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  • The Uncertain Triumph

    Federal Education Policy in the Kennedy and Johnson Years

    by Hugh Davis Graham ...
    Using the Kennedy and Johnson archives to analyze the evolution of educational policy from the perspective of the executive branch, Graham finds that the central theme was executive planning through presidential task forces. Mission agencies, clientele groups, and congressional committees produced a cascade of education programs in the 1960s as the administration was collapsing under the weight of ... Read more

    $34.39 CAD

  • "We Will Be Satisfied With Nothing Less"

    The African American Struggle for Equal Rights in the North during Reconstruction

    by Hugh Davis ...
    Historians have focused almost entirely on the attempt by southern African Americans to attain equal rights during Reconstruction. However, the northern states also witnessed a significant period of struggle during these years. Northern blacks vigorously protested laws establishing inequality in education, public accommodations, and political life and challenged the Republican Party to live up to ... Read more

    $45.59 CAD

  • The Role of Linguistic Profiling within Career Development

    Cultural Implications

    Edited by Claretha Hughes, Yuanlu Niu, Karen C. Davis, Karolina Hansen ...
    At the heart of The Role of Linguistic Profiling within Career Development is the important question: how does linguistic profiling shape careers in an increasingly globalised and diverse economy? From modifying an accent, to word choice, to tone, an international team of authors explore the effects of such modifications (both positive and negative) in various professional environments. The Role ... Read more

    $126.49 CAD

  • Disability and Social Theory

    New Developments and Directions

    Edited by D. Goodley, B. Hughes, L. Davis ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection, examines disability from a theoretical perspective, challenging views of disability that dominate mainstream thinking. Throughout, social theories of disability intersect with ideas associated with sex/gender, race/ethnicity, class and nation. ... Read more

    $128.09 CAD

  • Tort Law

    by Timon Hughes-Davies, Nathan Tamblyn ...
    Series series Spotlights
    What happens if a driver carelessly crashes into another car? Or a newspaper publishes a story which makes derogatory comments about someone? Or if a resident plays loud music every night so that their neighbour cannot get any sleep? Tort law is a collection of such misbehaviours or misadventures where the law deems it appropriate to intervene with civil remedies.This new textbook addresses a ... Read more

    $75.57 CAD

  • Norton of Everest

    The biography of E.F. Norton, soldier and mountaineer

    by Hugh Norton ...
    Major Norton gave the order to fire two or three times. Their advanced machine gunners could be seen rushing forward and establishing themselves in commanding posts. Almost at once the ridge we were occupying was swept by machine gun fire.E.F. Norton lived a life of distinction in the declining years of the British Empire. Born into an accomplished, well-travelled family, he followed his heart and ... Read more

    $7.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tort Law

    by Timon Hughes-Davies, Nathan Tamblyn, Matthew Channon ...
    Series series Spotlights
    What happens if a driver carelessly crashes into another car? Or a newspaper publishes a story which makes derogatory comments about someone? Or if a resident plays loud music every night so that their neighbour cannot get any sleep? Tort law is a collection of such misbehaviours or misadventures where the law deems it appropriate to intervene with civil remedies.Tort Law is written to enable ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Catalan Culture

    Experimentation, Creative Imagination and the Relationship with Spain

    by Lloyd Hughes Davies, David Gareth Walters, John B. Hall ...
    Series series Iberian and Latin American Studies
    This volume presents studies of some of the key artistic manifestations in Catalonia in recent times, a period of innovation and experimentation, and addresses issues concerning literature, film, theatre and performance art. From the creation of a new popular theatre in the work of the Valencian playwright Rodolf Sirera, or the conception of landscape, myth and memory in the late work of the ... Read more

    $81.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Life of Alexander the Great

    by Plutarch ...
    Translated by John Dryden ...
    Series series Modern Library Classics
    In 336 b.c. Philip of Macedonia was assassinated and his twenty-year-old son, Alexander, inherited his kingdom. Immediately quelling rebellion, Alexander extended his father’s empire through-out the Middle East and into parts of Asia, fulfilling the soothsayer Aristander’s prediction that the new king “should perform acts so important and glorious as would make the poets and musicians of future ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Africana Bible

    Reading Israel's Scriptures from Africa and the African Diaspora

    Edited by Valerie Bridgeman, Hugh R. Page Jr., Stacy Davis, St. Mary’s College ...
    A landmark volume, The Africana Bible gathers multicultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on the Hebrew Bible. It opens a critical window into the world of interpretation on the African continent and in the multiple diasporas of African peoples, including the African American experience, with attention to Africana histories, literatures, cultures, and backgrounds for understanding biblical ... Read more

    $60.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Landslide Tsunamis: Recent Findings and Research Directions

    Edited by Jean-Pierre Bardet, Hugh L. Davies, Emile A. Okal, Costas E. Synolakis, Fumihiko Imamura ...
    Series series Pageoph Topical Volumes
    In the wake of the disastrous tsunami which struck Papua New Guinea in 1998, this volume presents 20 state-of-the-art contributions on landslide tsunamis, including earthquake characteristics and ground motions, modeling of landslides in geotechnical engineering, field surveys on land and at sea, simulations of past, present, and potential future tsunamis, and theoretical studies of tsunami ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Preparing for Adoption

    Everything Adopting Parents Need to Know About Preparations, Introductions and the First Few Weeks

    by Julia Davis ...
    The ideal first book for prospective adopters.When you decide to adopt a child, you might assume that all the important work begins when the child comes to live with you. In fact the preparation stage before is crucial in ensuring that the adopted child will arrive to a safe and secure family. Preparing for Adoption provides clear advice on how to prepare for you adoptive child and create a strong ... Read more

    $29.69 CAD