M Scott: 440 books

The first comprehensive analysis of a strategically located ceremonial center on the island of Puerto Rico. The prehistoric civic-ceremonial center of Tibes is located on the southern coast of Puerto Rico, just north of the modern coastal city of Ponce. Protected on two sides by a river, and...

Ask Your Gynecologist was written for all of the women who cannot find the information they need to answer their questions about their bodies. Drs. Thornton and Schramm examine the most commonly asked questions and give valuable insight and advice about everything related to gynecology, including...

A solid understanding of MRI physics is essential for both residents and practicing radiologists, and Duke Review of MRI Physics Principles: Case Review Series, 2nd Edition, provides practical applications, board-style self-assessment questions, and clinically relevant cases in a high-yield, easy-to-digest...

When the brain suffers an injury, the effects can be delayed and unpredictable. Cerebrospinal fluid can slowly build up, causing dangerously high levels of intracranial pressure (ICP), and the brain tissue can be displaced into adjacent compartments, resulting in cerebral herniation syndrome (CHS)....

Developed by leading experts in developmental and behavioral pediatrics, the all-new AAP Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics gives one place to turn for expert recommendations to deliver, coordinate, and/or monitor quality developmental/behavioral care within the medical home. The one resource...

One person in four in the industrialized countries suffers from hyperuricemia and is therefore at risk of developing gouty arthritis, nephrolithiasis, or any of the other consequences of urate deposition. At present, far too little is known about urate deposition and the mechanisms by which it occurs,...

Are the day-to-day pressures of your business preventing your organization from reaching its full potential?  If you are spending the bulk of your time and energy streamlining your operations - squeezing more output from your resources, shaving costs, or pressing for speed – you are risking...

When a bug sleeping on a jug is chased by a frog, he has to jump to get away. But then that frog (who’s sleeping on a log) is in for a similar surprise! He’s attacked by a cat…who needs to jump away from a dog…and on it goes, until not even a shark is free from getting a little fright! Building...

“Who better to raise teens’ awareness of mental illness and health than the YA authors they admire?” —Booklist (starred review) “[A] much-needed, enlightening book.” —School Library Journal (starred review) Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson,...

First in a new fantasy series from the author of the Novels of the Half-Light City. Entangled in a court ruled by tradition and intrigue, a young witch must come to terms with newfound power and desire—and a choice between loyalty and survival.… The royal witches of Anglion have...

The true story of the vicious Chicago underworld from a New York Times bestselling author. With a contract out on his life, Nicholas "Nicky Breeze" Calabrese turned government witness and revealed the truth about the murders of a notorious Mob enforcer and his brother-culminating in a criminal case that would challenge the Mob from the street to the highest seats of power.

☆亞馬遜年度10****大好書 ☆《公司》雜誌好評推薦 ** ** 應用破壞性創新的思維架構，有系統檢視產業訊號 分辨機會與衝擊，預測賽局的變化方向 五大產業深入解析，見證產業創新的策略演進 避免落入看不見顛覆、看不懂趨勢的敗部循環   市場冒出新服務，只是曇花一現、無法長久的噱頭，還是即將顛覆市場的新勢力？ 新技術出現，是機會還是威脅？誰會受害、誰將得利？又將如何改變產業的發展？許多破壞性創新一開始都非常不起眼，該如何判斷後續衝擊？   判斷趨勢，需要有系統的思考架構 ** ** 克里斯汀生是全球最受推崇的創新大師，他的破壞性創新理論是《經濟學人》評為有史以來最重要的六大管理著作之一，尤其當今無一產業不面臨被科技顛覆的威脅。   本書是克里斯汀生以破壞性創新理論為觀察環境與思考策略的架構，從外而內，幫助經理人及早辨識出新技術的衝擊方向，預測產業變化，選定企業在未來競爭中的最有利位置，分為三大部分：   辨識產業變化跡象：知道該注意什麼，就能在即將改變產業的企業崛起之前，看出端倪。 評估競爭戰役：攻擊者與在位者的近身肉搏戰，誰的勝算高？ 影響交戰結果的策略選擇：掌握把賽局扳向對自己有利的方法，對抗挑戰者。   同時以教育、航空、半導體、醫療保健與電信產業為例，深入分析破壞力量如何改變產業、攻擊者如何掐住在位企業的咽喉，透過實際的案例，幫助每個企業思考什麼是威脅？什麼是機會？什麼創新是沒有用？如何在產業成長中掌握商機？   即使沒有受過產業訓練的經理人，也可以應用這套架構，更清晰的思考創新，見微知著，擬定策略。   華碩電腦董事長...

This important volume documents events and routines defined as public relations practice, and serves as a companion work to the author's The Unseen Power: Public Relations which tells the history of public relations as revealed in the work and personalities of the pioneer agencies. This history...

Let's face it. No one makes it on their own in this world. Let the 7 Secrets to Surviving College guide you along your education journey. The seven secrets shared between these pages are the components to a successful college experience not taught in the traditional high school classroom or found...