Chris Morris: 21 books

In this powerful new work, Marable, Ness, and Wilson maintain that contrary to the popular hubris about equality, race is entrenched and more divisive than any time since the Civil Rights Movement. Race and Labor in the United States asserts that all advances in American race relations have only evolved...

This new edition provides a detailed reference source of the use in residential buildings of materials known or suspected to harm health and the environment. Alternative materials are evaluated using unique data sheets which compare environmental impact, cost, health, safety and technical performance...

Although ionic liquids have only been studied in depth during the last decades, the field is now maturing to such a degree that the focus is on larger scale applications for use in real processes such as catalysis. Current information is scattered across the literature and Catalysis in Ionic Liquids...

This book is the first comprehensive study of the Reagan administration's policy toward the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile. Based on new primary and archival materials, as well as on original interviews with former US and Chilean officials, it traces the evolution of Reagan...

Big data processing and analytics at speed and scale using command line tools. Key Features Perform string processing, numerical computations, and more using CLI tools Understand the essential components of data science development workflow Automate data pipeline scripts and visualization with...

Callahan Coffee Roasters has fallen on bitter times. Faced with an unexpected dip in revenue, the company brings in Max Anderson, a well-known turn-around man, to get earnings back on track. From all appearances, Max should be the one teaching the employees and managers at Callahan about best business...

When Tom Powers' grandfather leaves a Yucatan fishing camp in his will, Tom decides to take his two kids and wife down to enjoy the place. They don't know that alien creatures have recently made the surrounding jungle their home. They will soon find out. Local animals turn up hung from trees, stripped...