Lieutenant Colonel A. Tack Always attends sessions at the Army's National Training Center, where he learns how to lead a mechanized infantry batalion[...]

This title covers product verifiable, defensible, and achievable software estimates. Based on data collected by the International Software Benchmarking Standards Group (ISBSG), "Practical Software Project Estimation" explains how to accurately forecast the size, cost, and schedule of software projec[...]

Reissued in the "Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences" series, and first published in 1950, this important and classic book presents a mathematical theory of plastic materials, written by one of the leading researchers in the area. "The author...has done his work so well that it is difficul[...]

Although the contributions of Islamic civilisations to science have long been recognised, the application of this scientific expertise to technology had been neglected until the publication of this then pioneering 1986 text. The book begins to remedy that neglect, first by celebrating the richness a[...]

Freshwater field tests are an integral part of the process of hazard assessment of pesticides and other chemicals in the environment. This book brings together international experts on microcosms and mesocosms for a critical appraisal of theory and practice on the subject of freshwater field tests f[...]

"Principles of Econometrics," 4th Edition, is an introductory book on economics and finance designed to provide an understanding of why econometrics is necessary, and a working knowledge of basic econometric tools. This latest edition is updated to reflect current state of economic and financial mar[...]

Powerful and often controversial, news pictures promise to make the world at once immediate and knowable. Yet while many great writers and thinkers have evaluated photographs of atrocity and crisis, few have sought to set these images in a broader context by defining the rich and diverse history of [...]

'When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth'. From "White Zombie" to "Dawn of the Dead", "Resident Evil" to "World War Z", zombies have invaded popular culture, becoming the monsters that best express the fears and anxieties of the modern west. Gathering together the best zombie[...]

A book that emphasizes how policymakers must choose between government intervention and market reliance to resolve the core issues of what, how, and for whom to produce. It presents macro theory in the single consistent context of the AS/AD framework.[...]