Joseph L : 310 books
Five Practices for Improving the Success of Latino Students
A Guide for Secondary School Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Based on the work of real leaders and educators in high-performing, urban schools across the country, this book unpacks five key practices that are integral to improving achievement and postsecondary outcomes for Latino students. These inspiring stories affirm that excellence and equity are possible...
by Joseph K. Heumann, Robin L. Murray
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
In Ecocinema in the City, Murray and Heumann argue that urban ecocinema both reveals and critiques visions of urban environmentalism. The book emphasizes the increasingly transformative power of nature in urban settings, explored in both documentaries and fictional films such as Children Underground,...
Naphthalenediimide and its Congeners
From Molecules to Materials
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
The past decade has seen significant advances in naphthalenediimide and rylene diimide chemistry. This book discusses the recent advances in this field, and highlights potential and real applications for the molecules. Such applications include organic photovoltaics, anion-slides, DNA binders, and...
by J. Peter Rubin, Jeffrey L. Sebastian, Joseph F. Capella
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Are you among the tens of thousands of people who have lost a dramatic amount of weight? If so, congratulations! You did it! Those years of struggling and failed diets are behind you. Perhaps you did it through weight loss surgery. Or, perhaps it was through diet and exercise. Either way, you have...
How Celebrity Lives Affect Our Own
Understanding the Impact on Americans’ Public and Private Lives
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
Famous: How Celebrity Lives Affect Our Own explores the effects celebrities have on their impressionable audience's lives, from copycat suicides, to postfeminist hypersexuality, to taking questionable celebrity health advice, and more. Celebrity advocacy and philanthropy are analyzed as contributors...
Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools
A Guide for School and Classroom Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
Discover the teaching practices that make the biggest difference in student performance! The new edition of this practical, research-based book gives leaders and teachers an even closer look at instructional practices from top award-winning urban schools. With refreshed examples from high-performing...
The Princess and the Pterodactyls
A Weird/Funny Novella
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
In a vaguely medieval setting, a hardboiled and bookish young princess dreams of a daring escape from her stupid wedding. The plan involves precision timing, punching, and of course, a swarm of pterodactyls. A heartwarmingly ridiculous story of revenge, weird cults, temporal anomalies, warrior ghosts,...
by Lisa M. Halvorson, Barbara L. Hoffman, John O Schorge
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
The only gynecology textbook to combine a comprehensive medical reference and a full color surgical atlas in one beautifully illustrated volume
A Doody's Core Title for 2017!
Williams Gynecology, Third Edition is specifically designed as a practical quick-reference guide for practicing...
Feldspar Minerals
Volume 1 Crystal Structures, Physical, Chemical, and Microtextural Properties
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Remarks by JVS. Volumes 1 and 2 of Feldspar Minerals were published in 1974, but Volume 3 was not completed because I was forced to devote 3 years to the resolution of unforeseen problems in the construction of an ion probe. By 1977, the incomplete draft for Volume 3 had become obsolete because of...
by Robert L. Mott, Joseph A. Untener
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
APPLIED STRENGTH OF MATERIALS 6/e, SI Units Version provides coverage of basic strength of materials for students in Engineering Technology (4-yr and 2-yr) and uses only SI units. Emphasizing applications, problem solving, design of structural members, mechanical devices and systems, the book has...
Modern Devices
The Simple Physics of Sophisticated Technology
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Focuses on the common recurring physical principles behind sophisticated modern devices
This book discusses the principles of physics through applications of state-of-the-art technologies and advanced instruments. The authors use diagrams, sketches, and graphs coupled with equations and mathematical...
The Clinical Exchange
Techniques Derived from Self and Motivational Systems
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
In this practical sequel to the same authors' Self and Motivational Systems (TAP, 1992), Lichtenberg, Lachmann, and Fosshage offer ten principles of technique to guide the clinical exchange. These principles, which pertain equally to exploratory psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, integrate the findings...
Sex-Offender Therapy
A "How-To" Workbook for Therapists Treating Sexually Aggressive Adults, Adolescents, and Children
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Groundbreaking information for treating sex offenders
Sexual abuse, sexual addiction, and sexual offending have become a significant clinical problem. Successfully treating these disorders is the first step toward preventing future victims. Sex-Offender Therapy is a practical workbook for clinicians...
by Jill M. Kolesar, Marie A. Chisholm-Burns, Terry L. Schwinghammer
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Learn the essential principles of pharmacotherapy and how they apply to today’s healthcare.
Content derived from Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 8e, the field’s most respected reference
Chapters will be peer-reviewed by both nurse practitioners and pharmacy professors
Easy-to-follow...