devin Bryson
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
In light of more recent conversations about religion and its import as a factor in the global geopolitical and cultural spheres, augmented by the "contracting" of relationship among people and nations, Communication and the Global Landscape of Faith highlights geographical, architectural,...
Educating Latino Students
A Guide to Successful Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2002
Latino/a students are in a unique position in today's society; teachers and administrators are in an influential position in educating them. Community, parents, and educators alike are poised to enable these students to gain the education they need for success. Chapters by recognized authors and successful...
Helen Matthews Lewis
Living Social Justice in Appalachia
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Often referred to as the leader of inspiration in Appalachian studies, Helen Matthews Lewis linked scholarship with activism and encouraged deeper analysis of the region. Lewis shaped the field of Appalachian studies by emphasizing community participation and challenging traditional perceptions of...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 1
Advances in breeding and cultivation techniques
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Reviews key developments in understanding crop physiology and genetic diversity and how they have informed advances in breeding new varieties
Coverage of advances across the value chain for grain legume cultivation, from variety selection to post-harvest storage
Discusses the latest trends in disease, insect pest and weed management
Asperger Syndrome and Sensory Issues
Practical Solutions for Making Sense of the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2000
Asperger Syndrome and Sensory Issues attempts to explain how many children with Asperger Syndrome (AS) relate to the world through their senses. Chapter 1 is an overview of sensory integration terminology and a discussion of how the sensory systems impact behavior. Chapter 2 takes an indepth look at...
Transnational Geographers in the United States
Navigating Autobiogeographies in a Global Age
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
This volume was written by eight transnational geographers. These narratives comprise a collection of essays as a way to map personal trajectories and experiences which examine the concept of place at the micro-level. Eight transnational geographers convey their professional and personal identities...
The Rabbit Hole
Weird Stories, #1
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
How do you like your weirdness? A subtle nudge towards the untoward? A quick zap of zany? Or a full-on assault of aberration? Whatever your taste, you'll find it here, and many more strains of strange that you didn't suspect existed. From magic rain to a talking (severed) head, extraordinary eggs...
by W. Loeffler, R.E. Steiner, G.M. Bydder
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The second volume of Frontiers in European Radiology covers two very promising techniques in diagnostic radiology, namely digital radiography and nuclear mag netic resonance imaging. Leading experts in both fields from Europe and the Unit ed States were invited to give a critical overview; digital...
Fundamental Aliphatic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry for General Degree Students
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Organic Chemistry for General Degree Students is written to meet the requirements of the London General Internal examination and degree examinations of a similar standing. It will also provide for the needs of students taking the Part 1 examination for Graduate Membership of the Royal Institute of...