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  • The Corinthian War, 395–387 BC

    The Twilight of Sparta's Empire

    by Jeffrey Smith ...
    Narrates and analyzes an oft-neglected war between Sparta and an unlikely alliance of Athens, Persia, Thebes, Corinth and Argos all while including detailed analysis of the battles of Haliartus, Nemea, Cnidus, Coronea and Lechaeum. At the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC, Sparta reigned supreme in Greece. Having vanquished their rival Athens and quickly dismantled the wealthy and powerful ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Themistocles

    The Powerbroker of Athens

    by Jeffrey A. Smith ...
    A biography of the architect of victory in the Persian Wars of 490 and 480/479 BC: "A valuable read for anyone with an interest in the 'Golden Age' of Greece." — The NYMAS ReviewThis is an exciting new biography of Themistocles of Athens, architect of the Greek victory over the Persian invasions of 490 BC and 480 to 479 BC. While his role in the Persian wars is naturally a major theme, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Instructional Feedback

    The Power, the Promise, the Practice

    by Jeffrey K. Smith, Anastasiya A. Lipnevich, Thomas R. Guskey ...
    Implement evidence-based feedback practices that move learners forwardFeedback is essential to successful instruction and improved student performance, but learners often dread and dismiss feedback and its effectiveness can vary. Thus, sharing intentions, clarifying success criteria, knowing what type of feedback to provide and when, and activating students as owners of their learning are ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Explorations in Place Attachment

    Edited by Jeffrey Smith ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Culture, Space and Identity
    The book explores the unique contribution that geographers make to the concept of place attachment, and related ideas of place identity and sense of place. It presents six types of places to which people become attached and provides a global range of empirical case studies to illustrate the theoretical foundations. The book reveals that the types of places to which people bond are not discrete. ... Read more

    $90.68 CAD

  • The Battle of Leuctra, 371 BC

    The Collapse of Sparta’s Empire and the Rise of the Theban Hegemony

    by Jeffrey Smith ...
    Thebes defied Spartan dominance, sparking a seismic shift that reshaped Greek power and awe.After defeating a coalition of Athens, Thebes, Persia, and other Greek city-states at the end of the Corinthian War in 387 BC, Sparta tyrannized all of Greece with nearly unchecked power. But her empire had been hollowed by the cost of generations of war and a most unfavourable trend in demographics: a ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Lingering Evil

    The Unsolved Murder of Buford Lolley

    by Jeffrey K Smith ...
    On January 14, 1968, 51-year-old Buford Lolley was brutally murdered in Enteprise, Alabama. It took nearly nine years to arrest a suspect, who was later acquitted of the murder charges. After more than a half-century, the Lolley murder remains a stone cold case. This book represents an opportunity to reexamine this terrible, unsolved crime and its aftermath under an objective light. Both the ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • The Rural Cemetery Movement

    Places of Paradox in Nineteenth-Century America

    by Jeffrey Smith ...
    When Mount Auburn opened as the first “rural” cemetery in the United States in 1831, it represented a new way for Americans to think about burial sites. It broke with conventional notions about graveyards as places to bury and commemorate the dead. Rather, the founders of Mount Auburn and the spate of similar cemeteries that followed over the next three decades before the Civil War created ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer

    by Erwin Panofsky ...
    This classic text presents the life, times, and works of Albrecht Dürer. Through the skill and immense knowledge of Erwin Panofsky, the reader is dazzled not only by Dürer the artist but also Dürer in a wide array of other roles, including mathematician and scientific thinker. Originally published in 1943 in two volumes, The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer met with such wide popular and scholarly ... Read more

    $72.59 CAD

  • The Museum Effect

    How Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Institutions Educate and Civilize Society

    by Jeffrey K. Smith ...
    Museums, libraries, and cultural institutions provide opportunities for people to understand and celebrate who they are, were, and might be. These institutions educate the public and civilize society in a variety of ways, ranging from community events to a single child making a first visit. The Museum Effect documents this phenomenon, explains how it happens, and shows how institutions can ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • Scoundrels, Cads, and Other Great Artists

    by Jeffrey K. Smith ...
    Just because the art is beautiful doesn't mean the artist was a saint . . .Scoundrels, Cads, and Other Great Artists examines the lives of nine great artists who were less than exemplary human beings in their lives outside of their art.It explores the question, “Why do we like magnificent art from artists who were awful human beings?” For example, the great Baroque painter, Caravaggio, who ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Machine Learning Systems

    Designs that scale

    by Jeffrey Smith ...
    SummaryMachine Learning Systems: Designs that scale is an example-rich guide that teaches you how to implement reactive design solutions in your machine learning systems to make them as reliable as a well-built web app.Foreword by Sean Owen, Director of Data Science, ClouderaAbout the TechnologyIf you’re building machine learning models to be used on a small scale, you don't need this book. But if ... Read more

    $65.99 CAD

  • Strategic Crisis Communication

    by Jeffrey Smith, James O'Rourke ...
    Addressing 21st-century issues, threats, and opportunities with time-tested principles, this book empowers corporate communications professionals to protect, inspire, and energize organizations in the face of a crisis. Whether due to an external incident or an internal misstep, every major company or institution will find itself scrutinized, its normal operations disrupted, and its reputation and ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD