L B : 937 books
The Taste of American Place
A Reader on Regional and Ethnic Foods
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
Tracing the intertwined roles of food, ethnicity, and regionalism in the construction of American identity, this textbook examines the central role food plays in our lives. Drawing on a range of disciplines_including sociology, anthropology, folklore, geography, history, and nutrition_the editors...
by L.C.B. Seaman
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
This comprehensive survey of English history during the first half of the twentieth century has three main themes: the political and social consequences of the replacement of the Liberal Party by the Labour Party; the continuous development of the welfare state; and the changes in England’s imperial...
Amish Grace
How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2010
On Monday morning, October 2, 2006, a gunman entered a one-room Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. In front of twenty-five horrified pupils, thirty-two-year-old Charles Roberts ordered the boys and the teacher to leave. After tying the legs of the ten remaining girls, Roberts prepared to...
by B. L. Coombes
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Coombes' title These Poor Hands first published in 1939, was an instant best-seller, catapulting the author to the forefront of proletarian writers. Coombes was born in England, but he lived for a large part of his in the Vale of Neath, South Wales, and as the economic problems of the 30s worsened,...
Floodplains
Processes and Management for Ecosystem Services
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Floodplains provides an overview of floodplains and their management in temperate regions. It synthesizes decades of research on floodplain ecosystems, explaining hydrologic, geomorphic, and ecological processes and how under appropriate management these processes can provide benefits to society...
Let's Talk About HIV
Compiled With Unlimited Resources
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Let’s face it, talking about life with HIV sucks, but it must be done in order to live longer. So, why not gain the facts, you need to make life much easier, and invest in understanding how to talk about your HIV diagnosis with others, especially your sexual partners.And to help you achieve this...
The Amish Way
Patient Faith in a Perilous World
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2010
A sensitive and realistic look at the spiritual life and practices of the Amish
This second book by the authors of the award-winning Amish Grace sheds further light on the Amish, this time on their faith, spirituality, and spiritual practices. They interpret the distinctive practices of the...
Applied Christian Ethics
Foundations, Economic Justice, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Applied Christian Ethics addresses selected themes in Christian social ethics. The book is divided in three parts. In the first section, “Foundation,” several contributors reveal their Christian realist roots and discuss the prophetic origins and multifarious agenda of social ethics. Thus, the...
The Indian Parliament
A Democracy at Work
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
The Parliament is the visible face of democracy in India. It is the epicentre of political life, public institutions of great verve, and a regime of Rights. In a first-of-its-kind study, this book delves into the lived experience of the Indian Parliament by focusing on three distinct phases—the...
Social Networking and Impression Management
Self-Presentation in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Social Networking and Impression Management: Self-Presentation in the Digital Age, edited by Carolyn Cunningham, provides original research on key issues in the field of identity management and social networking sites. The contributors to this volume draw on current research in the field and offer...
by A. L. Shillinglaw, B. W. Hale
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
Published in 2003, ' Bradman Revisited ' received favourable publicity. This updated version with Supplement offers further support towards having his form of development and ' Rotary' batting style understood and accepted.Bradman's mastery of bowling and Test Match average of 99.94 is considerably higher...
by B. L. S. Prakasa Rao
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Stochastic processes are widely used for model building in the social, physical, engineering and life sciences as well as in financial economics. In model building, statistical inference for stochastic processes is of great importance from both a theoretical and an applications point of view.
This...
Political Communication
The Manship School Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
A new era of political power has arrived, one in which the social media forces of Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter indisputably play a larger role in the political process. In this revised and expanded edition of Political Communication: The Manship School Guide, edited by Robert Mann and David D. Perlmutter,...
Engagement by Design
Creating Learning Environments Where Students Thrive
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2017
Engaging Students for Success Through Purposeful Design
Every teacher wants engaged students. No student wants to be bored. So why isn’t every classroom teeming with discussion and activity centered on the day’s learning expectations?
Engagement by Design gives you a framework...