Nicole M: 95 books
Looking Beyond Suppression
Community Strategies to Reduce Gang Violence
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
This edited book significantly contributes to the knowledge on how to address gang problems from a broad community perspective, which takes into account criminal justice agencies, social service providers, and community leaders, along with police, who have implemented collaborative anti-gang policies...
The Unresolved National Question in South Africa
Left thought under apartheid and beyond
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
The re-emergence of debates on the decolonisation of knowledge has revived interest in the National Question, which began over a century ago and remains unresolved. Tensions that were suppressed and hidden in the past are now being openly debated. Despite this, the goal of one united nation living...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 2
Breeding, pests and diseases
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Sugarcane is the source of over three quarters of the world’s sugar, and is grown widely in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite rising demand, average yields have not increased significantly, partly because of continued vulnerability to pests and diseases. In addition, cultivation has been seen...
Unconventional, Partisan, and Polarizing Rhetoric
How the 2016 Election Shaped the Way Candidates Strategize, Engage, and Communicate
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
The rhetoric and political communication of the 2016 Presidential Election was arguably unconventional, partisan, and polarizing—becoming a defining characteristic of the tone and feel of the campaign. In this volume we examine how rhetoric and various political communication strategies influenced...
Fit By Nature
The AdventX Twelve-Week Outdoor Fitness Program
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
* Detailed 12-week program applicable for all levels of fitness * No gym or equipment needed to participate——just access to the outdoors * Measurable milestones and easy-to-follow fitness routines to keep you on track * Written by award-winning fitness coach and mountain guide John Colver Forget...
The Cultural History of Money and Credit
A Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
In the wake of the financial crisis in 2008, historians have turned with renewed urgency to understanding the economic dimension of historical change. In this collection, nine scholars present original research into the historical development of money and credit during the nineteenth and twentieth...
by Julie Zigo, Marcia Lajoie, Felicity Baker
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2013
There is a rapidly emerging and developing area of music therapy practice that uses electronic music technologies in a range of therapeutic and clinical settings to help clients with complex needs. This edited volume explains cutting edge technologies and how to apply these tools in practice.
With...
Reality Television
Oddities of Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Reality television remains a pervasive form of television programming within our culture. The new mantra is go big or go home, be weird or be invisible. Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Duck Dynasty, for example,are arguably two of the most compelling reality television programs currently airing because...
TechnoTeaching
Taking Practice to the Next Level in a Digital World
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
"Congratulations. Your school has just purchased a cart housing twenty-four tablets. Your principal wants you to roll it right into your classroom and start innovating—tomorrow.”
So begins this engaging and highly accessible guide for practitioners looking for a systematic way to kick their...
Voices of the 21st Century
Women Who Influence, Inspire, and Make a Difference
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
30 Extraordinary Women Come Together to Celebrate a New Era
We are at a defining moment in history . . .
The world as we know it is shifting from a society based on a predominantly masculine model into a new era, one with women at the forefront as the leaders of the twenty-first century....
Online-Moderation und Tele-Tutoring
Medienkompetenz für Lehrende
Language: German
Release Date: January 22, 2009
Das Buch dokumentiert ein erfolgreich evaluiertes Training zur Steigerung der Medienkompetenz von Lehrenden an Hochschulen und Weiterbildungseinrichtungen. Das Training vermittelt Dozierenden Kompetenzen zur Planung und Durchführung von Online-Seminaren. Der Schwerpunkt des Trainings liegt auf der Vermittlung...