M John: 1445 books
Teaching Peace
Nonviolence and the Liberal Arts
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2003
This book opens a new frontier in understanding nonviolence. Discussions of peace and nonviolence usually focus on either moral theory or practical dimensions of applying nonviolence in conflict situations. Teaching Peace carries the discussion of nonviolence beyond ethics and into the rest of the...
Resurgent Russia
An Operational Approach to Deterrence
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Groundbreaking research on current Russian interference and aggression from six former US Army War College students who briefed the Pentagon.
Relations between the United States and Russia have recently escalated from strained to outright aggressive. From imperial expansion in Ukraine to intervention...
by John M. Manguso
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014
San Antonio, Texas, has been called �Military City USA� for many years. It earned this sobriquet not only by virtue of its major military installations but also because of its close and cordial relationship with the US Armed Forces. But in 1916, the year before America entered the Great War, all...
The Leader's Window
Mastering the Four Styles of Leadership to Build High-Performing Teams
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2005
"A great read for anyone who is trying to live the 7 habits at work." - Dr. Stephen R. Covey
Do you know how to lead people? This is the toughest act required of every supervisor, manager, executive, and CEO. In the face of leadership challenges and increasing pressure to produce...
Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion
Information Policy and the Public Library
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion: Information Policy and the Public Library examines the interrelationships between digital literacy, digital inclusion, and public policy, emphasizing the impacts of these policy decisions on the ability of individuals and communities to successfully participate...
We're In This Together
Public-Private Partnerships in Special and At-Risk-Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
We’re In This Together: Public-Private Partnerships in Special and At-Risk-Education is a timely book that explores the use by public schools of private education companies to meet the needs of some of the nation’s most challenged and challenging students. The book examines variations of use by...
Transcendence and Film
Cinematic Encounters with the Real
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
In this edited collection of essays, ten experts in film philosophy explore the importance of transcendence for understanding cinema as an art form. They analyze the role of transcendence for some of the most innovative film directors: David Cronenberg, Karl Theodor Dreyer, Federico Fellini, Werner...
Calm, Cool and Collected
A Manual of Stress Management Based on Principle Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 1985
Dear Patient, This book is about learning to cope with stress. Of course, relaxation and various other therapies have already been designed to help people learn to cope with stress. Unfortunately, relaxation tapes, bio-feedback, yoga, and meditation tend to produce tense people who know how to do a relaxation...
by John M. Simmons
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2007
The Marvelous Journey Home tells the remarkable story of parents and children coming together. This story, based on actual events, takes the reader through a rollercoaster of emotions as parents seek their child, who longs for the chance to have a family and travel home to a faraway place. With scenes...
by John M. Grimsrud
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Yucatan for Travelers - Side Trips: Valladolid to Tulum, is the idea book designed to make every minute of your tropical experience interesting, rewarding and full of unique pleasures. Visit the unpublicized gems of Mayan temple towns and quaint colonial villages. Travel back roads leading to the best...
Urban Neighborhoods in a New Era
Revitalization Politics in the Postindustrial City
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
For decades, North American cities racked by deindustrialization and population loss have followed one primary path in their attempts at revitalization: a focus on economic growth in downtown and business areas. Neighborhoods, meanwhile, have often been left severely underserved. There are, however,...
by John W. Nieder, Thomas M. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
This popular book, with over 130,000 copies in print, explores the importance of healing wounded relationships in a variety of settings: family, extended family, friendships, and workplace. Forgive and Love Again provides readers withhope that their wounded hearts can be healed and they can love again...
Boardsmanship
The Practical Art of Serving as an Executive Board Member
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Non-profit organizations (npos) are a significant part of community life and the economy in the United States. The variety of their purposes and sizes presents challenges of analysis, understanding, and efficient and effective operation.
NPOs are governed by boards of volunteers: "Good...
Public Planning
The inter-corporate dimension
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences.
This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have...