Academic Press: 465 books

Fighting Irish is a meticulous and engaging account of the First World War from the perspective of the men of the Irish Regiments of the British Army, revealing the extent of the Irish military commitment to the Great War effort from 1914-1918. Startling and sympathetic matters, from campaign strategy...

Today’s traditional employment model is structured so that one is paid for the work he or she does over a given period. In this linear construct, you go to work for a week and at week’s end you are compensated for that work. The next week you do more work and are compensated for that work, and...

Education and counseling are the pillars of civilization. To change them means to change the world. If you are searching for a guide to Direct Relations and a textbook of Counseling for Being, this book might be for you.

The political landscape in Finland has changed dramatically during the past 35 years. Like everywhere in the democratic West these changes have pertained to the economic and social underpinnings of the political process as well as to the concrete substance of government policy. Unlike most comparable...

Psychiatric Pharmacogenetics from concepts to cases is a book written by two authors who are highly distinguished leaders in this cutting edge field. The book gives a synopsis of the history of how the science of pharmacogenetics evolved, how this new science can help address the mounting cost of...

When you can't see clearly life get's rather confusing. The same is true for this young boy. Presented in rhyming text, this humorous and light hearted picture book gets into the fears and concerns of most all children who are about to take their first trip to the opthamologist and their first pair of glasses.

Das Leipziger Führungsmodell ist ein mehrdimensionaler Orientierungsrahmen, der sich an Studierende und Führungskräfte richtet. Er kann auf verschiedene Organisationsgrößen und -arten in unterschiedlichen Branchen wie auch in öffentlichen Organisationen angewendet werden. Im Mittelpunkt stehen...

Das Leipziger Führungsmodell dient als Kompass in Zeiten permanenten Wandels, wie wir sie gegenwärtig durch die Globalisierung, die Digitalisierung und die ökologische Bewegung erfahren. Indem es auf die grundlegenden Dimensionen guter Führung verweist und ihren Wertbeitrag nicht nur für den Einzelnen...

Religiöse Vorstellungen sind vom kulturellen Umfeld geprägt, in dem sie entstanden sind. Gut untersucht sind die Einflüsse von jüdischen und paganen Philosophien und Religionsformen auf die christliche Gedankenwelt der Antike. Doch in wieweit hängt die frühchristliche Theologie vom damaligen medizinischen...

Antisemitism on the Campus: Past & Present, edited by Eunice G. Pollack, is the first book of a multidisciplinary series on Antisemitism in America to be published by Academic Studies Press. In this volume, twenty-one leading scholars explore the roots and manifestations of antisemitism and anti- Zionism...

At a time when Jewish communities have become increasingly anxious about weakening Jewish identity, one response strategy is to engage with the concept of Jewish peoplehood as a social phenomenon, in its varied contexts and processes. This volume represents the first in-depth effort to address the concept...

The past two decades have witnessed a remarkable renaissance in the academic study of the history of the Jews in Great Britain and of their impact upon British history. In this volume Professor Geoffrey Alderman presents essays that reflect the richness of this renaissance, penned by a new generation...

The Goalkeeper is a new scholarly almanac devoted to the art of Vladimir Nabokov. Himself an ardent goalkeeper, the author of Lolita viewed soccer as more than a game: I was less the keeper of a soccer goal than the keeper of a secret (Speak, Memory). The inaugural collection features contributions from...

In this controversial study, Goska exposes one stereotype of Poles and other Eastern Europeans. In the "Bieganski" stereotype, Poles exhibit the qualities of animals. They are strong, stupid, violent, fertile, anarchic, dirty, and especially hateful in a way that more evolved humans are...