"The Moon" is a fascinating exploration of our closest celestial neighbor, delving into its nature as a planet, a world, and a satellite. Authored by James Carpenter and James Nasmyth, the book presents a comprehensive study of the Moon's surface, its geological features, and its significance in the broader context of the solar system. The authors combine scientific observations with artistic illustrations, providing readers with a vivid understanding of the Moon's landscape and its impact...

A practical guide to analysing partially observed data.Collecting, analysing and drawing inferences from data is central to research in the medical and social sciences. Unfortunately, it is rarely possible to collect all the intended data. The literature on inference from the resulting incomplete data is now huge, and continues to grow both as methods are developed for large and complex data structures, and as increasing computer power and suitable software enable ...

Two young men, one bi-racial and the other white, meet in an overnight lockup and begin their shared twenty-year downward spiral into alcoholism and homelessness. LeRoy and Harmon work together, drink together, brawl together, and as Harmon suffers from his final illness, they both bed Edna, a wealthy widow who, out of pity, curiosity, and loneliness, takes them into her vacation home by the river. Through episodes rendered from shifting, multiple points of view, a series of flashbacks, an...

How a generation of pioneers and their historians knowingly hid the violent history of Indigenous dispossession in the Pacific NorthwestThe small, mostly forgotten wars of the 1850s in the American Pacific Northwest were part of a broader genocidal war—the War on Illahee—to seize Native land for Euro‑Americans. Illahee (a term for “homeland” in Chinook) was turned into the states of Oregon and Washington through the violence of invading soldiers, settlers, and seri...

The small, mostly forgotten wars of the 1850s in the American Pacific Northwest were part of a broader genocidal war—the War on Illahee—to seize Native land for Euro‑Americans. Illahee (a term for "homeland" in Chinook) was turned into the states of Oregon and Washington through the violence of invading soldiers, settlers, and serial killers. Clashes over the brutality of invasion—should it be celebrated, isolated, or erased?—left behind accidental archives of atrocity, as history writers ...

The Moon: considered as a planet, a world, and a satellite. by James Nasmyth and James Carpenter invites readers into a world shaped by farming, rural life, practical cultivation, productivity, observation, and responsible use of land. First published in an earlier literary era, this enduring work offers more than a simple trip into the past. It preserves the language, assumptions, ambitions, and storytelling habits of its time while giving modern readers a chance to encounter its central ...

Implementing agile at scale starts with the right management attitudes and structures, but it doesn’t stop there. The waterfall mindset is often deeply embedded, and successful agile transformation requires a new understanding of how your organization works, not just a new set of processes for a few teams.In Forging Change, James Carpenter cuts through the noise that often surrounds large- scale agile transformations to explain how agile theories play out in the real world. Part 1 ...

In the crucible of crisis, innovation is born. Drawing from my experiences coordinating emergency communications in the Mediterranean, developing the Next-Generation First Responder Communications System in Baghdad, tracking a high-value target who planned an attack featured in a 2016 Hollywood blockbuster, and serving as a designer for Trump's border wall, a role documented by the Houston Chronicle among other media outlets, this book documents the revolutionary quantum technology that tr...

This is an exuberant storytelling book - a collection of entertaining and thought-provoking tales shared by Jim Carpenter, gleaned from his experiences working with wood. A lifelong interest in woodworking, carpentry, and its history eventually led Jim to share his background and wisdom of working in his shop. You are sure to chuckle at the wry wit stories in this informative book. One story he often shares is titled Really? One evening while my neighbor was out on a bike ride, he stopped ...

Implementing agile at scale starts with the right management attitudes and structures, but it doesn’t stop there. The waterfall mindset is often deeply embedded, and successful agile transformation requires a new understanding of how your organization works, not just a new set of processes for a few teams.In Forging Change, James Carpenter cuts through the noise that often surrounds large- scale agile transformations to explain how agile theories play out in the real world. Part 1 ...

Often seen as supernatural, unpredictable, illusory and possibly dangerous, ESP, telepathy, clairvoyance and other parapsychological activities are actually happening all the time and help us make sense of everyday experiences. First Sight provides a new way of understanding such experiences and describes a way of thinking about the unconscious mind that makes it clear that these abilities are not rare and anomalous, but instead are used by all of us all the time, unconsciously an...

Multiple Imputation and its ApplicationThe most up-to-date edition of a bestselling guide to analyzing partially observed dataIn this comprehensively revised Second Edition of Multiple Imputation and its Application, a team of distinguished statisticians delivers an overview of the issues raised by missing data, the rationale for multiple imputation as a solution, and the practicalities of applying it in a multitude of settings.