L Wayne: 61 books
Mathletics
How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics in Baseball, Basketball, and Football (New in Paper)
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2012
Mathletics is a remarkably entertaining book that shows readers how to use simple mathematics to analyze a range of statistical and probability-related questions in professional baseball, basketball, and football, and in sports gambling. How does professional baseball evaluate hitters? Is a singles...
The Spalding Enigma
Investigating the Mysterious Origin of the Book of Mormon
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Readers' Edition
Where did The Book of Mormon come from? Who was Solomon Spalding and what connection did his manuscript have with Joseph Smith? To answer these questions, this book critically examines key historical documents, personal testimonies, and records of 19th-century Mormon history...
The Spalding Enigma
Investigating the Mysterious Origin of The Book of Mormon
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Expanded Scholars' Edition
Where did The Book of Mormon come from? Who was Solomon Spalding and what connection did his manuscript have with Joseph Smith? To answer these questions, this book critically examines key historical documents, personal testimonies, and records of 19th-century...
by Dr K. Evans, Dr Markus Kellerhals, Dr Amit Dhingra
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
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by Peter C. Whybrow, Sarah F. Brosnan, Darby Proctor
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Scholars from psychology, neuroscience, economics, animal behavior, and evolution describe the latest research on the causes and consequences of overconsumption.
Our drive to consume—our desire for food, clothing, smart phones, and megahomes—evolved from our ancestors' drive to survive....
Urbanism in the Preindustrial World
Cross-Cultural Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2009
A baseline study of the growth of preindustrial cities worldwide.
This work employs a subset of preindustrial cities on many continents to answer questions archaeologists grapple with concerning the populating and growth of cities before industrialization. It further explores how scholars differently...
by Kwen D. Griffeth, C. Wayne Winkle, Tierney James
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2019
Tales From Big Country is a wild west thrill ride brought to you by USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Amazon best-selling authors!
If you like westerns, historical fiction and action packed adventures, look no further! This thirteen-story collection, featuring work by national and international...
The Search Is On
The Wild Adventures of Lester and Dora
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
After being lost for almost a year in the wilderness a story told in A Wild Canadian Adventure Lester and Dora are back home in Troy, Montana. Nine months have gone by since their ordeal, its the end of the school year and Dora wants some excitement.
She finds it when her amulet starts vibrating,...
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition
Chicago Style for Students and Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
When Kate L. Turabian first put her famous guidelines to paper, she could hardly have imagined the world in which today’s students would be conducting research. Yet while the ways in which we research and compose papers may have changed, the fundamentals remain the same: writers need to have a strong...
Individual Positive Behavior Supports
A Standards-Based Guide to Practices in School and Community Settings
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Aligned with the Association for Positive Behavior Support’s Standards of Practice, this graduate-level text is an authoritative PBS primer for professionals preparing for work in educational and community-based settings. More than 60 leading scholars present the critical skills and knowledge...
by Wayne L. Misner
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2000
Men do listen! They don't feel! As they grow up an anesthetizing of feelings takes place. They're suppressing not only negative emotions, but also the positive emotions. This book is written for anyone who has been frustrated by male/female relationships and wants guidance in understanding the opposite...
Memoirs of a Ziegfeld Showgirl
A Gift from Nana
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
This story is about my grandmother and how life was during the late 1800's thru the 1920's. It begins with my grandmother at 93 years old and receiving a Christmas gift from her grandson, me. The gift was a journal for her to reflect on her life story. The family always heard of her Ziegfeld Follies...
by Reid L. Neilson, Wayne D. Crosby
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
In 1974, newly ordained prophet Spencer W. Kimball called for Latter-day Saints to “lengthen our stride.” When he delivered this landmark address, he encouraged all Latter-day Saints to think bigger, broader, and bolder about the ongoing globalization of the Church. Since President Kimball’s...
Political Communication
The Manship School Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
A new era of political power has arrived, one in which the social media forces of Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter indisputably play a larger role in the political process. In this revised and expanded edition of Political Communication: The Manship School Guide, edited by Robert Mann and David D. Perlmutter,...