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  • Administratively Adrift

    Overcoming Institutional Barriers for College Student Success

    by Scott A. Bass ...
    The multiple crises of 2020–21 have presented both challenges and opportunities for change in four-year residential colleges and universities. Evidence indicates that the historic structure of administrative and student services is increasingly mismatched to the needs of a diverse and stressed student body born in a digital age. Inspired by his leadership in a university-wide initiative that ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan

    by Scott Bass, Masato Oka, Jill Norton, Robert Morris *Deceased* ...
    Thirty years ago, when compared to the U.S., England, France, and Sweden, Japan had the lowest life expectancy for males and females. Today, Japan has the highest life expectancy and is the world’s most rapidly aging society. Public Policy and the Old Age Revolution in Japan captures the vitality of Japanese policymakers and the challenges they face in shaping a modern society responding to its ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • International Perspectives on State and Family Support for the Elderly

    by Scott Bass, Jill Norton, Robert Morris *Deceased* ...
    Within the context of long-range planning, this book examines the changing responsibilities of the state and family toward elders in different societies around the world. International Perspectives on State and Family Support for the Elderly presents a fresh range of lucid analyses of family caregiving policy from Canada, the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Austria, Denmark, ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Challenges of the Third Age

    Meaning and Purpose in Later Life

    Edited by Robert S. Weiss, Scott A. Bass ...
    The newly retired are entering a time of life that is virtually uncharted, a time in which they are free from social expectations and, to a large extent, from obligations to others. Life's meanings are no longer provided by work and family. Instead, men and women have the freedom, and the need, to find new activities that they can imbue with meaning. The term, "Third Age" has been given to this ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Computational Surgery and Dual Training

    Computing, Robotics and Imaging

    Edited by Marc Garbey, Barbara Lee Bass, Scott Berceli, Christophe Collet, Pietro Cerveri ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This critical volume focuses on the use of medical imaging, medical robotics, simulation, and information technology in surgery. Part I discusses computational surgery and disease management and specifically breast conservative therapy, abdominal surgery for cancer, vascular occlusive disease and trauma medicine. Part II covers the role of image processing and visualization in surgical ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • The Palmetto State

    The Making of Modern South Carolina

    by Jack Bass, W. Scott Poole ...
    A concise approach to the major themes and events that define contemporary South CarolinaThe captivating, colorful, and controversial history of South Carolina continues to warrant fresh explorations. In this sweeping story of defining episodes in the state's history, accomplished historians Jack Bass and W. Scott Poole trace the importance of race relations, historical memory, and cultural life ... Read more

    $15.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Voice for Earth

    American Writers Respond to the Earth Charter

    by Alison Deming, Jake Swamp, Janisse Ray, John Lane, Lauret Savoy, Leonardo Boff, Mary Tucker, Rick Bass, Robert Pyle, Steven C. Rockefeller, Stuart Ching, Scott Russell Sanders, Homero Aridjis ...
    A Voice for Earth is a collection of poems, essays, and stories that together give a voice to the ethical principles outlined in the Earth Charter. The Earth Charter was adopted in the year 2000 with the mission of addressing the economic, social, political, spiritual, and environmental problems confronting the world in the twenty-first century.Part 1 of the book, "Imagination into Principle," ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Summit Strategies

    Secrets To Mastering The Everest In Your Life

    by Gary P. Scott ...
    Using mountain climbing as a metaphor for life, international mountain climber Gary Scott explains how everyone has a Mount Everest to climb, conquer, and learn from. From wherever you stand right now, Summit Strategies can help you reach your own personal summit. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-18

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  • No Straight Road Takes You There

    Essays for Uneven Terrain

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    **New York Times BestsellerIn the spirit of her bestselling book Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit explores how our actions can shape the future and the liberatory possibilities of embracing uncertainty.**Beginning with an essay about a three-hundred-year-old violin and what it can tell us about forests, abundance, and climate, and ending with on about a prisoner dreaming of seeing the ocean, No ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to Gerontology

    Edited by Ian Stuart-Hamilton ...
    With the world's population getting increasingly older, there has never been a more pressing need for the study of old age and ageing. An Introduction to Gerontology provides a wide-ranging introduction to this important topic. By assuming no prior expert knowledge and avoiding jargon, this book will guide students through all the main subjects in gerontology, covering both traditional areas, such ... Read more

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  • Still Hopeful

    Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism

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    “Canada’s best-known voice of dissent.” — CBC“It’s time we listened to the Maude Barlows of the world.” — CNNIn this timely book, Barlow counters the prevailing atmosphere of pessimism that surrounds us and offers lessons of hope that she has learned from a lifetime of activism. She has been a linchpin in three major movements in her life: second-wave feminism, the battle against free trade and ... Read more

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