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Asset Management Excellence
CRC Press 2010; US$ 104.95During the eight years since the publication of "Maintenance Excellence: Optimizing Equipment Life-Cycle Decisions", the business environment has changed drastically. Globalization, consolidation, and changes in technology challenge asset management and maintenance professionals to be more efficient. Globalization and consolidation have been... more...
My Life as a Car
John Hunt Publishing 2012; US$ 9.99According to the World Health Organization, one in every four people will develop at least one mental disorder at some stage in their life. In the U.S., of the persons who suspect they (or a family member) have a mental disorder, one-in-three persons will seek out one or more resources to make a self-evaluation. My Life as a Car is briefest mental... more...
The Army Isn't All Work
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 104.95This book documents the origins and development of formal physical training in the late Victorian Army and the ways in which the Army's gymnastic training evolved into a vital building block of the process of turning a civilian into a fighting man. It also assesses the nature and extent of British military sport, particularly regimental sports,... more...
Human Performance and Limitations in Aviation
Wiley 2008; US$ 65.00Human error is cited as a major cause in over 70% of accidents, and it is widely agreed that a better understanding of human capabilities and limitations - both physical and psychological - would help reduce human error and improve flight safety. This book was first published when the UK Civil Aviation Authority introduced an examination in human performance... more...
How to Raise a Billionaire Genius
Ulysses Press 2013; US$ 14.95From attachment-parenting hugs to Tiger Mom discipline, the so-called experts offer plenty of contradictory advice on how to raise the perfect child. So don?t bother with their boring theories and instead follow the hilarious, if not so expert, suggestions in this book and surely (well, maybe) your precious offspring will turn out to be exactly what... more...
American Grace
Simon & Schuster 2010; US$ 19.99American Grace is a major achievement, a groundbreaking examination of religion in America. Unique among nations, America is deeply religious, religiously diverse, and remarkably tolerant. But in recent decades the nation?s religious landscape has been reshaped. America has experienced three seismic shocks, say Robert Putnam and David Campbell.... more...
Fate and Fortune in Rural China
Cambridge University Press 1997; US$ 53.00A major contribution to the social history of China, and to historical demography in general. more...
The Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Wiley 2011; US$ 160.00The Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder is the definitive resource for empirically sound information on narcissism for researchers, students, and clinicians at a time when this personality disorder has become a particularly relevant area of interest. This unique work deepens understanding of how narcissistic behavior... more...
Death Squads in Global Perspective
Palgrave Macmillan 2002; US$ 46.00Death squads have become an increasingly common feature of the modern world. In nearly all instances, their establishment is tolerated, encouraged, or undertaken by the state itself, which thereby risks its monopoly on the use of force, one of the fundamental characteristics of modern states. Why do such a variety of regimes, under very different circumstances,... more...









