Griffith: 522 books
Oklahoma City
1930 to the Millennium
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2000
Since this wild frontier land was settled at the bang of a gun one April morning, Oklahoma City has grown rapidly, experiencing some of the most drastic changes of all over the past century. Many of the photographs in this new volume show construction anddevelopment as the city began to truly prosper��downtown...
by Alan Griffith, Paul Stephenson, Paul Watson
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
The book provides a concise focussed guide to the main management areas that are essential to the success of modern construction projects. The concepts, principles and applications in the seven main management areas that are essential to the success of construction projects are presented. It links in with The CIOB's Education Framework is recommended reading for The CIOB.
Outlaw Tales of South Dakota
True Stories Of The Mount Rushmore State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, And Cutthroats
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Massacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages of Outlaw Tales of South Dakota. Ride with horse thieves and cattle rustlers, stagecoach, and train robbers. Duck the bullets of murderers, plot strategies with con artists, hiss at lawmen turned outlaws. A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Great Plains.
The Chemistry Department at Imperial College London
A History, 18452000
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
This is the first comprehensive history of the chemistry department at Imperial College London. Based on archival records, oral testimony, published papers, published and unpublished memoirs, the book tells the story of this world-famous department from its foundation as the Royal College of Chemistry...
The Pyramid Spiral
Dance of the Five Elements
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
During the time that the author was living in Nepal (2001-2007) and studying various meditation techniques as well as an overall science of the mind with her Tibetan Buddhist spiritual masters there, she visited the 'Caves of Immortality' at Maratika, in Eastern Nepal and Mount Kailash in West Tibet....
MBA in a Book
Mastering Business with Attitude
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
Practical ideas from the best brains in Business
A sharp, jargon-free guide to the core curriculum of an MBA program, MBA in a Book shows how to master the big ideas of business and use them in a practical way to build and enhance career success.
“In the world of business, ideas matter....
Deadwood
The Best Writings On The Most Notorious Town In The West
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2009
An anthology of the most captivating writings about the wildest town in the West, including excerpts from novels, period newspaper articles, biographies and even song lyrics.
In Search of Legitimacy
How Outsiders Become Part of the Afro-Brazilian Capoeira Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Every year, countless young adults from affluent, Western nations travel to Brazil to train in capoeira, the dance/martial art form that is one of the most visible strands of the Afro-Brazilian cultural tradition. In Search of Legitimacy explores why “first world” men and women leave behind their...
by Lonnie Brett Griffith
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
The name Thomas Lyon Hamer only brings puzzled looks when spoken today. Even in Georgetown, Ohio, Hamers home and place of burial, only a handful of local historians have any knowledge of the man whom U. S. Grant believed would have been president of the United States had he not died prematurely and...
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Stories
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2019
It’s Father’s Day 1972 and a young boy’s dad takes him to visit a string of unimpressive ex-girlfriends that could have been his mother; the unconventional detective work of a koan-speaking, Kung Fu–loving uncle solves a case of arson during a pancake breakfast; and a former geology professor,...
Construction Management
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Behind the success of any construction project is the effective site management of the works by the principal contracting organisation. Construction Management provides a comprehensive introduction to the key management concepts, principles and practices that contribute to project success. Up-to-date...
Gratitude
A Way of Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
This valuable book will give educators solution-based methods and research-based resources to improve classroom culture, as well as enabling schools to elevate students’ engagement and academic achievement. In addition, activities will be provided that will help teachers improve their own lives...
The Mind of the Criminal
The Role of Developmental Social Cognition in Criminal Defense Law
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
In American criminal law, if a defendant demonstrates that they lack certain psychological capabilities, they may be excused of blame and punishment for wrongdoing. However, criminal defense law often fails to consider the developmental science of individual differences in ability and functioning...
Voyage of Purpose
Spiritual Wisdom from Near-Death back to Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
By relating one man’s amazing tale of triumph over death on multiple occasions, this book brings a fresh perspective to near death experience literature. David Bennett, once a brash young commercial diver whose personal philosophy was “cut your way through life to survive,” was caught in a violent...