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Mechanics of Materials 14 reviews
Ferdinand P. Beer, Jr., E. Russell Johnston, ...
McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2005
Mech Engineering
This book was required for my Mechanics of Materials course in my major of Mechanical Engineering. The readings and examples are pretty straight forward and easy to understand. SuperSaving shipping rocks!
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Course in General Linguistics (Open Court Classics) 9 reviews
Ferdinand la Saussure, Roy Harris
Open Court, 1998
A must for any English Major!!!
If you need to know the foundation of structuralism then you need to read this book. This is where it all begins and the translation of this edition flows well and is perfect for the beginner and novice alike.
One problem with this translation that potential readers should be aware of: If you are reading this to get a better understanding of the terms used by structuralists (signifier and ...
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The Story of Ferdinand68 reviews
Munro Leaf
Viking Juvenile, 1936
A Classic
What a lovely classical story of peace. Ferdinand is a peaceful bull who loves to lie in the meadow and smell flowers. He gets stung by a bee at exactly the wrong moment (when the bullfighters are coming to pick a bull to take to the fights). So he is, of course, carted off to fight, since he is obviously the feistiest bull in the field. When he gets to the ring, no matter how mean the ...
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Harvard Business Review on Decision Making4 reviews
Peter Ferdinand Drucker, John Hammond, ...
Harvard Business School Press, 2001
Theory and Practice - advice from the leading minds.
There are several books from the Harvard Business Review that follow this simple format - essays on critical topics by the leading minds in the field compiled into a short book of around 200 pages. One of these critical topics is Decision Making. That topic is the focus of this book. There are hundreds of books on management, strategy, leadership, etc. but not many are purely dedicated to ...
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Wide Angle: National Geographic Greatest Places15 reviews
Ferdinand Protzman
National Geographic, 2005
photo book
I bought this for my parents for a house warming gift. It is the typical high quality photography associated with National Geographic. Only weakness is that being so large it seems to not be bound extremely well. Has to be handled carefully. Very good.
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Harvard Business Review on Knowledge Management (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series)12 reviews
Peter Ferdinand Drucker, David Garvin, ...
Harvard Business School Press, 1998
If KM seems expensive, try ignorance
I read this book when it was first published in 1998 and recently re-read it, curious to see how well it has held up since then. It has done so to a remarkable extent.
Again, I am reminded of Derek Bok's observation "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."
This is one in a series of several dozen volumes which comprise the "Harvard Business Review Paperback Series." Each ...
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Coaching for Improved Work Performance, Revised Edition 20 reviews
Ferdinand F. Fournies
McGraw-Hill, 1999
Must Have....
As a certified Life Coach and State Farm Agent this book is a MUST HAVE for any leader who wants to understand and improve workplace performance. Buy it already!
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Managing Oneself (Harvard Business Review Classics) (Harvard Business Review Classics) (Harvard Business ...2 reviews
Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Harvard Business School Press, 2008
Self Help for People on the move
I set this book apart from typical management books, because this one provides basic step by step, concrete steps that someone needs to take in order to get a handle on "oneself".
I couldn't put this one down, and gleamed much wisdom from it. I would almost call this book "Drucker's personal insight on how to manage your life"
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics w/CD-ROM3 reviews
Ferdinand P. Beer, Jr., E. Russell Johnston, ...
McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2006
Superb
This book is great for self learning!, most of the theorems are explained in a very good way (a little too good and normally a little to hard to understand the first time) the examples are clear and the exercises are neither easy nor difficult (well some of them are difficult, but not all of them).
I already had 2 teachers that told me they learned from this book... it's true that almost all the ...
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Journey to the End of the Night (New Directions Paperbook)94 reviews
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
New Directions, 2006
travel is useful
[...] In solitude a young woman lies on her bed reading and underlining line after line by Louis-Ferdinand Céline. Like the one that begins with "Travel is useful, it exercises the imagination." The electronic letter glides idly by the currents of the Mississippi, until it reminds itself that it is charged with a responsibility and therefore must make its delivery to the other side of the ...
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The Gold Standard MCAT with Online Practice MCAT CBTs (The Gold Standard MCAT) (Gold Standard Mcat)2 reviews
Brett Ferdinand
MCAT-prep.com, 2007
Yeah, MCAT CBTs!
Excellent science teaching/review, only pertinent information, below average verbal section (simply not in depth enough), very good writing sample advice/review, three very realistic challenging practice MCAT CBTs (which really is the only format you should practice with). I would give the book 4 and 1/2 stars but it was not an option.
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Work: The World in Photographs 8 reviews
Ferdinand Protzman
National Geographic, 2006
A powerful tribute to the world of work makes for an exceptional celebration.
Cultural writer Ferdinand Protzman explores some of the world's finest images of men, women and children at work, packing in almost two hundred images spanning some 150 years from the beginnings of photography to modern times. Eighty top photographers from around the world are featured - and some aren't even affiliated with National Geographic, either - making for a collection celebrating all ...
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Who Was Ferdinand Magellan?2 reviews
S. A. Kramer
Grosset & Dunlap, 2004
Who Was Ferdinand Magellan?
As an adult I thought the story was very intriging and exciting. This was
a Magellan that was never protrayed in history books of yore. The drawings were absolutely beautiful, full of so much detail and interesting features. This book makes a marvelous present for children
learning about history. After reading this book, I can't believe that
Hollywood has never made a movie about Magellan!
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The Gold Standard new MCAT CBT Deck of Flashcards (Science Review), 2008-2009 Ed.
Dr Brett L. Ferdinand
MCAT-prep.com, 2007
Are you tired of memorizing hundreds of facts that would never be tested on the real MCAT? There are many companies that are happy to have you memorize names of dead scientists or the structures of all 20 alpha amino acids and much more. The Gold Standard has a different approach. George Bernard Shaw once apologized to a friend for having written a long letter; he said he did not have enough time to write a short letter! The Gold Standard has ...
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Cold Cream: My Early Life and Other Mistakes1 review
Ferdinand Mount
Bloomsbury, 2008
A five-star autobiography but just one reservation!
Ferdinand Mount has written a five-star autobiography, but I have just one reservation about it despite having enjoyed it immensely.
Mr Mount 'jumps about' rather too much. The ultra-long chapters don't deal consecutively with aspects of his fascinating life. For example, the sad account of his mother's too-early demise is followed much later with episodes where the lady is alive again, and ...
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The Last Jew39 reviews
Noah Gordon
St. Martin's Griffin, 2002
Sad but wonderful story!
This is one of the best books I've read in a while. The setting is fascinating and terrifying - the Spanish inquisition. While the inquisition is a continual backdrop - especially the first half of the book - the book is not really about the horrors of the inquisition in the blood and gore sense. Yes, there are some passages about the brutality, but this book is at its core a deep character ...
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Harvard Business Review on Breakthrough Thinking7 reviews
Teresa Amabile, Dorothy Leonard, ...
Harvard Business School Press, 1999
Any one article worth far more than the cost of the book
This is one in a series of several dozen volumes which comprise the "Harvard Business Review Paperback Series." Each offers direct, convenient, and inexpensive access to the best thinking on the given subject in articles originally published by the Harvard Business School Review. I strongly recommend all of the volumes in the series. The individual titles are listed at this Web site: ...
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics
Ferdinand P. Beer, Jr., E. Russell Johnston, ...
McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2006
The new Eighth Edition of Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Beer/Johnston series. Continuing in the spirit of its successful previous editions, the Eighth Edition provides conceptually accurate and thorough coverage together with a significant addition of new problems, including biomechanics problems, and the most extensive media resources available. Text comes with an outstanding media package which ...
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The Big Book of Painting Nature in Watercolor (Practical Art Books)13 reviews
Watson-Guptill, 1990
Watercolor Painting for the Beginning Artist
By profession I am a scientist, but I have always had an interest in the visual arts. Only in the last few years have I had much time to devote to such endeavors and even then it has been rather catch as catch can. My main interest in art is in the capture of natural images (I took scientific illustration in college), but I appreciate the fact that art and stark realism may express somewhat ...
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Classic Drucker: From the Pages of Harvard Business Review4 reviews
Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Harvard Business School Press, 2008
Simplicity on the other side of complexity
To me, one of Peter Drucker's greatest strengths as a business thinker is his ability to cut to the proverbial "bone" when sharing an insight about an especially complicated subject. This unique talent illustrates what Oliver Wendell Holmes meant when observing that he didn't "care a fig about simplicity on this side of complexity" but greatly admired simplicity "on the other side of ...
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