B Walker: 47 books
Higher Education as a Bridge to the Future
Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents, with Reflections on the Future of Higher Education by Dr. J. Michael Adams
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
This volume assembles the papers, presentations, and speeches from the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) held in Oxfordshire in 2015. This book is a companion volume to the proceedings of the 1965 inaugural meeting of IAUP, also published by...
The Twenty-First-Century Media Industry
Economic and Managerial Implications in the Age of New Media
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
The Twenty-First-Century Media Industry: Economic and Managerial Implications in the Age of New Media examines the role that new media technologies are having on the traditional media industry from a media management perspective. Consumer behaviors and consumer expectations are being shaped by new...
Service as Mandate
How American Land-Grant Universities Shaped the Modern World, 1920–2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2016
Established by the Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862, America’s land-grant universities have had far-reaching influences on the United States and the world. Service as Mandate, Alan I Marcus’s second edited collection of insightful essays about land-grant universities, explores how these...
by Lawrence R. Walker, Aaron B. Shiels
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Despite their often dangerous and unpredictable nature, landslides provide fascinating templates for studying how soil organisms, plants and animals respond to such destruction. The emerging field of landslide ecology helps us understand these responses, aiding slope stabilisation and restoration...
by Alison Brooks, , Chanin
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Much has changed in US politics since the historic 2008 election. While the press covers the actions and agendas of the new administration, other impacts of this political shift have not received as much attention. These changes have forced the nation to rethink the necessary role of government, the...
by B L Walker
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
The Kingdom of Ning is a bedtime read fantasy (4 8), thats fun for children and adults. Plus its a book to color!We meet a rare male calico cat in Story One. An orphan, Calico roams Ning, in a world older than Mother Earth, looking for food and friendship. He adopts a tough guy approach to life until...
2018 Young Explorer's Adventure Guide
Young Explorer's Adventure Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
Girls, Boys, Robots - Everyone is Welcome here!
This stellar collection will appeal to both teens and grown-ups who dream of future worlds. ~Kirkus Starred Review
What’s it like to be a space station detective? To be homesick for Mars? What do you say when your robot
gets you in...
by Peter B. Farmer, John M. Walker
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book aims to describe the current state of knowledge and possible future developments in a number of major areas of research into the nature, causes and treatment of cancer. The contributing authors have been encouraged to discuss their subjects at the molecular level. It will become apparent...
by B. N. K. Davis, N. Walker, D. F. Ball
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
The soil is one of the great unsung disappearing resources, with over 100m tonnes being destroyed every year. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com The soil is the work place of farmers and gardeners, but it is also a fascinating environment inhabited by insects that can leap into the air...
Natural Health for African Americans
The Physicians' Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2008
Natural approaches to maintaining or restoring overall well being. Chapters are devoted to the health concerns of particular importance to African-Americans such as heart disease & diabetes.
by Djene Rhys Bajalan, Oral Çalislar, Fuat Keyman
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
This edited volume, comprising chapters by leading academics and experts, aims to clarify the complexity of Turkey’s Kurdish question. The Kurdish question is a long-standing, protracted issue, which gained regional and international significance largely in the last thirty years. The Kurdish people...
A Taste of True Blood
The Fangbanger's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
True Blood, Alan Ball’s critically acclaimed television adaptation of Charlaine Harris’ bestselling Southern Vampire mysteries, is HBO’s most-watched show since The Sopranos, averaging over 12 million viewers an episode in its second season. Thanks to its large, dedicated fanbase, it won the People’s...
by Aubrey W. Bonnett, Calvin B. Holder, Fitzroy André Baptiste
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Continuing Perspectives on the Black Diaspora is a response to a 1990 publication that studied the persistence and resilience of black (African) diasporic populations in the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, and the United Kingdom. In that book, the authors used the themes of persistence and...
Out of Line
Essays on the Politics of Boundaries and the Limits of Modern Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
A collection of essays on the politics of boundaries, this book addresses a broad range of cases, some geographical, some legal, and some involving less tangible practices of inclusion and exclusion. The book begins by exploring the boundary between modern Western forms of international relations...