Robert Thomson: 14 books
Resolving Controversy in the European Union
Legislative Decision-Making before and after Enlargement
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
How does the EU resolve controversy when making laws that affect citizens? How has the EU been affected by the recent enlargements that brought its membership to a diverse group of twenty-seven countries? This book answers these questions with analyses of the EU's legislative system that include the...
by Robert Thomson
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Brooks Hospital, once among the largest psychiatric facilities in Pennsylvania and former host to the most violent patients in the state, now sits abandoned on a sprawling section of forgotten land. Most of its windows have been shattered, the stone of its exterior cracked and worn and its interior...
by Robert Thomson
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
On a foggy night on the Scottish coast in 1934, a most unusual visitor arrives at an inn and rents a room on the upper floor. He is colorful and charming and appears to be harmless, and at first the other guests staying at the inn think nothing of his presence, but as the night wears on events take...
by Michael Brub, Joshua A. Boldt, Beth Landers
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
This issue of Profession contains Michael Bérubé's introduction to his Presidential Forum, Avenues of Access, which was held at the 2013 MLA convention, and the essays of the forum participants: Joshua A. Boldt, Beth Landers, Maria Maisto, and Robert Samuels. The issue also features a section on a...
A Century of Controversy
Constitutional Reform in Alabama
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
This timely examination of Alabama’s severely criticized state constitution will serve as an indispensable guide for legislators and citizens considering reform of the outdated document.
Alabama’s present constitution, adopted in 1901, is widely viewed as the source of many, if not most,...
The Social License
The Story of the San Cristobal Mine
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2018
This unique book combines a colourful history of Bolivian politics with some of the most advanced quantitative techniques yet developed for socio-political risk analysis. This is the story of how a foreign-owned private sector mining company (Minera San Cristobal - MSC) earned, lost, and regained...
Harvard Classics Volume 40
English Poetry 1: Chaucer To Gray
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)
Harvard Classics Volume 42
English Poetry 3: Tennyson To Whitman
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017
Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)
Vulnerable Children and the Law
International Evidence for Improving Child Welfare, Child Protection and Children's Rights
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Global support for improving child welfare and upholding the rights of children is strong, but in practice often fails to recognise the emerging gap between traditional child welfare practices and the evolving nature of child vulnerability.
This book takes an international perspective on child...
Architectural Conservation in Asia
National Experiences and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
At a time when organized heritage protection in Asia is developing at a rapid pace, Architectural Conservation in Asia provides the first comprehensive overview of architectural conservation practice from Afghanistan to the Philippines. The country-by-country analysis adopted by the book draws out...
Image-Guided Interventions E-Book
Expert Radiology Series
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2013
2014 BMA Medical Book Awards Highly Commended in Radiology category!
Image-Guided Interventions, a title in the Expert Radiology Series, brings you in-depth and advanced guidance on all of todays imaging and procedural techniques. Whether you are a seasoned interventionalist or trainee, this...
by Robert C. Thomson
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
One of the most important hotspots of herpetological biodiversity in the United States, California is home to many endemic amphibians and reptiles found nowhere else on earth. Many of these taxa have unique ecological and morphological specializations, and their management is an important conservation...
Mapping Crime in Its Community Setting
Event Geography Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Gathering accurate data probably constitutes one of the most important aspects of crime investigation and prevention. How do we put the data to use? How can we improve our methods of handling the information we collect? By describing a project for the development and implementation of a computerized...
Literacy, Leading and Learning
Beyond Pedagogies of Poverty
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
How might educational leaders and teachers improve literacy achievement in schools serving communities experiencing high levels of poverty? This question is the focus of this book. Drawing on long-term case studies of four primary schools located in these communities, this book describes the difference...