Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: richards

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  • SECRET IDENTITIES AND DOUBLE LIVES ON TWEEN TV
    AMY RICHARDS FRANZINI
    Secret Identities and Double Lives on Tween TV in introduces readers to the concepts of tweenhood and television (TV) tropes by providing historical and theoretical contexts and reviewing the history of TV targeted to tweens. Through a qualitative analysis of various live-action sitcoms, this book explores the popularity of programming featuring characters leading secret lives ...

    $640.00

  • FUNDAMENTALS OF SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE
    MARK RICHARDS / NEAL FORD
    Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects, with five new chapters covering the latest insights from the field. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine archi...

    $908.00

  • WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT
    GWYNNE RICHARDS
    As modern warehouses continue to capitalize on cutting-edge technologies to maximize their role in the supply chain, understand how to successfully manage these warehouses with this bestselling book. The fifth edition of Warehouse Management is fully updated to include the most current information from across the industry. It also explores emerging technologies, like AI, roboti...

    $1,299.00

  • KOREAN CONVERSATION GAMBITS: DEVELOPING SPOKEN LANGUAGE
    HEEKYUNG AHN / ANDREW DAVID JACKSON / HYUN MI KIM / SOYEON KIM / EVA RICHARDS / ADAM ZULAWNIK
    Korean Conversation Gambits: Developing Spoken Language provides specific linguistic and communicative strategies that help Korean language learners engage in daily conversations as well as discussions and negotiations in work and academic contexts. The book presents, and provides practice in, spoken Korean gambits that will help speakers organise their conversations and frame ...

    $1,040.00

  • A HISTORY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
    BRYAN KEITH-LUCAS / PETER G. RICHARDS
    Originally published in 1978, this book covers all aspects of the development of local authorities; the changing types of people who worked in them – solicitors, trade unionists, politicians and reformers; the growing influence of political parties in local affairs; the widening concept of the purpose of local government and the attendant financial problems; the partnership and...

    $860.00

  • SENCO LEADERSHIP
    GILL RICHARDS
    Written by SENCOs for SENCOs and other school leaders, this book shares innovative, strategic and practical whole-school developments that have been trialed and reviewed through research with colleagues, students and families. Each chapter is written by an experienced SENCO school leader. Their accounts of the developments they carried out and the research evidence they collect...

    $500.00

  • POWER, ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE IN MUGHAL INDIA
    JOHN F. RICHARDS
    From the mid-16th to the early 18th centuries the Mughal empire was the dominant power in the Indian subcontinent. Contrary to what is sometimes suggested, John Richards argues that this centralised state was dynamic and skillfully run. The studies here consider its links with the wider early modern world, and focus on three related aspects of its history. The first concerns th...

    $1,480.00

  • THE MUSIC OF SOUNDS AND THE MUSIC OF THINGS
    LEIGH LANDY / JOHN RICHARDS
    This book investigates two areas in which the appreciation of sonic creativity can be easily acquired across diverse cultures, ages and interests: the music of sounds – making music with any sounds, part of today’s sampling culture and the music of things – and the creation of instruments using existent materials (another type of sampling?) involving the notion of ‘instrument a...

    $1,160.00

  • REGREENING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
    MICHAEL A. RICHARDS
    Now in its second volume, Regreening the Built Environment provides an overview of physical and social environmental challenges that the planet is facing and presents solutions that restore ecological processes, reclaim open space, foster social equity, and facilitate a green economy. Healing the planet requires a combination of strategies networked across multiple scales of de...

    $1,160.00

  • UNDERSTANDING INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
    STEPHEN B. RICHARDS / MICHAEL P. BRADY / RONALD L. TAYLOR
    The third edition provides thorough coverage of the causes and characteristics of intellectual disabilities as well as detailed discussions of the validated instructional approaches in the field today. A revised "Future Directions" chapter explores the most recent philosophical, social, legal, medical, educational, and personal issues that professionals and people with intellec...

    $2,100.00

  • THE RESILIENT CULTURE
    LIANE STEPHAN / SILKE RUPPRECHT / CHRIS TAMDJIDI / MICHAEL MACKAY RICHARDS
    WINNER: Axiom Business Book Award 2025 - Bronze Medal, Digital Media FINALIST: 2025 International Book Awards - Motivational Category The ideal business is productive, collaborative and innovative. But how can you bring these qualities into your organization? The solution is to build a resilient culture. This is a groundbreaking guide to lasting success through practical and or...

    $649.00

  • 49 MILES ALONE
    NATALIE D. RICHARDS
    Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel! From the New York Times bestselling author of Five Total Strangers and Seven Dirty Secrets, a tense new thriller. Four days alone in the desert. Except they're not as alone as they think. A year ago, Katie and her cousin Aster survived a night that left their world and easy friendship fractured. Desperate to heal and leave t...

    $243.00

  • CONDUCTING CONTEXTUAL RESEARCH
    BERNARD GUERIN / EDEN THAIN / KRISTEN STEVENS / ADAN C. RICHARDS / GUILHERME BERGO LEUGI
    This innovative book proposes an entirely new approach to social research, presenting practical ways to discover people’s life contexts in order to understand why they do what they do, which is essential for any forms of research that need to understand people. Taking a novel approach that goes beyond traditional categorisations of qualitative and quantitative research, the boo...

    $1,260.00

  • THE REFORMED LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM
    PETER G. RICHARDS
    Originally published in 1973 and revised as a third edition in 1978, this book provides a concise introductory account of the system of local administration since the Local Government Act of 1972 produced the most-far-reaching change in England and Wales since 1888. The book shows why such a major shake-up was necessary, and how the policies evolved which produced the new patte...

    $840.00

  • DELEGATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
    PETER G. RICHARDS
    Originally published in 1956, this book outlines the history of delegation in local government since the establishment of county councils in 1888. It describes the use made of delegation over a wide range of council services. The technique of delegation has become more important in recent years and represents the compromise of the competing claims of county and district council...

    $840.00

  • PARLIAMENT AND CONSCIENCE
    PETER G. RICHARDS
    Originally published in 1970, this book has a dual purpose. Firstly, it is a study of how Parliament works when the party whips are withdrawn. The author shows how backbenchers can create legislation of great importance; he demonstrates the obstacles, political and procedural to social reform; he relates the votes of MPs to their personal characteristics e.g. age, religion and ...

    $840.00

  • THE NEW LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM
    PETER G. RICHARDS
    Originally published in 1956, this book outlines the history of delegation in local government since the establishment of county councils in 1888. It describes the use made of delegation over a wide range of council services. The technique of delegation has become more important in recent years and represents the compromise of the competing claims of county and district council...

    $840.00

  • RIVERS
    KEITH RICHARDS
    Originally published in 1982, this book presents a detailed review of alluvial river form and process and integrates the distinct but related approaches of geomorphologists, geologists and engineers to the subject. It outlines the environmental catchment factors that control the development of channel equilibrium and provides a detailed account of the sediment transport process...

    $840.00

  • HEAD FIRST SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE
    RAJU GANDHI / MARK RICHARDS / NEAL FORD
    What will you learn from this book? If you're a software developer looking for a quick on-ramp to software architecture, this handy guide is a great place to start. From the authors of Fundamentals of Software Architecture, Head First Software Architecture teaches you how to think architecturally and explores the unique challenges of software architecture. You'll learn the dist...

    $801.00

  • THE LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN TOOLKIT
    GWYNNE RICHARDS / SUSAN GRINSTED
    The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit provides practical tools and ideas to optimize the management of logistics and supply chain processes. The fourth edition is fully updated to feature the latest frameworks and topics, including robotics and blockchain in logistics and how to measure the return on investment for these technologies. It offers solutions and plans spanning acr...

    $1,199.00

  • A DIRECTOR'S METHOD FOR FILM AND TELEVISION
    RON RICHARDS
    A Director’s Method for Film and Television (1992) presents the ‘cinematic language’ approach to directing for film and television directors. It shows how the viewer perceives the nuances of the various pictures used to tell the story, and how movement within the frame creates drama and development. It outlines the techniques necessary to maximize each and every shot and create...

    $800.00

  • GLOBAL HEATING AND THE AUSTRALIAN FAR RIGHT
    IMOGEN RICHARDS / GEARÓID BRINN / CALLUM JONES
    Global Heating and the Australian Far Right examines the environmental politics of far-right actors and movements in Australia, exploring their broader political context and responses to climate change. The book traces the development of far-right pseudo-environmentalism and territorial politics, from colonial genocide and Australian nationalism to extreme-right political viole...

    $1,240.00

  • REVOLUTION AND CONSTITUTIONALISM IN BRITAIN AND THE U.S.
    DAVID A. J. RICHARDS
    In Revolution and Constitutionalism in Britain and the U.S.: Burke and Madison and Their Contemporary Legacies, David A. J. Richards offers an investigative comparison of two central figures in late eighteenth-century constitutionalism, Edmund Burke and James Madison, at a time when two great constitutional experiments were in play: the Constitution of the Glorious Revolution o...

    $1,160.00

  • OBJECT PERFORMANCE IN THE BLACK ATLANTIC
    PAULETTE RICHARDS
    Given that slaveholders prohibited the creation of African-style performing objects, is there a traceable connection between traditional African puppets, masks, and performing objects and contemporary African American puppetry? This study approaches the question by looking at the whole performance complex surrounding African performing objects and examines the material culture ...

    $1,120.00

  • COPING WITH HUNGER
    PAUL RICHARDS
    Originally published in 1986, Coping with Hunger demonstrates that effective agricultural development in resource-poor regions must be based in a respect for the indigenous farmer’s understanding of the environment. Based on participant-observation of rice farming in Sierra Leone, the book challenges the prevailing of attitudes of policy makers in the late 20th Century and rest...

    $800.00

  • INDIGENOUS AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
    PAUL RICHARDS
    Originally published in 1985, this book argues forcefully and practically for new relationship between science and the small farmer. It advocates scientific research seeking out changes which are already taking place within the smallholder farming sector and building on local initiatives. Drawing on his experience of West Africa, the author demonstrates that many of the most su...

    $800.00

  • FOUR FOUND DEAD
    NATALIE D. RICHARDS
    A terrifying thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Five Total Strangers and Seven Dirty Secrets! The last show has ended, but the nightmare is just beginning. Tonight, Riverview Theaters is closing forever, the last remaining business in a defunct shopping mall. The moviegoers have left, and Jo and her six coworkers have the final shift, a shift that quickly ta...

    $243.00

  • POSTHUMAN COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY
    MICHAEL RICHARDS
    Posthuman Community Psychology is an exploration of mainstream psychology through a critical posthumanity perspective, examining psychology’s place in the world and its relationship with marginalised people, with a focus on people with disabilities. The book argues that the history of modern psychology is underpinned by reductionism and individualism, which is embedded within t...

    $1,060.00

  • FOUNDATIONS OF DATA AND DIGITAL JOURNALISM
    ALEX RICHARDS
    This accessible, step-by-step guide is written for students and working professionals who want to better understand data journalism, web design, and the visualization of information. Foundations of Data and Digital Journalism recognizes a growing need for general data knowledge in newsrooms across the globe, including an understanding of what’s possible for both data reporting ...

    $1,000.00

  • QUALITATIVE RESEARCH AND EVALUATION IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY
    KEVIN RICHARDS
    Published in conjunction with SHAPE America! Focusing on the unique nature of qualitative methods within kinesiology settings, Qualitative Research and Evaluation in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy guides graduate students and early career researchers through designing, conducting, and reporting of qualitative research studies with specific references to the challenges a...

    $324.04