M D A M : 675 books
by Andrzej T. Slominski, Michal A. Zmijewski, Cezary Skobowiat
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2012
The skin, the body’s largest organ, is strategically located at the interface with the external environment where it detects, integrates and responds to a diverse range of stressors, including solar radiation. It has already been established that the skin is an important peripheral neuroendocrine-immune...
by P. Denhartog, Lois Dowdell, Anna R. Fitz
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Designed as a textbook for radiographers, this up-to-date manual provides an accessible store of information on pediatric imaging procedures, with clearly described techniques and instructions. The aim is to simplify the pediatric examination and facilitate the experience for the patient, parent,...
When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers
How to Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2015
Gifted kids are so much more than test scores and grades. Still, it’s sometimes difficult to see past the potential to the child who may be anxious, lonely, confused, or unsure of what the future might bring. This book, now fully revised with updated information and new survey quotes, offers practical...
Teaching Young Adult Literature Today
Insights, Considerations, and Perspectives for the Classroom Teacher
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
Teaching Young Adult Literature Today introduces the reader to what is current and relevant in the plethora of good books available for adolescents. More importantly, literary experts illustrate how teachers everywhere can help their students become lifelong readers by simply introducing them to great...
Why, O God? (Foreword by Randy Alcorn)
Suffering and Disability in the Bible and the Church
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
With two in seven American families affected by disability, the body of Christ has a great opportunity for ministry. This new anthology uniquely points the way, training churches, caregivers, pastors, and counselors to compassionately respond.
The book’s contributors—ranging from Joni Eareckson...
Gender in a Transitional Era
Changes and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Gender in a Transitional Era addresses a range of issues relevant in current gender and sexuality studies scholarship which span many disciplines. The contributors prioritize the critical thinking that continues to support the notion that we, as a society, still have a ways to go toward full gender...
The 2012 Nomination and the Future of the Republican Party
The Internal Battle
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
The 2012 Republican nomination process went on longer than most pundits predicted early on. While Mitt Romney began the season as the prohibitive favorite, he was tested repeatedly by what was seemingly the Republican flavor of the week (including Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich,...
by Elizabeth A. Calvert, Rebecca M. Riley, Jack D. Elliott Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Clay County extends from the banks of the Tombigbee River in the east across Mississippi's fertile Black Prairie, the Kilgore Hills, and ends in the Flatwoods to the west. West Point, the county seat, lies in the eastern part of the county in the midst of the Black Prairie and was first developed...
Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith?
A Critical Appraisal of Modern and Postmodern Approaches to Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Is historical accuracy an indispensable part of the Bible’s storyline, or is Scripture only concerned with theological truths? As progressive evangelicals threaten to reduce the Bible’s jurisdiction by undermining its historical claims, every Christian who cares about the integrity of Scripture...
Innovations in Higher Education
Igniting the Spark for Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad...
by Lucy A. Snyder, Caroline M. Yoachim, Rachel Swirsky
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 5, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 5, 2017
Coordinada por Mariano Villarreal, la colección Nova Fantástica se ha caracterizado desde su inicio por su empeño en ofrecer los mejores relatos de género fantástico. Tras Terra Nova, Mariposas del Oeste, Castillos en el aire y A la Deriva en el Mar de las Lluvias, le llega el turno a Dark Fantasies,...
"WE BELIEVE"
Understanding the Nicene Creed
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
A series of sermons expounding the Nicene Creed delivered in Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Vancouver, BC, Canada during Advent 2016 and Lent 2017, with editor's Foreword, texts and bibliography.
Studies in Culture Contact
Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
People have long been fascinated about times in human history when different cultures and societies first came into contact with each other, how they reacted to that contact, and why it sometimes occurred peacefully and at other times was violent or catastrophic.
Studies in Culture Contact:...
by Joaquín Almunia, Chris Fonteijn, Peter Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
This volume contains the papers presented at the annual Concurrences Journal conference held on 21 February 2014 at the French Ministry for the Economy. After the traditional « State of the Union », presented by Vice President Joaquín Almunia in the context of the « after » economic crisis, the...