Gerard: 1631 books
The Politics of NGOs in Southeast Asia
Participation and Protest in the Philippines
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2006
The Politics of NGOs in Southeast Asia traces the history of the emergence of NGOs in the Philippines and southeast Asia and the political factors which encouraged this. The main focus is on the period from the mid-1990s when NGOs first became a notable force in the region. It documents the complex...
by Divaldo Antonio Gutierrez Calvache, Racso Fernandez Ortega, Pedro A. Alvarado Layos
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
This compilation, by an international grouping of scholars, focuses on the nature of Caribbean rock art or rock graphics and makes clear the region's substantial and distinctive rock art tradition. Thorough and comparative, it includes data on the history of rock graphic research, the nature of the...
Common Sense Questions About Learners
Answers to Reveal Essential Steps for Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
Parents asked educators about their children’s learning. Frustrated when they were ignored, they asked politicians to put pressure on the educators. They were then surprised when the politicians provided personal advice about the optimal way to nurture learning. They were even more surprised when...
Health Acceleration Kit for My Pet's Mind, Body and Soul
Introducing the DNA Activation for Rejuvenating Your Pet's Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
There are many purposes for having a PET. For most people, it is the desire to share their love. Pets provide a personal interaction and in some cases, even a form of entertainment. Pets, like dogs and cats, are real beings with a capacity to fulfill our unique needs. As their master, we learn to...
by Gerard M. Doherty, Rebecca Minter
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2010
Learn to perform more than 50 of the most common surgical procedures with this step-by-step, superbly illustrated guide!
CURRENT Procedures Surgery is a unique combination atlas and text that details everything that you must know to perform more than 50 key surgical procedures. It covers the...
Energy from the Nucleus
The Science and Engineering of Fission and Fusion
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Nuclear energy is important both as a very large energy resource and as a source of carbon free energy. However incidents such as the Fukashima Daiichi nuclear disaster (2011), the Chernobyl disaster (1986), and the Three Mile Island accident (1979) have cast doubts on the future of nuclear fission...
A Spirit that Impels
Play, Creativity, and Psychoanalysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
This volume brings together some of the papers presented by leading scholars, artists and psychoanalysts at an annual Creativity Seminar organised by the Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center. Looking at creativity through a psychoanalytic lens - and very importantly, vice versa - the authors...
Human Sleep and Cognition
Basic Research
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
Human Sleep and Cognition
Classroom Activators
More Than 100 Ways to Energize Learners
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2008
Proven ideas to keep all students attentive and motivated while learning!
This handy guide is a fun, creative collection of practical strategies that help teachers stimulate, invigorate, and re-energize learners whenever they need a “brain break.” These state-changing activities use movement,...
by Dr Gerard Chuah
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
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Human Sleep and Cognition, Part II
Clinical and Applied Research
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
There is a critical, bidirectional relationship between sleep and cognition, yet the literature in this area is scattered, and it is surprisingly difficult to find a comprehensive overview of the basic principles, latest discoveries, and outstanding challenges.
This issue of Progress in Brain...
Overcoming Infertility
A Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2010
Confronting a problem that affects one out of 10 American couples, this all-inclusive, question-and-answer guide offers insight and encouragement in the face of infertility. Addressing the deep disappointment and emotional distress that accompany a diagnosis, this resource emphasizes that there is...
Woodpeckers of the World
The Complete Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Woodpeckers remain one of the most popular families of birds, and they are certainly one of the more unusual. Their legendary ability to excavate holes in wood is well known, and they are uniquely adapted for living in trees - though a few species have become more adapted to ground-dwelling. The family...
by Gerard Giordano, PhD, professor of education
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Teachers Go to Rehab examines the advice given to teachers from multiple critics both historically and recently. This book looks at the scope, cost, and impact of this advice to teachers, as well as the motives behind it. It poses precise questions about the groups that gave the advice. Who were they?...