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Ordinary Cities: Between Modernity and Development (Questioning Cities)
With the urbanization of the world's population proceeding apace and the equally rapid urbanization of poverty, urban theory has an urgent challenge to meet if it is to remain relevant to the majority of cities and their populations, many of which are outside the West. This groundbreaking book es... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
Comparative Urbanism: Tactics for Global Urban Studies (IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series)
COMPARATIVE URBANISM ‘Comparative Urbanism fully transforms the scope and purpose of urban studies today, distilling innovative conceptual and methodological tools. The theoretical and empirical scope is astounding, enlightening, emboldening. Robinson peels away conceptual labels that have anointed... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
How Many More Women?: The silencing of women by the law and how to stop it
'Compelling... brilliant but shaming.' CHERIE BLAIR, KC'Crucial reading for any person wanting to fight against all forms of gendered abuse.' JESS PHILLIPS, MP'This book is another brick through the windows of our legal systems: a brilliant, trenchant analysis of what is wrong with the law.' HELENA ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023 -
Working, Housing: Urbanizing
This book presents an incisive outline of the historical development and geography of cities. It focuses on three themes that constitute essential foundations for any understanding of urban form and function. These are: (a) the shifting patterns of urbanization through historical time, (b) the ro... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities
by Shelley L. Watson • Dorothy Griffiths • Barbara Vyrostko • Karen Stoner • Deborah Richards • Yona Lunsky • Jennifer Robinson • Voula Marinos • Jacqueline Murphy • William R Lindsay • Donato Tarulli • Frances Owen • Maurice Feldman • Orville Endicott • Diane Cox-Lindenbaum • Carol Sales • Christine Tardiff-Williams • Jocelin Lecomte • Tricia Vause • Marjorie Aunos • Leanne Gosse • Celine Mercier • Kaleigh Regehr • Beverley Fedoroff • Nancy Miodrag • Kajsa Klassen • Krystine Donato • Paul Fedoroff • Carolyn Gracey • Susan Havercamp • Marion Trent-Kratz • J Gregory Olley'A book such as this both demonstrates the progress that has been made over recent years, and will also serve to enhance respect for the human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in the years to come.' - From the Foreword by Orville Endicott This wide-ranging volume provides a multidi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
A Century of Contributions to Gifted Education: Illuminating Lives
A Century of Contributions to Gifted Education traces the conceptual history of the field of gifted education. Bookended by Sir Francis Galton’s Hereditary Genius published in 1869, and Sidney Marland’s report to the United States Congress in 1972, each chapter represents the life and work of a key ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Dental Enamel Formation to Destruction (CRC Press Revivals)
This account of enamel begins with the formation of enamel via epithelio-mesenchymal interactions, and continues through its emergence into the mouth and its final destruction by the most common disease in the western world, dental caries.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1995 -
Selling Local: Why Local Food Movements Matter
In an era bustling with international trade and people on the move, why has local food become increasingly important? How does a community benefit from growing and buying its own produce, rather than eating food sown and harvested by outsiders? Selling Local is an indispensable guide to community-ba... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Walton County, Georgia (Black America Series)
Situated between Atlanta and Athens, Walton County has always been a stronghold of the cotton industry. While some of the largest cotton crops in the world have emerged from its fertile fields, a strong community and storied history have come to define the county. Recognized as the site of America's... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2003 -
The Ultimate Everything Kids' Activity Book
From our bestsellingEverything? Kids?series comesThe Ultimate Everything? Kids? Books. Featuring hundreds of puzzles, jokes, recipes, and activities, these books are sure to provide days of fun for any kid with some time'and a pencil! InThe Ultimate Everything? Kids? Activity Book, kids will whiz t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
The Best Mystery & Thriller Books
by Laura Lippman • Peter Robinson • Charles Todd • Tim Dorsey • Deborah Crombie • Hallie Ephron • Urban Waite • Jennifer Mcmahon • Lisa BallantyneNew York Times bestselling author and one of the most acclaimed novelists in America today, Laura Lippman, presents The Best Mystery & Thriller eBooks. The perfect download to break in your new device, this free sampler is a curated volume of excerpts from new and upcoming titles from the best Myste... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Using the National Gifted Education Standards for Teacher Preparation
by Jennifer Jolly • Joyce Vantassel-Baska • Susan K. Johnsen • Cheryll M. Adams • Alicia Cotabish • Debbie Dailey • Ann Robinson • Jane ClarenbachThis guidebook helps university personnel design or revise teacher preparation courses in gifted education to align with the new standards required by NCATE for program accreditation.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Trust in Government Agencies in the Time of COVID-19 (Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration)
by Andrew Fox • Hank Jenkins-Smith • Scott E. Robinson • Kuhika Gupta • Joseph Ripberger • Jennifer A. Ross • Carol SilvaAs the US faced its lowest levels of reported trust in government, the COVID-19 crisis revealed the essential service that various federal agencies provide as sources of information. This Element explores variations in trust across various levels of government and government agencies based on a nati... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Innovations in Social Work Research: Using Methods Creatively
by Jennifer Taylor • John Carpenter • Jackie Robinson • Sue Thompson • Roger Smith • Harry Ferguson • Martin Elliott • Lena Dominelli • Louise Hardwick • Aidan Worsley • Sarah Banks • Peter Beresford • Jenny Hughes • David Westlake • Julian Manley • Trish O'Donnell • Bogusia Temple • Jadwiga Leigh • Pat Starkey • Cherilyn Dance • Natalie Robinson • Tricia Jessiman • Nicolette Wade • Josie Phillips • Myles Balfe • Helen Masson • Alastair Roy • Becki Meakin • Vic Forrest • Lynn Froggett • Gina Barrett • Simon Hackett • Jennifer Christensen • Mike FisherA valuable reference to help practising researchers not only to understand but also to apply innovative approaches to social work research. Featuring extended case studies of actual research projects, the book provides an overview of a number of central features and qualities of social work resear... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Navigating the Medical Maze with a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Practical Guide for Parents
by Iona Monterio • Susan Connors • Lisa Ford • Evan Spivack • Susan Brill • Gary Mcabee • Barbie Zimmerman-Bier • Thomas Ballesteros • Tishi Shah • Jennifer Bain • Beth Pletcher • Sue Ming • Devorah Segal • Caroline Hayes-Rosen • Jeffrey Kornitzer • Harumi Jyonouchi • Julie O'Brien • Mark D. RobinsonThis comprehensive guide enables parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to play an active and effective role in their child's medical care from diagnosis to early adulthood. With a focus on working with health care providers to ensure the best treatment for your child's unique ne... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Research Themes for Events
by Peter Robinson • Joe Goldblatt • Alan Clarke • Larry Dwyer • Gordon Waitt • Kevin Markwell • Gayle Mcpherson • Laura Misener • Debra Wale • Matthew Frew • Anna Borley • Gemma Gelder • Allan Jepson • Jennifer Jones • Rebecca Finkel • David Mcgillivray • John Nauright • Gordon Hunt • Andrea Giampiccoli • Seungwon Lee • Leo Jago • Clare Mackay • Malcolm Foley*The first book to cover events management from a research angle *Includes a number of case studies to provide a well-rounded approach to the subject *Addresses key concepts, theories and discussions around subjects such as consumer behaviour, authenticity and new technology... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Next Steps: New Directions for/in Writing about Writing
by Nancy Wilson • Rebecca Jackson • Elizabeth Wardle • Linda Adler-Kassner • Christian Smith • Christina Grant • Elizabeth Kleinfeld • Jennifer DeWinter • Rebecca Robinson • Emma Gaier • Megan Wallace • Lisa Tremain • Hiroki Sugimoto • Joy Arbor • Valerie Vera • Gwen Hart • Mysti Rudd • Kristen Di Gennaro • Cat Mahaffey • Shawn Casey • Andrew Ogilvie • Olga Aksakalova • Dominique Zino • Andrew Lucchesi • Gabriel Cutrufello • Michael Michaud • Sarah Read • Francis Johnson • Samuel Stinson • Rebecca Nowacek • Kimberly Hoover • Elle Limesand • Maggie Hammond • Max Wellman • Matthew Bryan • Kevin Roozen • Nicole Stack • Christy I. Wenger • Gabrielle Frick • Patrick Siebel • Katie Jo LaRiviereNext Steps: New Directions for/in Writing about Writing is the first collection of teacher and student voices on a writing pedagogy that puts expert knowledge at the center of the writing classroom. More than forty contributors report on implementations of writing-about-writing pedagogies from the b... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
by Frederick Douglass • James Smith • Julius Lester • Barack Obama • Clarence Thomas • Langston Hughes • Benjamin Quarles • John Hope Franklin • Daisy Bates • Elizabeth Keckley • Mary Frances Berry • Richard Carwardine • James Weldon Johnson • Paul Laurence Dunbar • T. Thomas Fortune • James Oakes • Douglas L. Wilson • Charles Chesnutt • Gwendolyn Brooks • W. E. Du Bois • George Washington • Vincent Harding • Jackie Robinson • Sojourner Truth • Henry Johnson • St. Clair Drake • Thomas Hamilton • Michael Burlingame • Matthew Pinsker • Kelly Miller • Elizabeth Thomas • Rodney O. Davis • Hannah Johnson • Walter White • John Proctor • Claude McKay • Booker T Washington • Martin Delany • Robert Hamilton • Henry Louis Gates • Henry Highland Garnet • Edna Greene Medford • Alice Dunbar-Nelson • Thurgood Marshall • Gerald J Prokopowicz • John R Sellers • Jennifer L Weber • H. Ford Douglas • Jabez P Campbell • Henry McNeal Turner • Daniel Alexander Payne • Philip A Bell • Edward M Thomas • Alfred P Smith • Frances Ellen Harper • George B Vashon • Thomas Strother • Ezra R Johnson • Alexander T Cps • Alexander T Augusta • Jeremiah B Sanderson • Osborne P Anderson • Thomas Morris Chester • James H Hudson • Robert Purvis • Leonard A Grimes • Jeremiah Asher • John Willis Menard • Henry African Civilization Society • William Florville • Thomas R Street • John H Morgan • Mattild Burr • Amos G Beman • Richard H Cain • Jean Baptiste Roudanez • Arnold Bertonneau • George E North Carolina Freedmen • Don Carlos Rutter • George E Stephens • James W.C Pennington • S. W. Africano" • Annie Davis • S. W. Chase • Isaac J Hill • Alexander H Newton • Jacob Thomas • Angeline R Demby • Henry O Wagoner • George W Le Vere • Paul Trevigne • Thomas N.C Liverpool • H Cordelia • Emmanuel K Love • William S Scarborough • John Mercer Langston • Peter H Clark • Ews Hammond • Charles W Anderson • Harriet Tubman • Julius F Taylor • Ida B Wells-Barnett • Archibald H Grimke • Elizabeth Keckly • William A Sinclair • Jesse Max Barber • Mary Church Terrell • Reverdy C Ransom • William Monroe Trotter • Maude K Griffin • Hightower T Kealing • Silas X Floyd • George L Knox • Thomas S Inborden • George W Henderson • William Pickens • Etta M. Cottin • John M Gandy • Fred R Moore • Sylvanie F Williams • Harry C Smith • James H Magee • James L Curtis • John W. Bowen • Cora J Ball • Thomas Nelson Baker • Josephine Silone Yates • William H Lewis • John H Murphy • Robert R Wright • Theophile T Allain • Oliva Ward Bush-Banks • Richard W Gadsden • Edward A Johnson • Hubert H Harrison • Carter G Woodson • Robert R Moton • Georgia Douglas Johnson • Lamar Perkins • Samuel A Haynes • William E Lilly • Robert L Vann • William Lloyd Imes • Eugene Gordon • Arthur W Mitchell • Grace Evans • Aaron H Payne • Roscoe Conkling Simmons • Joel A Rogers • Mary McLeod Bethune • Ella Baker • Luther Porter Jackson • Willard Townsend • Ralph J Bunche • Roy Wilkins • Mordecai W Johnson • Carl J Murphy • Martin Luther King • Edith Sampson • Charles H Wesley • Julius Malcolm X • Lerone Bennett • Henry Lee Moon • John H Sengstacke • Norman E. Hodges • Arvarh E. Strickland • Barbara Jeanne FieldsThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023