D B John: 103 books

Book cover of Latina/o Discourse in Vernacular Spaces
by Claudia Anguiano, Roberto Avant-Mier, Lisa B. Y. Calvente
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011

Taking up the charge to study discourses of marginalized groups, while simultaneously extending scholarship about Latina/os in the field of Communication, Latina/o Discourse in Vernacular Spaces: Somos de Una Voz? provides the most current work examining the vernacular voices of Latina/os. The editors...
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Diplomatic Games

Sport, Statecraft, and International Relations since 1945

by Andrew L. Johns, Heather L. Dichter, Evelyn Mertin
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014

International sporting events, including the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup, have experienced profound growth in popularity and significance since the mid-twentieth century. Sports often facilitate diplomacy, revealing common interests across borders and uniting groups of people who are otherwise...
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Transcendence and Film

Cinematic Encounters with the Real

by Dylan James Trigg, Herbert Golder, K. Malcolm Richards
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019

In this edited collection of essays, ten experts in film philosophy explore the importance of transcendence for understanding cinema as an art form. They analyze the role of transcendence for some of the most innovative film directors: David Cronenberg, Karl Theodor Dreyer, Federico Fellini, Werner...
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The State of the Parties

The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties

by Alan Abramowitz, Paul A. Beck, Michael John Burton
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014

The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on party action in election years and in between. This essential party primer includes: new chapters on polarization between and within the parties in the aftermath of the 2012 election, demographic changes to America’s political parties and the...
Book cover of Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 3
by Dr Alejandro Ramirez, Dr Carla Correia-Gomes, Prof. Mick Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018

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Book cover of Forging Southeastern Identities

Forging Southeastern Identities

Social Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Folklore of the Mississippian to Early Historic South

by Robin A. Beck, Ian W. Brown, Penelope Ballard Drooker
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017

Forging Southeastern Identities: Social Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Mississippian to Early Historic South, a groundbreaking collection of ten essays, covers a broad expanse of time—from the ninth to the nineteenth centuries—and focuses on a common theme of identity. These essays represent...
Book cover of Understanding and Treating Self-Injurious Behavior in Autism
by Margaret L. Bauman, Paul Millard Hardy, Lucy Jane Miller
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016

Self-injurious behavior occurs in almost half of those with autism and is one of the most devastating and challenging-to-treat behaviors. There are many different forms of self-injury, such as head banging, hand biting, hair pulling, excessive scratching, and much more. With contributions from the...
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Your Anxious Child

How Parents and Teachers Can Relieve Anxiety in Children

by John S. Dacey, Martha D. Mack, Lisa B. Fiore
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016

A fully-revised and updated new edition of a bestselling book designed to help parents, teachers, and counsellors support young people suffering from anxiety. Offers an array of innovative strategies organized into the authors’ four-step “COPE” program, which has undergone more than 20...
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The Man Among the Myrtles

A Study in Zechariah's Visions

by Rev. John Adams B. D.
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017

THE title of the present series is a sufficient indication of its purpose. Few preachers, or congregations, will face the long courses of expository lectures which characterised the preaching of the past, but there is a growing conviction on the part of some that an occasional short course, of six...
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Ancient Borinquen

Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Native Puerto Rico

by Peter G. Roe, Peter E. Siegel, Joshua M. Torres
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009

Native American cultures of Puerto Rico prior to the arrival of the Spanish in 1493. A book on the prehistory of a modern geopolitical entity is artificial. It is unlikely that prehistoric occupants recognized the same boundaries and responded to the same political forces that operated in...
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Urbanism in the Preindustrial World

Cross-Cultural Approaches

by Rebecca Storey, Li Liu, Sarah M. Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2009

A baseline study of the growth of preindustrial cities worldwide. This work employs a subset of preindustrial cities on many continents to answer questions archaeologists grapple with concerning the populating and growth of cities before industrialization. It further explores how scholars differently...
Book cover of Archaeology and Ancient Religion in the American Midcontinent
by Susan M. Alt, Melissa R. Baltus, Kenneth B. Farnsworth
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018

Analyses of big datasets signal important directions for the archaeology of religion in the Archaic to Mississippian Native North America Across North America, huge data accumulations derived from decades of cultural resource management studies, combined with old museum collections, provide...
Book cover of Responsible Research and Innovation Actions in Science Education, Gender and Ethics
by Fernando Ferri, Ned Dwyer, Saša Raicevich
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018

This book gathers case studies presented at the International Conference on Responsible Research and Innovation in Science, Innovation and Society (RRI-SIS2017). It highlights European initiatives and projects in various domains and contexts, each of which explores how to create guidelines and good...
Book cover of 2 Chronicles, Volume 15
by Raymond B. Dillard, David Allen Hubbard, Glenn W. Barker
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and...
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