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Language
English
Description
In his memoir, Marlantes relates his combat experiences in Vietnam and discusses the daily contradictions warriors face in the grind of war, where each battle requires them to take life or spare life. He also underscores the need for returning veterans to be counseled properly.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the author's unconventional marriage to her Harvard-educated publishing editor husband, describing how their sophisticated world crumbled with the deterioration of his mental health before his death revealed unexpected secrets.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
182 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
We have a lot of expectations about people based on their gender, and when someone doesn't fit into those expectations it can become difficult to handle, and perhaps even lead to hostility. But chances are you've met one (or more) transgender person, and not even been aware of it. Erickson-Schroth and Jacobs debunk the most common myths and misperceptions about transgender issues, bringing together medical, social, psychological and political aspects...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
x, 737 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. In "Golden Holocaust", Robert N. Proctor draws on reams of formerly-secret industry documents to explore how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. He paints a harrowing picture of...
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
"Preface This book focuses on a positive emotional approach in product, service, and system design and emphasizes aesthetics and enjoyment in user experience. This book provides dissemination and exchange of scientific information on the theoretical and practical areas of affective and pleasurable design for research experts and industry practitioners from multidisciplinary backgrounds, including industrial designers, emotion designer, ethnographers,...
Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
"This handbook provides a comprehensive collection of knowledge for emerging multidisciplinary research areas such as cybersecurity, IoT, Blockchain, Machine Learning, Data Science, and AI. This book brings together in one resource Information security across multiple domains. Information Security Handbook addresses the knowledge for emerging multidisciplinary research. It explores basic and high-level concepts, serves as a manual for industry, while...
Author
Publisher
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers/Elsevier
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxiv, 407 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Smart object technology, sometimes called the Internet of Things, is having a profound impact on our day-to-day lives. Interconnecting Smart Objects with IP is the first book that takes a holistic approach to the revolutionary area of IP-based smart objects. Smart objects are the intersection of networked embedded systems, wireless sensor networks, ubiquitous and pervasive computing, mobile telephony and telemetry, and mobile computer networking....
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Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxxii, 419 pages)
Language
English
Description
Womenaccomplish nearly two-thirds of total work around the world(including household duties), comprise one-third of the formal labor force, but women receive one-tenth of the world's income and own only one-hundredth of the world's property. Entrepreneurship is a vehicle for advancing the lives of women around the world. This book brings together49distinguished entrepreneurship scholars to provide a unique global vision of the wellbeing of women entrepreneurs...
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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (227 pages)
Language
English
Description
A primer for families of high net worth on how to manage their qualitative and financial wealth for generations The second edition of this foundational work, Complete Family Wealth: Wealth as Well-Being provides proven tools and best practices for families of means to use in maturing, maintaining, and managing personal and legacy wealth long into the future. The book is divided into three parts: the "what"--What is meant by family, wealth, and enterprise;...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"All the tools needed to perform a thorough risk assessment-whether you're working in insurance, forensics, engineering, or public safetyRisk analysis is the method of analyzing the dangers to individuals, businesses, and government agencies posed by potential natural and man-made hazards. The central task of the risk assessor is predicting the success of a project. This includes isolating the entire spectrum of adverse events that can derail a project...
Author
Publisher
Sybex, a Wiley brand
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Prepare for success on the IAPP CIPP/US exam and further your career in privacy with this effective study guide - now includes a downloadable supplement to get you up to date on the 2022 CIPP exam! Information privacy has become a critical and central concern for small and large businesses across the United States. At the same time, the demand for talented professionals able to navigate the increasingly complex web of legislation and regulation regarding...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
A value management framework designed specifically for banking and insurance The Value Management Handbook is a comprehensive, practical reference written specifically for bank and insurance valuation and value management. Spelling out how the finance and risk functions add value in their respective spheres, this book presents a framework for measuring - and more importantly, influencing - the value of the firm from the position of the CFO and CRO....
Publisher
O'Reilly
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xx, 320 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Most of the high-profile cases of real or perceived unethical activity in data science aren't matters of bad intent. Rather, they occur because the ethics simply aren't thought through well enough. Being ethical takes constant diligence, and in many situations identifying the right choice can be difficult. In this in-depth book, contributors from top companies in technology, finance, and other industries share experiences and lessons learned from...
Author
Publisher
Wiley-ISTE
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (286 pages)
Language
English
Description
This series of books collects a diverse array of work that provides the reader with theoretical and applied information on data analysis methods, models, and techniques, along with appropriate applications. Volume 1 begins with an introductory chapter by Gilbert Saporta, a leading expert in the field, who summarizes the developments in data analysis over the last 50 years. The book is then divided into three parts: Part 1 presents clustering and regression...
20) Inbound organization: how to build and strengthen your company's future using inbound principles
Author
Publisher
John Wiley
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"Use inbound principles to build and strengthen your companys future Were in a major shift in a fundamental aspect of how businesses grow, how buyers purchase, and how businesses build meaningful conversations and customer relationships. Companies who align their mission, strategies, action plans, and tools with the way buyers think, learn, discover, and purchase will have a huge competitive advantage. Organizations need to adjust their mindset and...
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