Kelly L : 143 books
Enhancing Teacher Performance
A Toolbox of Strategies to Facilitate Moving Behavior from Problematic to Good and from Good to Great
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Exemplary schools have at their core outstanding principals and teachers. This book enables school leaders to enhance teacher performance to move from problematic to good or better yet, from good to great. Serving as a reference tool, the authors identify 38 common challenges or opportunities to use...
Legal but Corrupt
A New Perspective on Public Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
Labeling a person, institution or particular behavior as “corrupt” signals both political and moral disapproval and, in a functioning democracy, should stimulate inquiry, discussion, and, if the charge is well-founded, reform. This book argues, in a set of closely related chapters, that the political...
Insignia: Chinese Fantasy Stories
The Insignia Series, #2
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2019
INSIGNIA Vol.2 includes 7 Chinese fantasy stories with a mix of urban, literary, contemporary, myth-based, and historical fantasy pieces.
by Tia Silverthorne Bach, N.L. Greene, Jo Michaels
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there were zombies…That’s how it all started. Authors have created a major problem with stories like Cinder, The Dark Queen, and Asleep, and it’s wreaking havoc here in Ever After. Our queens are fighting for their lives.Rather like Mother...
Blood Moon Over D'Apocalypse
A Colt Jackson Thriller & Adventure Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Blood Moon Over D’Apocalypse takes the reader on an action-packed journey and introduces Commander Colt Jackson, a true American hero and Christian warrior, to the world at large.
Because of a devious and brilliant scheme against the United States, for the first time in history, the President must...
The Psychology of Marriage
An Evolutionary and Cross-Cultural View
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
From their location in the heart of Detroit, Michigan, the Weisfelds’ lab has reached out for thirty years to couples in long-term partnerships around the world. In living rooms of Detroit, London, Moscow, Beijing, and beyond, couples of all types and ages have shared their insights into adult romantic...
The Crux of Refugee Resettlement
Rebuilding Social Networks
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018
While the world’s refugee population reaches record high numbers, countries offering third-country resettlement are increasingly shifting toward policies of exclusion and austerity. This edited volume envisions a more humane future for refugee resettlement. Combining anthropology with a variety...
Engaging and Transforming Global Communication through Cultural Discourse Analysis
A Tribute to Donal Carbaugh
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Global communication can be difficult in the best of circumstances. The contributors in this book take seriously the premise that one can examine communication within specific global settings and scenes with the goal of ensuring that the meanings made among those within specific communities is more...
The Science of Cooking
Understanding the Biology and Chemistry Behind Food and Cooking
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Written as a textbook with an online laboratory manual for students and adopting faculties, this work is intended for non-science majors / liberal studies science courses and will cover a range of scientific principles of food, cooking and the science of taste and smell. Chapters include: The Science...
The Aging Networks, Ninth Edition
A Guide to Policy, Programs, and Services
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2018
Praise for the Eighth Edition:
“This small volume is not only an excellent learning tool, but also a "must-have" handbook for aging professionals in many fields.”
-Noreen A. Shugrue
Research Associate, University of Connecticut Center on Aging
Farmington, CT
Educational...
by Kelly R. Backus, Melissa L. Long
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
Penelope Padget killed her twin brother. Their suicide pact was the result of years of pain and anxiety and now she must face life without her closest confidant. Now she has to try to overcome her addictions to drugs, alcohol and self-mutilation while struggling through her final year of high school...
Tahn
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
In a dark, medieval land, good and evil battle it out. Trapped between his master's evil commands and his persistent conscience that tells him to do otherwise, Tahn Dorn finds himself in a twisting plot that threatens not only his life but also that of the lovely Netta. After kidnapping Netta from...
Scarlet Trefoil, The
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2007
The Trilett family and friends prepare for the joyous celebration of Tahn and Netta's wedding. Returning from a party in her honor, Netta is kidnapped, and her coachman and escorts are found murdered. It looks like the work of bandits, but Tahn is secretly sent a message that Netta will be released...
by John L. Cameron, MD, FACS
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Each year, Advances in Surgery reviews the most current practices in general surgery. A distinguished editorial board, headed by Dr. John Cameron, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites preeminent specialists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. These...