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ReMaking History, Volume 1, 1st Edition
Author William Gurstelle
William Gurstelle begins his remarkable journey through history with this volume, Early Makers. Each chapter examines a remarkable individual or group of people from the past whose insights and inventions helped create the world we live in. What sets this series ap....
Release Date 2016/07 -
Author Christopher Chuck
Biofuels for Aviation: Feedstocks, Technology and Implementation presents the issues surrounding the research and use of biofuels for aviation, such as policy, markets, certification and performance requirements, life cycle assessment, and the economic and technica....
Release Date 2016/06 -
Author Patrick Fagan
In this insightful, engaging and entertaining book, you will learn the amazing secrets of effective communication gleamed in recent years from neuroscience and behavioural economics. You’ll discover 8 simple rules that you can effectively, simply apply to your busi....
Release Date 2016/05 -
Regression for Economics, Second Edition
Author Shahdad Naghshpour
Regression analysis can be used to establish causal relationships between factors and the response variable. However, in order to be able to do so, economic theory must be used to provide the causal relationship and then regression analysis is applied to verify the....
Release Date 2016/05 -
Author J. Bradford DeLong , Stephen S. Cohen
an excellent new book” Paul Krugman, The New York TimesHistory, not ideology, holds the key to growth.Brilliantly written and argued, Concrete Economics shows how government has repeatedly reshaped the American economy ever since Alexander Hamilton’s first, foun....
Release Date 2016/02 -
Handbook of Media Economics, vol 1A
Author David Stromberg , Joel Waldfogel , Simon P. Anderson
Handbook of Media Economics provides valuable information on a unique field that has its own theories, evidence, and policies. Understanding the media is important for society, and while new technologies are altering the media, they are also affecting our understa....
Release Date 2016/01 -
A Practical Guide to Indie Game Marketing
Author Joel Dreskin
Learn how to market for your indie game, even with a small budget and limited resources.For those who want to earn a regular income from making indie games, marketing can be nearly as vital to the success of the game as the game itself. A Practical Guide to Indie ....
Release Date 2015/12 -
The Economics of Civil and Common Law
Author Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi
Law is supposed to encourage innovation, morality, and conformity with societal expectations, yet it may provides perverse incentives causing individuals, or even the State, to act in discordant, inefficient, and even immoral ways. This book will explore the ineffi....
Release Date 2015/11 -
What High-Potential Young Managers Want
Author Otto Scharmer , Thomas Graf , Jie Cao , Burak Koyuncu , Monika Hamori
The authors conducted two surveys, yielding responses from more than 1,200 young professionals, and had 18 in-depth interviews to examine the work behaviors and experiences of early-career, highly skilled employees. They found that young professionals have short av....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Author Carol F. Roullard , Brian Matsumoto
In this book, authors Brian Matsumoto and Carol F. Roullard offer a wealth of experience-based information and insights on the Sony a7 II, a full frame, autofocus system camera. This guide will help the new owner navigate past the confusion that often comes wi....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Author Margaret Pugh O'Mara
What is the magic formula for turning a place into a high-tech capital? How can a city or region become a high-tech powerhouse like Silicon Valley? For over half a century, through boom times and bust, business leaders and politicians have tried to become "the next....
Release Date 2015/02 -
Author DK
The Economics Book clearly and simply explains more than one hundred groundbreaking ideas in economics, from the earliest experiences of trade to global economic crises.Using easy-to-follow graphics and artworks, succinct quotations, and thoroughly accessible text,....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Mathematical Statistics for Applied Econometrics
Author Charles B Moss
An Introductory Econometrics TextMathematical Statistics for Applied Econometrics covers the basics of statistical inference in support of a subsequent course on classical econometrics. The book shows students how mathematical statistics concepts form the basis of e....
Release Date 2014/10 -
Asset Rotation: The Demise of Modern Portfolio Theory and the Birth of an Investment Renaissance
Author Matthew P. Erickson
An all-weather, tactical approach to asset management utilizing Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)In Asset Rotation, portfolio management pioneer Matthew P. Erickson demonstrates a time-tested approach to asset management that has worked throughout the history of capital ....
Release Date 2014/07 -
Basel III Liquidity Regulation and Its Implications
Author Janine Mukkudem-Petersen , Mark Petersen
Liquidity involves the degree to which an asset can be bought or sold in the market without affecting its price. The 2007 to 2009 financial crisis was characterized by a decrease in liquidity and necessitated the introduction of Basel III capital and liquidity regul....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Emerging Markets in an Upside Down World: Challenging Perceptions in Asset Allocation and Investment
Author Jerome Booth
The world is upside down. The emerging market countries are more important than many investors realise. They have been catching up with the West over the past few decades. Greater market freedom has spread since the end of the Cold War, and with it institutional cha....
Release Date 2014/04 -
The Basics of Financial Econometrics: Tools, Concepts, and Asset Management Applications
Author Svetlozar T. Rachev , Frank J. Fabozzi , Markus Hoechstoetter , Sergio M. Focardi
An accessible guide to the growing field of financial econometricsAs finance and financial products have become more complex, financial econometrics has emerged as a fast-growing field and necessary foundation for anyone involved in quantitative finance. The techniq....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Volume III, Work and Wellbeing
Author Peter Chen , Cary Cooper
Part of the six-volume reference set Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, this volume is a comprehensive look at wellbeing in the workplace at organizational, managerial, and individual levels.Discusses the implications of theory and practice in the field of workp....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Volume II, Wellbeing and the Environment
Author Elizabeth Burton , Rachel Cooper , Cary L. Cooper
Part of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, this volume examines the ways in which the built environment can affect and enhance the wellbeing of society.Explores the effects of environment on wellbeing and provides insight and guidance for designin....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Volume I, Wellbeing in Children and Families
Author Cary L. Cooper , Susan H. Landry
This is a wide-ranging look at the factors which positively and negatively affect the wellbeing of children and families.Discusses core developmental competencies for later life, the role of the family, the impact of different settings, and factors associated with l....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Author Marilee G. Adams
Igniting the Love of Learning In response to educators who are already fans of her bestseller Change Your Questions, Change Your Life, Marilee Adams, the originator of Question Thinking, presents a compelling model for creating a classroom environment infused with ....
Release Date 2013/09 -
Learning to Photograph - Volume 1
Author Georg Banek , Cora Banek
The two volumes of the Learning to Photograph series give students and interested amateur photographers essential information about technique and design as well as an understanding of the big concepts of photography. This first volume brings readers up to speed on t....
Release Date 2013/08 -
Author John C. Pezzullo , PhD
Score your highest in biostatisticsBiostatistics is a required course for students of medicine, epidemiology, forestry, agriculture, bioinformatics, and public health. In years past this course has been mainly a graduate-level requirement; however its application is....
Release Date 2013/07 -
Author Roberto Pedace
Score your highest in econometrics? Easy.Econometrics can prove challenging for many students unfamiliar with the terms and concepts discussed in a typical econometrics course. Econometrics For Dummies eliminates that confusion with easy-to-understand explanations o....
Release Date 2013/06 -
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis
Author Ben S. Bernanke
Ben Bernanke's history of the Federal Reserve and its response to the 2008 financial crisisIn 2012, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, gave a series of lectures about the Federal Reserve and the 2008 financial crisis, as part of a course at George....
Release Date 2013/02 -
Author Brian Matsumoto Ph. D , Carol F. Roullard
The Sony Alpha NEX-7: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide provides a wealth of experience-based information and insights for owners of this exciting new camera. Authors Carol F. Roullard and Brian Matsumoto team up to help the new user navigate past the confusion fa....
Release Date 2012/11 -
Canon EOS 5D Mark III For Dummies
Author Robert Correll
The ideal reference to Canon's EOS 5D Mark III for professionals and serious hobbyistsThe Canon EOS 5D Mark III offers professional photographers and advanced amateurs a wide range of top-flight dSLR capabilities. Canon users love For Dummies guides, with more than....
Release Date 2012/08 -
No One of Us is as Strong as All of Us: Services, catalogs and portfolios
Author Dan McLean
Stories in transforming ITIL® best practice into operational success – the second book of the series has arrived! Fresh from tackling incidents, changes and problems in The ITSM Iron Triangle , Chris is back in this fantastic follow-up title. High-performing IT orga....
Release Date 2012/08 -
Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy
Author Vanita Agarwal
Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy provides students with comprehensive coverage of all the essential concepts of macroeconomics. A balanced approach between theoretical and mathematical aspects of the subject has been adopted to ensure ease and clarity in learning.....
Release Date 2012/08 -
Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital Field Guide
Author Charlotte K. Lowrie
Guides readers step-by-step through the functions on their new Canon EOS 5D Mark IIIThe Canon EOS 5D Mark III features an impressive 22.3 megapixels, a 3.2-inch LCD screen, 6 fps continuous shooting, Live View, an ISO range of 50 to 102,400 and full HD 1080 resoluti....
Release Date 2012/07