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New Mexico
A History
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Since the earliest days of Spanish exploration and settlement, New Mexico has been known for lying off the beaten track. But this new history reminds readers that the world has been beating paths to New Mexico for hundreds of years, via the Camino Real, the Santa Fe Trail, several railroads, Route...
The United States and the International Criminal Court
National Security and International Law
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2000
American reluctance to join the International Criminal Court illuminates important trends in international security and a central dilemma facing U.S. Foreign policy in the 21st century.
The ICC will prosecute individuals who commit egregious international human rights violations such as genocide....
The Handbook of Financing Growth
Strategies, Capital Structure, and M&A Transactions
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2009
The Second Edition of The Handbook of Financing Growth has been designed to help leaders and advisors gain a solid understanding of the financing strategies, sources, and transactions that will allow them to excel in such an unpredictable environment.
Written by an experienced group of practitioners...
From Mediation to Nation-Building
Third Parties and the Management of Communal Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
The eruption in the early 1990s of highly visible humanitarian crises and exceedingly bloody civil wars in the Horn of Africa, imploding Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, set in motion a trend towards third party intervention in communal conflict in areas as far apart as the Balkans and East Timor. However...
The Challenge of Climate Change
Which Way Now?
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
Global warming and climate change present complex interlocking issues of public policy, multilateral negotiation, and technological advancement. This book explores both the problems and the opportunities presented by international agreements, and examines the technological developments and policy...
The Changing Landscape of Work and Family in the American Middle Class
Reports from the Field
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2008
This collection explores the dynamics of the modern, middle-class American family and its near-constant state of transition. The editors introduce the book by situating it within the context of work, family, and ethnographic research on middle-class families in the United States. Emerging and established...
Genetics
Science, Ethics, and Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2005
Over a decade ago, the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional...
by P.L. Mitchell, B. Hardy
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2000
Rice yields need to increase in order to keep pace with the growing population of Asia and to alleviate hunger and poverty. There appears, however, to be a biophysical limit associated with conventional photosynthetic pathways. The research presented in this book aims at understanding how the rice...
by Laura P. Taylor, L. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2006
The only book that instructs IT Managers to adhere to federally mandated certification and accreditation requirements.
This book will explain what is meant by Certification and Accreditation and why the process is mandated by federal law. The different Certification and Accreditation laws will...
by P. Chartier, G.L. Ferrero, U.M. Henius
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Biomass is set to play an increasing role in the supply of energy, both in the industrialised world and in developing countries, as concern for the state of the global environment grows. The possibility for the acceleration of commercial production has received support from the increasing involvement...
Time for Learning
Top 10 Reasons Why Flipping the Classroom Can Change Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
The guide school leaders need to reap the rewards of education’s most exciting new trend
Flipping classrooms—using class time for hands-on learning and "off loading" the lecture portion of lessons as homework—is taking schools by storm. This book makes the case to educational...
by Keri J. Sansevere, Michael J. Gall, Ross Thomas Rava
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
A 2018 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
New scholarship provides insights into the archaeology and cultural history of African American life from a collection of sites in the Mid-Atlantic.
This groundbreaking volume explores the archaeology of African American life and cultures in the...
by E. L. Houghton, P. W. Carpenter, Steven Collicott
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2012
Already one of the leading course texts on aerodynamics in the UK, the sixth edition welcomes a new US-based author team to keep the text current. The sixth edition has been revised to include the latest developments in compressible flow, computational fluid dynamics, and contemporary applications....
Fit to Lead
The Proven 8-Week Solution for Shaping Up Your Body, Your Mind, and Your Career
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
A proven program to help busy executives get Fit to Lead.
Are you a leader at work, at the expense of your health? Did you give up exercise after college, and stop watching your diet when you made it to senior partner? Are too little sleep, fast food, and a hectic, catch-up lifestyle all you...