Michael Martin: 221 books

Satisfying a long-felt need, this ready reference volume will enable the teacher, scholar, student and layman to pinpoint quickly the object of search, whether it be a name, place, event, catch-phrase, or any other item in the field. The scope goes far beyond conventional coverage of the political,...

Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life. Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation,...

Race, Population Studies, and America's Public Schools: A Critical Demography Perspective explores the paradigm of critical demography—established in the late 1990s which articulates the manner in which the social structure differentiates dominant and subordinate populations. Moreover, critical...

Power electronics, which is a rapidly growing area in terms of research and applications, uses modern electronics technology to convert electric power from one form to another, such as ac-dc, dc-dc, dc-ac, and ac-ac with a variable output magnitude and frequency. Power electronics has many applications...

Scribes Divided presents an anthology of fifty-three memorable flash fiction stories. Ranging from comedy to horror to romance and from the supernatural to the super-real, these ultra-short tales will stop you in your tracks. In this book, award-winning authors from around the world will terrorize, mesmerize, and tantalize you into forgetting for a moment your Existential Dread.

This month we have a few trips into the surreal, with a workplace fight, a shape-shifting shopper, and an unidentified no-longer-flying object. There are plenty of great ideas and story lines to enjoy, so have a seat in the shade and get started. FICTION VORTEX: Founded in the 277th...

The Lunch Time Anthologies are full novel anthologies. Gable Heights is book one and a story that jump starts the series with suspense, action and intrigue. Ever doubt that your city has an underground? Maybe you know it is there and you have thoughts of taking it down? Rachel has a plan.

Breath in Action looks at the significance of breath to human life - not just the simple fact that if we stop breathing, we die, but also the more subtle ways in which our breath interacts with our voice and our being. Written by experts in vocal and holistic practice, the book is divided into four sections:...

What social change has been achieved over the past 30 years? What have been the main barriers to progress? What great achievements can we identify and celebrate today? Marking Jessica Kingsley Publishers' 30th year of publishing books on social and behavioural issues, this book gathers together...

This book, by a staff team in the IMF Institute, contains a series of workshops that introduce the process of formulating a hypothetical macroeconomic and structural adjustment program, which is a central element in the financial programming courses offered by the IMF Institute. In addition to elaborating...

Practice in safeguarding adults is changing, with a shift in approach to ensure it is person-centred and outcome-focused. The Care Act 2014 introduced new safeguarding duties for local authorities, and this book describes what up-to-date practice should look like, and how to provide the best quality...

Als kleines Kind wurde Jules Bashir illegalen genetischen Veränderungen ausgesetzt, die seinen Lebensweg für immer veränderten. Seitdem er als Erwachsener erfuhr, was seine Eltern damals getan haben, fragte sich Dr. Julien Bashir, was geworden sein mochte, wenn statt seiner "Jules" hätte...

Die Gorn-Hegemonie ereilt eine ökologische Katastrophe, die die Brutwelt ihrer äußerst wichtigen Kriegerkaste zerstört. Glücklicherweise waren die Gorn bereits Spuren einer uralten, doch leistungsfähigen "Schnell-Terraforming"-Technologie nachgegangen, die von einer schon lange verschwundenen...

Während sie das Verschwinden einer geheimen romulanischen Flotte untersucht, wird die U.S.S. Titan unerwartet über 200.000 Lichtjahre in die Kleine Magellanische Wolke versetzt. Die Wolke, eine der Satellitengalaxien der Milchstraße, beherbergt auch die Neyel, ein seit langem von der terrestrischen...