Books from Common Ground Publishing
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Intergenerational Democracy: Rethinking Sustainable Development
By Kirsten Jane DaviesThis book advocates for concerted efforts to re-establish viable and sustainable Cycles of Life by proposing models that can assist this process.
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Tug of War: The Tension Concept and the Art of International Negotiation
By Tony EnglishThe book focuses on international negotiation but is relevant to negotiation in general. Tony interviewed many veteran negotiators in diplomacy, hostage release and business.
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Structural Elements for Architects and Builders: Design of Columns, Beams, and Tension Elements in Wood, Steel, and Reinforced Concrete, 2nd...
By Jonathan OchshornAppendices included at the end of each chapter contain numerous tables and graphs, based on material contained in industry publications, but reorganized and formatted especially for this text to improve clarity and simplicity, without ...
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Wildlife Tourism: Impacts, Management and Planning
By Karen HigginbottomThis is a comprehensive volume on the subject of wildlife tourism, written by experts in the field and drawing on a wide range of disciplines. It covers the full scope...
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Adventure Therapy: International Perspectives and Diverse Approaches
By Christine L. Norton, Cathryn Carpenter, Anita PryorThis book is a collection of peer-reviewed articles from the 5th and 6th International Adventure Therapy Conference proceedings.
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Sport, Peace, and Development
By Keith Gilbert, Will Bennett"Sport, Peace, and Development" brings together chapters from both the more established (UNSDP, UNICEF, Right To Play etc) and emerging organisations and practitioners in the field.
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Transformations and Self Discovery: Stories of Women Returning to Education
By Sarah O'Shea, Cathy StoneThis book tells the stories of seven Australian women, each of whom has come to university in their thirties or forties as the 'first generation' within their families to do so.
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Nixon and the Dragon Lady: Did Richard Nixon Conspire with Anna Chennault in 1968 to Destroy Peace in Vietnam?
By Evan Edward LaineIn this twisting tale of intrigue with global consequences, using an interdisciplinary approach employing history, law, political science, psychology and sociology, Nixon and the Dragon Lady deconstructs the critical evidence while ...
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Sustainability and Sport
By Keith Gilbert, Jill SaveryThis seminal book details the most important insights from these experts in making sport more sustainable, and in using sport to promote sustainability.
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Community Development Practice: Stories, Method and Meaning
By Ann Ingamells, Athena Lathouras, Ross WisemanThe book therewith documents its authors' continuing attempts at developing good practical and reflective support for their ongoing social change efforts, something our local community development scene could very well do with.
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Leadership and Organizational Change
By Jonathan H. WestoverLeadership and Organizational Change
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China and the Humanities: At the Crossroads of the Human and the Humane
By Kang TchouChina and the Humanities: At the Crossroads of the Human and the Humane
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The Social Mind: Language, Ideology, and Social Practice
By James Paul Gee"The Social Mind was originally published in 1992."
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Voices of Hunger: Food Insecurity in the United States
By Courtney Irene Powell ThomasVoices of Hunger: Food Insecurity in the United States
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Environmental Preservation and Cultural Heritage in China
By Alex English, Anne E. McLaren, Xinyuan HeEnvironmental Preservation and Cultural Heritage in China
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Leading Through Diversity: Transforming Managers Into Effective Leaders
By Amine A. Ayad, Emad A. RahimLeading Through Diversity: Transforming Managers Into Effective Leaders
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Men's Stories for a Change: Ageing Men Remember
By Jeff Hearn, Randy Barber, Vic BlakeMen's Stories for a Change records and analyses stories written by a group of older men who met over thirteen years to share memories about ageing and masculinity.
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Museums and Communities: Changing Dynamics
By Deborah TranterMuseums and communities - what are the connections? Who leads and who follows? This book draws on the experiences of the author as the director of the Cobb+Co Museum in Toowoomba, Australia since its opening in 1987.
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Old and New, Tried and Untried: Creativity and Research in the 21st Century University
By Andrew Melrose, Jen Webb, Jeri KrollThis volume, from a distinguished list of academic writers and creators, offers contributions to these dialogues, as well as analyses of the international environment for the creative arts in the academy and the key government policies ...
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Heroes Or Zeros?: The Media's Perceptions of Paralympic Sport
By Keith Gilbert, Otto SchantzThe book is developed around a series of themes which highlight specific aspects of the constant shifting association between the two distinct entities.