This text provides a solid mathematical introduction to algebra for undergraduates, steering a balanced course through key topics in a manner that ensures the greatest emphasis on the most important subjects.
This best selling author team explains concepts simply and clearly, without glossing over difficult points. Problem solving and mathematical modeling are introduced early and reinforced throughout, so that when students finish the course, they have a solid foundation in the principles of mathematical thinking. This comprehensive, evenly paced book ...
James Stewart, the author of the worldwide best-selling calculus texts, along with two of his former Ph.D. students, Lothar Redlin and Saleem Watson, collaborated in writing this book to address a problem they frequently saw in their calculus courses. Many students were not prepared to "think mathematically" but attempted to memorize facts and ...
This best selling author team explains concepts simply and clearly, without glossing over difficult points. Problem solving and mathematical modeling are introduced early and reinforced throughout, so that when students finish the course, they have a solid foundation in the principles of mathematical thinking. This comprehensive, evenly paced book ...
James Stewart, the author of the best-selling calculus texts, along with two of his former Ph.D. students, Lothar Redlin and Saleem Watson, collaborated in writing this book to address a problem they frequently saw in their calculus courses. Many students were not prepared to "think mathematically" but attempted to memorize facts and mimic ...
In 1999, Preaching Magazine ranked James S. Stewart as the best preacher of the twentieth century, commenting that his books on preaching ?have inspired tens of thousands of preachers to strive for greater effectiveness in their proclamation of God's Word.? In A Faith to Proclaim, James Stewart focuses on the essential message of evangelism rather ...
This easy to use handbook provides focused content for both basic and advanced procedures within the scope of practice for nurse practitioners. A succinct, yet practical reference, it teaches and illustrates a total of 77 common procedures performed by NPs and PAs. This second edition includes 30 new procedures and clear illustrations of the ...
It is rare that the soul and presentation of a book truly mirror and celebrate its subject matter. Listen to the Trees, John Sexton's homage to these stately and eloquent voices of nature, accomplishes this mission. Photographs of trees are the heart of Sexton's work, and the luminous images in this collection embody the distinctive vision he has ...
This classic book on evangelical preaching, first published in 1946, has inspired generations of preachers to strive for greater effectiveness in their proclamations.
The author reminds the reader that it is on the gospels that the study of Jesus' life and teaching must be based. He explains how the gospels have three things to offer: history, the revelation of God's voice and face, and challenge.
People are being shot around assistant US attorney, Owen Gray. He believes he is the target, but then he realizes that the shots are too good to be misses and that he is being challenged. For Owen was also a sniper once, America's best. Now he must take up his rifle once more and face the enemy.
Jack Cray is an American commando who escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp and sets out for Berlin. His mission: assassinate Hitler. Otto Dietrich is a German detective laboring under a cloud of political suspicion. His superiors give him an ultimatum: stop Cray or be hanged for treason. Under the threat of death, both men race to shape ...
This title provides new and updated information on the laws and regulations affecting executive compensation. Now in a thoroughly updated third edition, "Compensation Committee Handbook" provides a comprehensive review of the complex issues facing compensation committees in the wake of Sarbanes-Oxley. This new and updated edition addresses a full ...
In the chilling tradition of The Perfect Storm, a technothriller involving an ocean yacht race contested, literally, to the death. From the author of a series of outstanding international thrillers comes the tale of Rex Wyman, a world-famous software billionaire who is determined to win the world's longest and most challenging yacht race, from San ...
An historical novel set in the United States at the turn of the century. It follows the adventures of Woodrow Lowe, a working-class Irishman who works as a janitor at Harvard College and becomes the friend of a young scholar named Teddy Roosevelt. Roosevelt later enlists Lowe as a spy and eventually brings him into the Rough Riders.
This timely guide addresses the daunting challenge of meeting the increasing demand for mental health counseling services with limited resources. An invaluable resource for counselors and administrators presenting the most current practices, models, and approaches for addressing the mental health needs of today's university students. In ...
America's premier architect has been contracted by the Chinese government to build the world's tallest structure. The architectural press hails it as the eighth wonder of the world, but they don't know that a fatal flaw could mean disaster. Reissue.
A fiery speaker, Sojourner Truth was among the foremost women evangelists of nineteenth-century America. This reprint of her original 1878 publication sheds light on the life of this well-known ex-slave and ardent abolitionist.
The "New York Times" has called the work of the Polshek Partnership a "triumph of substance over flash," and "New Yorker" Paul Goldberger has lauded the firm's ability to create meaningful works that demonstrate that "architecture can be an enriching force in life." This long-awaited monograph is published as the firm celebrates its fortieth ...
Discussing the principles of physical and geometrical optics from an engineering point of view, this book explains current optical technology and the applications of optical methods in a wide variety of fields, from astronomy and agriculture to medicine and semiconductors. It offers guidance in the selection of optical components for the ...
On the 200th anniversary of the passage of the Bill of Rights, The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James MacGregor Burns and his co-author Stewart Burns bring us a new interpretation of both the meaning and history of Rights--civil, human, political, social--in America, and of the long dramatic struggle for their realization.
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