"Racing is a team sport. Everyone who races pretty much has the same car and the same equipment. What sets us apart is our people. We're stronger as a team than we are on our own." - Ray Evernham, pit crew chief for champion racecar driver Jeff Gordon Like automobile racing, today's fast-paced and high performance organizations run on talent and ...
"The Problems Book" helps students appreciate the ways in which experiments and simple calculations can lead to an understanding of how cells work by introducing the experimental foundation of cell and molecular biology. Each chapter will review key terms, test for understanding basic concepts, and pose research-based problems. "The Problems Book" ...
WRITING ABOUT THE WORLD is an extensive collection of culturally diverse readings organized in four major parts: Science and Technology, Government and Politics, Art and Literature, and Philosophy and Religion. Of 120 readings, 30 are new to this edition. Writing assignments are included for each of the four major parts.
Using an issues-and-options approach in a handbook format, this text deals with each major topic in philosophy by using a succinct, readable presentation and critique of the representative options within each topic. A continuum helps students see the options available to answer a variety of basic questions and the relationship each option has to ...
Great collection of important American speeches from the Revolutionary War to the present. Covers specific topics in American history from slavery to environmental issues. Each speech preceded by an introduction. Includes George Washington. Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King.
Access world-class business content with Core Concepts and Business Extra Select! Outstanding Content: Core Concepts of Organizational Behavior takes a streamlined approach that focuses on fundamentals and leaves room for additional content. Materials from Leading Business Publications: With Wiley's Business Extra Select Program, Instructors can ...
Molecular Biology of the Cell, Fourth Edition: A Problems Approach is designed to help students appreciate the ways in which experiments and simple calculations can lead to an understanding of how cells work. Chapters are subdivided as in Molecular Biology of the Cell and provide a review of key terms, test for understanding basic concepts, and ...
It was a nervous breakdown that drew Sir George Sitwell to Italy in the 20th century. And it was the incomparable gardens of Tuscany, Rome, and the Italian Lake district that inspired him to write his classic analysis of what he considered the timeless principles of garden design.
This book is a short, focused introduction to Mathematica, the comprehensive software system for doing mathematics. Written for the novice, this engaging book contains an explanation of essential Mathematica commands, as well as the rich Mathematica interface for preparing polished technical documents. Mathematica can be used to graph functions, ...
This book is a short, focused introduction to MATLAB, a comprehensive software system for mathematics and technical computing. It should be useful to both beginning and experienced users. It contains concise explanations of essential MATLAB commands, as well as easily understood instructions for using MATLAB's programming features, graphical ...
Edith Wharton's Italian Villas and Their Gardens, a seminal work on garden design, is a testament to the passionate connoisseurship of one of America's greatest writers. A comprehensive look at the history and character of Italian garden architecture and ornamentation, the book explores more than seventy-five villas, capturing what Wharton calls ...
The original account of the conquest of Everest, with contributions by John Hunt and Edmund Hillary. When Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Everest on 29 May 1953, they caught the world's imagination in a way subsequently unmatched until humans walked on the Moon.
Economics introduces the principles of both micro- and macroeconomics while teaching students to understand how economics shapes the world and how economists read and interpret economic events around the world. The text shows students how economics helps us understand the events of today and anticipate the events of tomorrow.
Though Ian Hamilton Finlay's (1925-2006) work "Little Sparta" is, according to Sir Roy Strong, 'the most important garden made in Britain since 1945', his influence - and work - is found worldwide. "Nature Over Again" reveals the story behind the majority of Finlay's renowned garden installations, and is the first study to examine his garden ...
The development in the course of the 18th century of the "picturesque" landscape seemed to the experienced viewer either composed after a painting or designed to be the subject of one. In such landscapes natural features were exploited or rearranged, and might be enriched by classical, Chinese or otherwise exotic ornamental structures. The two key ...
Design methods and practice in landscape architecture form the focus of this book, complemented by an analysis of the theoretical aspects of the subject. It spans the breadth of landscape design from post-ecological utopia to urban pragmatism.
Devoted to the basic and broad understanding of petroleum geoscience, this book integrates the contributions of geology, geophysics and other branches of geoscience into one complete volume. This second edition has been updated to include the latest informatioon on applying the geosciences to reducing the risk in petroleum exploration. Case ...
For those interested in end-time prophecy, One World addresses issues such as who will emerge as the new dominant world powers; Russia's role in the end-times; the significance of the European Economic Community; the meaning of George Bush's remarks regarding a New World Order; and the role of the U.S. and the United Nations.
"Differential Equations with MATLAB" (2nd ed.) by B. Hunt, R. Lipsman, J.Osborn and J.Rosenberg is a supplemental text that can enrich and enhance any first course in ordinary differential equations. Designed to accompany Wiley's "ODE" texts written by Boyce/DiPrima, Borrelli/Coleman and Lomen/Lovelock, this supplement helps instructors move ...
Eighteenth-century England saw the rise of a "peculiarly English" art form - landscape gardening - and a corresponding change in attitudes toward the natural world. While the French, who lived under tyranny, had tightly organized, restrictive gardens, the "free" English enjoyed gardens where they were at liberty to wander. John Dixon Hunt examines ...
Fodor's Exploring Guides are the most up-to-date, full-color guidebooks available. Covering destinations around the world, these guides are loaded with photos; essays on culture and history, architecture and art; itineraries, walks and excursions; descriptions of sights; and practical information. "Fodor's Exploring Germany, 7th Edition" gives you ...
With his new memorial in Washington, D.C., there is renewed interest in FDR. Here is the only one-volume collection of his speeches and messages -- even his fireside chats -- with an introduction that provides a valuable historical overview of Roosevelt's presidency and his impact on the American people. A photograph of the new memorial taken by ...
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm
