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  • Presidential Leadership

    Politics and Policy Making

    by Kenneth R. Mayer, George C. Edwards III, Stephen J. Wayne ...
    This classic text on the American presidency analyzes the institution and the presidents who hold the office through the key lens of leadership. Edwards, Mayer, and Wayne explain the leadership dilemma presidents face and their institutional, political, and personal capacities to meet it. Two models of presidential leadership help us understand the institution: one in which a strong president ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

  • The IMS

    IP Multimedia Concepts and Services

    by Georg Mayer, Miikka Poikselkä ...
    The 3rd edition of this highly successful text builds on the achievement of the first two editions to provide comprehensive coverage of IMS. It continues to explore the concepts, architecture, protocols and functionalities of IMS while providing a wealth of new and updated information. It is written in a manner that allows readers to choose the level of knowledge and understanding they need to ... Read more

    $113.00 USD

  • The Story of a Prolific Inventor: Thomas Edison

    by Elbert Hubbard, George Shaw, Alfred Mayer ...
    This book deals with the story of Thomas Edison. This remarkable inventor, of whom the public has heard so much, was born in 1847 at the little village of Milan, Ohio. His mother was of Scotch parentage, but born in Massachusetts; she was finely educated, literary and ambitious, and had been a teacher in Canada. Young Edison's only schooling came from his mother, who taught him spelling, reading, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Satellite-Based Earth Observation

    Trends and Challenges for Economy and Society

    Edited by Christian Brünner, Georg Königsberger, Hannes Mayer, Anita Rinner ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The book focuses on the topic of trends and challenges with regards to satellite-based earth observation. Contributors include legal experts in the field and representatives from institutions such as the European Space Agency, the European Space Policy Institute, academia and the private sector. ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

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    The Duel

    The Parallel Lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr

    by Judith St. George ...
    Narrated by John H. Mayer ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 3 min

    In curiously parallel lives, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were both orphaned at an early age. Both were brilliant students who attended college--one at Princeton, the other at Columbia--and studied law. Both were young staff officers under General George Washington, and both became war heroes. Politics beckoned them, and each served in the newly formed government of the fledgling nation. Why, ... Read more

    $15.00 USD

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  • The Alchemy of Us

    How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another

    by Ainissa Ramirez ...
    A “timely, informative, and fascinating” study of 8 inventions—and how they shaped our world—with “totally compelling” insights on little-known inventors throughout history (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction)In The Alchemy of Us, scientist and science writer Ainissa Ramirez examines 8 inventions and reveals how they shaped the human experience:• Clocks• Steel ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • La Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes

    Y De Sus Fortunas y Adversidades

    by Anonimo ...
    Con Lázarillo de Tormes, el autor anónimo generó todo un género literario, creando un personaje y una historia que han conservado sus encantos mucho después de que hayan pasado los objetivos de la sátira.El objetivo más visible de la burla del autor es la iglesia, que es probablemente la razón por la cual el autor quería permanecer desconocido.Los sacerdotes son expuestos como pecadores hipócritas ... Read more

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  • Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

    by Margaret Frith, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by John O'Brien ...
    Series series Who Was?
    One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison’s inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie camera. As a boy, observing a robin catch a worm and then take flight, he fed a playmate a mixture ... Read more

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  • Banvard's Folly

    Thirteen Tales of Renowned Obscurity, Famous Anonymity, and Rotten Luck

    by Paul Collins ...
    "Hearteningly strange . . . Collins exhumes little-known figures [and] recounts their perversely inspiring battles against the more logical ways of the world." — The OnionHere are thirteen unforgettable portraits of forgotten people: men and women who might have claimed their share of renown but who, whether from ill timing, skullduggery, monomania, the tinge of madness, or plain bad luck—or ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Edison

    His Life and Inventions

    by Dyer, Thomas Commerford Martin ...
    Edison, His Life and Inventions is a comprehensive biography detailing the remarkable life and achievements of Thomas Alva Edison. Written by Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin, the book explores Edison’s journey from his humble beginnings to becoming one of the world’s greatest inventors. It delves into his inventive genius, relentless work ethic, and the creation of groundbreaking ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • AC/DC

    The Savage Tale of the First Standards War

    by Tom McNichol ...
    AC/DC tells the little-known story of how Thomas Edison wrongly bet in the fierce war between supporters of alternating current and direct current. The savagery of this electrical battle can hardly be imagined today. The showdown between AC and DC began as a rather straightforward conflict between technical standards, a battle of competing methods to deliver essentially the same product, ... Read more

    $19.00 USD

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  • Young Thomas Edison

    by Sterling North ...
    Unable to hear, Thomas Edison seemed unlikely to become one of America?s greatest inventors, but as a hardworking young man, he wasn?t about to let a minor obstacle stop him. He invented the phonograph, the incandescent lightbulb, and motion pictures, to name but three of his many important inventions. Eventually he was named ?the greatest living American.? Follow Thomas Edison?s life from losing ... Read more

    $6.99 USD