Introduction to Research in Leadership examines the process and skills required for effectively conducting research on the concept of leadership. Its authors employ a microscope for close analysis and build balconies to see trends and gain perspective. Designed to be imminently practical, it employs concrete examples of fictional graduate students, faculty, and professionals struggling with their own issues to help readers make sense of the world of research and all of its complexities. Fi...

Ancients and moderns alike have constructed arguments and assessed theories on the basis of common sense and intuitive judgments. Yet, despite the important role intuitions play in philosophy, there has been little reflection on fundamental questions concerning the sort of data intuitions provide, how they are supposed to lead us to the truth, and why we should treat them as important. In addition, recent psychological research seems to pose serious challenges to traditional intuition-driv...

A young child’s fate is at stake in a deadly battle between his deceased parents in this gripping and profoundly original psychological thriller, perfect for fans of What Have You Done and Middle of the Night.When a commercial flight crashes, all 184 people on board perish—with the singular exception of a two-year-old boy named Ethan, who’s entrusted to family friends Matthew and Nicole per his late parents’ wishes.From the afterlife, Etha...

Two people scarred by past trauma have a chance to write a new chapter in their lives, overcome loss, and find love in the third entry in the Madison River Romance series.Screenwriter Cecilia ""Blue"" Walker is victim to life's worst plot twists. Having lost her daughter to the depths of the Madison River and her husband to the arms of another woman, she finds herself yearning for something to restore her brittle faith and once-vibrant career.Hope arrives in the form of her...

This memoir is about making the transition from living in a house to living in an RV. In 2004 Art and Fox resided in a cottage in the woods of Marin County in Northern California. They had purchased a used recreational vehicle for travel to the southwest. Fox had recently discovered that she was one half Chiricahua Apache. This confirmed a nagging suspicion that had haunted her for more than forty years. The couple could use the RV to explore their passions. Fox wanted to connect with her ...

Keira Knudsen gets the traveling opportunity of a lifetime, but when she reunites with her first love, shelearns that even a wandering heart needs a home. …No one in the quaint town of West Yellowstone, Montana, knows that unassuming geography teacher KeiraKnudsen moonlights as sensational travel blogger Kat Wanderfull. No one, that is, except for her first love, RobbieMatthews, who has just discovered the woman he is falling for online is the same one that bro...

A lifetime of poetry and photography gives a unique view of life, nature, the world, and the universe.

This book has been updated with Pandas 2.3, and it's exactly what ML engineers, data scientists and data engineers have been waiting for. It's a hands-on desk guide that's full of solutions, and it's the most up-to-date, production-ready book to the most widely used data manipulation library in the Python ecosystem.This book covers all the big changes in Pandas 2.3, like Copy-on-Write semantics, PyArrow-backed types that sa...

This book is a comprehensive guide to understanding and utilizing PyTorch 2.0 for deep learning applications. It starts with an introduction to PyTorch, its various advantages over other deep learning frameworks, and its blend with CUDA for GPU acceleration. We delve into the heart of PyTorch – tensors, learning their different types, properties, and operations. Through step-by-step examples, the reader learns to perform basic arithmetic operations on tensors, manipulate them, and understa...

"Learning Pandas 2.0" is an essential guide for anyone looking to harness the power of Python's premier data manipulation library. With this comprehensive resource, you will not only master core Pandas 2.0 concepts but also learn how to employ its advanced features to perform efficient data manipulation and analysis.Throughout the book, you will acquire a deep understanding of Pandas 2.0's data structures, indexing, and selection techniques. Gain expertise in loading, storing, and ...

A young child’s fate is at stake in a deadly battle between his deceased parents in this gripping and profoundly original psychological thriller, perfect for fans of What Have You Done and Middle of the Night.When a commercial flight crashes, all 184 people on board perish—with the singular exception of a two-year-old boy named Ethan, who’s entrusted to family friends Matthew and Nicole per his late parents’ wishes.From the afterlife, Ethan’s parents, Tag and...

In a Split SecondBy: Catherine RoschIn Catherine Rosch’s book, she shares the journey she and her husband have experienced. After her husband has a tragic fall while on the job, suffering a Traumatic Brain Injury, their lives are changed forever in a split second. Rosch shares the daily struggles and the dark times her family has had to fight through.After giving it their all and overcoming the difficult challenges, Rosch hopes that her husband’s struggles and inspir...