Martin Johnson: 47 books
Alan Turing and his Contemporaries
Building the world's first computers
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2012
Secret wartime projects in code-breaking, radar and ballistics produced a wealth of ideas and technologies that kick-started the development of digital computers. Alan Turing took an early lead on the theory side, along with fellow mathematicians on both sides of the Atlantic. This is the story of...
Martinism
Digest
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
This issue of the Rosicrucian Digest presents a compendium of materials that provide a solid introduction to the most important aspects of Martinism.
Intelligence and the National Security Strategist
Enduring Issues and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2005
Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges presents students with a useful anthology of published articles from diverse sources as well as original contributions to the study of intelligence. The collection includes classic perspectives from the history of warfare,...
by Colin R. Anderson, Mary A. Beckie, Eva A. Bogdan
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Few things are as important as the food we eat. "Conversations in Food Studies" demonstrates the value of interdisciplinary research through the cross-pollination of disciplinary, epistemological, and methodological perspectives. Widely diverse essays, ranging from the meaning of milk, to...
by Pat Adams, American Association of Museums, Association of Science-Technology Centers
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
There has been, and continues to be, an explosion of interest in developing new small science centers that is changing the world of museums. This handbook is designed to be a one-stop source for future and current centers, and anyone interested in the important roles these institutions play in their...
The How-To Handbook
Shortcuts and Solutions for the Problems of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2019
There are certain things that everyone just has to know how to do in life: unjamming a jar, for instance, fixing a flat tire, and removing a particularly embarrassing stain. They may seem simple in retrospect, but you don’t have to turn all your laundry pink more than once before you learn that...
Diasporas
Concepts, Intersections, Identities
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Featuring essays by world-renowned scholars, Diasporas charts the various ways in which global population movements and associated social, political and cultural issues have been seen through the lens of diaspora. Wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, this collection considers critical concepts shaping...
by Jill McCorkle, Wendell Berry, Ron Rash
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
The Summer 2018 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year’s four issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles; the Fall and Winter issues are staff-edited.
As guest-editor Jill...
Safeguarding Adults Under the Care Act 2014
Understanding Good Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
Practice in safeguarding adults is changing, with a shift in approach to ensure it is person-centred and outcome-focused. The Care Act 2014 introduced new safeguarding duties for local authorities, and this book describes what up-to-date practice should look like, and how to provide the best quality...
by Raina Robeva, James R. Kirkwood, Robin Lee Davies
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Essential for all biology and biomathematics courses, this textbook provides students with a fresh perspective of quantitative techniques in biology in a field where virtually any advance in the life sciences requires a sophisticated mathematical approach. An Invitation to Biomathematics, expertly...
Main Street Movies
The History of Local Film in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
"See yourself in the movies!"
Prior to the advent of the home movie camera and the ubiquitousness of the camera phone, there was the local film. This cultural phenomenon, produced across the country from the 1890s to the 1950s, gave ordinary people a chance to be on the silver screen without...
Improving Primary Literacy
Linking Home and School
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2007
Parents can play an immensely important role in supporting their children's literacy learning at home, but how can primary teachers enlist the support of parents in helping children learn literacy?
With a focus on improving children's literacy skills, this book provides practical answers to...
Hard Time
A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Hard Time: A Fresh Look at Understanding and Reforming the Prison, 4th Edition, is a revised and updated version of the highly successful text addressing the origins, evolution, and promise of America’s penal system.
Draws from both ethnographic and professional material, and situates the prison...
by Stephen P Borgatti, Jeffrey C. Johnson, Martin G. Everett
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Written by a stellar team of experts, Analyzing Social Networks is a practical book on how to collect, visualize, analyze and interpret social network data with a particular emphasis on the use of the software tools UCINET and Netdraw. The book includes a clear and detailed introduction...