Richard E : 523 books
Not Quite Adults
Why 20-Somethings Are Choosing a Slower Path to Adulthood, and Why It's Good for Everyone
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
Why are 20-somethings delaying adulthood? The media have flooded us with negative headlines about this generation, from their sense of entitlement to their immaturity. Drawing on almost a decade of cutting-edge research and nearly five hundred interviews with young people, Richard Settersten, Ph.D.,...
by Paul E. Ceruzzi, Howard Rheingold, Lee Felsenstein
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
First person accounts by pioneers in the field, classic essays, and new scholarship document the collaborative and creative practices of early social media.
Focusing on early social media in the arts and humanities and on the core role of creative computer scientists, artists, and scholars...
by George Alecusan, John E. Alvis, Donald R. Brand
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists,...
by Damien Broderick, John Glasby, James C. Glass
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
In Damien Broderick’s haunting tale, “The Meek,” the survivors of humanity’s drive toward racial suicide must pay an awful price for their continued survival. John Glasby’s “Innsmouth Bane” tells how the alien entity Dagon first came to nineteenth-century America. In “Helen’s Last...
No More States?
Globalization, National Self-determination, and Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2006
The twentieth century witnessed an explosion of new nations carved out of existing ramshackle empires and multiethnic states. Many observers contend that the creation of new states will continue indefinitely, with the two hundred of today becoming the four hundred of tomorrow as more groups seek independence....
Islands at the Crossroads
Migration, Seafaring, and Interaction in the Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2011
A long sequence of social, cultural, and political processes characterizes an ever-dynamic Caribbean history. The Caribbean Basin is home to numerous linguistic and cultural traditions and fluid interactions that often map imperfectly onto former colonial and national traditions. Although much of...
Proportionality Principles in American Law
Controlling Excessive Government Actions
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2008
From the ancient origins of Just War doctrine to utilitarian and retributive theories of punishment, concepts of proportionality have long been an instrumental part of the rule of law and an essential check on government power. These concepts all embody the fundamental value that government and private...
by Alastair Gunn, Miles Gerald Keon, James Hain Friswell
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Twenty Christmas ghost stories from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the seventh in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 7 in the series spans the years 1857 to 1901, contains...
Global Carbon Pricing
The Path to Climate Cooperation
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Why the traditional “pledge and review” climate agreements have failed, and how carbon pricing, based on trust and reciprocity, could succeed.
After twenty-five years of failure, climate negotiations continue to use a “pledge and review” approach: countries pledge (almost anything),...
Transforming Undergraduate Education
Theory that Compels and Practices that Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, Transforming Undergraduate Education provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and...
by Devra B. Adelstein, Ann Alaoglu, E. James Anthony
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
This volume offers very specific illustrations of psychoanalytic ways of thinking and working in both clinical and pedagogical contexts with children. It is designed for professionals who work with infants, children, and adolescents, and who are seeking modes of working that respects emotions, that...
Dirty Boulevard
Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Lou Reed
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2018
Inspired by the outcasts, outlaws, and other outré inhabitants of rock legend Lou Reed’s songbook, Dirty Boulevard traffics in crime fiction that’s sometimes velvety and sometimes vicious, but always, absolutely, rock & roll. Inside, you’ll find stories from the fire escapes to the underground,...
by Bruce Holland Rogers, Denise E Dora, Jamie Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
From "Jurassic Park" to "Godzilla," dinosaurs have a rich history of exploring the idea of the creatures of the past. We love dinosaurs because they are big, we love them when they are terrifying, and we love them because they are dangerous.
Think Like A Dinosaur by James...
by James McKimmey, Jr., H. B. Fyfe
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Worlds of If was a three time winner of the Hugo Award for best science fiction magazine. Worlds of If discovered many talented writers who would go on to dominate genre fiction. This is the third in our Worlds of If series with even more memorable stories from its tremendous run. ‘The Yillian Way’...