Christina: 2525 books
by Christina Tree, William Davis
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
This revised and updated guide provides the best lodging, dining, and activity suggestions for New England's most inviting region for lovers of the arts.
Seasoned travel writers Christina Tree and William Davis tell you everything you need to know about this naturally beautiful and culturally...
Park Street Angels
A Chronicle of Hope
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
In the summer of 2006, Christina Nordstrom met Bob Wright, known as Homeless Bob, Homeless by Fire, who sat on a milk crate on the sidewalk outside Park Street Church in Boston. Walking to work one morning, rather than avoiding eye contact, she overcame her fear, crossed the street, and greeted him....
The Science of Positive Psychology, Student Performance and Wellbeing
La Mer Wellbeing Model
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
The Science of Positive Psychology, Student Performance and Wellbeing is dedicated to pre-kindergarten and all school aged children and young adults. It is a support to parents and to educational organisations on how we can support our children to develop to be confident, happy and thriving individuals....
Food Fights over Free Trade
How International Institutions Promote Agricultural Trade Liberalization
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2011
This detailed account of the politics of opening agricultural markets explains how the institutional context of international negotiations alters the balance of interests at the domestic level to favor trade liberalization despite opposition from powerful farm groups. Historically, agriculture stands...
by Christina Dempsey
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2017
An indispensable guide to reducing the suffering―of patients and caregivers alike―and to improving healthcare delivery for all
In our efforts to treat patients, cure illness, and manage institutions, healthcare professionals too often overlook the fundamental purpose everyone in the industry...
by Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Between 1820 and 1920, more than 33 million Europeans immigrated to the United States seeking the "American Dream." They came in response to an image of America as a land of opportunity and upward mobility sold to them by state governments, railroads, religious and philanthropic groups,...
Resilienz
Das Geheimnis der psychischen Widerstandskraft Was uns stark macht gegen Stress, Depressionen und Burn-out
Language: German
Release Date: January 23, 2015
Krisen in Chancen verwandeln
Das Leben ist hart geworden im 21. Jahrhundert. Der Leistungsdruck ist groß, nicht nur im Arbeitsalltag, sondern auch im Beziehungsleben. Wie gut wäre es also, so etwas wie Hornhaut auf der Seele zu haben! Eine Lebenseinstellung, die den Blick zuversichtlich nach...
The Political Uses of Expert Knowledge
Immigration Policy and Social Research
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2009
Why do politicians and civil servants commission research and what use do they make of it in policymaking? The received wisdom is that research contributes to improving government policy. Christina Boswell challenges this view, arguing that policymakers are just as likely to value expert knowledge...
by Christina Newberry
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2011
Writing an obituary is never an easy job, of course. At a time when there is so much to do – and so much to cope with – it can be a bit overwhelming to write an obituary. But it doesn't need to be complicated if you have a trusted guide to follow. This book brings together all of the information,...
by Christina (CJ) Jones
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2013
This short story follows John and his newly zombie-fied wife, as they take a trip to the CDC in search of a cure. However, things don't go as planned. Included is a bonus flash fiction piece that you can really sink your teeth into.
by Christina St Clair
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
This biography about the life of Japanese literary master, Yasunari Kawabata, who wrote Snow Country and many other books, is full of facts, and yet is also a work of imagination."One night, after Grandfather relieved himself, Yasunari wrote in his diary, "I hear in the depths of the urine bottle...
by Christina Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
When Megan and Lauren are caught in a fight between the rivals, they find themselves trapped with a pack of savage werewolves during a full moon. After their predicament, they will be forever changed. That is, if they make it out alive.
To save the girls, Nate and Joe must confront the past...
Thomas Hirschhorn
A New Political Understanding of Art?
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Thomas Hirschhorn, a leading installation artist whose work is owned and exhibited by modern art museums throughout Europe and the United States, is known for compelling, often site-specific and interactive environments tackling issues of critical theory, global politics, and consumerism. His work...
Prophets of the Posthuman
American Fiction, Biotechnology, and the Ethics of Personhood
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
Prophets of the Posthuman provides a fresh and original reading of fictional narratives that raise the question of what it means to be human in the face of rapidly developing bioenhancement technologies. Christina Bieber Lake argues that works by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walker Percy, Flannery O'Connor,...