John L Martin: 33 books

Book cover of The Crux of Refugee Resettlement

The Crux of Refugee Resettlement

Rebuilding Social Networks

by Surendra Bir Adhikari, Juana Domingo Andrés, Liana Chase
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018

While the world’s refugee population reaches record high numbers, countries offering third-country resettlement are increasingly shifting toward policies of exclusion and austerity. This edited volume envisions a more humane future for refugee resettlement. Combining anthropology with a variety...
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Ending Poverty in America

How to Restore the American Dream

by Michael S. Barr, Jared Bernstein, Anita Brown-Graham
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009

**An “**engrossing collection of rigorously researched articles” from Elizabeth Warren, Jared Bernstein, William Julius Wilson, and more (Publishers Weekly). Can the wealthiest nation in the world do anything to combat the steadily rising numbers of Americans living in poverty—or the...
Book cover of Health Humanities Reader
by Allen Peterkin, Arthur W. Frank, David H. Flood
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire...
Book cover of Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 2

Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 2

Safety, quality and sustainability

by Sabine Cardoen, Wendie Claeys, Claire Verraes
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017

Summarises current research on pathogenic risks affecting milk and ways they can be controlled on the farm;  Reviews ways of measuring and reducing the environmental impact of dairy farming such as better grassland management;  Assesses the wider role of dairy farming and how it can be improved in the developing world
Book cover of Handbook for Small Science Centers
by Pat Adams, American Association of Museums, Association of Science-Technology Centers
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006

There has been, and continues to be, an explosion of interest in developing new small science centers that is changing the world of museums. This handbook is designed to be a one-stop source for future and current centers, and anyone interested in the important roles these institutions play in their...
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What I Say

Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America

by Aldon Lynn Nielsen, Lauri Ramey, Willliam L. Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015

What I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America is the second book in a landmark two-volume anthology that explodes narrow definitions of African American poetry by examining experimental poems often excluded from previous scholarship. The first volume, Every Goodbye Ain’t Gone, covers...
Book cover of Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 1

Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 1

Breeding, quality traits, pests and diseases

by Dr P. Bramel, Dr Kellye Eversole, Dr Jacques Le Gouis
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017

Discusses ways of ensuring genetic diversity, advances in wheat breeding and their use to improve properties such as drought resistance and cold tolerance; Summarises research on factors affecting nutritional and other aspects of wheat quality; Reviews advances in understanding wheat pests and diseases...
Book cover of Stories Outside the Lines
by Dana Terry, Jean-Luc Cheri, Adam Coppola
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018

In this collection of 29 stories, you can visit a smoke-filled bar in a fantasy world, or experience a love affair with artificial intelligence. Maybe you'd prefer to go back in time and relive the experience of going to a baseball game with your dad, or go back even farther to live in a perilous...
Book cover of Fundamental Toxicology
by Douglas B McGregor, Paul H P A Illing, Roger Aldridge
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015

Fundamental Toxicology is a concise and comprehensive review of toxicology. It is based on the highly successful Fundamental Toxicology for Chemists and has been enriched and expanded. Every chapter in this new edition has been revised and updated, and four new chapters have been added. With contributions...
Book cover of Happy New You
by Laura Lee, Elizabeth Lynx, Marika Ray
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019

10 Resolutions. 2 Friends. 1 Shot At Love I’ll admit, having nine New Year's resolutions makes me twitchy. After all, I’m Allison Gottlieb; overthinker, overachiever, hot mess extraordinaire. I’ve spent my entire life trying to be the best but for some reason, I’ve always fallen short....
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Lewis Nordan

Humor, Heartbreak, and Hope

by Marcel Arbeit, Barbara A. Baker, Kate Beard
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012

Lewis Nordan: Humor, Heartbreak, and Hope examines and celebrates the work of southern writer Lewis “Buddy” Nordan, whose stories reveal his own pain and humanity and in their honesty force us to recognize ourselves within them. Written by scholars and fiction writers who represent a fascinating...
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Nature, Politics, and the Arts

Essays on Romantic Culture for Carl Woodring

by Nina Auerbach, John Clubbe, Carl Dawson
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015

This interdisciplinary book honors Columbia professor and New York intellectual Carl Woodring. Chapters on Romantic and Victorian literary culture written by leading scholars in the field join in conversation with Woodring’s teachings on literature and visual art and his commentaries on American...
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Transmissions of Memory

Echoes, Traumas, and Nostalgia in Post–World War II Italian Culture

by Adele Bardazzi, David W. Ellwood, John Foot
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018

Transmissions of Memory: Echoes, Traumas and Nostalgia in Post-World War II Italian Culture discusses cultural products—films, poetry, fiction, architectural buildings, autobiographical writing, and social media—to individuate through them the dynamics of memory. The field of analysis is Italian...
Book cover of Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases E-Book
by John E. Bennett, MD, MACP
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2009

After thirty years, PPID is still the reference of choice for comprehensive, global guidance on diagnosing and treating the most challenging infectious diseases. Drs. Mandell, Bennett, and Dolin have substantially revised and meticulously updated, this new edition to save you time and to ensure you...
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