W Gordon: 94 books
Going Global
A Congregation’s Introduction to Mission Beyond Our Borders
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
The ways to be effective in global missions have changed. The authors believe that content and values must undergird the North American local church’s approach to global mission. It is not enough to “do something.” It is in fact possible to do all of the right things in all of the wrong ways,...
by Gordon Mosser, James W. Begun
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
A complete introductory guide to the principles and clinical application of teamwork in health care
Understanding Teamwork in Health Care emphasizes the essential competencies necessary to implement teamwork in health care in a complex hospital or primary care setting. Unlike similar books...
Civic Media
Technology, Design, Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life.
Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation,...
by Philip W. Grubb, Peter R. Thomsen, Tom Hoxie
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Patents for Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology is the established and highly-acclaimed introduction to patent law and practice, guiding the reader through the legal and procedural complexities of the British, European, Japanese, and United States patent systems. It explains in detail the...
Social Inequalities, Media, and Communication
Theory and Roots
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
Social Inequalities, Media, and Communication: Theory and Roots provides a global analysis of the intersection of social inequalities, media, and communication. This book contains chapter contributions written by scholars from around the world who engage in country- and region-specific case studies...
Troubling Intersections of Race and Sexuality
Queer Students of Color and Anti-Oppressive Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2001
In recent years, researchers have considerably expanded our understanding of the experiences of students of color and of students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning (ie. Queer). They have provided us with rich resources for addressing racism and heterosexism; however, few...
by W. Terrence Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2008
Linguistics For Beginners is the first book to ever make the arcane labors of linguistics accessible to general readers. It begins with a lucid definition of language and proceeds to examine how it becomes the subject matter of linguistics. Key topics include the contrast between writing and speech,...
Human Rights and the Arts in Global Asia
An Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
This anthology of literary and dramatic works introduces writers from across Asia and the Asian diaspora. The landscapes and time periods it describes are rich and varied: a fishing village on the Padma River in Bangladesh in the early twentieth century, the slums of prewar Tokyo, Indonesia during...
Target Tokyo
The Story of the Sorge Spy Ring
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
From the New York Times–bestselling authors of Miracle at Midway: A thrilling account of one of World War II’s most legendary spies.
Richard Sorge was dispatched to Tokyo in 1933 to serve the spymasters of Moscow. For eight years, he masqueraded as a Nazi journalist and burrowed deep into...
Planning and Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Issues for Case Managers and Other Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
'Thought-provoking, well-written, and offering a range of fresh and sometimes challenging perspectives, Planning and Support should be essential reading for people working in the field of learning disabilities. Highly recommended.' - Involve Magazine The authors outline the skills needed and common issues...
Charles H. Houston
An Interdisciplinary Study of Civil Rights Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
This study seeks to examine the life and work of Charles Hamilton Houston and the scope of this project will focus on the implementation and organization of the proposed plan in three ways: philosophical ideas, constructive engagement, and lasting contributions of this legal scholar activist. When...
by Katherine V. Dillon; Donald M. Goldstein; Gordon W. Prange
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2003
God's Samurai is the unusual story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the career aviator who led the attack on Pearl Harbor and participated in most of the fiercest battles of the Pacific war. A valuable record of major events, it is also the personal story of a man swept along by his times. Reared in the vanished culture...
by Bruce W. Bennett, Jonathan Kaufman, James Byrnes
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
Adversaries could acquire emerging chemical and biological (CB) agents years before U.S. defense planners recognize those agents, and many more years before the United States establishes a comprehensive defense against them. Gaps in defenses against chemical and biological weapon agents can pose a...
Design Informed
Driving Innovation with Evidence-Based Design
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
The Power of Evidence to Create Design Excellence
This practical, accessible book—for design professionals and students alike—is about design excellence and how to achieve it. The authors propose an evidence-based design approach that builds on design ingenuity with the use of research...