Allison Hewitt is trapped. In the storeroom of Brookes & Peabody's. In a world swarming with the Undead, the Doomed, the Infected. Locked away with an oddball collection of colleagues and under siege, Allison takes advantage of a surviving internet connection and blogs. She writes, as the food runs [...]
Sooner or later anyone who does statistical analysis runs into problems with missing data in which information for some variables is missing for some cases. Why is this a problem? Because most statistical methods presume that every case has information on all the variables to be included in the anal[...]
This book will show how to estimate and interpret fixed-effects models in a variety of different modeling contexts: linear models, logistic models, Poisson models, Cox regression models, and structural equation models. Both advantages and disadvantages of fixed-effects models will be considered, alo[...]
Multiple regression is at the heart of social science data analysis, because it deals with explanations and correlations. This book is a complete introduction to this statistical method. This textbook is designed for the first social statistics course a student takes and, unlike other titles aimed a[...]
A hilarious, highly original collection of essays based on the Botswana truism: only food runs! Top safari guide Peter Allison presents his experienced view of living in the bush, confronting the worldâs fiercest terrain of wild animals, and managing herds of gaping tourists.[...]
A hilarious, highly original collection of essays based on the Botswana truism: \u201conly food runs \u201d With a new introduction and new material from the author[...]
In the classic spirit of epic fantasy comes this saga of a young girl who learns she possesses an uncanny gift and is destined to use it to save her world from evil. Presented as a new translation of an ancient text.[...]
Most of the time, we take our hands for granted, but this unusual book gives younger children an opportunity to ponder their hands, understand how to use them, and learn to tell left from right. They learn how their thumbs make picking up objects an easy task. The book's unique design consists of ei[...]
Zimbabwe's nationalist and post-colonial ambitions have been largely defined by land reform. Allison Goebel assesses Zimbabwe's successes and failures in incorporating gender issues into the broader project of land redistribution. Based on fieldwork in the Sengezi resettlement area in east central Z[...]
Dale Allison's clearly written Jesus of Nazareth will enable people who have followed recent discussions to vindicate and reclaim the central religious signficance of the historical Jesus. Allison makes a creative contribution to Jesus studies in several ways:
-- He offers new suggestions for es[...]
What did Jesus think of himself? How did he face death? What were his expectations of the future? In this volume, now in paperback, internationally renowned Jesus scholar Dale Allison Jr. addresses such perennially fascinating questions about Jesus. The acclaimed hardcover edition received the Bibli[...]
Everyone agrees that the paparazzi are the scourge of the earth. They're low. They're despicable. They'll do anything for that perfect shot. And yet...how long could you go without your Us Weekly fix? Meet Josephine Foster, or 'Zo Jo as she's called in the biz. The best pint-sized photographer of th[...]
Informally presents and evaluates complexsometimes troublingissues in scholarly discussion of Jesus Christ. / "Whatever one makes of these pages, they are the stammerings neither of an apologist nor of a skeptic but instead of an oft-confused Protestant who has come to his conclusions, modest as the[...]
This fifth Missional Church Series volume seeks to bring historical clarity, biblical and theological substance, and practical guidance to church planting. The nine contributors -- many of them experienced church-planting pastors -- offer diverse yet cohesive perspectives on the Spirit's missional c[...]
Drawing on recent 'event history' analytical methods from biostatistics, engineering, and sociology, this clear and comprehensive monograph explains how longitudinal data can be used to study the causes of deaths, crimes, wars, and many other human events. Allison shows why ordinary multiple regress[...]
How to make block prints for art prints, greeting cards, invitations, signs and more using both linoleum and wood. Covers transferring a design, carving, printing by hand in one or more colors, clean up, editioning, and tearing down paper. Includes an annotated gallery of finished prints that featur[...]
This is a collectible postcard box in the model of the Art of Pixar Postcard Box, containing 100 postcards of concept art from the Pixar films "Toy Story" 1, 2 and 3. The art will include lighting studies, sketches, digital art, storyboards, and more. The box will include art from the upcoming "Toy [...]
Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben - whose work has influenced intellectuals in political theory, political philosophy, legal theory, literature, and art - stands among the foremost thinkers of the modern era. Engaging with a range of thinkers from Carl Schmitt and Martin Heidegger to Jacques Ranci[...]
All children have the right to play and it is important that childcare practitioners promote and value this right. This book is suitable for students of the Diploma for Home-based Childcare, and for practising nannies who are looking for fresh ideas and advice on how to encourage the learning of chi[...]