Richard Christopher: 75 books

Book cover of Defining Memory

Defining Memory

Local Museums and the Construction of History in America's Changing Communities

by Tami Christopher, James Connor, J Daniel d'Oney
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007

Defining Memory uses case studies of exhibits from around the country to examine how local museums, defined as museums whose collections are local in scope or whose audiences are primarily local, have both shaped and been shaped by evolving community values and sense of history. Levin and her contributors...
Book cover of Thomas Pynchon, Sex, and Gender
by Jennifer Backman, Simon Cook, Inger H. Dalsgaard
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018

Thomas Pynchon’s fiction has been considered masculinist, misogynist, phallocentric, and pornographic: its formal experimentation, irony, and ambiguity have been taken both to complicate such judgments and to be parts of the problem. To the present day, deep critical divisions persist as to whether...
Book cover of R. S. Peters
by Professor Stefaan E. Cuypers, Christopher Martin, Professor Richard Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014

What does it mean to say that someone is an educated person? How do we know what's worth including in a school curriculum? Is a good moral education about developing good habits, or critical thinking? What role does the development of knowledge and understanding play in living a good life? These are...
Book cover of Nanodiamond
by Amanda Barnard, Alexander Ya. Vul, Anke Krueger
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014

The exceptional mechanical, optical, surface and biocompatibility properties of nanodiamond have gained it much interest. Exhibiting the outstanding bulk properties of diamond at the nanoscale in the form of a film or small particle makes it an inexpensive alternative for many applications. Nanodiamond...
Book cover of The Alzheimer's Prevention and Treatment Diet
by Richard S. Isaacson, MD, Christopher N. Ochner
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a type of dementia that can be very hard on both the patient and the caregiver. Currently, five million Americans have been diagnosed with AD—and that number is likely to triple by 2050. While the cause of Alzheimer’s disease is still a mystery, new research has increased...
Book cover of Restless Legs Syndrome E-Book
by Wayne A. Hening, MD, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009

Recognized international leaders in the field of restless legs syndrome bring you their expertise in this clinically-focused, practical resource. Understand the various causes of this common movement and sleep disturbance and identify the best treatment options in each case. The text provides comprehensive...
Book cover of Ecocriticism, Ecology, and the Cultures of Antiquity
by Anna Banks, Roman Bartosch, Hannes Bergthaller
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016

Although current environmental debates lay the focus on the Industrial Revolution as a sociopolitical development that has led to the current environmental crisis, many ecocritical projects have avoided historicizing their concepts or have been characterized by approaches that were either pre-historic...
Book cover of The Hybrid Church in the City

The Hybrid Church in the City

Third Space Thinking

by Christopher Richard Baker
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016

The era of post-colonialism and globalisation has brought new intensities of debate concerning the existence of diversity and plurality, and the need to work in partnerships to resolve major problems of injustice and marginalisation now facing local and global communities. The Church is struggling...
Book cover of Cost Effectiveness Modelling for Health Technology Assessment
by Richard Edlin, Christopher McCabe, Claire Hulme
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015

This book provides an introduction to decision analytic cost-effectiveness modelling, giving the theoretical and practical knowledge required to design and implement analyses that meet the methodological standards of health technology assessment organisations. The book guides you through building...
Book cover of Practical Social Investigation

Practical Social Investigation

Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Social Research

by Richard Lampard, Christopher Pole
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015

Practical Social Investigation provides, within a single text, an introduction to a wide range of both long-standing and newer social research methods. Its balanced and integrated coverage of qualitative and quantitative approaches demonstrates that they can be complementary. While research practice...
Book cover of Grasping the Moment

Grasping the Moment

Sensemaking in Response to Routine Incidents and Major Emergencies

by Christopher Baber, Richard McMaster
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016

The ways in which organizations make use of information available to them to make decisions and manage activity is an essential topic of investigation for human factors. When the information is uncertain, incomplete or subject to change, then decision making and activity management can become challenging....
Book cover of Binding, Transport and Storage of Metal Ions in Biological Cells
by Robert JP Williams, Blanca Barquera, Jacqui Gulbis
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014

Metal ions play key roles in biology. Many are essential for catalysis, for electron transfer and for the fixation, sensing, and metabolism of gases. Others compete with those essential metal ions or have toxic or pharmacological effects. This book is structured around the periodic table and...
Book cover of The Neurology of Olfaction
by Christopher H. Hawkes, Richard L. Doty
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2009

Testing the sense of smell is often omitted or trivialized during neurological examination. This comprehensive review will address this shortcoming by emphasizing the significance of this important sensory modality. The Neurology of Olfaction describes the anatomy and physiology of human olfaction...
Book cover of Smell and Taste Disorders
by Christopher H. Hawkes, Richard L. Doty
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018

Loss of the sense of smell or taste is often a sign of neurological disease. Evaluating chemosensation (the senses of smell and taste) during neurological examination can help early detection of neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. The importance of such testing...
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