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1. Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring

   Edited by Kirsten Fisher, Robert Stewart

   Series: Transitional Justice

   This book presents a varied and critical picture of how the Arab Spring demands a re-examination and re-conceptualization of issues of transitional justice. It demonstrates how unique features of this wave of revolutions and popular protests that have swept the Arab world since December 2010 give...

   To Be Published December 19th 2013 by Routledge
2. Transport Phenomena in Biomedical Engineering

   Principles and Practices

   Edited by Robert A. Peattie, Robert J. Fisher, Joseph D. Bronzino, Donald R. Peterson

   Design, analysis and simulation of tissue constructs is an integral part of the ever-evolving field of biomedical engineering. The study of reaction kinetics, particularly when coupled with complex physical phenomena such as the transport of heat, mass and momentum, is required to determine or...

   Published November 19th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Managerial Economics, Second Edition

   A Strategic Approach

   By Robert Waschik, Tim Fisher, David Prentice

   Traditional microeconomic theory has much to offer a manager. It suggests ways to increase profits by setting prices and packaging services, using advertising to increase demand and shows how internet auction sites like eBay affect competition and profitability. By using game theory to present and...

   Published March 21st 2010 by Routledge
4. Creative Dialogue

   Talk for Thinking in the Classroom

   By Robert Fisher

   Creative Dialogue is an essential guide to dialogic learning for every trainee and practising teacher. It presents practical ways of teaching children to be more thoughtful and creative, and to learn more effectively through speaking and listening in school and at home. The book includes:...

   Published June 28th 2009 by Routledge
5. Linking Conservation and Poverty Reduction

   Landscapes, People and Power

   By Robert Fisher, Stewart Maginnis, William Jackson, Edmund Barrow, Sally Jeanrenaud

   'This book aims to inspire the conservation community not to regard poverty reduction as someone else's job but to take responsibility for it as part of ecosystem restoration. Though no solutions are perfect,the text and examples given offer encouraging and useful guidance.' Gill Shepherd, poverty...

   Published September 22nd 2008 by Routledge
6. Unlocking Literacy

   A Guide for Teachers, 2nd Edition

   By Robert Fisher, Mary Williams

   Series: Unlocking Series

   An edited collection describing key issues in supporting literacy development, this book helps to 'unlock' the mysteries behind helping children learn to read, write, speak and listen. It explores ways to help children develop their skills in literacy, thinking and learning, and shows how literacy...

   Published January 30th 2006 by David Fulton Publishers
7. Unlocking Creativity

   A Teacher's Guide to Creativity Across the Curriculum

   By Robert Fisher, Mary Williams

   Series: Unlocking Series

   Showing how creativity can be developed across the curriculum, this book offers advice on how to develop children's capacity for creative thinking and achievement and use creativity to increase levels of motivation and self-esteem. Combining the latest research with practical ideas and tasks, this...

   Published July 5th 2005 by David Fulton Publishers
8. Managerial Economics

   A Game Theoretic Approach

   By Tim Fisher, Robert Waschik

   This book can be used as a way of introducing business and management students to economic concepts as well as providing economics students with a clear grasp of how to use the skills they will need in the world of business.Topics covered include:*product differentiation*price discrimination*hiring...

   Published July 24th 2002 by Routledge
9. Unlocking Literacy

   A Guide for Teachers

   By Robert Fisher, Mary Williams

   Series: Unlocking Series

   An edited collection describing key issues in supporting literacy development, this book helps to 'unlock' the mysteries behind helping children learn to read, write, speak and listen. It explores ways to help children develop their skills in literacy, thinking and learning, and shows how literacy...

   Published April 19th 2000 by David Fulton Publishers
10. Real Dream Teams

    Seven Practices Used by World-Class Team Leaders to Achieve Extraordinary Results

    By Robert Fisher, Bo Thomas

    Want to achieve spectacular success in your personal and business life? Looking for ways to mold and capture superior teamwork, cohesion, and bone-deep dedication? Put Real Dream Teams on your list of must reads.From the headlines used to describe groups such as the 1992 U.S. Olympic basketball...

    Published December 25th 1996 by CRC Press