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Global Carbon Pricing
The Path to Climate Cooperation
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Why the traditional “pledge and review” climate agreements have failed, and how carbon pricing, based on trust and reciprocity, could succeed.
After twenty-five years of failure, climate negotiations continue to use a “pledge and review” approach: countries pledge (almost anything),...
Transforming Undergraduate Education
Theory that Compels and Practices that Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, Transforming Undergraduate Education provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and...
by John Law, Kalpana Shankar, David Hakken
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field.
Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...
by Sarah Joy Adams, Misty Massey, Herika Raymer
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2015
The corset. Rarely has any garment held such allure, such mystery, so attraction for men and women alike. From a simple foundation garment to a fashion statement all its own, the corset has held the imagination for centuries.
This collection of stories from some of the brightest fantasy writers...
¡Cuéntamelo!
Testimonios de Inmigrantes Latinos LGBT / Oral Histories by LGBT Latino Immigrants
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2018
¡Cuéntamelo! Oral Histories by LGBT Latino Immigrants. ¡Cuéntamelo! began as a cover story for SF Weekly, and, eventually in 2014 with local grant support, Juliana Delgado Lopera was able to publish a limited first edition of 300. Aunt Lute is pleased to bring this title back into circulation....
User's Guide to Brain-Boosting Supplements
Learn about the Vitamins and Other Nutrients That Can Boost Your Memory and End Mental Fuzziness
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2004
In the Users Guide to Brain-Boosting Nutrients, leading nutritionist and author of the Real Vitamin and Mineral Book Shari Lieberman teams up with top nutrition writer and former editor of Better Nutrition magazine James Gormley to describe the best brain-boosting dietary supplements including vitamin...
Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 1
Safety, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016
Reviews latest research on zoonoses affecting poultry meat such as Salmonella and Campylobacter as well as methods for their control on the poultry farm and in the slaughterhouse
Summarises advances in understanding and optimising poultry quality traits such as flavour, colour, tenderness, shelf life...
by William N. Bender, Michael D. Toth, Robert J. Marzano
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
When students are meaningfully involved and emotionally invested in content, they learn more—and perform better. In 20 Strategies for Increasing Student Engagement, Dr. William N. Bender provides practical examples, guidelines, and the research behind his teaching tips to help educators focus on...
Mindfulness and Critical Friendship
A New Perspective on Professional Development for Educators
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Mindfulness and Critical Friendship: A New Perspective on Professional Development for Educators assembles an international community of scholar-practitioners from multiple disciplines who utilize different methodologies and ideological perspectives to reflect on and interrogate contexts that situate...
by María Belén Ahumada, Ted Galen Carpenter, Khatchik DerGhougassian
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
This volume examines the foreign policy transition from George W. Bush to Barack H. Obama in relation to the countries of the Americas. In this work, contributors consider the major defining features of their respective policies in dealing with security-related issues. Specifically, they examine whether...
by Ramona Cormier, Shannon Dubose, James K. Feibleman
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
by Joaquín Almunia, Chris Fonteijn, Peter Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
This volume contains the papers presented at the annual Concurrences Journal conference held on 21 February 2014 at the French Ministry for the Economy. After the traditional « State of the Union », presented by Vice President Joaquín Almunia in the context of the « after » economic crisis, the...
The Criminalization of States
The Relationship between States and Organized Crime
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
This volume examines the relationship between states and organized crime. It seeks to add to the theoretical literature for analyzing the criminalization of the state. The volume also explores the nature of organized crime in countries throughout the Americas from Central America to the Southern Cone.
Human Foundations of Management
Understanding the Homo Humanus
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Human Foundations of Management explores the human foundation of management and economic activity in a way that is accessible to readers. The structure and contents of this book examines those aspects of the human being which are relevant to management and economic activities.