Laura Davis: 26 books

Book cover of Human Subjects Research Regulation

Human Subjects Research Regulation

Perspectives on the Future

by Amy L. Davis, Elisa A. Hurley, Rosamond Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014

Experts from different disciplines offer novel ideas for improving research oversight and protection of human subjects. The current framework for the regulation of human subjects research emerged largely in reaction to the horrors of Nazi human experimentation, revealed at the Nuremburg trials,...
Book cover of F is for Fairy
by Rhonda Parrish (editor), Pete Aldin, Steve Bornstein
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019

“Anyone who believes that faeries are wee, golden-haired creatures with dragon-fly wings and sweet intentions has never met a real faerie.” –Suzanne J. Willis, “A Silver Thread Between Worlds” Retellings of familiar favourites from new perspectives, and brand new tales share the pages...
Book cover of Sustainability Planning and Collaboration in Rural Canada
by Donald Alexander, Kirstine Baccar, Michael Barr
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016

Rural communities, often the first indicators of economic downturns, play an important role in planning for development and sustainability. Increasingly, these communities are compelled to reimagine the paths that lead not only to economic success, but also to the cultural, social, environmental,...
Book cover of Margaret Laurence Writes Africa and Canada
by Laura K. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017

Part One: Writing About Africa Chapter One: Conflicts of Culture in The Prophet’s Camel Bell and This Side Jordan Laura K. Davis Examines how Laurence’s ambivalent position as a Canadian woman in Africa manifests in her memoir about Africa, The Prophet’s Camel Bell, and...
Book cover of Peixe-elétrico #06
by Arcadio Díaz-Quiñones, Angela Davis, Aziz Ab'Sáber
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: December 3, 2016

No ensaio "Sobre os princípios", ARCADIO DÍAZ-QUIÑONES pensa a respeito das relações dos escritores e intelectuais com a tradição, ou seja, como a imaginaram e como falam dela. Os editores da Peixe-elétrico e Pedro Meira Monteiro também entrevistam o intelectual porto-riquenho....
Book cover of The Expert's Guide to Weight-Loss Surgery

The Expert's Guide to Weight-Loss Surgery

Is it right for me? What happens during surgery? How do I keep the weight off?

by Garth Davis, Laura Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2008

**An indispensible guide to weight-loss surgery written by a leading bariatric surgeon Today, an estimated 44 million Americans suffer from obesity. For one in five Americans, diet and exercise simply don't work. Luckily, weight-loss surgeries offer a realistic solution that can help people...
Book cover of The Civil War in Georgia

The Civil War in Georgia

A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion

by Albert Churella, Barton A. Myers, Brad Wood
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011

Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia’s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in...
Book cover of Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume
by Jennifer OConnell, Meg Cabot, Beth Kendrick
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007

"I wonder if Judy Blume really knows how many girls' lives she affected. I wonder if she knows that at least one of her books made a grown woman finally feel like she'd been a normal girl all along..." —from Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume Whether...
Book cover of The Guerrilla Hunters

The Guerrilla Hunters

Irregular Conflicts during the Civil War

by Daniel E. Sutherland, Adam Domby, Andrew Fialka
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017

Throughout the Civil War, irregular warfare—including the use of hit-and-run assaults, ambushes, and raiding tactics—thrived in localized guerrilla fights within the Border States and the Confederate South. The Guerrilla Hunters offers a comprehensive overview of the tactics, motives, and actors...
Book cover of Learning From the Master: Living a Surrendered Life
by Laura J. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012

A Study Guide Based on the Award-Winning Novel Come to Me Are you sold out for Christ? Would you do anything He asks you to do? Many people believe they are living fully surrendered lives to God, but when the worries of this world start to crowd in, they cry out in frustration and anger instead of bowing...
Book cover of Dread Naught but Time

Dread Naught but Time

Scribes Divided Anthology, Vol 2: Short Stories

by Scribes Divided, Trond E. Hildahl, Jennifer Worrell
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018

The unshakable specter of Time hovers over each of the 26 tales in Scribes Divided’s second anthology. Brought to you by a collective of accomplished authors from nearly every time zone across the world, these timeless stories inspire, terrify, delight, and explore that most human of shared experiences:...
Book cover of Appalachia in Regional Context
by Barbara Ellen Smith, John Pickles, John Gaventa
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018

In an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. Nowhere is that more true than in Appalachian studies -- a field which brings scholars, activists, artists, and citizens together around a region to contest misappropriations of resources and power and combat stereotypes of isolation...
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