Richard Keith: 28 books

Book cover of The Woodland Southeast
by Patty Jo Watson, Janet Rafferty, Joseph M. Herbert
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009

This collection presents, for the first time, a much-needed synthesis of the major research themes and findings that characterize the Woodland Period in the southeastern United States. The Woodland Period (ca. 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1000) has been the subject of a great deal of archaeological research...
Book cover of Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction

Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction

A Century of Science Fiction

by Robert A. Heinlein, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Samuel Butler
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011

A survey of the last 100 years of science fiction, with representative stories and illuminating essays by the top writers, poets, and scholars, from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Samuel Butler to Robert A. Heinlein and and Jack Vance, from E.E. "Doc" Smith and Clifford D. Simak to Ted Chiang and Charles Stross-- and everyone in between. More than one million words of classic fiction and essays!
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Theonomics

Reconnecting Economics with Virtue and Integrity

by Richard Backhouse, Nick Bion, Frank Canosa
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014

At a time when economics, banking and commerce are never out of the headlines, Theonomics asks if theology is capable of informing, shaping and penetrating all aspects of life, and especially economic life. Theonomics argues for the recovery of the classic virtues of prudence, temperance, fortitude,...
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Robot Ethics

The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics

by Colin Allen, Wendell Wallach, James J. Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2011

Prominent experts from science and the humanities explore issues in robot ethics that range from sex to war. Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to...
Book cover of Reaching a Generation for Christ

Reaching a Generation for Christ

A Comprehensive Guide to Youth Ministry

by Wesley Black, Pamela Campbell, Paul Borthwick
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 1997

Things have changed. The Truth has not. The 1950's are gone forever. The days of the Sunday school attendance award and the much-loved Sunday school picnic have faded into oblivion. Yet some youth ministries still operate as if today's kids are living in a vacuum, unaffected by the changing morals...
Book cover of Politics of Practical Reasoning

Politics of Practical Reasoning

Integrating Action, Discourse, and Argument

by Keith Breen, Frank Canavan, Gerard Casey
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012

The capacity for reasonable argument about practical and political matters is important to our daily lives. Yet what does arguing really involve? Often, our very concept of what it is to argue seems systematically distorted. Practical, political arguing is too often stylized as hyper-cognitive, ending...
Book cover of Effective Leadership, Management and Supervision in Health and Social Care
by Dr. Richard Field, Keith Brown
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016

This is a practical introduction to the areas of leadership, management and supervision for line managers, supervisors and senior practitioners working in health and social care settings. The book explores different aspects of leadership and management including personal effectiveness, strategic thinking,...
Book cover of The Primary Teacher's Career Handbook
by Keith Richmond, Richard Greenfield
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015

The Primary Teacher’s Career Handbook is invaluable to all those in Primary education. This essential and unique handbook sets out a complete and much needed career development path for Primary School teachers from the stage of seeking a first appointment, through to middle-management, Headship...
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X-Ray Free Electron Lasers

Applications in Materials, Chemistry and Biology

by Uwe Bergmann, Claudio Pellegrini, Nicholas Sauter
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017

The ultra-bright femtosecond X-ray pulses provided by X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) open up opportunities to study the structure and dynamics of a wide variety of systems beyond what is possible with synchrotron sources. This book introduces the principles and properties of currently operating...
Book cover of The Practice of Diplomacy

The Practice of Diplomacy

Its Evolution, Theory and Administration

by Keith Hamilton, Professor Richard Langhorne
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2010

Practice of Diplomacy has become established as a classic text in the study of diplomacy. This much-needed second edition is completely reworked and updated throughout and builds on the strengths of the original text with a strong empirical and historical focus. Topics new and updated for this...
Book cover of Rural Europe
by Keith Hoggart, Richard Black, Henry Buller
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Book cover of The Rationality Quotient

The Rationality Quotient

Toward a Test of Rational Thinking

by Keith E. Stanovich, Richard F. West, Maggie E. Toplak
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016

How to assess critical aspects of cognitive functioning that are not measured by IQ tests: rational thinking skills. Why are we surprised when smart people act foolishly? Smart people do foolish things all the time. Misjudgments and bad decisions by highly educated bankers and money managers,...
Book cover of Technology, Tradition and Survival

Technology, Tradition and Survival

Aspects of Material Culture in the Middle East and Central Asia

by Richard Tapper, Keith McLachlan
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2004

The contributors address the history, originality, variety and sophistication of traditional science, technology and material culture in the Middle East and Central Asia, their influence on the history of Europe and the West, and the threat posed by modern Western technologies.
Book cover of The Psychology of Marriage

The Psychology of Marriage

An Evolutionary and Cross-Cultural View

by Carol Cronin Weisfeld, Glenn E. Weisfeld, Lisa M. Dillon
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017

From their location in the heart of Detroit, Michigan, the Weisfelds’ lab has reached out for thirty years to couples in long-term partnerships around the world. In living rooms of Detroit, London, Moscow, Beijing, and beyond, couples of all types and ages have shared their insights into adult romantic...
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