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Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology - 3 Volume Set (Print Version) (v. 13)

CRC Press, 2007

Using limited resources in sustainable ways, energy engineers and technologists have made people's lives comfortable and affordable with efficient and cost-effective technology, from air conditioners to waste fuels. But to accommodate the expanding world population, the global supply of energy has been increasingly strained. Energy...

Design Is the Problem: The Future of Design Must be Sustainable

Rosenfeld Media, 2009

This isn’t a book about sustainable design. Instead, it’s a book about how the design industry can approach the world in a more sustainable way. Design is interconnected—to engineering, management, production, customer experiences, and to the planet. Discussing and comprehending the relationship...

Economics

South-Western College, 2008

This engaging text continues to set the standard for clear, balanced, and thorough coverage of the principles of economics. Packed with intriguing pop culture examples, it bolsters student interest by illustrating the unexpected places economics occurs, and how economic forces link events to our lives. With new content reflecting a changing...

Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

An engaging look at what led to the financial turmoil we now find ourselves in

Bailout Nation offers one of the clearest looks at the financial lenders, regulators, and politicians responsible for the financial crisis of 2008. Written by Barry Ritholtz, one of today's most popular economic bloggers and a well-established...

Inside the Mind of the Turtles: How the World's Best Traders Master Risk

McGraw-Hill, 2009

“I like risk. I embrace risk.” -Turtle trader Curtis Faith

Risk is scary, to be sure, but it's a fundamental aspect of the investing world. Without it, profit would not exist. The trick is to accept, anticipate, manage, and mitigate risk. In other words, master it.

In Way of the...

Brief Principles of Macroeconomics (Available Titles CourseMate)

Cengage Learning, 2008

BRIEF PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS continues to be the most popular and widely used text in economics classrooms today. The fifth edition features a strong revision of content in all 36 chapters while maintaining the clear, accessible writing style and precise presentation that are the hallmark of this highly respected author. Dozens of new...

Engineering Economy (16th Edition) - Standalone book

Pergamon, 2014

Engineering Economy is intended to serve as a text for classroom instruction in undergraduate, introductory courses in Engineering Economics. It also serves as a basic reference for use by practicing engineers in all specialty areas (e.g., chemical, civil, computer, electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering)....

The Journalist's Guide to Media Law: A handbook for communicators in a digital world

Routledge, 2019

We are all journalists and publishers now: at the touch of a button we can send our words, sounds and images out to the world. No matter whether you're a traditional journalist, a blogger, a public relations practitioner or a social media editor, everything you publish or broadcast is subject to the law. But which law?

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Janitors, Street Vendors, and Activists: The Lives of Mexican Immigrants in Silicon Valley

University of California Press, 2006

"In a time when we have great need to understand Mexican immigrants and their place in U.S. society, Zlolniski offers a superior analysis of why and how advanced capitalist economies employ undocumented workers. After reading his book, we will never think again of immigration as something that exclusively comes from outside. The immigrants,...

Into the Networked Age: How IBM and Other Firms are Getting There Now

Oxford University Press, 1999

In this dynamic book, based on the most effective strategies of IBM and other market leaders, managers will learn to successfully transform their organizations into a business prepared to compete in a networked age.

Mainframes, client servers, PCs, networks, e-business, the Internet, databases, technical management--indeed, in the...

Law, Legislation and Liberty: A New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice and Political Economy (Vol 1-3)

Routledge, 1982

'A careful and brilliant statement of the conditions of human freedom. It is a major work of political and economic philosophy which sets terms that neither its friends or critics can ignore.' - THES

At last this work can appear in the form it was intended to take when I started on it nearly twenty years ago. Half...

The Database Hacker's Handbook: Defending Database Servers

John Wiley & Sons, 2005

Databases are the nerve center of our economy. Every piece of your personal information is stored there—medical records, bank accounts, employment history, pensions, car registrations, even your children's grades and what groceries you buy. Database attacks are potentially crippling—and relentless.

In this essential follow-up to...

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