David Brooks: 40 books
Programming in HTML and PHP
Coding for Scientists and Engineers
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
This concise and accessible textbook will enable readers to quickly develop the working skills necessary to solve computational problems in a server-based environment, using HTML and PHP. The importance of learning by example (as opposed to simply learning by copying) is emphasized through extensive...
Past Trends and Future Prospects of the American City
The Dynamics of Atlanta
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2009
Atlanta's experience over the past 15 to 20 years is reflective of many cities, particularly those in the south and west. Thus, the story of how and why Atlanta has changed is informative for cities in general. What accounts for the positive turn-around of the city of Atlanta? What can other cities...
by Brooks, David A.
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
This book contains over 50 short stories based on the authors' experience as a Public Defender in the California Gold country, many of which are set in the historic mining town of Foresthill. The Sierra foothills are full of historic towns inhabited by aging Vietnam vets, present day miners, pot growers,...
by Simon Brooks, Keith Cuthbertson, David G. Mayes
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Originally published in 1986. This helpful text sets out what appears to make exchange rates change and shows how these various factors contribute to an explanation of the past. It considers the problems of providing satisfactory forecasts of the exchange rate while presenting the methods used, outlining...
by Scott Schang, Leila B. Azari, Nicholas Bianco
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Few if any people think the Clean Air Act is the optimal legislative solution to climate change; but it is a powerful tool that is being used sometimes despite the prevailing political will. To address this reality, this volume calls on the best writing from the most often-cited environmental law journal...
Porcupine
Poetry, Art, Short stories
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2017
Anthology of poetry, art, and short stories from 23 contributors across the globe.
Web-Teaching
A Guide to Designing Interactive Teaching for the World Wide Web
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
This book delves into a review of current research, active learning strategies, Web courseware, metacognition, strategies for Web discussions, promoting student self-regulation, building interactive Web pages, basic HTML coding, managing Web sites, using databases, automated testing, and security...
by David B. Brooks
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
An interest in the minor metals – termed "minor" as their annual production is relatively small – had been developing for many years. This study, first published in 1965, examines patterns of supply that can be identified as underlying the production of minor metals, and then uses these...
Web-Teaching
A Guide to Designing Interactive Teaching for the World Wide Web
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2007
Based on the author's experience using computers and multimedia in teaching large, multisection courses, this groundbreaking text demonstrates how teaching professionals at all levels of instruction can use `paperless' electronic dialoguing to dramatically improve classroom instruction. The book explains...
The Unified Learning Model
How Motivational, Cognitive, and Neurobiological Sciences Inform Best Teaching Practices
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
This is a book about how humans learn. Our focus is on classroom learning although the principles are, as the name of this book indicates, universal. We are concerned with learning from pre-school to post-graduate. We are concerned with most bu- ness, industrial and military training. We do not address...
by Keith Brooks , David Byrd, Mark Harper
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2011
This is a step-by-step manual, with explanation from installation and upgrading, to the development and management of Quickr, to what-to-do-next when you finally have everything set up. It discusses problems that you might face while upgrading to the latest version. The authors show you how to get...
Serving with Honor
Under a Cloak of Silence
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
I wanted to change my life so I joined the military during a time when gays were not welcomed. While joining the military brought me out of a challenging situation, it was the beginning of a difficult journey. A journey I was able to navigate, but so many others were not so fortunate.
Serving with...