S Fisher: 47 books
by Melissa S. Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
Wall Street Women tells the story of the first generation of women to establish themselves as professionals on Wall Street. Since these women, who began their careers in the 1960s, faced blatant discrimination and barriers to advancement, they created formal and informal associations to bolster one...
The Portugal Trade
A study of Anglo-Portugeuse Commerce 1700-1770
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Historians have long considered the ways in which the expansion of English trade beyond Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries contributed to the growth of English overseas trade as a whole, and to the coming of the Industrial Revolution. Their concentration on trade between England and...
Pretend the World Is Funny and Forever
A Psychological Analysis of Comedians, Clowns, and Actors
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Dark Side of the Ivory Tower
Campus Crime as a Social Problem
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
A cursory reading of the history of US colleges and universities reveals that campus crime has been part of collegiate life since the Colonial Era, yet it was not until the late 1980s that it suddenly became an issue on the public stage. Drawing from numerous mass media and scholarly sources and using...
by Timothy S Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
These lecture notes provide a detailed treatment of the thermal energy storage and transport by conduction in natural and fabricated structures. Thermal energy in two carriers, i.e. phonons and electrons — are explored from first principles. For solid-state transport, a common Landauer framework...
by Guoping Xiong, Timothy S. Fisher, Arpan Kundu
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
This Brief reviews contemporary research conducted in university and industry laboratories on thermal management in electrochemical energy storage systems (capacitors and batteries) that have been widely used as power sources in many practical applications, such as automobiles, hybrid transport, renewable...
Breaking Through the Access Barrier
How Academic Capital Formation Can Improve Policy in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
Breaking Through the Access Barrier argues that the policies designed to address inequalities in college access are failing to address underlying issues of inequality. This book introduces academic capital formation (ACF), a groundbreaking new theory defined by family knowledge of educational options...
The Winner's Curse
A Political Financial Thriller with Wit and Romance
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
This exciting and finely paced political and mystery thriller excels in dry wit. It is a modern love story set in the mountains and lakes of Switzerland and the medieval town of Zurich. The central character, Mark, an anti-hero type and moraliser, loses his job in London as an investment manager under...
by Emily S. Fisher, Kelly S. Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
The needs and rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students and families are often ignored, generally misunderstood, and only rarely given priority by the school system. This book provides a practical and useful guide for school-based mental health professionals to...
by S. Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Shadows of Darkness
Mystery Thriller and Romance Drama
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2018
The background to this mystery thriller and romance drama is the idyllic town of Sanremo on the Italian Riviera. Not the place to expect to find murder, corruption and political intrigue. Or so Nico Moretti, an attorney, thought when he moved there from the Big City in search of a more peaceful life.
But...
The Ways of Justice
A Standalone Crime Mystery Thriller
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
This suspenseful story plays out in Germany and Switzerland and begins with what DCS Frank Kruger and his CID team believe to be a simple investigation. Soon, however, it grows in complexity when he comes up against a network of unscrupulous business overlords and a professional killer who is as elusive...
by S. Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
New York School of Interior Design: Home
The Foundations of Enduring Spaces
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
**"An essential text for all students of design . . . [and] inspiration and intel for those simply interested in the art and practice." --Alexa Hampton, from the foreword
From the nation's top college for interior design comes a definitive design school in a book and a fabulous reference for...