H J: 1789 books
The Squam Lake Report
Fixing the Financial System
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
In the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists--representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion--gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake. Their goal: the mapping of a long-term plan for financial regulation reform.
The Squam Lake Report distills the wealth of insights...
Critical Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies
Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2011
Critical Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies: Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy, edited by Thomas Maty-k, Jessica Senehi, and Sean Byrne, discusses critical issues in the emerging field of Peace and Conflict Studies, and suggests a framework for the future development of the field and the education...
The Developing Role of Islamic Banking and Finance
From Local to Global Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
This volume is designed to present a conceptual and practical illustration for the contemporary developing role of Islamic Banking and Finance components including Islamic Banking, Non Islamic Banking (Takaful and Financial Markets Tools and Products.) with stronger focus directed to the regulatory...
Policy, Professionalization, Privatization, and Performance Assessment
Affordances and Constraints for Teacher Education Programs
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
This volume reviews the background of mandated teacher performance assessment with an emphasis on policy, privatization, and professionalization. The authors discuss the potential impact of mandated teacher performance assessments on teacher education in the content areas of mathematics, English,...
by Peter C. Whybrow, Sarah F. Brosnan, Darby Proctor
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Scholars from psychology, neuroscience, economics, animal behavior, and evolution describe the latest research on the causes and consequences of overconsumption.
Our drive to consume—our desire for food, clothing, smart phones, and megahomes—evolved from our ancestors' drive to survive....
by A.J.H. Latham
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Rice: The Primary Commodity de-mystifies the trade, outlines its workings and the problems which confront it.
A.J. Latham outlines the history and cultivation of rice, and the research programmes which have done so much to revolutionise its production in recent years. Including case studies of the...
Energy and the Social Sciences
An Examination of Research Needs
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Originally published in 1974, this report dwells on the problems of meeting global energy demands and the time, effort and knowledge needed to research new energy methods. With rising costs, the uncertainty of supply from the Middle East and concern over the environmental impact of energy products,...
Higher Education Assessments
Leadership Matters
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
Higher Education Assessments: Leadership Matters reflects the work of a select group of researchers, scholars, and practitioners in higher education assessment with the goal of identifying strategies that assist senior campus leaders as they respond to the challenges of a changing economic landscape...
War, Media, and Propaganda
A Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004
This timely book presents a multifaceted look at war, media, and propaganda from international perspectives. Focusing on the media's role in global conflicts, prominent authors, journalists, scholars, and researchers provide an insightful overview of the impact of globalization on media practices....
by Pat Adams, American Association of Museums, Association of Science-Technology Centers
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
There has been, and continues to be, an explosion of interest in developing new small science centers that is changing the world of museums. This handbook is designed to be a one-stop source for future and current centers, and anyone interested in the important roles these institutions play in their...
by H. Vincent Poor, Narayan B. Mandayam, Ezio Biglieri
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Widely regarded as one of the most promising emerging technologies for driving the future development of wireless communications, cognitive radio has the potential to mitigate the problem of increasing radio spectrum scarcity through dynamic spectrum allocation. Drawing on fundamental elements of...
Cal et Giuse de Ter
Cal de Ter, T7
Language: French
Release Date: May 20, 2016
« Et puis la voix de HI, le grand ordinateur gestionnaire et véritable cerveau de la Base, qui répète inlassablement qu’on doit se rendre dans la salle de contrôle. Le choc enfin quand, encore en survêtement séchant, au sortir de la douche rééquilibrante, il nous annonce sans crier gare...
Fungi from Yuggoth - The Sonnet Cycle
Contextualized with a Selection of Other Lovecraft Poems - A Pulp-Lit Annotated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
Although he’s best known for his works of weird fiction, H.P. Lovecraft for most of his life considered himself primarily a poet. This cycle of 36 classic-form sonnets, infused with his trademark cosmic dread, represents the pinnacle of Lovecraft’s career as a poet, and it’s his most well-known...
by H.P. Lovecraft, Finn J.D. John
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2016
This is Volume One of a two-volume omnibus set comprising the complete fictional works of Howard Phillips Lovcecraft. Every story written for publication under his own name is included in this set, from 1917 through 1935. (Poems, ghost-written material and stories written in collaboration with other...