Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: michael brown

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  • ARMSTRONG'S HANDBOOK OF REWARD MANAGEMENT PRACTICE
    MICHAEL ARMSTRONG / DUNCAN BROWN
    Armstrong's Handbook of Reward Management Practice is the essential guide to comprehending, developing and implementing effective reward strategies. This updated seventh edition incorporates the latest research and developments within reward management, including the reward implications of Covid and the 'great resignation' and rewarding remote and hybrid workers. Revisions also...

    $1,099.00

  • MEDIEVAL PLANTS AND THEIR USES
    MICHAEL BROWN
    Plants were an essential part of medieval life. Most people lived in houses made of wood and thatch, which often accidentally burned down when they cooked their food or huddled over wood fires to keep warm. People wore linen clothing dyed with plants. They drank ale, cider and wine as they danced to music played on wooden instruments. Beauty, love and seduction could all be mad...

    $299.00

  • METALS IN GROUNDWATER
    HERBERT E. ALLEN / E. MICHAEL PERDUE / DAVID S. BROWN
    Metal contamination of groundwater results from many human activities, including agriculture, mining, and the disposal of municipal waste and fly ash. Metals in Groundwater describes the transport of metals to groundwater from these and other sources. It also covers risk assessment of metals in groundwater, coupling of chemicals and hydrological models, and sorption of metals o...

    $1,559.00

  • EMERGENCY MEDICINE
    ANTHONY FT BROWN / MICHAEL D CADOGAN
    The eighth edition of this international bestselling emergency medicine handbook has been completely revised and updated to include the latest evidence-based guidelines and treatment protocols underpinning best practice in emergency medical care. Carefully designed to suit the needs of interns and resident doctors working in the emergency department as well as specialist traine...

    $1,059.00

  • SOVIET SOCIETY AND CULTURE
    TERRY L THOMPSON / RICHARD SHELDON / EDWARD J BROWN / MICHAEL P SACKS
    Academic analysis has not always kept pace with the dramatic changes that have occurred in the USSR since Stalin’s time, for objective study has often been overshadowed—especially in the 1980s—by publicity concerning the negative aspects of the “Evil Empire.” Recently, however, because of reforms initiated by Gorbachev, the dynamics of the Soviet system have come into sharper f...

    $1,099.00

  • ENERGY AND SOCIETY
    GAVIN BRIDGE / STEWART BARR / STEFAN BOUZAROVSKI / MICHAEL BRADSHAW / ED BROWN / HARRIET BULKELEY / GORDON
    Energy and Society is the first major text to provide an extensive critical treatment of energy issues informed by recent research on energy in the social sciences. Written in an engaging and accessible style it draws new thinking on uneven development, consumption, vulnerability and transition together to illustrate the social significance of energy systems in the global North...

    $1,179.00

  • OUT OF EXODUS
    DARRYL W. STEPHENS / MICHAEL I. ALLEMAN / ANDREA BROWN / RUTH A. DAUGHERTY / MARY MERRIMAN
    Biblical and progressive. Mainline and charismatic. Faithful and questioning. This book is not what you think it is. The story of the Exodus is told in parallel with testimonies, sermons, and personal reflections from a congregation in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, challenging the reader to a journey of faith. Along the way, it becomes clear that open and affirming ministry transcen...

    $479.00

  • A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN TOLAND
    MICHAEL BROWN
    John Toland was notorious. A pamphleteer, a polemicist and a prankster of the first order, modern scholarship has struggled to position his writings within the debates of his day. This study is the first to fully recount his remarkable biography, situating his writings within the controversies that sparked and shaped them. ...

    $1,279.00

  • JAMES I
    MICHAEL BROWN
    Conditioned by a childhood surrounded by the rivalries of the Stewart family, and by eighteen years of enforced exile in England, James I was to prove a king very different from his elderly and conservative forerunners. This major study draws on a wide range of sources, assessing James I's impact on his kingdom. Michael Brown examines James's creation of a new, prestigious mona...

    $447.99

  • DISUNITED KINGDOMS
    MICHAEL BROWN
    In the last decades of the thirteenth century the British Isles appeared to be on the point of unified rule, dominated by the lordship, law and language of the English. However by 1400 Britain and Ireland were divided between the warring kings of England and Scotland, and peoples still starkly defined by race and nation. Why did the apparent trends towards a single royal ruler,...

    $1,099.00

  • REDEEMING REDD
    MICHAEL I. BROWN
    It is now well accepted that deforestation is a key source of greenhouse gas emissions and of climate change, with forests representing major sinks for carbon. As a result, public and private initiatives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) have been widely endorsed by policy-makers. A key issue is the feasibility of carbon trading or other in...

    $1,179.00

  • EVIDENCE-BASED REWARD MANAGEMENT
    MICHAEL ARMSTRONG / DUNCAN BROWN / PETER REILLY
    Evidence-Based Reward Management presents an analysis of the current failure of organisations to assess the effectiveness of pay and reward practices. It considers the reasons for this and outlines the damaging consequences of it. By examining recent developments in human capital information and measurement it looks at how HR can construct effective reward for improved performa...

    $1,099.00

  • THE BLACK DOUGLASES
    MICHAEL BROWN
    During the century and a half of their power the Black Douglases earned fame as Scotland’s champions in the front line of war against England. On their shields they bore the bloody heart of Robert Bruce, the symbol of their claim to be the physical protectors of the hero-king’s legacy. But others saw the power of these lords and earls of Douglas in a different light. To their c...

    $511.99

  • CAREER COUNSELING FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS
    WALSH, W. BRUCE / BINGHAM, ROSIE P. / BROWN, MICHAEL T. / WARD, CONNIE M. / OSIPOW, SAMUEL H.
    This book is the first edited volume devoted exclusively to career counseling with African Americans. African Americans are now at parity with the graduation rates of White Americans, yet disparities in employment continue to abound. At the same time the job market is changing and in need of more highly qualified workers, society must begin to understand the career and employme...

    $459.00

  • THE LEUCOCYTE ANTIGEN FACTSBOOK
    BARCLAY, A. NEIL / BROWN, MARION H. / K. ALEX LAW, S. K. ALEX / MCKNIGHT, ANDREW J. / TOMLINSON, MICHAEL
    A volume in the popular FactsBook Series, the First Edition of The Leucocyte Antigen FactsBook was hugely successful. The new Second Edition has been completely revised, updated, and expanded by 65% to include new findings and up-to-date key references. The introductory chapters have also been updated, especially in terms of nomenclature, the role of the World Wide Web, and new...

    $1,068.00

  • HANDBOOK OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY
    MICHAEL E. BROWN
    This is Volume 5 of a Handbook that has been well-received by the thermal analysis and calorimetry community. All chapters in all five volumes are written by international experts in the subject. The fifth volume covers recent advances in techniques and applications that complement the earlier volumes. The chapters refer wherever possible to earlier volumes, but each is comp...

    $4,652.00

  • HANDBOOK OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY
    MICHAEL E. BROWN
    This is the second volume of a four volume set intended to describe the techniques and applications of thermoanalytical and calorimetric methods. The general techniques and methodology are covered extensively in Volume 1, along with the fundamental physicochemical background needed. Consequently the subsequent volumes dwell on the applications of these powerful and versatile m...

    $5,981.00

  • HANDBOOK OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
    BROWN, MICHAEL E.
    Handbook of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry ...

    $8,391.00

  • REACTIONS IN THE SOLID STATE
    MICHAEL E. BROWN
    The whole of Volume 22 is devoted to the kinetics and mechanisms of the decomposition and interaction of inorganic solids, extended to include metal carboxylates. After an introductory chapter on the characteristic features of reactions in the solid phase, experimental methods of investigation of solid reactions and the measurement of reaction rates are reviewed in Chapter 2 an...

    $970.00

  • CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION: LAW AND PRACTICE
    BROWN, MICHAEL F.
    This textbook provides students and law enforcement officers with the fundamentals of the criminal investigation process, from arrival on the scene to trial procedures. Written in a clear and simple style, Criminal Investigation: Law and Practice surpasses traditional texts by presenting a unique combination of legal, technical, and procedural aspects of the criminal investiga...

    $1,042.00

  • VITAL SIGNS 2000-2001
    LESTER R. BROWN / MICHAEL RENNER / BRIAN HALWEIL
    This ninth annual edition of Vital Signs takes the world's pulse by compiling a wide-ranging collection of trends that identify both problems and progress in the quest for a sustainable society. It highlights both alarming situations and encouraging developments. Part One is a comprehensive presentation of the key indicators in areas such as food, agriculture, energy, atmospher...

    $659.00

  • VITAL SIGNS 1999-2000
    LESTER R. BROWN / MICHAEL RENNER
    This annual volume shows key trends that should be integrated into the planning of our global future. It enables readers to track key indicators that show social, economic and environmental progress, or the lack of it, into 45 vital signs of our time. Each trend is presented as an overview using both text and graphics. ...

    $979.00

  • CLOSET SPACE
    MICHAEL P. BROWN
    Is the closet just a metaphor? Closet Space provides a highly original account of the spatial metaphor of "the closet", and is the first geography text to focus on this important issue. Using a variety of research techniques and materials, the book explores the closet through texts including: * the oral histories of gay men in the UK and US * the sexualised landscape of a New Z...

    $1,139.00

  • RAPID LOAD TESTING ON PILES
    PAUL HOLSCHER / HENK BRASSINGA / MICHAEL BROWN / PETER MIDDENDORP / MAARTEN PROFITTLICH / FRITS A. VAN TO
    A Rapid Load Test (RLT), developed to determine the initial stiffness and bearing capacity, is an economical and practical alternative to a Static Load Test (SLT). The broad application of RLT, however, was hampered by uncertainty about the interpretation of the test results. This book offers clear guidance on the available analysis techniques and ...

    $1,899.00

  • MAKING RESIDENTIAL CARE WORK
    ELIZABETH BROWN / ROGER BULLOCK / CAROLINE HOBSON / MICHAEL LITTLE
    This book was originally published in 1998, when over 6,000 children lived in residential homes in England and Wales. The fact that some children's homes are better than others is well established, but why should this be so? Past answers have tended to be tautologous - rather on the lines of 'a good home is one where children do well; children do well because they are in a good...

    $859.00

  • THE GENDER AND SECURITY AGENDA
    CHANTAL DE JONGE OUDRAAT / ‎MICHAEL E. BROWN
    This book examines the gender dimensions of a wide array of national and international security challenges. The volume examines gender dynamics in ten issue areas in both the traditional and human security sub-fields: armed conflict, post-conflict, terrorism, military organizations, movement of people, development, environment, humanitarian emergencies, human rights, governance...

    $979.00

  • A LONG-AGO BIRTH IN A RIGHT-NOW WORLD
    MICHAEL B. BROWN
    Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John each has his own way of telling the Story of stories--an account of the arrival of the Messiah into our world. Each author writes to a unique audience with a specific purpose in mind for addressing them as he does. But in every case, the author's message connects not only with his specific readers back then, but also with us personally here and now...

    $302.00

  • AFRICA'S CHOICES
    MICHAEL BARRATT BROWN
    This book provides an account of actual African experience and African criticisms. It is designed to examine the actual viability of the World Bank's structural adjustment strategies for Africa, all of which were designed to encourage export-led growth. ...

    $979.00