David Steven: 143 books

Book cover of Diabolical Plots Year Five
by David Steffen, Matt Dovey, D.A. Xiaolin Spires
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019

This anthology collects 26 original stories that will run in the fifth year of Diabolical Plots, an online magazine of science fiction and fantasy. A metrics-driven approach for utopia, a fantastical YouTube challenge, a Lovecraftian Millennial thinkpiece, correspondence with a professor at a magical...
Book cover of Creative, Successful, Dyslexic

Creative, Successful, Dyslexic

23 High Achievers Share Their Stories

by David Bailey CBE, Ed Baines, Charley Boorman
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015

23 very well-known people from the arts, sport, and business worlds talk about how dyslexia affected their childhood, how they were able to overcome the challenges and use the special strengths of dyslexia to achieve great success in adulthood. Darcey Bussell CBE, Eddie Izzard, Sir Richard Branson,...
Book cover of digitalSTS

digitalSTS

A Field Guide for Science & Technology Studies

by Janet Vertesi, David Ribes, Laura Forlano
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019

Scholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in...
Book cover of Handbook for Practice Learning in Social Work and Social Care, Third Edition
by Steven Shardlow, Jane Aldgate, Alastair Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015

This fully updated and expanded third edition of a classic text provides a comprehensive introduction to key theory, knowledge, research and evidence relating to practice learning in social work and social care. It outlines the theories that underpin social care practice, the main assessment...
Book cover of 4WD Australia: The Best Short Getaways
by Rathbun, Linda Lee, Miller
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014

If you enjoy a short break or a holiday away from urban centres and want to journey into the real Australia, or if you are a more experienced 4WD enthusiast, then this book is for you! Linda and Steven selected getaways in each state and territory that the whole family can enjoy. For every 4WD trail...
Book cover of Catastrophe and Philosophy
by JeiDong Ryu, Sarah K. Corrigan, Kwon Jong Yoo
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018

This book takes a different approach to the history of philosophy, exploring a neglected theme, the relationship between catastrophe and philosophy. The book analyzes this theme within texts from ancient times to the present, from a global perspective. The book’s focus is timely and relevant today,...
Book cover of Paths to State Repression

Paths to State Repression

Human Rights Violations and Contentious Politics

by George Aditjondro, Christian Davenport, Ronald Francisco
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2000

In the last ten years, there has been a resurgence of interest in repression and violence within states. Paths to State Repression improves our understanding of why states use political repression, highlighting its relationship to dissent and mass protest. The authors draw upon a wide variety of political-economic...
Book cover of Work, Change and Competition

Work, Change and Competition

Managing for Bass

by David Preece, Gordon Steven, Valerie Steven
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2002

This book presents an in-depth study of organizational change and innovation in one of the UK's leading retail leisure companies. Based on a remarkably deep level of access, the authors provide a fascinating longitudinal study of the management process in action - both the formal, 'on stage' aspects...
Book cover of Jews in American Politics
by Joyce Antler, Robert A. Burt, Jerome A. Chanes
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2003

Joseph Lieberman's Vice Presidential nomination and Presidential candidacy are neither the first nor last words on signal Jewish achievements in American politics. Jews have played an important role in American government since the early 1800s at least, and in view of the 2004 election, there is no...
Book cover of Living the Catholic Social Tradition
by William P. Bolan, Patrick J. Hayes, Monika K. Hellwig
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2004

In a time when the global and national economies seem to favor so few and harm so many, when the threats to the common good are so prevalent and so deep, how do people of faith think about these issues and act with those who are most vulnerable? Living the Catholic Social Tradition: Cases and Commentary...
Book cover of From Mediation to Nation-Building

From Mediation to Nation-Building

Third Parties and the Management of Communal Conflict

by Mohammad Ashraf, Elham Atashi, Linda Bishai
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013

The eruption in the early 1990s of highly visible humanitarian crises and exceedingly bloody civil wars in the Horn of Africa, imploding Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, set in motion a trend towards third party intervention in communal conflict in areas as far apart as the Balkans and East Timor. However...
Book cover of Moral Soundings

Moral Soundings

Readings on the Crisis of Values in Contemporary Life

by Albert Borgmann, Richard Rorty, Steven Fesmire
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2004

Moral Soundings takes a fresh new approach to introducing students and general readers to contemporary ethics. Rather than surveying the standard fare in a typical anthology format, Furrow collects diversified essays around a structured theme: does Western culture face a moral crisis of values? Prominent...
Book cover of Prison Break

Prison Break

Why Conservatives Turned Against Mass Incarceration

by Steven Teles, David Dagan
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016

American conservatism rose hand-in-hand with the growth of mass incarceration. For decades, conservatives deployed "tough on crime" rhetoric to attack liberals as out-of-touch elitists who coddled criminals while the nation spiraled toward disorder. As a result, conservatives have been the motive...
Book cover of Bound by Mystery

Bound by Mystery

Celebrating 20 Years of Poisoned Pen Press

by Kerry Greenwood, Laurie R King, James Sallis
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017

In celebration of our 20th anniversary, Poisoned Pen Press has commissioned original short stories from thirty-five of its authors, past and present. Some names will be immediately recognizable to mystery aficionados--Kerry Greenwood with her Phryne Fisher mysteries, now also a popular television...
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