Jeffrey S : 196 books
Best Practices for Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning
Connecting to Psychology and the Social Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2011
The use of technology and teaching techniques derived from technology is currently a bourgeoning topic in higher education. Teachers at all levels and types of institutions want to know how these new technologies will affect what happens in and outside of the classroom. Many teachers have already...
by Jeffrey R. S. Brownson
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2013
Solar energy conversion requires a different mind-set from traditional energy engineering in order to assess distribution, scales of use, systems design, predictive economic models for fluctuating solar resources, and planning to address transient cycles and social adoption. Solar Energy Conversion...
by Charles S. White, Linda B. Haramati, Joseph Jen-Sho Chen
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Based on the learning goals of the Society of Thoracic Radiology Curriculum in Cardiac Radiology, Cardiac Imaging presents core knowledge that must be learned to accurately and effectively interpret cardiac imaging studies. This book imparts essential facts about all imaging modalities and the basics...
Handbook of Mango Fruit
Production, Postharvest Science, Processing Technology and Nutrition
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Written by noted experts in the field, Handbook of Mango Fruit: Production, Postharvest Science, Processing Technology and Nutrition offers a comprehensive resource regarding the production, trade, and consumption of this popular tropical fruit. The authors review the geographic areas where the fruit...
The Civil War in Georgia
A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia’s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in...
by George Alecusan, John E. Alvis, Donald R. Brand
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists,...
The Lovecraftian Poe
Essays on Influence, Reception, Interpretation, and Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
H.P. Lovecraft, one of the twentieth century’s most important writers in the genre of horror fiction, famously referred to Edgar Allan Poe as both his “model” and his “God of Fiction.” While scholars and readers of Poe’s and Lovecraft’s work have long recognized the connection between...
Libya's Post-Qaddafi Transition
The Nation-Building Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
A year after Qaddafi's death, the light-footprint approach adopted for Libya's postwar transition is facing its most serious test. Security, the political transition, and economic development all present challenges. But if Libya's transitional authorities and the international community handle this...
Water in Kentucky
Natural History, Communities, and Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
Home to sprawling Appalachian forests, rolling prairies, and the longest cave system in the world, Kentucky is among the most ecologically diverse states in the nation. Lakes, rivers, and springs have shaped and nourished life in the Commonwealth for centuries, and water has played a pivotal role...
by Agnon, S.Y., Saks
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
This collection of S.Y. Agnon’s short stories, published in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his Nobel Prize in Literature, surveys the major theme in his writing: the epic transformations in the life of the Jewish people – both in Europe and in the Land of Israel. In new and revised translations,...
by George S. Boolos, John P. Burgess, Richard C. Jeffrey
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2007
Computability and Logic has become a classic because of its accessibility to students without a mathematical background and because it covers not simply the staple topics of an intermediate logic course, such as Godel's incompleteness theorems, but also a large number of optional topics, from Turing's...
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...
China’s Incomplete Military Transformation
Assessing the Weaknesses of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2015
Through extensive primary source analysis and independent analysis, this report seeks to answer a number of important questions regarding the state of China’s armed forces. The authors found that the PLA is keenly aware of its many weaknesses and is vigorously striving to correct them. Although...
by Jeffrey B. Halter, Joseph G. Ouslander, Stephanie Studenski
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
The gold-standard text on the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the elderly – completely updated with a new full-color presentation
A Doody's Core Title for 2019!
The definitive treatise on the subject of geriatrics, this comprehensive text combines gerontology principles...