applications relationships international institutional

books:

The World's Water 2006-2007: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (World's Water)

3 reviews
Peter H. Gleick, Wolf Gary H., ...

Island Press, 2006

A gem for water studies
This is the first time I have seen "The World's Water" a bienniall report on the state of the planet's freshwaters and I have found what a gem of information it is. The individual essays on concrete aspects of freshwater in the world today refer to matters that are critical and current. The tables and statistics at the end of the book are up to date references that are extremely useful to gauge ...

Diary Of The Overland Trail 1849 And Letters 1849-50 Of Captain David De Wolf
David De Wolf

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007

This Article Is Contained In The Transactions Of The Illinois State Historical Society For The Year 1925.

Peace in the Promised Land: A Realist Scenario

1 review
David Hartman, Thomas Fleming, ...

Rockford Inst, 2005

A Timely and Eloquent Treatise
The conflict over Israel and Palestine is older than almost anyone reading this review. Many others before this group of authors had attempted to address this issue, and failed. And with each passing failure, the problem has grown more intractable. More importantly from the standpoint of the American interest, the political divide on this issue in the United States has grown ever wider. Merely ...

Revealing the Inner Worlds of Young Children: The MacArthur Story Stem Battery and Parent-Child Narratives

Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

This book reports the work of a 20-year collaboration between a multidisciplinary group of clinicians and developmental scientists who have created and investigated a new tool to elicit and analyze children's narratives. This tool is the MacArthur Story Stem Battery, a systematic collection of story beginnings that are referred to as 'stems.' These stems are designed to elicit information from children about their representational worlds. This ...

Digital Microscopy, Volume 81, Third Edition: Methods in Cell Biology

Academic Press, 2007

The previous edition of this book marked the shift in technology from video to digital camera use with microscope use in biological science. This new edition presents some of the optical fundamentals needed to provide a quality image to the digital camera. Specifically, it covers the fundamental geometric optics of finite- and infinity-corrected microscopes, develops the concepts of physical optics and Abbe's theory of image formation, presents ...

Foul! : The Connie Hawkins Story

14 reviews
David Wolf

Warner Paperback Library, 1972

On the short list of great sports books
David Wolf tells the story of the bittersweet life of basketball great Connie Hawkins to great effect in this fine book that is a biography and more. More because "Foul" recounts in detail the circumstances that led to Hawkins' longstanding ban from the NBA for his at best highly tenuous link to corruption in college sports. In telling the story, Wolf paints a damning picture of big-time sports, ...

The Family Mashber (New York Review Books Classics)
Der Nister

NYRB Classics, 2008

First time in Paperback The Family Mashber is a protean work: a tale of a divided family and divided souls, a panoramic picture of an Eastern European town, a social satire, a kabbalistic allegory, an innovative fusion of modernist art and traditional storytelling, a tale of weird humor and mounting tragic power, embellished with a host of uncanny and fantastical ?gures drawn from daily life and the depths of the unconscious. Above all, the ...

Clinical Engineering (Principles and Applications in Engineering)

CRC, 2003

A volume in the Principles and Applications in Engineering series, Clinical Engineering focuses on managing the deployment of medical technology and integrating it appropriately with desired clinical practices. It provides a description of the wide range of responsibilities clinical engineers encounter, describes technology management and assessment in detail, and reviews the standards and regulatory agencies of interest. Then the book details ...

Relationships that Work: The Power of Conscious Living

5 reviews
David Wolf

Mandala Publishing, 2008

Real progress
For many years now as I've read "self-help" or similar style books, in my mind I would have to reconcile statements the authors made with my own spiritual truths. One thing I loved about this book is the unusual depth and universality of it's spiritual understanding. This book explains how to apply that fresh spiritual understanding in practical ways for forging "real" relationships with ...

Visions of Wonder

6 reviews

Tor Books, 1996

A good mix of speculative fiction and scholarly articles.
This is a memorable collection. From new stories like "Blood Music" and "Bears Discover Fire" to classics like "The Girl Who was Plugged In," the stories are sometimes disturbing but always engrossing. The scholarly articles are insightful from an academic standpoint, especially "What do you mean, 'human'?" This is definitely a "keeper." If scholarly articles bore you, don't read them. But ...

Essentials of Electromagnetics for Engineering

2 reviews
David A. de Wolf

Cambridge University Press, 2000

Excellent book
I have compared quite a few books on electromagnetics, and this one is the most detailed and most honest presentation of electromagnetics at the introductory level I have found. This books definitely tops others in terms of content and clarity. I compared it to Field and Wave Electromagnetics by Cheng, Fundamentals of Engineering Electromagnetics by Cheng, Elements of Electromagnetics by ...

Educating Citizens: International Perspectives on Civic Values and School Choice

Brookings Institution Press, 2004

In the wake of the Supreme Court?s landmark ruling upholding school choice, policymakers across the country are grappling with the challenge of funding and regulating private schools. Towns, cities, and states are experimenting with a variety of policies, including vouchers, tax credits, and charter schools. Meanwhile, public officials and citizens continue to debate the issues at the heart of the matter: Why should the government regulate ...

Wolves of the High Arctic
International Wolf Center

Voyageur Press, 1992

USA Today wrote, "This lush follow-up to Mech's 1988 The Arctic Wolf documents five more summers intimately spent with a pack of Arctic wolves". Outdoor Life Book Club Selection and Nature Book Society Selection.

Burn Care (Vademecum)

1 review

Landes Bioscience, 1999

All Aspects of Burn Care Covered
The Vademecum series of medical handbooks is designed to be a convenient, carry-along range. As would be expected from a book compiled by one of the world's most respected burn centres, this small volume gives an excellent overview of current burn management. All aspects of burn management are covered, from pre-hospital care to final rehabilitation. Emanating as it does from a First-World burn ...

Visual Journeys: A Tribute to Space Artists

3 reviews
Tobias S. Buckell, Michael A. Burstein, ...

Hadley Rille Books, 2007

An Intriguing Concept Superbly Done
When I first ran across "Visual Journeys: A Tribute to Space Artists," I just had to buy it. As a part-time digital space artist and lifelong admirer of the works of such luminaries as Chesley Bonestell, Fred Freeman and Ludek Pesek, how could I resist? I figured that the artwork alone would be worth the price of the book even if the stories were disappointing--which I fully expected them to be, ...

Knowledge Generation and Technical Change: Institutional Innovation in Agriculture (Natural Resource ...

Springer, 2001

Knowledge generation and transfer mechanisms are being transformed in important and controversial ways. Investment in research and development has increased in response to recognition that scientific productivity is tightly connected to economic dynamism. Patent protection has been expanded in order to stimulate higher levels of private investment. Intellectual property rights held by public organizations and researchers are now ...

search for books
applications, electromagnetics, institutional, international, relationships

Impressum / about us