Baxter: 757 books

Could language be a reason why women are under-represented at senior level in the business world? Using data from senior management meetings, this book explores how female leaders use language to achieve their business and relational goals by arguing that senior women have to develop linguistic expertise in order to be effective leaders.

During ten years serving with the USDA Soil Conservation Service (SCS), now known as the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), I became amazed at how millions of dollars in contract monies were spent based on simplistic hydrologic models. As project engineer in western Kansas, I was responsible...

This book presents a unified approach for modeling hydrologic processes distributed in space and time using geographic information systems (GIS). This Third Edition focuses on the principles of implementing a distributed model using geospatial data to simulate hydrologic processes in urban, rural...

This book offers readers a fantastic introduction into creating CareKit based applications using the Swift language. It starts with the basics and provides a step-by-step guide to learning all aspects of creating a CareKit iOS application that could serve as the basis for a patient care plan. Beginning...

Tropical Radioecology is a guide to the wide range of scientific practices and principles of this multidisciplinary field. It brings together past and present studies in the tropical and sub-tropical areas of the planet, highlighting the unique aspects of tropical systems. Until recently, radioecological...

This book offers new insights on how senior business women in Middle Eastern and Western companies use language for effective leadership in their respective management meetings. The book explores six case studies of women leaders, three in UK companies and three in a Bahraini company. The authors...

From beautiful eighteenth century houses to ugly concrete tower blocks Walworth Through Time welcomes you to explore the long and fruitful history of this area of South London, first mentioned in the Domesday book of 1086. Once described as the 'Farm of Briton' by the Anglo-Saxons, the Walworth of...

Il ne fait pas bon grandir sur la Roue. Cet anneau de glace et d’acier autour d’une lune de Saturne qui héberge une colonie minière alimentant la Terre en minerais rares et précieux. Lorsque de mystérieuses créatures sont aperçues à bord de la Roue, c’est un nouveau coup dur pour...

Ein Aufbruch zu neuen Welten: Die große neue Serie! Ein kleiner angekokelter Plastikkasten, ein paar angelötete Drähte, ein Schalter, eine Kartoffel … Als die Polizistin Monica Jansson im Jahr 2015 in den verkohlten Ruinen eines Hauses auf diese eher zweifelhafte Apparatur stößt, ahnt...

Learn about the Bill of Rights, one of the most significant documents in U.S. history. Find out about those who were involved in its creation and why studying this primary source is so important.

Die Unendlichkeit ist erst der Anfang … 2040–45: Das Universum der Langen Erde, dieser unendlichen Abfolge paralleler Welten, ist in Aufruhr: Nach einem gewaltigen Vulkanausbruch auf der ursprünglichen, der Datum-Erde, suchen Flüchtlingswellen die Siedlungen auf den neuen Erden heim....

2070-71: Fast sechs Jahrzehnte nach der Entdeckung des Wechslers, der erstmals das Pendeln zwischen Parallelwelten ermöglichte, floriert auf der Langen Erde eine neue posthumane Gesellschaft. Doch gerät diese in Aufruhr, als eine geheimnisvolle Botschaft aus der Mitte der Galaxie eingeht: MACHT...

Die Fortsetzung der SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Reihe um die »Lange Erde«. 2045–2059: Während sich die Menschheit auf der Datumerde weiterentwickelt, ihrem von Katastrophen heimgesuchten und in die Jahre gekommenen Heimatplaneten, schreitet auch die Besiedelung der unendlich vielen Welten der Langen...

When Linda closed the door behind them she immediately threw her arms around Steven's neck. She had stopped wearing a bra altogether during their honeymoon, expressly for the purpose of inflaming her new husband. And she'd found that it always worked ...