Robert G : 606 books
Acoustic Wave Sensors
Theory, Design and Physico-Chemical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 1996
Written by an interdisciplinary group of experts from both industry and academia, Acoustic Wave Sensors provides an in-depth look at the current state of acoustic wave devices and the scope of their use in chemical, biochemical, and physical measurements, as well as in engineering applications. Because...
Giving to Help, Helping to Give
The Context and Politics of African Philanthropy
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The past decade has seen a flowering of philanthropic activities across many parts of Africa. Unlike before, this flowering has the distinct character of African agency, energy and engagement. Philanthropy is no longer about narratives of passive, poor and miserable Africans receiving help from rich,...
Political Humor in a Changing Media Landscape
A New Generation of Research
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
In the past decade various studies have examined how political humor may influence various political attitudes and voting behavior; whether it affects learning, cognition and media literacy, how it might shape political participation; how people process different forms of political humor; and more....
by Paul Adams, Natasha Affolder, Andrea C. Akelaitis
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
Canadian environmental law is a dynamic and exciting area that is playing an increasingly important role in furthering sustainable development policy. Environmental law has distinctive relevant principles, operating procedures, implications, and importance in comparison with other areas of law, and...
by Elizabeth Arndt, Jake Dailey, George Dibley
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
What can you remember of your childhood? This was the question put to a number of ‘seniors’ asked to start from as far back as they could get, and go as far as the onset of adolescence. Their answers are in this unusual book.
Topics naturally include their physical self; their parents, siblings,...
by Robert W. Kweit, Mary G. Kweit
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
One God in Three Persons
Unity of Essence, Distinction of Persons, Implications for Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
How do the three persons of the Trinity relate to each other? Evangelicals continue to wrestle with this complex issue and its implications for our understanding of men's and women’s roles in both the home and the church.
Challenging feminist theologies that view the Trinity as a model for...
The Gallipoli Campaign
The Turkish Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
The war against the Ottomans, on Gallipoli, in Palestine and in Mesopotamia was a major enterprise for the Allies with important long-term geo-political consequences. The absence of a Turkish perspective, written in English, represents a huge gap in the historiography of the First World War. This...
by Edith G. Bauman, Dr. Robert P. Bauman
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
hared memories bind families and friends together. Not least important among these are memories of stories, songs, and poems, repeated often and incorporated into everyday thought and expression. The child who grows up unaware of literature of the past is surely impoverished. To fill this vacuum with...
Challenges to Democratic Participation
Antipolitics, Deliberative Democracy, and Pluralism
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Finally, Part III approaches pluralism and cultural diversity in a shared public space. Its main challenge consists in promoting an idea of active citizenship that can meet the demands of a world increasingly defined by the processes of globalization. Ultimately, that is what will end up combining...
Iran’s Influence in Afghanistan
Implications for the U.S. Drawdown
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
This study explores Iranian influence in Afghanistan and the implications for the United States after most U.S. forces depart Afghanistan in 2016. Iran has substantial economic, political, cultural, and religious leverage in Afghanistan. Although Iran will attempt to shape a post-2014 Afghanistan,...
William James, Moral Philosophy, and the Ethical Life
The Cries of the Wounded
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Virtue theory, natural law, deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism: these are the basic moral theories taught in “Ethics,” “History of Philosophy,” and “Introduction to Philosophy” courses throughout the United States. When the American philosopher William James (1842 – 1910) find...
A Century of Controversy
Constitutional Reform in Alabama
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
This timely examination of Alabama’s severely criticized state constitution will serve as an indispensable guide for legislators and citizens considering reform of the outdated document.
Alabama’s present constitution, adopted in 1901, is widely viewed as the source of many, if not most,...
by Harold N. Lee, Edward G. Ballard, Stephen C. Pepper
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012