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  • LITERATURE IN THE AGE OF LINGUA FRANCA ENGLISH
    JUSTIN QUINN
    The English language is now a lingua franca spoken by about two billion people. This insightful study considers how a "bridge language" affects world literature by analyzing what it is, how it works, what are its themes, what it means for canons, and how it is mediated. Cultural criticism often employs perspectives of race, citizenship, and colonialism, as well as consideration...

    $1,060.00

  • SEXUALITY FOR ALL ABILITIES
    KATIE THUNE / MOLLY GAGE / QUINN OTEMAN
    This essential manual helps educators comfortably and knowledgeably deliver lessons in comprehensive sex education to young people with developmental disabilities in the context of special education. Drawing on firsthand experience and real-world examples, the first half provides background material and tools for how to effectively partner with parents. The second half breaks d...

    $640.00

  • MAJORITY STATE OWNERSHIP OF OIL AND MINING SECTORS IN AFRICA
    JOHN JAMES QUINN
    Majority State Ownership of Oil and Mining Sectors in Africa: The Resource Curse Undermined shows that countries in sub-Saharan Africa with majority state ownership of their major oil or mineral export sectors suffered from more severe versions of the natural resource curse than other similar countries. Examining natural resource exporting nations in sub-Saharan Africa between ...

    $1,240.00

  • TEXTS AND CONTEXTS
    KENNETH QUINN
    First published in 1979, Texts and Contexts identifies those classics of Roman literature which deserve to survive because of their intrinsic quality and their lasting significance. The most important of these texts are placed in the context of the tradition which each represents and which each group of texts, taken together, constitutes. Four main streams of tradition are iden...

    $860.00

  • THE PECAN CHILDREN
    QUINN CONNOR
    "With creeping claustrophobia and a filter of the surreal over lushly detailed lives, The Pecan Children captures both the magic and despair of trying to hold onto home when the world is determined to take it away from you." —Kiersten White, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mister Magic As impossible fires bloom through their slowly decaying Southern town, two sisters mu...

    $344.00

  • KENDALL. MÚSCULOS
    VINCENT M. CONROY / BRIAN N. MURRAY, JR. / QUINN T. ALEXOPULOS / JORDAN B. MCCREARY
    Kendall. Músculos. Función y pruebas mediante posturas y dolor expande el legado de esta obra clásica de la fisioterapia para preparar al profesional para un éxito clínico sin precedentes en la práctica contemporánea. La cobertura atemporal de las pruebas musculares manuales, la evaluación y el tratamiento se une a las últimas prácticas basadas en evidencia para crear un podero...

    $2,115.00

  • RUDOLPH GANZ, PATRIOTISM, AND STANDARDIZATION OF THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER, 1907-1958
    IAIN QUINN
    This book examines the succession of events toward the potential standardization of the music for “The Star-Spangled Banner” from an initial letter to President Roosevelt in 1907 to the 1958 congressional hearings on the National Anthem, and the later work of the Swiss-Born American pianist, Rudolph Ganz. These events took place across five decades when a culture of public patr...

    $640.00

  • VIRGIL'S AENEID
    KENNETH QUINN
    First published in 1968, Virgil’s Aeneid is to help all who approach the long and difficult poem seriously (in Latin or in English) to read it with discerning appreciation. This is not a handbook, nor is it a commentary: it is a critical description, from a number of aspects, of a poetic structure. A detailed analysis of the twelve books is preceded by a preliminary exploration...

    $960.00

  • LIVY
    KENNETH QUINN
    First published in 1971, Livy is a collection of essays that deals with Livy’s work and its influence on the scholarship of Western Europe. The monumental nature of Livy’s History makes it a source of material for all those interested in the means by which Rome grew into an Imperial power and in the institutions that made her great. Later generations have also sought in Livy’s ...

    $840.00

  • INVISIBLE EDUCATION
    JOCEY QUINN
    This original and challenging book introduces the ground-breaking concept of ‘invisible education’, theorising it with critical posthuman concepts and demonstrating it through a wide range of empirical research. Invisible education is the learning that happens in everyday life: it is invisible because it is purposively ignored and devalued, and it is education because it is pow...

    $1,160.00

  • ENGLAND AND THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, 1481-1620
    DAVID B. QUINN
    First published in 1974, England and the Discovery of America places the early explorations of the English in North America in the broad context of 15th and 16th century history. Marshalling evidence that cannot be pushed aside and sifting a mass of fascinating detail (including problems of cartography and the Vinland Map controversy), Professor Quinn presents circumstantial in...

    $1,160.00

  • ENGLAND'S SEA EMPIRE, 1550-1642
    DAVID B. QUINN / A N RYAN
    First published in 1983, England’s Sea Empire was originally part of the Early Modern Europe Today book series. It explores the relationships between the increase of English merchant shipping, the growth of naval power and the early experiments in overseas trade and colonisation. No other book combines these topics for the period from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the...

    $840.00

  • CICADAS SING OF SUMMER GRAVES
    QUINN CONNOR
    "A liquid southern Gothic that laps against the land of the living until old secrets that can't be washed away are revealed. Seductive, haunting and beautiful." —Willa Reece, author of Wildwood Magic A drowned town. A damning secret. The ghostly chill of memory…and three women who must face the past in order to bring light to an old Southern town lost deep beneath the surface. ...

    $344.00

  • COMBINATORIAL DESIGNS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
    KATHLEEN QUINN / BRIDGET WEBB / CHRIS ROWLEY / F C HOLROYD
    The fruit of a conference that gathered seven very active researchers in the field, Combinatorial Design and their Applications presents a wide but representative range of topics on the non-geometrical aspects of design theory. By concentrating on a few important areas, the authors succeed in providing greater detail in these areas in a more complete and accessible form. Throug...

    $4,900.00

  • PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN ACROSS THE PRIMARY CURRICULUM
    ALISON SHORER / KATIE QUINN
    This is an easy-to-use, theme-based resource book for Philosophy for Children (P4C) practitioners in primary school settings. It covers ten popular themes which include many current affair issues and enduring curriculum themes such as artificial intelligence, biodiversity, resilience, and waste. Each theme provides planning for every subject and links to the relevant English na...

    $820.00

  • THE NUMBERS OF LIFE
    KEVIN QUINN AVERY
    Easily the most comprehensive and detailed guide to practical and theoretical numerology on the market, Kevin Quinn Avery's The Numbers of Life stands alone as the definitive work in its field. Drawing on a long and storied career advising New York's celebrities, intelligentsia, and politicians, as well as years of professional study in the areas of astronumerology, astrology, ...

    $229.00

  • THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR
    SWISH GOSWAMI / QUINN UNDERWOOD
    FINALIST: Goody Business Book Awards - Entrepreneur: Young Entrepreneur If you have a great start-up idea and know how to think like an entrepreneur, but are still at college or university, then this book will show you how to run your business without having to drop out. Research shows that Generation Z are the most entrepreneurial generation yet. If you don't want to wait unti...

    $499.00

  • ONCOLOGY CERTIFIED NURSE (OCN®) REVIEW
    DENISE MENONNA-QUINN
    Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN®) Review is designed to help you prepare for the OCN® certification exam. This comprehensive study aid addresses exam topics with exam tips, key points, clinical pearls, quick-reference tables, useful illustrations, and end-of-chapter questions to assess knowledge retention. The review concludes with a full-length practice test to get you ready for...

    $1,507.00

  • A MANUAL OF CATALOGUING AND INDEXING
    J. HENRY QUINN / H.W. ACOMB
    This book, first published in 1933, shows the more common difficulties in constructing library entries for author single-entries with references, and author-entries with added entries. These basic principles of cataloguing practice offer valuable advice to the cataloguer of books. ...

    $860.00

  • SOCIAL SKILLS GAMES AND ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS WITH AUTISM
    WENDY ASHCROFT / ANGIE DELLOSO / ANNE QUINN
    Social Skills Games and Activities for Kids With Autism provides complete instructions for using fun, engaging games and activities to teach social skills to children with autism spectrum disorders. The games include directions for assessing skills such as asking for toys, getting the attention of others, reading nonverbal gestures, understanding perspectives, and cooperating t...

    $580.00

  • UNDERSTANDING RISK TO WILDLIFE FROM EXPOSURES TO PER- AND POLYFLUORINATED ALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS)
    MARK S. JOHNSON / MICHAEL J. QUINN JR. / MARC A. WILLIAMS / ALLISON M. NARIZZANO
    Understanding Risk to Wildlife from Exposures to Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) provides the most recent summary of toxicity data relevant to mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians, and provides values for use in risk assessment applications. Predicting the bioaccumulation of PFAS in terrestrial wildlife (including humans) has proven to be extremely complex....

    $1,320.00

  • NEWS DISCOURSE AND POWER
    HENRY SILKE, FERGAL QUINN AND MARIA RIEDER
    The issue of socio-economic inequality has become an increasingly important question for journalism and the academy. The 2008 economic crisis and the years of austerity which followed exasperated class and regional division and as an even greater economic shock emerges from the aftermath of the Covid 19 pandemic, the role of journalism and the wider media in the production and ...

    $1,160.00

  • THE QUARREL BETWEEN POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY
    JOHN BURNS / MATTHEW FLAMM / WILLIAM GAHAN / STEPHANIE QUINN
    The Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy: Perspectives Across the Humanities is an interdisciplinary study of the abiding quarrel to which poet-philosopher Plato referred centuries ago in the Republic. The book presents eight chapters by four humanities scholars that historically contextualize and cross-interpret aspects of the quarrel in question. The authors share the view t...

    $640.00

  • FAST FACTS FOR DNP ROLE DEVELOPMENT
    DENISE MENONNA-QUINN / TONI TORTORELLA GENOVA
    Illustrates how the DNP degree fosters opportunities for nurses to shape the future of healthcare The first resource of its kind, this engaging handbook delivers practical guidance on the burgeoning roles and career opportunities afforded by the DNP degree, as well as the knowledge and skills required for career advancement. It provides students and professionals with a fundame...

    $692.00

  • PERFORMING THE POLITICS OF TRANSLATION IN MODERN JAPAN
    ARAGORN QUINN
    Performing the Politics of Translation in Modern Japan sheds new light on the adoption of concepts that motivated political theatres of resistance for nearly a century and even now underpin the collective understanding of the Japanese nation. Grounded in the aftermath of the Meiji Restoration in 1868 and analyzing its legacy on stage, this book tells the story of the crucial ro...

    $1,200.00

  • JUSTICE AND EGALITARIANISM
    MICHAEL QUINN
    First published in 1991. This study is a critical survey of substantive egalitarian theories of justice, that is to say, various theories containing principles for the distribution of social resources which, it is argued, base themselves on a fundamental principle of equality. This title will be of interest to students of politics and philosophy. ...

    $1,060.00

  • RECONSTRUCTING HISTORY
    ELIZABETH FOX-GENOVESE / ELISABETH LASCH-QUINN
    In May 1997, a group of distinguished historians announced the formation of the Historical Society, an organization that sought to be free of the jargon-laden debates and political agendas that have come to characterize the profession. Eugene Genovese, Prsident of the Society, explained the commitment to form a new and genuinely diverse organization. "The Society extends from l...

    $1,160.00

  • STIGMA, STATE EXPRESSIONS AND THE LAW
    PAUL QUINN
    This book demonstrates the difficulties the law is likely to encounter in regulating the expressive activities of the state, particularly with regard to the stigmatization of vulnerable groups and minorities. Freedom of speech is indispensable to a democratic society, enabling it to operate with a healthy level of debate and discussion. Historically, legal scholars have underap...

    $1,120.00

  • ACCELERATOR RADIATION PHYSICS FOR PERSONNEL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    J. DONALD COSSAIRT / MATTHEW QUINN
    Choice Recommended Title, January 2020 Providing a vital resource in tune with the massive advancements in accelerator technologies that have taken place over the past 50 years, Accelerator Radiation Physics for Personnel and Environmental Protection is a comprehensive reference for accelerator designers, operators, managers, health and safety staff, and governmental regulators...

    $1,360.00

  • CONTESTED ILLNESS IN CONTEXT
    HARRY QUINN SCHONE
    What makes a disease real? Why is it that patients with chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia are doubted when they say they are in pain, and cannot access the same benefits of patient-hood that others can? What defines the limits of our belief and, ultimately, compassion, when it comes to disease? These are the questions approached in this book, which draws upon patients’ e...

    $1,200.00


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