John J : 1441 books
The Samurai's Daughter
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2019
A tale of personal discovery, familial obligations, and competing cultural expectations is at the heart of this exciting sequel to The Samurai of Seville.
Soledad Maria, called Masako by her father, is a child of two worlds. Born in Seville in the seventeenth century, she is the daughter of a beloved...
Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 3
Animal health and welfare
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
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by John J. Kettlewell
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2008
Find your way down the Intracoastal Waterway between the Chesapeake Bay and Florida
The Intracoastal Waterway Chartbook provides a complete set of navigational charts (a $350 value) for the 1,090-mile ICW from Norfolk to Miami, as well as major Atlantic inlets, in a single, easy-to-use $70...
Ghost in the Ranks
Forgotten Voices & Military Mental Health
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Operational Stress Injuries and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are among the possible consequences facing members of the Canadian military. Unlike the potential physical consequences of dangerous deployments, psychological injuries are not always apparent. Military members are taught a mental...
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by John J. McGrath
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Includes nine maps and one photo illustration
Following World War II, the War Department Historical Division in 1946 published Small Unit Actions, the study of some discrete battles drawn from three different theaters of war...Nearly 20 years later, toward the end of American combat in Vietnam, the...
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by John J. McGrath
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Illustrated with 60 maps, plans and diagrams
Reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance are battlefield missions as old as military history itself and missions for which many armies have created specialized units to perform. In most cases, these units were trained, equipped, and used differently from...
by John J Eddleston
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Tangmere Airfield had a prominent role in the Air War from 1916 onwards and many local men joined the Royal Sussex Regiment. This book looks at how the experience of war impacted on the town, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German Kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization...
Narrative Identity, Autonomy, and Mortality
From Frankfurt and MacIntyre to Kierkegaard
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
In the last two decades, interest in narrative conceptions of identity has grown exponentially, though there is little agreement about what a "life-narrative" might be. In connecting Kierkegaard with virtue ethics, several scholars have recently argued that narrative models of selves and MacIntyre's...
Louis XIV and the parlements
The assertion of royal authority
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
The first scholarly study of the political and economic relationship between Louis XIV and the parlements of France, the Parlement of Paris and all the provincial tribunals, calling into question current revisionist understanding of Louis XIV.
This Great Symbol
Pierre de Coubertin and the Origins of the Modern Olympic Games
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This Great Symbol is the definitive study of the origins of the modern Olympic Games and of their founder, Pierre de Coubertin, whose ideological stamp the Olympics still bear. Behind this fascinating blend of biography and history lies an impressive framework of cultural, social, and psychological...
by John J. Stuhr
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by John J. Pilch
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
The fifty-six essays in this book present cultural reflections on the gospel reading assigned for each Sunday in Cycle B of the Roman Lectionary. Each essay highlights aspects of the first-century, Eastern Mediterranean cultural world in which Jesus lived and suggests across-cultural comparison with...
Beyond Doubt
Four Steps to Inner Peace
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2009
How long has it been since you held a negative thought and responded in a critical way? Think carefully. Consider all situations: a traffic jam, a slow computer, an unfriendly neighbor, a demeaning boss, a loss of money, an excessive bill, a headache, a defective purchase, a stubbed toe, a challenging...
Conducting Student-Driven Interviews
Practical Strategies for Increasing Student Involvement and Addressing Behavior Problems
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
This user-friendly book equips school practitioners with practical skills and strategies for conducting student-driven interviews—conversations that invite students of all ages to take charge of school-behavior problems and build solutions based on their own strengths and resources. In contrast...