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  • THE MORSE CODE: DECODING THE CAREER OF ICONIC LIGHTING DESIGNER PETER MORSE
    VICKIE CLAIBORNE / PETER MORSE
    The Morse Code: Decoding the Career of Iconic Lighting Designer Peter Morse explores key developments and evolving techniques, processes, and technology within contemporary theatrical lighting design through the career and impact of US lighting designer Peter Morse. Peter Morse’s career as a lighting designer spans over 50 years. He has worked with most of entertainment’s bigge...

    $1,040.00

  • RESPECT AND LOATHING IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
    JEFF SPINNER-HALEV / ELIZABETH THEISS-MORSE
    A deep examination of why respect is in short supply in politics today and why it matters. Respect is in trouble in the United States. Many Americans believe respecting others is a necessary virtue, yet many struggle to respect opposing partisans. Surprisingly, it is liberal citizens, who hold respect as central to their view of democratic equality, who often have difficulty gr...

    $436.78

  • COLONIAL DAYS IN OLD NEW YORK
    ALICE MORSE EARLE
    Excerpt: "This book should perhaps have been “intituled” Colonial Days in New Netherland, for much of the life described herein was in the days of Dutch rule. But it was New Netherland for scarce half a century, and the name is half-forgotten, though it remained, both in outer life and in heart, a Dutch colonie, even when the province was New York and an English governor had co...

    $39.70

  • CURIOUS PUNISHMENTS OF BYGONE DAYS
    ALICE MORSE EARLE
    Excerpt: "In ransacking old court records, newspapers, diaries and letters for the historic foundation of the books which I have written on colonial history, I have found and noted much of interest that has not been used or referred to in any of those books. An accumulation of notes on old-time laws, punishments and penalties has evoked this volume. The subject is not a pleasan...

    $39.70

  • STAGE-COACH AND TAVERN DAYS
    ALICE MORSE EARLE
    Excerpt: "In reverent and affectionate retrospective view of the influences and conditions which had power and made mark upon the settlement of New England, we are apt to affirm with earnest sentiment that religion was the one force, the one aim, the one thought, of the lives of our forbears. It was indeed an ever present thought and influence in their lives; but they possessed...

    $39.70

  • THE CLAPHAM TRAIN ACCIDENT
    GREG MORSE
    Clapham was a pivotal point in British railway history. Much technology had been invented and applied to accident prevention by 1988; much more was to come. The Clapham Train Accident considers Clapham in its wider context, using official reports and expert interviews to describe both the causes and the terrible effects. It looks beyond the railway to the external factors actin...

    $251.00

  • IIM
    CINDY NOTTAGE / VIRGINIA MORSE
    The seven-step Independent Investigation Method (IIM) guides students through group and independent research projects, empowering them with the skills to conduct research in any discipline and to pursue projects in subjects of most interest to them. This consumable student booklet provides handouts to lead students through the seven steps of their projects. It includes tips for...

    $260.00

  • IIM
    CINDY NOTTAGE / VIRGINIA MORSE
    Aligned with the CCSS and the TEKS College and Career Readiness Standards, IIM: Teaching Research Skills in Grades K-12 offers a comprehensive plan for integrating a schoolwide research program into existing curriculum. The seven-step Independent Investigation Method (IIM) guides students through group and independent research projects, empowering them with the skills to conduc...

    $880.00

  • TACKLING INSURANCE FRAUD
    LYNNE SKAJAA / DEXTER MORSE
    Insurance fraud is a growing problem on a global scale. The ABI estimates that fraudulent insurance claims on motor and household policies alone cost insurers in excess of £1 billion every year. This book provides an analysis of the insurance industry’s response to the problem and examines fraud from legal and practical perspectives to determine how to manage and reduce fraud. ...

    $8,000.00

  • THE MUSEUM AS A SPACE OF SOCIAL CARE
    NUALA MORSE
    This book examines the practice of community engagement in museums through the notion of care. It focuses on building an understanding of the logic of care that underpins this practice, with a view to outlining new roles for museums within community health and social care. This book engages with the recent growing focus on community participation in museum activities, notably i...

    $1,200.00

  • RURAL ENERGY TO MEET DEVELOPMENT NEEDS
    M. NURUL ISLAM / RICHARD MORSE / M. HADI SOESASTRO / MARWOTO HADI SOESASTRO
    This volume had its origin at a conference held in 1978 at the East- West Center that considered the short- and long-term energy problems of the Asia-Pacific region. That group of national energy policymakers, scientists, and technologists agreed that providing adequate energy for the rural areas of the developing countries looms large as one of the more critical problems of th...

    $1,200.00

  • THE LIMITS OF REFORM IN CHINA
    RONALD A. MORSE / SHAUN MURPHY
    Five years after Beijing's pragmatic new leadership embarked on its Four Modernizations program, the obstacles to change in China are becoming apparent, agree the contributors to this book. Focusing on developments since Mao's death and pointing to the negative effects of China's massive bureaucracy, the regime's reluctance to give up Soviet-style ...

    $1,060.00

  • THE RISE AND RISE OF INDICATORS
    STEPHEN MORSE
    This book makes indicators more accessible, in terms of what they are, who created them and how they are used. It examines the subjectivity and human frailty behind these quintessentially ‘hard’ and technical measures of the world. To achieve this goal, The Rise and Rise of Indicators presents the world in terms of a selected set of indicators. The emphasis is upon the origins ...

    $1,160.00

  • ENERGY RESOURCES IN COLORADO: COAL, OIL SHALE, AND URANIUM
    JEROME G. MORSE
    As the rate of energy use far outstrips the estimate of what resources may be available, other fuels are needed to supplement dwindling supplies of oil and gas. Three such alternatives are coal, oil shale, and uranium, all of which exist in potential abundance in Colorado. However, large-scale production of these resources will result in complex interactions with the state's so...

    $1,200.00

  • WHERE DO WE COME FROM? IS DARWIN CORRECT?
    HERBERT MORSE
    First published in 1911. The first chapter in this fascinating study devotes itself to a short preliminary introduction to Darwin’s ideas, and some remarks on the thoughts of the ancients on the subject and how matters stood in the period immediately preceding the appearance of Darwin himself. The second and third chapters discuss Darwin’s theory and a suggested alternative hyp...

    $980.00

  • LESSONS ON AGING FROM THREE NATIONS
    SARA CARMEL / CAROL A. MORSE / FERNANDO M. TORRES-GIL / JON HENDRICKS
    The global phenomenon of the aging of societies during a period of outstanding scientific, economic, and technological advancements is a blessing for humanity. These fundamental changes, however, create new needs and problems in all areas of life, often difficult to address. In some countries, the trend is towards compression of the period of age-related morbidity - fewer years...

    $1,160.00

  • VISIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY
    STEPHEN MORSE / NORA MCNAMARA / BENJAMIN OKWOLI
    This title was first published in 2000:  Sustainable development has grown to compass cultural, socio-economic, political and environmental issues, and the use of Sustainability indicators (SIs) is seen by many as central to its implementation. After all, how can one ’do’ sustainable development unless one knows when it has been attained? The adoption of SIs in such a context i...

    $980.00

  • MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION IN ENGINEERING
    FRANCIS S. TSE / IVAN E. MORSE
    Presenting a mathematical basis for obtaining valid data, and basic concepts inmeasurement and instrumentation, this authoritative text is ideal for a one-semester concurrent or independent lecture/laboratory course. Strengthening students' grasp of the fundamentals with the most thorough, in-depth treatment available, Measurement and Instrumentation in Engineering discusses in...

    $4,000.00

  • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
    DONGYONG ZHANG / STEPHEN MORSE / UMA KAMBHAMPATI
    Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an important concept in the last few decades. Although it originated in the developed countries of the West, the concept has been embraced and adapted by corporations and policy-making agencies in many developing countries. Not surprisingly, given the importance of growth and development as policy objectives in these countries, C...

    $1,320.00

  • JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS
    EDWARD S. MORSE
    First Published in 2005. Written by the author of glimpses of China and Chinese homes, this volume details the various indoor and outdoor features of traditional Japanese homes. Fully illustrated by the author, morse describes all aspects of Japanese domestic architecture, from the tiles used on the roofs, to the mats used on the floors; from the layouts of the rooms, to the ho...

    $1,320.00

  • THE POLITICS OF GENDER IN ANTHONY TROLLOPE'S NOVELS
    DEBORAH DENENHOLZ MORSE
    Bringing together established critics and exciting new voices, The Politics of Gender in Anthony Trollope's Novels offers original readings of Trollope that recognize and repay his importance as source material for scholars working in diverse fields of literary and cultural studies. As the editors observe in their provocative introduction, Trollope more than any of his contempo...

    $1,480.00

  • ANALYZING AND CONCEPTUALIZING THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING
    JANICE M. MORSE
    Delivers all information required for the Theoretical Foundations of Nursing course By embracing the major conceptual and theoretical contributions to nursing research that are outside of traditional nursing theory, this book serves as a vital resource for nurse researchers, and one that is indispensable for doctoral nursing students embarking on their dissertations. Containing...

    $2,394.00

  • MIXED METHOD DESIGN
    JANICE M MORSE
    The use of mixed methods designs for conducting research has become a major trend in social science research. Renowned methodological experts Janice Morse and Linda Niehaus present a guide to intermediate and experienced researchers on the possibilities inherent in mixed method research. They offer the basic principles of conducting this kind of study, then examine a wide varie...

    $1,100.00

  • QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH
    JANICE M MORSE
    The leading figure in qualitative health research (QHR), Janice M. Morse, asserts that QHR is its own separate discipline—distinct from both traditional health research and other kinds of qualitative research—and examines the implications of this position for theory, research, and practice. She contends that the health care environments transform many of the traditional norms o...

    $1,100.00

  • REFORMING TROLLOPE
    DEBORAH DENENHOLZ MORSE
    Trollope the reformer and the reformation of Trollope scholarship in relation to gender, race, and genre are the intertwined subjects of eminent Trollopian Deborah Denenholz Morse’s radical rethinking of Anthony Trollope. Beginning with a history of Trollope’s critical reception, Morse traces the ways in which Trollope’s responses to the political and social upheavals of the 18...

    $1,140.00

  • RICH PICTURES
    SIMON BELL / TESSA BERG / STEPHEN MORSE
    Rich Pictures focuses on the value of developing visual narratives – Rich Pictures – as an important component and starting point for community participation. A key device for the community to share ideas and perspectives on current and potential future situations, Rich Pictures provide a shared space for members to set out ideas and negotiate. While Rich Pictures are widely an...

    $1,320.00

  • FROM VICTIM TO SURVIVOR
    JULIANN WHETSELL MITCHELL / JILL MORSE
    First published in 1998. A research-based resource for helping professionals dealing with women who were sexually abused by female perpetrators, mainly mothers and grandmothers, this text focuses on the female perpetrator, defining what treatments have been found workable and providing an overview of the available literature. Secondly, the authors share the results from intervi...

    $640.00

  • YANAGITA KUNIO AND THE FOLKLORE MOVEMENT (RLE FOLKLORE)
    RONALD MORSE
    Yanagita Kunio almost singlehandedly initiated the serious study of folklore in Japan. Even modern Japanese folklorists who may disagree with his approach or his methods must take his body of work as a point of departure for their own. This book, first published in 1990, puts Yanagita’s career within a historical framework and context, full of detail about Japanese political an...

    $1,320.00

  • TRANSFORMING PUBLIC LEADERSHIP FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
    RICARDO S. MORSE / TERRY F. BUSS / C. MORGAN KINGHORN
    The forces of globalization are shifting our world, including the public sector, away from hierarchy and command and control toward one of collaboration and networks. The way public leadership is thought about and practiced must be, and is being, transformed. This volume in the "Transformational Trends in Governance & Democracy" series explores what the shift looks like and als...

    $1,240.00

  • INNOVATIONS IN PUBLIC LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
    RICARDO S. MORSE / TERRY F. BUSS
    This is the best single-source guide to leadership development in the public sector. It offers a wealth of advice for teachers, students, trainers, human resource officers, and established leaders. The all-original chapters include discussions of leadership frameworks, competencies for public leaders for the "new governance," and strategies for senior leaders in government.The ...

    $1,560.00


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