G G Andrew: 184 books
Opening Schools and Closing Prisons
Caring for destitute and delinquent children in Scotland 1812–1872
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
The book covers the period from 1812, when the Tron Riot in Edinburgh dramatically drew attention to the ‘lamentable extent of juvenile depravity’, up to 1872, when the Education Act (Scotland) inaugurated a system of universal schooling.
During the 1840s and 1850s in particular there was...
Radical Conflict
Essays on Violence, Intractability, and Communication
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Radical Conflictaddresses conflict at interpersonal and communal, legal and rhetorical, ethnopolitical, global, and geopolitical levels. The conflicts analyzed are "radical" because in each some intense and often prolonged violence takes place. The chapters address different kinds of violence(s)—physical...
by Henry G. Bohn, William Andrew Chatto & John Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
The former edition of this History of Wood Engraving having become extremely scarce and commercially valuable, the publisher was glad to obtain the copyright and wood-blocks from Mr. Mason Jackson, son of the late Mr. Jackson, original proprietor of the work, with the view of reprinting it. It will be...
Fighting Over Peace
Spoilers, Peace Agreements, and the Strategic Use of Violence
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
This book presents post-peace agreement violence as a serious, yet predictable and manageable, political phenomenon. Negotiating an end to a civil war is extremely difficult, and many signed peace agreements subsequently unravel, ushering in renewed conflict. In response, important international actors...
Human Goodness
Origins, Manifestations, and Clinical Implications
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014
Human Goodness: Origins, Manifestations, and Clinical Implications focuses on the positive attributes that exist in each human heart. In this volume eight distinguished clinicians elucidate the notion of human goodness and devote their attention to subjects including altruism, kindness, concern, gratitude,...
by Harold N. Lee, Edward G. Ballard, Stephen C. Pepper
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The Real Taggarts
Glasgow's Post-War Crimebusters
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Keeping the streets of Glasgow safe has never been an easy task. From the pre-war razor gangs through to the drug lords of recent times, the city streets have never been free from peril. But without the men who relentlessly fought crime year after year, the citizens of Glasgow would have been in far...
How Can I Ever Trust You Again?
Infidelity: From Discovery to Recovery in Seven Steps
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
There are few things in life more traumatic than discovering that your partner is having an affair. You are not only coping with the pain and anger but also the sense that your partner is a stranger. How could someone you love, and thought that you knew, treat you like this? How can you ever trust...
by Andrew J. Reck, Harold N. Lee, Carl H. Hamburg
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
by Edward G. Ballard, Richard L. Barber, James K. Feibleman
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
by James K. Feibleman, Harold N. Lee, Donald S. Lee
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Deep Church Rising
The Third Schism and the Recovery of Christian Orthodoxy
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The major cultural changes in Western societies since the Reformation have created a serious challenge for the church. Modernity in particular has been inhospitable to Christian orthodoxy and many have been tempted to reject classical versions of the faith. This has led to a division within churches...
by Andrew G. Bannister
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
The Qur’an makes extensive use of older religious material, stories, and traditions that predate the origins of Islam, and there has long been a fierce debate about how this material found its way into the Qur’an. This unique book argues that this debate has largely been characterized by a failure...
by Owen Epstein, MB, BCh
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2008
The fourth edition of Clinical Examination provides a clear, practical and above all, superbly illustrated guide to all aspects of history taking and patient examination. Designed to be accessible both to medical students just starting their clinical attachments and to more experienced readers, the...