David Cohen: 71 books
by Charles M. Haar, John G. Wofford, David L. Kirp
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Metropolitanization and Public Services is third in a series on the governance of metropolitan regions which aims to explore the welfare and development of Metropolitan America. Originally published in 1972, this study discusses who decides which essential public services need to be provided within...
by Pijush K. Kundu, Ira M. Cohen, David R Dowling
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2011
Fluid mechanics, the study of how fluids behave and interact under various forces and in various applied situations—whether in the liquid or gaseous state or both—is introduced and comprehensively covered in this widely adopted text. Revised and updated by Dr. David Dowling, Fluid Mechanics, 5e...
by Pijush K. Kundu, Ira M. Cohen, David R Dowling
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2015
The classic textbook on fluid mechanics is revised and updated by Dr. David Dowling to better illustrate this important subject for modern students. With topics and concepts presented in a clear and accessible way, Fluid Mechanics guides students from the fundamentals to the analysis and application...
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Techstars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Practical advice from some of today's top early stage investors and entrepreneurs
TechStars is a mentorship-driven startup accelerator with operations in three U.S. cities. Once a year in each city, it funds about ten Internet startups with a small amount of capital and surrounds them with...
The Talent Edge
A Behavioral Approach to Hiring, Developing, and Keeping Top Performers
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2009
A practical step-by-step approach to hiring the right person.
Every hiring manager knows that the traditional hiring and interviewing process is a poor tool for predicting organizational fit and future on-the-job success. Behavioral interviewing can improve your chances of picking the right...
Antidemocracy in America
Truth, Power, and the Republic at Risk
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States. But the victories of the Obama administration hid from view fundamental problems deeply rooted in American social institutions and history. The election’s consequences...
by Jonathan McCollum, Keith Howard, Judah M. Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Theory and Method in Historical Ethnomusicology demonstrates various ways that new approaches to historiography––and the related application of new technologies––impact the work of ethnomusicologists who seek to meaningfully represent music traditions across barriers of both time and space....
A Eulogy for Nigger and Other Essays
The Second Notting Hill Editions Essay Prize Winners
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
This collection brings together the six international winners of the Notting Hill Editions £20,000 Essay Prize. From the coolly analytical to the impassioned winning entry 'A Eulogy for Nigger', these essays showcase the dazzling literary range of the form.
Why Study Talmud in the Twenty-First Century?
The Relevance of the Ancient Jewish Text to Our World
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2009
The Talmud is the repository of thousands of years of Jewish wisdom. It is a conglomerate of law, legend, and philosophy, a blend of unique logic and shrewd pragmatism, of history and science, of anecdotes and humor. Unfortunately, its sometimes complex subject matter often seems irrelevant in today's...
Selling Folk Music
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
Selling Folk Music: An Illustrated History highlights commercial sources that reveal how folk music has been packaged and sold to a broad, shifting audience in the United States. Folk music has a varied and complex scope and lineage, including the blues, minstrel tunes, Victorian parlor songs, spirituals...
by Allan R. Cohen, David L. Bradford
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Get what you need to achieve your objectives and produce results
Influence Without Authority is the classic guide to getting what you need from people you don't control. Getting things done requires collaboration, and convincing others to contribute requires political skill; this book introduces...
Inside the Box
Leading With Corporate Values to Drive Sustained Business Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2009
How to turn company values into competitive advantage
We are inclined, for whatever reason, to treat values like works of art. We view them as nice to hang on the wall, and beautiful to look at, but we don’t act as though they truly mean much to us in the real world. In fact, the opposite...
Diasporas
Concepts, Intersections, Identities
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Featuring essays by world-renowned scholars, Diasporas charts the various ways in which global population movements and associated social, political and cultural issues have been seen through the lens of diaspora. Wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, this collection considers critical concepts shaping...
The Women's Passover Companion
Women's Reflections on the Festival of Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
A powerful—and empowering—gathering of women’s voices transmitting
Judaism’s Passover legacy to the next generation.
The Women’s Passover Companion offers an in-depth examination of women’s relationships to Passover as well as the roots and meanings of women’s seders. This groundbreaking...