The Art of Systems Architecting, Fourth Edition, provides structured heuristics to improve the least structured, most art‑like elements of systems design. It offers unique techniques to bridge the difference between scientific engineering and qualitative design along with comprehensive methods for combining architectural design with digital engineering. This book illustrates how to go from model‑based systems architecture to model‑based systems engineering and includes case studie...

Parole officers (POs) support rehabilitation and desistance but face mental health challenges and occupational stressors. Parole Work in Canada provides novel insight into the occupational routines, mental health impacts, and identities of this oft-overlooked group of correctional workers. The authors conducted 150 interviews with POs employed in Canada’s federal correctional system and traverse prison and community spaces in their analyses. They also examined how workplace cultur...

Vivian Maier ha cautivado la imaginación del mundo con sus magistrales imágenes y su misteriosa vida. Su pasado estaba tan profundamente encubierto que ni siquiera las familias con las que vivía sabían mucho de ella, y su obra solo se descubrió póstumamente y por casualidad. Esto, sin embargo, no ha impedido que sea uno de los mayores descubrimientos fotográficos del siglo.Ahora, gracias a una meticulosa investigación, Revelar a Vivian Maier nos descubre la histor...

Sans l'improbable découverte d'un lot de photographies anonymes lors d'une vente aux enchères en 2007, le travail de Vivian Maier n'aurait jamais été connu. Cette photographe hors norme (New York, 1926 ¿ Chicago, 2009) a produit, tout au long de sa vie, une œuvre considérable (plus de 140 000 images), jamais montrée de son vivant. Fine observatrice de son époque, elle a su saisir avec acuité l'universalité de la condition humaine. Reconnue comme l'une des artistes majeures du XXe siècle, l...

Verlassen stehen sie da.Niemand hat sie seit Jahren beachtet.Kein Mensch kümmert sich mehr darum.Die Steine sind verwittert, die Inschriften oft kaum mehr lesbar. Gras, Moos, wild aufgegangene Bäumchen oder Sträucher verdecken sie beinahe ... Doch nicht nur von der Welt fast vergessene Mahnmale und Gedenksätten bergen die verschiedensten Geheimnisse. Auch hinter Grabsteinen stecken oft mysteriöse bis gruselige Geschichten. Und manchmal ist sogar ein u...

St. Paul/Biglerville Prize WinnerNamed Best Major Publication by Concordia Historical InstituteDuring the anxiety-laden period from the Great Depression through World War II to the Cold War, Americans found a welcome escape in the new medium of radio. Throughout radio's "Golden Age," religious broadcasting in particular contributed significantly to American culture. Yet its historic role often has been overlooked.In...

Now updated for web-based research, the third edition of The Data Game introduces students to the collection, use, and interpretation of statistical data in the social sciences. Separate chapters are devoted to data in the fields of demography, housing, health, education, crime, the national economy, wealth, income and poverty, labor, business, government, and public opinion polling. The concluding chapter is devoted to the common problem of ambiguity in social science statistics.

This book introduces students to the collection, uses, and interpretation of statistical data in the social sciences. It would suit all social science introductory statistics and research methods courses. Separate chapters are devoted to data in the fields of demography, housing, health, education, crime, the economy, wealth, income, poverty, labor, business statistics, and public opinion polling, with a concluding chapter devoted to the common problem of ambiguity. Each chapter includes m...

When an ancient skeleton is discovered in Israel, will it shed new light on the life of Jesus or plunge the world into chaos?Dr. Jonathan Weber, Harvard professor and biblical scholar, is looking forward to his sabbatical year on an archaeological dig in Israel. But a spectacular find that seems to be an archaeologist’s dream-come-true becomes a nightmare that many fear will be the death rattle of Christianity.Carefully researched and compellingly written, ...

Make economics resonate to high school students. This practical handbook will help economics and social studies teachers foster critical thinking by introducing students to the real-life dimensions of the major controversies in contemporary economics. Filled with useful teaching tips and user-friendly information on finding engaging materials and activities for the classroom, the book also includes detailed coverage of the Voluntary National Content Standards for economics. "Introducing Ec...

All six episodes of the fashionable comedy set in a top London hair salon, starring Rainer Hersch, Mark Maier and Catherine TateQuando, Quando, Quando is Clapham’s premier hairdressing establishment, where brothers Rene, Carlo and Charlie Quando cleverly clip, chop and crimp their lucky clients into shape. With three floors, 200 pairs of scissors and more mirrors than the Palace of Versailles, it’s truly a cut above – but all is not well at this emporium of excelle...

Durante uno scavo, un teschio viene gettato da una benna dentro il cassone di un camion. Saranno i resti di Guido Astolfi?La famiglia dell'imprenditore e l'intera comunità di Litore ne sono certi.Astolfi era sparito nel nulla una sera di settembre di trentasei anni prima, ma le indagini erano state archiviate per l'impossibilità di trovare l'uomo o il suo corpo e non c’erano prove sufficienti per inchiodare un colpevole.La scoperta dell'intero scheletro poco al di sott...