S Welch: 15 books
Tarpeia
Workings of a Roman Myth
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
According to legends of Rome’s foundation, Tarpeia was a maiden who betrayed Romulus’ city to the invading Sabines. She was then crushed to death by the Sabines’ shields and her body hurled from the Tarpeian Rock, which became the place from which subsequent traitors of the city were thrown....
A Theory of Freedom
Feminism and the Social Contract
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
This book offers a liberatory conception of individual freedom that uniquely responds to the problems of social oppression and demands of the interrelatedness insofar as it pertains specifically to the social domain of activity.
And They Were Related, Too
A Study of Eleven Generations of One American Family!
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2006
Take a journey through the stories of eleven generations of ancestors and descendants of Cuff Condol/Congdon, a Native American slave. The children and grandchildren of Cuff spread across the landscape of Connecticut into New York and Ohio. This is a chronicle of their fight for liberty and citizenship...
by S. Welch
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
This book argues that a well-educated citizenry and freer flow of information has contributed to a state of "hyperdemocracy" which impedes itself. This book applies the idea of 'reflexive modernization' to democratic theory, setting out a new perspective on the challenges democracy faces.
Life Unlimited
Overcoming Obstacles on Your Path to Abundant Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2015
People, events, and circumstances have a way of placing limitations on our life and unfortunately those limitations can have a drastically negative impact on our pursuit of personal goals and dreams. Life Unlimited: Overcoming Obstacles on Your Path to Abundant Life is about rising above those limitations...
Language in International Business
The Multilingual Reality of Global Business Expansion
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language permeates every facet of international business in the 21st century. However, being aware of this multilingual reality is not enough. This book presents a case for recognizing and appreciating the importance of language, its multifaceted role and the range of effects it may have on internationalizing...
by Latrivia Welch, Latrivia S. Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2018
Toni St. John is a nosy reporter chasing the story of her life, a story that will hopefully win her the Pulitzer Prize and national acclaim. When a tip about four mysterious suicides that happen in an upscale hotel in New Orleans, LA lands on her desk, she packs a bag and heads to the Big Easy to...
by Lynn Langit, Kevin S. Goff, Davide Mauri
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
Get the end-to-end instruction you need to design, develop, and deploy more effective data integration, reporting, and analysis solutions using SQL Server 2008—whether you’re new to business intelligence (BI) programming or a seasoned pro. With real-world examples and insights from an expert team,...
Tibes
People, Power, and Ritual at the Center of the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2009
The first comprehensive analysis of a strategically located ceremonial center on the island of Puerto Rico.
The prehistoric civic-ceremonial center of Tibes is located on the southern coast of Puerto Rico, just north of the modern coastal city of Ponce. Protected on two sides by a river, and...
by William S. Cohen, Janet Langhart Cohen, Enola Gay Aird
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities...
Teacher Education across Minority-Serving Institutions
Programs, Policies, and Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
The first of its kind, Teacher Education across Minority-Serving Institutions brings together innovative work from the family of institutions known as minority-serving institutions: Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Asian...
Developing Early Comprehension
Laying the Foundation for Reading Success
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
How does early comprehension develop in young children, and how can we better prepare preschoolers to become successful readers? This important volume compiles today's best research on the often-overlooked topic of prereader comprehension: what we know about it now, and what we need to know to build...
The American Civil War on Film and TV
Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American Civil War are among the most classic and controversial in motion picture history. From D. W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation (1915) to Free State of Jones (2016), the war has provided the setting, ideologies, and character archetypes...
by John S. Grabowski, Montague Brown, Roger Duncan
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
It has always been understood that the central claim of Christianity—that Jesus born of Mary is the Son of God—is as much a declaration of the mystery of the human as it is the mystery of God; just as the claim that in virtue of this identity he is the Christ who restores, and more, transforms,...
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