Phillip: 1250 books
by Phillip T. Slee, Marilyn Campbell, Barbara Spears
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
The third edition of Child, Adolescent and Family Development provides a comprehensive, readable study of human development from conception to adulthood. It explores the foundations of modern developmental thought, incorporating the latest in international research set within a cultural and historical...
Philosophical Pragmatism and International Relations
Essays for a Bold New World
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
What are the implications of philosophical pragmatism for international relations theory and foreign policy practice? According to John Ryder, “a foreign policy built on pragmatist principles is neither naïve nor dangerous. In fact, it is very much what both the U.S. and the world are currently...
In the Interests of Others
An Essay in Moral Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Are we morally required to act in the interests of others? Does our worth as persons depend in any way on our valuing the good of others? These questions, illustrative of those addressed in this book, concern the relevance of other-interested considerations -- of facts about what is good or bad for...
Prime-Time Society
An Anthropological Analysis of Television and Culture, Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
A landmark comparative study (U.S. and Brazil) of television's social and cultural effects on human behavior. The Updated Edition brings forward the author’s research on this topic since the original volume was published in 1990 with an extensive new Introduction.
Rehabilitation Counseling and Emerging Disabilities
Medical, Psychosocial, and Vocational Aspects
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
The first book to focus on non-traditional, emerging disabilities and their implications for rehabilitation practice
Emerging disabilities are disabling conditions that are either new to medical science, often medically debated, and lacking in known etiology; or those increasing in prevalence...
The American School Superintendent
2010 Decennial Study
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
This must-have study offers a definitive look at the state of school leadership in the United States. It provides a detailed picture of the men and women leading the nation's schools, based on a representative sample of school leaders nationwide. The American Association of School Administrators has...
The Kill Gene
A Jonas Brant Thriller
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2016
**A murdered woman. A wounded cop. A Russian gangster. The power over life and death. **
Homicide detective Jonas Brant gets more than he bargained for when he’s called to the scene of a shooting in downtown Boston. A young woman lies dead, shot in the head at close range, the only hint...
by Lonely Planet, Korina Miller, Kate Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Lonely Planet's Discover Canada is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Hit the ski slopes at Whistler, wander Quebec's stunning Old Town, marvel at Niagara...
by Phillip Khan-Panni
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
The focus of this book is on that brief but terrifying prospect: the Best Man's speech. The book includes techniques for using stories, jokes and quotations that will lift your speech well above the bare necessities, helping you not only to make the speech, but also to enjoy it. More than just a guide...
Sustainable Development in Crisis Conditions
Challenges of War, Terrorism, and Civil Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2007
In the midst of great crisis, it is difficult to contemplate the future. In recent decades, determining what kind of future to imagine has been an ongoing challenge for millions of people around the world who have been subjected to war, terrorism, and civil disorder. While destruction of the environment...
by Phillip Torsrud
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2008
If you want to know why our nation's leaders have failed to solve America's crime problem, these essays expose a number of areas where either not enough thought is being given, or the thinking is just wrong. While crime dominates America's media and political scene, there is very little intelligent...
Religious Liberty and the American Supreme Court
The Essential Cases and Documents
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Throughout American history, legal battles concerning the First Amendment’s protection of religious liberty have been among the most contentious issue of the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution. Religious Liberty and the American Supreme Court: The Essential Cases and Documents represents...
Implementing Sustainable Development
From Global Policy to Local Action
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2004
Implementing Sustainable Development focuses on the challenge of turning international commitments and policy promises into action. Using examples and cases from around the U.S. and around the world, it examines the successful and failed efforts designed to address the social, environmental, and economic...
by Divaldo Antonio Gutierrez Calvache, Racso Fernandez Ortega, Pedro A. Alvarado Layos
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
This compilation, by an international grouping of scholars, focuses on the nature of Caribbean rock art or rock graphics and makes clear the region's substantial and distinctive rock art tradition. Thorough and comparative, it includes data on the history of rock graphic research, the nature of the...