This revised edition of Renewable Energy: A First Course is fully updated and continues to provide the best in-depth introduction to renewable energy science. The book focuses mainly on renewable energy, but also addresses nonrenewable energy (fossil fuels and nuclear technology). The coverage extends from the basic physics to conservation, economic, and public policy issues, with strong emphasis on explaining how things work in practice. The authors avoid technical jargon and adv...

A daughter returns home to the Navajo reservation to retrace her mother’s life in a memoir that is both a narrative and an archive of one family’s troubled history.“A candid and achingly fractured memoir of [Geller’s] mother, her family, her Navajo heritage and her own journey to self-discovery and acceptance.”—Ms.SHORTLISTED FOR: The Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, The Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes • ONE OF THE ...

A refreshingly honest, laugh-out-loud novel about losing the life you always wanted…and finding the life you were meant to have.For the last ten years, Agnes Parsons’s biggest challenge has been juggling yoga classes and lunch dates. Her Santa Monica house staff takes care of everything, leaving Agnes to focus on her trophy-wife responsibilities: look perfect, adore her older husband, and wear terribly expensive (if uncomfortable) underwear.When her husband...

This is a behavioral economics book showing readers how money anxiety impacts consumer financial behavior and the economy. The book demonstrates the impact of financial anxiety on retail sales and bank savings. When money anxiety increases, consumers save more and spend less, which pushes the economy into a recession. Conversely, when money anxiety decreases, consumers save less and spend more, which expands the economy.

Develop Native Oracle database-centric web applications quickly and easily with Oracle APEXKey FeaturesGrasp the principles behind APEX to develop efficient and optimized data-centric native web applications, for the Oracle environmentGain a better understanding of the major principles and building blocks of APEX, like the IDE and its modulesReview APEX-related technologies like HTML and the DOM, CSS, and JavaScript, which will help you to deve...

Have you ever felt different or alone in a crowd? We are all special and see things from unique perspectives. This can sometimes lead you down your own path and adventure. Harold was born on a Christmas tree farm, and unlike the other trees who would love to be selected by a family on Christmas, he would rather stay put on the farm. Join Harold and his friends of every religion—including Buddhist beavers, Taoist squirrels, Unitarian owls, African chipmunks, Native American woodpeckers, eve...

Much of the literature on globalization has centered on the large, macro-level forces that influence the ways ideas, people, and various forms of capital move around the world. From this vantage point, discussions about the progressive feminization of migration, in particular the feminization of out-migration from rural areas, indicate an intriguing trend. Simultaneously, the local experience of global forces is an important way of exploring how macro-level processes are navigated by socia...

Develop Robust Modern Web Applications with Oracle Application Express. Covers APEX 5.1. Easily create data-reliant web applications that are reliable, scalable, dynamic, responsive, and secure using the detailed information contained in this Oracle Press guide. Oracle Application Express (APEX): Build Powerful Data-Centric Web Apps with APEX features step-by-step application development techniques, real-world coding examples, and best practices. You will find o...

Ecco un avvincente mondo oscuro dei tre fratelli Volkvo, eredi di un vasto impero della mafia russa che stende la sua ombra dalle vicoli avvolte nella nebbia di Londra alle affollate strade di New York City e alle strade della Bielorussia e alle acque della Costa Azzurra francese. I fratelli camminano sulle linee insidiose dell'ereditarietà e del dovere. Ogni libro è un pezzo del puzzle arricchito da una passione infuocata e da colpi di scena mozzafiato. Scopri un mondo in cui i cliché del...

This book provides a collection of 28 writings from Scott Geller's regular column in "Industrial Safety and Hygiene News," from Geller's associates at Safety Performance Solutions, and from the American Society of Safety Engineers' annual conferences.Organized into seven chapters, these writings examine real-world examples of successful behavior-based safety programs. Readers will discover tips on how to measure safety performance, how to get workers to care about safety, and how t...

Bioarchaeology has relied on Darwinian perspectives and biocultural models to communicate information about the lives of past peoples. This book demonstrates how further theoretical expansion—a thoughtful engagement with critical social theorizing—can contribute insightful and more ethical outcomes. To do so, it focuses on social theoretical concepts of pertinence to bioarchaeological studies: habitus, the normal, intersectionality, necropolitics, and bioethos. These concepts can deepen st...

Niccolò esige un prezzo per proteggermi—ma dice che non mi amerà mai...Allora perché mi sta mettendo un bambino in grembo?Lavorare nel pub irlandese di mio padre è difficile,soprattutto quando il suo principale luogotenente mi perseguita.Se non fosse stato per Niccolò, il finale sarebbe stato diverso.Ora sono sposata con questo affascinante straniero italiano.Quando mi innamoro di lui, farò di tutto per dimos...