E Davis: 156 books

A composer who dabbled in the Dada movement, a Bohemian “gymnopédiste” of fin-de-siècle Montmartre, and a legendary dresser known as “The Velvet Gentleman,” Erik Satie cut a unique figure among early twentieth-century European composers. Yet his legacy has largely languished in the shadows...

**Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for History Winner of the 2017 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction A National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Finalist A New York Times Notable Book of 2017 One of the Washington Post's Best Books of the Year In this “cri de coeur about the Gulf’s environmental...

No one did more than Marjory Stoneman Douglas to transform the Everglades from the country's most maligned swamp into its most beloved wetland. By the late twentieth century, her name and her classic The Everglades: River of Grass had become synonymous with Everglades protection. The crusading resolve...

Language plays a major role in our daily lives. Humans are specialized to live in a social environment, and our brains are “designed” to manage interactions with others which are, for the most part, accomplished through words. Language allows us to function both cognitively and interpersonally,...

In The First Cold War, Donald E. Davis and Eugene P. Trani review the Wilson administration’s attitudes toward Russia before, during, and after the Bolshevik seizure of power. They argue that before the Russian Revolution, Woodrow Wilson had little understanding of Russia and made poor appointments...

The Scalping of the Great Sioux Nation recalls Davis' early upbringing and education on two Indian reservations. Davis also assesses the policies of the United States government regarding the status of Indians in society. Scalping is not too strong a term to describe the multiple injustices which...

Developments in procedures and approaches in Rhinoplasty occur rapidly. With rhinoplasty procedures being one of the most requested cosmetic surgeries, the facial plastic surgeon and plastic surgeon need to be aware of progress with the procedure. The focus of this issue in Facial Plastic Surgery...

Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up A unique and re-imagined take on a favorite. Same setting, different characters, and story. "I like how she connected the movie to the book and still you are like: what is this place." 5 stars "It's like visiting with...

Information and associated technologies continue to advance toward diverse distributed configuration environments for entering, processing, storing, and retrieving data. The magnitude of changes occurring can be clearly seen in the explosion of linked IT infrastructures connected to cloud computing...

Depending on the abstraction level, IT governance can be viewed as a framework, methodology, or technique. As a framework, IT governance enables a “system of controls” assisting in assuring organizational goals and objectives are achieved effectively and efficiently. As a methodology, IT governance...

"IT Auditing: Assuring Information Assets Protection" provides a proven approach to assessing IT security frameworks, architectures, methods, and techniques. In terms of content, this publication converts selected audit standards and guidelines into practical applications using detailed...

“Assuring IT Legal Compliance” was written with the intent to create quality quick reference material for assurance service practitioners. Therefore, this pocket guide is appropriate for entity employees interested in ensuring, or verifying, IT legal compliance in any industry or geographic location.

This first edition of Information Systems Auditing: The IS Audit Follow-up Process is part of an electronic booklets series providing comprehensive IS audit planning, study, evaluation, testing, and reporting methods. In terms of content, these monographs convert selected audit standards into practical...

“IT Auditing: An Adaptive Process” is a self-contained tool for learning IT audit process flexibility -- while performing effective IT audits -- as well as companion subject matter material for “IT Auditing: The Process.” Specifically, “IT Auditing: An Adaptive Process” is an enhanced...