Watkins: 458 books

A straightforward guide to inventing, patenting, and technology commercialization for scientists and engineers Although chemists, physicists, biologists, polymer scientists, and engineers in industry are involved in potentially patentable work, they are often under-prepared for this all-important...

Risk assessment is at the heart of risk management, and the two together form the core competences of information security management. This title is a guide to the ISO27001 risk assessment, designed to assist asset owners and others who are working within an ISO27001/ISO17799 framework to deliver...

When this mother asked God why her son, God answered by showing up and moving in some of the darkest and most difficult situations that she and her son had to face. For ten years, as this mother and son endured the sometimes harsh, big-business, uncaring organization of todays incarceration system,...

As young children, three sibling decided they would change their names based on their perspective on life. So, Today Could Be The Day; I’m Just Waiting On God, and Help Me names established. One night the sibling each gets a dream from God to climb their ladder dreams. They decide to climb their...

There has never been a Portfolio Management Guide like this. It contains 186 answers, much more than you can imagine; comprehensive answers and extensive details and references, with insights that have never before been offered in print. Get the information you need--fast! This all-embracing guide...

The Birmingham Barons were a charter member of the old Southern League in 1885. Built in 1910, Rickwood Field, longtime home of the Barons, is recognized as the oldest surviving, professional baseball park in the nation. The Barons now play at the newly remodeled Regions Park in Hoover, Alabama. In spite...

Over 634 million acres of the United States -- nearly a million square miles -- are federally owned. These American Lands is both a history and a celebration of that inheritance. First published in 1986, the book was hailed by Wallace Stegner as "the only indispensable narrative history of the public...

During the 1920s and early 1930s, the people of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia were living, thinking, and working as their forefathers had done for centuries. Their resistance to change extended to most areas of their lives, including their archaic way of speaking, the low position of women...

Young people today are tech-savvy, confident, and positive. They are also stressed, anxious, and depressed. One in four young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 has a diagnosable mental illness, and the number is growing. So what is the problem and how can we help? A motivating story of triumph...

Sport and Exercise Science: An Introduction provides a broad-based foundation in the major areas that underpin the scientific study of sport and exercise science, thus helping undergraduate students to develop a sound understanding of human anatomy, physiology, nutrition, metabolism, biomechanics...

As increasing global economic disparities, violence, and climate change provoke a rising tide of forced migration, many countries and local communities are responding by building walls—literal and metaphorical—between citizens and newcomers. Up Against the Wall: Re-imagining the U.S.-Mexico Border...

This Mediterranean island of Cyprus is the mythological birthplace of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, and the country’s stunning beauty makes it easy to see why it’s a popular tourist destination. With lots of sunshine and a coastline of white sandy beaches, the relaxed atmosphere of South Cyprus...

Ireland's Suffragettes is a collection of biographical essays introducing the suffragettes who influenced Ireland's struggle for women's rights. Many of the women were political activists, while others became militant suffragettes between 1912 and 1914. The struggle of these suffragettes is different...

Situated in the heart of Southeast Asia, the tiny island nation of Singapore blends the contemporary high tech modern world with a rich history and a multicultural heritage.  Singapore is one of Asia’s most famous and popular destinations for business or pleasure.     TABLE...