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Why Are We Waiting?: The Logic, Urgency, and Promise of Tackling Climate Change
(MIT Press, 2015)An urgent case for climate change action that forcefully sets out, in economic, ethical, and political terms, the dangers of delay and the benefits of action. The risks of climate change are potentially immense. The ... -
Why calories count: from science to politics
(University of California Press, 2012)Calories too few or too many are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today’s globalized world. Although calories are essential to human health and survival, they cannot be seen, smelled, or ... -
Why Intelligence Fails: Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War
(Cornell University Press, 2010)The U.S. government spends enormous resources each year on the gathering and analysis of intelligence, yet the history of American foreign policy is littered with missteps and misunderstandings that have resulted from ... -
Widening the Scope of Environmental Policies in North America : Towards Blue Approaches
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)This edited volume provides a variety of insights into the context in which ocean and wetlands policy is placed at the sub-continental level. The governments of Mexico, Canada, and United States of America have recognized ... -
Wild Religion: Tracking the Sacred in South Africa
(University of California Press, 2012)Wild Religion is a wild ride through recent South African history from the advent of democracy in 1994 to the euphoria of the football World Cup in 2010. In the context of South Africa’s political journey and religious ... -
Wildlife and Natural Resource Management (3rd Ed.)
(Cengage Learning, 2010)Take an in-depth look at the very complex world of wildlife, fisheries, and natural resource management with the latest edition of this popular book. Designed to provide a solid overview of conservation and environmental ... -
Wiley CPAexcel Exam Review 2015 Focus Notes: Financial Accounting and Reporting
(Wiley, 2014)Updated annually with the latest AICPA content guidelines, Wiley CPAexcel Exam Review 2015 Focus Notes provides a review of all the basic skills and concepts tested on the CPA exam and teaches important strategies to take ... -
Wiley CPAexcel Exam Review 2015 Study Guide: Auditing and Attestation
(Wiley, 2014)The most effective system available to prepare for the CPA exam-proven for nearly forty years Timely, up-to-the-minute coverage for the computerized exam. Contains all current AICPA content requirements in Auditing and ... -
Wiley CPAexcel Exam Review 2015 Study Guide: Financial Accounting and Reporting
(Wiley, 2014)Wiley CPAexcel Exam Review is the world's most trusted study guide for the Certified Public Accountant's exam - complete, comprehensive, and updated to align with the latest exam content. With 2,800 practice questions and ... -
Wiley Federal Government Auditing: Laws, Regulations, Standards, Practices, and Sarbanes-Oxley
(John Wiley and Sons, 2013)Now in a Second Edition, Federal Government Auditing is a single-source reference guide that assists professionals and nonprofessionals performing audits unique to federal departments and agencies, to contractors and ... -
Wiley GAAP 2015: Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles 2015
(Wiley, 2015)Wiley GAAP 2015 contains the most comprehensive coverage of all GAAP pronouncements in a single volume, providing professionals with a complete reference to the entire GAAP hierarchy. This new edition includes the latest ... -
Wiley GAAP for Governments 2015 : Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for State and Local Governments
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2015)The essential reference for governmental GAAP application Wiley GAAP for Governments 2015 provides the latest information on GAAP, with coverage designed specifically for government entities. With a focus on the practical ... -
Wiley not-for-profit GAAP 2015 : interpretation and application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2015)Detailed, practical coverage of GAAP, tailored to not-for-profit organizations. Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2015 is a thorough examination of the authoritative standards for measurement, presentation, and disclosure as applied ... -
Wiley Practitioner’s Guide to GAAS 2015: Covering all SASs, SSAEs, SSARSs, PCAOB Auditing Standards, and Interpretations
(Wiley, 2015)Wiley Practitioner's Guide to GAAS 2015 offers the most comprehensive coverage of auditing standards, practices, and procedures, clarifying complex guidelines in clear, easy-to-understand language. Each statement is presented ... -
Willful Blindness Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril
(Doubleday, 2011)Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at our Peril was published in 2011. In her latest book, Heffernan argues that the biggest threats and dangers we face are the ones we don’t see not because they’re secret or ... -
William Armstrong and British Policy Making
(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018)This book offers a detailed account of the life and career of William Armstrong, the most influential civil servant in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, and one of the most powerful and significant Whitehall officials in the ... -
William Ockham on metaphysics: the science of being and God
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2012)The present work is based on my doctoral research, which was conducted under the supervision of Russell L. Friedman at the institute of Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. iwould like to express my sincere ... -
Wine Bites: 64 Simple Nibbles That Pair Perfectly with Wine
(Chronicle Books, 2011)Wine Bites is an inspiring cookbook for those who entertain casually and frequently. More than 60 recipes for simple, tasty snacks include suggestions for an accessible wine to pair with each, while vivid color photographs ... -
Winning Strategies for Business (Response Books)
(Sage Publications, 2010)This is a comprehensive strategic management resource that brings together all the business tools that managers need for surviving business challenges and succeeding in the dynamic economic environment of today. The recent ... -
Winning the Brain Game: Fixing the 7 Fatal Flaws of Thinking
(McGraw-Hill Education, 2016)In Winning the Brain Game, author and creative strategist Matthew E. May explains these and other “fatal flaws” of thinking, catalogued over the course of ten years and hundreds of interactive creative sessions in which ...
