An accessible introduction to the most current thinking in and practicality of forecasting techniques in the context of time-oriented data.Analyzing time-oriented data and forecasting are among the most important problems that analysts face across many fields, ranging from finance and economics to p[...]
Clear, accessible guide requires little prior knowledge and considers just two topics: paraxial imaging and polarization. Lucid discussions of paraxial imaging properties of a centered optical system, optical resonators and laser beam propagation, matrices in polarization optics and propagation of l[...]
Visually rich, up-to-date, and authoritative, "The Atlas of Global Conservation" is a premier resource for everyone concerned about the natural world. Drawing from the best data available, it is an unprecedented guide to the state of the planet and our most pressing resource and environmental issues[...]
Combining new approaches with a groundbreaking historical synthesis, this accessible work is the most thorough and up-to-date general history of French Indochina available in English. Unique in its wide-ranging attention to economic, social, intellectual, and cultural dimensions, it is the first boo[...]
Intended as a reminder of Europe for soldiers and clerks of the empire, the city of Dalat, located in the hills of Southern Vietnam, was built by the French in an alpine locale that reminded them of home. This book uncovers the strange 100-year history of a colonial city that was conceived as a cent[...]
Toni Morrison's fiction has been read as a contribution to and critique of Western civilization and Christianity. La Vinia Jennings reveals the fundamental role African traditional religious symbols play in her work. Based on extensive research into West African religions and philosophy, Jennings un[...]
Emphasizes real-world applications and encourages students to develop their critical thinking skills. This title lets students explore the intersection of law, business strategy, and ethics, as well as apply the various concepts to more than 200 real-world situations and the many pedagogical feature[...]
Illustrates why good leaders often make questionable decisions. This title exposes common themes in less-than-ethical decision making, and shows why leaders make ethical compromises in business that they would not make in their personal lives. It provides students with a basis for evaluating busines[...]
Deals with the labor movement and labor relations. This title explores labor's history from inception to current and emerging trends, focusing on government, white-collar, and international contexts. It covers analyses of the relationship between management and labor, including key participants in t[...]
This technology-based product is designed to teach the user how to use the Internet as a research tool for gathering information. It offers a hands on project-based approach to using the Internet to accomplish realistic tasks such as searching for jobs, planning vacations and business travel, retrie[...]
Presents a discussions of the business law for the typical undergraduate students - offering the comprehensive coverage you require without overwhelming students with unnecessary detail.[...]
Presents various discussions of law. This title offers integrated examples and applications that feature different events and familiar situations to help students grasp critical legal concepts, and provides guidance in helping students prepare for the CPA exam.[...]
Presents various discussions of law. This title offers integrated examples and applications that feature different events and familiar situations to help students grasp critical legal concepts, and provides guidance in helping students prepare for the CPA exam.[...]
This essential pocket guide to this enduringly popular art, is a perfect introduction to over eighty of the most performed ballets today.[...]
"Casual Luxury is the cure for all design dilemmas. My six principles will work in your home regardless of its size, your personal style, and in any room. Casual Luxury has no boundaries." Emmy-nominated TV Host, Lifestyle Expert and best-selling author Mar Jennings is known for his signature style:[...]
This topical and exciting textbook describes fisheries exploitation, biology, conservation and management, and reflects many recent and important changes in fisheries science. These include growing concerns about the environmental impacts of fisheries, the role of ecological interactions in determin[...]
Radical critic of a European civilization plunging into darkness, yet commemorator of the humane traditions of the old bourgeoisie - such was Walter Benjamin in the later 1930s. This volume, the third in a four-volume set, offers 27 pieces, 19 of which have never before been translated. The centrepi[...]
Even as a young man Benjamin possessed astonishing intellectual range and depth. His topics here include poetry and fiction, drama, philosophy, history, religion, love, violence, morality, mythology, painting, and much more. He is as compelling and insightful when musing on riddles or children's boo[...]
In the frenzied final years of the Weimar Republic, amid economic collapse and mounting political catastrophe, Walter Benjamin emerged as the most original practicing literary critic and public intellectual in the German-speaking world. Volume 2 of the Selected Writings is now available in paperback[...]
In the frenzied final years of the Weimar Republic, amid economic collapse and mounting political catastrophe, Walter Benjamin emerged as the most original practicing literary critic and public intellectual in the German-speaking world. Volume 2 of the Selected Writings is now available in paperback[...]
With more than 1,800 drawings, diagrams and photos, this authoritative guide encompasses the whole art and craft of woodworking. Designed to instruct and inspire every woodworker from the beginner to the most exacting expert, it has become a classic. It includes a discussion of all the principal har[...]
Can the Supreme Court be free of politics? Do we want it to be? Normative constitutional theory has long concerned itself with the legitimate scope and limits of judicial review. Too often, theorists seek to resolve that issue by eliminating politics from constitutional decisionmaking. In contrast, [...]
Paganism is a collection of spiritual paths that have their roots in the ancient religions of the world. Thousands of Pagans today share a love of Nature and a reverence of the Divine, but how they express their beliefs differs according to the path they follow. This ground-breaking guide to Paganis[...]
Provides a practical approach for establishing, managing and operating a comprehensive Information Assurance program. This book explains and defines the theories and processes that will help a company protect its proprietary information including: the need to assess the level of risk; and, the need [...]
The pub has been the heart and soul of British life for generations. But how has this unique institution changed over the centuries? Paul Jennings traces the history of the British pub and looks at how it evolved from the coaching inn and humble alehouse, through back-street beer houses and 'fine, f[...]