Jennifer: 8341 books
Allies or Adversaries
NGOs and the State in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Governments throughout the developing world have witnessed a proliferation of non-governmental, non-profit organizations (NGOs) providing services like education, healthcare and piped drinking water in their territory. In Allies or Adversaries, Jennifer N. Brass explains how these NGOs have changed...
by Jennifer Smith, AGI Creative Team
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
Quickly learn Adobe Photoshop CC with this book and lesson files - updated for CC 2018
Adobe Photoshop is the industry leading image-editing program for designers, web developers, and photographers. The newest version of Photoshop CC (Creative Cloud) includes more great tools to manage and...
by Jennifer Prah Ruger
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2009
Societies make decisions and take actions that profoundly impact the distribution of health. Why and how should collective choices be made, and policies implemented, to address health inequalities under conditions of resource scarcity? How should societies conceptualize and measure health disparities,...
Effective DevOps
Building a Culture of Collaboration, Affinity, and Tooling at Scale
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Some companies think that adopting devops means bringing in specialists or a host of new tools. With this practical guide, you’ll learn why devops is a professional and cultural movement that calls for change from inside your organization. Authors Ryn Daniels and Jennifer Davis provide several approaches...
It Still Takes A Candidate
Why Women Don’t Run for Office
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2010
It Still Takes A Candidate serves as the only systematic, nationwide empirical account of the manner in which gender affects political ambition. Based on data from the Citizen Political Ambition Panel Study, a national survey conducted of almost 3,800 'potential candidates' in 2001 and a second survey...
The New Mom's Survival Guide
How to Reclaim Your Body, Your Health, Your Sanity and Your Sex Life After Having a Baby
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2008
*Why can’t I lose the extra weight?
Why am I shedding like my pet golden retriever?
I’m just too tired to have sex— and it hurts. What should I do?
How can I tell the difference between the “baby blues” and a real depression?
Why am I having so many fights with...
Managerial Communication
Strategies and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2018
A Practical, Strategic Approach to Managerial Communication
Managerial Communication: Strategies and Applications focuses on communication skills and strategies that managers need to be successful in today’s workplace. Known for its holistic overview of communication, solid research base,...
Climate Savvy
Adapting Conservation and Resource Managemto a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010
Climate change demands a change in how we envision, prioritize, and implemconservation and managemof natural resources. Addressing threats posed by climate change cannot be simply an afterthought or an addendum, but must be integrated into the very framework of how we conceive of and conduct conservation...
The Joy of Keeping Chickens
The Ultimate Guide to Raising Poultry for Fun or Profit
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Finally backyard farmers who want to keep a few hens for eggs have a bible that's attractive enough to leave out on the coffee table, and inexpensive enough to purchase on a whim. This comprehensive guide, written in charming prose from the perspective of an organic farmer, will appeal to readers...
by Jennifer Lynne Matthews - Fairbanks
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2011
The Bare Essentials series is an invaluable resource for anyone entering into the field of lingerie design. This volume summarizes the basics of underwear design, from sewing and construction to drafting and pattern grading; introducing these subjects in a manageable capacity. Bare Essentials is organized...
by Jennifer Sampou
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Stitch a scrap-friendly quilt and pillow inspired by Jennifer Sampou's travels to Thailand. Pair paper-pieced and appliquéd motifs with a background of easy-to-sew strips. Gender-neutral and customizable, this artistically modern design is a definite showpiece. The full-size pattern includes complete...
Framing Fat
Competing Constructions in Contemporary Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
According to public health officials, obesity poses significant health risks and has become a modern-day epidemic. A closer look at this so-called epidemic, however, suggests that there are multiple perspectives on the fat body, not all of which view obesity as a health hazard.
Alongside public...
Working with Multimodality
Rethinking Literacy in a Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
In today’s digital world, we have multiple modes of meaning-making: sounds, images, hypertexts. Yet, within literacy education, even ‘new’ literacies, we know relatively little about how to work with and produce modally complex texts.
In Working with Multimodality, Jennifer Rowsell...
by Jennifer Mittelstadt
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
After Vietnam the army promised its all-volunteer force a safety net long reserved for career soldiers: medical and dental care, education, child care, financial counseling, housing assistance, legal services. Jennifer Mittelstadt shows how this unprecedented military welfare system expanded at a time when civilian programs were being dismantled.