purdue univ press (53 resultados)

8°, Softcover. Condición: Gut. first Edition. 219 S good condition Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

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Soft Cover. Condición: Good. Gd. condition - Canine learning and training . (D1).

8°, Softcover. Condición: Gut. first Edition. 282 S. good condition Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Second Chances: The Transformative Relationship Between Incarcerated Youth and Shelter Dogs recounts the story of Project POOCH (Positive Opportunities-Obvious Change with Hounds), a program that united incarcerated boys with unwanted dogs from animal shelters. Both the boys and the dogs were considered undesirable, and few had found love in their lives. As a result of the project, the lives of many youths and dogs changed forever.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'One year shy of her fiftieth wedding anniversary, Dee Hershberger was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Her husband, Bob, serving as her primary caregiver, kept a journal the following four and a half years . [This is] an unflinchingly honest and heartbreaking account of what the couple went through. During the first two and a half years, Dee gradually lost short-term memory but maintained most physical and social abilities. Over the last two years she lost these abilities, most words, and long-term memory. She also became incontinent, suffered from undetected illnesses, and experienced psychotic episodes and uncontrollable, violent behavior. This is a brutally raw look at what it is like to lose a loved one to Alzheimer's, including what the disease does to the patient and the effects it has on loved ones and caregivers. This personal view into caring for a spouse with Alzheimer's will help readers understand the physical, emotional, and financial consequences of the disease, as well as provide support, advice, and hope to anyone in the same situation'.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - When Every Day Is Saturday is a how-to book to plan for a happy, meaningful retirement. The Grace Retirement Inventory sets a fast opening pace and prompts thoughtful, focused questions about retirement. Some retirees seem to have failed badly while many others appear to be happy and successful. What was their guide to success Dr. Grace's research with seven hundred retirees differentiates this book from all others. Six central themes are developed: 1) freedom and leisure, 2) financial independence, 3) separation from work, 4) family and friends, 5) health, and 6) helping others. Readers evaluate their attitude toward each of these themes and this simple measure predicts their happiness in retirement. The writing is concise, interspersed with comments and stories from the lives of current retirees. Inclusion of these vignettes adds hope, inspiration, and a dash of realism to what lies ahead for every working adult.

Condición: Gut. 212 Seiten / p. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar / a good and clean copy - First of all, if we reflect upon the nature ol the Florentine Secretary's literary production, we become aware of the importance of re-writing throughout every phase of his activity. Prior even to this, however, we must take into account the polysemous character of the term re-writing. Re-writing can refer to the situation in which an individual re-makes a work already made by others before him. In Machiavelli's case, we can immediately avail ourselves of several well-known examples, i.e., The Discourses, Clizia, and Andria: "obvious" re-writings ( the first, a commentary; the second, an imitation; the third, a translation ) of the works of Livy, Plautus, and Terence. -- Re-writing is also a process by which a writer reviews, re-thinks, and revises himself. Should we consider just one example, the recounting of the events leading up to and including the murder of Vitellozzo Vitelli ( along with Oliverotto da Fermo, Paolo and il Duca di Gravina Orsini ) , we find at least four versions penned by Machiavelli ( the version taken from the "Legation to Duke Valentino in Romagna"; the Description of the Method Used by Duke Valentino in Killing Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, and Others; the version that appears in The Decennali; and the one appearing in the seventh and eighth chapters of The Prince ) , a fact that in turn suggests Machiavelli's active involvement in this aspect of re-writing as well. -- Furthermore, beyond the physical evidence of the large body of re-writings left to us by Machiavelli lies the question of "attitude." Machiavelli's appropriateness in this study is largely due to his ideas on cyclicity and on newness, a seemingly unlike pair, though appearances may be misleading. One of the tenets of Machiavellian thought is that history, much like nature, is a cyclical phenomenon, composed of alternating periods of evolution and involution. He phrases it this way in the Discourses: "essendo le cose umane sempre in moto, o le salgano, o le scendano" ( Discorsi, Tutte le opere 145 ) ( "since human affairs are always in motion, either they rise or they fall" [ Discourses, Chief Works 1:322 ] ) . This perspective towards the unfolding of human events, a dynamic process, is "revolutionary" not only for what it produces in terms of "political science," but moreover for its significance regarding the realm of experience and its interpretation. Machiavelli's eye looks to the past and to the future, as he foretells what will happen based on what has already happened. At the same time, his eye gazes at the present, at the threshold of experience, and knows that whatever is happening, is not, cannot be happening for the first lime, though it be "new" nonetheless. "A path not yet trodden by anyone": these are Machiavelli's opening words to the Discourses, his re-writing of Livy. His own keen sense of newness is part and parcel of his cyclical Weltanschauung, for it is newness that signals the start of the "evolutionary phase" of any cycle, and it is his own sense of newness that will "foretell" the newness others will bring in the future. -- The choice of Machiavelli is an objectively justifiable one as much as a reflection of my own personal interests. There is no one "right" choice for a study such as this, no "origin" in an absolute sense. Thus, I choose to begin upon this "swerving path" at the intersection marked "Niccold Machiavelli" for reasons both explicit and implicit: because of the relevance of his works to this study, and also because of my own sense of newness, a newness that is both destructive and creative, that scrapes clean and adds to the palimpsest that is present here before me. ISBN 9781557530455 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 518 Original Leinen kaschiert mit Originalschutzumschlag / Cloth laminated with dustjacket.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Through practical, real-life examples, Assessing Handlers for Competence in Animal-Assisted Interventions provides guidance to any person working with animals in any setting. Facilities that have volunteers who work independently are in the greatest need of competent handlers, yet many of those facilities accept handlers with only proof of animal vaccinations. Other facilities accept an evaluation of the animal-handler team without knowing whether that evaluation relates to their facility or client dynamics. Both of these problems easily can be remedied with basic guidance.Howie brings more than thirty years of experience as an AAI provider, coordinator, and mental health therapist to bear on the topic of competence for animal handlers. In a friendly, easy-to-read style, she clearly explains the need for competencies while identifying broad categories currently in use. She then outlines training that addresses those competencies based on individual facility and client dynamics. She further describes one model for easily integrating competency assessment into an interview and provides a form for documenting the competency assessment. Additionally, Howie addresses how to deal with problems that can arise in program management.Anyone who reads this book will come away with the knowledge and confidence to assess handlers' competence.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - My One-Eyed, Three-Legged Therapist: How My Cat Clio Saved Me is the story of how an adorable, spunky, gray-and-white kitten helped the author regain the courage to face life's challenges and realize that none of us is truly alone. Born into poverty, losing her dad at age seven, and targeted by bullies, Kathy turned to pets for unconditional love and acceptance. A difficult childhood led to an abusive marriage, but things changed on her fortieth birthday when her staff at the organization where she worked gave her an extraordinary cat named Clio. The runt of the litter, a two-time cancer survivor, and a special needs cat, Clio nevertheless had an incredible will to live full tilt. This intrepid feline knew no fear and displayed unlimited self-confidence. She overcame not one, but two, disabilities. By watching Clio thrive despite what life threw at her, Kathy was able to put her own life in perspective by learning to accept the past, embrace the present, and look forward to the future.

In Englisch. XII, 304 S., flex. OKart., gutes Exemplar. ISBN 1557531404.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Dave Ross (1871-1943) and George Ade (1866-1944) were trustees, distinguished alumni and benefactors of Purdue University. Their friendship began in 1922 and led to their giving land and money for 1924 construction of Ross-Ade Stadium, a 70,000 seat athletic landmark on the West Lafayette campus.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'Dismantling Institutional Whiteness: Emerging Forms of Leadership in Higher Education focuses on the experiences of women of color in leadership roles in higher education. Top roles historically have gone to white men, and leadership has not reflected the range of identities and people who make up higher education. Why And why does this problem continue to this day Most importantly, what can be done to bring about meaningful change Dismantling Institutional Whiteness gathers a range of first-person narratives from women of color and examines the challenges they face not only at a systemic level, but also at a deeply personal level. Their experiences combined with research and statistics paint a sobering portrait of higher education's problems when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Interspersed throughout their stories are practical suggestions for how to address inequity in higher education, and to give a voice to people who have been silenced and excluded. Whether a trustee, university executive, or faculty member at any level, this is essential reading for those interested in diversifying higher education leadership to ensure decisions reflect the priorities of all'.

kart. Condición: Neu. XII, 227 S. ; 23 cm neu, noch in Schutzfolie, Versand spätestens am nächsten Werktag 131033 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 410.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Donald K. Carter Ilustrador. First Edition. Review slip laid in.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This volume contains selected papers of conferences organized by the editor, Steven Totosy, in 1999 and 2000 in Canada and the US on various topics of culture and literature in Central and East Europe. Based on the (contested) notion of the existence of a specific cultural context of the region defined as 'Central Europe,' contributors to the volume discuss comparative cultural studies as a theoretical framework (Steven Totosy), modernism in Central European literature (Andrea Fabry), Central European Holocaust poetry (Zsuzsanna Ozsvath), gender in Central European literature and film (Aniko Imre), Austroslovakism in the work of Slovak writer Anton Hykisch (Peter Petro), Kundera and the identity of Central Europe (Hana Pichova), public intellectuals in Central Europe after 1989 (Katherine Arens), contemporary Austrian and Hungarian cinema (Catherine Portuges), the notion of peripherality in contemporary East European culture (Roumiana Deltcheva), and Central European Jewish family history in the film Sunshine (Susan Rubin Suleiman). The volume includes a bibliography for the study of Central European Culture biographical abstracts of contributors, and an index.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. 479 pp., illus., maps, dust jacket spine a bit faded, dj now in a clear mylar protector.

Soft cover. Condición: Brand New in Shrink Wrap. Brand new, in shrink wrap. Twenty-seven new essays on American paranoia drawn from a range of disciplines, including American studies, film studies, history, literature, religious studies, and sociology. Its arranged by topic and largely in chronological order, explore manifestations of fear throughout the history of the United States. Approaching the topic from a variety of perspectives and methodologies, contributors to the collection explore theoretical constructions of fear, religious intolerance in early American culture, racial discrimination, literary expressions of paranoia, and Cold War anxieties, as well as phobias of the modern age and about the future. Book.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - What happens behind the doors of the animal shelter This book will introduce the reader to the work culture of animal shelter employees, volunteers, activists, educators, and pets. By weaving together her own personal memoirs with interviews of workers, the author describes the traditions, philosophies, history, and current social dynamics of a typical animal welfare community. She examines how the daily interactions, personal philosophies, disparate methods, technology, and life experiences of the humans and pets influence the care of homeless animals, often playing an intricate role in the life or death situation each pet eventually faces.

Ex-library copy. VG/VG.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Volume is bound in black cloth, with stamped silver lettering to spine. Book is in excellent condition and dust jacket shows light shelfwear. 371 pages.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The relationship between dogs and humans has been contemplated since the beginning of human culture, with lasting expressions found in art, philosophy, literature, and science. At present, there is a large body of scientific literature about this relationship based primarily upon biological, genetic, and psychological approaches. It is only within the past decade that sociologists have shown a concerted interest in the social organization of dog-human interaction, and Playing with My Dog Katie is an example of this movement. A special DVD is also included with the book.

Soft cover. Condición: Brand New. Brand new. This volume concerns itself with the ethical principles and concepts relating to the environment: nature, resources and the planet. This is placed in the context of ethical theory, and consideration is given to the way these values have transformed received ethical traditions. Issues include the intrinsic value of nonhuman species, obligations to future generations, and the aesthetic needs of humanity. Both the universal responsiblities and their application are investigated. The international responsibilities to the planet are seen in the context of some of the most alarming future scenarios: limited access to water, the changing global climate, population explosion, the destruction of ecosystems, and even the extinction of humanity. Book.

Paperback. Condición: Used, like new. Like new, perfect condition. Softcover, Purdue U Press, Ichor Business Books, 2000, 191pp. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and preowned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First edition. Very good in an about Very good dust jacket. Light fading of top/bottom panel edges/spine ends, light scuff marks on back panel, bumping of corners/ends, dust jacket shows 3/4in line Tear on top of back panel, 1/2in line Tear on top front panel hinge, slightly torn top spine end, bumping/flaring of top edges.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. 386 pp., Illus, Maps, Grn Hardback, Fine as New in Fine as New DJ, 1st ed.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Some light rubbing and edgewear, spine has moderate fading. Text has yellowing along edges, first few pages have small tears at bottom near spine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. xiv, 419 pages; black cloth covered boards with silver spine titles; grey heavy stock endpapers; black & white photographs and maps throughout; black & white photographic dust jacket, not price-clipped, now in protective plastic; negligible wear to boards, with one small dent near lower front corner; tiny spot of wear at head of spine; a near fine copy in a very good plus to near fine jacket; a tight, lovely example of this history of the first railroad to head west over the Allegheny Mountains to the Ohio valley.

155pp. 8vo Frontis drawing by Donald Carter. Light gray cloth. Owner's signature on front free endpaper, else Fine/in lightly soiled, VG+ dj.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good (Protective cover). Photographs Ilustrador. First Edition. Cover is in excellent condition, save for minimal corner bumping. DJ is unclipped and in very good condition, with rubbing to back cover, minimal edge wear, and some corner bumping. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout, save for author signature and inscription, on title page. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and Inscribed By Aurthor.