This book gallery contains monograph publications by Pepperdine University faculty members or staff. Each entry contains a link through which the user may access or purchase the publication.
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Child Maltreatment: An Introduction
Cindy L. Miller-Perrin and Robin D. Perrin
1999
The text is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to child maltreatment by disseminating current knowledge about the various types of violence against children. By helping students understand more fully the etiology, prevalence, treatment, policy issues, and prevention of child maltreatment, the authors hope to further our understanding of how to treat child maltreatment victims and how to prevent future child maltreatment.
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My Secret Mother, Lorna Moon
Richard De Mille
1998
The adopted son of Cecil B. de Mille traces the life of his biological mother, a screenwriter during the silent film era, and the privileged but uneasy youth he enjoyed in Hollywood while being kept in the dark about his origins.
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Intertidal Fishes: Life in Two Worlds
Michael H. Horn, Karen L. M. Martin, and Michael A. Chotkowski
1998
Intertidal Fishes describes the fishes inhabiting the narrow strip of habitat between the high and low tide marks along the rocky coastlines of the world. It analyzes the specialized traits of these fishes that have adapted to living in the dynamic and challenging space where they are alternately exposed to the air and submerged in water with the ebb and flow of the tides. This book provides a comprehensive account of fishes largely overlooked in many previous studies of intertidal organisms and emphasizes how they differ from fishes living in other deeper-water habitats.
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Fortress Introduction to Contemporary Theologies
Ed L. Miller and Stanley J. Grenz
1998
A reader-friendly, basic introduction that maps the central ideas of the major theologians of the twentieth century, easily accessible to both the theological student and the inquiring lay reader. Beginning with the tatters of Europe after World War I, the authors deftly survey a myriad of Christian theologians. These theologians have responded creatively to the steep challenges to faith in this tumultuous century - from Karl Barths No! to Reinhold Niebuhr's Christian realism, from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "religionless Christianity" to Rosemary Radford Ruether's feminist liberation theology." "Easily accessible to both the theological student and the inquiring lay reader, this succinct and reliable guide opens doors to some of the most profound religious insights of our time.
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The Spirit of Tibet: Portrait of a Culture in Exile
Alison Wright
1998
This full-color portrait of Tibetan life in exile displays the spirit of Tibetan refugees living in the beautiful mountain settings of northern India and shows how they have preserved the best of their unique culture and identity.
Aided by their Buddhist faith, the Tibetan people have rebuilt productive lives for themselves, and today live in thriving communities with a strong sense of purpose: to preserve and maintain the ancient Buddhist tradition which forms the core of Tibetan culture. In this sense, these refugees have managed more than mere survival; they have created a Tibet in exile that is in many ways more truly Tibetan than their occupied homeland.
These images portray skilled Tibetan artists creating paintings, statues, and woodcarvings, Tibetan doctors with their herbal remedies and pulse diagnoses, opera singers, young Tibetan children and lay people in their daily lives, monks and nuns engaging in study and practice, examples of Tibetan architecture, and majestic mountain scenes. -
Sex, Symbols, and Dreams
Janice Baylis
1997
A 3-in-1 book: (1) defines and gives examples of seven symbol systems and their sub-sets (2) examples of sexual imagery functioning in each sub-set category (3) how comic strips use the symbolic links to elicit humor. Also focuses on how dreams relate to practical areas of daily living, namely, health, finances, occupation, relationships, creativity, character, and spiritual development. Charts summarize the concepts for easy use.
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Amniote Origins: Completing the Transition to Land
Stuart Sumida and Karen L. M. Martin
1997
Amniote Origins integrates modern systematic methods with studies of functional and physiological processes, and illustrates how studies of paleobiology can be illuminated by studies of neonatology. For this reason, comparative anatomists and physiologists, functional morphologists, zoologists, and paleontologists will all find this unique volume very useful. Inspired by the prospect of integrating fields that have long been isolated from one another, Amniote Origins provides a thorough and interdisciplinary synthesis of one of the classic transitions of evolutionary history.
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What I Had Was Singing: The Story of Marian Anderson
Jeri Ferris
1994
Traces the life of the popular concert singer, who was the first Black singer to perform with the Metropolitan Opera, and describes how her example helped the Civil Rights movement.
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The Inventive Organization: Hope and Daring at Work
Jill Janov
1994
As the Late Industrial Era has given way to the Information Era, long-held assumptions about organizational effectiveness have become obsolete. Steep hierarchies are no longer needed to get things done. It is the quality of relationships - between producers and consumers, among work associates, and between individuals and the means by which they produce - that determines and sustains organizational success." "In The Inventive Organization, Jill Janov offers inspiration, frameworks, and practical applications for executives, managers, and organization consultants who are facing the fundamental challenges in organizations today: how to sustain success in a constantly changing global economy, how to redesign work processes for optimal effectiveness, and how to realign roles and relationships as flattened hierarchies necessitate self-regulation throughout the entire organization." "Drawing on her extensive consulting experience with such organizations as Johnson & Johnson, Xerox, Ford, and 3M Company, Jill Janov explores how these and other companies are making the transition to high-performance, inventive organizations where self-regulation, interdependence, and partnerships are the rule. Janov shows how any organization that hopes to thrive into the next century can learn to develop the essential building blocks to inventiveness: focus on customer needs, concentrate on core work, practice "living" organizational values, think systematically, promote self-regulation, build and support interdependence, and understand leading as guiding the development of the system and following as pursuing a common cause.
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I Want Somebody to Know My Name
Cathy Meeks
1994
Meeks tells the impassioned story of her odyssey from a scared little girl on an Arkansas farm to a strong and secure woman of faith. This revision combines Meeks' autobiography, personal reflections, and critical analyses in the presentation of her journey to wholeness.
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Selective Prosecution of Religiously Motivated Offenders in America
Joel Fetzer
1989
This study comprises an argument on religious considerations in the US federal government's decision to prosecute, with original primary statistics obtained through personal interviews and correspondence. Topics covered include: the Sanctuary Movement; the tax evasion trial of Rev Moon; and the abortion-clinic bombers.
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Buffalo and Indians on the Great Plains
Noel Grisham
1985
Describes how the Indians of the Great Plains used the buffalo for food, clothing, shelter and tools.
