J John: 1441 books
Sawdust and Soul
A Conversation about Woodworking and Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
An American ethicist and a South African theologian reflect on their work with wood and how it has helped them find creativity and meaning in experiences of both loss and transformation. Through their friendship, correspondence, and work together they have developed a rich narrative about the way...
Beyond Doubt
Four Steps to Inner Peace
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2009
How long has it been since you held a negative thought and responded in a critical way? Think carefully. Consider all situations: a traffic jam, a slow computer, an unfriendly neighbor, a demeaning boss, a loss of money, an excessive bill, a headache, a defective purchase, a stubbed toe, a challenging...
Conducting Student-Driven Interviews
Practical Strategies for Increasing Student Involvement and Addressing Behavior Problems
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
This user-friendly book equips school practitioners with practical skills and strategies for conducting student-driven interviews—conversations that invite students of all ages to take charge of school-behavior problems and build solutions based on their own strengths and resources. In contrast...
Mindfulness
Al di là del pensiero, attraverso il pensiero
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 4, 2014
La nuova edizione – completamente rivista, aumentata di sei capitoli, arricchita di numerosissime schede e di tredici tracce audio scaricabili di meditazioni guidate – del manuale più autorevole e diffuso al mondo di terapia cognitiva basata sulla mindfulness (MBCT), un metodo specifico per prevenire...
The Embodied Subject
Minding the Body in Psychoanalysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2007
This volume addresses the topic of embodiment in psychoanalysis from both theoretical and clinical points of view. Freud's development of a psychoanalytic theory and treatment originated from his consideration of neurology, aphasia, and the great range of embodied signs constituting the hysterical...
The Law of Consular Access
A Documentary Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Over the past decade, there has been an explosion of litigation at the international and domestic levels concerning consular access for foreign nationals charged with a criminal offence. The issue has complicated relations between countries, with the majority of litigation involving the United States,...
The Unresolved National Question in South Africa
Left thought under apartheid and beyond
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
The re-emergence of debates on the decolonisation of knowledge has revived interest in the National Question, which began over a century ago and remains unresolved. Tensions that were suppressed and hidden in the past are now being openly debated. Despite this, the goal of one united nation living...
by Kenneth J. Doka, John D. Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
An elderly Chinese immigrant, hospitalized with terminal disease, requests to burn incense. A 30-year-old Roman Catholic gay male, dying of AIDS, is consumed by deepening moral guilt, troubled by beliefs he thought he abandoned years ago. A mother whose teenage son died of an aneurism is angry at...
Single Case Research in Schools
Practical Guidelines for School-Based Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Single Case Research in Schools addresses and examines the variety of cutting-edge issues in single case research (SCR) in educational settings. Featuring simple and practical techniques for aggregating data for evidence-based practices, the book delves into methods of selecting behaviors of interest...
Will as Commitment and Resolve
An Existential Account of Creativity, Love, Virtue, and Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
In contemporary philosophy, the will is often regarded as a sheer philosophical fiction. In Will as Commitment and Resolve, Davenport argues not only that the will is the central power of human agency that makes decisions and forms intentions but also that it includes the capacity to generate new...
by Francesca Iacopi, John J. Boeckl, Chennupati Jagadish
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2016
2D Materials contains the latest information on the current frontier of nanotechnology, the thinnest form of materials to ever occur in nature. A little over 10 years ago, this was a completely unknown area, not thought to exist. However, since then, graphene has been isolated and acclaimed, and a...
by Robert A. Adams, John J. F. Fournier
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2003
Sobolev Spaces presents an introduction to the theory of Sobolev Spaces and other related spaces of function, also to the imbedding characteristics of these spaces. This theory is widely used in pure and Applied Mathematics and in the Physical Sciences.
This second edition of Adam's 'classic'...
by JeiDong Ryu, Sarah K. Corrigan, Kwon Jong Yoo
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
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,...
by John J. Videler
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2006
Bird flight has always intrigued mankind. This book provides an up to date account of our existing knowledge on the subject, as well as offering new insights and challenging some established views. A brief history of the science of flight introduces the basic physical principles governing aerial locomotion....