James Walker: 122 books
Higher Education as a Bridge to the Future
Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents, with Reflections on the Future of Higher Education by Dr. J. Michael Adams
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
This volume assembles the papers, presentations, and speeches from the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) held in Oxfordshire in 2015. This book is a companion volume to the proceedings of the 1965 inaugural meeting of IAUP, also published by...
Root Cause Analysis Handbook
A Guide to Efficient and Effective Incident Investigation
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Are you trying to improve performance, but find that the same problems keep getting in the way? Safety, health, environmental quality, reliability, production, and security are at stake. You need the long-term planning that will keep the same issues from recurring. Root Cause Analysis Handbook: A...
The Twenty-First-Century Media Industry
Economic and Managerial Implications in the Age of New Media
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
The Twenty-First-Century Media Industry: Economic and Managerial Implications in the Age of New Media examines the role that new media technologies are having on the traditional media industry from a media management perspective. Consumer behaviors and consumer expectations are being shaped by new...
by Peter M. Blau, Thomas J. Fararo, Jack A. Goldstone
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Written by eminent sociologists, this book introduces and assesses some of the most influential, recent sociological theories. Each chapter explains the theory and describes a related program of empirical research. Chapters are authored by the actual founders (and/or leading exponents) of these theoretical...
by Rigoberto González, Zeina Hashem Beck, Sherwin Bitsui
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and remains prescient in the digital age by providing readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats....
Fall of the Musketeers
Sherlock Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
William Gillette in real life brought Sir Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes to the theater stage in over 1300 plays. Gillette in real life often took on the persona of Sherlock and this story portays him switching to and from Sherlock. Fall of the Musketeers is a fast moving historical detective mystery...
Flowers Bloom on Broadway
Sherlock Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
Times around 1900 where marked by heavy steel coal fired steam engines, wood heated drafty homes, horses worked the fields, and whaling was at its apex. Electricity, phones and automobiles were rare and only available to wealthy. Everyone worked hard and often died early. Entertainment for those that...
Mother Time
Women, Aging, and Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2000
This collection of original essays opens up a novel area of inquiry: the distinctively ethical dimension of women's experiences of aging. Fifteen distinguished contributors here explore assumptions, experiences, practices, and public policies that affect women's well-being and dignity in later life....
Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization
Exploring the Fandemonium
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Identity and socialization among sports fans are burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of scholars in the social sciences and beyond. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, is an eclectic collection of new studies from...
Virtue and the Moral Life
Theological and Philosophical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Virtue and the Moral Life brings together distinguished philosophers and theologians with younger scholars of consummate promise to produce ten essays that engage both academics and students of ethics. The volume explores the role virtues play in identifying the good life and the good society with special reference to family ethics, public responsibilities, and interreligious dialogue.
Moral Psychology
Feminist Ethics and Social Theory
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2004
Moral psychology studies the features of cognition, judgement, perception, and emotion that make human beings capable of moral action. Perspectives from feminist and race theory immensely enrich moral psychology. Writers who take these perspectives ask questions about mind, feeling, and action in...
by Aubrey W. Bonnett, Calvin B. Holder, Fitzroy André Baptiste
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Continuing Perspectives on the Black Diaspora is a response to a 1990 publication that studied the persistence and resilience of black (African) diasporic populations in the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, and the United Kingdom. In that book, the authors used the themes of persistence and...
by Lenore E.A. Walker, James M. Pann, David L. Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
This timely brief resource introduces a new evidence-based model for treatment of mentally ill individuals in jails, with emphasis on community-based options. Forensic mental health experts review police alternatives to arresting mentally ill persons in confrontations, the efficacy of problem-solving...
by Lonely Planet, Korina Miller, Kate Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Lonely Planet's Discover Canada is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Hit the ski slopes at Whistler, wander Quebec's stunning Old Town, marvel at Niagara...