J Rodriguez: 30 books
It Calls You Back
An Odyssey through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
Luis Rodriguez, author of the award-winning and bestselling classic memoir Always Running, chronicles his harrowing journey from a drugged-out gang member to one of the most revered figures in Chicano literature.
Hundreds of thousands of readers came to know Luis J. Rodriguez through his fearless...
From Our Land to Our Land
Imaginings and Musings of a Native Xicanx Writer
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2020
Luis J. Rodriguez writes about race, culture, identity, and belonging and what these all mean and should mean (but often fail to) in the volatile climate of our nation. Rodriguez has a distinctly inspiring passion and wisdom in his approach. Ultimately, the book carries the message that we must come...
Creating the Practical Man of Modernity
The Reception of John Dewey’s Pedagogy in Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Focused on the appropriation of John Dewey’s ideas on progressive education in revolutionary Mexico, this book reconsiders the interpretation and application of Dewey’s ideas in the world. Rodriguez examines the use of Dewey in Mexico’s state-building projects as a vantage point to assess the...
by Cheryl J Rodriguez
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
When Ethel hears rumors about an uprising across the lake, it seems like a distant matter for the adults to debate. Ethel has her own problems to worry about, anyway. But when the violence marches into her hometown, it is much worse than the rumors suggested. Ethel finds herself pulled into an ancient...
by Orlando J. Rodriguez
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Every ten years political representation in the U.S.House of Representatives is redistributed (reapportioned) among the fifty states.The process began anew with the 2010 census, which is counting the nation's population as the basis for reapportionment.The decennial census has a history wrought with...
Hearts and Hands, Second Edition
Creating Community in Violent Times
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Hearts and Hands focuses on healing through community building. Empowered by thirty years of experience with gangs in Los Angeles and Chicago, Rodríguez offers a unique book of change. He makes concrete suggestions, shows how we can create nonviolent opportunities for youth today, and redirects...
Applied Regression Analysis for Business
Tools, Traps and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
This book offers hands-on statistical tools for business professionals by focusing on the practical application of a single-equation regression. The authors discuss commonly applied econometric procedures, which are useful in building regression models for economic forecasting and supporting business...
Viewpoints on Media Effects
Pseudo-reality and Its Influence on Media Consumers
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Viewpoints on Media Effects: Pseudo-reality and Its Influence on Media Consumers continues the ongoing research of media effects by illuminating not only the negative effects of media consumption, but also some of the pro-social aspects, with a special focus on social media. Recommended for scholars...
CAPA in the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industries
How to Implement an Effective Nine Step Program
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
CAPA in the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industries: How to Implement an Effective Nine Step Program contains the most current information on how to implement, develop, and maintain an effective Corrective Action and Preventive Action (CAPA) and investigation program using a nine step closed-loop process...
Strategies and Practices for Substitute Teachers
A Guide for Success in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Are you a substitute teacher in need of some classroom management advice? Or maybe you are someone who aids in the classroom and would like to help with classroom management. In either case, your solution is in this handbook. The methods contained in this handbook are researched and have been proven...
by J.R. Rodriguez
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
I've seen hellish things. I've had terrible acts committed within my walls by equally terrible people. I am in anguish. I am tormented. The ghosts of the long dead walk my floors. They fill me with dread and fear. I can't protest. If only I could be free. If only these walls could scream...I could let the world know of my never ending horror...
by J.R. Rodriguez
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
Two voices in the night; one whispers and one screams. Two eternities in struggle; one takes and one gives. Within dark confines, a duel ensues. The loser discovers mercy comes at horrifying price. Come tonight and listen to this couple sing their strange song in a piece called "Midnight Duet".
by J.R. Rodriguez
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
This short story is one of three that chronicles the early days Famine, the 250 year old dead teen ager, and his family of Death Omens. This tale introduces The (Grim) Reaper and his brother, The Ankou, as they bring Famine into The Deadlands, the realm of Death. The full length novel "Keeping Up With the Deadlanders" is coming soon from The Twisted Library Press.
Crossing the Borders
New Methods and Techniques in the Study of Archaeological Materials from the Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Explores the application of a selected number of newly emerging methods and techniques.
During the past few decades, Caribbean scholars on both sides of the Atlantic have increasingly developed and employed new methods and techniques for the study of archaeological materials. The...