Richard Jones: 133 books
by Richard E. Jones, Kristin H Lopez, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2006
This acclaimed text has been fully revised and updated, now incorporating issues including aging of the reproductive system, and updates on the chapters on conception and Gamete Transport and Fertilization, and Pregnancy.
Human Reproductive Biology, Third Edition emphasizes the biological and...
by Brian Jones, Richard Pearson FRAS
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
The YEARBOOK OF ASTRONOMY 2018 is a book no stargazer should be without.
Recognized by both amateurs and professionals alike as an indispensable guide to the night sky, the Yearbook of Astronomy is one of the longest-running series of books on astronomy and the night sky and one of the only...
Improving Learning in College
Rethinking Literacies Across the Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
What's the problem with literacy at college? How might everyday literacy be harnessed for educational ends?
Based on the first major study of literacy practices in colleges in the UK, this book explores the reading and writing associated with learning subjects across the college curriculum....
Substance Misuse
The Implications of Research, Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Substance misuse and its pervasive problems is a constant challenge for social work, health and related professionals today. With heightened political and policy emphasis on all aspects of substance misuse, it is paramount that professionals remain up-to-date on current issues and their responsibilities....
Law, Corporate Governance and Partnerships at Work
A Study of Australian Regulatory Style and Business Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
This book examines how businesses manage their labour systems, and particularly how they manage the complex interaction of factors which give rise to instances of 'partnership' style relations between businesses and their employees. The book draws from the literature concerning 'Varieties of Capitalism'...
The Fascist Party in Wales?
Plaid Cymru, Welsh Nationalism and the Accusation of Fascism
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
For decades, accusations have been made that senior figures among Welsh nationalists were sympathetic towards Fascism during the 1930s and the Second World War – such accusations that would sully the name of any political adversary. In this challenging work, Wales’s most prominent political commentator...
The Second Dynasty
When Middletown Reigned Supreme in Ohio Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
THE SECOND DYNASTY explores how the bold initiatives in the 1920s led Middletown, Ohio's high school basketball team to its first state title in 1944, launching an unparalleled dynasty that lasted for sixteen years; ten Final Fours, seven state championships, two national titles, and an unmatched seventy-six-game win streak . And analyses what made the wheels come off.
The Influence of Airpower upon History
Statesmanship, Diplomacy, and Foreign Policy since 1903
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
From early zeppelins, to the Luftwaffe and the Enola Gay, to the unmanned aerial vehicles of today, air power has long been regarded as an invaluable instrument of war. However, nations have employed aircraft for many other purposes as well; they provide security and surveillance, and they are vital...
Indigenous Homelessness
Perspectives from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
Being homeless in one’s homeland is a colonial legacy for many Indigenous people in settler societies. The construction of Commonwealth nation-states from colonial settler societies depended on the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their lands. The legacy of that dispossession and related...
by John Emms, Chris Ward, Richard Palliser
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess, such as strategy, attack, defence, opening play, endgames, off-board preparation and mental attitude. In each book the author chooses and deeply studies a number of great players who have excelled...
Achieving Education for All
Dilemmas in System-Wide Reforms and Learning Outcomes in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
Using the Education for All (EFA) global movement as the setting, this book surveys the complex labyrinths of international education policy making, the design and implementation of system-wide educational reform, and the assessment of learning outcomes in the African context. It addresses the following...
by Richard Duncan-Jones
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2016
How far were appointments in the Roman Empire based on merit? Did experience matter? What difference did social rank make? This innovative study of the Principate examines the career outcomes of senators and knights by social category. Contrasting patterns emerge from a new database of senatorial...
Curing the Philosopher's Disease
Reinstating Mystery in the Heart of Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
Curing the Philosopher's Disease is a philosophical examination of the mysteries surrounding the foundations of science, philosophy, and religion. Much of Western philosophy and science is discussed in order to see our epistemological and metaphysical situation. The love/hate relation philosophers...
Postmodern Racial Dialectics
Philosophy Beyond the Pale
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Postmodern Racial Dialectics is a collection of ten essays on African American philosophy.
Addressing issues as disparate as why there are no graduate programs in philosophy at the more than one hundred traditionally black colleges and universities in the U.S.—to conceptions of Black utopianism—to...