John Nicholas: 104 books
by John Baily, Michelle Bigenho, Caroline Bithell
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2008
Over the past twenty years, a range of radical developments has revolutionized musicology, leading certain practitioners to describe their discipline as 'New.' What has happened to ethnomusicology during this period? Have its theories, methodologies, and values remain rooted in the 1970s and 1980s...
Free Speech On Trial
Communication Perspectives on Landmark Supreme Court Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
Describes landmark free speech decisions of the Supreme Court while highlighting the issues of language, rhetoric, and communication that underlie them.
At the intersection of communication and First Amendment law reside two significant questions: What is the speech we ought to protect, and...
Social Networking and Impression Management
Self-Presentation in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Social Networking and Impression Management: Self-Presentation in the Digital Age, edited by Carolyn Cunningham, provides original research on key issues in the field of identity management and social networking sites. The contributors to this volume draw on current research in the field and offer...
Physical Asset Management
With an Introduction to ISO55000
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2015
Significantly extended from the first edition and published in response to the new international standard ISO55000, this book on physical asset management (2nd Ed.) presents a systematic approach to the management of physical assets from concept to disposal. It introduces the general principles of...
by John Purcell, Nicholas Kinnie, Juani Swart
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2008
Do human resource management practices actually work? This timely and engaging volume examines the links between people management practices and organizational performance. Focusing on the implementation and impact of HR strategies, the book puts forward a model, which draws attention to:
The...
Higher Education as a Bridge to the Future
Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents, with Reflections on the Future of Higher Education by Dr. J. Michael Adams
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
This volume assembles the papers, presentations, and speeches from the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) held in Oxfordshire in 2015. This book is a companion volume to the proceedings of the 1965 inaugural meeting of IAUP, also published by...
by John M. Nicholas, Herman Steyn
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Project Management for Engineering, Business and Technology, 5th edition, addresses project management across all industries. First covering the essential background, from origins and philosophy to methodology, the bulk of the book is dedicated to concepts and techniques for practical application....
Doing Business In Latin America
Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Success in today's globalized business environment requires deep knowledge of varied areas, and the willingness to engage in commerce not just across geographic areas, but cross-culturally and environmentally as well. *Doing Business in Latin America *offers an in-depth look at a complex region, integrating...
Business Opportunities in the Pacific Alliance
The Economic Rise of Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
This book provides a solid overview of trade and business opportunities in the Pacific Alliance, focusing on the key drivers of economic growth and development in Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Mexico. It addresses the political, economic, and social benefits that accrue when commerce and markets are...
by Arthur C. Nelson, Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer, James C. Nicholas
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
This book addresses market demand-based permitting and building planning in municipalities and counties. It reviews implications for property rights, protecting the local economy, and preventing development in excess of market needs. The book shows how market demand-based planning and permitting could...
by Nicholas Deakin, John Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2005
Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, policy for inner city regeneration underwent a transformation from a reliance on central and local government activity and the use of public funds, to a much heavier dependence on private sector activities and private investment. In The Enterprise Culture and...
Violence
Humans in Dark Times
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
There are a number of anthologies on violence, but none exist as presented in this conversational interview format, which provides a meaningful and sophisticated introduction into the most cutting-edge thinking on the problem of violence in the contemporary world.
The market for this book includes...
by John Paul Nicholas
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Stars at Night is a delightful little story that will give
the readers a good feeling both of themselves
and the world about them, teaching them to know and
love the wonders of God's creation.
Computer Animation Complete
All-in-One: Learn Motion Capture, Characteristic, Point-Based, and Maya Winning Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
A compilation of key chapters from the top MK computer animation books available today - in the areas of motion capture, facial features, solid spaces, fluids, gases, biology, point-based graphics, and Maya. The chapters provide CG Animators with an excellent sampling of essential techniques that...