J J Green: 138 books
Regimes of Social Cohesion
Societies and the Crisis of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
In an original, and highly interdisciplinary, mixed method approach, Green and Janmaat identify four major traditions of social cohesion in developed societies, analyzing how these various mechanisms are withstanding the strains of the current global financial crisis.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Lawsuits
Successfully Navigate the Complex Civil Court System
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
Have you been confused by a lawsuit? We can help.
Millions of civil lawsuits are filed in the U.S. court system, costing billions of dollars in legal fees to those involved. The process is so complex that few people can pursue civil action without professional help, leaving them totally at...
12-Lead EKG Confidence, Second Edition
A Step-by-Step Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
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This is an excellent workbook for students or healthcare professionals who are just beginning to interpret 12-lead EKGs. The book covers what is expected, but the manner in which it presents the material brings much clarity to the topic.--Doody's Medical Reviews
This practical,...
Medievalia et Humanistica, No. 36
Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Since its founding in 1943, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication in America to devote itself entirely to medieval and Renaissance studies. Since 1970, a new series, sponsored by the Modern Language Association of America and edited by an international...
Bird Ecology and Conservation
A Handbook of Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2004
The aim of this book is to outline the main methods and techniques available to ornithologists. A general shortage of information about available techniques is greatly hindering progress in avian ecology and conservation. Currently this sort of information is disparate and difficult to locate with...
by Sharon Alker, Emily Hodgson Anderson, Srinivas Aravamudan
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Once merely a footnote in Restoration and eighteenth-century studies and rarely taught, Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave (1688), by Aphra Behn, is now essential reading for scholars and a classroom favorite. It appears in general surveys and in courses on early modern British writers, postcolonial literature,...
In Search of Humanity
Essays in Honor of Clifford Orwin
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
This collection of essays, offered in honor of the distinguished career of prominent political philosophy professor Clifford Orwin, provides a wide context in which to consider the rise of “humanity” as one of the chief modern virtues. A relative of—and also a replacement for—formerly more...
Planetary Politics
Human Rights, Terror, and Global Society
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2005
Global society has been analyzed in any number of ways: books dealing with its economic and cultural implications flood the market. But Planetary Politics highlights something unique. It explores globalization with an eye on the transformation of politics into a planetary enterprise. Unifying this...
Computerized Adaptive Testing
A Primer
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2000
This celebrated primer presents an introduction to all of the key ingredients in understanding computerized adaptive testing technology, test development, statistics, and mental test theory. Based on years of research, this accessible book educates the novice and serves as a compendium of state-of-the-art...
Great Ships on the Great Lakes
A Maritime History
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
In this highly accessible history of ships and shipping on the Great Lakes, upper elementary readers are taken on a rip-roaring journey through the waterways of the upper Midwest.
Great Ships on the Great Lakes explores the history of the region’s rivers, lakes, and inland seas—and the...
The Newcomer
Twelve Sci-fi Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
From a young couple struggling to look after their baby to a new captain's reluctance to take command of her ship, and from a sun-addled stranger's appearance in town to the emergence of a sentient AI, the twelve tales presented here explore the central theme of an arrival by someone or something new.
There's even an alien puppy.
by Robert J. Sawyer, Terence M. Green
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
A nineteenth-century Irish convict is jolted forward in time while a man from the future takes his place, in this novel by a World Fantasy Award finalist.
Fletcher Christian IV, a descendant of the original Bounty mutineer living in the year 2072, is lost in time. His participation in mystic...
Portals
Volume One
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Welcome! You have arrived at a portal to the galaxy.
Enter, and you'll be introduced by award-winning authors to worlds beyond imagining, with heroes & heroines who dare to take it to the edge and beyond. Count on these adventurers to take their best shot … at their enemies and at romance!...
Introducing the New Testament
Its Literature and Theology
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2001
Introducing the New Testament is an outstanding guide to the writings of the New Testament for readers ranging from Bible students to those approaching the Christian Scriptures for the first time. Written by three leading Bible specialists, this book discusses in a clear and balanced way the New Testament's...