Peter John: 364 books
by Peter B. Farmer, John M. Walker
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book aims to describe the current state of knowledge and possible future developments in a number of major areas of research into the nature, causes and treatment of cancer. The contributing authors have been encouraged to discuss their subjects at the molecular level. It will become apparent...
To the Lighthouse
An Explorer's Guide to the Island Lighthouses of Southwestern BC
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2015
Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands are home to over two dozen active lighthouses. For over a century, these coastal beacons have guided ships through the fog and represented hope for countless mariners. Today, the lighthouses on BC’s southern islands are ideal destinations for day trippers and...
Philosophical Dialogues
Arne Naess and the Progress of Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 1999
The volume documents, and makes an original contribution to, an astonishing period in twentieth-century philosophy_the progress of Arne Naess's ecophilosophy from its inception to the present. It includes Naess's most crucial polemics with leading thinkers, drawn from sources as diverse as scholarly...
Theory and Practice of Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy
Beyond the Talking Cure
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
This comprehensive introduction to Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy lays out the background and fundamentals of the approach covering theory and practice.
Gendlin, after many articles on Focusing-oriented psychotherapy, finally published the text Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy in 1996, making...
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...
by John M. Flynn, David L. Skaggs, Peter M. Waters
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
For the gold-standard resource on pediatric fractures, reach for Rockwood and Wilkins’ Fractures in Children. Written by leading orthopaedic surgeons from around the world, the revised and expanded 8th edition of this classic bestselling text presents complete, up-to-date coverage of all types of...
Joint Attention
New Developments in Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, and Social Neuroscience
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Interdisciplinary perspectives on definitional concerns, underlying mechanisms, and the functional significance of joint attention.
Academic interest in the phenomenon of joint attention—the capacity to attend to an object together with another creature—has increased rapidly over the past...
Quest for Freedom
Struggling for Democratic North Korea
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Originally written in Korean and translated into English, QUEST FOR FREEDOM covers Young-hwan Kim's activities as the leading student activist in South Korea in the 1980s. It chronicles Kim's efforts—past and present—to reach out to the international community for support for his mission to free...
by John Agresto, Mark Bauerlein, Peter A. Benoliel
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
The Founders of this nation believed that the government they were creating required a civically educated populace. Such an education aimed to cultivate enlightened, informed, and vigilant citizens who could perpetuate and improve the nation. Unfortunately, America’s contemporary youth seem to lack...
Global Connections: Volume 1, To 1500
Politics, Exchange, and Social Life in World History
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
The first textbook to present world history via social history, drawing on social science methods and research. This interdisciplinary, comprehensive and comparative textbook is authored by distinguished scholars and experienced teachers, and offers expert scholarship on global history that is ideal...
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Industrialization in the Modern World: From the Industrial Revolution to the Internet [2 volumes]
From the Industrial Revolution to the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
This unique two-volume work analyzes the Industrial Revolution from a global perspective and traces its influences up to the present day—encouraging students to rethink the significance of events past and present.
• Enables students to analyze the causes and effects of industrialization
•...
Landpower in the Long War
Projecting Force After 9/11
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
War and landpower's role in the twenty-first century is not just about military organizations, tactics, operations, and technology; it is also about strategy, policy, and social and political contexts. After fourteen years of war in the Middle East with dubious results, a diminished national reputation,...
From Insurgency to Stability
Volume I: Key Capabilities and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
This book identifies the procedures and capabilities that the U.S. Department of Defense, other agencies of the U.S. government, U.S. allies and partners, and international organizations require in order to support the transition from counterinsurgency, when the military takes primary responsibility...
The International Handbook on the Sociology of Education
An International Assessment of New Research and Theory
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2002
The twentieth century has been marked by the expansion of educational opportunities worldwide. It has been the century of education, and the role of the state in the promotion of public education has been decisive. Yet, at the millennium's turn efforts to diminish the role of the state are rapidly...