Jacob: 2030 books
Failing in the Field
What We Can Learn When Field Research Goes Wrong
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
All across the social sciences, from development economics to political science departments, researchers are going into the field to collect data and learn about the world. While much has been gained from the successes of randomized controlled trials, stories of failed projects often do not get told....
Precedents and Case-Based Reasoning in the European Court of Justice
Unfinished Business
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Past cases are the European Court of Justice's most prominent tool in making and justifying the rulings and decisions which affect the everyday lives of more than half a billion people. Marc Jacob's detailed analysis of the use of precedents and case-based reasoning in the Court uses methods such...
Ending Poverty in America
How to Restore the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
**An “**engrossing collection of rigorously researched articles” from Elizabeth Warren, Jared Bernstein, William Julius Wilson, and more (Publishers Weekly).
Can the wealthiest nation in the world do anything to combat the steadily rising numbers of Americans living in poverty—or the...
by Jacob Palmont
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2015
With the onset of YouTube, the entire scenario on the Internet has changed. Technology hasmade it a lot easier to reach out to the large number of viewers with a personalized message.YouTube is the most popular website where millions of entrepreneurs can upload videos andgive a demo to viewers to...
The Big Book of Nature Activities
A Year-Round Guide to Outdoor Learning
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
The average child can identify over one thousand corporate logos, but only ten native plants or animals—a telling indictment of our modern disconnection from nature. Soaring levels of obesity, high rates of ADHD, feelings of stress and social awkwardness, and "Nature Deficit Disorder" are further...
by Jacob Viner
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
In this book, originally published in 1937, Jacob Viner traces, in a series of studies of contemporary source-material, the evolution of the modern orthodox theory of international trade from its beginnings in the revolt against English mercantilism in the 17th and 18th centuries, through the English...
by Jacob Basimanebotlhe Malatji
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
The times we live in somehow encourage instantaneous obtainment of things at the expense of and utter disregard to hard work, patience and know-how. The author in this book echoes the disadvantage of the financially illiterate as that of being vulnerable to those trusted to have their best interest at...
by Jacob Oluwatayo Adeuyan
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
Jacob Oluwatayo Adeuyan is a Geologist by profession and received his education at Kiev University -Ukrane, graduated with Bachelor of Science Exploration Geology in 1971. Worked with the Federal Government of Nigeria from 1971 - 1978 and retired to form his own Engineering Firm - Geotek (Nig) Engineering...
One-Party Classroom
How Radical Professors at America's Top Colleges Indoctrinate Students and Undermine Our Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009
“David Horowitz has single-handedly exposed the intellectual corruption that exists within the classrooms of American colleges. Like all forms of corruption, indoctrination flourishes when kept in the dark. Here, Horowitz turns on the bright lights to expose what has become profoundly wrong with...
Resistance to Innovation
Its Sources and Manifestations
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
Every year, about 25,000 new products are introduced in the United States. Most of these products fail—at considerable expense to the companies that produce them. Such failures are typically thought to result from consumers’ resistance to innovation, but marketers have tended to focus instead...
The Terrorist's Dilemma
Managing Violent Covert Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2013
How do terrorist groups control their members? Do the tools groups use to monitor their operatives and enforce discipline create security vulnerabilities that governments can exploit? The Terrorist's Dilemma is the first book to systematically examine the great variation in how terrorist groups are...
Fringe Science
Parallel Universes, White Tulips, and Mad Scientists
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Scientific experts explore the ideas behind the hit TV show.
Fringe Science delves into the science, science fiction, and pseudoscience of Fringe with a collection of essays on everything from alternate universes to time travel to genetically targeted toxins, as well as discussions on the show’s...
Treasure Daily Readings
A Four-Week Study on Faith and Money
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Whether you are in plenty or in want, money has a direct connection to your values, your faith, and the health of your relationships. It’s no wonder that in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus presented a radical message about our “treasure” and our hearts.
In this four-week study,...
Favorite Fairy Tales (The Three Little Pigs, The Three Bears, The Wolf and the Seven Kids)
Illustrated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
We are happy to introduce you to the new collection of «Favorite Fairy Tales», which consists of «The Three Little Pigs», «The Three Bears», «The Wolf and the Seven Kids». The tales are told by Joseph Jacobs, Robert Southey, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and illustrated by Viktoriya Dunayeva.