Richard Michael: 281 books

Book cover of Fiscal Vulnerability and Financial Crises in Emerging Market Economies
by Richard Mr. Hemming, Axel Mr. Schimmelpfennig, Michael Mr. Kell
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2003

Fiscal problems have long been considered a central feature of financial--that is, currency, debt, and banking--crises. This paper addresses four questions: What are the fiscal causes of crises? Which fiscal vulnerability indicators help to predict crises? Can fiscal variables explain the severity of...
Book cover of Lithium-Ion Batteries Hazard and Use Assessment
by Celina Mikolajczak, Michael Kahn, Kevin White
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012

Lithium-Ion Batteries Hazard and Use Assessment examines the usage of lithium-ion batteries and cells within consumer, industrial and transportation products, and analyzes the potential hazards associated with their prolonged use. This book also surveys the applicable codes and standards for lithium-ion...
Book cover of Advancing Excellence and Public Trust in Government
by George Amedee, David Anderson, Cal Clark
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011

Over the last four decades the public trust in government in the United States has fallen dramatically due to a 'perfect storm' of contributing factors, such as a seemingly never ending string of political scandals, partisan polarization and toxic attack politics, and miserable failures to respond...
Book cover of New Seeds and Poor People
by Michael Lipton, Richard Longhurst
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010

First published in 1989, this book deals with the impact of cereal production upon the Third World, specifically ‘Modern Varieties’ (MVs). Using evidence from plant breeding, economics and nutrition science, the authors seek to pinpoint what has been achieved, what has gone wrong and what needs...
Book cover of The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies
by John Law, Kalpana Shankar, David Hakken
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016

The fourth edition of an authoritative overview, with all new chapters that capture the state of the art in a rapidly growing field. Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a flourishing interdisciplinary field that examines the transformative power of science and technology to arrange and...
Book cover of Modular Origami Paper Pack

Modular Origami Paper Pack

350 Colorful Papers Perfect for Folding in 3D

by Michael G. LaFosse, Richard L. Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014

This paper pack contains 350 sheets of high-quality origami paper printed in 14 different colorful patterns. Modular origami is the art and technique of folding multiple sheets of paper and then combining and interlocking them to create a larger composite geometric model—the results are truly...
Book cover of Mini Money Origami Kit Ebook

Mini Money Origami Kit Ebook

Make the Most of Your Dollar!: Origami Book with 40 Origami Paper Dollars, 5 Projects and Instructional DVD

by Michael G. LaFosse, Richard L. Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2011

Create fun and clever origami models using your Washingtons, Franklins, and Lincolns! Get ready to practice the increasingly popular art of folding origami dollars. This origami kit includes a collection of projects designed for paper folders of any level of skill. This easy origami...
Book cover of Critical Marketing
by Pauline Maclaran, Michael Saren, Pauline Maclaran
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012

Marketing is still widely perceived as simply the creator of wants and needs through selling and advertising and marketing theory has been criticized for not taking a more critical approach to the subject. This is because most conventional marketing thinking takes a broadly managerial perspective...
Book cover of EXIT EARTH
by Duncan Abel, Virginia Ballesty, Erik Bergstrom
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017

From Trumpocalypse to Brexit Britain, brick by brick the walls are closing in. But don’t despair. Bulldoze the borders. Conquer freedom not fear. EXIT EARTH explores all life – past, present, or future – on, or off – this beautiful, yet fragile, world of ours. Final embraces beneath a sky...
Book cover of Contemporary Irish Plays

Contemporary Irish Plays

Freefall; Forgotten; Drum Belly; Planet Belfast; Desolate Heaven; The Boys of Foley Street

by Michael West, Pat Kinevane, Richard Dormer
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015

Contemporary Irish Plays showcases the new drama that has emerged since 2008. Featuring a blend of established and emerging writers, the anthology shows how Irish writers are embracing new methods of theatre-making to explore exciting new themes – while also finding new ways to come to terms with...
Book cover of Valiant, He Endured

Valiant, He Endured

17 Sci-Fi Myths of Insolent Grit

by George Donnelly, Michael DiBaggio, Allan Davis
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2016

From the 1898 Martian Siege of Baltimore to a forlorn AI attack dog on the blue-star-scarred surface of MZ458-C and from the merc-manned Freestead Mayflower off the coast of post-apocalyptic Portland to the man-desperate shores of the Red Sea, here are seventeen science fiction stories of valiant...
Book cover of Imagining Liberty: Volume 1
by Ahmed Khalifa, Michael DiBaggio, Jack McDonald Burnett
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2016

From the streets of Cairo in the midst of the Arab Spring, to rebellions on distant planets, and from a daring rescue on a seastead-studded ocean to the gallows and grimy streets of 17th century London, here are ten short stories of liberty and revolution. Imagine...a world where independent...
Book cover of Signs of Power

Signs of Power

The Rise of Cultural Complexity in the Southeast

by David G. Anderson, Richard Jefferies, Jon L. Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010

Traces the sources of power and large-scale organization of prehistoric peoples among Archaic societies. By focusing on the first instances of mound building, pottery making, fancy polished stone and bone, as well as specialized chipped stone, artifacts, and their widespread exchange, this...
Book cover of The Bully Pulpit, Presidential Speeches, and the Shaping of Public Policy
by Grant Walsh-Haines, Marla J. Jarmer, Kevin R. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015

Issue framing is the way that people, especially politicians, get other people to view a particular problem or issue. By framing the issue in a particular way, the goal is to get people to think about the issue, to believe that an action is required and, most importantly, to believe that a particular...
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