Roy: 2801 books
Transnational Commercial Law
International Instruments and Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Transnational commercial law represents the outcome of work undertaken to harmonize national laws affecting domestic and cross-border transactions and is upheld by a diverse spectrum of instruments. Now in its second edition, this authoritative work brings together the major instruments in this field,...
Communicating
A Social, Career, and Cultural Focus
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
This highly-regarded introduction to communication book offers a comprehensive blend of basic communication theory, research, and skills, with a strong emphasis on relationship communication (social), workplace (career), and intercultural communication (culture). Communicating introduces the basic...
by Helen E. Roy, Peter M. J. Brown, Richard F. Comont
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
This revised and updated edition of Ladybirds provides a succinct but comprehensive and accessible overview of the biology of ladybirds and their parasites, focusing on ecology in an evolutionary context. It provides the latest information, coverage of recent additions to the British list including the...
Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School of Political Economy
Resource Governance
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
Elinor (Lin) Ostrom was awarded the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for her pathbreaking research on "economic governance, especially the commons"; but she also made important contributions to several other fields of political economy and public policy. The range of topics...
GHG Emissions and Economic Growth
A Computable General Equilibrium Model Based Analysis for India
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Issues linking climate change and economic growth are now at the centre of discussions regarding development strategies especially in the context of developing countries. This book contributes by analyzing the relationship between economic growth and GHG emissions in India with explicit reference...
Water Vapor, Not Carbon Dioxide, Is Major Contributor to the Earth's Greenhouse Effect
Putting the Kibosh on Global Warming Alarmists
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Defining why carbon dioxide is not the major contributor to the earths greenhouse effect. In spite of the fact computer models used to support emission reductions required of the original Rio Treaty of 1992(1) and the Kyoto Protocol (2) resulted in warming increases that greatly exaggerated actual...
by Mohamed Alibi, Bhaskarjyoti Roy
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Configure, manage, and secure a CentOS 7 Linux server to serve a variety of services provided in a sustainable computer's infrastructure.
About This Book
Learn how to efficiently set up and manage a Linux server using one of the best suited technologies for this purpose, CentOS 7
Personalize...
Social Multimedia Signals
A Signal Processing Approach to Social Network Phenomena
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the state-of-the-art in understanding media popularity and trends in online social networks through social multimedia signals. With insights from the study of popularity and sharing patterns of online media, trend spread in social media, social network...
Tissue Economies
Blood, Organs, and Cell Lines in Late Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2006
As new medical technologies are developed, more and more human tissues—such as skin, bones, heart valves, embryos, and stem cell lines—are stored and distributed for therapeutic and research purposes. The accelerating circulation of human tissue fragments raises profound social and ethical concerns...
by Bernie MacIsaac, Roy Langton
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
Major changes in gas turbine design, especially in the design and complexity of engine control systems, have led to the need for an up to date, systems-oriented treatment of gas turbine propulsion. Pulling together all of the systems and subsystems associated with gas turbine engines in aircraft and...
by Roy MacGregor
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
The Screech Owls have come to the southern city of San Antonio, Texas, a surprising hotbed of American ice hockey. They are here to compete in the San Antonio Peewee Invitational, and between games can explore the fascinating canals that twist and turn through a maze of shops and restaurants in the...
Bridging Generations
Transitioning Family Wealth and Values for a Sustainable Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Why do 70% of family wealth transfers fail?
It’s a startling statistic. Years of blood, sweat and tears, passion and purpose poured into your endeavors. Instead of seeing those efforts bring value and benefit to the world and to future generations, more often than not what results is heartache,...
The Business of Android Apps Development
Making and Marketing Apps that Succeed on Google Play, Amazon Appstore and More
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013
The growing but still evolving success of the Android platform has ushered in a second mobile technology “gold rush” for app developers. Google Play and Amazon Appstore for Android apps has become the second go-to apps eco for today's app developers. While not yet as large in terms of number...
Binan Goonj
Bridging cultures in Aboriginal health
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2010
A newly-updated edition of the definitive textbook on Aboriginal Health issues
Binan Goonj, 3rd Edition: Bridging cultures in Aboriginal health is a comprehensive Indigenous health text which addresses key topics in a clear and accessible manner.
Thoroughly updated and revised, the...