John Lyons: 17 books
Balcony Over Jerusalem
A Middle East Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
A gripping memoir of life in Jerusalem from one of Australia's most experienced Middle East correspondents.
Leading Australian journalist John Lyons will take readers on a fascinating personal journey through the wonders and dangers of the Middle East. From the sheer excitement of arriving...
by John Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2010
Every year, some 10,000 people attend Lyons's clinics to learn the secrets contained in this complete training program for horses and trainers of all skill levels, by one of America's most popular and trusted trainer-instructors.
by John Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 1981
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 1981
This 1981 book is a general introduction to linguistics and the study of language, intended particularly for beginning students and readers with no previous knowledge or training in the subject. There is first a general account of the nature of language and of the aims, methods and basic principles...
by John Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
A Tear in the Curtain is a historical novel. The story tells of three families, British, Hungarian and Russian, whose lives are linked for fifty years during the Cold War and afterwards.Their experiences reflect the danger, bravery, heartbreak, joy and sorrow of those days when Europe was divided...
Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Youth
Developing Evidence-Based International Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2014
Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth takes a fresh look at therapeutic residential care as a powerful intervention in working with the most troubled children who need intensive support.
Featuring contributions from distinguished international contributors, it critically examines...
Delivering the Word
Preaching and Exegesis in the Western Christian Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Biblical texts have been used consistently in sermons throughout Christian history. Preachers have transformed the texts into an aural experience, using them to evangelize, educate, edify, exhort, or even terrify, their audiences. Sermons have enabled Scripture to be communicated to people from a...
First Thrills: Volume 4
Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present a collection of remarkable stories in First Thrills. From small-town crime stories to sweeping global conspiracies, this is a cross section of today's hottest thriller-writing talent. This original collection...
by John F. Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
Bringing history teaching into the twenty-first century, Teaching History Online is a concise guide to developing and using internet resources in history instruction. It offers practical, jargon-free advice to help the history teacher develop online assignments, and provides an informed introduction...
by Katheleen Lynch, John Baker, Maureen Lyons
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 22, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 22, 2015
Dentro del marco más amplio de la justicia y de los derechos humanos, este innovador trabajo ofrece una nueva perspectiva de la igualdad, ya que explora y pone de relieve la igualdad afectiva; las dimensiones de la justicia relacionadas con el amor, la afectividad, la solidaridad y los cuidados....
The People's Victory
Stories from the Front Lines in the Fight for Marriage Equality
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
"“The People’s Victory is a mirror for each of us to see our own power to fight for justice and create the change we want to see in our world.” – Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California
In 1996, a small group of Americans from all walks of life banded together to create...
French Renaissance and Baroque Drama
Text, Performance, Theory
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
The fifteen articles in this volume highlight the richness, diversity, and experimental nature of French and Francophone drama before the advent of what would become known as neoclassical French theater of the seventeenth century. In essays ranging from conventional stage plays (tragedies, comedies,...
College Student Retention
Formula for Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
Although access to higher education is virtually universally available, college student retention stills remains a vexing and puzzling problem for educators and legislators.
In College Student Retention: Formula for Student Success, second edition, Alan Seidman deals with this problematic issue...
Writing for Animals
New perspectives for writers and instructors to educate and inspire
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
A unique anthology of articles and essays to inspire animal-themed creative writing
Despite all we know about the sentience of animals, society tends to view and treat nonhuman animals as lesser creatures. And for society to change its views, writers must change their views. We must look closely...
by John D. Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
In the Renaissance and early modern periods, there were lively controversies over why things happen. Central to these debates was the troubling idea that things could simply happen by chance. In France, a major terrain of this intellectual debate, the chance hypothesis engaged writers coming from...
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