Robert L : 1109 books
A Chip from Above
Words of Encouragement for Your Daily Walk
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2011
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Fast and Curious
A History of Shortcuts in American Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
This book examines four types of shortcuts in the history of American education—streamlined paths to vocational success, cultural sophistication, college credentials, and the efficient use of English. The chapters profile Norman Rockwell, the Harvard Classics, Cliff Notes, speed reading, a Doctor...
Greening Aid?
Understanding the Environmental Impact of Development Assistance
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2008
Every year, billions of dollars of environmental aid flow from the rich governments of the North to the poor governments of the South. Why do donors provide this aid? What do they seek to achieve? How effective is the aid given? And does it always go to the places of greatest environmental need? From...
On the Ground After September 11
Mental Health Responses and Practical Knowledge Gained
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
A heartfelt collection of extraordinary first-person accounts that delve into every level of the experience of 9/11
Out of the infamy of 9/11 and its aftermath people rose up with courage and determination to meet formidable challenges. On the Ground After September 11: Mental Health Responses...
by Morris W. Hirsch, Stephen Smale, Robert L. Devaney
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Hirsch, Devaney, and Smale’s classic Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and an Introduction to Chaos has been used by professors as the primary text for undergraduate and graduate level courses covering differential equations. It provides a theoretical approach to dynamical systems and...
by Dr. Robert L. Heichberger
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
The land of nature all around us has a beauty and charm all on its own. The grandeur of the variety of trees, flowering shrubs, with all shades of green grasses growing in open spaces is a picture to behold. The quiet noise of the babbling and flowing clear brook waters intermingled with the chirping...
Marine Mammals of the World
A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
This new edition of Marine Mammals of the World describes and illustrates newly discovered and rarely photographed species, making it the most comprehensive and up-to-date identification guide available.
This edition continues to meet the research-focused needs of marine biologists and conservation...
by Robert L. Scheck
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Are you aware of the hour we are in? This 21st Century has been dubbed the “Age of Information.” Our world today is inundated with a sea of information, yet could we still be lacking wisdom? We claim information and knowledge are power, so, why then do nations still fall into the same critical...
The Financial Professional's Guide to Communication
How to Strengthen Client Relationships and Build New Ones (paperback)
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Today, financial clients are profoundly skeptical. They’ve been burned. Their consultants and advisors talk too much, use too much confusing technical jargon, work from too many boilerplate scripts, repeat too many generic caveats and useless disclaimers. Above all, clients say, their advisors don’t...
by Robert L. Gale
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
Tennessee-born Horace McCoy joined the American Air Service in WWI, was wounded flying over France, became a reporter-actor in Dallas. In Hollywood, he was popular as a handsome actor, then toiled as a prolific movie-script writer. McCoy burst into fame with his first novel, They Shoot Horses, Dont...
Never Waste the Flowers
Vignettes of Life, Love, Learning, and Friendship
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2008
The book's opening vignette tells the story of Chris, a seventy-four year old Dutchman, mentor and friend to a co-worker named Peter. They spend a summer together diggging graves at a local cemetery known as "Sunny Acres," where Chris encourages Peter to "Hear the birds sing,"...
Climate Change in Practice
Topics for Discussion with Group Exercises
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
Derived from an undergraduate course taught by the author, this accessible book seeks to challenge and provoke readers by posing a series of topical questions concerning climate change and society. Topic summaries provide answers to technical, socio-economic and moral questions surrounding the deployment...
Silk and Steel
Women at Arms
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Silk and Steel: Women at Arms is the first comprehensive presentation on the subject of women and firearms. No object has had a greater impact on world history over the past 650 years than the firearm, and Wilson shows how women have played a vital role in its development.
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by Robert L. Leahy, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
This practical guide presents Leahy's multidimensional model of resistance in cognitive therapy. Richly illustrated with case examples and session vignettes, the book addresses a variety of ways that clients may resist basic therapeutic procedures: noncompliance with agenda setting and homework assignments,...