L John: 890 books
by John Glasby, J.L. Powers
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
With the discovery of the hyperdrive, mankind at last possessed the means of going out to the stars. Four expeditions had already gone by the fine the fifth starship left Pluto for Vega. Carrying its complement of scientists and military personnel, they arrived at the solar system of Vega to find...
by Lisa Benton-Short, Raymond Blanton, Timothy J. Brown
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
US Public Memory, Rhetoric, and the National Mall examines “the nation’s front yard,” understanding it as both a public face the United States presents to the world and a site where its less apparent moral story is told. This book provides a uniquely thorough, interdisciplinary, and integrated...
by John L. Scherer
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1996
Vivid and entrancing, the images of Clifton Park contained within this volume span more than a century of memories. Residents of the area, both natives and newcomers, will find a strong connection with the faces and places presented. Rare photographs of Clifton Park, many never before published, provide...
by John L. Bradshaw
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
The last decade has seen an explosive burst of new information about human origins and our evolutionary status with respect to other species. We have long been considered unique as upright, bipedal creatures endowed with language, the ability to use tools, to think and introspect. We now know that...
Think Again
A Philosophical Approach to Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Contemporary education is held captive by an obsession with assessment. The culture of 'teaching-to-the-test' and 'spoon-feeding' has distorted the purpose of teaching and destroyed the joy of free enquiry.
This book offers practical advice on how to use philosophy as the cornerstone of a new...
The Dundurn Arctic Culture and Sovereignty Library
Pike's Portage/Death Wins in the Arctic/Arctic Naturalist/Arctic Obsession/Arctic Twilight/Arctic Front/Canoeing North Into the Unknown/Arctic Revolution/In the Shadow of the Pole/Voices From the Odeyak
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2014
This special bundle is your essential guide to all things concerning Canada’s polar regions, which make up the majority of Canada’s territory but are places most of us will never visit. The Arctic has played a key role in Canada’s history and in the history of the indigenous peoples of this...
Knowledge that Counts in a Global Community
Exploring the Contribution of Integrated Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
As the third millennium progresses, we are faced with increasing pressures relating to climate change and the sustainability of life on Earth. Concerned citizens are realizing that the responsibility to respond is both local and global. There is an increasing sense of urgency about the need to reform...
Uncertainty and Economic Evolution
Essays in Honour of Armen Alchian
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2005
The theory of the firm has recently undergone a dramatic transformation, drawing heavily on the pathbreaking work of Armen Alchian. This volume explores his contribution to the debate, including essays by Harold Demetz, Ben Klein, Jerry Jordan and Art Devany.
by Paula Allman, Estanislao Antelo, Ursula Apitzsch
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2002
Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) is one of the major social and political theorists of the 20th century whose work has had an enormous influence on several fields, including educational theory and practice. Gramsci and Education demonstrates the relevance of Antonio Gramsci's thought for contemporary educational...
by Ann Ferguson, Milton Fisk, John L. Hammond
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Taking Socialism Seriously raises essential questions about what socialism is and how socialists can reach it by addressing a long list of potential quandaries. The contributions compiled by Anatole Anton and Richard Schmitt describe how socialism differs from a reformed and more humane form of capitalism....
Seasonal Sector Trades
2014 Q1 Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
**Commodity Trader's Almanac is now Seasonal Sector Trades!
Strategies identifying the best-performing seasonal trades for the first quarter of 2014**
Seasonal tendencies and cycles provide a foundation for profitable trading. This edition of Seasonal Sector Trades contains trade ideas...
by Nora Lustig, Luis F. López-Calva, Subrata Mitra
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
Poverty reduction challenges in the twenty-first century are not the same as those from the previous century. The shift is due in no small part to climate change and climate-related weather disasters, such as extreme flood and drought. The magnitude and frequency of such events are only expected to...
The Social Movement Society
Contentious Politics for a New Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 1997
Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from...
by Ivan L. Pitt, John Randolph Norsworthy
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Economics of the U.S. Commercial Airline Industry: Productivity, Technology and Deregulation illustrates the impact of upstream technological change in capital goods (aircraft and aircraft engines) on demand, productivity, and cost reduction in the U.S. airline industry for the years 1970-1992. The...