What's Worth Learning? addresses the central question of general education. For learners facing a complex, unpredictable, and dangerous future, it asks and answers the question: What knowledge is abso
What's Worth Learning? addresses the central question of general education. For learners facing a complex, unpredictable, and dangerous future, it asks and answers the question: What knowledge is abso
Logistic problems can rarely be solved satisfyingly within one single scientific discipline. This cross-sectional character is taken into account by the Research Cluster for Dynamics in Logistics with
Pope calls for, not a re but a New Evangelization of Catholics. New in ardour, method and expression. Not more programs but a fresh encounter with Jesus.
This book reconciles the existence of technical trading with the Efficient Market Hypothesis. By analyzing a well-known agent-based model, the Santa Fe Institute Artificial Stock Market (SFI-ASM), it
Introduction to Computational Earthquake Engineering covers solid continuum mechanics, finite element method and stochastic modeling comprehensively, with the second and third chapters explaining the
This is the first book-length treatment of the Variational Bayes (VB) approximation in signal processing. It has been written as a self-contained, self-learning guide for academic and industrial resea
This book presents revised reviewed versions of lectures given during the Machine Learning Summer School held in Canberra, Australia, in February 2002.The lectures address the following key topics in
In twelve beautifully imagined stories linked by character and setting, Mark Slouka chronicles three generations of men and women under the spell of a landscape with a powerful history. Set in a tiny
For the more than 43 million sufferers of arthritis and similar afflictions, a safe, effective, natural method for reversing such diseases without drugs or potentially harmful side effects.When vetera
Irini Spanidou's highly praised first novel, God's Snake, introduced a writer of rare perception and a character, Anna Karystinou, with whom readers fell in love.??In Fear, the author returns to Anna
Here are revolutionary methods for expanding and sharpening vocabulary to help students, professionals, and others develop a true command of the English language. Language-learning units are arranged
"A big, entertaining novel...Rich in character and place and humanity...Gail Godwin is a wonderful writer."THE BOSTON GLOBEAt the death of Leonard Strickland, beloved Southern gentleman, husband and f
Already a Canadian bestseller, Itsuka, the sequel to Joy Kogawa's award-winning novel Obasan, follows the character Naomi Nakane into adulthood, where she becomes involved in the movement for governme
A chronicle of the frontline photographers of World War II recounts the sometimes harrowing exploits of the American Military Photographers, men armed with cameras who accompanied the Army, Marines, A
Anita Brookner is justly famous for her elegant, almost Jamesian character studies of women poised on the threshold of life. But in Lewis Percy, she performs a remarkable leap of imaginative empathy i
'Perhaps the most penetrating study of executive power ever written....Mansfield's argument leads to a reassessment not only of executive power in general, but of the character of modern republicanism
The contributions to this volume aim to stimulate discussion about the role of assessment in the learning experiences of students in music and other creative and performing arts settings. The articles
Learning how to write C/C++ code is only the first step. To be a serious programmer, you need to understand the structure and purpose of the binary files produced by the compiler: object files, static
In an era in which environmental education has been described as one of the most pressing educational concerns of our time, further insights are needed to understand how best to approach the learning
This book develops a naturalistic aesthetic theory that accounts for aesthetic phenomena in mathematics in the same terms as it accounts for more traditional aesthetic phenomena. Building upon a view
?This book provides an overview of three generations of spatial econometric models: models based on cross-sectional data, static models based on spatial panels and dynamic spatial panel data models. T
No matter how monolithic it may appear, an organization is a collection of moving parts. Whether we are looking at building teams, providing leadership, hiring and training employees, problem solving,
These four volumes (CCIS 297, 298, 299, 300) constitute the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 20
These four volumes (CCIS 297, 298, 299, 300) constitute the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 20
These four volumes (CCIS 297, 298, 299, 300) constitute the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 20
The primary purpose of this book is to show that a multilayer neural network can be considered as a multistage system, and then that the learning of this class of neural networks can be treated as a s
If you find yourself called on to judge people on a regular basis, you need all the tools at your disposal to do your job right. Handwriting psychology offers one practical method for helping you lear
If you find yourself called on to judge people on a regular basis, you need all the tools at your disposal to do your job right. Handwriting psychology offers one practical method for helping you lear
It was Britain's most humiliating intelligence disaster of World War II. The newly established Special Operations Executive (SOE) dropped fifty-three agents during 1941 and 1942 into the Nazi-occupied
The unique goal of the book is to satisfy one's insatiable quest for knowledge. This may be summarized in one sentence. What really happened during World War II in Europe? This is an account of what r
This book is about standing on the Word of God and building a relationship with God and not with man. This book should teach you to respect the calling of a shepherd of God, but not to worship that sh
Good Morning Lake Jackson, Volume II is the continuation of poems inspired through baptism, redemption, love, inspiration, experience, and grace. These poems are a collection penned by Ella R. Salter.
It's not about size or shape. It's not about skinny or fluffy. It's about balancing your scale and learning to be healthy for life. In My Healthy for Life Journal, author Dr. Olga Vaca Durr offers a v
Former gang leader, high school dropout and fallen victim of his past. Dymonique reveals his drastic lifestyle after learning the disturbing news of his fathers death. At the age of seven, Burton foun
Former gang leader, high school dropout and fallen victim of his past. Dymonique reveals his drastic lifestyle after learning the disturbing news of his fathers death. At the age of seven, Burton foun
In Steward Sinclair, Part II, Sinclair takes on more cases and becomes more and more blunt and outspoken about the dysfunctional society in which he lives to the dismay of his inexperienced assistant
In Steward Sinclair, Part II, Sinclair takes on more cases and becomes more and more blunt and outspoken about the dysfunctional society in which he lives to the dismay of his inexperienced assistant
The Grandmother Galaxy is one woman's journey into three spirals of learning that have emerged and confront us in the 21st century--women's creative spirituality, a growing appreciation of our earthly
