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This book shows how to make the right decisions. It will help you to become your own advertising agency; to establish a personal connection with your clients; to design a luxury customer service experience to ensure clients can’t wait to return; to attract discerning clients and give them ultimate portrait experience, much more. Mimika Cooney is an international award-winning photographer; she owns a home-based maternity and baby portrait studio, located in NC.
New From CRC Books
Nanotechnology and Global Equality by Donald Maclurcan published by CRC Press in 2012. This book began with a brochure about courses at the University of Technology in Sydney, which Donald found in Park. Much of the work in this account is best viewed as a snapshot from and reflection upon an early period of nanotechnology's development. As his understanding has deepened, it has become clearer to him that nanotechnology is a medium to access the process and possibly trajectories according technological future. This book is the world's first comprehensive assessment of nanotechnology's foreseen implications for global development. It provides important information and places nanotechnology's emergence within a broad historical and contemporary global context. It reveals unacknowledged by mainstream commentators scenarios and explores the nature of global engagement with nanotechnology research and development. Donald Maclurcan is co-editor, his work is widely published. Donald is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and the Honorary Research Fellow with the Institute for Nanoscale Technology at the University of Technology, Sydney, and more.
TV Content Analysis: Techniques and Applications by Yiannis Kompatsiaris, Bernard Merialdo, and Shiguo Lian (editors) published by CRC Press in 2012. TV currently available through mobile TV, digital TV, and Internet TV. It continues to play an important role in our daily life, as much as the social networks. The advancement of digital multimedia technologies revolutionized the production and distribution of audiovisual content, it also created the need to analyze TV programs to enable applications for content managers and consumers. This book gives through description of TV program analysis techniques; it it organized in 6 parts and shows that TV content analysis and related topics still attract significant attention. There are the number of requirements that remain to be addressed and one of the is the diversity of TV content. Researchers and academics from around the globe explores the subjects areas such as architecture, systems, applications, algorithms, research results, open issues and emerging approaches. Ioannis Kompatsiaris is a senior researcher with the Informatics and Telematics Institute in Greece and is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the ACM. He has been co-organiser of many conferences and workshops. Bernard Merialdo is the editor and a professor in the Multimedia Department of EURECOM, France and head of department. Shoguo Lian is the author and co-author. Lian is in a member of the IEEE Communications and Information Security Technical Committee, and more. He was nominated for the prize of 'Innovation Prize in France Telecom.'
New From Lexington Books
The Daily Show and Rhetoric: Arguments, Issues, and Strategies by Trischa Goodnow (editor) published by Lexington Books in 2012. Rhetoric often confounds its students and critics. Scholars have undertaken recent study into The Daily Show as an important source for information and critique. This book seeks to engage the idea of The Daily Show as rhetoric. This account examines The Daily Show in relation to traditional news and how the program itself makes news. The host of the show, Jon Stewart has been called the most trusted man in America. This account explores not only examines the popular Comedy Central program, it uncovers the ways in which Jon Stewart, the cast, the the writers critique mainstream media and politicians. Contributors: J.E. Barbur, C. W. Wesley Buerkle, J. Compton, T. Goodnow, A. Hess, B. T. Kaylor, and other. Trischa Goodnow is associate professor in the Department of Speech Communication at Oregon State University.
The Challenge of the American Presidency: Washington to Obama (2nd ed) by Philip Abbott published by Lexington Books in 2012. This book argues that power and impotency are largely determined by how presidents respond to changes in the political system, including the presidency itself. Author of this book examines each president's response to gement. the challenges. This survey is divided into six periods, such as the founding presidency, partisan presidency, eclipsed presidency, the modern presidency, cold war presidency, post-modern presidency. This edition includes an extended treatment of the G.W. Bush presidency and the current president administration. This book focuses on high-risk decisions presidents have made. It includes includes an updated bibliography. Philip Abbot is distinguished professor of political science at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
Charles Sanders Peirce and a Religious Metaphysics of Nature by Leon J. Niemoczynski published by Lexington Books in 2012. This account aims to explore and identify ideas that the American philosopher Charles S.. Peirce has brought to the field of philosophy of religion. Robert S. Corrington, creator of the school of ecstatic naturalism, preconceived many of the traditional philosophical ideas about Peirce in a manner very much similar to author's. This book is an original study on the cultivation of a religious understanding of nature. Author applies Charles Sanders Peirce's thought on metaphysics to estimate naturalism, the philosophical perspective developed by Robert Corrington. Leon J. Niemoczynski is lecturer in philosophy at Immaculata University in Philadelphia, PA.
New Amherst Media Books
500 Poses for Photographing High School Seniors: A Visual Sourcebook for Digital Portrait Photographers by Michelle Perkins published by Amherst Media in 2012. This book includes images by accomplished portrait, fashion, and editorial photographers, it provides a resource for photographers seeking inspiration for their work. This beautifully-illustrated account includes examples of classic, casual, and editorial posing styles; head-and-shoulders, waist-up, three-quarter, and full-length poses; poses for standing, seated, and reclining portraits; inspirational ideas for studio and location portraits; ideas for posing both guys and girls, and more.
Master’s Guide to Off-Camera Flash: Professional Techniques for Digital Photographers by Barry Staver published by Amherst Media in 2012. Successful photographs cause viewers to stop and look at them, often many times over. Literary, they take our breath away, they tug at our heart or hit us in the gut. With this book you will learn how adding off-camera flash can help you take home more WOW images from every shot. You will understand the nature of light, including the types and qualities of light; will learn to identify scenarios where adding flash can improve the existing light - or designing setups where flash is the sole light source; methods of triggering one or more off-camera flash units. It includes practical examples showing how off-camera flash was used on actual assignments, and more. Barry Staver is a photographic journalist on assignment for different magazines, such us People and Time.
Christopher Grey’s Vintage Lighting: The Digital Photographer’s Guide to Portrait Lighting Technology from 1910 to 1970 published by Amherst Media in 2011. Every technique author outline in this book will work with contemporary models and clothing. The techniques will add an edge to your work. With this account, you will master your skills you need to create vintage lighting looks in a modern portrait studio. You will learn how to simulate skylight and window lighting, soft shadows, tonal mergers, strong backlighting and flair, the powerful look of hard and soft light sources, and much more. Christopher Grey is wide-recognized photographer and author of several books.
From Lexington Books
Communication and the Globalization of Culture: Beyond Tradition and Borders by Shaheed Nick Mohammed published by Lexington Books in 2011. Ideas about the subversion of culture are not new. Despite the popularity of the notion that modern corporate globalization is the primary driver of cultural change and erosion, it is possible to identify numerous examples of cultural change over the centuries that occurred in the absence of the modern transnational corporation. Culture is incompatible with the spread of corporate interests and activities. This account provides a unique perspective on the concept of culture and its fate. This book suggests several mechanisms by which pragmatic social practices and fictional discourses make their way into the cultural beliefs and traditions of societies. Shaheed Nick Mohammed is associate professor of communication at Penn State, Altoona.
Bollywood Wedings: dating,
Engagement, and Marriage in Hindu America published by Lexington Books in 2011. There is diversity within the general Hindu community. s differ from Gujaratis, Shiva worship differs from Krishna. However, in the US there is a more generic brand of Hinduism. Common components of Indian wedding reception are dance performances by the couple's friends and family, feasting on a buffet-style Indian inner, and group dances to the tunes of bhangra. This book examines how middle- to upper-class second generation Indian American Hindus negotiate wedding rituals, including the dating and engagement processes. Kavita Ramdya is an independent researcher in American studies
From Sybex
Mastering Vmware vSphere 5 by Scott Lowe published by Sybex in 2011. Now in its 5th generation, Vmware vSphere 5 builds on previous generations of Vmware’s enterprise-grade virtualization products. VSphere 5 extends fine-grained resource allocation controls to more types of resources, enabling Vmware administrators to have even more control over how resources are allocated to and used by virtual workloads. Today, Vmware vSphere is the most widely deployed virtualization platform. This book is your guide to harnessing the newest version, its coverage includes understanding all components of the VMware vSphere 5 suite; installing and configuring Vmware ESXi, vCenter Server, and vSphere Update Manager; building and managing virtual machines, networks, and storage; handling day-to-day or advanced tasks through the vSphere, and much more. Scott Lowe is a Vmware vExpert, he is a Chief Technology Officer for the vSpecialist team at EMC Corporation.
Cisco Networking Essentials by Troy McMillan published by Sybex in 2011. This book fills the gap that has existed in technical books and instructional materials covering networking in general and Cisco technology in particular. This illustrated guide will give you a solid foundation in the fundamentals of Cisco technologies. Whether you are an aspiring networking professional or just brushing up on the basics this book is for you. You will learn networking basics - terms, components, architectures; the ins-and-outs of the OSI model and its layers; TCP/IP, protocols, and physical and logical topologies; and more. This account will maximize skill acquisition and knowledge retention. Troy McMillan is a product developer and technical editor for Kaplan IT, Inc.
From Wiley
Design Thinking for Interiors: Inquiry + Experience + Impact by Joy Dohl and Margaret Portillo published by Wiley in 2011. Designers work in an enveronment that addresses large and complex issues and work in collaborative settings. Depth in design aligns substantive ideas andknnow-how with socially pertinent development and ultimately environments meaningful to individuals. Nrrative inquiry offers a method to tap this reality and reveals markers of what is memorable to the journey and interior experience. Authors discuss 6 impact markers through true accounts of designers, clients, users, and projects that strengthen and deepen conventional expectations of design excellence. This book written by renown scholars, it brings interior design theory and research to life utilizing a narrative inquiry approach that offers accessible coverage of the nterior design world today. Joy Dohr is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin. Margaret Portillo is Research Foundation Professor and Chair of the Department of Interior Design at the University of FL in Gainesville.
Lighting Retrofit and Relighting: A Guide to Green Lighting Solutions by James R. Benya and Donna J. Leban published by Wiley in 2011. This book aims to encourage the retrofitting and improvement of lighting systems in buildings with energy efficient technologies. In the past years, lighting retrofit options have expanded, and uilities are no longer the sole driving force behind them. this account provides information on the process of auditing a building and evaluating energy efficient lighting technologies and their application to lighting systems. It organized into two parts: 1st provides a focus on lighting technologies and how they are used in lighting retrofit; 2nd presents details on eah step of the lighting retrofit process and financial analysis of lighting options.
It discusses the recent advances in lighting equipment and retrofittable controls, explains how to do a lighting audit to identify and evaluate logical retrofit choices, includes case studies of retrofits, illustrating improvements in the quality, and much more. James R. Benya is Principal of Benya Lighting Design of West Linn, Oregon. Donna J. Leban is a licensed architect, professional lighting designer and educator.
From Columbia University Press
Contesting Citizenship: Irregular Migrants and New Frontiers of the Political by Anne McNevin published by Columbia University Press in 2011. In this book, author casts irregular migrants as more than mere victims of sovereign power, shuttled from one location to the next. She shows how migrants reject their positions as illegal outsiders and make claims on the communities in which they live and work. For these migrants, outsider status operates as both a mode of subjectification and a site of active resistance, forcing observers to rethink the enactment of citizenship. In order to discuss the transformation of citizenship, it is helpful to locate citizenship within the broader conceptual framework of political belonging. Anne McNevin is a research fellow and lecturer in international studies at the Globalism Research Centre, RMIT University, Melbourne.
Sufi Bodies: Religion and Society in Medieval Islam by Shahzad Bashir published by Columbia University Press in 2011. In this book, author explores medieval Sufis' conception of the human body as the primary shuttle between interior and exterior realities while focusing on the Persianate societies of Iran and Central Asia. Understanding contemporary Sufism requires a sophisticated analysis of the formative years. Shahzad Bashir weaves a rich history around the depiction of bodily actions by Sufi masters and disciples, primarily in Sufi literature and Persian miniature paintings of the period. To approach the history of Sufism through the lens of embodiment requires that we think of the sources not as static representations of the way things were in the past but as elements of a dynamic process that is embedded within them. To explore embodiment historically is to examine connections between bodies rather than seeing them in isolation. Shahzad Bashir is the author and professor of religious studies at Stanford University.
Many Reasons to Intervene: French and British Approaches to Humanitarian Action by Karl Blanchet & Boris Martin (editors) published by Columbia University Press in 2011. To understand the importance given today to humanitarian aid compared to other forms of assistance, we must trace the major steps and changes that have marked its development since the 1960s. The 90s were characterised by new forms of interventionism by the United Nations in the form of 'military humanitarian' operations. Finally, in the first decade of the 21st century and following the 9/11 attacks, a kind of radicalisation of phenomena seen in the 90s can be observed. For the first time French and British humanitarian professionals have decided to discuss common themes related to humanitarian action. Karl Blanchet is a lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Boris Martin is editor of the French journal Humanitaire.
From Westview
Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of A Worldview, 4th ed by Audrey Smedley and Brian D. Smedley published by Westview in 2011. There are demographic changes, people identified as Latinos or Hispanics have become the largest minority population, surpassing African Americans, who until recently held that status. This book traces the idea of race for more than three centuries to show that “race” is not a product of science but a cultural invention that has been used variously and opportunistically since the 18 century. It is so fundamental, intrinsic to our perceptual and explanatory framework that we never question its meaning or its reality. This updated edition includes a compelling new chapter on the health impacts of the racial worldwide, as well as a thoroughly rewritten chapter that explores the elections of B. Obama and its implications for the meaning of race in America and the future of the racial ideology.
Language, Culture, and Society: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (fifth edition) by Zdenek Salzmann, James Stanlaw, and Nobuko Adachi published by Westview in 2011. In its modern form, linguistic anthropology was the last subfield of anthropology to be developed and recognized and was practiced primarily by North American anthropologists. Over the decades, field-workers have developed techniques and methods to the point that anthropology departments with a sizable program in linguistic anthropology now offer courses in linguistic field methods. This new edition feature three new chapters on language and thought, language and ideology, language in a globalized world, and expanded consideration of the role of linguistics as a key subfield of anthropology; an updated built-in resource manual and study guide for students and instructors; sidebars and boxes throughout to provide ethnographic detail, enhance student comprehension, and much more. New co-authors join Salzmann in revising this classic book. Zdenek Salzmann is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts and adjunct professor at Northern Arizona University. James Stanlaw is professor of anthropology at Illinois State University and author. Nobuko Adachi is associate professor of anthropology at Illinois State University and author.
From Focal Press
Apple Aperture 3: A Workflow Guide for Digital Photographers by Ken McMahon & Nic Rawlinson published by Focal Press in 2011. This book will tell you what you need to know to get the most from Aperture 3, Apple’s Pro advanced photo editing and management application. In this book, authors tried to show you what Aperture is capable of and the best way to go about individual editing tasks and how to integrate them into an enjoyable and productive way of working. With over 200 brand new features, Apple’s leading photo management and image processing package got bigger. In this account, authors will guide you through everything you could ever need to know about Aperture 3. You will learn how to find, tag, and protect your images with advanced metadata techniques; use Presets, Nondestructive brushes and the powerful new Curves tool to dramatically enhance your photos, and much more. Ken McManon runs E60 Professional 360 VR tours, he is a freelance journalist, and lecturer. Nik Rawlinson is the editor of MacUser magazine and author. Light, Science & Magic: An
Introduction to Photographic Lighting (4th Ed.) by Fil Hunter, Steve Biver, and Paul Fuqua published by Focal Press in 2011. The photographer’s world has changed dramatically. Long established markets, relationships, and business models have shrunk, if not completely collapsed. This book provides you with a comprehensive theory of the nature and principles of light so that you can use lighting to express your own creativity and master your photography. This illustrated account features new photographs and lighting diagrams to show how to make complicated shots; new information on how to work with color gels, portable strobes, motion, and moreThis book first ever book cover challenge. Fil Hunter is highly respected commercial photographer, he won the Virginia Professional Photographer’s Grand Photographic Award three times. Steven Biver also is commercial photographer with such clients as DuPont, Newsweek and other. Paul Fuqua for last ten year produced educational material. He started his production company in 1970.
Producing Animation (2nd ed) by Catherine Winder and Zahra Dowlatabadi published by Focal Press in 2011. Animation production is now taking place globally, and the fact that this book is being used around the world is incredibly rewarding and exciting to its authors. This account is a comprehensive guide to the production industry. It offers a complete guide to identifying, pitching, developing, and producing an animated show with detailed resources for production planning, budgeting, scheduling, tracking, delivering, marketing, and distribution. Also it offers tools to establish the best production practices for your project with insight into the inner workings of animation production at successful studios , both small and large, and more. Catherine Winder isanimation producer and creative executive. Zahra Dowlatabadi is an award-winning animation producer and consultant.
From SAGE: New Books on Leadership and Management
Women & Men In Management (4th ed.) by Gary N. Powell published by SAGE in 2011. When the first edition of this book was published in 1988, the field was just emerging as an established area of scientific inquiry. It is now, more than ever before, that we need the new edition of this account. Gary Powell has once again produced a volume that documents the current state of research on gender in the workplace. The author synthesizing an array of over 700 studies and articles that document not only the current state of gender, but also the full range of developmental, social, and societal variables that have led to this current state of affairs. This title provides a comprehensive survey and review of the literature on gender in organizations, referencing the most recent employment and research data. It covers employment decisions, work teams, leadership, sexual harassment, workplace romance, career-based strategies for the individual and organization. Gary N. Powell is Professor of Management and Director of the PHD Program in the School of Business at the University of Connecticut.
Creative Leadership:
Skills That Drive Change (2nd ed) by Gerard J. Puccio, Marie Mance, and Mary C. Murdock published by Sage in 2011. On the contrary, everyone has the capacity to be creative in varying degrees and to imagine new possibilities. Everyone has the ability to lead. More and more, creativity is recognized as a force that drives the economy and impacts all aspects of our lives.
Effective leaders embody the spirit of creativity and as a result, they use flexible and adaptive thinking to proactively introduce change and to productively respond to external sources of change. This book helps readers enhance their creative talents and employ these skills as a leader, providing a concrete set of principles and procedures based in creativity that will forever change how we lead. This account demonstrates that creativity is a process that leads to change; utilizes the Creative Problem Solving process; offers case studies to demonstrate the CPS process in action. New edition includes an expanded discussion of the important role creativity plays in leadership; provides a more extensive account of the skills necessary to be an effective creative leader; presents a broader range of historical and contemporary examples offers enhanced graphics. Gerard J. Puccio is Professor and Chair of the International Center for Studies in Creativity at Buffalo State College. Marie Mance is Director of Leadership Development at Buffalo State College. Mary C. Murdock was an Associate Professor at the ICSC, Buffalo State College.
From NSTA: Teaching Science
Gourmet Lab: The Scientific Principles Behind Your Favorite Foods Gourmet Lab: The Scientific Principles Behind Your Favorite Foods by Sarah Reeves Young published by NSTA in 2011. This book helps to discover science concepts and to learn experimental design skills through interactions with everyday foods. The creation of Gourmet Lab stems from the general definition of science as “the study of the world around you.” The labs are designed for secondary science instruction and can be used to illustrate individual concepts such as physical and chemical changes, or used in a series to teach a more complete picture of science concepts including molecular structure, biochemistry, and acid and bases. This is book is a collection of 115 hands-on experiments - each of which includes a full set of both student and teacher pages - challenges students to take on the role of both scientist and chef, as they boil, bake, and toast their way to a better understanding of science concepts. Sarah Young is an eight-grade physical science teacher at Rowland Hall Middle 
School in Salt Lake City, Utah. Team Teaching Science: Success for All Learners by Ed Linz, Mary Jane Heather, and Lori A. Howard published by NSTA in 2011. The purpose of this book is to address the concerns of both teachers while providing guidance for successful instruction in science. Science is a discipline with specialized vocabulary, laboratory methodology and accompanying safety concerns, and integration of knowledge learned in other disciplines.In this book authors demonstrate the truth in the old adage “Two heads are better than one.” The basic elements of collaboration are introduced, along with chapters on co-teaching strategies to implement in elementary, middle, and high schools classrooms. The authors, who have years of co-teaching experience, offer practical advice that teachers can apply to their own classrooms. This volume will prove to be a valuable resource for making the experience a positive one for both students and teachers.
From Teachers College Press
Teaching 2030: What We Must Do for Our Students and Our Schools… Now and in the Future by Barnett Berry and the TeachersSolutions 2030 Team published by Teachers College in 2011. For many of today’s school administrators, union leaders, policy-makers, and pundits, developing a 21st-century teaching profession inevitably will mean a shift in resources toward developing and applying teacher knowledge. Teaching is hard work. Unlike many policy pundits suggest, teaching is also complex work. This book provides a refreshing and groundbreaking examination of what we need to do to transform teaching into the profession students deserve. The teaching should emerge from a student-centered profession driven by new tools, organizations, and ideals. Some of the concepts and principles that shape authors of this book vision come from the past, not the future. But they are principles yet to be achieved in most of our nation’s public schools, where too many promises of educational opportunity remain unfulfilled. Barnett Berry is founder and president of the Center for Teaching Quality, based in NC.
Finding Your Leadership Focus: What Matters Most for Student Results by Douglas B. Reeves published by Teachers College in 2011. This book documented findings, strategic action suggestions, insights, and instruments for improving leadership. Reeves addresses a major challenge faced by today’s school leaders.He contends that program overload not only taxes leadership resources, but actually hurts rather than improve student performance. This account shows how leaders can pare down from a proliferation of initiatives to determine what is truly important based on their local concerns, challenges, populations, and other school factors. Reeves provides explicit guidelines for how school leaders can improve their most critical leadership decisions by simultaneously engaging in three essential strategies: monitoring teaching and leadership practices, building high degrees of efficacy among staff members, and focusing on a smaller number of priorities. Douglas B. Reeves is the founder of The Leadership and Learning Center, Englewood, Colorado.
From Turner Publishing
Harley-Davidson Memories: The Golden Age of Motorcycling by Bob Tyson published by Turner in 2010. This new book by Bob is a wonderful nostalgic back at the joys of motorcycling during what many called the Golden Years of Motorcycling. Something about the very word motorcycle is magical and all started somewhere around 1964. When Bill Harley and Arthur Davidson began tinkering with the idea of engine-assisted cycling in 1901, they probably had no idea where it would lead. Harley-Davidson is the one motorcycle manufacturer that has managed to outlast all the others while becoming not only a legend, but a lifestyle. This book includes a foreword by Jay Leno and is filled with historical photographs, anecdotes, and H-D advertisements. Bob Tyson has written articles for the field-related magazines. He has been involved with motorcycling for almost 40 years.
Surviving Hell: The Journey of a WWII POW in the Pacific 1942-1945 by Lt. Col. William D. Miner published by Turner in 2010. This book is a story that has been waiting to be told, a story of Bill Miner during World War II. It describes the author’s service on the island of Cebu and his subsequent capture and imprisonment by Japanese forces. In September 1945, the author reflected: “I have lost every close friend I had out here - have been through filth, destruction, near death many times, and lived under conditions that would warp men’s souls.”W. D. Minor was assigned to the 31st Infantry in the Philippines in 1941, where he served as commander of a Philippine Army camp and force communication officer on the staff of Gen. B.G. Chynoweth. After serving more than 3 years as a POW, in 1945, he was rescued and returned home to become a lieutenant colonel active in USAR units in Indiana and commanding officer of an Illinois USAR unit.
Jossey Bass: Higher Education
The Heart of Higher Education: A Call to Renewal by Parker J. Palmer & Arthur Zajonc with M. Scribner published by Jossey Bass in 2011. This is a motivational book for everyone who cares about the academy to revisit its roots and help reclaim its highest calling. It offers a rich interplay of analysis, theory and action options and models to help colleges and universities become places that awaken the deepest potential in students. In this imposrtant book, its authors, Parker J. Palmer, Arthur Zajonc, and M. Scribner propose an approach to educational renewal grounded in collegiality and conversation.
Professor’s Guide: The Secret of College Success: Over 600 Tips & Tricks Revealed by Lynn F. Jacobs Jeremy S. Hyman published by Jossey Bass in 2011. You might thought professors and advisers would tell you all you need to know. This book is the first book to offer quick tips, all written by professors, that will help you achieve your full potential. These tips and secrets are result of over 30 years of teaching experience at eight different colleges. This account is fun to read. You’ll find yourself not only strategizing but making up tips of your own and even wanting to share them with others. It was written by award-winning professors Lynn Jacobs and Jeremy Hyman and loaded with insider information that only professors know!
New Title From SAGE
The Sage Handbook of Complexity and Management by Peter Allen, Steve Maguire and Bill McKelvey (editors) published by Sage in 2011. Complexity is one of the faster growing topics of research in the natural and social sciences. A new, trans-disciplinary and paradigm-shifting science of complicity is emerging at the interstices between a diverse set of disciplines, challenging traditional disciplinary assumptions and boundaries. The application of complexity science has grown dramatically over the past two decades. Numerous scholarly as well as practitioner-targeted books have been written, many special issues of journals have been published; several new specialized journals have been created; and articles applying complexity science to organizational phenomena are now regularly appearing in leading management journals. For many years, complex systems have received substantial attention in a range of disciplines and from this has emerged a broad and interdisciplinary complexity science. Adopting a complexity perspective has important ontological, epistemological and axiological implications which management researchers and practitioners alike must come to terms. This account draws together a variety of contributions to the understanding of complexity in organizational settings. It is the first substantive scholarly work to provide a map of state-of-the-art research in the growing field, emerging at the intersection of complexity science and management studies. Written and edited by internationally respected scholars, this book is the definitive reference source for understanding the implications of contemporary science for management research and practice.
New Titles From Wiley
Questions That Get Result: Innovative Ideas Managers Can Use To Improve Their Team’s Performance by Paul Cherry and Patrick Connor published by Wiley in 2011. Thousands of dedicated, hard-working business people each year are eager to be successful, but sometimes lack certain skills to enhance their job performance. Good management can make or break a company, and managers use their considerable skills to alter company culture, dramatically improve employee motivation, effectively restructure departments and create the opportunity to forge lasting client relationships. This book is a resource that provides managers with the questions that lead to real answers for motivating employees. If you are manager, this book is for you. Paul Cherry is founder and Managing Partner at Performance Based Results, an executive sales and relationship development organization. Patrick Connor helps people live more profitable and productive lives, he is Managing Partner at Performance Based Results.
Smarter, Faster, Cheaper: Non-Boring, Fluff-Free Strategies for Marketing and Promoting Your Business by David Siteman Garland published by Wiley in 2011. There are two ways to promote and market your business: dumber, slower, and expensive - or smarter, faster, and cheaper. The barriers to successful marketing have crumbled. Now it takes less money, but more personality and passion, more creativity.
This book will show how legendary new entrepreneurs and promoters, such as Patti Stanger, Scott Ginsberg, Gary Vaynerchuk, Seth Godin and others succeeded. If you are interested in marketing, building and promoting your business, this title in for you, it is your one-stop guide to the new entrepreneurial landscape with the real-world examples from unique innovators whose experiences will inspire you to take successful action. David Siteman Garlandd is a professional speaker, he is founder of The Rise to the Top, The #1 Non-Boring Resource For Building Your Business Smarter, Faster, Cheaper. he has been featured on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS.
New From PACKT Publishing
OpenLayers 2.10: Create, optimize, and deploy stunning cross-browser web maps with the OpenLayers JavaScript web-mapping library
Beginners Guideby Erik Hazzard published by PACKT in 2011. Web mapping is the process of designing, implementing, generating, and delivering maps on the World Wide Web and its products. OpenLayers is a powerful, community driven, open source, pure JavaScript web-mapping library. With it you can easily create your own web map using WMS, Google Maps, and myriad of other map backends. This book will walk you through the OpenLayers library in the easiest and most efficient way possible. You will learn about each component of the OpenLayers library, how to use OpenLayers through explanation and examples, create dynamic web map mashups, customize your map's functionality and appearence, deploy your map and improve page loading times. Also you will learn how to set up OpenLayers and use it to create your own web maps, debug your map to find out how it works and how to fix things that break, investigate the multitude of different layer types, and more. Erik Hazzard is a web developer-designer, Open Source advocate, an VI user. He works in Florida at FREAC that does GIS and web development work.
Flash Game Development by Example: Build 9 classic Flash games and learn game development along the wayby Emanuele
Feronato published by PACKT in 2011. It is no surprise that more and more developers are putting their efforts into the creation of Flash games. What makes Flash games development different from other kinds of casual game development is the budget required to make it a commercial success. Flash CS4 or CS5 is required for this book which is an ultra-fast paced game development course. The book starts with well known puzzle games. You will learn how to buid 9 working games in one fast-paced 330 page book.Each game is carefully selected and explained to introduce essential game development skills.You will learn to buid games with AI, levels, shooting at moving targets, puzzles, scoring systems, time limits, and more. This book is for those who never developed a game before or who has made a start but want to refine their skills. Emanuele Feronato owns a web development company in Italy where he works as a lead programmer. Also he is the technical reviewer for Packt Publishing.
From Purdue University PRESS
New From CRC Books
Nanotechnology and Global Equality by Donald Maclurcan published by CRC Press in 2012. This book began with a brochure about courses at the University of Technology in Sydney, which Donald found in Park. Much of the work in this account is best viewed as a snapshot from and reflection upon an early period of nanotechnology's development. As his understanding has deepened, it has become clearer to him that nanotechnology is a medium to access the process and possibly trajectories according technological future. This book is the world's first comprehensive assessment of nanotechnology's foreseen implications for global development. It provides important information and places nanotechnology's emergence within a broad historical and contemporary global context. It reveals unacknowledged by mainstream commentators scenarios and explores the nature of global engagement with nanotechnology research and development. Donald Maclurcan is co-editor, his work is widely published. Donald is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and the Honorary Research Fellow with the Institute for Nanoscale Technology at the University of Technology, Sydney, and more.TV Content Analysis: Techniques and Applications by Yiannis Kompatsiaris, Bernard Merialdo, and Shiguo Lian (editors) published by CRC Press in 2012. TV currently available through mobile TV, digital TV, and Internet TV. It continues to play an important role in our daily life, as much as the social networks. The advancement of digital multimedia technologies revolutionized the production and distribution of audiovisual content, it also created the need to analyze TV programs to enable applications for content managers and consumers. This book gives through description of TV program analysis techniques; it it organized in 6 parts and shows that TV content analysis and related topics still attract significant attention. There are the number of requirements that remain to be addressed and one of the is the diversity of TV content. Researchers and academics from around the globe explores the subjects areas such as architecture, systems, applications, algorithms, research results, open issues and emerging approaches. Ioannis Kompatsiaris is a senior researcher with the Informatics and Telematics Institute in Greece and is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the ACM. He has been co-organiser of many conferences and workshops. Bernard Merialdo is the editor and a professor in the Multimedia Department of EURECOM, France and head of department. Shoguo Lian is the author and co-author. Lian is in a member of the IEEE Communications and Information Security Technical Committee, and more. He was nominated for the prize of 'Innovation Prize in France Telecom.'New From Lexington Books
The Daily Show and Rhetoric: Arguments, Issues, and Strategies by Trischa Goodnow (editor) published by Lexington Books in 2012. Rhetoric often confounds its students and critics. Scholars have undertaken recent study into The Daily Show as an important source for information and critique. This book seeks to engage the idea of The Daily Show as rhetoric. This account examines The Daily Show in relation to traditional news and how the program itself makes news. The host of the show, Jon Stewart has been called the most trusted man in America. This account explores not only examines the popular Comedy Central program, it uncovers the ways in which Jon Stewart, the cast, the the writers critique mainstream media and politicians. Contributors: J.E. Barbur, C. W. Wesley Buerkle, J. Compton, T. Goodnow, A. Hess, B. T. Kaylor, and other. Trischa Goodnow is associate professor in the Department of Speech Communication at Oregon State University.The Challenge of the American Presidency: Washington to Obama (2nd ed) by Philip Abbott published by Lexington Books in 2012. This book argues that power and impotency are largely determined by how presidents respond to changes in the political system, including the presidency itself. Author of this book examines each president's response to gement. the challenges. This survey is divided into six periods, such as the founding presidency, partisan presidency, eclipsed presidency, the modern presidency, cold war presidency, post-modern presidency. This edition includes an extended treatment of the G.W. Bush presidency and the current president administration. This book focuses on high-risk decisions presidents have made. It includes includes an updated bibliography. Philip Abbot is distinguished professor of political science at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.Charles Sanders Peirce and a Religious Metaphysics of Nature by Leon J. Niemoczynski published by Lexington Books in 2012. This account aims to explore and identify ideas that the American philosopher Charles S.. Peirce has brought to the field of philosophy of religion. Robert S. Corrington, creator of the school of ecstatic naturalism, preconceived many of the traditional philosophical ideas about Peirce in a manner very much similar to author's. This book is an original study on the cultivation of a religious understanding of nature. Author applies Charles Sanders Peirce's thought on metaphysics to estimate naturalism, the philosophical perspective developed by Robert Corrington. Leon J. Niemoczynski is lecturer in philosophy at Immaculata University in Philadelphia, PA.New Amherst Media Books
500 Poses for Photographing High School Seniors: A Visual Sourcebook for Digital Portrait Photographers by Michelle Perkins published by Amherst Media in 2012. This book includes images by accomplished portrait, fashion, and editorial photographers, it provides a resource for photographers seeking inspiration for their work. This beautifully-illustrated account includes examples of classic, casual, and editorial posing styles; head-and-shoulders, waist-up, three-quarter, and full-length poses; poses for standing, seated, and reclining portraits; inspirational ideas for studio and location portraits; ideas for posing both guys and girls, and more.
Master’s Guide to Off-Camera Flash: Professional Techniques for Digital Photographers by Barry Staver published by Amherst Media in 2012. Successful photographs cause viewers to stop and look at them, often many times over. Literary, they take our breath away, they tug at our heart or hit us in the gut. With this book you will learn how adding off-camera flash can help you take home more WOW images from every shot. You will understand the nature of light, including the types and qualities of light; will learn to identify scenarios where adding flash can improve the existing light - or designing setups where flash is the sole light source; methods of triggering one or more off-camera flash units. It includes practical examples showing how off-camera flash was used on actual assignments, and more. Barry Staver is a photographic journalist on assignment for different magazines, such us People and Time.
Christopher Grey’s Vintage Lighting: The Digital Photographer’s Guide to Portrait Lighting Technology from 1910 to 1970 published by Amherst Media in 2011. Every technique author outline in this book will work with contemporary models and clothing. The techniques will add an edge to your work. With this account, you will master your skills you need to create vintage lighting looks in a modern portrait studio. You will learn how to simulate skylight and window lighting, soft shadows, tonal mergers, strong backlighting and flair, the powerful look of hard and soft light sources, and much more. Christopher Grey is wide-recognized photographer and author of several books.
From Lexington Books
Communication and the Globalization of Culture: Beyond Tradition and Borders by Shaheed Nick Mohammed published by Lexington Books in 2011. Ideas about the subversion of culture are not new. Despite the popularity of the notion that modern corporate globalization is the primary driver of cultural change and erosion, it is possible to identify numerous examples of cultural change over the centuries that occurred in the absence of the modern transnational corporation. Culture is incompatible with the spread of corporate interests and activities. This account provides a unique perspective on the concept of culture and its fate. This book suggests several mechanisms by which pragmatic social practices and fictional discourses make their way into the cultural beliefs and traditions of societies. Shaheed Nick Mohammed is associate professor of communication at Penn State, Altoona.Bollywood Wedings: dating,
Engagement, and Marriage in Hindu America published by Lexington Books in 2011. There is diversity within the general Hindu community. s differ from Gujaratis, Shiva worship differs from Krishna. However, in the US there is a more generic brand of Hinduism. Common components of Indian wedding reception are dance performances by the couple's friends and family, feasting on a buffet-style Indian inner, and group dances to the tunes of bhangra. This book examines how middle- to upper-class second generation Indian American Hindus negotiate wedding rituals, including the dating and engagement processes. Kavita Ramdya is an independent researcher in American studiesFrom Sybex
Mastering Vmware vSphere 5 by Scott Lowe published by Sybex in 2011. Now in its 5th generation, Vmware vSphere 5 builds on previous generations of Vmware’s enterprise-grade virtualization products. VSphere 5 extends fine-grained resource allocation controls to more types of resources, enabling Vmware administrators to have even more control over how resources are allocated to and used by virtual workloads. Today, Vmware vSphere is the most widely deployed virtualization platform. This book is your guide to harnessing the newest version, its coverage includes understanding all components of the VMware vSphere 5 suite; installing and configuring Vmware ESXi, vCenter Server, and vSphere Update Manager; building and managing virtual machines, networks, and storage; handling day-to-day or advanced tasks through the vSphere, and much more. Scott Lowe is a Vmware vExpert, he is a Chief Technology Officer for the vSpecialist team at EMC Corporation.Cisco Networking Essentials by Troy McMillan published by Sybex in 2011. This book fills the gap that has existed in technical books and instructional materials covering networking in general and Cisco technology in particular. This illustrated guide will give you a solid foundation in the fundamentals of Cisco technologies. Whether you are an aspiring networking professional or just brushing up on the basics this book is for you. You will learn networking basics - terms, components, architectures; the ins-and-outs of the OSI model and its layers; TCP/IP, protocols, and physical and logical topologies; and more. This account will maximize skill acquisition and knowledge retention. Troy McMillan is a product developer and technical editor for Kaplan IT, Inc. From Wiley
Design Thinking for Interiors: Inquiry + Experience + Impact by Joy Dohl and Margaret Portillo published by Wiley in 2011. Designers work in an enveronment that addresses large and complex issues and work in collaborative settings. Depth in design aligns substantive ideas andknnow-how with socially pertinent development and ultimately environments meaningful to individuals. Nrrative inquiry offers a method to tap this reality and reveals markers of what is memorable to the journey and interior experience. Authors discuss 6 impact markers through true accounts of designers, clients, users, and projects that strengthen and deepen conventional expectations of design excellence. This book written by renown scholars, it brings interior design theory and research to life utilizing a narrative inquiry approach that offers accessible coverage of the nterior design world today. Joy Dohr is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin. Margaret Portillo is Research Foundation Professor and Chair of the Department of Interior Design at the University of FL in Gainesville.Lighting Retrofit and Relighting: A Guide to Green Lighting Solutions by James R. Benya and Donna J. Leban published by Wiley in 2011. This book aims to encourage the retrofitting and improvement of lighting systems in buildings with energy efficient technologies. In the past years, lighting retrofit options have expanded, and uilities are no longer the sole driving force behind them. this account provides information on the process of auditing a building and evaluating energy efficient lighting technologies and their application to lighting systems. It organized into two parts: 1st provides a focus on lighting technologies and how they are used in lighting retrofit; 2nd presents details on eah step of the lighting retrofit process and financial analysis of lighting options. It discusses the recent advances in lighting equipment and retrofittable controls, explains how to do a lighting audit to identify and evaluate logical retrofit choices, includes case studies of retrofits, illustrating improvements in the quality, and much more. James R. Benya is Principal of Benya Lighting Design of West Linn, Oregon. Donna J. Leban is a licensed architect, professional lighting designer and educator.
From Columbia University Press
Contesting Citizenship: Irregular Migrants and New Frontiers of the Political by Anne McNevin published by Columbia University Press in 2011. In this book, author casts irregular migrants as more than mere victims of sovereign power, shuttled from one location to the next. She shows how migrants reject their positions as illegal outsiders and make claims on the communities in which they live and work. For these migrants, outsider status operates as both a mode of subjectification and a site of active resistance, forcing observers to rethink the enactment of citizenship. In order to discuss the transformation of citizenship, it is helpful to locate citizenship within the broader conceptual framework of political belonging. Anne McNevin is a research fellow and lecturer in international studies at the Globalism Research Centre, RMIT University, Melbourne.Sufi Bodies: Religion and Society in Medieval Islam by Shahzad Bashir published by Columbia University Press in 2011. In this book, author explores medieval Sufis' conception of the human body as the primary shuttle between interior and exterior realities while focusing on the Persianate societies of Iran and Central Asia. Understanding contemporary Sufism requires a sophisticated analysis of the formative years. Shahzad Bashir weaves a rich history around the depiction of bodily actions by Sufi masters and disciples, primarily in Sufi literature and Persian miniature paintings of the period. To approach the history of Sufism through the lens of embodiment requires that we think of the sources not as static representations of the way things were in the past but as elements of a dynamic process that is embedded within them. To explore embodiment historically is to examine connections between bodies rather than seeing them in isolation. Shahzad Bashir is the author and professor of religious studies at Stanford University. Many Reasons to Intervene: French and British Approaches to Humanitarian Action by Karl Blanchet & Boris Martin (editors) published by Columbia University Press in 2011. To understand the importance given today to humanitarian aid compared to other forms of assistance, we must trace the major steps and changes that have marked its development since the 1960s. The 90s were characterised by new forms of interventionism by the United Nations in the form of 'military humanitarian' operations. Finally, in the first decade of the 21st century and following the 9/11 attacks, a kind of radicalisation of phenomena seen in the 90s can be observed. For the first time French and British humanitarian professionals have decided to discuss common themes related to humanitarian action. Karl Blanchet is a lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Boris Martin is editor of the French journal Humanitaire.From Westview
Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of A Worldview, 4th ed by Audrey Smedley and Brian D. Smedley published by Westview in 2011. There are demographic changes, people identified as Latinos or Hispanics have become the largest minority population, surpassing African Americans, who until recently held that status. This book traces the idea of race for more than three centuries to show that “race” is not a product of science but a cultural invention that has been used variously and opportunistically since the 18 century. It is so fundamental, intrinsic to our perceptual and explanatory framework that we never question its meaning or its reality. This updated edition includes a compelling new chapter on the health impacts of the racial worldwide, as well as a thoroughly rewritten chapter that explores the elections of B. Obama and its implications for the meaning of race in America and the future of the racial ideology. Language, Culture, and Society: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (fifth edition) by Zdenek Salzmann, James Stanlaw, and Nobuko Adachi published by Westview in 2011. In its modern form, linguistic anthropology was the last subfield of anthropology to be developed and recognized and was practiced primarily by North American anthropologists. Over the decades, field-workers have developed techniques and methods to the point that anthropology departments with a sizable program in linguistic anthropology now offer courses in linguistic field methods. This new edition feature three new chapters on language and thought, language and ideology, language in a globalized world, and expanded consideration of the role of linguistics as a key subfield of anthropology; an updated built-in resource manual and study guide for students and instructors; sidebars and boxes throughout to provide ethnographic detail, enhance student comprehension, and much more. New co-authors join Salzmann in revising this classic book. Zdenek Salzmann is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts and adjunct professor at Northern Arizona University. James Stanlaw is professor of anthropology at Illinois State University and author. Nobuko Adachi is associate professor of anthropology at Illinois State University and author.From Focal Press
Apple Aperture 3: A Workflow Guide for Digital Photographers by Ken McMahon & Nic Rawlinson published by Focal Press in 2011. This book will tell you what you need to know to get the most from Aperture 3, Apple’s Pro advanced photo editing and management application. In this book, authors tried to show you what Aperture is capable of and the best way to go about individual editing tasks and how to integrate them into an enjoyable and productive way of working. With over 200 brand new features, Apple’s leading photo management and image processing package got bigger. In this account, authors will guide you through everything you could ever need to know about Aperture 3. You will learn how to find, tag, and protect your images with advanced metadata techniques; use Presets, Nondestructive brushes and the powerful new Curves tool to dramatically enhance your photos, and much more. Ken McManon runs E60 Professional 360 VR tours, he is a freelance journalist, and lecturer. Nik Rawlinson is the editor of MacUser magazine and author. Light, Science & Magic: An
Introduction to Photographic Lighting (4th Ed.) by Fil Hunter, Steve Biver, and Paul Fuqua published by Focal Press in 2011. The photographer’s world has changed dramatically. Long established markets, relationships, and business models have shrunk, if not completely collapsed. This book provides you with a comprehensive theory of the nature and principles of light so that you can use lighting to express your own creativity and master your photography. This illustrated account features new photographs and lighting diagrams to show how to make complicated shots; new information on how to work with color gels, portable strobes, motion, and moreThis book first ever book cover challenge. Fil Hunter is highly respected commercial photographer, he won the Virginia Professional Photographer’s Grand Photographic Award three times. Steven Biver also is commercial photographer with such clients as DuPont, Newsweek and other. Paul Fuqua for last ten year produced educational material. He started his production company in 1970. Producing Animation (2nd ed) by Catherine Winder and Zahra Dowlatabadi published by Focal Press in 2011. Animation production is now taking place globally, and the fact that this book is being used around the world is incredibly rewarding and exciting to its authors. This account is a comprehensive guide to the production industry. It offers a complete guide to identifying, pitching, developing, and producing an animated show with detailed resources for production planning, budgeting, scheduling, tracking, delivering, marketing, and distribution. Also it offers tools to establish the best production practices for your project with insight into the inner workings of animation production at successful studios , both small and large, and more. Catherine Winder isanimation producer and creative executive. Zahra Dowlatabadi is an award-winning animation producer and consultant.From SAGE: New Books on Leadership and Management
Women & Men In Management (4th ed.) by Gary N. Powell published by SAGE in 2011. When the first edition of this book was published in 1988, the field was just emerging as an established area of scientific inquiry. It is now, more than ever before, that we need the new edition of this account. Gary Powell has once again produced a volume that documents the current state of research on gender in the workplace. The author synthesizing an array of over 700 studies and articles that document not only the current state of gender, but also the full range of developmental, social, and societal variables that have led to this current state of affairs. This title provides a comprehensive survey and review of the literature on gender in organizations, referencing the most recent employment and research data. It covers employment decisions, work teams, leadership, sexual harassment, workplace romance, career-based strategies for the individual and organization. Gary N. Powell is Professor of Management and Director of the PHD Program in the School of Business at the University of Connecticut.Creative Leadership:
Skills That Drive Change (2nd ed) by Gerard J. Puccio, Marie Mance, and Mary C. Murdock published by Sage in 2011. On the contrary, everyone has the capacity to be creative in varying degrees and to imagine new possibilities. Everyone has the ability to lead. More and more, creativity is recognized as a force that drives the economy and impacts all aspects of our lives. Effective leaders embody the spirit of creativity and as a result, they use flexible and adaptive thinking to proactively introduce change and to productively respond to external sources of change. This book helps readers enhance their creative talents and employ these skills as a leader, providing a concrete set of principles and procedures based in creativity that will forever change how we lead. This account demonstrates that creativity is a process that leads to change; utilizes the Creative Problem Solving process; offers case studies to demonstrate the CPS process in action. New edition includes an expanded discussion of the important role creativity plays in leadership; provides a more extensive account of the skills necessary to be an effective creative leader; presents a broader range of historical and contemporary examples offers enhanced graphics. Gerard J. Puccio is Professor and Chair of the International Center for Studies in Creativity at Buffalo State College. Marie Mance is Director of Leadership Development at Buffalo State College. Mary C. Murdock was an Associate Professor at the ICSC, Buffalo State College.
From NSTA: Teaching Science
Gourmet Lab: The Scientific Principles Behind Your Favorite Foods Gourmet Lab: The Scientific Principles Behind Your Favorite Foods by Sarah Reeves Young published by NSTA in 2011. This book helps to discover science concepts and to learn experimental design skills through interactions with everyday foods. The creation of Gourmet Lab stems from the general definition of science as “the study of the world around you.” The labs are designed for secondary science instruction and can be used to illustrate individual concepts such as physical and chemical changes, or used in a series to teach a more complete picture of science concepts including molecular structure, biochemistry, and acid and bases. This is book is a collection of 115 hands-on experiments - each of which includes a full set of both student and teacher pages - challenges students to take on the role of both scientist and chef, as they boil, bake, and toast their way to a better understanding of science concepts. Sarah Young is an eight-grade physical science teacher at Rowland Hall Middle School in Salt Lake City, Utah. Team Teaching Science: Success for All Learners by Ed Linz, Mary Jane Heather, and Lori A. Howard published by NSTA in 2011. The purpose of this book is to address the concerns of both teachers while providing guidance for successful instruction in science. Science is a discipline with specialized vocabulary, laboratory methodology and accompanying safety concerns, and integration of knowledge learned in other disciplines.In this book authors demonstrate the truth in the old adage “Two heads are better than one.” The basic elements of collaboration are introduced, along with chapters on co-teaching strategies to implement in elementary, middle, and high schools classrooms. The authors, who have years of co-teaching experience, offer practical advice that teachers can apply to their own classrooms. This volume will prove to be a valuable resource for making the experience a positive one for both students and teachers. From Teachers College Press
Teaching 2030: What We Must Do for Our Students and Our Schools… Now and in the Future by Barnett Berry and the TeachersSolutions 2030 Team published by Teachers College in 2011. For many of today’s school administrators, union leaders, policy-makers, and pundits, developing a 21st-century teaching profession inevitably will mean a shift in resources toward developing and applying teacher knowledge. Teaching is hard work. Unlike many policy pundits suggest, teaching is also complex work. This book provides a refreshing and groundbreaking examination of what we need to do to transform teaching into the profession students deserve. The teaching should emerge from a student-centered profession driven by new tools, organizations, and ideals. Some of the concepts and principles that shape authors of this book vision come from the past, not the future. But they are principles yet to be achieved in most of our nation’s public schools, where too many promises of educational opportunity remain unfulfilled. Barnett Berry is founder and president of the Center for Teaching Quality, based in NC. Finding Your Leadership Focus: What Matters Most for Student Results by Douglas B. Reeves published by Teachers College in 2011. This book documented findings, strategic action suggestions, insights, and instruments for improving leadership. Reeves addresses a major challenge faced by today’s school leaders.He contends that program overload not only taxes leadership resources, but actually hurts rather than improve student performance. This account shows how leaders can pare down from a proliferation of initiatives to determine what is truly important based on their local concerns, challenges, populations, and other school factors. Reeves provides explicit guidelines for how school leaders can improve their most critical leadership decisions by simultaneously engaging in three essential strategies: monitoring teaching and leadership practices, building high degrees of efficacy among staff members, and focusing on a smaller number of priorities. Douglas B. Reeves is the founder of The Leadership and Learning Center, Englewood, Colorado. From Turner Publishing
Harley-Davidson Memories: The Golden Age of Motorcycling by Bob Tyson published by Turner in 2010. This new book by Bob is a wonderful nostalgic back at the joys of motorcycling during what many called the Golden Years of Motorcycling. Something about the very word motorcycle is magical and all started somewhere around 1964. When Bill Harley and Arthur Davidson began tinkering with the idea of engine-assisted cycling in 1901, they probably had no idea where it would lead. Harley-Davidson is the one motorcycle manufacturer that has managed to outlast all the others while becoming not only a legend, but a lifestyle. This book includes a foreword by Jay Leno and is filled with historical photographs, anecdotes, and H-D advertisements. Bob Tyson has written articles for the field-related magazines. He has been involved with motorcycling for almost 40 years.Surviving Hell: The Journey of a WWII POW in the Pacific 1942-1945 by Lt. Col. William D. Miner published by Turner in 2010. This book is a story that has been waiting to be told, a story of Bill Miner during World War II. It describes the author’s service on the island of Cebu and his subsequent capture and imprisonment by Japanese forces. In September 1945, the author reflected: “I have lost every close friend I had out here - have been through filth, destruction, near death many times, and lived under conditions that would warp men’s souls.”W. D. Minor was assigned to the 31st Infantry in the Philippines in 1941, where he served as commander of a Philippine Army camp and force communication officer on the staff of Gen. B.G. Chynoweth. After serving more than 3 years as a POW, in 1945, he was rescued and returned home to become a lieutenant colonel active in USAR units in Indiana and commanding officer of an Illinois USAR unit. Jossey Bass: Higher Education
The Heart of Higher Education: A Call to Renewal by Parker J. Palmer & Arthur Zajonc with M. Scribner published by Jossey Bass in 2011. This is a motivational book for everyone who cares about the academy to revisit its roots and help reclaim its highest calling. It offers a rich interplay of analysis, theory and action options and models to help colleges and universities become places that awaken the deepest potential in students. In this imposrtant book, its authors, Parker J. Palmer, Arthur Zajonc, and M. Scribner propose an approach to educational renewal grounded in collegiality and conversation. Professor’s Guide: The Secret of College Success: Over 600 Tips & Tricks Revealed by Lynn F. Jacobs Jeremy S. Hyman published by Jossey Bass in 2011. You might thought professors and advisers would tell you all you need to know. This book is the first book to offer quick tips, all written by professors, that will help you achieve your full potential. These tips and secrets are result of over 30 years of teaching experience at eight different colleges. This account is fun to read. You’ll find yourself not only strategizing but making up tips of your own and even wanting to share them with others. It was written by award-winning professors Lynn Jacobs and Jeremy Hyman and loaded with insider information that only professors know!New Title From SAGE
The Sage Handbook of Complexity and Management by Peter Allen, Steve Maguire and Bill McKelvey (editors) published by Sage in 2011. Complexity is one of the faster growing topics of research in the natural and social sciences. A new, trans-disciplinary and paradigm-shifting science of complicity is emerging at the interstices between a diverse set of disciplines, challenging traditional disciplinary assumptions and boundaries. The application of complexity science has grown dramatically over the past two decades. Numerous scholarly as well as practitioner-targeted books have been written, many special issues of journals have been published; several new specialized journals have been created; and articles applying complexity science to organizational phenomena are now regularly appearing in leading management journals. For many years, complex systems have received substantial attention in a range of disciplines and from this has emerged a broad and interdisciplinary complexity science. Adopting a complexity perspective has important ontological, epistemological and axiological implications which management researchers and practitioners alike must come to terms. This account draws together a variety of contributions to the understanding of complexity in organizational settings. It is the first substantive scholarly work to provide a map of state-of-the-art research in the growing field, emerging at the intersection of complexity science and management studies. Written and edited by internationally respected scholars, this book is the definitive reference source for understanding the implications of contemporary science for management research and practice.New Titles From Wiley
Questions That Get Result: Innovative Ideas Managers Can Use To Improve Their Team’s Performance by Paul Cherry and Patrick Connor published by Wiley in 2011. Thousands of dedicated, hard-working business people each year are eager to be successful, but sometimes lack certain skills to enhance their job performance. Good management can make or break a company, and managers use their considerable skills to alter company culture, dramatically improve employee motivation, effectively restructure departments and create the opportunity to forge lasting client relationships. This book is a resource that provides managers with the questions that lead to real answers for motivating employees. If you are manager, this book is for you. Paul Cherry is founder and Managing Partner at Performance Based Results, an executive sales and relationship development organization. Patrick Connor helps people live more profitable and productive lives, he is Managing Partner at Performance Based Results. Smarter, Faster, Cheaper: Non-Boring, Fluff-Free Strategies for Marketing and Promoting Your Business by David Siteman Garland published by Wiley in 2011. There are two ways to promote and market your business: dumber, slower, and expensive - or smarter, faster, and cheaper. The barriers to successful marketing have crumbled. Now it takes less money, but more personality and passion, more creativity.This book will show how legendary new entrepreneurs and promoters, such as Patti Stanger, Scott Ginsberg, Gary Vaynerchuk, Seth Godin and others succeeded. If you are interested in marketing, building and promoting your business, this title in for you, it is your one-stop guide to the new entrepreneurial landscape with the real-world examples from unique innovators whose experiences will inspire you to take successful action. David Siteman Garlandd is a professional speaker, he is founder of The Rise to the Top, The #1 Non-Boring Resource For Building Your Business Smarter, Faster, Cheaper. he has been featured on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS.
New From PACKT Publishing
OpenLayers 2.10: Create, optimize, and deploy stunning cross-browser web maps with the OpenLayers JavaScript web-mapping library
Beginners Guideby Erik Hazzard published by PACKT in 2011. Web mapping is the process of designing, implementing, generating, and delivering maps on the World Wide Web and its products. OpenLayers is a powerful, community driven, open source, pure JavaScript web-mapping library. With it you can easily create your own web map using WMS, Google Maps, and myriad of other map backends. This book will walk you through the OpenLayers library in the easiest and most efficient way possible. You will learn about each component of the OpenLayers library, how to use OpenLayers through explanation and examples, create dynamic web map mashups, customize your map's functionality and appearence, deploy your map and improve page loading times. Also you will learn how to set up OpenLayers and use it to create your own web maps, debug your map to find out how it works and how to fix things that break, investigate the multitude of different layer types, and more. Erik Hazzard is a web developer-designer, Open Source advocate, an VI user. He works in Florida at FREAC that does GIS and web development work.Flash Game Development by Example: Build 9 classic Flash games and learn game development along the wayby Emanuele
Feronato published by PACKT in 2011. It is no surprise that more and more developers are putting their efforts into the creation of Flash games. What makes Flash games development different from other kinds of casual game development is the budget required to make it a commercial success. Flash CS4 or CS5 is required for this book which is an ultra-fast paced game development course. The book starts with well known puzzle games. You will learn how to buid 9 working games in one fast-paced 330 page book.Each game is carefully selected and explained to introduce essential game development skills.You will learn to buid games with AI, levels, shooting at moving targets, puzzles, scoring systems, time limits, and more. This book is for those who never developed a game before or who has made a start but want to refine their skills. Emanuele Feronato owns a web development company in Italy where he works as a lead programmer. Also he is the technical reviewer for Packt Publishing.From Purdue University PRESS
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