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Dyadic Data Analysis (Methodology In The Social Sciences)

3 reviews
David A. Kenny, Deborah A. Kashy, ...

The Guilford Press, 2006

Dyad analysis
I am very pleased with this book. It helps pull together the concepts I have read in articles written by Kenny

Tragically I Was an Only Twin: The Complete Peter Cook

6 reviews
Peter Cook

St. Martin's Press, 2003

Funny, I roared with laughter all the way through this book
Sad to see sort of so-so appraisals of Cook's work. In film he was often a genius too, I think of "The Wrong Box" (where, in fact, it's Peter Sellers that comes off a bit lame) or his brilliant portrayal of the psychotic British PM in "Whoops, Apocalypse!" I remember him explaining to his cabinet--deadpan-- that British industry is suffering because of sabotage by pixies. (Michael Moore should ...

The Traveling Salesman Problem: A Computational Study (Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics)

2 reviews
David L. Applegate, Robert E. Bixby, ...

Princeton University Press, 2007

Twenty years in the making
The coauthors have been working at solving large scale traveling saleman problem instances for more than 20 years. This book, along with the publicly available Concorde code, is the culmination of that twenty years of work. The first four chapters of the book (130 pages or so) are an extremely readable description of the use and history of the traveling salesman problem. For our field, the ...

August Garry Herrmann: A Baseball Biography

2 reviews
William A. Cook

McFarland, 2007

August "Garry" Herrmann Not just a book on Baseball
August "Garry" Herrmann A Baseball biography. "Just completed the book and found it great reading. The combination of sports, history and politics in a fast paced anecdotal style made for all the ingredients of a great story. I learned a lot and began to realize that as far as the Queen City is concerned, the more things change the more they remain the same. Just some of the characters. But ...

Player's Handbook: Core Rulebook I (Dungeons & Dragons d20 3.0 Fantasy Roleplaying)

382 reviews
Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, ...

Wizards of the Coast, 2000

3.0 is STILL better than 3.5
I wouldn't listen to anyone that claims the "new and improved" 3.5 is any bit "new and improved". 3.0 is truly the right blend of D&D tradition and sound game mechanics. 3.5 is a pile of garbage house-rules for actual D&D crafted by a new batch of "limited" designer minds. This book is D&D 3rd edition, no other.

The Medieval World View: An Introduction

1 review
William R. Cook, Ronald B. Herzman

Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

Medieval World View
This recently updated (2003) survey of Medieval history from about 0 AD to 1500 AD is by two long-time professors at the State University of New York, Cook and Herzman, who also tag team in a number of popular video lectures for The Teaching Company, which is where I first learned about them. This is easily one of the best surveys I have read, comparable with Morris Bishop's The Middle Ages, ...

King Of The Bootleggers: A Biography of George Remus
William A. Cook

McFarland, 2008

As a pharmacist turned lawyer turned master prohibition era bootlegger, George Remus is now remembered as one of the most notorious figures of the American prohibition. Even though he was a lifelong teetotaler, Remus built one of the nation's largest illegal liquor empires with little regard to disguises or secrecy. This biography tells the complete story of Remus' private life and public persona, focusing especially on the turbulent rise and ...

A Time to Know

3 reviews
William Cook

Netsource Dist Services, 2000

A Time to Know
A Time to Know is a powerful life journey that incorporates issues of politics, economics, and religion. William Cook starts out with a brief summary of his family history and brings it back to himself and his childhood. His blue collar back ground was particularly touching, especially when he discusses the symbols designed to separate humans across social class lines (i.e. size of houses, ...

The Faith of Nellie Morgan
Barbara Williams Cook

BC Dragon Press, 2004

The poverty ridden coal mining town of Aberdlan South Wales, is the birthplace of Eleanor Morgan. In 1911 the 15yr old is the towns only candidate for college. Her future crumbles when she is orphaned and left with no known relatives. Alone and penniless, Eleanor is forced to be a maid. Her employer is manager of the mine in which her father was killed. Dispite the tragedies bombarding her, Eleanor leans on her faith and becomes a living ...

Issues in Bioethics and the Concept of Scale (American University Studies: Series V, Philosophy)
William A. Cook

Peter Lang Publishing, 2008

Issues in Bioethics and the Concept of Scale arose from the authors deep and committed interest in ecology, moral philosophy, and medicine, and how they are interrelated. William A. Cook expands on the recognition that spatial and temporal scale characteristics are factors in the understanding and modeling of ecological systems and in decision-making around ecological and environmental issues, and introduces this dynamic to the field of ...

Worth the Wait
William Cook

Yadda Yadda Press, 2007

The kids in this charming picture book always seem to be waiting for something. But guess what? They love it! This bright, fun book proves to kids and adults alike that in a world where things may not always be as we'd like, there's always a positive tomorrow.

Arcadia...a Town That Time Forgot
William Cook

Empire Publishing, Inc., 2005

In the first half of the twentieth century, the small, isolated tobacco town of Arcadia existed quietly by the banks of the Elk River, in many ways still caught in the long, troubled aftermath of the Civil War. ...Author William Cook takes us back in time when tobacco was king in many towns across the rural South. Having grown up in such a place became the stimulus for him to wrie a book of fiction about life in a mythical town called Arcadia. ...

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