Laura La Bella: 25 books

This volume offers a concise overview thatﾒs perfect for young readers who are just learning about economics. A basic overview of supply and demand breaks down the concept with clear explanations of each aspect, using concrete examples to which readers of the focus age group can relate and understand....

With simple examples that are easy to relate to, this basic review of some of the building blocks of economics will help readers easily grasp the concepts. With language that is conversational without being too casual, readers are engaged throughout as they learn about not only these basic concepts but...

This book introduces readers to the fascinating, bustling, wheeling-dealing world of commodities trading, revealing the amazing journey that ends with juice in our glass, bread on our tables, and gas in our tanks, and money in the pockets of savvy traders. A history of commodity trading relates the...

This volume offers a concise overview that’s perfect for young readers who are just learning about economics. A basic overview of supply and demand breaks down the concept with clear explanations of each aspect, using concrete examples to which readers of the focus age group can relate and understand....

Big data is a dynamic field that finds businesses and organizations capturing massive amounts of information at an alarming speed, all of which will be analyzed and used to help make important decisions. A data engineer creates the massive reservoirs needed to collect big data. These IT professionals...

Internships and volunteer positions offer young people a unique opportunity not only to test their interest in, and aptitude for, certain career paths but to also begin the process of career building in their desired fields. In a time of economic hardship and a tight job market, having the kind of...

The world of IT is ever changing, with new operating systems, software packages, and hardware equipment introduced at a breakneck speed. Technical analysts provide the computer database support for organizations and their users. They implement upgrades, perform computing system maintenance and testing,...

We rarely stop to think about who creates websites, how they are designed, what goes into their maintenance, and when they are updated with new information or software. The ease with which all of this takes place is seamless to the user. The people who make this possible are Web Developers. The Web...

With simple examples that are easy to relate to, this basic review of some of the building blocks of economics will help readers easily grasp the concepts. With language that is conversational without being too casual, readers are engaged throughout as they learn about not only these basic concepts but...

Many women have broke the glass ceiling of sports, including tennis star Serena Williams, race car driver Danica Patrick, and soccer player Abby Wambach. These women have fought hard to reach the summit of their sports, and many women in sports continue to fight to be taken seriously or to be paid...

In the popular mind, the Great Recession was caused by misguided investment banking practices, a burst real estate bubble, and plummeting housing values. All of this is accurate, yet it fails to highlight another underlying, insidious cause of the economic collapse; consumer credit and debt. In the...

Sports fitness and medicine professionals play a crucial role in the lives and careers of athletes. This book is an indispensable, resource-rich, comprehensive guide to the field of sports medicine, including information on education requirements, internships, training, career advancement, work environments,...

The lives and careers of the two founders of Apple, Inc., are explored in this entrepreneurial biographic account. From humble beginnings, their lives as individuals and as a team tie together the narrative of the maverick company that brought the public the Apple I and II computers in the 1970s and...

This biography follows Internet and television innovator Jason Kilar from the family vacation in Florida's Disney World that sparked his interest in customer service when he was still a child, to his rise through the ranks of two of the most intriguing and successful new media companies: Amazon and...