Randall: 1157 books
Living Well Now and in the Future
Why Sustainability Matters
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
A philosopher and a scientist propose that sustainability can be understood as living well together without diminishing opportunity to live well in the future.
Most people acknowledge the profound importance of sustainability, but few can define it. We are ethically bound to live sustainably...
Growing Greener
Putting Conservation Into Local Plans And Ordinances
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Growing Greener is an illustrated workbook that presents a new look at designing subdivisions while preserving green space and creating open space networks. Randall Arendt explains how to design residential developments that maximize land conservation without reducing overall building density, thus...
Write Great Code, Volume 1
Understanding the Machine
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
Today's programmers are often narrowly trained because the industry moves too fast. That's where Write Great Code, Volume 1: Understanding the Machine comes in. This, the first of four volumes by author Randall Hyde, teaches important concepts of machine organization in a language-independent fashion,...
by Randall Hyde
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Assembly is a low-level programming language that's one step above a computer's native machine language. Although assembly language is commonly used for writing device drivers, emulators, and video games, many programmers find its somewhat unfriendly syntax intimidating to learn and use.
Since...
Python in 100 Pages
Practical Python Programming
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
How To
Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019
The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the #1 New York Times bestsellers What If? and Thing Explainer
For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally complex,...
by Randall Curren, Charles Dorn
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Should schools attempt to cultivate patriotism? If so, why? And what conception of patriotism should drive those efforts? Is patriotism essential to preserving national unity, sustaining vigorous commitment to just institutions, or motivating national service? Are the hazards of patriotism so great...
The Hundred-Year Lie
How to Protect Yourself from the Chemicals That Are Destroying Your Health
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2006
In a devastating exposé in the tradition of Silent Spring and Fast Food Nation, investigative journalist Randall Fitzgerald warns how thousands of man-made chemicals in our food, water, medicine, and environment are making humans the most polluted species on the planet. A century ago, when Congress...
by Randall T. Schapiro, MD, FAAN
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
The fully updated and revised sixth edition of the definitive guide to clinically tested and proven methods for effectively managing all of the symptoms characteristic of MS and MS treatment.
Based on the most up-to-date disease management strategies, medical and research breakthroughs, and...
by Randall L. Braddom, MD
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation presents today’s best physiatry knowledge and techniques, ideal for the whole rehabilitation team. This trusted reference delivers the proven science and comprehensive guidance you need to offer every patient maximum pain relief and optimal return to function....
Sellout
The Politics of Racial Betrayal
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2008
In this incisive and unflinching study, Randall Kennedy, author of Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, tackles another stigma of America's racial discourse: “selling out.” He explains the origins of the concept and shows how fear of this label has haunted prominent members of the...
America's Public Lands
From Yellowstone to Smokey Bear and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
How is it that the United States—the country that cherishes the ideal of private property more than any other in the world—has chosen to set aside nearly one-third of its territory as public lands? Considering this intriguing question, Randall K. Wilson traces the often-forgotten ideas of nature...
The Geopolitical Power Shift in the Indo-Pacific Region
America, Australia, China, and Triangular Diplomacy in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
As the twenty-first century progresses, the Indo-Pacific theater is experiencing an unprecedented transformation involving economic development, military build-ups, political reforms, social changes, and technological advancements. The region now reflects a multitude of geopolitical challenges, factors,...
by David Randall-MacIver
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
First published in 1931, this book by archaeologist David Randall-MacIver provides a detailed description of Greek architectural sites in southern Italy and Sicily, together with narratives on the cities where the sites are found, including their mythologies and most famous citizens, visitors and...