Peter John: 364 books
by Peter Culley, John Pascoe
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Developers, designers and operators are increasingly needing to create versatile sport and leisure amenities that are of lasting value to local and wider communities.
Placing facilities design and operation at the heart of sports development, this book adopts a holistic approach, integrating...
Digital Signal Processing
Concepts and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2002
Digital Signal Processing: Concepts and Applications, second edition covers the basic principles and operation of DSP devices. Its aim is to give the student the essentials of this mathematical subject in a form that can be easily understood and assimilated. The text concentrates on discrete systems,...
Deconstructing Dads
Changing Images of Fathers in Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
In the twenty-first century, fatherhood is shifting from simply being a sidekick in the parental team to taking center stage with new expectations of involvement and caretaking. The social expectations of fathers start even before the children are born. Mr. Mom is now displaced with fathers who don’t...
by Yoneyuki Sugita, John Van Sant, Peter Mauch
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
The most important bilateral relationship in Asia since the end of World War II is assuredly between the United States and Japan. Despite the geographical and cultural differences between these two nations, as well as the bitterness leftover from the war, an amicable and prosperous relationship has...
Slum Clearance
The Social and Administrative Context in England and Wales
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Originally published in 1976. Slum clearance is a particularly significant process because it places the ordinary citizen in a state of extreme dependence on his local authority. The local authority not only destroys his existing environment but controls access to a replacement council house. This...
Early Modern Drama in Performance
Essays in Honor of Lois Potter
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Early Modern Drama in Performance is a collection of essays in honor of Lois Potter, the distinguished author of five monographs, including most recently The Life of William Shakespeare (2012), and numerous articles, edited collections, and editions. This collection’s emphasis on Shakespearean and...
Service Worlds
People, Organisations, Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
As the twenty-first century begins, significant changes are occurring in the way that services and goods are produced and consumed. One of the key drivers of this change is information and communications technology (ICT). It has transformed the role of space and time in patterns of economic development,...
by Sunil Ahuja, Margaret E. Banyan, Peter Bergerson
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
The Roads to Congress 2008 offers readers straightfoward and detailed case studies of the campaigns, candidates, key issues, and outcomes of over one dozen of the most important and interesting races of 2008. This includes both House and Senate campaigns, contests from all regions of the country,...
The State of the Parties
The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on party action in election years and in between. This essential party primer includes: new chapters on polarization between and within the parties in the aftermath of the 2012 election, demographic changes to America’s political parties and the...
by John Seaton, Peter Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
The Global Maritime distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is becoming the all-embracing term for communication and data transfer between ship and shore, and ship and ship. It's a highly automated system of terrestrial satellite communications technology whose primary role is to maintain safety of life...
Tai Chi Odyssey, Vol. 2
History and Practice Methods
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
As a digital edition, this two-volume anthology offers not only a handy historical overview of taijiquan history, but most chapters focus on actual practice. Guidance is provided through discussions on taijiquan classic writings as well as from other highly experienced instructors in their own chapters....
Transforming the Quality of Life for People with Dementia through Contact with the Natural World
Fresh Air on My Face
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
This important book simply but persuasively demonstrates why we should provide the opportunities for people with dementia to experience the great outdoors. It also gives a voice to people with dementia who have felt the benefit of getting closer to nature. The contributors explore many different ways...
Achieving Education for All
Dilemmas in System-Wide Reforms and Learning Outcomes in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
Using the Education for All (EFA) global movement as the setting, this book surveys the complex labyrinths of international education policy making, the design and implementation of system-wide educational reform, and the assessment of learning outcomes in the African context. It addresses the following...
by Noam Chomsky, Peter Mitchell, John Schoeffel
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 20, 2017
En este libro se recogen las ideas fundamentales de Noam Chomsky, quizá el mayor pensador y activista político de nuestro tiempo, sobre el pasado, el presente y el futuro del poder político. A lo largo de estos textos, Chomsky replantea de raíz los acontecimientos más cruciales de las últimas...