Philip Smith: 61 books
Economics Unmasked
From Power and Greed to Compassion and the Common Good
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
The economic system under which we live not only forces the great majority of humankind to live their lives in indignity and poverty but also threatens all forms of life on Earth. Economics Unmasked presents a cogent critique of the dominant economic system, showing that the theoretical constructions...
Developing Writers of Argument
Tools and Rules That Sharpen Student Reasoning
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
Better Arguments Make Better Students — and Better Citizens
The ability to make effective arguments is not only necessary in students’ academic lives, it’s a transferable skill essential to students’ future success as critical thinkers and contributing members of society. But how do...
DIY Solar Projects - Updated Edition
Small Projects to Whole-home Systems: Tap Into the Sun
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Learn how to make your own solar-powered appliances and additions to your home with the step-by-step instructions you'll find in this updated edition of DIY Solar Projects!
Put the sun to work in your home with the new, expanded edition of the popular 2011 title DIY Solar Projects. Like the...
by Duncan Abel, Virginia Ballesty, Erik Bergstrom
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
From Trumpocalypse to Brexit Britain, brick by brick the walls are closing in. But don’t despair. Bulldoze the borders. Conquer freedom not fear. EXIT EARTH explores all life – past, present, or future – on, or off – this beautiful, yet fragile, world of ours. Final embraces beneath a sky...
by Philip K. Smith, Historical Society of Berks County
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2004
Rail transportation has been part of daily life in Reading since the 1830s. Reading Trains and Trolleys portrays the good old days of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway (reorganized as the Reading Company in 1923), the Schuykill Valley Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Mount Penn Gravity Railroad,...
by Philip Kuchel, Simon Easterbrook-Smith, Vanessa Gysbers
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2011
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After Postmodernism
Education, Politics And Identity
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2005
This work presents a set of thematic essays aimed at clarifying the educational problems and paradoxes of postmodern educational conditions and theory. The major concerns of the book are the possibility of achieving substantive political objectives and of theorising such possiblities. These concerns...
by Pat Day-Bivens, Philip Dale Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
An illustrated children's story that leaves readers, young and old, with comforting reminders that One who loves us is always near.
by Michael Emmison, Dr Philip D Smith, Margery Mayall
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
This second edition provides an excellent overview of the field by covering the traditional themes and current trends in image centred photographic visual inquiry but extends this by demonstrating the rich possibilities available through the analysis of everyday objects, places and interactions. The...
Appalachia in Regional Context
Place Matters
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
In an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. Nowhere is that more true than in Appalachian studies -- a field which brings scholars, activists, artists, and citizens together around a region to contest misappropriations of resources and power and combat stereotypes of isolation...
by Anete Vásquez, Angela L. Hansen, Philip C. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Teaching Language Arts to English Language Learners provides readers with the comprehensive understanding of both the challenges that face ELLs and ways in which educators might address them in the language arts classroom. The authors offer proven techniques...
The Global Turn
Theories, Research Designs, and Methods for Global Studies
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
The ability to deploy interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives that speak to interconnected global dimensions is critical if one’s work is to be relevant and applicable to the emerging global-scale issues of our time. The Global Turn is a guide for students and scholars across all areas of the...
Women's Health Review E-book
A Clinical Update in Obstetrics - Gynecology
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2012
Efficiently review the latest clinical recommendations, developments, and procedures with Women’s Health Review. This comprehensive, yet succinct summary is just the medical reference book you need to ensure that your knowledge is up to date!
Zero in on the most important new information...
World at the Crossroads
Towards a sustainable, equitable and liveable world
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Thirty years ago the Russell-Einstein Manifesto warned humanity that our survival is imperilled by the risk of nuclear war.In the spirit of that Manifesto, we now call on all scientists to expand our concerns to a broader set of interrelated dangers: destruction of the environment on a global scale,...