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by John J. Mearsheimer
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2003
"A superb book....Mearsheimer has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the behavior of great powers."—The National Interest, Barry R. Posen
A decade after the cold war ended, policy makers and academics foresaw a new era of peace and prosperity, an era in which...
The "Dead Sea Scrolls"
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2012
Since they were first discovered in the caves at Qumran in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have aroused more fascination--and more controversy--than perhaps any other archaeological find. They appear to have been hidden in the Judean desert by the Essenes, a Jewish sect that existed around the time of...
Leading with Passion
10 Essentials for Inspiring Others
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Effective, passionate leadership requires many things. In Leading With Passion,/i>, John Murphy outlines ten elite leadership essentials. Combine these key factors and you have a means to inspire and lead with passion. Soon you'll find that not only are you performing better as a leader, but your...
by Stephan R. Leimberg, John J. McFadden
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2013
Written by experts Stephan Leimberg and John McFadden, The Tools & Techniques of Employee Benefit and Retirement Planning, 13th edition, applies the trusted “Tools and Techniques” approach to this complex area, making it simple for you to confidently guide your clients through even the most complex...
Anticipatory Systems
Philosophical, Mathematical, and Methodological Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Robert Rosen was not only a biologist, he was also a brilliant mathematician whose extraordinary contributions to theoretical biology were tremendous. Founding, with this book, the area of Anticipatory Systems Theory is a remarkable outcome of his work in theoretical biology.
This...
by John P. Bartkowski, Gary C. Bryner, John J. Callahan
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2003
In their introduction, the editors of New Ways of Doing Business assert that in retrospect, it will be apparent that today's government, that of the early years of the 21st century, "was undergoing its most significant transformation since the decade of the 1930's when direct government-delivered...
When Hull Freezes Over
Historic Winter Tales from the Massachusetts Shore
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
The peninsular community of Hull, Massachusetts, reaches a total of seven thin, sandy miles into Boston Harbor, forming a protective barrier against intruding navies and pounding waves. Unfortunately for those residents who choose to live here for the three miles of crescent-shaped beach and its attendant...
Across the Board
The Mathematics of Chessboard Problems
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
Across the Board is the definitive work on chessboard problems. It is not simply about chess but the chessboard itself--that simple grid of squares so common to games around the world. And, more importantly, the fascinating mathematics behind it. From the Knight's Tour Problem and Queens Domination...
Lean Integration: An Integration Factory Approach to Business Agility
An Integration Factory Approach to Business Agility
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
Use Lean Techniques to Integrate Enterprise Systems Faster, with Far Less Cost and Risk By some estimates, 40 percent of IT budgets are devoted to integration. However, most organizations still attack integration on a project-by-project basis, causing unnecessary expense, waste, risk, and delay....
The Impacts of Research and Development Expenditures
The Relationship Between Total Factor Productivity and U.S. Gross Domestic Product Performance
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
The research underlying this volume was designed to test the theory of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in contemporary context. Developed by Nobel Prize-winning economist, Robert Solow, in the 1950s, TFP has been applied by many economists to investigate the relationships among capital, labor, and...
by John J Eddleston
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
The people whose stories are told in this volume all had one thing in common. All of them were accused of taking the life of at least one other person, faced a trial for that crime, and were sentenced to hang by the neck until they were dead. Some, such as John Silk, who beat his mother to death,...
by John J Eddleston
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
This book tells the story of every murder which took place in Manchester during the twentieth century and which ended in the execution of the person found guilty of the crime and who went on to pay the ultimate penalty of death by hanging at the end of a rope. Some cases are well-known, such as those...
The Supreme Court of the United States
A Student Companion
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2006
This completely revised and updated third edition to the Young Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States (1994) and The Supreme Court of the United States, second edition (2001) contains a complete, A-to-Z encyclopedia of the Supreme Court, its history, and current operations. This third...
Essential Facebook Development
Build Successful Applications for the Facebook Platform
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
With more than 250 million active users, Facebook is the world’s #1 social networking platform. But developing successful Facebook applications presents unique challenges, both technical and nontechnical. Now, two of the world’s most experienced Facebook developers show you exactly how to meet those...