William Luis: 14 books
Literary Bondage
Slavery in Cuban Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
In the nineteenth century, the Cuban economy rested on the twin pillars of sugar and slaves. Slavery was abolished in 1886, but, one hundred years later, Cuban authors were still writing antislavery narratives. William Luis explores this seeming paradox in his groundbreaking study Literary Bondage, asking...
Clubhouse Confidential
A Yankee Bat Boy's Insider Tale of Wild Nights, Gambling, and Good Times with Modern Baseball's Greatest Team
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Clubhouse Confidential is the explosive, inside story of Yankees players and managers by a bat boy who saw it all
You are invited to come behind the closed doors of the Yankees' clubhouse for the ride of your life in this intimate memoir about the team's recent glory years and the superstars...
USA Noir
Best of the Akashic Noir Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
"All the heavy hitters...came out for USA Noir...an important anthology of stories shrewdly culled by Johnny Temple."
--New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)
One of Zoom Street Magazine's Favorite Books of 2014
Indie Books Roundup #1 Pick, Barnes & Noble Book Blog
Included...
by Lederman Daniel; Maloney William F. ; Serven Luis
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2004
Analyzing the experience of Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Lessons from NAFTA aims to provide guidance to Latin American and Caribbean countries considering free trade agreements with the United States. The authors conclude that the treaty raised external trade and foreign...
Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota
Volume 4, Ecosystem-Based Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute’s landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated...
by Felipe Pérez Cervantes, William Allan Biese Decker, Luis Antonio Cortés Moreno
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 29, 2019
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 29, 2019
Incluye boletines y circulares de la Comisión de Principios de Contabilidad del IMCP Esta edición incluye nueva normatividad: - NIF B-11, Disposición de activos de larga duración y operaciones discontinuadas. - NIF E-1, Actividades agropecuarias. - Mejoras a las Normas de Información Financiera 2019.
Collaborative Resilience
Moving Through Crisis to Opportunity
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
Case studies and analyses investigate how collaborative response to crisis can enhance social-ecological resilience and promote community reinvention.
Crisis—whether natural disaster, technological failure, economic collapse, or shocking acts of violence—can offer opportunities for collaboration,...
Presidencialismo y sistema político
México y los Estados Unidos
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 24, 2016
Este volumen reúne seis estudios de distinguidos historiadores y politólogos mexicanos y estadunidenses y de un italiano, en los que se analiza la evolución histórica e institucional del presidencialismo en México y en Estados Unidos, a la luz de su función en el sistema político.
Power Electronics Handbook
Devices, Circuits and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
Power electronics, which is a rapidly growing area in terms of research and applications, uses modern electronics technology to convert electric power from one form to another, such as ac-dc, dc-dc, dc-ac, and ac-ac with a variable output magnitude and frequency. Power electronics has many applications...
After Prisons?
Freedom, Decarceration, and Justice Disinvestment
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
As recently as five years ago mass incarceration was widely considered to be a central, permanent feature of the political and social landscape. The number of people in U.S. prisons is still without historic parallel anywhere in the world or in U.S. history. But in the last few years, the population...
by Luis Vaz de Camões, William Atkinson
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2007
First published in 1572, The Lusiads is one of the greatest epic poems of the Renaissance, immortalizing Portugal's voyages of discovery with an unrivalled freshness of observation.
At the centre of The Lusiads is Vasco da Gama's pioneer voyage via southern Africa to India in 1497-98. The first...
Statistical Intervals
A Guide for Practitioners and Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Describes statistical intervals to quantify sampling uncertainty,focusing on key application needs and recently developed methodology in an easy-to-apply format
Statistical intervals provide invaluable tools for quantifying sampling uncertainty. The widely hailed first edition, published in...
Spirit Lovers
A collection of five erotic stories
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
A collection of five erotic paranormal stories to delight any taste!
Stories include:
The Incubus Candle: The candle was a large and faithful representation of a phallus. It wasn't the kind of thing Lauren would normally buy, but it would be a talking point for the girly evening she'd...
by William Q. Meeker, Luis A. Escobar
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
Amstat News asked three review editors to rate their top five favorite books in the September 2003 issue. Statistical Methods for Reliability Data was among those chosen.
Bringing statistical methods for reliability testing in line with the computer age This volume presents state-of-the-art,...