Douglas C Smith: 11 books
Caregiving
Hospice-Proven Techniques for Healing Body and Soul
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008
One of America's leading hospice experts offers practical, easy-to-follow advice for caregivers and a holistic approach to treating the infirm or the terminally ill. Author Douglas C. Smith organizes his material around "A Bill of Patient's Rights," a unique system he has taught to thousands...
Fumbling the Future
How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored, the First Personal Computer
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1999
Ask consumers and users what names they associate with the multibillion dollar personal computer market, and they will answer IBM, Apple, Tandy, or Lotus. The more knowledgable of them will add the likes of Microsoft, Ashton-Tate, Compaq, and Borland. But no one will say Xerox. Fifteen years after...
Connecting Teaching and Learning
History, Evolution, and Case Studies of Teacher Work Sample Methodology
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
As accountability in education has become an increasingly prominent topic, teacher preparation programs are being asked to provide credible evidence that their teacher candidates can impact student learning.
Teacher Work Samples, first developed 30 years ago, have emerged as an effective method...
Ultimate Guides to Indie Publishing
A Six Ebook Box Set
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2017
I remember sending photocopies of my manuscript out to children's book publishers, only to be met by rejection.
Imagine my delight when I heard I could publish on my own very inexpensively.
Authors no longer have to wait for acceptance by the big Five--Hachette, HarperCollins, MacMillan,...
Re-Launch
science fiction stories of new beginnings
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2018
Beginnings are always messy. ~ John Galsworthy
Spacecrafts hurtling toward alien worlds. Second chances for civilizations. First contact. Rebirth. Non-humans looking for a new life. Opportunities for fresh starts and do-overs far from Earth. These stories and more explore the theme of Re-Launch.
Send...
by Barbara G.Tarn, Laura Ware, Annie Reed
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2019
Whether you're sucked in, you fall into it or you see it and decide to explore what's beyond, a portal is always an opening to a great adventure. From our world to others, alone or in good company, our heroes and heroines reach "somewhere" down the rabbit hole and meet strange creatures....
Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)
The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
Free Speech On Trial
Communication Perspectives on Landmark Supreme Court Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
Describes landmark free speech decisions of the Supreme Court while highlighting the issues of language, rhetoric, and communication that underlie them.
At the intersection of communication and First Amendment law reside two significant questions: What is the speech we ought to protect, and...
Wings of Change
Stories about Dragons
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Tales of wise, ancient dragons hoarding treasure, terrorizing villages, and doing battle with noble heroes have long fascinated us. But dragons were not born old and wise, nor were heroes born brave and noble.
Wings of Change gathers tales of young dragons growing into their scales and claws,...
The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens
Place, Personality, and Politics in the Civil War Era
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2019
The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era’s most prominent politicians as well as the political landscapes they inhabited and informed. Both men called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their home, and both were...
New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee
Intellectual, Methodological, and Theoretical Contributions
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee tells the engrossing story of Southeastern archaeology in the 1930s. The Tennessee Valley Authority Act of May 1933 initiated an ambitious program of flood control and power generation by way of a chain of hydroelectric dams on the Tennessee River. The construction...