The New One Minute Manager offers a way for you to succeed sooner with less stress in changing times--both at work and at home.Based on the original book The One Minute Manager that helped millions of people around the world in organizations large and small, The New One Minute Manager is a concise, [...]

Photodetection and measurement techniques are used by engineers and physicists to "characterize" optical devices and systems. This is a engineering tutorial on making measurements. It considers the chain of equipment: photodetectors, amplifiers, LED sources, electronic drives, basic optics, interfer[...]

Designed for use in engineering design courses, and as a reference for industry professionals learning sustainable design concepts and practical methods, Sustainability in Engineering Design focuses on designers as the driving force behind sustainable products. This book introduces sustainability co[...]

Joining Together introduces readers to the theory and research needed to understand how to make groups effective and, through exercises and thorough explanations, equips them with the skills required to apply that knowledge to practical situations.Chapters discuss the history of groups and group dyn[...]

Study and Communication Skills for the Biosciences is tailored specifically to the needs of bioscience students, both at university, and beyond. Written in an engaging and supportive manner, with examples throughout that demonstrate the relevance of topics covered to bioscience degree programmes, th[...]

Learning Together and Alone remains the most comprehensive cooperative learning text available for educators. The authors, well-known for their research in the field, continue to present cooperative learning in its broad spectrum, highlighting different approaches any teacher can use. They uniquely [...]

This book includes essays by Ernst van Alphen, Mieke Bal, Marc Gotlieb, Serge Guilbaut, Michael Ann Holly, Akira Mizuta Lippit, W. J. T. Mitchell, Joanne Morra, Sina Najafi, Alexander Nemerov, Celeste Olalquiaga, Alexander Potts, and Reva Wolf.The discipline of art history is in a moment of self-con[...]

Yoshifuji is a man fascinated by foxes, a man discontented and troubled by the meaning of life. A misstep at court forces him to retire to his long-deserted country estate, to rethink his plans and contemplate the next move that might return him to favor and guarantee his family's prosperity." "Kits[...]

Emily Dickinson's Open Folios is a scholarly edition and aesthetic exploration of a group of forty late drafts and fragments hitherto known as the "Lord letters." The drafts are presented in facsimile form alongside typed transcriptions that reproduce as fully as possible the shock of script and sta[...]

Throughout a career spanning seventy-two years and thirteen American presidents, Herblock's spare, folksy cartoons made complex issues seem simple and moral choices clear. Syndicated throughout America, his cartoons focused on important issues of the time, making readers take note of the human folly[...]

Competing in a Service Economy is a hands-on guide to creating services, with illustrative examples from service-oriented companies including Disney, Ericsson, IKEA, National Association of Convenience Stores, Ritz Carlton, Scandinavian Airline Systems, Sterling Pulp Chemicals, and Telia Mobile. Th[...]