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The Intersectionality of Critical Animal, Disability, and Environmental Studies
Toward Eco-ability, Justice, and Liberation
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
*The Intersectionality of Critical Animal, Disability, and Environmental Studies:*Toward Eco-ability, Justice, and Liberation is an interdisciplinary collection of theoretical writings on the intersectional liberation of nonhuman animals, the environment, and those with disabilities. As animal consumption...
Gender in a Transitional Era
Changes and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Gender in a Transitional Era addresses a range of issues relevant in current gender and sexuality studies scholarship which span many disciplines. The contributors prioritize the critical thinking that continues to support the notion that we, as a society, still have a ways to go toward full gender...
Farmland Conservation
Evidence for the effects of interventions in northern and western Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
This synopsis covers evidence for the effects of conservation interventions for native farmland wildlife. It is restricted to evidence captured on the website www.conservationevidence.com. It includes papers published in the journal Conservation Evidence, evidence summarized on our database and systematic...
by Robyn Bennis, Natalie J. Case, K. B. Wagers
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2018
REBELS AND REVENANTS features the dead and the undead, ghosts both figurative and literal, Elder Gods and Egyptian queens, and, funny enough, more than a little rebellion. Most of all, these eleven stories have heart, with a strong sense of family threading through them, either the one you're born...
by J.A. Johnson, K.G. McAbee
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
Inspired by the soundtrack to an imaginary zombie movie, "The Seething: a Zombie Chronicle" brings to life our worst fears in a worst case scenario.Abandoned and alone, with the undead seethers roaming about, the Randall children wait to be rescued. But fate has more in store than to simply make orphans...
by K.G. McAbee, J.A. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
On a red-sand world that will one day be called Mars, there are the Three Lands. The Land Above is a vast desert full of thirst and violence and deadly creatures, where nomadic tribes eke out a bare existence. The Great City of Geb sits in a vast sinkhole, where King Tuon rules; other cities likewise...
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Auf den Spuren von Edgar Allan Poe
Language: German
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Wer kennt sie nicht? Die schaurigen Geschichten von Edgar Allan Poe? 59 Autoren haben sich an die Fersen des großen Meisters des Gruselns gehängt und sind ihm gefolgt, haben Geschichten geschrieben, die es in sich haben. Kaum weniger psychotisch, gruselig und mörderisch. Der amerikanische Schriftsteller...
Arenas of Power
Reflections on Politics and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Arenas of Power represents the first time that Theodore J. Lowi's model of policy analysis has been presented together with key applications and case studies drawn from his long history of scholarship-all in one place. Lowi's signature four-fold typology is shown as conceived and then as extended...
Individual Positive Behavior Supports
A Standards-Based Guide to Practices in School and Community Settings
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Aligned with the Association for Positive Behavior Support’s Standards of Practice, this graduate-level text is an authoritative PBS primer for professionals preparing for work in educational and community-based settings. More than 60 leading scholars present the critical skills and knowledge...
Interdisciplinary Mechatronics
Engineering Science and Research Development
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
Mechatronics represents a unifying interdisciplinary and intelligent engineering science paradigm that features an interdisciplinary knowledge area and interactions in terms of the ways of work and thinking, practical experiences, and theoretical knowledge. Mechatronics successfully fuses (but is...
Cyanobacteria
An Economic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
Written by leading experts in the field, Cyanobacteria: An Economic Perspective is a comprehensive edited volume covering all areas of an important field and its application to energy, medicine and agriculture.
Issues related to environment, food and energy have presented serious challenge...
Amplify Your Impact
Coaching Collaborative Teams in PLCs (Instructional Leadership Development and Coaching Methods for Collaborative Learning)
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Amplify Your Impact presents K-12 educators and school leadership with a framework for improving collaboration and teambuilding for teachers in their PLCs. The authors share best practices and processes teams can rely on to ensure they are doing the right work in a cycle of continuous improvement....
The Faculty Mentor's Wisdom
Conceptualizing, Writing, and Defending the Dissertation
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
This book focuses on using faculty mentoring to empower doctoral students to successfully complete their doctoral studies. The book is a collection of mentoring chapters showcasing professors and dissertation advisors from the most prestigious universities in the United States. They provide an extraordinary...
Information Theory
Coding Theorems for Discrete Memoryless Systems
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
Csiszár and Körner's book is widely regarded as a classic in the field of information theory, providing deep insights and expert treatment of the key theoretical issues. It includes in-depth coverage of the mathematics of reliable information transmission, both in two-terminal and multi-terminal...