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Book cover of Black Female Sexualities
by Trimiko Melancon, Kimberly Juanita Brown, Courtney J. Patterson
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015

Western culture has long regarded black female sexuality with a strange mix of fascination and condemnation, associating it with everything from desirability, hypersexuality, and liberation to vulgarity, recklessness, and disease. Yet even as their bodies and sexualities have been the subject of countless...
Book cover of Asteroseismology
by C. Aerts, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, D. W. Kurtz
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010

Understanding the stars is the bedrock of modern astrophysics. Stars are the source of life. The chemical enrichment of our Milky Way and of the Universe withallelementsheavierthanlithiumoriginatesintheinteriorsofstars.Stars arethe tracersofthe dynamics ofthe Universe,gravitationallyimplying much...
Book cover of Political Pioneer of the Press

Political Pioneer of the Press

Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Her Transnational Crusade for Social Justice

by Jodi L. Rightler-McDaniels, Lori Amber Roessner, Norma Fay Green
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018

Known most prominently as a daring anti-lynching crusader, Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) worked tirelessly throughout her life as a political advocate for the rights of women, minorities, and members of the working class. Despite her significance, until the 1970s Wells-Barnett’s life, career,...
Book cover of Studies of Communication in the 2016 Presidential Campaign
by Hanisha Besant, Joan Conners, Robert E. Denton Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2017

This edited collection explores a wide range of communication elements and themes, representing a variety of topics and methodologies. It focuses broadly on the role and function of communication within the context of the 2016 United States presidential election, with chapters devoted to topics including...
Book cover of Thinking with Bruno Latour in Rhetoric and Composition
by Clay Spinuzzi, Carl G. Herndl, S. Scott Graham
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015

Best known for his books We Have Never Been Modern, Laboratory Life, and Science in Action, Bruno Latour has inspired scholarship across many disciplines. In the past few years, the fields of rhetoric and composition have witnessed an explosion of interest in Latour’s work. Editors Paul Lynch and...
Book cover of Getting to the Other Side of Grief

Getting to the Other Side of Grief

Overcoming the Loss of a Spouse

by Susan J. R.N., Ed.D Zonnebelt-Smeenge, Robert C. De Vries
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2019

There is little in life that rocks us like the death of a husband or wife. Whether you're feeling alone, drowning under an ocean of emotions, or you've worked your way through to the darkest nights of the soul and are now wondering how to get on with your life, you'll find comfort and guidance from...
Book cover of The Institutional Framework of the European Communities
by J. S. Davidson, D. A. C. Freeston
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2005

After more than a decade of British membership of the European Community, there is still a widespread lack of appreciation of what goes on within the Community institutions, and of its significance for UK political and legal processes. This book aims to provide a concise introduction to the institutions...
Book cover of Achieving sustainable cultivation of mangoes
by V. Pérez, Dr J. I. Hormaza, Dr Noris Ledesma
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018

Mangoes are one of the most important and widely-cultivated fruits in tropical as well as sub-tropical regions. There have been a number of recent developments with the potential to improve crop yields and quality. There has been new research in understanding the physiology of tree and fruit development...
Book cover of Bat Conservation

Bat Conservation

Global evidence for the effects of interventions

by Anna Berthinussen, Olivia C. Richardson, John D. Altringham
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014

This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of bats. The authors worked with an international group of bat experts and conservationists to develop a global list of interventions that could benefit bats. For each intervention, the book...
Book cover of e-Health Systems

e-Health Systems

Theory and Technical Applications

by Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues, Sandra Sendra Compte, Isabel de la Torre Díez
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016

e-Health Systems: Theory, Advances and Technical Applications offers a global vision of all the parties involved with e-health system deployment and its operation process, presenting the state of the art in major trends for improving healthcare quality and efficiency of healthcare management. The...
Book cover of Radiological Imaging of the Neonatal Chest
by V. Donoghue, G.F. Eich, J. Folan Curran
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013

As outlined by Dr. V. Donoghue in her preface, recent advances in the therapeutic manage­ ment of neonates with low gestational age have resulted in a significantly high er survival rate and better outcome for these newborns. Lung and heart malformations or acquired diseases represent a major part...
Book cover of Creating Effective Transitions

Creating Effective Transitions

Moving from the Elementary Grades to Middle School

by C. Thomas Potter II, Kevin S. Koett, Carol J. Christian Ed.D
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018

This book focuses primarily on elementary to middle school transitions. This book was developed with a two-fold premise: one, that educators and parents understand the role they play in meeting the basic developmental needs of individual students during times of transition; and two, that school leaders...
Book cover of Learning about Linguistics (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)
by F.C. Stork, J.D.A. Widdowson
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014

This book offers a workbook approach to linguistics and provides guidelines for the study of language. It aims to give basic information and to indicate something of the background and development of the more important trends in the subject. Each chapter includes exercises which lead the reader...
Book cover of Leadership Strategic Enablers for the Future

Leadership Strategic Enablers for the Future

Stars for Analyzing the Present and Planning for the Future

by Cynthia C.J. Shoemaker Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017

This book offers a star model for analyzing the present and planning for the future in large and small enterprises. The star graphic for strategic leadership enablers in different areas such as mission and vision, technology, innovation, people, communication, operations, and culture pick up on the...
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