This book contains a comprehensive introduction and overview of copula approaches to competing risks models for dependent latent failure times. It establishes the fundamentals of dependent competing risks models, as well as presents a range of recently developed approaches to identifiability and estimation using copulas. Readers benefit from a blend of statistical theory with applications in different subject areas such as economics, engineering, and medicine. This is the first book that p...

Hey God, If My Life Has A Purpose Why Does It Look Like A Circus, is the second book from popular author, Pamela Aye Simon. This slightly irreverent but always funny book explores the common questions that most people wish they could ask God. In these personal, sometimes trivial conversations with God, Pamela shines the light of humor on our daily hectic lives.

Memento Mori. The Latin words for remember death serve to remind us that we live a very short life on this Earth. What are you doing with your life? Are you living the exceptional and heroic life, or do you find that your life is rather dull and average? Most of us live like we will always have tomorrow, but there will someday be a day where we draw our last breath, and then what? At the end of it all, did we matter?With Stop Being Average, you have the opportunity to learn how to ...

A New York Times bestseller from the author of Dusk, Night Dawn, Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything.Author Anne Lamott writes about the three simple prayers essential to coming through tough times, difficult days and the hardships of daily life.Readers of all ages have followed and cherished Anne Lamott’s funny and perceptive writing about her own faith through decades of trial and err...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything, a spiritual antidote to anxiety and despair in increasingly fraught times.As Anne Lamott knows, the world is a dangerous place. Terrorism and war have become the new normal. Environmental devastation looms even closer. And there are personal demands on her faith as well: getting older; her mother's Alzheimer's; her son's adolescence; and ...

Parents adore their kids, but expressions of love can get lost in the mayhem of carpools, diaper changes, and afterschool activity schedules. Jay Payleitner, author of 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad and proud father of five, inspires parents to turn love into an action verb with 365 simple and doable ideas:Call your children out on the front lawn to see a double rainbow.Let them see you reading your Bible and praying. Often.Learn to say “I love yo...

Poems of heartbreak and sex, self-care and self-critique, urban adventures and love on the road from the millennial queen and comedy sensation.In these short, captivating lyrics, Catherine Cohen, the one-woman stand-up chanteuse who electrified the downtown NYC comedy scene in her white go-go boots, and who has been posting poignant, unfiltered poems on social media since before Instagram was a thing, details her life on the prowl with her beaded bag; she ponders g...

You loved Would You Rather…?and asked for more. Inthe tradition of the Quick Questions line, More WouldYou Rather…?offers another 465 provocative questionsthat will get your students laughing, debating, and thinking(and they’ll learn a ton about each other in theprocess). Get ready for more fun as you ask:Would you rather…• Live without your thumb or your big toe?• Be famous or inspirational?• Flip burgers or deliver pizza?It’s amazing what can happen when you ask a silly question.Most of ...

Talk now with your baby and pre-verbal toddler using sign language!!**Start learning right away with this short downloadable e-book. Read it on the go, on cellphones, e-book readers, iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch.**Includes over 30 clear, large photos of mom-recommended beginning ASL sign language signs, with text descriptions.- Signing promotes verbal language formation in young children by promoting neuron creation

A humorous look at the perks of being visually impaired through the eyes of a woman who has recently lost a large portion of her vision

Ever been hit in the head so hard that it left a metal taste in your mouth?That’s what happens every time I get punched or hit in the head in a violent manner. Whether it’s training in the ring, or getting into a fight on the streets or at work. I usually use it as a trigger. I get hit, I start to taste metal on my tongue- like a penny or a quarter in your mouth, but liquid and cold.That’s when the rage kicks in. I taste metal and I lose control. It helps. You see, I’m so l...

MeaLee Thomas shines through her poetry in a way that is unapologetic and vulnerable; she doesnt hold anything back. She tells her story like two childhood friends catching up on lost time. If you didnt know her before, you will know her after reading her poetry.-MaryCae Vignolini, Poet & Photographer