John Murphy: 88 books
The Roots of Football Hooliganism (RLE Sports Studies)
An Historical and Sociological Study
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
This systematic historical and sociological study of the phenomenon of football hooliganism examines the history of crowd disorderliness at association football matches in Britain and assesses both popular and academic explanations of the problem. The authors’ study starts in the 1880s, when professional...
The Search for Mabila
The Decisive Battle between Hernando de Soto and Chief Tascalusa
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2009
One of the most profound events in sixteenth-century North America was a ferocious battle between the Spanish army of Hernando de Soto and a larger force of Indian warriors under the leadership of a feared chieftain named Tascalusa. The site of this battle was a small fortified border town within...
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...
Community-Based Interventions
Philosophy and Action
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
For decades, community-centered social services have been promoted as an admirable ideal. Yet the concept of decentralized services delivered where people live has proved to be an elusive ideal as well, with the promise of empowerment often giving way to disinterest and apathy.
Community-Based...
The Evolving Dimensions of International Law
Hard Choices for the World Community
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2010
This book examines recent developments in sources of public international law, such as treaties and custom operating among nations in their mutual relations, as well as developments in some of the primary rules of law international institutions created by these processes. It finds that public international...
by Roland E. Murphy, Bruce M. Metzger, David Allen Hubbard
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and...
by Roland E. Murphy, David Allen Hubbard, Glenn W. Barker
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and...
by John M. Vance, Fouad Y. Zeidan, Brian G. Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2010
An in-depth analysis of machine vibration in rotating machinery
Whether it's a compressor on an offshore platform, a turbocharger in a truck or automobile, or a turbine in a jet airplane, rotating machinery is the driving force behind almost anything that produces or uses energy. Counted on...
by Jean A Pardeck, John W Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Examine issues of vital importance to you and your disabled clients-today and in the years to come!
This groundbreaking text provides you with up-to-date, authoritative information that will prove to be of critical importance for disability professionals in the coming years. It will leave you...
Hooligans Abroad (RLE Sports Studies)
The Behaviour and Control of English Fans in Continental Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
This book traces international developments in the hooligan phenomenon since the Heysel tragedy of 1985. The authors make special reference to the troubled European championships in West Germany in 1988 and look critically at political responses to the problem. The authors used ‘participant observation’...
by Jean A Pardeck, John W Murphy, Charles Longino
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Reason and Rationality in Health and Human Services Delivery is the first book to discuss the topic of decisionmaking and services from a multidisciplinary approach. It uses theory and social considerations, not just technology, as a basis for improved services. Health and human service students and...
Brief Intervention for School Problems, Second Edition
Outcome-Informed Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2010
Every interaction with a young person who is struggling is an opportunity for change. This highly practical guide helps school practitioners find effective solutions to academic and behavioral problems through brief counseling. It shows how to build on the ideas and resources that students, parents,...
Computational Electromagnetics and Model-Based Inversion
A Modern Paradigm for Eddy-Current Nondestructive Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2013
This volume will define the direction of eddy-current technology in nondestructive evaluation (NDE) in the twenty-first century. It describes the natural marriage of the computer to eddy-current NDE, and its publication was encouraged by favorable responses from workers in the nuclear-power and aerospace...