M Lopez: 29 books
Educating through Popular Culture
You're Not Cool Just Because You Teach with Comics
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
This edited volume serves as a place for teachers and scholars to begin seeking ways in which popular culture has been effectively tapped for research and teaching purposes around the country. The contents of the book came together in a way that allowed for a detailed examination of teaching with...
by Gloria M. Galloway, MD, Marc R. Nuwer
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring has shown a steady increase in use for surgeries in which neural structures may be at risk of injury. Some of the surgical techniques used carry inherent risks, and these risks have changed the way in which neurophysiologic monitoring has impacted patient...
African American Students’ Career and College Readiness
The Journey Unraveled
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
African American Students’ Career and College Readiness: The Journey Unraveled explores the historical, legal, and socio-political issues of education affecting African American students and their career and college readiness. Each chapter has been written based on the authors’ experience and...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of soybeans Volume 2
Diseases, pests, food and other uses
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
Soybeans are one of the most widely-grown crops in the world. As the world’s main source of vegetable protein, they have a wide range of food and non-food uses. Current yields need to increase significantly to meet growing demand but in a way that reduces input use, does not damage the environment...
A Guide to Programs for Parenting Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disabilities or Developmental Disabilities
Evidence-Based Guidance for Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
This book provides a comprehensive outline of the major parent training programs for parents of children with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD), including Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Parents or primary caregivers spend the most time with a child, and training them in behaviour...
Vögeln is dat Geilste von Welt!
99 erotische Kurzgeschichten
Language: German
Release Date: January 22, 2016
"HASTE BOCK AUF GEILEN SEX? KANNSTE HABEN! YO, LASS DICH VON DIESEM SCHARFEN SCHMÖKER ANTÖRNEN! ALLERFEINSTES KOPFKINO - GÖNN' DIR! EINE NUMMER HEISSER ALS DIE ANDERE, ECHT KRASS! HIER WIRD GEVÖGELT, WAS DAT ZEUG HÄLT. VOLLES ROHR. IMMER UND ÜBERALL. IN DEN SPEKTAKULÄRSTEN VARIATIONEN ... FAZIT DIESER 99 STORYS: VÖGELN IS DAT GEILSTE VON WELT!
Localizing and Transnationalizing Contentious Politics
Global Civil Society Movements in the Philippines
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2009
The Philippines makes an interesting case for examining direct and collective acts of contention against the neoliberal project of economic globalization. Crippled by foreign debt, indiscriminate liberalization of trade, falling stock markets, and perpetual corruption, the Philippines is also a democratic...
A Matter of Words
21 Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
From Scout Media comes A Matter of Words—the first volume in an ongoing short story anthology series featuring authors from all over the world.
In this first installation, no limits were set on genre, allowing the authors to lead the reader to destinations unknown. From the outer limits of...
Latinas in American Politics
Changing and Embracing Political Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
The challenges that women face as political candidates can be compounded by race. In the case of Latinas, stereotypes as well as national media coverage and labeling of “Latino” issues potentially creates an electoral burden for Latina candidates at the local, state, and national level. The intersection...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2
Genetics, breeding, pests and diseases
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Originating in South America, cassava is now grown in over 100 countries around the world. It is the third most important source of calories in the tropics after rice and maize. Its caloric value, as well as its ability to tolerate dry conditions and poor soils, makes it a key food security crop in...
Mixed Family Life in the UK
An Ethnographic Study of Japanese-British Families
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017
This book offers a nuanced picture of mixed family life in the UK. Specifically, the book explores how parents from different backgrounds create a place of belonging for their children, while also negotiating difference and attempting to transmit various aspects of their cultures, including religion,...
Learning in School-University Partnership
Sociocultural Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2008
This volume looks at school-university partnerships from sociocultural perspectives of learning that view participation in social practice as fundamental to the process of learning. Its two major themes – school-university partnership and sociocultural and social theories of learning – have both...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 1
From improved varieties to local applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Maize is one of the most important and widely grown cereal crops in the world and is a staple food for almost a billion people, particularly in the developing world. It has been estimated that maize yields need to increase by 60% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such...
Latina/o College Student Leadership
Emerging Theory, Promising Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Latina/o College Student Leadership: Emerging Theory, Promising Practice examines Latina/o college student leadership and leadership development in higher education. This edited collection examines emerging frameworks, empirical research, leadership models, essays, and promising practices from the...