Sullivan: 1731 books
Making Sex Work
A Failed Experiment with Legalised Prostitution
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Backing up theory and critical literature with hard evidence, this book refutes the idea that legalization of prostitution can be anything but a harmful contributor to the commodification of women. It explores the fallacy of the "cottage industry," the role of financial institutions in supporting...
Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters
And on the Eastern Coast of Africa. Narrative of Five Years' Experience in
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
A useful guide to the state of the slave trade in 1850 and how the trade increased from then until 1873 when up to three times the amount of slaves were being traded. First published in 1873.
Criminal Insurgents in Mexico and Latin America
A Small Wars Journal—El Centro Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
The 4th Small Wars JournalEl Centro anthology comes at a pivotal time, roughly a third of the way through the term, for the Enrique Pea Nieto administration in Mexico. The mass kidnapping and execution of 43 rural student teachers in Iguala, Guerrero in late September 2014 has only served to further...
New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee
Intellectual, Methodological, and Theoretical Contributions
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee tells the engrossing story of Southeastern archaeology in the 1930s. The Tennessee Valley Authority Act of May 1933 initiated an ambitious program of flood control and power generation by way of a chain of hydroelectric dams on the Tennessee River. The construction...
Water and Environment in the Selenga-Baikal Basin
International Research Cooperation for an Ecoregion of Global Relevance
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
The water resources of the Selenga River/Lake Baikal system are of fundamental importance for the ecosystems and socio-economic development of the region. In this large-scale river and lake basin, there are strong contrasts between regions of relatively pristine nature and massive anthropogenic impacts...
by Drako Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
This is your invitation to Sam Wests and Santoss underworld. Two friends united by circumstances but bonded by their will to survive and their determination to make it in the cold streets of St.Paul Minnesota. Just when they thought it was their time to shine, they came to find out that they bit off...
by Peter Sullivan, Doug Clarke, Barbara Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
This book is about how teachers can use classroom mathematics tasks to support student learning, and presents data on the ways in which teachers used those tasks in a particular research project. It is the product of research findings focusing on teacher practice, teacher learning and knowledge,...
by Lawrence R. Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) assumed power in October 1949 China was one of the poorest nations in the world and so weak it had been conquered in the late 1930s and early 1940s by its neighbor Japan, a country one-10th its size. More than five decades later, the People’s Republic of China...
Other People's Kids
Social Expectations and American Adults? Involvement with Children and Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
According to the study conducted by Gallup Organization, only a minority of Americans experience consistent normative motivation for engaging with other people's children. Social norms theory suggests that adults are more likely to get deeply involved if that involvement is viewed as highly important,...
by Dennis M. Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
The main topic of this book is quantum mechanics, as the title indicates. It specifically targets those topics within quantum mechanics that are needed to understand modern semiconductor theory. It begins with the motivation for quantum mechanics and why classical physics fails when dealing with very...
Enhancing Practice through Classroom Research
A teacher's guide to professional development
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Enhancing Practice through Classroom Research is an accessible introduction to understanding and improving teaching and learning through a process of reflection, research and action. Written by teachers for teachers, it offers a straightforward guide to classroom research and considers issues central...
Toxic Legacy
Synthetic Toxins in the Food, Water and Air of American Cities
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
Any professional examination of existing or potential new toxins in a population must account for those already present from past problems and natural conditions.
Toxic Legacy provides extensive information on the occurrence of chemical hazards and their potential dangers in combinations in the food,...
Book of Superstitious Stuff
Weird Happenings, Wacky Rites, Frightening Fears, Mysterious Myths & Other Bizarre Beliefs
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
From the curse of the lottery winners to the good feng shui of a local restaurant, this quirky, wacky, weird, and wonderful collection of superstitions uncovers the truth about some of our most familiar beliefs, as well as others that are much stranger. It turns out that everywhere in the world, people...
Natural Remedies: Simple Guide For Natural Cures
How To Heal Yourself The Natural Way
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
As the level of awareness increases on the benefits of using natural remedies, many persons are trying to find some kind of guide to help them figure out what would be beneficial for them. If that is the situation that you are in then you need to have a copy of "Natural Remedies: Simple Guide For...