Laura Thompson: 37 books

Book cover of The Guerrilla Hunters

The Guerrilla Hunters

Irregular Conflicts during the Civil War

by Daniel E. Sutherland, Adam Domby, Andrew Fialka
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017

Throughout the Civil War, irregular warfare—including the use of hit-and-run assaults, ambushes, and raiding tactics—thrived in localized guerrilla fights within the Border States and the Confederate South. The Guerrilla Hunters offers a comprehensive overview of the tactics, motives, and actors...
Book cover of The Legacy of the Grand Tour

The Legacy of the Grand Tour

New Essays on Travel, Literature, and Culture

by James Buzard, Chloe Chard, Clare Elizabeth Hornsby
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015

The topos of the journey is one of the oldest in literature, and even in this age of packaged tours and mediated experience, it still remains one of the most compelling. This volume examines the ways in which the legacy of the Grand Tour is still evident in works of travel and literature. From its...
Book cover of Web of Deceit

Web of Deceit

Misinformation and Manipulation in the Age of Social Media

by Amber Benham, Eli Edwards, Ben Fractenberg
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012

Skilled researchers, journalists, and subject experts have come together in this follow-up to Web of Deception to reveal important lessons for staying safe and retaining privacy online. In the wake of the social media popularity boom-epitomized by MySpace, eBay, and Craigslist and accelerating with...
Book cover of Kansas City Story
by Bobbie (Sunny) Cole, E.E. Burke, Cheryl Rabin
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2018

From Trading Post to Cowtown to Cosmopolitan Crossroads. Kansas City Story, a rich collection of short stories blending history with fiction, takes the reader from the muddy banks of the Mighty Mo to the gleaming glass and steel of the Sprint Center. The journey highlights memorable moments...
Book cover of In The Butterfly Kingdom There Is Love
by Laura L. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2016

Have you ever seen a butterfly and wondered to yourself, where is it going? Well, I have heard that there is a beautiful garden and in that garden lives a royal family of butterflies that eat special fruit from a tree called the Blessing Tree that God has made just for them. In this story,...
Book cover of How to Be a Peaceful School

How to Be a Peaceful School

Practical Ideas, Stories and Inspiration

by Sue Webb, Pali Nahal, David Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018

Peace is needed now more than ever in schools, by pupils and teachers alike. This inspiring guide provides primary, secondary and special schools with practical methods to improve pupil and teacher wellbeing, combat bullying, and promote peace both inside and outside the school gates. The founder...
Book cover of Beaver Creek
by Laura Chiappetta Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014

Since 1883, Beaver Creek has attracted adventurous individuals. The allure of precious minerals brought miners to the valley, and many stayed after the illusion of striking it rich began to fade. Those folks homesteaded and farmed or ranched. Ranching flourished for a few families until the early 1970s....
Book cover of Studies in Urbanormativity

Studies in Urbanormativity

Rural Community in Urban Society

by Alexander R. Thomas, Brian Lowe, Polly Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013

The world has been witnessing a long unfolding process of urbanization that not only has altered the structural basis of society in terms of political economy, but has also symbolically relegated rural people and life to a secondary or deviant status through an ideology of urbanormativity. Both structural...
Book cover of A Discipline-Based Teaching and Learning Center

A Discipline-Based Teaching and Learning Center

A Model for Professional Development

by Gili Marbach-Ad, Laura C. Egan, Katerina V. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015

This book describes the design and implementation of a discipline-specific model of professional development: the disciplinary Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). TLC was born from a strong commitment to improving undergraduate science education through supporting the front-line educators who play...
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