John K : 448 books

Making your marriage healthy—and making it last—has never been harder. In an age when the pressures on marriage are heavy and divorce is more accepted and easier to obtain, marriages seem to fail as often as they succeed. When you come from a home of divorce, making your own marriage work is even...

In politics, ideas matter. They provide the foundation for economic policymaking, which in turn shapes what is possible in domestic and international politics. Yet until now, little attention has been paid to how these ideas are produced and disseminated, and how this process varies between countries....

In this funny, readable, and thought-provoking book based on the popular film of the same name, activists John de Graaf (coauthor of the bestselling Affluenza) and David Batker tackle thirteen economic issues, challenging the reader to consider the point of our economy. Emphasizing powerful American...

Praise for Crime Classification Manual "The very first book by and for criminal justice professionals in the major case fields. . . . The skills, techniques, and proactive approaches offered are creatively concrete and worthy of replication across the country. . . . Heartily recommended for...

In Thriving in the Knowledge Age, John Falk and Beverly Sheppard argue that museums require a radically new business model to survive the transition into the knowledge age. Only by shifting towards more personalized and community-based learning experiences can museums reverse the declining attendance...

The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field. Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...

Exciting Space Opera and Hard Science Fiction Tales from Award-Winning and Up-and-Coming Writers A consultant discovers how to communicate effectively with ancient, alien beings who have an entirely different perspective on the universe. A human becomes a hero for his actions after he dies....

More Alternative Truths is an exploration of the potential consequences of today’s politics in our daily lives. More than our individual lives, but our American identity. This exploration defines this anthology.  So many of the stories ask what has America become?  What will it be in the...

There is little doubt that in recent years the nature of the Genesis narrative has sparked much debate among Christians. This Counterpoints volume introduces three predominant interpretive genres and their implications for biblical understanding. Each contributor identifies their position on the genre...

　ロンドン、ウェストエンドで初演された『ハリー・ポッターと呪いの子』の公式脚本。ハリー・ポッターとして生きる宿命を負った少年は、おとなになったいまでも、魔法省で忙しく働きながら、夫として、そして学校へ通う三人の子どもの父親として、悩み多き日々を送っています。ハリーが、事あるごとに甦る過去の記憶に悩むいっぽう、末の息子のアルバスもまた、ポッター家に生まれた重圧に、反発しながら苦しんでいました。過去と現在が不吉に混ざりあうなか、父と息子は忌まわしい真実を知ることになります――時として、闇は思わぬところからしのび寄ってくるのです。『ハリー・ポッターと呪いの子　特別リハーサル版』は、２０１６年の夏、ジャック・ソーンが脚本を手掛けた同作の舞台がウェストエンドでワールドプレミアを迎えた日に刊行されました。J.K.ローリング、ジョン・ティファニー、ジャック・ソーンが執筆した物語から生まれたこの芝居は、演劇ファンや批評家たちの称賛を浴び、公式脚本はたちまち世界的ベストセラーになりました。今回刊行される愛蔵版は、特別リハーサル版の増補改訂版です。リハーサル版とは少し異なる本番の台詞や、演出のジョン・ティファニーと脚本のジャック・ソーンの二人による、戯曲を読むことをテーマにした対談を収めました。ポッター家の家系図や、『ハリー・ポッターと呪いの子』の物語が幕を開けるまでの魔法界での歴史など、役に立つ予備知識もまとめられています。...

Harry Potter i Przeklęte Dziecko, nowa opowieść autorstwa J.K. Rowling, Jacka Thorne’a i Johna Tiffany’ego i nowa sztuka Jacka Thorne’a, to ósma historia w serii i pierwszy autoryzowany spektakl teatralny ze świata Harry’ego Pottera. Światowa premiera spektaklu odbyła się na londyńskim...

Aspen Policy Books is a series of annual publications on the United States’ most pressing foreign policy and national security issues. In 2017, the Aspen Strategy Group examined the future of the liberal world order. The papers in this volume outline the history and importance the system of institutions...

Ambitious and encouraging, this text for prospective and practicing elementary and middle school science teachers, grounded in contemporary science education reform, is a valuable resource that supplies concrete approaches to support the science and science-integrated engineering learning of each...

In The Human Tradition in the New South, historian James C. Klotter brings together twelve biographical essays that explore the region's political, economic, and social development since the Civil War. Like all books in this series, these essays chronicle the lives of ordinary Americans whose lives...