R S M: 415 books
Mass Communication and American Social Thought
Key Texts, 1919-1968
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2004
This anthology of hard-to-find primary documents provides a solid overview of the foundations of American media studies. Focusing on mass communication and society and how this research fits into larger patterns of social thought, this valuable collection features key texts covering the media studies...
Understanding the Big Picture of the Bible
A Guide to Reading the Bible Well
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
How do I get more out of my Bible reading?
What was going on during the gap between the Old and New Testaments?
How do all the books of the Bible fit together as a whole?
This book answers these questions and puts clear, readable Bible study aids at your fingertips. It contains...
Reconstructing Appalachia
The Civil War's Aftermath
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Families, communities, and the nation itself were irretrievably altered by the Civil War and the subsequent societal transformations of the nineteenth century. The repercussions of the war incited a broad range of unique problems in Appalachia, including political dynamics, racial prejudices, and...
by Kenneth J. Arrow, G. Constantinides, H.M Markowitz
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
Edited by Rajnish Mehra, this volume focuses on the equity risk premium puzzle, a term coined by Mehra and Prescott in 1985 which encompasses a number of empirical regularities in the prices of capital assets that are at odds with the predictions of standard economic theory.
Business Research Methods
An Applied Orientation
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Since research is best learned by doing, this book emphasizes a hands-on, do-it yourself approach. The readers have many opportunities to see how business researches affect and support management decision. The book used a case study approach for all the chapters with interactive videos. The book...
From Mediation to Nation-Building
Third Parties and the Management of Communal Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
The eruption in the early 1990s of highly visible humanitarian crises and exceedingly bloody civil wars in the Horn of Africa, imploding Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, set in motion a trend towards third party intervention in communal conflict in areas as far apart as the Balkans and East Timor. However...
The Arab Awakening
America and the Transformation of the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Even the most seasoned Middle East observers were taken aback by the events of early 2011. Protests born of oppression and socioeconomic frustration erupted throughout the streets; public unrest provoked violent police backlash; long-established dictatorships fell. How did this all happen? What might...
Rethinking Engineering Education
The CDIO Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
This book describes an approach to engineering education that integrates a comprehensive set of personal, interpersonal, and professional engineering skills with engineering disciplinary knowledge in order to prepare innovative and entrepreneurial engineers. The education of engineers is set in the...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Acid Reflux Diet
Advice, Information, and Recipes You Need for a Reflux-Free Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Complete meal plans and more than 120 recipes. Useful as a general guide for dietary and medical professionals aswell.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the TLC Diet
Low Your Cholesterol with This Heart-Healthy Eating Plan
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
The TLC (Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes) Diet is a low saturated fat, low cholesterol diet that was originally designed to help high-risk patients reduce their high blood cholesterol levels, as well as lowering risk for developing heart disease and suffering future heart attacks. However, this diet...
REWAS 2016
Towards Materials Resource Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
Proceedings from a 2016 sustainability symposium
Information from REWAS 2016 proceedings were collected and published in REWAS 2016: Towards Materials Resource Sustainability. This collection covers the proceedings of the symposium sponsored by the Recycling and Environmental Technologies Committee;...
by Pat Adams, American Association of Museums, Association of Science-Technology Centers
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
There has been, and continues to be, an explosion of interest in developing new small science centers that is changing the world of museums. This handbook is designed to be a one-stop source for future and current centers, and anyone interested in the important roles these institutions play in their...
by Christo Ananth, Boselin Prabhu.S.R., Jithin Kumar.M.V.
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Cryptology is a youthful science. In spite of the fact that it has been utilized for a huge number of years to shroud mystery messages, orderly investigation of cryptology as a science (and maybe a craftsmanship) just began around one hundred years back. The principal known proof of the utilization...
by S. Alessandro Martinez, Philip Kleaver, Raven McAllister
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
This collection of dark, Lovecraftian horror contains stories that would please Cthulhu and the rest of The Ancient Ones, and they're difficult to please.