College: 170 books
Big Book of Civil War Sites
From Fort Sumter to Appomattox, a Visitor's Guide to the History, Personalities, and Places of America's Battlefields
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
The definitive travel reference for America's
most famous, and infamous, Civil War battle sites—
a tribute to the war's 150th anniversary (2011-2015)
With The Big Book of Civil War Sites, history-focused travelers finally have ready access to in-depth and thorough listings of all sites...
by Jones, Margaret, Siraj-Blatchford
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This work looks at the issues of student learning and support, in the context of their own institution. Issues covered include student representation, underachievement and the overall aims and ethics of further and higher education.
by The Royal College of General Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
This one-stop practical guide will show you how to give first aid safely and with confidence. It comes in a handy format with colour illustrations and expert advice throughout. This invaluable first aid guide has been compiled by and with the advice of experts responsible for training the emergency...
Curriculum Action Research
A Handbook of Methods and Resources for the Reflective Practitioner
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
A handbook of research techniques for teachers, this book documents the historical development and changing nature of action research in the curriculum and aims to encourage teacher development through curriculum inquiry. It describes 57 action research tools, ten of which are new.
First Along the River
A Brief History of the U.S. Environmental Movement
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
First Along the River provides students with a balanced, historical perspective on the history of the environmental movement in relation to major social and political events in U.S. history, from the pre-colonial era to the present. The book highlights important people and events, places critical...
by American College of Sports Medicine, Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
In ACSM’s Exercise for Older Adults world-renowned researchers and practitioners make a compelling case for older adults to engage in physical activity. Over the course of ten chapters, the text highlights the physiological, psychological, and social benefits of a physically active lifestyle. Students...
New Ethnicities And Urban Culture
Social Identity And Racism In The Lives Of Young People
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Engaging exploration of race and youth culture which examines the development of new identities, ethnicities and forms of racism. This text analyzes the relationship between racism, community and adolescent social identities in the African and South Asian diasporas.; This book is intended for undergraduate...
Rediscovering Lost Innocence
Archaeology at the State Home and School
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
In the first half of the nineteenth-century, responsibility for child care primarily rested within families. Needy children were often cared for by community-sponsored efforts that varied widely in quality, as well as by benevolent organizations dedicated to children’s welfare. The late 1800s was...
The Church Teaches
Documents of the Church in English Translation
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
416 pages of famous dogmatic Church pronouncements: The Athanasian Creed, Oath Against Modernism, Interpretation of Sacred Scripture, Condemnation of the Modernists, Papal Infallibility, etc. Fully indexed; excellent reference! 416 pgs;
by Judith Lorber, Lisa Jean Moore, Purchase College
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2002
Judith Lorber and Lisa Jean Moore consider the interface between the social institutions of gender and Western medicine in this brief, lively textbook. They offer a distinct feminist viewpoint to analyze issues of power and politics concerning physical illness. SIGNS labeled the first edition 'a rich...
by Robert S. Youngquist, DVM, Walter R. Threlfall
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2006
An essential resource for both students and practitioners, this comprehensive text provides practical, up-to-date information about normal reproduction and reproductive disorders in horses, cattle, small ruminants, swine, llamas, and other livestock. Featuring contributions from experts in the field,...
Thinking with Shakespeare
Comparative and Interdisciplinary Essays
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2017
"Shakespeares works do not embody any doctrine or set of beliefs, as his critics have long been tempted to suggest, but they do stage encounters with certain kinds of thinking ethical, political, epistemological, even metaphysical that still concern us nowadays. They can be shown to draw on ancient...
The Equal Society
Essays on Equality in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Equality is a widely championed social ideal. But what is equality? And what action is required if present-day societies are to root out their inequalities?
The Equal Society collects fourteen philosophical essays, each with a fresh perspective on these questions. The authors explore the demands...
by Fr. Vincent McNabb, Christendom College Dr. William Fahey
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Written by one of the great late 19th-century/early-20th-century spiritual and social writers of England, this is a collection of essays addressing the problems of the Industrial Revolution with Christian philosophy and social thought. Among the topics included are industrialism and the rise of unemployment;...