John Black: 45 books
Media Matters
Race & Gender in U.S. Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Now, more than 20 years since its initial release, John Fiske’s classic text Media Matters remains both timely and insightful as an empirically rich examination of how the fierce battle over cultural meaning is negotiated in American popular culture.
Media Matters takes us to the heart of...
Der silberne Schwan
Roman
Language: German
Release Date: February 15, 2012
"Man erliegt dem zwielichtigen Charme Nachkriegs-Dublins und riecht förmlich den Zigarettenrauch und das irische Bier." Times Literary Supplement Der unnachahmliche Quirke kehrt zurück – in einem neuen Roman von John Banville alias Benjamin Black, in dem der Pathologe durch einen dubiosen...
Eine Frau verschwindet
Kriminalroman aus Dublin
Language: German
Release Date: August 16, 2012
Ein fesselnder und spannender Whodunit" Publishers Weekly Die junge Ärztin April ist verschwunden. Ihre Freunde machen sich Sorgen, denn es sieht ihr so gar nicht ähnlich, sich tagelang nicht zu melden. Ist April etwas zugestoßen?Während der Pathologe Quirke, der bereits in den ersten beiden Kriminalromanen...
Understanding Scripture
An Overview of the Bible's Origin, Reliability, and Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Originally featured as articles in the ESV Study Bible, these eighteen essays have been repurposed and republished in a convenient format. Covering a diverse range of essential subjects, including how to read the Bible well and why it is reliable, the essays delve into specific topics such as world...
Cornbread Nation 7
The Best of Southern Food Writing
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
How does Southern food look from the outside? The form is caught in constantly dueling stereotypes: It’s so often imagined as either the touchingly down-home feast or the heartstopping health scourge of a nation. But as any Southern transplant will tell you once they’ve spent time in the region,...
by John M. Riddle, Winston Black
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
This clear and comprehensive text covers the Middle Ages from the classical era to the late medieval period. Distinguished historian John Riddle provides a cogent analysis of the rulers, wars, and events—both natural and human—that defined the medieval era. Taking a broad geographical perspective,...
Applied Ethics in Mental Health Care
An Interdisciplinary Reader
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
Discussions of key ethical dilemmas in mental health care, including consent, trauma and violence, addiction, confidentiality, and therapeutic boundaries.
This book discusses some of the most critical ethical issues in mental health care today, including the moral dimensions of addiction, patient...
One Horn to Rule Them All
A Purple Unicorn Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Unicorns, with their single ivory horn, are elusive and magical creatures of myth. Yet even more elusive are the purple unicorns.
First sighted at the Superstars Writing Seminar, their legend has grown year after year until it could only be contained in this anthology. Nineteen storytellers,...
South Carolina Women
Their Lives and Times
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Covering an era from the early twentieth century to the present, this volume features twenty-seven South Carolina women of varied backgrounds whose stories reflect the ever-widening array of activities and occupations in which women were engaged in a transformative era that included depression, world...
by D. A. DeCuzzi, Abbey Sweeny, Amy Frischmann
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Come join us in a world where your fun, lovable holiday icons are transformed into twisted little horror fables for you to enjoy. Between presidents becoming zombies, Uncle Sam becoming a vampire, Cupid represented as hellspawn bent on ruining love, and many more, this collection is a hellish good time....
by Heidi Zojer, John Klapper, Ruth Whittle
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Modern German Grammar Workbook, Third Edition, is an innovative book of exercises and language tasks for intermediate and advanced learners of German. The book is divided into three sections: Section 1 provides exercises based on essential grammatical structures. Section 2 practises everyday functions...
Charles H. Houston
An Interdisciplinary Study of Civil Rights Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
This study seeks to examine the life and work of Charles Hamilton Houston and the scope of this project will focus on the implementation and organization of the proposed plan in three ways: philosophical ideas, constructive engagement, and lasting contributions of this legal scholar activist. When...
Improving Learning How to Learn
Classrooms, Schools and Networks
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2007
Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning. Whilst this is widely acknowledged by teachers, they have lacked a rich professional knowledge base from which they can teach their pupils how to learn.
This book makes a major contribution to the creation of such a professional...
Reaching a Generation for Christ
A Comprehensive Guide to Youth Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 1997
Things have changed. The Truth has not. The 1950's are gone forever. The days of the Sunday school attendance award and the much-loved Sunday school picnic have faded into oblivion. Yet some youth ministries still operate as if today's kids are living in a vacuum, unaffected by the changing morals...