Michael D : 1112 books

Policy and management decisions are often made on financial grounds. However, the economic value of the benefits that people derive from ecosystems, that is, ecosystem services, may not be fully recognised and hence ecosystem considerations may not be incorporated adequately into decision-making processes....

Spatial Regression Models illustrates the use of spatial analysis in the social sciences within a regression framework and is accessible to readers with no prior background in spatial analysis. The text covers different modeling-related topics for continuous dependent variables, including: mapping...

One of the horrors of the capitalist system is that slave labor, which was central to the formation and growth of capitalism itself, is still fully able to coexist alongside wage labor. But, as Karl Marx points out, it is the fact of being paid for one's work that validates capitalism as a viable...

July 1863 marked a turning point in the Civil War. In the east, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia met defeat at Gettysburg, while in the west Vicksburg fell, dividing the Confederacy. Hoosier eyes, however, were focused closer to home, as Confederate cavalry under General John Hunt Morgan crossed the...

In business, driving value is a key strategy and typically starts at the top of an organization. In today’s digital age, driving software value is also an important, and often overlooked, key strategy. Executives, and the corporate board, need to expect the highest level of business value from the...

Despite a brewing pedigree richer than Milwaukee or St. Louis, Cincinnati's role in American beer history is often underappreciated. Drawing on years of research, Michael D. Morgan, author of the award-winning Over-the-Rhine: When Beer Was King, tackles this subject with a fresh perspective. Complete...

   "Robobro" is an entertaining, sci-fi comedy adventure, featuring four young, broke L.A. dudes, the urban hip generation, who accidentally find a very unusual abandoned CIA project in a junkyard - a talking, half human robot.  When they bring it home and power it up, they soon discover...

Finalist: Action/Adventure - Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2012 Nominated: Best Cover - Global eBook Awards 2012 Nominated: Best Thriller - Global eBook Awards 2012 Drake's Coffin is the rousing adventure tale of a search for lost treasure in the jungle of Panama. It features...

*Abigail Knightley has never felt so sexually liberated. It all started with Ian the soldier before moving onto some domineering firemen. With her appetite growing and her soldier still not back in Birmingham the primary school teacher decides to meet someone else and explore some more of her fantasies...

On the first day of school, 10-year-old Charlie Applegate becomes friends with the new kid — Brian the Brain — an awkward boy with a photographic memory and a soaring I.Q. Lunar landings and the start of the space race give the boys plenty to think about, but soon there is a much more pressing...

Eli’s Creek, nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, has been pretty much the same since the gold rush days. The townsfolk, all descendants of Scandinavian gold miners, enjoy their quiet streets and picket fences and morning coffee at the pastry shop. Then Iraqi immigrant Omar Bishara moves...

Like many Native Americans, Ojibwe people esteem the wisdom, authority, and religious significance of old age, but this respect does not come easily or naturally. It is the fruit of hard work, rooted in narrative traditions, moral vision, and ritualized practices of decorum that are comparable in...

From Michael D McAuley author of the true story "Ice Cold Love" comes part one in the Naughty Knightley series. The first in a new line of erotic shorts, each story promising to be longer than the last. Abigail Knightley is a primary school teacher with something missing in her life, to be...

Handbook of Veterinary Neurology provides quick access to vital information on neurologic conditions in a wide range of species, including canine, feline, bovine, caprine, equine, ovine, and porcine. A problem-oriented approach makes it easy to diagnose and treat neurologic problems in small and large...