David W: 792 books
Sports Training Principles
An Introduction to Sports Science
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
This is the new, fully revised, sixth edition of this ultimate reference tool for all coaches responsible for training athletes to fulfill their performance potential. Written by world-renowned and highly sought after coach and President of the European Athletics Coaches Association, Frank W. Dick,...
The Chief HR Officer
Defining the New Role of Human Resource Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2011
Praise for the chief HR Officer
"The strategic portfolio of issues addressed and the sage wisdom and perspectives shared make this book a powerful transformation tool." —Jodee Kozlak, executive vice president, Human Resources, Target Corporation
"An up-to-the-minute...
Enterprise Architecture As Strategy
Creating a Foundation for Business Execution
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2006
Does it seem you’ve formulated a rock-solid strategy, yet your firm still can’t get ahead? If so, construct a solid foundation for business execution-an IT infrastructure and digitized business processes to automate your company’s core capabilities. In Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating...
by David Lei, John W. Slocum
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
While scores of strategic management books have been written, many books fail to take into consideration the influences that shape and constrain managers’ ability to formulate and execute well-thought out strategies. Demystifying Your Business Strategy acknowledges and harnesses those influences,...
Athena Rising
How and Why Men Should Mentor Women
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Increasingly, new employees and junior members of any profession are encouraged-sometimes stridently-to "find a mentor!" Four decades of research reveals that the effects of mentorship can be profound and enduring; strong mentoring relationships have the capacity to transform individuals...
Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 2
Animal breeding and nutrition
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
Pig meat is the most widely-consumed meat in the world. Previous growth in production has relied, in part, on more intensive systems. In meeting rising demand, these systems face challenges such as the ongoing threat of zoonotic diseases, the need to improve feed efficiency in the face of rising costs,...
Fantastic Stories Presents: Fantasy Super Pack #1
With linked Table of Contents
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present thirty-two wonderful tales of fantasy in this completely revised second edition text. More than seven hundred and fifty pages for your reading pleasure. Escape today! 'Immortal' by Shariann Lewitt; 'The Thing in the Attic' by James Blish;...
INTERGALACTIC ENTERPRISE: 60+ Space Sci-Fi Novels in One Edition
Intergalactic Wars, Alien Attacks & Space Adventures: Space Viking, The War of the Worlds, A Voyage to Arcturus, A Martian Odyssey, Galactic Patrol, Triplanetary, Journey to Venus…
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2018
This meticulously edited Sci-Fi Collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Jules Verne: From the Earth to the Moon Around the Moon Off on a Comet H. G. Wells: The War of the Worlds Percy Greg: Across the Zodiac Gustavus W. Pope: Journey to Mars Journey...
A Whisper of Blood
Stories of Vampirism
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
This “toothy follow-up to Datlow’s first-rate Blood Is Not Enough” offers “admirably inventive variations on vampirism” (Kirkus Reviews).
Featuring stories by Jonathan Carroll, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Robert Silverberg, A Whisper of Blood is a “consistently engrossing anthology”...
Research Design
Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
This bestselling text pioneered the comparison of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research design. For all three approaches, John W. Creswell and new co-author J. David Creswell include a preliminary consideration of philosophical assumptions; key elements of the research process; a review...
Technology in America
A History of Individuals and Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2018
The new edition of a popular collection that traces the history of American invention from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley.
This volume traces the history of American technology—its inventions and inventors—from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley. The...
Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization
Exploring the Fandemonium
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Identity and socialization among sports fans are burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of scholars in the social sciences and beyond. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, is an eclectic collection of new studies from...
by Virginia H. Dale, Catherine L. Kling, Judith L. Meyer
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010
Since 1985, scientists have been documenting a hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico each year. The hypoxic zone, an area of low dissolved oxygen that cannot s- port marine life, generally manifests itself in the spring. Since marine species either die or ee the hypoxic zone, the spread of hypoxia reduces...
by Matthew Wisnioski, Humera Fasihuddin, Leticia Britos Cavagnaro
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019
A critical exploration of today's global imperative to innovate, by champions, critics, and reformers of innovation.
Corporate executives, politicians, and school board leaders agree—Americans must innovate. Innovation experts fuel this demand with books and services that instruct aspiring...