Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: engel

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  • MOUNTAINEERING IN THE ALPS
    CLAIRE ELIANE ENGEL
    Mountaineering in the Alps (1971) examines the two centuries of alpineering where mountaineering as we know it today was first invented and developed. It traces the first beginnings of the sport, as intrepid explorers ventured into the Alps, all the way up to the new developments of the late twentieth century. ...

    $1,480.00

  • MAINZ AND THE MIDDLE RHINE VALLEY: MEDIEVAL ART, ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHAEOLOGY: VOLUME 30
    UTE ENGEL
    This book explores the medieval art, architecture, and archaeology of the city of Mainz and of the middle Rhine valley. It considers the architecture and archaeology of the early medieval and Romanesque period, including the Carolingian monastery of Lorsch and the cathedrals of Mainz and Worms. ...

    $1,060.00

  • WHY CISOS FAIL
    BARAK ENGEL
    Released in 2017, the first edition of Why CISOs Fail reimagined the role of the Chief Information Security Officer in a new and powerful way. Written to be easily consumable by both security pros as well as everyone who must deal with them, the book explores the different realms in which security leaders fail to deliver meaningful impact to their organizations, and why this ha...

    $780.00

  • TRANSFORMING AMERICAN SCIENCE
    JONATHAN ENGEL
    Transforming American Science documents the ways in which federal funds catalyzed or accelerated changes in both university culture and the broader system of American higher education during the post-World War II decades. The events of the book lie within the context of the Cold War, when pressure to maintain parity with the Soviet Union impelled more generous government spendi...

    $1,200.00

  • CONSERVATION OF TIME-BASED MEDIA ART
    DEENA ENGEL
    Conservation of Time-based Media Art is the first book to take stock of the current practices and conceptual frameworks that define the emerging field of time-based media conservation, which focuses on contemporary artworks that contain video, audio, film, slides or software components. Written and compiled by a diverse group of time-based media practitioners around the world, ...

    $1,260.00

  • ON THE EIGHTH DAY
    MATT HOVEN / J. J. CARNEY / MAX T. ENGEL
    During a 1980s Edmonton Oilers game, fans unveiled a banner claiming, "On the 8thday, God created Gretzky." Intersections between religious belief and sportingparticipation are nothing new, where players, coaches, and fans are known to pray,cross themselves, and point to the heavens during a game. But what should be therelationship between sports and religious faith?On the Eigh...

    $479.00

  • THE PRINTER AS AUTHOR IN EARLY MODERN ENGLISH BOOK HISTORY
    WILLIAM E. ENGEL
    This is the first book to demonstrate how mnemotechnic cultural commonplaces can be used to account for the look, style, and authorized content of some of the most influential books produced in early modern Britain. In his hybrid role as stationer, publisher, entrepreneur, and author, John Day, master printer of England’s Reformation, produced the premier navigation handbook, s...

    $1,200.00

  • THE SECURITY HIPPIE
    BARAK ENGEL
    The Security Hippie is Barak Engel’s second book. As the originator of the “Virtual CISO” (fractional security chief) concept, he has served as security leader in dozens of notable organizations, such as Mulesoft, Stubhub, Amplitude Analytics, and many others. The Security Hippie follows his previous book, Why CISOs Fail, which became a sleeper hit, earning a spot in the Cyberc...

    $1,040.00

  • HANDBOOK OF COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE, VOLUME 1
    UWE ENGEL
    The Handbook of Computational Social Science is a comprehensive reference source for scholars across multiple disciplines. It outlines key debates in the field, showcasing novel statistical modeling and machine learning methods, and draws from specific case studies to demonstrate the opportunities and challenges in CSS approaches. The Handbook is divided into two volumes writte...

    $1,500.00

  • HANDBOOK OF COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE, VOLUME 2
    UWE ENGEL
    The Handbook of Computational Social Science is a comprehensive reference source for scholars across multiple disciplines. It outlines key debates in the field, showcasing novel statistical modeling and machine learning methods, and draws from specific case studies to demonstrate the opportunities and challenges in CSS approaches. The Handbook is divided into two volumes writte...

    $1,500.00

  • TAKE CONTROL OF ASPERGER'S SYNDROME
    JANET PRICE / JENNIFER ENGEL FISHER
    A gifted education Legacy Award winner, Take Control of Asperger's Syndrome: The Official Strategy Guide for Teens With Asperger's Syndrome and Nonverbal Learning Disorder is a unique handbook for kids and teens on living successful lives with these disorders by taking control of their strengths to overcome their weaknesses. Drawing on their experiences as parents and teachers ...

    $480.00

  • URBAN FOOD PRODUCTION FOR ECOSOCIALISM
    SALVATORE ENGEL-DI MAURO / GEORGE MARTIN
    This book explores the critical role of urban food production in strengthening communities and in building ecosocialism. It integrates theory and practice, drawing on several local case studies from seven countries across four continents: China, Cuba, Ghana, Italy, Tanzania, the UK, and the US. Research shows that the term "urban agriculture" overstates the limited food-growing...

    $1,100.00

  • THE HOLOCAUST
    DAVID ENGEL
    This book offers a survey of the encounter between the Third Reich and European Jewry. Pointing out the difficulties historians face in interpreting the ever-expanding documentary record, it includes treatment of the role of non-Germans in the Holocaust, consideration of the much-debated nexus between the Holocaust and modernity, and discussion on how 'the Holocaust' developed ...

    $1,100.00

  • THE GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE OF MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
    ADRIAN ROBERT BAZBAUERS / SUSAN ENGEL
    This book explores the evolution of the 30 functioning multilateral development banks (MDBs). MDBs have their roots in the growing system of international finance and multilateral cooperation, with the first recognisable MDB being proposed by Latin America in financial cooperation with the US in the late 1930s. That Inter-American Bank did not eventuate but was a precursor to t...

    $1,200.00

  • THE 2006 CRISIS IN EAST TIMOR
    REBECCA E. ENGEL
    This book argues that the international community must share responsibility for contributing to the conditions that resulted in violent conflict in Timor-Leste, four years after it declared independence from Indonesia. Its failure to tailor interventions to Timor-Leste’s specific political economy and conflict dynamics distanced the state from its citizens and undermined its ca...

    $1,200.00

  • THE MACHINERY OF SCHOOL INTERNATIONALISATION IN ACTION
    LAURA C. ENGEL
    Drawing on scholarship from the field of internationalisation in higher education and other theoretical influences in education policy, comparative education and sociology of education, this edited collection offers a much-needed extension of discussion and research into the compulsory schooling context. In this book, established and emerging scholars provide an authoritative s...

    $1,200.00

  • A REVOLUTION OF THEIR OWN
    BARBARA ENGEL / ANASTASIA POSADSKAYA-VANDERBECK
    The stories of these eight Russian women offer an extremely rare perspective into personal life in the Soviet era. Some were from the poor peasantry and working class, groups in whose name the revolution was carried out and who sometimes gained unprecedented opportunities after the revolution. Others, born to "misfortune" as the daughters of nobles ...

    $1,460.00

  • GPU PRO 360 GUIDE TO 3D ENGINE DESIGN
    WOLFGANG ENGEL
    Wolfgang Engel’s GPU Pro 360 Guide to 3D Engine Design gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous seven GPU Pro volumes into a convenient single source anthology that covers the design of a 3D engine. This volume is complete with articles by leading programmers that focus on various aspects of 3D engine design such as quality and optimization as well as high-lev...

    $1,340.00

  • GPU PRO 360 GUIDE TO LIGHTING
    WOLFGANG ENGEL
    Wolfgang Engel’s GPU Pro 360 Guide to Lighting gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous seven GPU Pro volumes into a convenient single source anthology on lighting. This volume is complete with 24 articles by leading programmers that describes rendering techniques of global illumination effects suited for direct rendering applications in real time. GPU Pro 360...

    $1,340.00

  • GPU PRO 360 GUIDE TO IMAGE SPACE
    WOLFGANG ENGEL
    Wolfgang Engel’s GPU Pro 360 Guide to Image Space gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous seven GPU Pro volumes into a convenient single source anthology that covers various algorithms that operate primarily in image space. This volume is complete with 15 articles by leading programmers speaks to the power and convenience of working in screen space. GPU Pro 3...

    $1,160.00

  • GPU PRO 360 GUIDE TO SHADOWS
    WOLFGANG ENGEL
    Wolfgang Engel’s GPU Pro 360 Guide to Shadows gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous seven GPU Pro volumes into a convenient single source anthology that covers various algorithms that are used to generate shadow data. This volume is complete with 15 articles by leading programmers that focus on achieving good visual results in rendering shadows. GPU Pro 360...

    $1,080.00

  • GPU PRO 360 GUIDE TO GPGPU
    WOLFGANG ENGEL
    Wolfgang Engel’s GPU Pro 360 Guide to GPGPU gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous seven GPU Pro volumes into a convenient single source anthology that covers general purpose GPU. This volume is complete with 19 articles by leading programmers that focus on the techniques that go beyond the normal pixel and triangle scope of GPUs and take advantage of the pa...

    $1,380.00

  • GPU PRO 360 GUIDE TO MOBILE DEVICES
    WOLFGANG ENGEL
    Wolfgang Engel’s GPU Pro 360 Guide to Mobile Devices gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous seven GPU Pro volumes into a convenient single source anthology that covers computer graphics in mobile devices. This volume is complete with 18 articles by leading programmers that focus on the ability of graphics processing units to process and generate geometry in ...

    $1,340.00

  • DEVELOPING CLINICIANS' CAREER PATHWAYS IN NARRATIVE AND RELATIONSHIP-CENTERED CARE
    JOHN D ENGEL / LURA L PETHTEL / JOSEPH ZARCONI
    'Today, there exists a robust body of work connecting narrative theory and practice with medical theory, practice, teaching, and research. Taken together, what is particularly interesting about these works is that they portray narrative healthcare as both a philosophy of care and a set of skills - ' John D Engel, Lura L Pethtel and Joseph Zarconi, in the Preface This inspiring...

    $980.00

  • GPU PRO 360 GUIDE TO RENDERING
    WOLFGANG ENGEL
    Wolfgang Engel’s GPU Pro 360 Guide to Rendering gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous seven GPU Pro volumes into a convenient single source anthology that covers real-time rendering. This volume is complete with 32 articles by leading programmers that focus on the ability of graphics processing units to process and generate rendering in exciting ways. GPU P...

    $1,340.00

  • TELEVISION AND POLITICS
    KURT LANG / GLADYS ENGEL LANG
    "The authorsahave analyzed the television problem brilliantly. They had come up with a whole set of new insights, and their backup research always is fascinating to read."-Saturday Review"A cautious, research-based bookahopefully it will set a trend."-Ithiel de Sola Pool, Public Opinion QuarterlyAfter more than forty years of studying its political implications, Kurt and Gladys...

    $1,320.00

  • RESTORING PRIMARY CARE
    ANTON J KUZEL / JOHN D ENGEL
    To many practitioners, managers and patients, US primary care is in crisis. Primary care physicians are often overworked and undervalued, and both patients and care providers can feel locked into structures that lack compassion and are unfit for their intended purposes. Healthcare reforms aim to resolve the situation, but changes may take years to deliver and are contingent on ...

    $820.00

  • GPU PRO 360 GUIDE TO GEOMETRY MANIPULATION
    WOLFGANG ENGEL
    Wolfgang Engel’s GPU Pro 360 Guide to Geometry Manipulation gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous seven GPU Pro volumes into a convenient single source anthology that covers geometry manipulation in computer graphics. This volume is complete with 19 articles by leading programmers that focus on the ability of graphics processing units to process and generat...

    $1,280.00

  • THE AFRICAN EXCEPTION
    ULF ENGEL
    Governance has become an important concept in the politics of African development. It is therefore a crucial concept for social science analyses focusing on Africa. In public discourse Africa's future is being shaped by a combination of external interventions backed by African elites who cooperate with the donors, whose understanding of the importance of 'good governance' they ...

    $640.00

  • NARRATIVE IN HEALTH CARE
    JOHN D ENGEL / JOSEPH ZARCONI / LURA PETHTEL / SALLY MISSIMI
    Narrative medicine has developed an identity already. Clinicians of many disciplines are being summoned to a practice that recognizes patients by receiving their accounts of self. Starting from different positions, the four authors have converged in a strong and shared commitment to narrative health care. They conceptualize narrative health care practices within frameworks deri...

    $1,420.00


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