List 61 of books by Hugh

Engineering Design, Planning, and Management

by Hugh Jack, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013

Engineering Design, Planning and Management covers engineering design methodology with an interdisciplinary approach, concise discussions, and a visual format. The book explores project management and creative design in the context of both established companies and entrepreneurial start-ups. Readers...

Our Failing Constitution

by Hugh Butler
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018

The genesis of this books was the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States on 11/8/16. Mr. Butler asked himself the question that many of us have asked ourselves, "How could this have happened?" He started a yearlong questioning and analysis of our Constitution and...

From Pinkslip 2 Greenpower

From Outplacement to Opportunity - a Career and Life Makeover for the Over-Forty Crowd

by Hugh A. Turner
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2008

From PinkSlip 2 GreenPower is a career-resurrection guide written for individuals who are experiencing the uncertainty of having to plot a new course in their lives, particularly individuals who have lost their jobs. From PinkSlip 2 GreenPower is a spiritually-based alternative to the traditional...

Complete Mathematics

A step by step introduction to the mathematical essentials

by Trevor Johnson, Hugh Neill
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010

Are you looking for a clear, accessible guide to mathematics that can help you brush up your skills and rediscover the key concepts and techniques? Complete Mathematics provides an invaluable, step-by-step introduction to the subject. Packed full of worked examples and useful exercises, it will guide...

Information Communication Technology and Social Transformation

A Social and Historical Perspective

by Hugh F. Cline
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014

This book argues that information communication technologies are not creating new forms of social structure, but rather altering long-standing institutions and amplifying existing trends of social change that have their origins in ancient times. Using a comparative historical perspective, it analyzes...

Climate Clever

How Governments Can Tackle Climate Change (and Still Win Elections)

by Hugh Compston, Ian Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013

Why, despite two decades of climate policy, have affluent democracies made so little progress in cutting greenhouse gas emissions? We know that there are ways of doing this that are both practical and affordable. It is politics that is the problem. Stringent climate policies may lead companies to...

Liverpool's Railways Through Time

by Hugh Hollinghurst
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015

Liverpool has many railway ‘firsts’ in the world: an inter-city service, an electrified overhead railway, a large-scale marshalling yard, a deep-level suburban tunnel and one under a tidal estuary. In Britain it can boast of other firsts: an escalator in a railway station, conversion from steam...

User-Centered Agile Methods

by Hugh Beyer
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010

With the introduction and popularization of Agile methods of software development, existing relationships and working agreements between user experience groups and developers are being disrupted. Agile methods introduce new concepts: the Product Owner, the Customer (but not the user), short iterations,...

Sustainable Communities

The Potential for Eco-Neighbourhoods

by Hugh Barton
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013

'This book re-addresses the concepts of neighbourhood and community in a refreshing and challenging way. It will be of immense benefit, not only to town planners but also to al those professional and voluntary groups and politicians who seek to create the new communities of tomorrow' From the Foreword...

Healthy Urban Planning

by Hugh Barton, Catherine Tsourou
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013

Healthy Urban Planning aims to refocus urban planners on the implications of their work for human health and well-being. If many of the problems faced in cities are to be resolved, improving health will be the fundamental goal of urban planners. Poor housing, poverty, stress, pollution, and lack of...

Transitional Energy Policy 1980-2030

Alternative Nuclear Technologies

by Hugh B. Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013

Transitional Energy Policy 1980-2030: Alternative Nuclear Technologies discusses concerns regarding the use of nuclear technology as an energy source. The book covers issues such as the reservations regarding the use of nuclear, energy resource supply/demand problems, and controversial concepts. The...

Improbable Planet

How Earth Became Humanity's Home

by Hugh Ross
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016

The Latest Scientific Discoveries Point to an Intentional Creator Most of us remember the basics from science classes about how Earth came to be the only known planet that sustains complex life. But what most people don't know is that the more thoroughly researchers investigate the history...

Understanding Identity and Organizations

by Kate Kenny, Andrea Whittle, Hugh Willmott
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011

Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors here An understanding of identity is fundamental to a complete understanding of organizational life. While conventional management textbooks nod to in-groups, cohesion and discrimination, this text offers instead a deeper, more nuanced understanding...

Complete Doctor Dolittle Adventure Anthologies

by Hugh Lofting
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014

A British author, trained as a civil engineer, who created the character of Doctor Dolittle — one of the classics of children's literature. Includes an active table of contents so you can use your NOOK's GOTO CHAPTER feature to easily navigate to each book. The Story of Doctor Dolittle- A...