L J Taylor: 27 books
Theology and Public Philosophy
Four Conversations
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
This volume brings together eminent theologians, philosophers and political theorists to discuss the relevance of theology and theologically grounded moral reflection to contemporary America’s public life and argument. Avoiding the focus on hot-button issues, shrill polemics, and sloganeering that...
Faculty Success through Mentoring
A Guide for Mentors, Mentees, and Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2009
Few things are more essential to the success of an academic institution than vital faculty members. This book is a rich combination of findings from the literature and practical tools, which together assist academic leaders and faculty in implementing and participating in a successful formal mentoring...
by Stella Wilkinson, Sibel Hodge, Zelah Meyer
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
The Indie Author Potluck Cookbook is a privately operated charity project designed to raise funds and awareness for the Food Bank of South Jersey. All contributors to this collection have donated their time and recipes in support of the project. This cookbook features a true "potluck" feel...
Book Bites 6
Book Bites, #6
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Give yourself a summertime treat. Get this sampler of romantic suspense chapters and choose your next favorite author. Masters of the genre introduce you to compelling characters like a French Count, a navy pilot, star-crossed lovers, FBI hostage negotiators, terrorist victims, and more. Plus, drop...
Transformative Conversations
A Guide to Mentoring Communities Among Colleagues in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Praise for Transformative Conversations
"In the 'superstorm' of writings about the crisis in higher education this little gem of a book stands out like a mindfulness bell. It calls us back to the only thing that truly matters—the energy and wisdom buried in the minds and hearts of dedicated...
Waves of Protest
Social Movements Since the Sixties
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 1999
This book updates and adds to the classic Social Movements of the Sixties and Seventies, showing how social movement theory has grown and changed_from an earlier emphasis on collective behavior, to the resource mobilization approach, and currently to analyses that emphasize culture, ideology, and...
by Olek C Zienkiewicz, Robert L Taylor, J.Z. Zhu
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013
The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals offers a complete introduction to the basis of the finite element method, covering fundamental theory and worked examples in the detail required for readers to apply the knowledge to their own engineering problems and understand more advanced applications.
This...
Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education
Contemporary Issues and Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Reflecting on Service-Learning in Higher Education: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives examines forms of pedagogy such as service-learning, experiential learning, and problem-based learning in order to determine how students make connections between and among abstract academic concepts and real-life...
Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality
Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2005
Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions provides a forum for prominent religious scholars to examine the state of religious knowledge and theological reflection on spiritual development in childhood and adolescence. Featuring essays from thinkers...
Communication and the Work-Life Balancing Act
Intersections across Identities, Genders, and Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
Communication and the Work-Life Balancing Act: Intersections across Identities, Genders, and Cultures offers scholarly research related to work-life balance in today’s environment, with a particular focus on the fields of communication and gender studies. The chapters examine the choices, challenges,...
by Olek C Zienkiewicz, Robert L Taylor, J.Z. Zhu
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2005
The Sixth Edition of this influential best-selling book delivers the most up-to-date and comprehensive text and reference yet on the basis of the finite element method (FEM) for all engineers and mathematicians. Since the appearance of the first edition 38 years ago, The Finite Element Method provides...
Bullheaded Black Remembers Alexander
The Story of Alexander the Great's Invasion of the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2006
Before there was Islam, there was Alexander. Before there was Christianity, there was Alexander. This is the story of Alexander the Great's invasion of the Middle East and of his astonishing effort to unite the civilized world under a central government designed to promote peace and international...
Thinning Films and Tribological Interfaces
Proceedings of the 26th Leeds-Lyon Symposium
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
This collection of fully peer-reviewed papers were presented at the 26th Leeds-Lyon Tribology Symposium which was held in Leeds, UK, 14-17 September, 1999.
The Leeds-Lyon Symposia on Tribology were launched in 1974, and the large number of references to original work published in the Proceedings over...
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