Robert Nash: 42 books
by Jay Robert Nash
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 1984
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 1984
Brilliant crime historian and reluctant sleuth Jack Journey finds himself once again entangled with the criminal element as he takes on a search for the diaries of a long-dead Sicilian bandit that might hold the key to unraveling a huge network of organized crime.
First, a rare-book dealer...
Food Trucks, Cultural Identity, and Social Justice
From Loncheras to Lobsta Love
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Aspects of the urban food truck phenomenon, including community economic development, regulatory issues, and clashes between ethnic authenticity and local sustainability.
The food truck on the corner could be a brightly painted old-style lonchera offering tacos or an upscale mobile vendor serving...
Helping College Students Find Purpose
The Campus Guide to Meaning-Making
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
??PRAISE FOR HELPING COLLEGE STUDENTS FIND PURPOSE
"A generous and inspiring book! In the spirit of 'convocation,' Nash and Murray call together both university faculty and student affairs professionals to provide them new means for helping more college students realize the highest purpose...
Liberalism in Neoliberal Times
Dimensions, Contradictions, Limits
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017
An exploration of the theories, histories, practices, and contradictions of liberalism today.
What does it mean to be a liberal in neoliberal times? This collection of short essays attempts to show how liberals and the wider concept of liberalism remain relevant in what many perceive to be...
This Borrowed Earth
Lessons from the Fifteen Worst Environmental Disasters around the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
Over the last century mankind has irrevocably damaged the environment through the unscrupulous greed of big business and our own willful ignorance. Here are the strikingly poignant accounts of disasters whose names live in infamy: Chernobyl, Bhopal, Exxon Valdez, Three Mile Island, Love Canal, Minamata...
by Neal Salisbury, Rosalind J. Beiler, Robert J. Allison
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002
The Human Tradition in America from the Colonial Era through Reconstruction is a collection of the best biographical sketches from several volumes in SR Books' popular Human Tradition in America Series. Compiled by Series Editor Charles W. Calhoun, this book brings American history to life by illuminating...
Reconstructing Appalachia
The Civil War's Aftermath
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Families, communities, and the nation itself were irretrievably altered by the Civil War and the subsequent societal transformations of the nineteenth century. The repercussions of the war incited a broad range of unique problems in Appalachia, including political dynamics, racial prejudices, and...
by Colin R. Anderson, Mary A. Beckie, Eva A. Bogdan
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Few things are as important as the food we eat. "Conversations in Food Studies" demonstrates the value of interdisciplinary research through the cross-pollination of disciplinary, epistemological, and methodological perspectives. Widely diverse essays, ranging from the meaning of milk, to...
How Stories Heal
Writing our Way to Meaning and Wholeness in the Academy
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
It is time for academics to embrace the fact that nothing is more appealing to readers – especially to our students – than personal stories with meaning-making implications that can touch all lives. No matter the age or stage in life, the personal or collective identity, everyone deals with meaning-making...
by Anthony A. Nash, Robert G. Dalziel, J. Ross Fitzgerald
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2015
Mims' Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease is the landmark book in the field of infectious disease. The new, revised edition of this work provides a comprehensive, up-to-date description of the mechanisms of microbial infection and the pathogenesis of infectious disease. Presented in a clear, accessible...
Success Stories From a Failing School
Teachers Living Under the Shadow of NCLB
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
This book tells stories of life in a “failing” school. These are insider stories of the daily lives of children and educators in an urban school during a time when accountability weighs heavy on both teachers and students. Most educators are in favor of accountability. The kind and amount of testing...
Teaching College Students How to Solve Real-Life Moral Dilemmas
An Ethical Compass for Quarterlifers
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Teaching College Students How to Solve Real-Life Moral Dilemmas will speak to the sometimes confounding, real-life, moral challenges that quarterlife students actually face each and every day of their lives. It will spell out an original, all-inclusive approach to thinking about, and applying, ethical...
Preparing Students for Life Beyond College
A Meaning-Centered Vision for Holistic Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
At a time when STEM research and new technologies are dominating the curricula of colleges and universities, this important book refocuses the conversation on holistic education for all students. Organized around the most important and difficult questions that students face, Preparing Students for...
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...