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    • The D-word: talking about dying: a guide for relatives, friends and carers 

      Brayne, Sue (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2010)
      By the very nature of the subject, this book will raise many more questions than it can possibly hope to answer. But this is not an aca-demic or scientific study. Nor does it focus on bereavement, funerals, questions about ...

    • Dancing with the devil : the political economy of privatization in China 

      Lin, Yi-min (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      From 1978 through the turn of the century, China was transformed from a state-owned economy into a predominantly private economy. This fundamental change took place under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which has been ...

    • The Danielic Eschatological Hour in the Johannine Literature 

      Mihalios, Stefanos (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2011)
      The present study is a lightly revised version of my doctoral dissertation presented to Wheaton College in 2009. When the task of this research project first appeared before me, I felt both the inviting excitement of ...

    • The dark side of technology 

      Townsend, Peter (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      The book is concerned with human progress and the unexpected consequences of technological advances. It examines a vast range of topics from medicine to agriculture, including electronics, communications, a global economy ...

    • The dark side of technology 

      Townsend, Peter (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      The book is concerned with human progress and the unexpected consequences of technological advances. It examines a vast range of topics from medicine to agriculture, including electronics, communications, a global economy ...

    • Darwinism as religion: what literature tells us about evolution 

      Ruse, Michael (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      The Darwinian Revolution--the change in thinking sparked by Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, which argued that all organisms including humans are the end product of a long, slow, natural process of evolution ...

    • Data Analysis: Statistical and Computational Methods for Scientists and Engineers (4ed.) 

      Brandt, Siegmund (Springer, 2014)
      The fourth edition of this successful textbook presents a comprehensive introduction to statistical and numerical methods for the evaluation of empirical and experimental data. Equal weight is given to statistical theory ...

    • Data-Driven Modeling and Scientific Computation: Methods for Complex Systems and Big Data 

      Kutz, J. Nathan (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      The burgeoning field of data analysis is expanding at an incredible pace due to the proliferation of data collection in almost every area of science. The enormous data sets now routinely encountered in the sciences provide ...

    • Databases for Small Business: Essentials of Database Management, Data Analysis, and Staff Training for Entrepreneurs and Professionals  

      Manning, Anna (Apress, 2015)
      This book covers the practical aspects of database design, data cleansing, data analysis, and data protection, among others. The focus is on what you really need to know to create the right database for your small business ...

    • The Day the World Discovered the Sun: An Extraordinary Story of Scientific Adventure and the Race to Track the Transit of Venus 

      Anderson, Mark (Da Capo Press, 2012)
      On June 3, 1769, the planet Venus briefly passed across the face of the sun in a cosmic alignment that occurs twice per century. Anticipation of the rare celestial event sparked a worldwide competition among aspiring global ...

    • The de-cluttered school: how to create a cleaner, calmer and greener learning environment 

      Anderson, Jane C. (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2010)
      A short, practical, step-by-step guide designed to justify, inspire and support the whole process of clearing out the sheer amount of stuff that schools accumulate.

    • Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident 

      Eichar, Donnie (Chronicle Books, 2013)
      In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the incident—unexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut ...

    • The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible 

      VanderKam, James C. (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2012)
      The substantial value of the Dead Sea Scrolls for biblical studies is well known. However, it can be difficult to remain on the cutting edge of Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship. In this volume leading expert James C. VanderKam ...

    • The Death Marches: The Final Phase of Nazi Genocide 

      Blatman, Daniel (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010)
      From January 1945, in the last months of the Third Reich, about 250,000 inmates of concentration camps perished on death marches and in countless incidents of mass slaughter. They were murdered with merciless brutality by ...

    • The death of expertise: the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters 

      Nichols, Thomas M. (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      People are now exposed to more information than ever before, provided both by technology and by increasing access to every level of education. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic ...

    • The death of expertise: the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters 

      Nichols, Thomas M. (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      People are now exposed to more information than ever before, provided both by technology and by increasing access to every level of education. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic ...

    • Debating religious liberty and discrimination 

      Anderson, Ryan T.; Corvino, John; Girgis, Sherif (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      The book is organized as follows. Each side begins with an opening essay. Corvino’s essay explores the worry that religious liberty is today morphing into religious privilege, favoring not only religious citizens over their ...

    • Decision Making Under Uncertainty: Theory and Application 

      Kochenderfer, Mykel J. (MIT Press, 2015)
      Many important problems involve decision making under uncertainty -- that is, choosing actions based on often imperfect observations, with unknown outcomes. Designers of automated decision support systems must take into ...

    • Declaring his genius: Oscar Wilde in North America 

      Wilde, Oscar; Morris, Roy; Wilde, Oscar (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013)
      Arriving at the port of New York in 1882, a 27-year-old Oscar Wilde quipped he had “nothing to declare but my genius.” But as Roy Morris, Jr., reveals in this sparkling narrative, Wilde was, for the first time in his life, ...

    • The Decline and Fall of the American Republic (Tanner Lectures on Human Values) 

      Ackerman, Bruce (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010)
      Bruce Ackerman shows how the institutional dynamics of the last half-century have transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for political extremism and lawlessness. Watergate, Iran-Contra, and the War ...