David B : 584 books
After the Miracle
Illusions Along the Path to Restoration
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
What happens when the miracle of sobriety shakes up the way we’ve trained the people in our lives to treat us as opposed to what we need from them now? Where do we turn when getting what we’ve prayed for messes up everything we thought we knew and believed? After the Miracle: Illusions On the...
Caravan of Martyrs
Sacrifice and Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
What compels a person to strap a vest loaded with explosives onto his body and blow himself up in a crowded street? Scholars have answered this question by focusing on the pathology of the “terrorist mind” or the “brainwashing” practices of terrorist organizations. In Caravan of Martyrs, David...
The State of the Parties
The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
The State of the Parties brings readers up to date on party action in election years and in between. This essential party primer includes: new chapters on polarization between and within the parties in the aftermath of the 2012 election, demographic changes to America’s political parties and the...
Dinosaurs
A Concise Natural History
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
The ideal textbook for non-science majors, this lively and engaging introduction encourages students to ask questions, assess data critically and think like a scientist. Building on the success of the previous editions, Dinosaurs has been reorganised and extensively rewritten in response to instructor...
Voyage into Language
Space and the Linguistic Encounter, 1500–1800
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
In this new study, author David Paxman demonstrates that ordinary spatial concepts, together with the changing sense of the earth's space brought about by exploration, navigation, and mapping exerted a strong influence on linguistic thought. Paxman illuminates how our thinking about language as a...
by Joseph F. Spillane, Dr. David B. Wolcott
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
In A History of Modern Criminal Justice, authors Joseph Spillane and David Wolcott focus on the modern aspects of the subject, from 1900 to the present. A unique thematic rather than a chronological approach sets this book apart from the competition, with chapters organized around themes such as policing,...
Large-Scale Landscape Experiments
Lessons from Tumut
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2009
Landscape change and habitat fragmentation are key factors impacting biodiversity worldwide. These processes have many facets, each of which is usually studied in isolation. The Tumut Fragmentation Study has run for over 11 years and yielded extensive data on changes in both plant and animal populations...
by David B. Dillard-Wright PhD, Jerath Ravinder
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
These are handy, accessible books that provide literally all the information you need to know to gain a new hobby or understand a difficult topic. Want to relieve stress, ease an ailment, enhance concentration and feel great? If so, read on - this easy-to-use guide will teach you everything you need...
by David B. Hom, MD, Adam Ingraffea
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Beyond the skin as protective barrier, surgeons and dermatologists explore the science of skin as they work with it every day on patients and clients with aging skin, facial scars, deformities, skin cancer, sun damage, vascular lesions, and traumatic injuries. This compilation of topics in Facial...
by David P. Williamson, David B. Shmoys
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Discrete optimization problems are everywhere, from traditional operations research planning (scheduling, facility location and network design); to computer science databases; to advertising issues in viral marketing. Yet most such problems are NP-hard; unless P = NP, there are no efficient algorithms...
by David B. Holian, Charles L. Prysby
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Voter perceptions of the personal traits of presidential candidates are widely regarded to be important influences on the vote. Media pundits frequently explain the outcome of presidential elections in terms of the personal appeal of the candidates. Despite the emphasis on presidential character traits...
by R. Bruce Martin, David B. Burr, Neil A. Sharkey
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
This textbook describes the biomechanics of bone, cartilage, tendons and ligaments. It is rigorous in its approach to the mechanical properties of the skeleton yet it does not neglect the biological properties of skeletal tissue or require mathematics beyond calculus. Time is taken to introduce basic...
Living History
Effective Costumed Interpretation and Enactment at Museums and Historic Sites
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Engaging audiences through costumed staff at museums and historic sites is one of the most effective ways to interpret the past for a public used to multimedia presentations on their TVs and computers.
Here, David Allison, who has worked at several museums known for effective enactments, provides:
the...
Statistical Methods for the Social and Behavioural Sciences
A Model-Based Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Statistical methods in modern research increasingly entail developing, estimating and testing models for data. Rather than rigid methods of data analysis, the need today is for more flexible methods for *modelling *data.
In this logical, easy-to-follow and exceptionally clear book, **David...