A James: 1347 books
Challenging Learning Through Dialogue
Strategies to Engage Your Students and Develop Their Language of Learning
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2016
***Using classroom discussions to teach good habits of thinking ***
Research shows that classroom discussion has a major effect on student learning. So, how do we get students to talk more? Challenging Learning Through Dialogue transforms the most up-to-date research into practical strategies...
The Joke Is on Us
Political Comedy in (Late) Neoliberal Times
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
This edited volume brings together scholars of comedy to assess how political comedy encounters neoliberal themes in contemporary media. Central to this task is the notion of genre; under neoliberal conditions (where market logics motivate most actions) genre becomes “mixed.” Once stable, discreet...
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, Graham Greene
Language: German
Release Date: May 2, 2014
Language: German
Release Date: May 2, 2014
Wunderbare Autoren klassischer Gespenstergeschichten vereinen sich hier in einem Taschenbuch, darunter E. T. A. Hoffmanns "Eine Spukgeschichte", F. Marion Crawfords "Die obere Koje", H. R. Wakefields "Das Gespensterschloss", Graham Greenes "Das Hinterhaus unweit...
by James A. Crutchfield
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Not just the purview of Mark Twain and his characters, the Mighty Mississippi offers a fascinating look at America. Thirty stories from the history of the Mississippi River will captivate you as you travel from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico.
Hurricanes of the North Atlantic
Climate and Society
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 1999
Called the greatest storms on the planet, hurricanes of the North Atlantic Ocean often cause tremendous social and economic upheaval in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. And with the increasing development of coastal areas, the impact of these storms will likely increase. This book provides...
One God in Three Persons
Unity of Essence, Distinction of Persons, Implications for Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
How do the three persons of the Trinity relate to each other? Evangelicals continue to wrestle with this complex issue and its implications for our understanding of men's and women’s roles in both the home and the church.
Challenging feminist theologies that view the Trinity as a model for...
by James A. Wallace CSsR
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Emphasizing both spiritual and practical preparation, this book will help both experienced and beginning lectors develop their understanding of the ministry of proclaiming the word of God as well as the skills needed to do it well. Wallace offers insight to various aspects of the lector’s work (job,...
Military Legacies
A World Made By War
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2010
Landmines, cluster-bombs, chemical pollutants, and other remnants of war continue to cause death to humans and damage to the environment long after the guns have fallen silent. From the jungles of Vietnam to the arctic tundra of Russia, no region has escaped the legacy of warfare.
To understand...
WISC-V Assessment and Interpretation
Scientist-Practitioner Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2015
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale is the most widely used intelligence test for children worldwide. WISC-V introduces new subtests, composite scores, process scores, error scores, and scaled scores as a more complex and accurate means of assessing cognitive abilities. WISC-V Assessment and Interpretation...
Systems of Life
Biopolitics, Economics, and Literature on the Cusp of Modernity
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Offers a wide-ranging revaluation of the emergence of biopolitics in Europe from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century
American Constitutionalism, Marriage, and the Family
Obergefell v. Hodges and U.S. v. Windsor in Context
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
This edited volume in American constitutionalism places the Supreme Court’s declaration of same-sex marriage rights in U.S. v. Windsor (2013) and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) within the context of the Court’s developing understanding of the legal and social status of marriage and the family. Leading...
Heal Yourself!
How to Harness Placebo Power
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Doctors think they heal with drugs. But only living cells can heal. When something is out of balance, your cells move to correct it because bodies want to be well. HEAL YOURSELF! HOW TO HARNESS PLACEBO POWER shows how to tap into this mysterious process to get well and stay well by harnessing your body's...
by David A. Erlandson, James Mc Namara, Maryanne Mc Namara
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Written in a conversational style for principals who are not statisticians, this book will help you use measurement and evaluation to propel your school towards educational excellence.
The Ottoman Cities of Lebanon
Historical Legacy and Identity in the Modern Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
At the beginning of the sixteenth century Sultan Selim I invaded Syria and Lebanon, and the area would remain nominally under Ottoman rule until the end of World War I. Whether defined as essentially 'Turkish', and therefore alien to the Lebanese experience, or remembered in its final years as a tyrannical...