Abernathy: 45 books

Book cover of A Stitch in Time

A Stitch in Time

Lean Retailing and the Transformation of Manufacturing--Lessons from the Apparel and Textile Industries

by Frederick H. Abernathy, John T. Dunlop, Janice H. Hammond
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 1999

The apparel and textile industries have always been at the mercy of rapidly changing styles and fickle customers who want the latest designs while they are still in fashion. The result for these businesses, often forced to forecast sales and order from suppliers with scant information about volatile...
Book cover of Memoirs of a Medicine Man

Memoirs of a Medicine Man

What Medical School Forgot to Mention

by Ernest W. Abernathy M.D
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2005

The practice of medicine or surgery is not just sore throats, colds and the flu, removing gall bladders, or back aches and belly aches. It is, however, a roller-coaster cornucopia of people and events where drama, comedy, the heights of joy and the depths of sadness are only moments away, as if a...
Book cover of Life Choices: Navigating Difficult Paths
by Moreo, Abernathy, Todd
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001

Life Choices is a compilation of compelling shot stories in which real people share their journeys of navigating difficult paths through fear, pain, sorrow, trials, and challenges to discover new and better lives. Through the pages of "Life Choices," you will laugh, cry and find inspiration. These stories...
Book cover of God in the Whirlwind

God in the Whirlwind

Stories of Grace from the Tornado at Union University

by Tim Ellsworth, Morris Abernathy, George H. Guthrie
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008

When a powerful EF-4 tornado with winds in excess of 200 miles per hour slammed the Union University campus on February 5, 2008, destroying eighteen dormitory buildings and causing $40 million in damage, the immediate assumption was that dozens if not hundreds of lives would have been lost. Miraculously,...
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Bigger Isn't Necessarily Better

Lessons from the Harvard Home Builder Study

by Frederick Abernathy, Kermit Baker, Kent Colton
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011

Bigger Isn’t Necessarily Better examines the performance and operation of the US homebuilding sector based on a detailed survey of large home builders conducted by the authors in the period of the great building boom of the 2000s. In contrast to the many books that have focused on the financial...
Book cover of The Record of Currupira
by Robert Abernathy
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016

From ancient Martian records came the grim song of a creature whose very existence was long forgotten.
Book cover of Rotifers
by Robert Abernathy
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011

Beneath the stagnant water shadowed by water lilies Harry found the fascinating world of the rotifers--but it was their world and they resented intrusion.
Book cover of World of the Drone
by Robert Abernathy
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017

Dworn knew that if his machine failed him in battle he would die. For men fought each other viciously, with no bond of brotherhood, in this—
Book cover of Life On A Sandflat Farm
by Tommie Abernathy
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012

Growing up in post depression days on a small sandflat farm was not easy but the people and experiences involved made every day a special adventure for a growing boy. Here each day was a step toward manhood and the learning cycle is something not experienced today. Everything on the farm is...
Book cover of No Window for Me
by D.C. Abernathy
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011

No Window for Me is for all intensive purposes, a mistake. This was not an intentional writing. This came from writings that was intended for personal therapy from the realization that Yvette was in a relationship with someone else, while only separated from the author. Obviously Donald had intentions...
Book cover of "Tough Bears Don't Dance"

"Tough Bears Don't Dance"

A Personal Collection of World-Wide Hunting Experiences and Campfire Tales

by Ernest W. Abernathy
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2011

"Tough Bears Don't Dance" continues Ernest's experiences in far-flung hunting vistas that include Alaska and its peninsula, Castro's Cuba, Colombia, Honduras Canada's Lac Seul Wilderness, the Eastern Shore of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay for Canada Geese, and a revisit to some of Africa where...
Book cover of Private Schools: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
by Sanford Abernathy
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2016

The education system in the United States is in desperate times. The low pay that most school systems offer is one of the main causes. There is very little in the way of incentives for people to want to take up teaching because the vocation requires so much and gives so little in return. This has...
Book cover of CISSP Cert Guide

CISSP Cert Guide

CISSP Cert Guide ePub _2

by Robin Abernathy, Troy McMillan
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016

In this best-of-breed study guide, two leading experts help you master all the topics you need to know to succeed on your CISSP exam and advance your career in IT security. Their concise, focused approach explains every exam objective from a real-world perspective, helping you quickly identify weaknesses...
Book cover of The Record of Currupira
by Robert Abernathy
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016

From ancient Martian records came the grim song of a creature whose very existence was long forgotten.
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