John Santos: 14 books
Orange Chinook
Politics in the New Alberta
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
In 2015, the New Democratic Party won an unprecedented victory in Alberta. Unseating the Progressive Conservatives-who had won every provincial election since 1971-they formed an NDP government for the first time in the history of the province. Orange Chinook is the first scholarly analysis of this...
by John Santos
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
One of the biggest injustices that the vegetarian movement has endured is that in popular culture, the image of a vegetarian is that of a fanatic hippy or cult member who is "off the deep end" and cannot think about anything else besides "saving a cow" and pushing vegetarianism...
The Farthest Home Is in an Empire of Fire
A Tejano Elegy
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
A family's epic origins in the hinterlands of Mexico that became Texas-and earlier, in Iberia
In his acclaimed 1999 memoir Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation, John Phillip Santos told the story of one Mexican family- his father's-set within the larger story of Mexico itself. In...
by John Phillip Santos
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2000
**Finalist for the National Book Award!**In this beautifully wrought memoir, award-winning writer John Philip Santos weaves together dream fragments, family remembrances, and Chicano mythology, reaching back into time and place to blend the story of one Mexican family with the soul of an entire people....
CCNA Security 210-260 Official Cert Guide
CCNA Sec 210-260 OCG
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
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The First Class
Transits of Brazilian Literature Abroad
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
What does a professor Brazilian or otherwise think and do on the first day of class, standing before a group of “foreign” students to talk about Brazilian literature? This apparently simple question that gave rise to the essays gathered in this book opens a series of other questions: Who is...
by John M. Santos
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
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Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Youth
Developing Evidence-Based International Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2014
Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth takes a fresh look at therapeutic residential care as a powerful intervention in working with the most troubled children who need intensive support.
Featuring contributions from distinguished international contributors, it critically examines...
Superheroes and Critical Animal Studies
The Heroic Beasts of Total Liberation
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Superheroes and Critical Animal Studies explores and puts into dialogue two growing field of studies, comic studies and critical animal studies. The book’s aim is to create a form of praxis that people can use to actualize many of the values superheroes strive to protect. To this end, contributor...
La Primera Classe
Tránsitos de la Literatura Brasileña en el Extranjero
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 14, 2014
¿Qué piensa y hace un profesor ?ya sea brasileño o no? al verse por primera vez delante de un grupo de estudiantes «extranjeros» para hablar sobre literatura brasileña? Aparentemente simple, la pregunta que sirve de punto de partida para los ensayos reunidos en este libro abre camino a una...
Interpreting the New Testament Text
Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2006
With the explosive increase in availability of English Bible translations, the question can easily be asked, "Why bother with the hard work of biblical exegesis?" Computers can translate foreign languages and our English texts can take us very close to the original meanings, so why exegete? Answer:...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of sorghum Volume 2
Sorghum utilization around the world
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Sorghum is one of the world’s major cereals, cultivated in the semi-arid tropics for a growing range of uses. Like other crops it faces the need to meet rising demand whilst reducing its environmental impact and adapting to the challenges of climate change. This volume summarises the wealth of research...
A Primeira Aula
Trânsitos da Literatura Brasileira no Estrangeiro
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 14, 2014
O que um professor brasileiro ou não pensa e faz quando se vê pela primeira vez à frente de um grupo de estudantes “estrangeiros” para falar de literatura brasileira? Aparentemente simples, a pergunta que serve como ponto de partida para os ensaios reunidos neste livro abre caminho para...
Ecopoetics and the Global Landscape
Critical Essays
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2018
Ecopoetics and the Global Landscape: Critical Essays surveys ecopoetry from a global perspective across different historical epochs. Its comparative approach foregrounds the importance of ecopoetics within the context of distinct national literatures and cultures to reveal the ubiquitous intersection...