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Your Green Home: A Guide to Planning a Healthy, Environmentally Friendly, New Home (Mother Earth News Books for Wiser Living)
by Alex WilsonMore and more homeowners today want houses that are healthy to live in and cause minimal damage to the environment. That's what green building is all about.Your Green Home is written for homeowners planning a new home--whether you are working with an architect or builder, or serving as your own gene... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
Green Building Products
by Alex Wilson • Mark PiepkornInterest in sustainable, green building practices is greater than ever. Whether concerned about allergies, energy costs, old-growth forests, or durability and long-term value, homeowners and builders are looking for ways to ensure that their homes are healthy, safe, beautiful, and efficient.In these... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Reshaping the Built Environment: Ecology, Ethics, and Economics
Because of the profound effects of the built environment on the availability of natural resources for future generations, those involved with designing, creating, operating, renovating, and demolishing human structures have a vital role to play in working to put society on a path toward sustainabili... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1999 -
Creating a New Management University: Tracking the Strategy of Singapore Management University (SMU) in Singapore (1997–2019/20)
This book provides an in-depth exploration of one of the most significant success stories of the development of an entrepreneurial university in recent times as well as its role within society and the economy. Written by leading business school Dean and scholar, Howard Thomas, and Alex Wilson and Mi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings
Increasing the energy efficiency of your home can save you money, help the environment, and enhance your comfort, but how do you decide which improvements are the most beneficial and cost-effective? Completely revised to incorporate the latest developments in green technology, The Consumer Guide to ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Green Town USA: The Handbook for America's Sustainable Future
"There was never a town with a truer name, though it didn't really discover it till tragedy created an opportunity that residents seized with head and heart!" -- Bill McKibben, author Oil and Honey:The Education of an Unlikely ActivistHope for a greener America . . . from the extraordinar... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Indigenous Peoples Rise Up: The Global Ascendency of Social Media Activism (Global Media and Race)
by Alex Wilson • Debbie Reese • Mohan Dutta • Miranda Belarde-Lewis • Jeff Berglund • Bronwyn Carlson • Sheila Cote-Meek • Nicholet A. Parkhurst • Marisa Duarte • Phoebe Elers • Steve Elers • Andrew Farrell • Ryan Frazer • Tristan Kennedy • Mounia Mnouer • Taima Moeke-Pickering • Ann Pegoraro • Cutcha Risling Baldy • Julia Rowat • Carly WallaceIndigenous Peoples Rise Up: The Global Ascendency of Social Media Activism illustrates the impact of social media in expanding the nature of Indigenous communities and social movements. Social media has bridged distance, time, and nation states to mobilize Indigenous peoples to build coalitions acro... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Sovereignty in Exile: A Saharan Liberation Movement Governs (The Ethnography of Political Violence)
by Alice WilsonSovereignty in Exile explores sovereignty and state power through the case of a liberation movement that set out to make itself into a state. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) was founded by the Polisario Front in the wake of Spain's abandonment of its former colony, the disputed Western S... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Fireproof
Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind. However, after seven years of marriage, he and his wife have drifted so far apart that Catherine wishes she had never married. As divorce looms, Caleb's father challenges him to commit to a 40-day experiment he calls... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success
A comprehensive look at 300 of the most financially and/or critically successful motion pictures of all time-many made despite seemingly insurmountable economic, cultural, and political challenges--set against the prevailing production, distribution, exhibition, marketing, and technology trends of e... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Fireproof
INSIDE BURNING BUILDINGS, Captain Caleb Holt lives by the firefighter's adage: NEVER LEAVE YOUR PARTNER. Yet at home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules. Growing up, his wife Catherine always dreamed of marrying a loving, brave firefighter . . . just like her father. No... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Flywheel
What's the most important thing in your life? Jay Austin did what it took to get ahead and make the quick sell at work. Problem was--the more successful he was, the more he traded what really mattered. His integrity. His relationship with his wife. His time with his son. He was chasing things that h... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Life After a Rare Brain Tumour and Supplementary Motor Area Syndrome: Awake Behind Closed Eyes (After Brain Injury: Survivor Stories)
This book offers a personal insight into the experience of Alex Jelly, a professional fundraiser who developed a rare brain tumour, a papillary meningioma, which was successfully removed. She was left with Supplementary Motor Area Syndrome and associated problems including motor and speech impairmen... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Overcoming Body Image Problems including Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Many people occasionally suffer from a negative body self-image but, for an increasing number of people, this can turn into a more serious preoccupation. One per cent of the population will develop Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), a condition characterised by severe preoccupation with a perceived ph... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Overcoming Body Image Problems including Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Many people occasionally suffer from a negative body self-image but, for an increasing number of people, this can turn into a more serious preoccupation. One per cent of the population will develop Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), a condition characterised by severe preoccupation with a perceived ph... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Scholarly Adventures in Digital Humanities
by Claire Battershill • Nicola Wilson • Helen Southworth • Alice Staveley • Michael Widner • Elizabeth Willson GordonThis book addresses the gap between print and digital scholarly approaches by combining both praxis and theory in a case study of a new international collaborative digital project, the Modernist Archives Publishing Project (MAPP). MAPP is an international collaborative digital project, funded by th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Advanced Statistics in Criminology and Criminal Justice
This book provides the student, researcher or practitioner with the tools to understand many of the most commonly used advanced statistical analysis tools in criminology and criminal justice, and also to apply them to research problems. The volume is structured around two main topics, giving th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Basic Statistics in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Volume 1
This introductory textbook takes a building-block approach that emphasizes the application and interpretation of statistics in research in crime and justice. This text is meant for both students and professionals who want to gain a basic understanding of common statistical methods used in criminolog... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Love, Partnership, or Singleton on the Autism Spectrum
by David Walsh • David Smith • Alexandra Brown • Christopher Wilson • Dean Worton • Luke Beardon • Philip Bricher • A. Nonny Mouse • Alex Wilkinson • Alyssa Aleksanian • Anthony Sclafani • Atul Movelis • C. A. Smart • Chris Stobart • Elizabeth Wady • Freddie • Gwen Greenwood • Joanna Treasure • Joseph Edmonds • Jules • Lacey Kerr • Lynette Marshall • Norman Bridge • P. J. Hughes • Paul Wady • Planet Autism • Sandra Beale-Ellis • Tracy Turner • Wenn LawsonIn an immensely varied and thoughtful collection of true life reflections on love, marriage and the single life, 26 authors with autism share their experiences and knowledge about successful (and unsuccessful) relationships. Digging deep into the many and varying ways in which autism affects feeling... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte (Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the)
by Alex Espinoza • Michael Jaime-Becerra • Wendy Cheng • David Reid • Karen Wilson • Michael Weller • Mark Bray • Carribean Fragoza • Romeo Guzmán • Alex Sayf Cummings • Ryan Reft • Aurelie Roy • Maria John • Daniel Lynch • Daniel Cady • Yesenia Barragan • Melquiades Fernandez • Rachel Newman • Nick Juravich • Juan Herrera • Adam Goodman • Daniel Morales • Daniel Medina • Andre Kobayashi Deckrow • Jennifer Renteria • Jude Webre • Troy Andreas Kokinis • Apolonio Morales • Stacy I. Macías • Toni Margarita Plummer • Salvador PlascenciaEast of East: The Making of Greater El Monte, is an edited collection of thirty-one essays that trace the experience of a California community over three centuries, from eighteenth-century Spanish colonization to twenty-first century globalization. Employing traditional historical scholarship, oral ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Climate Change and Resilience in Indiana and Beyond
by Richard Phillips • James Shanahan • Geoffrey Brown • David M. Konisky • Daniel Becker • Ellen D. Ketterson • Sanya Carley • James Robert Farmer • Rebecca Lave • Keith Clay • Paul Staten • Eric Sandweiss • Elizabeth Grennan Browning • Jeffrey S. Dukes • Melissa Widhalm • Janet G. McCabe • Gabriel M. Filippelli • Kimberly A. Novick • Ben Kravitz • Douglas Edmonds • Chanh Kieu • Travis A. O'Brien • Scott Robeson • Brian Yanites • Chen Zhu • Sarah Mincey • John Baeten • Justin Maxwell • Allison Byrd • Adam Fudickar • Matthew Houser • Alex Jahn • Jennifer Ann Lau • Sarah Wanamaker • Heather L. Reynolds • Samantha L. Hamlin • Dana Habeeb • Jeffrey S. Wilson • Daniel Myers • Beth Edwards • Nathan Geiger • Andrea Webster • Nikolaos Zirogiannis • Eva Sanders Allen • Lingxi ChenyangClimate change is affecting Indiana's environment, threatening the way Hoosiers live and do business, and introducing new stresses to the state's economy, health, and infrastructure. And while scientists predict more days of extreme weather, increased public health risks, and reduced agricultural pr... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
The People's Victory: Stories from the Front Lines in the Fight for Marriage Equality
by David Thompson • John Lewis • Scott Smith • Robert Sullivan • Edie Windsor • Del Shores • J. Scott Coatsworth • Alex Mccord • Amos Lim • Anne Tischer • Baltimore Gonzalez • Beau Chandler • Billy Bradford • Brian Maschka • Brian Silva • Carmen Goodyear • Cathy Marino-Thomas • Charlie Scatamacchia • Cheryle Lambert-Rudd • Christine Allen • Colleen Mewing • David Cameron Strachan • Davina Kotulski • Ellen Pontac • Frank Capley-Alfano • Fred Anguera • Gender Offenders • Geoff Callan • Jamila Tharp • Jan Thompson • Joe Capley-Alfano • Jokie X Wilson • Jolene Mewing • Joseph Vitale • Joy O'Donnell • Kate Burns • Kirsten Berzon • Kitty Lambert-Rudd • Laurie York • Leslie Stewart • Mark Major" Jiminez • Marriage Equality Usa • Martha Mcdevitt-Pugh • Marvin Burrows • Matthew Baume • Michael Boyajian • Michael Farino • Michael Markiewicz • Michael Sabatino • Mike Goettemoeller • Mike Shaw • Mir Reyad • Molly Mckay • Peter Mesh • Robert Voorheis • Roland Stringfellow • Sam Thoron • Sean Chapin • Shelly Bailes • Simon Van Kempen • Stephanie Stolte • Stuart Gaffney • Tim Garcia • Tracy Hollister • Will Scott • Zack Lyons"“The People’s Victory is a mirror for each of us to see our own power to fight for justice and create the change we want to see in our world.” – Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of CaliforniaIn 1996, a small group of Americans from all walks of life banded together to create one of the most miracu... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
Invasive Birds: Global Trends and Impacts
by Matthew Burnett • Bill Pranty • Diederik Strubbe • Erik Matthysen • Matthieu Guillemain • Johan Elmberg • Iain Henderson • Ding Li Yong • Juan Carlos Reboreda • Alexander Cruz • Tim Adriaens • Craig R Allen • Michael L Avery • Alexander V Badyaev • Fabrice M Brescia • Sarah E Britton • Daniel M Brooks • Jessica L. Burnett • Corey T Callaghan • César Capinha • Jen Cele • Jameson F Chace • Jocelyn Champagnon • Alice Cibois • Andrew Close • Alyssa R Conn • Richard T Corlett • Adrian J Craig • Amy E Dunham • James A Eaton • David A Smith • Yvette C Smith • Mike W Eichholz • Cyril Eraud • Chris L Feare • Jason M Gleditsch • Guillaume G Gayet • Carlos Gutiérrez-Expósito • Haley E Hanson • Frank Huysentruyt • John G Innes • Salit Kark • Michael R Leven • Ricardo J Lopes • Jean-Francois Maillard • Ndivhuwo Maligana • Chloe I Marcheli • Lynn B Martin • Blake A Mathys • Myriam E Mermoz • Jean-Yves Meyer • Dai K Morgan • Katherine G Ohman • Claire Pernollet • Murray A Potter • Eileen C Rees • Luís Reino • Joana Ribeiro • Peter A Robertson • Andrew M Rogers • Philip D Round • Joana Santana • Cavin T Shivambu • Neftalí Sillero • Preshnee Singh • Pär Söderquist • Karina L Speziale • Martin J Sullivan • Jean-Claude Thibault • Martin Thibault • Berndt J van Rensburg • Eric Vidal • Joseph R Waas • Amy-Leigh Wilson • Katherine Winston • Kevin A Wood • Pierre Yésou • Jaime E ZolikExamining globally invasive alien birds, the first part of this book provides an account of 32 global avian invasive species (as listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, ISSG). It acts as a one stop reference volume; it assesses current invasive status for each bird species, including detail... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
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