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  • LOSING MY HOME/LOSING MY MIND
    DAVID B. MYERS
    Nathan Feldman, a fortyish Jewish professor of philosophy, returns to his condo complex after a Saturday morning walk only to find that his name is no longer on his mailbox. The key to his condo isn't in his pocket, and a resident across the hall, a good friend, refuses to buzz him in because she claims not to know him. As it turns out, no one recognizes him. He cannot find his...

    $320.00

  • GENDER INEQUALITY AND WOMEN’S CITIZENSHIP
    YONIQUE CAMPBELL / TRACY-ANN JOHNSON-MYERS
    Gender Inequality and Women’s Citizenship combines cases across Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago to highlight the range of systemic inequalities that impact women in the Anglo-Caribbean. Using empirical and secondary data and drawing on feminist theoretical insights, Yonique Campbell and Tracy-Ann Johnson-Myers examine a range of pertinent and intersecting soci...

    $1,099.00

  • CHANGE! A STUDENT GUIDE TO SOCIAL ACTION
    SCOTT MYERS-LIPTON
    CHANGE! A Student Guide to Social Action helps students learn how to bring about the change they believe will improve their community. What distinguishes an experiential social action class from other social change courses is that students are actively involved in enacting a policy change of their choice, providing first-hand experience of democracy and power. Students can choo...

    $919.00

  • NEW TESTAMENT RHETORIC, SECOND EDITION
    BEN WITHERINGTON III / JASON A. MYERS
    Witherington and Myers provide a much-needed introduction to the ancient art of persuasion and its use within the various New Testament documents. More than just an exploration of the use of the ancient rhetorical tools and devices, this guide introduces the reader to all that went into convincing an audience about some subject. Witherington and Myers make the case that rhetori...

    $798.00

  • CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS
    DANNY MYERS
    Construction Economics provides students with the principles underlying the relationship between economic theory and the construction industry. Its new approach specifically examines the problems of securing sustainable construction and this fifth edition broadens the message to address the immediacy of the problems relating to the carbon-based world that we have constructed. E...

    $1,339.00

  • CHANGE!
    SCOTT MYERS-LIPTON
    CHANGE! A Guide to Teaching Social Action is for faculty, staff, and students who are interested in developing a college course or co-curricular experience using social action. Social action occurs when everyday people band together to develop their power in order to change policy. What distinguishes a social action class from other social change courses is that students are ac...

    $979.00

  • UNDERSTANDING MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY
    GAYLE S. STEVER / DAVID C. GILES / J. DAVID COHEN / MARY E. MYERS
    Understanding Media Psychology is the perfect introductory textbook to the growing field of media psychology and its importance in society, summarizing key concepts and theories to provide an overview of topics in the field. Media is present in almost every area of life today, and is an area of study that will only increase in importance as the world becomes ever more interconn...

    $1,339.00

  • FAST FACTS FOR WOUND CARE NURSING, SECOND EDITION
    TISH MYERS, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
    Simplifies the wound care process with clear, succinct information and the newest treatment protocols Freshly updated with the newest evidence-based techniques and protocols, this practical clinical resource distills the fundamentals of wound care for novice nurses and nurses new to wound care. This guide walks through the common, complex and atypical wounds nurses see and incl...

    $692.00

  • INNOVATIVE LEARNING ANALYTICS FOR EVALUATING INSTRUCTION
    THEODORE W. FRICK / RODNEY D. MYERS / CESUR DAGLI / ANDREW F. BARRETT
    Innovative Learning Analytics for Evaluating Instruction covers the application of a forward-thinking research methodology that uses big data to evaluate the effectiveness of online instruction. Analysis of Patterns in Time (APT) is a practical analytic approach that finds meaningful patterns in massive data sets, capturing temporal maps of students’ learning journeys by combin...

    $539.00

  • PROJECT-BASED R COMPANION TO INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS
    CHELSEA MYERS
    Project-Based R Companion to Introductory Statistics is envisioned as a companion to a traditional statistics or biostatistics textbook, with each chapter covering traditional topics such as descriptive statistics, regression, and hypothesis testing. However, unlike a traditional textbook, each chapter will present its material using a complete step-by-step analysis of a real p...

    $1,299.00

  • PAUL OF ARABIA
    BEN WITHERINGTON III / JASON A. MYERS
    What does a person do when his life has just taken a complete U-turn? This was the question Paul faced after his conversion on Damascus Road. In the end, he decided to go to Petran Arabia, where he stayed for more than two years. In this exercise in reconstructing what Paul's time in Petra would have been like, Ben Witherington recreates the scene of various interesting possibl...

    $515.00

  • ADHERANCE TO TREATMENT IN MEDICAL CONDITIONS
    LYNN MYERS
    Poor adherence or compliance to treatment has major medical, psychological and economic consequences. This monographs provides comprehensive coverage of issues and research in the area of adherence and treatment in medical conditions. It covers all aspects within this field and includes chapters on the role of doctor-patient communications; memory; adherence in specific groups,...

    $1,999.00

  • DID GOD DIE ON THE WAY TO HOUSTON? A QUEER TALE
    DAVID B. MYERS
    James Friedman, a retired philosophy professor living in Houston, receives an invitation from a woman, identifying herself only as Shekhinah, who claims she was once God. She wants to talk to him about her decision to abandon heaven for earth. Accepting the invitation, Friedman encounters a tall, ebony-skinned, twenty-three-year-old, same-gender-loving woman who is wearing a "B...

    $479.00

  • THE ECONOMICS OF RACE AND CRIME
    SAMUEL L. MYERS JR / ‎MARGARET C. SIMMS
    The relationship between crime and the economy has received too little attention from researchers. This volume remedies that deficit, resurrecting several classic writings on this elusive topic by and about blacks, and presenting new contributions by researchers at the frontier of work on the subject. Among the landmark articles included are W.E.B. Dubois' famous examination of...

    $1,139.00

  • QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
    MICHAEL D MYERS
    This accessible and expansive, yet remarkably concise textbook is designed to help readers with their research project. As well as guiding them through the key methods of collecting and analysing qualitative data, this book provides invaluable information on writing up their research and how to get published. Now in its third edition, Qualitative Research in Business and Manage...

    $995.29

  • THE GOOD CITIZEN
    JOANNE MYERS
    Using applied political theory, JoAnne Myers presents five markers by which citizens become second-class citizens—property, productivity, participation, patriotism, and reproduction. Citizenship is a highly contested status since it grants members political rights and responsibilities. It is contextualized by cultural, political, historical, economic, situational, and place. In...

    $979.00

  • FAMILIES AS EDUCATORS FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
    JUDITH A. MYERS-WALLS / PÉTER SOMLAI
    This title was first published in 2001. All people and regions of the world are deeply affected by world events, no matter how closely they embrace or how actively they try to resist their impact. This book explores some of the ways globalization has changed and formed children, youth, and families. It defines some of the ways that culture, politics, religion and world events h...

    $899.00

  • REGIONAL HEGEMONS
    DAVID J MYERS
    The bitter U.S. experience in Vietnam and the pain inflicted on theSoviet Union by its Afghanistan adventure have caused Washington andMoscow to rethink the costs and benefits of unilateral military interventionon behalf of threatened clients, especially in the third world. Also, asthe Cold War winds down, the crusading spirit that has driven superpowercompetition since the end...

    $1,099.00

  • THE GRAMMAR OF CHINESE CHARACTERS
    JAMES MYERS
    Anybody who reads or writes Chinese characters knows that they obey a grammar of sorts: though numerous, they are built out of a much smaller set of constituents, often interpretable in meaning or pronunciation, that are themselves built out of an even smaller set of strokes. This book goes far beyond these basic facts to show that Chinese characters truly have a productive and...

    $1,099.00

  • NATO--THE NEXT THIRTY YEARS
    KENNETH A. MYERS
    The survival of NATO as a viable alliance is currently challenged by a shift in the strategic balance of power, as well as by global events and contingencies that extend far beyond NATO's boundaries. In the face of these challenges, existing institutional mechanisms are proving inadequate to respond effectively. The distinguished contributors to this volume draw on their vast p...

    $1,099.00

  • MILTON AND FREE WILL
    WILLIAM MYERS
    First published in 1987. Milton and Free Will is an incisive, ambitious and comprehensive analysis and defence of the concept of free will, using Milton as an example and exemplar. Written with passion, and out of a lifelong engagement with the poetry of Milton and the philosophical and theological problems it encompasses, the book will illuminate both Milton studies and philos...

    $899.00

  • ECONOMICS AND PROPERTY
    DANNY MYERS
    Economics and Property provides a clear and easy-to-read introduction to any property economics module in a degree leading to a profession in real estate, surveying, construction and related courses in the built environment. It focuses on the core principles to provide the economic background necessary to gain a thorough understanding of commercial and residential sectors and t...

    $1,279.00

  • COURAGE IN HEALTHCARE
    SHIBLEY RAHMAN / REBECCA MYERS
    A bold, original book that sheds new light on our understanding of the role courage plays in healthcare. Critically analysing both the positive and negative implications of the presence of courage in delivering care, the authors present literature, theory, and detailed examples from practice, including whistleblowers′ own accounts of courage-demanding situations.  With a view t...

    $761.99

  • TOBACCO USE AND ETHNICITY
    PETER L MYERS
    Learn how ethnic factors affect tobacco use The addiction to smoking is remarkably resistant to intervention, bringing with it a multitude of health issues among users that can at times co-occur with psychiatric disorders. Ethnicity is increasingly recognized as often playing an important role in the prevalence of tobacco use. Tobacco Use and Ethnicity explores the various fact...

    $1,499.00

  • HOME SCHOOLING AND HOME EDUCATION
    KALWANT BHOPAL / MARTIN MYERS
    Home Schooling and Home Education provides an original account of home education and examines ways in which the discourses of home education are understood and contextualised in different countries, such as the UK and USA. By exploring home education in the global and local context of traditional schooling, the book bridges a much-needed gap in educational and social scientific...

    $1,099.00

  • THE TEACHER'S REFLECTIVE PRACTICE HANDBOOK
    PAULA NADINE ZWOZDIAK-MYERS
    What do we mean by reflective practice? What does it involve? How can it help you develop as a teacher? The Teacher’s Reflective Practice Handbook is an essential source of advice, guidance and ideas for both student and practising teachers. Helping you to translate pedagogical knowledge into practice, this Handbook guides you through studying your own teaching for personal dev...

    $1,299.00

  • SOLDIER'S PROMISE
    CINDI MYERS
    She’s undercover to expose a cult leader. He’s on a mission to save his family . . . Officer Jake Lohmiller can’t believe the dark-haired, self-contained woman who earlier caught his eye was able to get the drop on him. Or that Carmen Redhorse is an undercover Ranger Brigade sergeant investigating the same Colorado cult his mother and sister are in. When a sniper opens fire on ...

    $109.00

  • HAUNTED FRANKLIN CASTLE
    WILLIAM G. KREJCI / JOHN W. MYERS
    Cleveland’s gothic mansion plays host to murder and mayhem in a book that “couples that delightful sense of mystery with plenty of ghost stories” (Cleve Scene).   For more than half a century, the Franklin Castle’s dark façade has lured curiosity seekers from around the world. Behind its iron gates, this Victorian-era structure harbors rumors of everything from insanity to mass...

    $229.00

  • YOUTH, COMMUNITY AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
    TIM GODDARD / RANDY MYERS
    Activists, policymakers, and scholars in the US have called for policy reform and evidence-based efforts to decrease the number of people in jail and prison, improve hostile police–community relations, and rollback the "tough on crime" movement. Given that poor people, particularly poor people of color, make up the majority of those under carceral control in Western, industrial...

    $1,099.00

  • BEHIND THE SONG
    K.M. WALTON / JONATHAN MABERRY / DONN T / E.C. MYERS / ELLEN OH / TIFFANY SCHMIDT / SUZANNE YOUNG / DAVID A
    A song to match everyone's heartbeat. A soaring melody, a pulse-pounding beat, a touching lyric: Music takes a moment and makes it a memory. It's a universal language that can capture love, heartbreak, loss, soul searching, and wing spreading-all in the span of a few notes. In Behind the Song, fourteen acclaimed young adult authors and musicians share short stories and personal...

    $223.00


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