James D : 1091 books
by Editor: James D. Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
by Edited By James D. Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Combat Trauma
A Personal Look at Long-Term Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
Much has been written of the short-term experience of combat trauma. Almost nothing has been documented about how that trauma impacts individuals years after their first conflict experiences and into later life. Here, Johnson relates the stories of fifteen of his combat brothers to share with the...
Communicating Partners
30 Years of Building Responsive Relationships with Late Talking Children including Autism, Asperger's Syndrome (ASD), Down Syndrome, and Typical Devel
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2004
Communicating Partners, the result of over thirty years of clinical practice and research work with pre-verbal and verbal children with language delays, offers an innovative approach to working with late talking children that focuses on developing relationships through mutual understanding. Providing...
She's Having a Baby
--and I'm Having A Breakdown
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
A Man's Survival Guide to Pregnancy
It's easy for a man to feel like a bystander during pregnancy. Finally, from one man to another, here is a pregnancy book with funny, down-to-earth, and practical advice on:
figuring out what you wife's obstetrician is saying
keeping your sex life alive
staying...
Teaching with Purpose
An Inquiry into the Who, Why, And How We Teach
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
For five days a week for approximately nine months out of the year totaling countless hours, teachers work with other people’s most treasured gifts—their children. That the teacher is the most important element in fostering an energetic, engaging, and inspiring classroom environment where authentic...
The Secrets of the Hopewell Box
Stolen Elections, Southern Politics, and a City's Coming of Age
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
"Squires' . . . grandfather was a sheriff's deputy who carried a gun and a clenched fist, a man whose talk with cronies was full of references to 'sonofabitching judges' and 'goddamn n*****s.' He was also, Squires relates, one of the muscle men behind a vicious cabal of power brokers headed by...
by James D. Cockcroft
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Written to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the first predominantly anti-capitalist revolution in the world, Mexico’s Revolution Then and Now is the perfect introductory text and one that will also sharpen the understanding of seasoned observers. Cockcroft provides readers with the historical...
How Math Explains the World
A Guide to the Power of Numbers, from Car Repair to Modern Physics
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
In How Math Explains the World, mathematician Stein reveals how seemingly arcane mathematical investigations and discoveries have led to bigger, more world-shaking insights into the nature of our world. In the four main sections of the book, Stein tells the stories of the mathematical thinkers who...
Understanding the Old Testament
From Creation Through Captivity
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2003
Written especially for those who have found the Old Testament confusing, this book explains the essence of it in clear, readable language. The author, a university professor, believes that mental preparation for what is ahead promotes understanding. Thus readers are given a brief preview of each section...
When You Are in a Strait-Jacket
Sermons from the Book of Job
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
The book contains sixteen sermons from the book of Job. I take something as horrible as Jobs condition, and I compare it with something as totally constraining as a straitjacket. The book traces Job through the many seasons of his situation and will help people realize that, while they may indeed...
by Wenche Dramstad, James D. Olson, Richard T.T. Forman
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996
Landscape ecology has emerged in the past decade as an important and useful tool for land-use planners and landscape architects. While professionals and scholars have begun to incorporate aspects of this new field into their work, there remains a need for a summary of key principles and how they might...
by James D. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
Get your statistics basics right before diving into the world of data science
About This Book
No need to take a degree in statistics, read this book and get a strong statistics base for data science and real-world programs;
Implement statistics in data science tasks such as data cleaning, mining,...
Authentic Conversations
Moving from Manipulation to Truth and Commitment
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
In this groundbreaking new book, the Showkeirs take something people typically think of as merely functional—ordinary conversations—and show the power they have to create, sustain, and change the very nature of workplace culture. Conversations can lead to an engaged and energized workforce, or...