Van James: 128 books
by A.A. Milne, Santa Claus, Adelaide Anne Procter
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2018
This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!
International Folkloristics
Classic Contributions by the Founders of Folklore
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1999
International folkloristics is a worldwide discipline in which scholars study various forms of folklore ranging from myth, folktale, and legend to custom and belief. Twenty classic essays, beginning with a piece by Jacob Grimm, reveal the evolving theoretical underpinnings of folkloristics from its...
TIPS
The Child Voice
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
This second edition of TIPS: The Child Voice was prepared in response to demand for an updated and expanded version of the highly successful 1997 edition. This edition takes into account the broadening base of information regarding the nature of the singing voice. Now with strategies for the voice...
by Philip B. Bedient, James B. Blackburn Jr., Shannon S. Van Zandt
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
If Hurricane Ike had made landfall just fifty miles down the Texas coast, the devastation and death caused by what was already one of the most destructive hurricanes in US history would have quadrupled. Ike made everyone realize just how exposed and vulnerable the Houston-Galveston area is in the...
Religion, Culture, and International Conflict
A Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2005
As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often...
The Sortino Framework for Constructing Portfolios
Focusing on Desired Target Return™ to Optimize Upside Potential Relative to Downside Risk
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2009
The most common way of constructing portfolios is to use traditional asset allocation strategies, which match the client’s risk appetite to a weighted allocation strategy of fixed income, equities, and other types of assets. This method focuses on how the money is allocated, rather than on future...
The Professional Edge: Competencies in Public Service
Competencies in Public Service
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
The new context and character of public service - shifting values, entrepreneurship, information technology, multi-sector careers - require enhanced technical, ethical, and leadership skills. This concise and readable work describes what it means to be a consummate professional public servant. It...
The Twenty-First-Century Media Industry
Economic and Managerial Implications in the Age of New Media
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
The Twenty-First-Century Media Industry: Economic and Managerial Implications in the Age of New Media examines the role that new media technologies are having on the traditional media industry from a media management perspective. Consumer behaviors and consumer expectations are being shaped by new...
The Expert Test Manager
Guide to the ISTQB Expert Level Certification
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
This book covers the ISTQB Expert Level Test Manager syllabus and is a complete, one-stop preparation guide for the reader who is otherwise qualified (based on experience as a test manager) to take the Expert Level Test Manager exam. Included are extensive hands-on exercises and sample exam questions...
Taking Chances
The Coast after Hurricane Sandy
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Humanity is deeply committed to living along the world’s shores, but a catastrophic storm like Sandy—which took hundreds of lives and caused many billions of dollars in damages—shines a bright light at how costly and vulnerable life on a shoreline can be. Taking Chances offers a wide-ranging...
This Place
150 Years Retold
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2019
Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic battles, and time travel. See how Indigenous peoples have survived...
Diasporas
Concepts, Intersections, Identities
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Featuring essays by world-renowned scholars, Diasporas charts the various ways in which global population movements and associated social, political and cultural issues have been seen through the lens of diaspora. Wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, this collection considers critical concepts shaping...
Masculindians
Conversations about Indigenous Manhood
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
What does it mean to be an Indigenous man today? Between October 2010 and May 2013, Sam McKegney conducted interviews with leading Indigenous artists, critics, activists, and elders on the subject of Indigenous manhood. In offices, kitchens, and coffee shops, and once in a car driving down the 401,...
Robot Ethics
The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2011
Prominent experts from science and the humanities explore issues in robot ethics that range from sex to war.
Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to...