Andrew Bruce: 20 books
Practical Statistics for Data Scientists
50 Essential Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2017
Statistical methods are a key part of of data science, yet very few data scientists have any formal statistics training. Courses and books on basic statistics rarely cover the topic from a data science perspective. This practical guide explains how to apply various statistical methods to data science,...
Daily in His Presence
A Classic Devotional from One of the Most Powerful Voices of the Nineteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
In his time, Andrew Murray was alarmed by how few believers lived wholeheartedly for God and truly displayed to the world the abundant life promised by Jesus Christ. More than a century later, Christians are still living powerless, impoverished spiritual lives, and a media-savvy world dismisses the...
by Alec Baldwin, Bruce Beresford, Sandra Bernhard
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher*
Since the ancient Greeks, actor's have been society's storytellers. And ever since Hollywood first left the backlot, these storytellers have been traveling to far-flung corners of the world to tell those tales. We decided to ask some...
Synthetic Biology and Morality
Artificial Life and the Bounds of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013
A range of views on the morality of synthetic biology and its place in public policy and political discourse.
Synthetic biology, which aims to design and build organisms that serve human needs, has potential applications that range from producing biofuels to programming human behavior. The...
Teaching America
The Case for Civic Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
In Teaching America, more than 20 leading thinkers sound the alarm over a crisis in citizenship—and lay out a powerful agenda for reform. The book’s unprecedented roster of authors includes Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Senator Jon Kyl, Senator Bob Graham, Secretary Rod Paige, Alan Dershowitz,...
The Scots Kirk
An Oral History of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Scarborough
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1997
This is a long-awaited history of one of Metro Toronto’s most historic churches, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Scarborough, founded in 1818. This publication records the many memorable individuals to fill its pulpits and pews as well as stories of its associations, buildings and community...
Intelligence and the National Security Strategist
Enduring Issues and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2005
Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges presents students with a useful anthology of published articles from diverse sources as well as original contributions to the study of intelligence. The collection includes classic perspectives from the history of warfare,...
by Bruce Andrew Jones
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
This book was written and intended for teens and young adults to help guide those who are uncertain in their choices and decisions—good and bad. The author intended to show some of the things that can happen if you choose the wrong one and the consequences that result from both in the hopes that...
Collective Action in Organizations
Interaction and Engagement in an Era of Technological Change
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Challenging the notion that digital media render traditional, formal organizations irrelevant, this book offers a new theory of collective action and organizing. Based on extensive surveys and interviews with members of three influential and distinctive organizations in the United States - The American...
by Andrew J. Marshall, Bruce M. Beehler
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
The Ecology of Papua provides a comprehensive review of current scientific knowledge on all aspects of the natural history of western (Indonesian) New Guinea.
Designed for students of conservation, environmental workers, and academic researchers, it is a richly detailed text, dense with biogeographical...
by Andrew J. Marshall, Bruce M. Beehler
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
The Ecology of Papua provides a comprehensive review of current scientific knowledge on all aspects of the natural history of western (Indonesian) New Guinea.
Designed for students of conservation, environmental workers, and academic researchers, it is a richly detailed text, dense with biogeographical...
meQuilibrium
14 Days to Cooler, Calmer, and Happier
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
STRESS ISN’T THE PROBLEM. YOUR RESPONSE TO IT IS.
You can’t annihilate stress. But you can learn to manage it peacefully—and you don’t need to radically change your life to do so.
The powerful author team who crafted this book has the research to prove it—with more than a half dozen...
Teaching History with Big Ideas
Cases of Ambitious Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
In the case studies that make up the bulk of this book, middle and high school history teachers describe the decisions and plans and the problems and possibilities they encountered as they ratcheted up their instruction through the use of big ideas. Framing a teaching unit around a question such as...
The New Politics of the Old South
An Introduction to Southern Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
The New Politics of the Old South, Sixth Edition is available August 2017. Paperback ISBN 9781538100158
Now in its fifth edition, The New Politics of the Old South is the best and most comprehensive analysis and history of political behaviors and shifting demographics in America’s southern...
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