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Roots of the Republic
American Founding Documents Interpreted
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1991
Roots of the Republic shows how the Constitution was a product, not simply of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, but of a legal and philosophical tradition almost two centuries old. The editors have selected eighteen key documents in the development of that tradition and reproduced them with essays...
by Authors: Hans A. Baer, Sherry Baker, Brian D. Birch
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
In The Little Book of Mormon, eleven experts explain the history, beliefs, and rituals of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which originated in the United States in the 1840s and has since faded in and out of public consciousnessand public controversy. Now, as a Mormon politician attempts...
The Fellowship
An Ecumenical Approach to Religion
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
An intriguing as well as thoughtful look at the necessity for ministry. A riveting and timely ministry of teaching that engages the hearts of Christians and calls for the evangelical side of every person in Gods family. Your heart will thrive with a newfound desire to minister to the downcast and downtrodden of the world. Your appetite for ministry will come alive again.
Applied Christian Ethics
Foundations, Economic Justice, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Applied Christian Ethics addresses selected themes in Christian social ethics. The book is divided in three parts. In the first section, “Foundation,” several contributors reveal their Christian realist roots and discuss the prophetic origins and multifarious agenda of social ethics. Thus, the...
Taking Measure of Charter Schools
Better Assessments, Better Policymaking, Better Schools
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2010
Charter schools offer something that public school systems, parents, and teachers need: a way to experiment with alternative ways of teaching, motivating students, organizing schools, using technology, and employing teachers. While people came down on both sides of support for or against charter schools,...
by B. L. S. Prakasa Rao
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Stochastic processes are widely used for model building in the social, physical, engineering and life sciences as well as in financial economics. In model building, statistical inference for stochastic processes is of great importance from both a theoretical and an applications point of view.
This...
English Grammar Instruction That Works!
Developing Language Skills for All Learners
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Offering a fun, engaging approach to grammar instruction, this guide includes clear explanations of grammatical terms and practical activities for all students, including English language learners.
The A to Z of Corporate Social Responsibility
A Complete Reference Guide to Concepts, Codes and Organisations
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2009
This is the world’s first complete reference on CSR, compiled by the Institute for Corporate Cultural Affairs (the ICCA). The entries have been written by leading experts, leading global thinkers and CSR practitioners.
In these pages lie the answers to questions such as:
What do we mean...
Chemometrics: A Textbook
A Textbook
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1988
Most chemists, whether they are biochemists, organic, analytical, pharmaceutical or clinical chemists and many pharmacists and biologists need to perform chemical analysis. Consequently, they are not only confronted with carrying out the actual analysis, but also with problems such as method selection,...
Taking Parenting Public
The Case for a New Social Movement
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2002
Taking Parenting Public makes a compelling case that parenting has become dangerously undervalued in America today. It calls for a new investment—both personal and public—into the work of raising children and argues that we are all 'stockholders' in the next generation. With a foreword by Sylvia...
by Edward S. Greenberg, Leon Grunberg, Sarah Moore
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
This timely book investigates the experiences of employees at all levels of Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) during a ten-year period of dramatic organizational change. As Boeing transformed itself, workers and managers contended with repeated downsizing, shifting corporate culture, new roles for women,...
by John S. Dryzek, Richard B. Norgaard, David Schlosberg
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
This book is an original, accessible, and thought-provoking introduction to the severe and broad-ranging challenges that climate change presents and how societies can respond. It synthesizes and deploys cutting-edge scholarship on the range of social, economic, political, and philosophical issues...
Value by Design
Developing Clinical Microsystems to Achieve Organizational Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Value by Design is a practical guide for real-world improvement in clinical microsystems. Clinical microsystem theory, as implemented by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and health care organizations nationally and internationally, is the foundation of high-performing front line health care...
by Dr Joseph S. Sanfilippo, Dr Eric J. Bieber, Dr David G. Javitch
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015
In a rapidly-changing healthcare industry, the American College of Physician Executives affirms: "These days, it isn't enough to be a good doctor. Whether you're working in a group practice or hospital, in insurance or any other health care setting, you also need business know-how and skills if you...