Michael Osborne: 14 books
A New Imperative
Regions and higher education in difficult times
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
At a time in history when global challenges are becoming more intractable and threatening, it makes sense to draw on the specialist expertise of our universities. Much of government interest in doing so has typically focused on the major research institutions with their records of new discovery and...
by Brenda Morgan-Klein, Michael Osborne
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2007
This textbook gives a wide-ranging, research-informed introduction to issues in lifelong learning across a variety of educational settings and practices. Its very accessible approach is multi-disciplinary drawing on sociology and psychology in particular. In addition, issues are discussed within an...
Improving What is Learned at University
An Exploration of the Social and Organisational Diversity of University Education
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
Received the ‘highly commended’ award by the Society for Educational Studies for books published in 2010.
What is learned in universities today? Is it what students expect to learn? Is it what universities say they learn? How far do the answers to questions such as these differ according...
by John Michael Osborne
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009
Paul Jameson, a newly hired high school guidance counselor, and his daughter, Monica, moved to West Highland, Georgia. The suburb of Atlanta was held in the grip of three teens who called themselves the Evil Trinity. The Evil Trinity seemingly possessed psychic and paranormal powers that allowed them...
by Michael A. Osborne
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
The Emergence of Tropical Medicine in France examines the turbulent history of the ideas, people, and institutions of French colonial and tropical medicine from their early modern origins through World War I. Until the 1890s colonial medicine was in essence naval medicine, taught almost exclusively...
Uncanny Magazine Issue 27
March/April 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
The March/April 2019 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.
Featuring new fiction by Karen Osborne, Tina Connolly, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Marie Brennan, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and A.T. Greenblatt. Reprinted fiction by Aliette de Bodard, essays by Tracy Townsend, Briana Lawrence, Marissa...
Uncanny Magazine Issue 28
May/June 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
The May/June 2019 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.
Featuring new fiction by Ellen Klages, John Chu, Emma Osborne, Elizabeth Bear, Brit E. B. Hvide, and Christopher Caldwell. Reprinted fiction by Kameron Hurley, essays by Tananarive Due, Arkady Martine, Gwenda Bond, and Nicasio...
by Brian Trent, Nancy Springer, Gergory L. Norris
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2017
From Icarus to Da Vinci to tomorrow's astronauts, humans have dreamt of flight. Feathered wings. Mechanical wings. Leathery wings. Steel wings. Stories of winged creatures set in graveyards and churches, bustling cities, fantastical worlds, alternate histories, and outer space reveal the shifting...
The Matthew Commentary Collection
An All-In-One Commentary Collection for Studying the Book of Matthew
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
This all-in-one commentary bundle on the book of Matthew features volumes from the NIV Application Commentary Series, Zondervan Exegetical Commentary Series, and Story of God Bible Commentary Series. Each volume provides new and unique insights from leading biblical scholars Michael Wilkins, Grant...
Pursuit
The Balvenie Stories Collection
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2019
What is it to pursue a goal, to strive for an ideal, to follow a dream? These are the questions explored by The Balvenie in this unique collection compiled by award-winning novelist Alex Preston. The stories - from some of the brightest and most exciting voices writing today - tell of determination,...
by Michael Leonetti, Paul Patskou, Mark Osborne
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Whether you're a die-hard booster from the early days of Dick Irvin or a new supporter of Randy Carlyle, these are the 100 things all Maple Leaf fans need to know and do in their lifetime. Authors Michael Leonetti and Paul Patskou have collected every essential piece of Maple Leafs knowledge and trivia,...
Civic Media
Technology, Design, Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life.
Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation,...
The Frontier of Patriotism
Alberta and the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
With the centenary of the First World War, communities across Canada arranged commemorations of the war experience to honour local servicemen who, through their triumphs and sacrifices, were presented as laying the foundation for a free and independent country. Often overlooked are the triumphs and...
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...