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  • SACRED SNAPS
    ROMAN R. WILLIAMS / CATHERINE HOLTMANN / WILLIAM L. SACHS
    Sacred Snaps tells the story of a new approach to interfaith engagement. It is an invitation to see and engage religion, diversity, and inclusion through the lens of the mobile phone camera. These days, just about everyone owns a camera equipped cell phone. What if we recruited these cameras for the common good? When religion shows up in everyday life—at work, school, the mall,...

    $1,060.00

  • BECOMING COSMOPOLITAN
    WILLIAM L. SACHS / WANJIRU M. GITAU
    The legacy of Christian mission seems beyond dispute. Western churches carried imperialist and racist assumptions as they evangelized and encouraged the formation of indigenous churches. Amid those realities a different sensibility took root. As the history of Virginia Theological Seminary illustrates, missionaries who were alumni adapted to contextual circumstances in ways tha...

    $586.00

  • BECOMING COSMOPOLITAN
    WILLIAM L. SACHS / WANJIRU M. GITAU
    The legacy of Christian mission seems beyond dispute. Western churches carried imperialist and racist assumptions as they evangelized and encouraged the formation of indigenous churches. Amid those realities a different sensibility took root. As the history of Virginia Theological Seminary illustrates, missionaries who were alumni adapted to contextual circumstances in ways tha...

    $586.00

  • A DREAM WORTH FIGHTING FOR
    TIM HIGHTOWER / WILLIAM L. SACHS
    Must adversity erase your purpose? The experience of Tim Hightower demonstrates that it is possible to recover when all that one has is pursued suddenly vanishes. Tim's story, on and off the football field, encourages everyone who faces crippling challenges. A Dream Worth Fighting For conveys determination and resilience. Anyone who has suffered injury or loss will find their e...

    $119.00

  • CONTRACTARIANISM, ROLE OBLIGATIONS, AND POLITICAL MORALITY
    BENJAMIN SACHS
    This book argues that contractarianism is well suited as a political morality and explores the implications of deploying it in this way. It promises to revive contractarianism as a viable political theory, breaking it free from its Rawlsian moorings while taking seriously the long-standing objections to it. It’s natural to think that the state owes things to its people: physica...

    $1,160.00

  • ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF GENDER AND AGRICULTURE
    CAROLYN E. SACHS / LEIF JENSEN / PAIGE CASTELLANOS
    The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture covers major theoretical issues as well as critical empirical shifts in gender and agriculture. Gender relations in agriculture are shifting in most regions of the world with changes in the structure of agriculture, the organization of production, international restructuring of value chains, climate change, the global pandemic, a...

    $1,099.00

  • THE GOOD ENOUGH THERAPIST
    BRAD E. SACHS
    The Good Enough Therapist is a guidebook—not an instruction manual—written for beginning, intermediate, and experienced clinicians. It encourages readers to explore, accept, and embrace their flaws and failings in a way that promotes effective treatment as well as personal growth. It focuses both on craft and process—craft related to the tools, the strategies, and the tactics o...

    $1,100.00

  • PRACTICAL PLANT FAILURE ANALYSIS
    P.E. SACHS
    This is a practical guide for those who do the work of maintaining and improving the reliability of mechanical machinery. It is for engineers and skilled trades personnel who want to understand how failures happen and how the physical causes of the great majority can be readily diagnosed in the field. It explains the four major failure mechanisms, wear, corrosion, overload, and...

    $1,380.00

  • UN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT LIBRARY: INVESTING IN DEVELOPMENT
    JEFFREY D. SACHS / THE UN MILLENNIUM PROJECT
    This book describes the importance of the millennium development goals and gives an explanation of the progress toward the goals. It provides recommendations to be implemented at the country level and presents a guide for the international system's support for the country-level processes. ...

    $1,100.00

  • THE RULE OF LAW AND ECONOMIC REFORM IN RUSSIA
    JEFFERY SACHS
    What impact has Russia's chosen path of reform had on the development of law after the collapse of the communist regime? This collection of essays examines how Russia's distinctive traditions of law-and lawlessness-are shaping the current struggle for economic reform in the country. Nine renowned scholars, chosen from specialties in history, politi ...

    $1,340.00

  • SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART AND THE NEOLIBERAL CITY
    CECILIE SACHS OLSEN
    What are the social functions of art in the age of neoliberal urbanism? This book discusses the potential of artistic practices to question the nature of city environments and the diverse productions of space, moving beyond the reduction of ‘the urban’ as a set of existing and static structures. Adopting a practice-led approach, each chapter discusses case studies from across t...

    $1,180.00

  • A NEW FOREIGN POLICY
    JEFFREY D. SACHS
    In this sobering analysis of American foreign policy under Trump, the award-winning economist calls for a new approach to international engagement.   The American Century began in 1941 and ended in 2017, on the day of President Trump's inauguration. The subsequent turn toward nationalism and "America first" unilateralism did not made America great. It announced the abdication o...

    $229.00

  • THE PHYSIOLOGY OF FLOWERING
    GEORGES BERNIER / JEAN-MARIE KINET / ROY M. SACHS
    The present work is organised such that the whole phenomenon of flowing is divided into two major steps: 1. the initiation of flower primordia and 2. The development of these primordia into mature flowers until anthesis. ...

    $5,300.00

  • GENDERED FIELDS
    CAROLYN E SACHS
    This book aims to expand feminist theory to include the study of rural women, while recognizing that many rural women no longer depend exclusively on agriculture or the land for their livelihoods. It emphasizes the depth and value of women's knowledge with the natural environment. ...

    $1,240.00

  • THE PHYSIOLOGY OF FLOWERING
    GEORGES BERNIER / JEAN-MARIE KINET / ROY M. SACHS
    The present work is organised such that the whole phenomenon of flowing is divided into two major steps: 1. the initiation of flower primordia and 2. The development of these primordia into mature flowers until anthesis. ...

    $4,500.00

  • EXPLAINING RIGHT AND WRONG
    BENJAMIN SACHS
    Explaining Right and Wrong aims to shake the foundations of contemporary ethics by showing that moral philosophers have been deploying a mistaken methodology in their efforts to figure out the truth about what we morally ought to do. Benjamin Sachs argues that moral theorizing makes sense only if it is conceived of as an explanatory project and carried out accordingly. The book...

    $1,240.00

  • CELLULAR INTERNET OF THINGS
    OLOF LIBERG / MARTEN SUNDBERG / Y.-P. ERIC WANG / JOHAN BERGMAN / JOACHIM SACHS
    Cellular Internet of Things: Technologies, Standards and Performance gives insight into the recent work performed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to develop systems for the Cellular Internet of Things. It presents both the design of the new Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) technology and how GSM and LTE have evolved to provide Cellular Internet of Things ...

    $1,329.00

  • THE CHANGING MO OF THE CMO
    MARYLEE SACHS
    MaryLee Sachs explores the relationship and increasing blur between the marketing discipline and the public relations profession. How do the two mix? What is their role in a world where the growth of digital and social media has contributed to an increasing lack of control over how brands are perceived? Drawing on the experiences of Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) from 10 ico...

    $980.00

  • WHAT THE NEW BREED OF CMOS KNOW THAT YOU DON'T
    MARYLEE SACHS
    This book should be viewed as a primer for any new or aspiring CMO, C-suite peer to marketing, or marketer looking to ’up their game’, and as such it provides a range of ideas, concepts, approaches and considerations from a wide range of CMOs who are driving significant transformation within their organizations. The chief marketing officer is arguably the least understood role ...

    $1,380.00

  • INTENTIONALITY AND THE MYTHS OF THE GIVEN
    CARL B SACHS
    Intentionality is one of the central problems of modern philosophy. How can a thought, action or belief be about something? Sachs draws on the work of Wilfrid Sellars, C I Lewis and Maurice Merleau-Ponty to build a new theory of intentionality that solves many of the problems faced by traditional conceptions. ...

    $1,240.00

  • ALBIE SACHS AND TRANSFORMATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
    DRUCILLA CORNELL / KARIN VAN MARLE / ALBIE SACHS
    Many critical theorists talk and write about the day after the revolution, but few have actually participated in the constitution of a revolutionary government. Emeritus Justice Albie Sachs was a freedom fighter for most of his life. He then played a major role in the negotiating committee for the new constitution of South Africa, and was subsequently appointed to the new Const...

    $1,420.00

  • WOMEN WORKING IN THE ENVIRONMENT
    CAROLYN E. SACHS
    Based on theoretical insights from ecofeminism, women and development, and postmodernism, and the convincing empirical work of numerous scholars, this book is organized around five aspects of gender relationships with the environment: Part I-gender divisions of labor, Part 2-property rights, Part 3-knowledge and strategies for sustainability, Part 4-environmental and social mov...

    $1,600.00

  • WIND FORCES IN ENGINEERING
    PETER SACHS
    Wind Forces in Engineering, Second Edition covers the various aspects, principles, and engineering applications of wind forces. This book is composed of 10 chapters and starts with an introduction to the history of wind forces. The subsequent chapters consider the wind speeds for various topographies; particular "shape factors" for general and special structures; oscillatory w...

    $970.00

  • FAMILY-CENTERED TREATMENT WITH STRUGGLING YOUNG ADULTS
    BRAD SACHS
    Family-Centered Treatment With Struggling Young Adults is an indispensible guidebook to the unique set of problems and opportunities that families face when young adults are experiencing difficulty pulling anchor and setting sail. Renowned clinician Brad Sachs, PhD, provides both a conceptual framework for understanding the reasons behind the increasing number of young adults w...

    $1,200.00

  • CLINICAL WORK AND SOCIAL ACTION
    FRED A NEWCOM / JEROME SACHS
    Clinical Work and Social Action: An Integrative Approach develops a paradigm for social work and human services practice that integrates clinical work and social action. Social workers, clinicians, activists, and educators will explore ways to create harmony in the divisions that currently exist between values, theory, and practice, thereby reducing conflicts in their work. Thi...

    $960.00

  • FED UP WITH FRENZY
    SUSAN SACHS LIPMAN
    Slow Down. Reconnect. It's Easier than You Think. The hectic pace of everyday life can keep families constantly on the go, but removing some of the frenzy is easy—if you just take a moment to slow down. Hit the pause button on all of life's daily distractions and reconnect with your family in familiar and exciting ways. Parenting and family expert Susan Sachs Lipman shows you t...

    $304.00

  • IF YOU LIVED HERE
    DANA SACHS
    Forty-two-year-old Shelley Marino's desperate yearning for a child has led her to one of the only doors still open to her: foreign adoption. It is a decision that strains and ultimately shatters her relationship with her husband, Martin—the veteran of an Asian war who cannot reconcile what Shelley wants with what he knows about the world. But it unites her with Mai, who emigrat...

    $229.00

  • SENSUAL REJUVENATION
    JUDITH SACHS
    Did you know that sex can dramatically boost your overall well-being? If you, like many people, are hitting midlife and feeling that sex is just not what it used to be, think again. While you are experiencing a variety of physical and emotional changes, sex can still be one of the enduring pleasures you can enjoy through midlife and on to your golden years. Now this unique guid...

    $85.00

  • BEHAVIORAL INSIGHTS IN CYBERSECURITY
    DUSTIN S. SACHS
    Behavioral Insights in Cybersecurity: A Guide to Digital Human Factors by Dr. Dustin S. Sachs is a timely and essential resource for cybersecurity professionals, leaders, and organizational strategists seeking to understand the powerful role of human behavior in shaping digital security outcomes. Bridging the gap between behavioral science and cybersecurity, this book challenge...

    $1,280.00

  • AN INTERSECTIONAL GUIDE FOR MALE SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND THEIR ALLIES
    JEREMY SACHS
    Few experiences carry more shame, stigma, and misunderstanding than the life-altering trauma of sexual abuse. Men who experience sexual abuse and rape, often find themselves marginalised and isolated, yet there are few resources available for them or those who support them. This book examines the impact of sexual abuse on different men through an intersectional lens, exploring ...

    $780.00


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