Amy Hall: 23 books
Beyond Imported Magic
Essays on Science, Technology, and Society in Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Studies challenging the idea that technology and science flow only from global North to South.
The essays in this volume study the creation, adaptation, and use of science and technology in Latin America. They challenge the view that scientific ideas and technology travel unchanged from the...
The Pedagogy of Pop
Theoretical and Practical Strategies for Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Media competes with public schools in terms of student engagement and time. However, the two needn't be mutually exclusive. The Pedagogy of Pop: Theoretical and Practical Strategies for Success discusses a variety of strategies and approaches for using social and mass media as tools through which...
Lay Ecclesial Ministry
Pathways Toward the Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
The role of lay ecclesial ministers—professionally prepared laity who serve in leadership roles—is becoming critically more important in the life of the Catholic church. In Lay Ecclesial Ministry, theologians and pastoral leaders from diverse disciplines provide a deeper understanding, envision...
Life Inside My Mind
31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
“Who better to raise teens’ awareness of mental illness and health than the YA authors they admire?” —Booklist (starred review)
“[A] much-needed, enlightening book.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson,...
Television and the Self
Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Sitting prominently at the hearth of our homes, television serves as a voice of our modern time. Given our media-saturated society and television’s prominent voice and place in the home, it is likely we learn about our society and selves through these stories. These narratives are not simply entertainment,...
by Phillip J. Nickel, Philip Tallon, Jeremy Morris
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Sitting on pins and needles, anxiously waiting to see what will happen next, horror audiences crave the fear and exhilaration generated by a terrifying story; their anticipation is palpable. But they also breathe a sigh of relief when the action is over, when they are able to close their books or...
The Search for Tactical Success in Vietnam
An Analysis of Australian Task Force Combat Operations
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
From 1966 to 1971 the First Australian Task Force was part of the counterinsurgency campaign in South Vietnam. Though considered a small component of the Free World effort in the war, these troops from Australia and New Zealand were in fact the best trained and prepared for counterinsurgency warfare....
Warring over Valor
How Race and Gender Shaped American Military Heroism in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
By focusing on how the idea of heroism on the battlefield helped construct, perpetuate, and challenge racial and gender hierarchies in the United States between World War I and the present, Warring over Valor provides fresh perspectives on the history of American military heroism. The book offers...
Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 1
Safety, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
Pig meat is the most widely-consumed meat in the world. Previous growth in production has relied, in part, on more intensive systems. In meeting rising demand, these systems face challenges such as the ongoing threat of zoonotic diseases, the need to improve feed efficiency in the face of rising costs,...
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