R Cooper: 108 books
Presidential Swing States
Why Only Ten Matter
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
The 2016 presidential race is arguably already over in 40 states and the District of Columbia. If recent presidential election trends are any indication of what will happen in 2016, Democrats in Texas and Republicans in New York might as well stay home on election day because their votes will matter...
by Jan R. Wright, Jonathan Edward Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
Introduction to Aircraft Aeroelasticity and Loads, Second Edition is an updated new edition offering comprehensive coverage of the main principles of aircraft aeroelasticity and loads. For ease of reference, the book is divided into three parts and begins by reviewing the underlying disciplines of...
Understanding and Treating Self-Injurious Behavior in Autism
A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Self-injurious behavior occurs in almost half of those with autism and is one of the most devastating and challenging-to-treat behaviors. There are many different forms of self-injury, such as head banging, hand biting, hair pulling, excessive scratching, and much more. With contributions from the...
Registered for Life
Consequences of a Former Sex Offender
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
For many the term sex offender is repulsive and is synonymous with every known true evil imaginable. This is not for the faint of heart but a chilling account of how this seemingly normal nice guy evolved over time into a SEX OFFENDER and the path he traveled from his conviction, sentence, treatment...
Executive Burnout
Eastern and Western Concepts, Models and Approaches for Mitigation
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
Never before has the world witnessed the phenomenon of severe stress and burnout on such a large scale as in recent years. Globalization, technological advances and economic meltdown have brought about a plethora of unprecedented challenges for industry and organizations across the globe. Consequently,...
Why School Leaders Need Vision
Managing Scarcity, Mandates, and Conflicting Goals for Educational Quality
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
The concept of “visionary” leadership is defined and applied in this book, as “supervision in schools” requires a level of “SUPER VISION” that can be best developed through quality leadership, mentoring -- and mutual ideas, and support -- for adding more value to the school. This book...
Mentoring with Meaning
How Educators Can Be More Professional and Effective
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
Mentoring with Meaning, and its forthcoming companion, Making Mentoring Work, will help educators to mentor or to be mentored effectively in our schools. We all have had mentors, those key adults from family, work, and/or schools, who have assisted us in learning. Mentors help us to become good adults,...
by Peter W. Reiners, Richard W. Carlson, Paul R. Renne
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
This book is a welcome introduction and reference for users and innovators in geochronology. It provides modern perspectives on the current state-of-the art in most of the principal areas of geochronology and thermochronology, while recognizing that they are changing at a fast pace. It emphasizes...
How Everyone on the Autism Spectrum, Young and Old, can...
become Resilient, be more Optimistic, enjoy Humor, be Kind, and increase Self-Efficacy - A Positive Psychology Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Encouraging people on the autism spectrum to foster positive emotions and character traits can dramatically improve their lives in every way, and help to strengthen their ability to cope with everyday challenges and setbacks.
Drawing on the key concepts of positive psychology, this book looks...
Rhetorical Animals
Boundaries of the Human in the Study of Persuasion
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
For this edited volume, the editors solicited chapters that investigate the place of nonhuman animals in the purview of rhetorical theory; what it would mean to communicate beyond the human community; how rhetoric reveals our "brute roots." In other words, this book investigates themes that...