John Duffy: 15 books
Provocations of Virtue
Rhetoric, Ethics, and the Teaching of Writing
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
In Provocations of Virtue, John Duffy explores the indispensable role of writing teachers and scholars in counteracting the polarized, venomous “post-truth” character of contemporary public argument. Teachers of writing are uniquely positioned to address the crisis of public discourse because...
The Available Parent
Radical Optimism for Raising Teens and Tweens
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Teenagers are left feeling unheard and misunderstood, and parents are left feeling bewildered by the changes in their child at adolescence and their sudden lack of effectiveness as parents. The parent has become unavailable, the teen responds in kind, and a negative, often destructive cycle of communication...
The Available Parent
Expert Advice for Raising Successful, Resilient, and Connected Teens and Tweens
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
We have a tendency today to over-parent, micro-manage, and under-appreciate our adolescents. Dr. John Duffy's The Available Parent is a revolutionary approach to taking care of teens and tweens. Teenagers are often left feeling unheard and misunderstood, and parents are left feeling bewildered by...
The Watchdogs Didn't Bark
The CIA, NSA, and the Crimes of the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
The Shocking Reexamination of Unexplored Failures by Government Officials to Use Available Intelligence to Stop the Events of September 11th
In 2009, documentarians John Duffy and Ray Nowosielski arrived at the offices of Richard Clarke, the former counterterror adviser to Presidents Clinton...
by John Duffy, J. Bryce McLaulin
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Major John J. Duffy
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
"Chromosome 23" is a book of poetry.It is a story about you and me and all the rest of us. It delves into the “XX” and the “XY” chromosome. This is the female and the male chromosome.“I never understand women.” We’ve heard that before. This endeavor is the key to understanding...
Competence in Social Work Practice
A Practical Guide for Students and Professionals Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2007
Since the publication of the first edition of this classic text, the major reforms in social work education resulted in the National Occupational Standards Framework (NOSF), which requires all social workers to demonstrate competence in a number of key areas.
This practical text book covers...
State of Change
Colorado Politics in the Twenty-first Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Colorado has recently been at the center of major shifts in American politics. Indeed, over the last several decades the political landscape has altered dramatically on both the state and national levels. State of Change traces the political and demographic factors that have transformed Colorado,...
River Cottage A to Z
Our Favourite Ingredients, & How to Cook Them
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
'Ingredients are at the heart of everything we do at River Cottage. By gathering our all-time favourites together, I hope to inspire you to look at them with fresh eyes and discover new ways of cooking them' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
The definitive River Cottage kitchen companion.Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall...
Education and Technology
Critical Perspectives, Possible Futures
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2007
There are numerous publications about education and technology. What is missing is a balanced appraisal of the values and cognitive skills technology promotes and those it devalues. This is important for education because the way we teach influences how children think, and it is of more general importance...
by Sunil Ahuja, Margaret E. Banyan, Peter Bergerson
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
The Roads to Congress 2008 offers readers straightfoward and detailed case studies of the campaigns, candidates, key issues, and outcomes of over one dozen of the most important and interesting races of 2008. This includes both House and Senate campaigns, contests from all regions of the country,...
Community Psychology
Fifth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Community Psychology, 5/e focuses on the prevention of problems, the promotion of well-being, empowerment of members within a community, the appreciation of diversity, and an ecological model for the understanding of human behavior. Attention is paid to both “classic” early writings and the most...
by John Charles Duffy, David J Howlett
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Although often regarded as marginal or obscure, Mormonism is a significant American religious minority, numerically and politically. The successes and struggles of this U.S. born religion reveal much about how religion operates in U.S. society. Mormonism: The Basics introduces the teachings, practices,...
by Keith Blakemore-Noble, Cindi Wilson, Ruth Thirtle
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Eleven international experts get together to give your their wisdom, knowledge and experience AND advice to help you win in life and in work; this book gives “Sound advice for getting out of ruts” Each of the expert authors have their own style and every story or topic covered proved to be very insightful....
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