Charles L : 555 books
A Tokyo Anthology
Literature from Japan’s Modern Metropolis, 1850–1920
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
The city of Tokyo, renamed after the Meiji Restoration, developed an urban culture that was a dynamic integration of Edo’s highly developed traditions and Meiji renovations, some of which reflected the influence of Western culture. This wide-ranging anthology—including fictional and dramatic works,...
by Jinaki Muslimah Abdullah, Charles E. Allen Jr., Toya Conston
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Africana Islamic Studies highlights the diverse contributions that African Americans have made to the formation of Islam in the United States. It specifically focuses on the Nation of Islam and its patriarch Elijah Muhammad with regards to the African American Islamic experience. Contributors explore...
by L. Charles Arnold Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Science fiction stories have resulted in the creation of technological advancements. They have also borrowed philosophical concepts from various belief systems and, in some cases, resulted in the establishment of new belief systems. These belief systems attempt to direct many from Christianity and...
by Craig L. Pearce, Charles C. Manz, Henry P. Sims
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Share, Don’t Take the Lead is a book that offers an alternative perspective on leadership. The philosophy of shared leadership is straightforward: Leadership does not derive solely from position, authority, or hierarchy. Instead, leadership is something that can be executed by anyone who has the best...
Preventive Measures
Building Risk Assessment and Crisis Early Warning Systems
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 1998
State failure, ethnopolitical war, genocide, famine, and refugee flows are variants of a type of complex political and humanitarian crisis, exemplified during the 1990s in places like Somalia, Bosnia, Liberia, and Afghanistan. The international consequences of such crises are profound, often threatening...
Retrying Leopold and Loeb
A Neuropsychological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
This book retrospectively analyzes the notorious 1924 case of Leopold and Loeb, in which two college students murder a young boy just to prove they could do it. In the almost hundred years since that trial, the field of neuroscience along with neuropsychology have expanded tremendously, and there...
Enhanced Surface Imaging of Crustal Deformation
Obtaining Tectonic Force Fields Using GPS Data
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
This book takes an in depth look at a novel methodology for analyzing Global Positioning System (GPS) data to obtain the highest possible resolution surface imaging of tectonic deformation sources without prescribing the nature of either the sources or the subsurface medium. GPS methods are widely...
Family Therapy Supervision in Extraordinary Settings
Illustrations of Systemic Approaches in Everyday Clinical Work
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2019
Family Therapy Supervision in Extraordinary Settings showcases the dynamism of systemic family therapy supervision/consultation as it expands beyond typical and historical traditions. In this unique collection, contributors write about their innovations, unexpected learnings, and “perfect accidents”...
Building Cultures and Climates for Effective Human Services
Understanding and Improving Organizational Social Contexts with the ARC Model
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
It is widely acknowledged that many healthcare, behavioral health, and social service organizations provide less-than-optimal services and that the challenge of improving services depends on successfully changing organizational culture and climate. However, there are almost no organizational-level...
by William L. Thompson, Gary C. White, Charles Gowan
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 1998
This book is written to serve as a general reference for biologists and resource managers with relatively little statistical training. It focuses on both basic concepts and practical applications to provide professionals with the tools needed to assess monitoring methods that can detect trends in...
by W. Charles Sawyer, Richard L. Sprinkle
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Applied International Economics, 4th Edition offers a modern and accessible treatment of international economics, shifting the emphasis from pure theory to the application of theory by using some of the key tools of economic analysis. This new edition of the text formerly known as International Economics...
by W. Charles Sawyer, Richard L. Sprinkle
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
First published in 1999, this volume responds to one of the more important issues in applied international economics: the extent to which trade flows adjust to changes in income, relative prices and exchange rates. This work surveys the literature on empirical estimation of the demand for imports...
A Field Guide to the Tiger Beetles of the United States and Canada
Identification, Natural History, and Distribution of the Cicindelinae
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
More than 2600 species of tiger beetles are found all over the world. In North America there are 116 species of tiger beetle, divided into 153 geographically distinct races. Detailed studies of their natural history, population dynamics, communities, patterns of worldwide species richness, and taxonomy...
by Charles Schaefer, Howard L. Millman
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1994
In this immensely practical manual, two leading child psychologists provide specific, down-to-earth advice for effectively handling the everyday problems of children from early childhood through adolescence.