Mary Richard: 102 books
The Doctoral StudentOs Advisor and Mentor
Sage Advice from the Experts
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
This book focuses on using faculty mentoring to empower doctoral students to successfully complete their doctoral studies. The book is a collection of mentoring chapters showcasing professors and dissertation advisors from the most prestigious universities in the United States. They provide an extraordinary...
Supervision as Transformation
A Passion for Learning
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Supervision provides a positive space for compassion, inquiry, reflection, and above all development. The chapters in this book are written from a wide range of perspectives, all of which take a practical approach to supervision and show how transformative it can be when approached in the right way.
Contributions...
The Quest
A Journey of Spiritual Rediscovery
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1993
In every human heart there exists the hope of connecting with "something more." Tucked away deep within us, a part of us has always sought--yearned for--that connection. The Quest opens the way for that connection. It presents eternal truths in a contemporary and very personal way. Whether you are just...
The Lazarus Blueprint
Ancient Secrets for Healing and Inner Peace
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Like a masterpiece hidden beneath layers of paint, another story lies behind the well-known New Testament story of Lazarus. On the surface, Jesus appeared to perform a miracle when he raised Lazarus from the dead. However, also embedded within the story is an extraordinary blueprint -- six steps for...
Thinking about Oral History
Theories and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
A companion to History of Oral History, Thinking about Oral History presents parts III and IV of Handbook of Oral History, an essential resource for scholars and students. Guided by Charlton, Myers, and Sharpless, the prominent authors capture the current state-of-the-art in oral history and predict key directions for future growth in theory and application.
Been There. Done That. Try This!
An Aspie's Guide to Life on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
If you only buy one book to improve your life this year, make it this one.
Temple Grandin, Liane Holliday Willey, Anita Lesko, Stephen M. Shore, and many other Aspie mentors, offer their personal guidance on coping with the daily stressors that Aspies have identified as being the most significant,...
Okinawan Martial Traditions, Vol. 2.2
Te, Tode, Karate, Karatedo, Kobudo
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
NOTE: Volume 2 of the print edition was dividend into Vols. 2.1 and 2.2 to make two e-book editions.
What would you like to obtain from your research and practice of an Okinawan martial art? For an academic, it would be to obtain historical and cultural facts and details. For a practitioner,...
Achieving Education for All
Dilemmas in System-Wide Reforms and Learning Outcomes in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
Using the Education for All (EFA) global movement as the setting, this book surveys the complex labyrinths of international education policy making, the design and implementation of system-wide educational reform, and the assessment of learning outcomes in the African context. It addresses the following...
by Professor Kathy Hall, Dr Mary Horgan, Dr Anna Ridgway
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
The Municipal preschools of Reggio Emilia, in Northern Italy, are renowned world-wide for the excellence of their provision. This approach provides a unique collaboration between children, parents, teachers and the wider community.
Loris Malaguzzi and the Reggio Emilia Experience brings together...
The Radio Drama Handbook
Audio Drama in Context and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
The Radio Drama Handbook combines both theory and practice to lead, stepwise, to a full understanding of radio drama form. Broken down into two large sections, the first gives the reader an overview of English language radio drama in the US and UK and explains a variety of approaches to how radio...
The Rock-Art of Eastern North America
Capturing Images and Insight
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Showcases the wealth of new research on sacred imagery found in 12 states and 4 Canadian provinces.
In archaeology, rock-art—any long-lasting marking made on a natural surface—is similar to material culture (pottery and tools) because it provides a record of human activity and ideology...
Adventures in Shondaland
Identity Politics and the Power of Representation
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2018
Shonda Rhimes is one of the most powerful players in contemporary American network television. Beginning with her break-out hit series Grey’s Anatomy, she has successfully debuted Private Practice, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, The Catch, For The People, and Station 19. Rhimes’s work...
From the Pleistocene to the Holocene
Human Organization and Cultural Transformations in Prehistoric North America
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
The end of the Pleistocene era brought dramatic environmental changes to small bands of humans living in North America: changes that affected subsistence, mobility, demography, technology, and social relations. The transition they made from Paleoindian (Pleistocene) to Archaic (Early Holocene) societies...
Always Eat Dessert...
and 6 More Weight Loss and Lifestyle Habits I Learned in the Convent
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
When I entered the convent, I was eighteen, heavyset, and lacking self-confidence. I planned to stay forever, living an idealistic life devoted to God. Perhaps deep down I was looking for one solution to all of life’s decisions and ambiguities while forging ahead despite parental disapproval. But...