F Smith: 202 books
Building for a Changing Climate
The Challenge for Construction, Planning and Energy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
There is now a practically universal consensus that our climate is changing rapidly, and as a direct result of human activities. While there is extensive debate about what we can do to mitigate the damage we are causing, it is becoming increasingly clear that a large part of our resources will have...
Gangs and the Military
Gangsters, Bikers, and Terrorists with Military Training
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Over the past several decades, there has been a continuous and growing focus on street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs, and domestic extremist groups. Many of these groups have members with military training, and some actively recruit from current and former military veterans and retirees. That military...
ESPN The Company
The Story and Lessons Behind the Most Fanatical Brand in Sports
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2009
A fascinating look at ESPN and its success as a brand
ESPN The Company reveals the inside scoop on the biggest business story in sports, detailing the creative and innovative spirit and practices that drove the programming, products, and services of the most powerful and prominent name in sports...
The Shadow of Mudflap
Foxtrot Team Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
To us, first responders are heroes. But for them, risking their lives is a normal, everyday thing.
Mudflap:
Born the baby of the family, Mudflap has always had something to prove to emerge out of the shadows of his older siblings. He spent eight years as a Special Ops elite sniper and is now...
by Beverly F. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
This is a true story about a young womans struggle through the streets of Washington DC. Growing up in the Southeast section of The Nations Capital with a large family in the 80s was very interesting to say the least. As a child, Desire Moore (Moo Moo) had her life all planned out; after high school...
Savoring Gotham
A Food Lover's Companion to New York City
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
When it comes to food, there has never been another city quite like New York. The Big Apple--a telling nickname--is the city of 50,000 eateries, of fish wriggling in Chinatown baskets, huge pastrami sandwiches on rye, fizzy egg creams, and frosted black and whites. It is home to possibly the densest...
by Z.F. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015
There are countless examples of battles that take place in wars after a peace treaty is signed. The last battle of the Civil War was a skirmish in Texas that Confederate forces won, nearly a month after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. **But it’s certainly rare for the most famous battle of a war...
by Carolyn F. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2009
Located north of Cincinnati in the Mill Creek Valley, Lincoln Heights was the first African American self-governing community north of the Mason-Dixon Line. The development of Lincoln Heights began in 1923 when the Haley-Livingston Land Company of Chicago sold lots to black families in an unincorporated...
After the Stroke of Midnight
20 Years After a Brain Attack
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
I do not claim to be an expert, but living with stroke since 1990 has taught me many things about life. I hope that as you read this book you will share some of my findings and perhaps gain the understanding that there is life following a stroke. People have inspired me in ways that made me realize...
Business Process Management and the Balanced Scorecard
Using Processes as Strategic Drivers
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2010
Business Process Management and the Balanced Scorecard shows managers how to optimally use the balanced scorecard to achieve and sustain strategic success even as the business environment changes. It exceptionally fills the gap between theory and application to facilitate the use of processes as a strategic weapon to deliver world-class performance.
Green Power That Will Never Run Out
An Easy Guide To Understanding Solar Power, Wind Power, Hydropower, Biofuel And Other Types Of Renewable Energy
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2012
We have come a long way in developing societies that have electricity and the power necessary to fuel vehicles and for industry to be successful. However, all of these efforts rely upon the use of energy source that comes from fossil fuels which are found in the ground and have to be processed in...
Slightly Mad Scientists
A Book of Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2010
A whimsical collection of popular science fiction subjects done with a few new twists. In Bad Behavior a citizen of a very strict society gets three years at a prison colony for a bad haircut. In Outlaw in Time a fast gun from the future goes back in time to see how he measures up against the real...
by M.F. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Platinum, perky Sherri seems to be an average high school girl with dreams of one day becoming a Hollywood movie star, but her plans are upstaged when the mysterious counselor at her new school tells her that he knows her secret--she's a sociopath on the run--and he was sent to give her two choices;...