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by Michael A. Peters, Valerie Allen, Ares D. Axiotis
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Martin Heidegger is, perhaps, the most controversial philosopher of the twentieth-century. Little has been written on him or about his work and its significance for educational thought. This unique collection by a group of international scholars reexamines Heidegger's work and its legacy for educational...
What Democracy Looks Like
The Rhetoric of Social Movements and Counterpublics
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
What Democracy Looks Like is a compelling and timely collection which combines two distinct but related theories in rhetoric and communication studies, while also exploring theories and ideas espoused by those in sociology, political science, and cultural studies.
Recent protests around the...
Until There Is a Cure
The Latest and Greatest in Diabetes Self-Care
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
The treatment of diabetes is ever-changing as technologies progress; as new medications are discovered, tested, and approved; and as researchers uncover breakthrough findings in the field of endocrinology.
In Until There Is a Cure: The Latest and Greatest in Diabetes Self-Care, respected Certified...
by H.J.M. Bowen, T. Frevert, W.D. Grant
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Environmental Chemistry is a relatively young science. Interest in this subject, however, is growing very rapidly and, although no agreement has been reached as yet about the exact content and limits of this interdisciplinary discipline, there appears to be increasing interest in seeing environmental...
by Robert E. Cipriano, Jeffrey L. Buller Ph.D
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
A Toolkit for College Professors is designed to give new and established faculty members the skills they need in order to do their jobs more effectively. Combining case studies, scenarios, practical advice, and problem-solving activities, this book offers college professors a valuable resource for...
Mind Code
How the Language We Use Influences the Way We Think
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Mind Code describes how we know the world we live in and how language and semantics shape this knowledge by influencing the way we think, feel, and behave — how we relate to that world and to others. Mind Code puts life as we know it into a coherent, systematic perspective that explains functional...
by Julian E. Andrews, Peter Brimblecombe, Tim D. Jickells
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
This introductory text explains the fundamentals of the chemistry of the natural environment and the effects of mankind's activities on the earth's chemical systems.
Retains an emphasis on describing how natural geochemical processes operate over a variety of scales in time and space, and...
Catalysis in Ionic Liquids
From Catalyst Synthesis to Application
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Although ionic liquids have only been studied in depth during the last decades, the field is now maturing to such a degree that the focus is on larger scale applications for use in real processes such as catalysis. Current information is scattered across the literature and Catalysis in Ionic Liquids...
by Liz S. Alexander, Rose Mary Amenga-Etego, Rabiatu Ammah
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
In this collection, continental and diasporan African women interrogate the concept “sacred text” and analyze ways oral and written religious “texts” intersect with violence against African-descended women and girls. While the sanctioned idea of a sacred text is written literature, this project...
The Secret Life of Lady Liberty
Goddess in the New World
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
The goddess origins of the Statue of Liberty and her connections with the founding and the future of America
• Examines Lady Liberty’s ties to Native American spiritual traditions, the Earth Mother, Roman goddesses, Black Madonnas, and Mary Magdalene
• Reveals the sharp contrast...
Zara’S Crippled Son
A Black Doctor’S Struggle in the Medical Profession
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
The main purpose of this book is to describe how a crippled son who could have easily have been left on the streets or killed as the work of the devil, was raised by an uneducated woman; has risen from being raised in a mud hut in Bulbia, a viillage in Ghana to become a sub-specialist in Hematology and Oncology in th United States of America.
The 2012 Presidential Election
Forecasts, Outcomes, and Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Though many analyses of the 2012 presidential election have emerged, none can match this collection's depth, diversity, or ability to critically and soundly argue where American politics will go from this point forward. This volume includes some of the most recognized scholars in the field and innovative...
Remember This
A Family in America
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
The Mungellos (pronounced mun-JEL-os) were Italian-American children of Vesuvius. Raffaele was a builder, Marianna was a businesswoman, Filippo died in a gang murder in Pittsburgh. They fled the threats of the Black Hand, going to a booming coal-mining town and opening movie theaters. Dominic graduated...
Ancient Borinquen
Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Native Puerto Rico
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Native American cultures of Puerto Rico prior to the arrival of the Spanish in 1493.
A book on the prehistory of a modern geopolitical entity is artificial. It is unlikely that prehistoric occupants recognized the same boundaries and responded to the same political forces that operated in...