John Douglas Close Fisher's Books

Baptism in the Medieval West

A Study in the Disintegration of the Primitive Rite of Initiation

By: John Douglas Close Fisher

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Baptism in the Medieval West

A Study in the Disintegration of the Primitive Rite of Initiation

By: John Douglas Close Fisher

This reissue of J. D. C. Fisher's classic work introduces the reader to primary sources that led the author to the theory of disintegration of the primitive rite of initiation. His material is covered geographically according to liturgical areas: Rome from John the Deacon and the Gelasian Sacramentary to the twelfth century; Milan and Northern Italy from Ambrose to the Ordo of Beroldus; Gaul and Germany from the seventh to the twelfth century; Spain from Isidore of Seville to the Mozarabic Liber Ordinum. Book jacket.

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LiturgyTrainingPublications

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1595250018

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Making Room for Impact

A De-implementation Guide for Educators

By: Arran Hamilton,John Hattie,Dylan Wiliam

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Making Room for Impact

A De-implementation Guide for Educators

By: Arran Hamilton,John Hattie,Dylan Wiliam

Dial back and make room for impact With teacher and leader workloads and burnout at an all-time high, it’s time for de-implementation: de-prioritizing and deleting the less effective, higher-cost initiatives we implement in schools. De-implementation allows us to focus on practices that have more supporting evidence and a higher probability of positive impact on students, and at the same time gain much-needed work-life balance. In Making Room for Impact, the internationally respected education experts and authors provide a clear four-stage process for winnowing down teaching and learning to high-effect practices. Informed by the latest research in learning, education, healthcare, and psychology, each step and tool is designed to move educators through the hard parts of letting go. Inside, you’ll find: Research that tells us the process of schooling is often over-engineered and that gives us permission to dial back, carefully A step-by-step process for deciding which initiatives are most effective—and how to let go of the ones that are not Useful tools, templates, and charts that educators can immediately use in their de-implementation work—at school, in teaching teams, or at the system level It’s time to get our lives back—without harming student learning. If we can collectively learn to let go and understand how to identify which initiatives are worthwhile, we’ll have more time for what truly matters.

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Corwin Press

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1071917102

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9781071917107

Lincoln's Pathfinder

John C. Fremont and the Violent Election of 1856

By: John Bicknell

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Lincoln's Pathfinder

John C. Fremont and the Violent Election of 1856

By: John Bicknell

The election of 1856 was the most violent peacetime election in American history. Amid all the violence, the campaign of the new Republican Party, headed by famed explorer John C. Frémont, offered a ray of hope that had never before been seen in the politics of the nation—a major party dedicated to limiting the spread of slavery. For the first time, women and African Americans became actively engaged in a presidential contest, and the candidate's wife, Jessie Benton Frémont, played a central role in both planning and executing strategy while being a public face of the campaign. The 1856 campaign was also run against the backdrop of a country on the move, with settlers continuing to spread westward facing unimagined horrors, a terrible natural disaster that took hundreds of lives in the South, and one of the most famous Supreme Court cases in history, which set the stage for the Civil War. Frémont lost, but his strong showing in the North proved that a sectional party could win a national election, blazing the trail for Abraham Lincoln's victory four years later.

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Chicago Review Press

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1613738005

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The Aggregate Production Function and the Measurement of Technical Change

ŠNot Even Wrong�

By: Jesus Felipe,John S L McCombie

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The Aggregate Production Function and the Measurement of Technical Change

ŠNot Even Wrong�

By: Jesus Felipe,John S L McCombie

This authoritative and stimulating book represents a fundamental critique of the aggregate production function, a concept widely used in macroeconomics.

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400

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1782549684

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9781782549680

Mammals of the Eastern United States

By: John O. Whitaker,William J. Hamilton

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Mammals of the Eastern United States

By: John O. Whitaker,William J. Hamilton

The authors have done a superb job of distilling a vast amount of information on the biology of the terrestrial mammals of the eastern United States in a style that will not only satisfy the expert's need for accurate data but will also appeal to students and others interested in natural history." —James N. Layne, Archbold Biological Station In their definitive work on eastern mammals, John O. Whitaker, Jr., and W. J. Hamilton, Jr., vividly convey their sheer delight at the variety and abundance of mammalian life. They have brought together a wealth of biological information and applied a biological subspecies concept to the mammals of the eastern United States. Their research extends "from the high reaches of Mount Katahdin in northern Maine, where water shrews and moose hold company," to the unglaciated hills of southern Indiana, where pygmy shrews (each weighing less than a dime) lived undetected until 1981. From there, they reach to "the cypress swamps of lower Florida, where the spoor of the mountain lion may be seen."*Describes the animals, their behavior, and dispersion in all 27 states east of the Mississippi River.*Almost entirely rewritten, this edition provides an abundance of scientific information in combination with anecdotes, field notes, and an underlying reverence for the fragile diversity of animal life. *Illustrations include 110 range maps, 167 black-and-white photographs, and 92 color images.*Covers 121 species, 17 more than in the previous edition. *Uses a biological subspecies concept, showing the results of evolution through differentiation. *Provides keys to orders and genera, anatomical line drawings. *Summarizes information on endangered and threatened species for each of the eastern states. *Lists state mammal books in the literature section.

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Cornell University Press

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1501744917

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9781501744914

The Montaukett Indians of Eastern Long Island

By: John A. Strong

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The Montaukett Indians of Eastern Long Island

By: John A. Strong

Although the Montaukett were among the first tribes to establish relations with the English in the seventeenth century, until now very little has been written about the evolution of their interaction with the settlers. John A. Strong, a noted authority on the Indians of New York State's Long Island, has written a concise history that focuses on the issue of land tenure in the relations between the English and the Montaukett. This study covers the period from the earliest contacts to the New York Appellate Court decision in 1917—which declared the tribe to be extinct—to their current battle for the federal recognition necessary to reclaim portions of their land. Strong also looks at related issues such as cultural assimilation, political and social tensions, and patterns of economic dependency among the Montaukett.

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Syracuse University Press

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0815656459

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9780815656456

Appendix to the Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage

And of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829-33

By: John Ross

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Appendix to the Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage

And of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829-33

By: John Ross

Published in 1835, this account of Ross's second expedition to Northern Canada describes the geography and people of the region.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108050212

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They Rode with Forrest and Wheeler

A Chronicle of Five Tennessee Brothers' Service in the Confederate Western Cavalry

By: John E. Fisher

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They Rode with Forrest and Wheeler

A Chronicle of Five Tennessee Brothers' Service in the Confederate Western Cavalry

By: John E. Fisher

Thomas Burr Fisher was one of five brothers who served, between them, in the Fourth and Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry Regiments, Confederate States Army, with remarkable devotion. Using Fishers two memoirs (one untitled, written in 1915, and "Life on the Common Level, " written in 1921), his correspondence, records, and other material, along with the wartime diary of his brother William Fisher and extensive original research, the history of the Western Cavalry is recounted here.

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McFarland

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0786400838

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9780786400836

Utah Place Names

A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names : a Compilation

By: John W. Van Cott

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Utah Place Names

A Comprehensive Guide to the Origins of Geographic Names : a Compilation

By: John W. Van Cott

Utah toponyms, or place names. Where are they? What istheir history? Their importance? Over thousand toponyms are listed alphabetically, marking the passagesof peoples and cultures from earliest times.

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University of Utah Press

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0874803454

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9780874803457

Crime Science

Methods of Forensic Detection

By: Joe Nickell,John F. Fischer

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Crime Science

Methods of Forensic Detection

By: Joe Nickell,John F. Fischer

This comprehensive guide to forensic investigation “delivers the goods for the educated layperson . . . readers will be hard-pressed to put it down” (USA Today). Forensic experts Joe Nickell and John Fischer introduce readers to the work of firearms experts, document examiners, fingerprint technicians, medical examiners, and forensic anthropologists. These topics are explained in clear terms without technical jargon. Nickell and Fisher describe fingerprint classification and autopsies, explain how fibers link victims to their killers, and examine the science underlying DNA profiling and toxicological analysis. From weapons analysis to handwriting samples to shoe and tire impressions, Crime Science outlines the indispensable tools and techniques that investigators use to make sense of a crime scene. Each chapter closes with a study of an infamous case to demonstrate how the principles of forensic science work in practice. Case studies including the O.J. Simpson trial, the Lindbergh kidnapping, the death of Marilyn Monroe, the World Trade Center bombing, the assassination of the Romanovs, and the Atlanta child murders.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813146623

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9780813146621

From Rupert's Land to Canada

Essays in Honour of John E. Foster

By: John Elgin Foster,Rod Macleod,Theodore Binnema

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From Rupert's Land to Canada

Essays in Honour of John E. Foster

By: John Elgin Foster,Rod Macleod,Theodore Binnema

Dr. John E. Foster spent many years researching and interpreting the Metis, continually re-examining his own thinking about the fur trade and the West, trying to find new lines of inquiry across disciplinary boundaries, and, playing with ideas that re-imagined the Canadian West. In From Rupert's Land to Canada, in tribute to John's work, his friends and colleagues further explore themes related to "Native History and the Fur Trade," "Metis History," and the "Imagined West". Contributors include Michael Payne, Nicole St-Onge, Jan Grabowski, Jennifer Brown, Heather Rollason, Frits Pannekoek, Heather Devine, Gerhard Ens, Gerry Friesen, Ted Binnema, Ian MacLaren, Rod Macleod, Tom Flanagan and Glen Campbell.

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University of Alberta

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0888643632

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Book's by John Douglas Close Fisher

Baptism in the Medieval West

Baptism in the Medieval West

Making Room for Impact

Making Room for Impact

Lincoln's Pathfinder

Lincoln's Pathfinder

The Aggregate Production Function and the Measurement of Technical Change

The Aggregate Production Function and the Measurement of Technical Change

Mammals of the Eastern United States

Mammals of the Eastern United States

The Montaukett Indians of Eastern Long Island

The Montaukett Indians of Eastern Long Island

Appendix to the Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage

Appendix to the Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage

They Rode with Forrest and Wheeler

They Rode with Forrest and Wheeler

Utah Place Names

Utah Place Names

Crime Science

Crime Science

From Rupert's Land to Canada

From Rupert's Land to Canada

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