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  • THE STAR-CROSSED RENAISSANCE
    DON CAMERON ALLEN
    The Star-Crossed Renaissance (1941) examines the attitude of the thinkers of Renaissance England toward astrology, Was Shakespeare, for example, a believer in astrology? This book provides a comprehensive and thoroughly-researched answer. ...

    $1,480.00

  • INTRODUCTION TO MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION
    GEORGE WANG / DON CHEN / JENNIFER BRANDENBURG
    Introduction to Modern Infrastructure Construction serves as a pivotal resource for construction management education, focusing primarily on heavy civil construction and the latest technological innovations in the field. This essential textbook is designed for both academic and professional use, thoroughly covering critical topics including earthwork, highway planning, design, ...

    $1,700.00

  • THE LEAN KŌHAI
    DON ARP, JR.
    This book consists of 76 statements on various issues and practices encountered by process improvement/operational excellence (PI‑OpEx) practitioners, managers, and leaders. Many of these issues are also encountered by those outside of PI‑OpEx. This book contains instructions, encouraging readers to write and journal in its pages. The key benefits of this work fuel the unending...

    $560.00

  • ISSUES IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO TRAUMA-AFFECTED VETERANS IN AND OUT OF VETERANS TREATMENT COURTS
    FAYE S. TAXMAN AND DON HUMMER
    Justice-involved veterans face a number of challenges in the criminal-legal system, including receiving the proper care and treatment for trauma experienced during their service to the nation. This book examines novel approaches to care for veterans and identifies some of the barriers they face. One strategy toward ameliorating these challenges was the formation of specialized ...

    $1,480.00

  • RECONSTRUCTIONS IN MIDDLE EAST ECONOMIC HISTORY
    DON BABAI
    This volume explores major theoretical and empirical themes in the study of the economic history of the Middle East. Despite the relative neglect of economic history in Middle Eastern studies, this book makes a case for its importance as a discipline of study. On the one hand, it shows promise in illuminating the economic base of historical trends and events; on the other, it c...

    $1,240.00

  • POWER, POLITICS, AND THE PLAYGROUND
    DON CARTER / ADRIAN PICCOLI
    Presented as a series of case studies, this book offers the reader an insider’s account of the power dynamics in Australian education and how the application of that power influences education policymaking. The authors, Adrian Piccoli and Don Carter, have been in the room when some of the biggest decisions in Australian education have been made. This book traverses various theo...

    $780.00

  • THE EIGHTIETH YEAR
    DON THOMPSON
    Although Time may be that Heraclitean river no one can step into twice, it's not really linear. Rapids churn in some places and it scarcely flows at others, almost stagnant. And the current often sideslips into eddies that circle indefinitely. At least Time seems to function like that as it flows through the memories of a long life. The Eightieth Year, although in the form of a...

    $266.00

  • ART-BASED GAMES
    DON PAVEY
    The visitor to an Art Arena game is confronted with an enormous piece of paper covering one wall of the room. Groups of players are at work painting, some with spontaneity or abandon, others with thoughtful precision. Back from the wall are knots of players calling our apparently cryptic information to those at work on the paper, or transmitting it in coded sounds using whistle...

    $840.00

  • DON’T LOOK AWAY
    DON BREWSTER
    The extent and depth of evil confronting us on a daily basis can be overwhelming, so overwhelming we can be tempted to look away from it. After all, with evil lurking around every corner, what difference can a single person make? In fighting the evil of child sex trafficking in Cambodia, and focusing on one life at a time, God has taken Don and Bridget Brewster's seemingly insi...

    $408.00

  • FINDING DIRECTION TO REDEEM THE NATIONS
    DON DENT
    Do you want to help bring people from all the nations into relationship with Jesus as he intends? Sadly, there are multiple mission approaches today that are ineffective or even counterproductive to reaching that goal. If that concerns you then join this journey through Scripture, mission history, and contemporary experience to find direction to redeem the nations. We will expl...

    $515.00

  • FINDING DIRECTION TO REDEEM THE NATIONS
    DON DENT
    Do you want to help bring people from all the nations into relationship with Jesus as he intends? Sadly, there are multiple mission approaches today that are ineffective or even counterproductive to reaching that goal. If that concerns you then join this journey through Scripture, mission history, and contemporary experience to find direction to redeem the nations. We will expl...

    $515.00

  • APPLICATIONS OF HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS TO OPTIMAL ROAD CONGESTION PRICING
    DON GRAHAM
    Road congestion imposes major financial, social, and environmental costs. One solution is the operation of high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes. This book outlines a method for dynamic pricing for HOT lanes based on non-linear programming (NLP) techniques, finite difference stochastic approximation, genetic algorithms, and simulated annealing stochastic algorithms, working within a ...

    $580.00

  • EL DESCANSO DEL MARINERO
    DON JACOBSON
    ¡La Aventura naval que Jane Austen pudo haber escrito! Los grandes enamorados de Jane Austen se reúnen para ser puestos a prueba en el crisol de la guerra en las aguas azules del Mediterráneo y en los humeantes confines de un prestigioso garito londinense. El descanso del marinero se inspira en Orgullo y prejuicio y Persuasión y está ambientada durante los 100 días de Napoleón....

    $138.00

  • HYPNOTIC COMMUNICATION IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SETTINGS
    DON TRENT JACOBS (FOUR ARROWS) / BRAM DUFFEE
    This fascinating book demonstrates how hypnotic communication has the potential to improve patient outcomes in emergency care, integrating insights on the connection between mind and body for paramedics and other first responders. Providing a step-by-step guide to using these skills around a range of contexts, from managing pain to cardiovascular emergencies to burns to respira...

    $800.00

  • JESUS’ BEST FRIEND
    DON THORSEN
    Christians believe that Jesus was both human and divine. While he lived on earth, however, Jesus lived as a human. He had to grow in wisdom and stature as well as in favor with God and people. Imagine Jesus having a best friend named Shamir, whom Jesus knew since boyhood in their hometown of Nazareth. What kinds of conversations might the two of them have had? How important was...

    $391.00

  • JESUS’ BEST FRIEND
    DON THORSEN
    Christians believe that Jesus was both human and divine. While he lived on earth, however, Jesus lived as a human. He had to grow in wisdom and stature as well as in favor with God and people. Imagine Jesus having a best friend named Shamir, whom Jesus knew since boyhood in their hometown of Nazareth. What kinds of conversations might the two of them have had? How important was...

    $391.00

  • INCLUSIVE COLLEGIALITY AND NONTENURE-TRACK FACULTY
    DON HAVILAND / NATHAN F. ALLEMAN / CARA CLIBURN ALLEN / JENNY JACOBS
    This book focuses on the status and work of full-time non-tenure-track faculty (NTTF) whose ranks are increasing as tenure track faculty (TTF) make up a smaller percentage of the professoriate. NTTF experience highly uneven and conditional access to collegiality, are often excluded from decision-making spaces, and receive limited respect from their TTF colleagues because of out...

    $820.00

  • SHAPING YOUR CAREER
    DON HAVILAND / ANNA M. ORTIZ / LAURA HENRIQUES
    Going beyond providing you with the tools, strategies, and approaches that you need to navigate the complexity of academic life, Don Haviland, Anna Ortiz, and Laura Henriques offer an empowering framework for taking ownership of and becoming an active agent in shaping your career.This book recognizes, as its point of departure, that faculty are rarely prepared for the range of ...

    $920.00

  • THE SUN STILL SHINES
    C. DON JONES
    Deciding your life is worth living after losing almost everything can be the greatest challenge in a person's life. This is the story of someone making that decision. How does life go off the rails for people who devote their lives to the work of God and helping other people meet the challenges of their lives? It is easier than most people imagine. How do people rebuild their l...

    $373.00

  • THE SUN STILL SHINES
    C. DON JONES
    Deciding your life is worth living after losing almost everything can be the greatest challenge in a person's life. This is the story of someone making that decision. How does life go off the rails for people who devote their lives to the work of God and helping other people meet the challenges of their lives? It is easier than most people imagine. How do people rebuild their l...

    $373.00

  • CREATIVE MORALITY
    DON MACNIVEN
    Creative Morality is a philosophical study of moral dilemmas. Western moral thought has relied on two basic ethical perspectives - Utilitarianism and Kantianism - to resolve dilemmas. MacNiven argues that no real progress can be made with modern moral problems unless these tradtions are coherently synthesised. The book deals with diverse topics such as academic honesty, medical...

    $640.00

  • INSIGHTS FROM A SIXTY-FOUR-YEAR CASE OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA
    DON R. LIPSITT
    This volume offers rare insight into an enduring case of anorexia nervosa in a female patient and details the approaches to treatment taken by psychotherapists throughout the 64 year period 1938-2002. Through discussion and analysis of clinical notes and transcripts, Lipsitt traces the course of the patient’s illness to consider the centrality of the mother-daughter relationshi...

    $1,120.00

  • LEVELLER MANIFESTOES OF THE PURITAN REVOLUTION
    DON M. WOLFE
    Leveller Manifestoes (1944) is a collection of primary manifestoes issued by the Levellers, the group which played an active and influential role in the English revolution of 1642–49. This book collects together rare pamphlets and tracts that are seldom available, and certainly not in one place for ease of research. ...

    $860.00

  • BANKING AND MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION PARTNERSHIPS
    DON CHANDIMA PADMAPERUMA
    This book examines partnerships between commercial banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs). It demonstrates that when set up properly, these partnerships have the potential to develop and enhance the financial inclusion agenda, and further support sustainable development. MFIs provide access to finance predominantly for those who are poor but economically active, and therefo...

    $1,100.00

  • MAINTENANCE PARTS MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE
    DON M. BARRY
    Most successful organizations recognize Maintenance Parts and Procurement as a critical success factor to Asset Management Excellence and their fundamental supply chain value proposition. This book works as a guide to all the stakeholders that influence the success of their Maintenance Parts Operation and their enterprise’s bottom line. Maintenance Parts Management Excellence: ...

    $1,320.00

  • ALGORITHMS, HUMANS, AND INTERACTIONS
    DON DONGHEE SHIN
    Amidst the rampant use of algorithmization enabled by AI, the common theme of AI systems is the human factor. Humans play an essential role in designing, developing, and operationalizing AI systems. We have a remit to ensure those systems run transparently, perform equitably, value our privacy, and effectively fulfill human needs. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach t...

    $1,200.00

  • NUTRITION ESSENTIALS: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
    PAUL INSEL, DON ROSS, KIMBERLEY MCMAHON, MELISSA BERNSTEIN
    Perfect for the introductory, non-majors course, Nutrition Essentials: Practical Applications, equips students with the knowledge and know-how to navigate the wealth of health and nutritional information (an misinformation) available to them, and determine how to incorporate it into their everyday lives. Throughout the text, this acclaimed author team delivers current, science-...

    $735.93

  • A STORM IN THE STARS
    DON ZANCANELLA
    In London, early in the nineteenth century, five-year-old Mary Godwin, daughter of philosopher William Godwin, plays with her sister Fanny, mourns her deceased mother, and marvels as a hot air balloon lands not far from the Thames. Nearby, in Sussex, eleven-year-old Percy Shelley entertains his three sisters by telling them stories and performing tricks with chemicals and fire....

    $229.00

  • MUSHROOMS OF HAWAI'I
    DON E. HEMMES / DENNIS E. DESJARDIN
    Hawai'i is known for its verdant mountains and colorful ocean ecosystems, but few realize the depth and range of the islands' mushroom diversity. In fact, Hawai'i is home to over 230 species of mushrooms that are prized by foragers from around the world. In Mushrooms of Hawai'i, Don Hemmes and Dennis Desjardin present a beautiful and comprehensive guide to the treasure trove of...

    $229.00

  • HELPING STUDENTS TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR OWN LEARNING
    DON MESIBOV / DAN DRMACICH
    What does learner-centered education look like, and how can we best put it into practice? This helpful book by experienced educators Don Mesibov and Dan Drmacich answers those questions and provides a wide variety of strategies, activities, and examples to help you with implementation. Chapters address topics such as positioning students at the center of the lesson and teachers...

    $860.00