F James: 440 books
Making Sense of Political Ideology
The Power of Language in Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Political positions in the United States today are ideologically chaotic, and there are significant prices to pay for that chaos. The nation has not reached a crisis yet in her modern political gridlock, but predicting the time when the current generation will face the difficulties of earlier times...
What is an Emotion?
The Physiology of Emotion
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
What is an Emotion?
Our natural way of thinking about the standard emotions is that the mental perception of some fact excites the mental affection called the emotion, and that this latter state of mind gives rise to the bodily expression. The thesis on the contrary is that the bodily changes follow...
The Death of Competition
Leadership and Strategy in the Age of Business Ecosystems
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Today's marketplace is seeing radical changes in the way companies do business with one another. New partnerships and alliances are constantly being forged, the lines between industries have blurred, and it has become difficult to tell one business from another, and who's competing with whom.
The...
Race, Population Studies, and America's Public Schools
A Critical Demography Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Race, Population Studies, and America's Public Schools: A Critical Demography Perspective explores the paradigm of critical demography—established in the late 1990s which articulates the manner in which the social structure differentiates dominant and subordinate populations. Moreover, critical...
Plantation Crops, Plunder and Power
Evolution and exploitation
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Over the last five centuries, plantation crops have represented the best and worst of industrialized agriculture – "best" through their agronomic productivity and global commercial success, and "worst" as examples of exploitative colonialism, conflict and ill-treatment of workers....
by Christopher F. Voehl, H. James Harrington, William S. Ruggles
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
With an estimated 70 percent of new projects failing to add value to the organization, reducing project failure rate represents one of the biggest improvement opportunities available today. This book highlights proven approaches designed to separate the successful projects from the potential losers before the projects are started. This represents h
by James F. English
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
The Global Future of English Studiespresents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and future trajectory of English studies around the world.
Compiles data on student enrollments, faculty hiring, and financing in English studies around the world including China, home to more...
Ecological Restoration, Second Edition
Principles, Values, and Structure of an Emerging Profession
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
Ecological restoration is a rapidly growing discipline that encompasses a wide range of activities and brings together practitioners and theoreticians from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, ranging from volunteer backyard restorationists to highly trained academic scientists and professional...
by Michael Wilder, Sharon Coolidge, Leland Ryken
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Comprehensive in scope, this substantial volume was compiled in honor of Leland Ryken and champions the importance of an approach to faith and learning grounded in the Christian liberal arts.
by James F. Bender
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Spectres in the Snow
A Third Collection of Classic Ghost Stories for Christmas
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
A third selection of vintage Victorian and Edwardian ghost and horror stories by masters of the genre. Set during the Christmas period, these are perfect festive reading for long winter nights...
Troubling Intersections of Race and Sexuality
Queer Students of Color and Anti-Oppressive Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2001
In recent years, researchers have considerably expanded our understanding of the experiences of students of color and of students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning (ie. Queer). They have provided us with rich resources for addressing racism and heterosexism; however, few...
by Julie Alcin, Jenny Booker, E.H. Demeter
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2018
Walls have ears.
Doors have eyes.
Trees have voices.
Beasts tell lies.
Beware the rain.
Beware the snow.
Beware the man
you think you know.
Swiftly Sterneward
Essays on Laurence Sterne and His Times in Honor of Melvyn New
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
These thirteen essays have been collected to honor Melvyn New, professor emeritus (Florida), and are prefaced by a description of his scholarly career of more than forty years. Suggesting the wide range of that career, the first eight essays offer various critical perspectives on a diverse group of...