In 1807, a year after Lewis and Clark returned from the shores of the Pacific, groups of trappers and hunters began to drift West to tap the rich stocks of beaver and to trade with the Native nations. Colourful and eccentric, bold and adventurous, mountain men such as John Colter, George Drouillard,[...]
This text brings together important ideas on the model-based approach to sample survey, which has been developed over the last twenty years. Suitable for graduate students and professional statisticians, it moves from basic ideas fundamental to sampling to more rigorous mathematical modelling and da[...]
General Robert E. Lee was a complicated man and military figure. In Lee, the 11th book in the critically acclaimed Great Generals Series, Noah Andre Trudeau follows the general's Civil War path with a special emphasis on Lee's changing set of personal values as the conflict wended through four bloo[...]
Protestant Nonconformity, the umbrella term for Congregationalists, Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists and Unitarians, belongs specifically to the religious history of England and Wales. Initially the result of both unwillingness to submit to the State's interference in Christian life and a dissati[...]
* Written specifically to better serve the needs of students on services-orientated operations management courses. * The first European-originated book. * Operations management is set within the wider business context, recognising the impact of other management functions and covering wider issues, s[...]
This international market-leading book, aimed at both students and practising managers, provides a comprehensive and balanced introduction to service operations management. Building on the basic principles of operations management, the authors examine the operations decisions that managers face in c[...]
Blamed, at first, by the Spanish government for the recent Madrid train bombings, ETA (Euzkadi ta Askatasuna), the Basque nationalist organization, has been perhaps the most violent insurgent group on the European continent. Yet little is known about it outside of Spain. This book, now back in print[...]
Inspired by the macabre universe of H. P. Lovecraft, this collection of twenty chilling horror tales features contributions by such acclaimed authors as Robert Bloch, Robert E. Howard, Carl Jacobi, Donald A. Wollheim, and Fritz Leiber, among others. Reprint.[...]
The miracle stories surrounding Sainte Foy form one of the most complete sets of material relating to a medieval saint's cult and its practices. Pamela Sheingorn's superb translation from the Medieval Latin texts now makes this literature available in English. The Book of Sainte Foy recounts the vir[...]
Veterinary Assisting Fundamentals and Applications is a comprehensive book and reference for use by veterinary assisting students, practicing veterinary assistants, veterinary receptionists, and other supportive staff within a veterinary facility. The format allows the reader to quickly obtain resou[...]
Due to the ever-evolving tactics of our enemies, the American intelligence community has been compelled to find more effective methods of managing intelligence analysis. In Intelligence Analysis, Robert M. Clark demonstrates that a collaborative, target-centric approach leads to sharper and more eff[...]
Offers systematic and comprehensive coverage of the collection, processing, and exploitation of both literal and nonliteral information. This title explains specific collection systems for analysts, and helps collectors work across boundaries and stovepipes, and encouraging them to share collection [...]
"The Rough Guide to Climate Change" gives the complete picture of the single biggest issue facing the planet. Cutting a swathe through scientific research and political debate, this completely updated 3rd edition lays out the facts and assesses the options - global and personal - for dealing with th[...]
A translation by Robert Bononno and designer Jeff Clark of one of Stephane Mallarme's most well-known and visually complex poems into contemporary English language and design. The book is composed in an elaborate set of type and photography to both honor the original and be an object of delight. Inc[...]