Robert Gorman: 12 books
by Robert Gorman
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
In an increasingly interconnected world, the question of how the world’s peoples should interact, cooperate, and settle conflicts rises to the fore. For many, especially among the global business and political elite, it is obvious that the path to peace and progress lies through the centralization...
by Robert Gorman, Vanessa Barrett Gorman
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
A widely accepted truism says that luxury corrupts, and in both popular and scholarly treatments, the ancient city of Sybaris remains the model for destructive opulence. This volume demonstrates the scarcity of evidence for Sybarite luxury, and examines the vocabulary of luxury used by the Hellenic...
The Dual Vision
Alfred Schutz and the Myth of Phenomenological Social Science
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
This study, originally published in 1977, focuses on a critical examination of the life-work of Alfred Schutz, the most important and influential ‘father’ of several recent schools of empirical social research.
The author shows why Shutz and his followers fail in their attempts to ‘humanize’...
by Denise I. Campagnolo, Steven Kirshblum, Mark S. Nash
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
This comprehensive and practical reference is the perfect resource for the medical specialist treating persons with spinal cord injuries. The book provides detail about all aspects of spinal cord injury and disease. The initial seven chapters present the history, anatomy, imaging, epidemiology, and...
ReWORKing Retirement
A Practical Guide for Seniors Returning to Work
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Now that you're retired, you finally have the chance to do a job you want to do - rather than one you have to do. Whether you are looking to earn a supplemental income or keep busy during your golden years with volunteer work, Reworking Retirement will help you successfully re-enter today's job market....
The Slow Release
Stories about Death from the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
Death, that ending of all endings, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction series.
More than seventy volumes, which include approximately eight hundred stories, have...
Death at the Ballpark
More Than 2,000 Game-Related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1862-2014, 2d ed.
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
When we think of baseball, we think of sunny days and leisurely outings at the ballpark—rarely do thoughts of death come to mind. Yet during the game’s history, hundreds of players, coaches and spectators have died while playing or watching the National Pastime. In its second edition, this ground-breaking...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Busy Child Psychiatrist and Other Mental Health Professionals
Rubrics and Rudiments
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2012
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Busy Child Psychiatrist and Other Mental Health Professionals is an essential resource for clinical child psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists, and mental health professionals. Since 2001, psychiatry residency programs have required resident competency...
by Edwin Black, Jason Edward Black, Dana L. Cloud
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
This edited volume fills a void in the literature concerning the purpose, practice, and pedagogy associated with performing rhetorical criticism. Literature regarding these issues—predominantly purpose—exists primarily as scattered journal articles and as sections within chapters of textbooks...
by Edward S. Mihalkanin, Robert F. Gorman
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2009
While the idea of human rights and humanitarian assistance has ancient roots_evidence can be seen in such examples as the Ten Commandments, the Bhagavad Gita, and the teachings of Confucius and Socrates_it wasn't until the 1800s that the first modern humanitarian and human rights organizations came...
by Thomas E. Doyle, Robert F. Gorman, Edward S. Mihalkanin
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
The Historical Dictionary of Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations, Third Edition defines the core concepts of human rights and humanitarian law. It relates the major international legal agreements related to human rights and names the diverse intergovernmental organizations which are responsible...
by Daniel Lee, Robert O'Gorman, Frederick L Ahearn Jr
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
The milestone text integrating the disciplines of social work and divinity!
In everyday life, spirituality and the practice of effective social work are inseparable. As a result, professionals and social service administrators have in recent years felt a stronger obligation to attend to the...