David Siegel: 10 books
Leaders in the Shadows
The Leadership Qualities of Municipal Chief Administrative Officers
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
In most municipalities across Canada, the top public servant is the chief administrative officer (CAO) or city manager. Compared to elected politicians such as the mayor and the council, the work of a CAO is often overlooked and not well understood. In Leaders in the Shadows, David Siegel brings the...
Pull
The Power of the Semantic Web to Transform Your Business
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2009
The first clear guide to the Semantic Web and its upcoming impact on the business world
Imagine that, in 1992, someone handed you a book about the future of something called the World Wide Web. This book claimed that through a piece of software called a "browser", which accesses "web...
by David Siegel
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Adam Strulovitz was born in 1957, the year more children were born than any other year in American history. His story, however unique the details, is modern mans story: coming of age, trying to live up to his potential, and trying to find happiness. Adam knows no one is responsible for his well-being...
Blockbuster Science
The Real Science in Science Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
If you've ever wondered how much real science goes into movies like Gravity, novels like The Martian, and television shows like Doctor Who, this is the book for you. Written by an author who is both a data scientist and a science fiction writer, this entertaining and accessible book uses popular science...
by David S. Siegel, Susan Siegel
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
RADIO AND THE JEWS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF HOW RADIO INFLUENCED AMERICA'S IMAGE OF JEWS, 1920s-1950s
by David S. Siegel and Susan Siegel
From stereotypes to role models, the first comprehensive look at how Jews were portrayed on radio from the 1920s to the 1950s.
-- From struggling...
Blockheads!
Essays on Ned Block's Philosophy of Mind and Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2019
New essays on the philosophy of Ned Block, with substantive and wide-ranging responses by Block.
Perhaps more than any other philosopher of mind, Ned Block synthesizes philosophical and scientific approaches to the mind; he is unique in moving back and forth across this divide, doing so with...
After Snowden
Privacy, Secrecy, and Security in the Information Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Was Edward Snowden a patriot or a traitor?
Just how far do American privacy rights extend?
And how far is too far when it comes to government secrecy in the name of security?
These are just a few of the questions that have dominated American consciousness since Edward Snowden exposed the breath of...
Jewish Men Pray
Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day.
"An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary,...
by Jonathan Bendor, Daniel Diermeier, David A. Siegel
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
Most theories of elections assume that voters and political actors are fully rational. While these formulations produce many insights, they also generate anomalies--most famously, about turnout. The rise of behavioral economics has posed new challenges to the premise of rationality. This groundbreaking...
Therapeutic Feedback with the MMPI-2
A Positive Psychology Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Therapeutic Feedback with the MMPI-2 provides the clinician with empirically-based, practical information about how to convey the abundance of information in the MMPI-2 profile in a way that is collaborative, empathic, hopeful, and facilitates a therapeutic alliance. Readers will find this book to...