S Michael: 742 books
Military Caregivers
Cornerstones of Support for Our Nation's Wounded, Ill, and Injured Veterans
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Military caregivers are an essential part of our nation's ability to care for returning wounded warriors. Far too often, their own needs are neglected. The RAND Corporation and the Elizabeth Dole Foundation lay the groundwork to inform policy and program development relative to the needs of military caregivers that often differ from the needs of the general caregiving population.
by Christopher T. Conner, Nicholas M. Baxter, David R. Dickens
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
This edited volume highlights the work of ten forgotten and neglected social theorists in the hope of reinvigorating interest in their work and their potential contributions to the analysis of contemporary social issues. Each chapter includes a brief biographical sketch, an overview of the selected...
Women, Family, and Class
The Lillian Rubin Reader
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
For more than 40 years, Lillian Rubin's work has stood as a model for the integration of the psychological and the sociological in studies of class, male-female relationships and friendships, women and aging, the sexual revolution, and the contemporary crisis of the American family. Worlds of Pain:...
Chinese Migrants Abroad
Cultural, Educational, and Social Dimensions of the Chinese Diaspora
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2003
Fast-paced economic growth in Southeast Asia from the late 1960s until the mid-1990s brought increased attention to the overseas Chinese as an economically successful diaspora and their role in this economic growth. Events that followed, such as the transfer of Hong Kong and Macau to the People's...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 1
Advances in breeding and cultivation techniques
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Reviews key developments in understanding crop physiology and genetic diversity and how they have informed advances in breeding new varieties
Coverage of advances across the value chain for grain legume cultivation, from variety selection to post-harvest storage
Discusses the latest trends in disease, insect pest and weed management
The Journey to Sales Transformation
25 AXIOMS for Becoming a Trusted Partner to your Customers
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2011
How do you effectively transition your company from qualified vendor status to a trusted partner and advisor to your clients? In “The Journey to Sales Transformation: Twenty-Five Axioms for Becoming a Trusted Partner to your Customers”, sales and business expert Bob Nicols Jr. explains exactly what...
by Michael S. Joyner, MD
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Forever My Daddy: Denied is about Money, Power, and Legal Lessons Learned by a Daddy Blocked from his Children's Lives. Despite our modern epidemic of fatherlessness -- and the myriad social problems it causes -- vast numbers of loving, caring, devoted fathers are blocked from their children's hearts...
Frontiers in Electronics
Selected Papers from the Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics 2015 (WOFE-15)
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2017
Rapid pace of electronic technology evolution and current economic climate compel a merger of such technical areas as low-power digital electronics, microwave power circuits, optoelectronics, etc., which collectively have become the foundation of today's electronic technology.
This Workshop...
by Prof. Peter Von Fragstein und Niemsdorff, Prof. Bernhard Freyer, Dr Paul Mäder
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Reviews key advances and best practice in cultivation techniques across the value chain of organic farming
Discusses ways of monitoring and improving the environmental impact of organic crop production
Particular focus on ways of supporting organic farming in the developing world
Through the Gender Lens
A Century of Social and Political Development in Nigeria
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2018
Sustainable development is now intricately linked not just to economic growth, but more importantly, to the quality of life of people in terms of their social status, political participation, cultural freedom, environmental justice and inclusive development. For previously colonized nations like Nigeria,...
African American Fraternities and Sororities
The Legacy and the Vision
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
The first African American fraternities and sororities were established at the turn of the twentieth century to encourage leadership, racial pride, and academic excellence among black college students confronting the legacy of slavery and the indignities of Jim Crow segregation. With a strong presence...
by Kai Ashante Wilson, Paul Cornell, Alter S. Reiss
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Enjoy samples from Tor.com Publishing's first ten novellas in the Fall 2015 sampler! Featuring Kai Ashante Wilson, Nnedi Okorafor, K. J. Parker, Daniel Polansky, and many more, this sampler contains exciting new fantasy worlds, harrowing science fiction adventures, stolen memories, edible angels,...
by Michael S. Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2014
Marny is taking a well-deserved holiday in Siena, Italy. However, almost before he’s settled in to a posh hotel, a new art display in a local gallery starts to turn hordes of tourists into zombies. With the Sprite Squadron spotted in the town he’s sure who’s behind it, but as he soon discovers...
by Michael S. Pendergast III
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2002
It would seem an odd way to approach the saga of creation. But history is alive and so is our unlikely hero, John O'Connell. A junior executive seeking his roots in Northern Ireland, Jack finds that even a good deed can be deadly. Now merely deceased, Jack learns the hard way that death isn't the...