Michael David: 725 books

Book cover of Krav Maga
by Kevin Lewis, David Michael Gilbertson
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016

Krav Maga, which means "contact combat" in Hebrew, is an easy-to-understand/remember aggressive system of self-defense. Idiot's Guides: Krav Maga will not only define what it is, but also review the principles and systems of techniques and training to ensure survival. Combining in-depth...
Book cover of Pioneers of Australian Armour
by David A Finlayson, Michael K Cecil
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2015

Pioneers of Australian Armour tells the story of the only Australian mechanised units of the Great War. The 1st Australian Armoured Car Section, later the 1st Australian Light Car Patrol, and the Special Tank Section were among the trailblazers of mechanisation and represented the cutting edge of...
Book cover of Valuation Workbook

Valuation Workbook

Step-by-Step Exercises and Tests to Help You Master Valuation

by Tim Koller, Marc Goedhart, David Wessels
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015

A vital companion to the #1 best-selling guide to corporate valuation Valuation Workbook is the ideal companion to McKinsey's Valuation, helping you get a handle on difficult concepts and calculations before using them in the real world. This workbook reviews all things valuation, with chapter-by-chapter...
Book cover of Effects of Deregulation on Safety

Effects of Deregulation on Safety

Implications Drawn from the Aviation, Rail, and United Kingdom Nuclear Power Industries

by Vicki Bier, James Joosten, David Glyer
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Effects of Deregulation on Safety provides a comprehensive overview of the safety experiences of these three case study industries and their implications for the U.S. nuclear power industry. The treatment of the subject is not highly technical, and hence is accessible to a wide range of readers with...
Book cover of State of the World 2014

State of the World 2014

Governing for Sustainability

by The Worldwatch Institute, David W. Orr, Tom Prugh
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014

Citizens expect their governments to lead on sustainability. But from largely disappointing international conferences like Rio II to the U.S.'s failure to pass meaningful climate legislation, governments' progress has been lackluster. That's not to say leadership is absent; it just often comes from the...
Book cover of The Design and Implementation of Deposit Insurance Systems
by David Mr. Hoelscher, Michael Mr. Taylor, Ulrich Mr. Klueh
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2006

This paper describes recently established deposit insurance systems, identifying emerging trends. In line with previous IMF work on the subject, it argues against the development of "best practices" applicable to all systems. Rather, it stresses the importance of incorporating each country’s individual...
Book cover of Lecture #2 - Management versus Leadership
by David Rohrmann, Michael Hengl, Martin Sambauer
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014

What are the differences between leadership and management? How are they connected? What is the common goal? What methods do leaders and managers use? The essence of leadership is to create meaning and to formulate the appropriate goal while giving explanations for actions. The essence of management...
Book cover of Transforming Undergraduate Education

Transforming Undergraduate Education

Theory that Compels and Practices that Succeed

by Jann H. Adams, Jerzy Axer, Kenneth R. Bain
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011

For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, Transforming Undergraduate Education provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and...
Book cover of The Business of Platforms

The Business of Platforms

Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power

by Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer, David B. Yoffie
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019

A trio of experts on high-tech business strategy and innovation reveal the principles that have made platform businesses the most valuable firms in the world and the first trillion-dollar companies. Managers and entrepreneurs in the digital era must learn to live in two worlds—the conventional...
Book cover of Civic Media

Civic Media

Technology, Design, Practice

by Peter Levine, Ethan Zuckerman, W. Lance Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016

Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life. Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation,...
Book cover of Art Markets in Europe, 1400–1800
by Michael North, David Ormrod
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016

The reinvention of art-history during the 1980s has provided a serious challenge to the earlier formalist and connoisseurial approaches to the discipline, in ways which can only help economic and social historians in the current drive to study past societies in terms of what they consumed, produced,...
Book cover of The Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption
by Peter C. Whybrow, Sarah F. Brosnan, Darby Proctor
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014

Scholars from psychology, neuroscience, economics, animal behavior, and evolution describe the latest research on the causes and consequences of overconsumption. Our drive to consume—our desire for food, clothing, smart phones, and megahomes—evolved from our ancestors' drive to survive....
Book cover of Engineering Materials 1

Engineering Materials 1

An Introduction to Properties, Applications and Design

by Michael F. Ashby, David R.H. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2011

Widely adopted around the world, Engineering Materials 1 is a core materials science and engineering text for third- and fourth-year undergraduate students; it provides a broad introduction to the mechanical and environmental properties of materials used in a wide range of engineering applications....
Book cover of Communication and Sport

Communication and Sport

Surveying the Field

by Andrew C. Billings, Michael L. Butterworth, Dr. Paul David Turman
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017

Communication and Sport: Surveying the Field, Third Edition examines a wide array of topics necessary to understand sports media, rhetoric, culture, and organizations from micro- to macro-level issues. All levels of sports are addressed through varied lenses such as mythology, community, and identity....
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