Pfister: 59 books
Getting Started with the Internet of Things
Connecting Sensors and Microcontrollers to the Cloud
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
What is the Internet of Things? It's billions of embedded computers, sensors, and actuators all connected online. If you have basic programming skills, you can use these powerful little devices to create a variety of useful systems—such as a device that waters plants when the soil becomes dry. This...
Affinity Online
How Connection and Shared Interest Fuel Learning
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018
How online affinity networks expand learning and opportunity for young people
Boyband One Direction fanfiction writers, gamers who solve math problems together, Harry Potter fans who knit for a cause. Across subcultures and geographies, young fans have found each other and formed community...
Charting an American Republic
The Origins and Writing of the Federalist Papers
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
With the American revolutionaries in discord following victory at Yorktown and the Paris Peace Treaty of 1783, the proposed federal Constitution of 1787 faced an uncertain future when it was sent to the states for ratification. Sensing an historic moment, three authors—Alexander Hamilton, James...
Human Remains
Guide for Museums and Academic Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2006
This edited volume contains valuable information for museums and academic institutions concerning the care and conservation of human remains. The editors provide all the essential information required concerning the curation of human remains, from oft posed ethical questions to storage and transport...
Photographic Guide to the Birds of India
And the Indian Subcontinent, Including Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutanh, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka & the Maldives
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Periplus is proud to present the first comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of the Indian subcontinent. This ebook offers over 800 species and distinct sub-species and contains over 1,000 full-color photographs. Each species has a distribution map. Many of the photographs in this magnificent...
by Gerald R. Gems, Gertrud Pfister
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Since the nineteenth century the USA has served as an international model for business, lifestyle and sporting success. Yet whilst the language of sport seems to be universal, American sports culture remains highly distinctive. Why is this so? How should we understand American sport? What can we learn...
America Writes Its History, 1650-1850
The Formation of a National Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
By turns irreverent, sympathetic and amusing, America Writes Its History, 1650–1850 adds to the public discourse on national identity as advanced through the written word. Highlighting the contributions of American writers who focused on history, the author shows that for nearly 200 years writers...
by Fred Pfister
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Written by a local author, this guide is filled to the brim with insider information on everything from the top fishing sites to seasonal festivals and the best places to eat, sleep, and play.
The World Is Mine
Accumulation. Inspiration.
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
The ?rst home picture in the book is the point at which I welcomed my original inspiration. I saw that house with all the yard embellishment and thought, The owner is so happy and content. It just beamed with The world is mine. I have everything I want! The remaining pictures were taken within a five-mile...
The Creation of American Law
John Jay, Oliver Ellsworth and the 1790s Supreme Court
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2018
With the Constitutional Convention in 1787, America was set on a course to develop a unique system of law with roots in the English common law tradition. This new system, its foundations in Article III of the Constitution, called for a national judiciary headed by a supreme court—which first met...
by Pfister, Oskar
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Innovation and Consolidation in Aviation
Selected Contributions to the Australian Aviation Psychology Symposium 2000
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
This unique book expands the contribution of aviation psychology and human factors to the aviation industry within the Asia Pacific region, with participation from many other parts of the globe, and key local and international experts, developing the safety, efficiency and viability of the industry....
Managing Organizational Culture for Effective Internal Control
From Practice to Theory
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009
In times of economic and financial crises, the content of this book rings true. Drawing from interviews with executives, senior managers and/or auditors from renowned companies (eBay, Google, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Levi Strauss & Co., Microsoft, Novartis and many others) and theory from fields...
by Thomas Pfister, Martin Schweighofer, André Reichel
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Sustainability as a reference frame for dealing with the interconnection of environmental, economic and social issues on a global scale is not only characterized by complex problems and long-term strategies but also by differences and disagreements with regard to its meanings and how they should be...