eBooks

  • MULTIPLE CAPITALS APPROACH FOR UPLAND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
    LOIS MANSFIELD
    This book focuses on upland agricultural systems and applies a multiple capitals approach to explain what they can provide at a time when many are struggling to survive. Marginal upland agricultural systems have been distorted and derailed by modern economics, politics, and the drive to intensification. This book argues for the application of a multiple capitals approach to res...

    $1,140.00

  • TABLEAU AT WORK
    CATHY YOUNG
    With data and AI increasingly at the forefront of business today, you have a significant advantage when you can manage data, and uncover and communicate data insights effectively. By thoroughly cataloging, indexing, and cross-referencing material, this book flattens the steep Tableau learning curve, starting you on your data journey and serving as a comprehensive reference and ...

    $1,299.00

  • CIVILIZACIÓN Y CULTURAS ESPAÑOLAS CONTEMPORÁNEAS
    ESTEBAN MAYORGA / MIGUEL Á. NOVELLA / NATALIA RUIZ-RUBIO
    Civilización y culturas españolas contemporáneas: temas sociales y culturales para estudiantes de español presenta a los estudiantes de español de nivel intermedio a avanzado las complejas realidades de la España contemporánea mediante crónicas. A través de una colección cuidadosamente seleccionada de piezas periodísticas de no ficción, los estudiantes conocerán temas clave com...

    $1,099.00

  • ESSENTIAL PERSONAL FINANCE
    LIEN LUU / JONQUIL LOWE / JASON BUTLER
    Young people face unprecedented financial challenges: rising student debt, stiff competition for jobs, barriers to home ownership, dwindling state benefits and prospects of a longer working life. Essential Personal Finance is a guide to all the key areas of personal finance: budgeting, managing debt, savings and investments, insurance, securing a home and laying the foundations...

    $1,299.00

  • THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY SECTOR
    JESUS JEREZ-JEREZ, MARIA
    This timely, expert-led book brings together the latest academic and practitioner insights on AI technology within the hospitality and tourism industries. The disruptive nature of AI is captured in a logically structured and accessible way, with global case studies covering the latest technological developments in AI via a wide range of detailed, ‘real-world’ examples designed ...

    $1,099.00

  • CRIME-RELATED EVENTS IDENTIFICATION BASED ON TEXT ANALYTICS APPROACH
    ORKEN MAMYRBAYEV / NINA KHAIROVA / WALDEMAR WÓJCIK
    As modern society is extremely dependent on the Internet, social networks, and developing technologies, a threat to the security of both the individual and society as a whole has emerged. The openness and global nature of the Internet create opportunities both for criminals, who can use the available information for criminal purposes, and for law enforcement officials. Police o...

    $1,400.00

  • FIFTH BUSINESS
    WILLIAM H. BROCK
    A biography of Henry Edward Armstrong, an underappreciated maverick in the history of chemistry.   Fifth Business is a biography of the English chemist, educator, and scientific critic Henry Edward Armstrong. Today, Armstrong, who was a central figure in the development of the science of chemistry between 1885 and 1914, is more remembered for his campaigns to improve the teachi...

    $883.08

  • THE ART OF SYSTEMS ARCHITECTING
    MARK W. MAIER / EBERHARDT RECHTIN
    The Art of Systems Architecting, Fourth Edition, provides structured heuristics to improve the least structured, most art‑like elements of systems design. It offers unique techniques to bridge the difference between scientific engineering and qualitative design along with comprehensive methods for combining architectural design with digital engineering. This book illustrates ho...

    $2,400.00

  • RESEARCH METHODS THROUGH PUZZLES
    EMMA RANDLES
    Dive into the world of research with this interactive puzzle book. Whether you're just starting out with research methods or looking to refresh your knowledge on the basics, this book offers a fun and engaging way to get to grips with everything research related. You'll explore key topics like variables, sampling methods, experimental design, reliability, and validity—plus so m...

    $440.00

  • THE HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH IN WORLD LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION
    ACCILIEN, CÉCILE
    This seminal handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the research on world language education and how that research can transform into effective and daily instructional practices for K-16 language teachers. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, the volume addresses cutting-edge research, trends, and practice. Covering key topics in language education, the...

    $2,600.00

  • UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY BRAZIL
    JEFF GARMANY / ANTHONY PEREIRA
    Brazil has famously been called a country of contradictions. A place where narratives of "racial democracy" exist in the face of stark inequalities, where politics can swing dramatically between the right and left, and where the natural environment is celebrated as a point of national pride, but at the same time is exploited at alarming rates. To people on the outside looking i...

    $1,099.00

  • UKRAINIAN FEMALE WAR MIGRANTS
    IZABELA GRABOWSKA / IVANNA KYLIUSHYK / EMIL CHRÓL
    This book delves into the experiences of Ukrainian women forced to leave their country in search of refuge following the devastating escalation of Russian war in February 2022, exploring the diverse forms of capital they bring with them and develop on the way. Drawing on extensive original research, the book focuses on Ukrainian female war migrants in Poland – a country that, e...

    $1,140.00