Explore the most serious prevalent ethical issues in data science with this insightful new resourceThe increasing popularity of data science has resulted in numerous well-publicized cases of bias, injustice, and discrimination. The widespread deployment of “Black box” algorithms that are difficult or impossible to understand and explain, even for their developers, is a primary source of these unanticipated harms, making modern techniques and methods for manipulatin...

The legendary American President and Union General's autobiographical account of the Civil War.Afterword by Thomas FlemingFrom the Western frontier to the battlefields of Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Franklin, Petersburg, and Richmond, General Ulysses S. Grant saw the war from the front lines and made the decisions that affected lives on a day-to-day basis. His writings provide a revealing look into the life of the commander in chief of the Unio...

This fully updated and revised edition of the best-selling title The Archaeology Coursebook is a guide for students studying archaeology for the first time. Including new methods and key studies in this fourth edition, it provides pre-university students and teachers, as well as undergraduates and enthusiasts, with the skills and technical concepts necessary to grasp the subject.The Archaeology Coursebook:introduces the most commonly examined archae...

Selling In 4 Weeks is a comprehensive guide to sales, giving you everything you need to know in one place. Made up of four bestselling books in one, this book delivers a complete course in selling. From strategy and account management to negotiation and customer service you'll discover all the tools, techniques and strategies you need to get your selling right.This book introduces you to the main themes and ideas of sales, giving you a knowledge and understanding of the ke...

Addy knows every love story begins with a choice—and every nightmare does too.At her husband’s funeral, Addy meets Heath—a man who knows loss just as well as she does. Their whirlwind romance feels like a second chance at life, but whispers from the past refuse to stay buried.Addy has secrets she swore she’d never tell. Heath has questions she can’t afford to answer.In this house, it’s impossible to know who the victim really is.Dark, twisty...

Written for students taking courses in building and surveying, 'Estimating for Builders and Surveyors' describes and explains the method used by the estimator to build up prices or rates for items described in the SMM7 format. Each chapter is a self-contained unit related to a particular element in the building. Worked examples throughout reflect both traditional and up-to-date technology. Written by an author team of academics and professional surveyors, this book continues to be an inval...

It’s not who’s outside that matters. It’s what they’ve come for.Fifteen years later, Tahoe isn’t finished yet.Missing pieces of information have finally surfaced—pulling everyone back to the place they vowed never to return.Everyone is older. The scars are buried. But the Tahoe house still stands…and there’s something different about it now. Something is off.Somewhere in the shadows, a killer waits.When an unexpected...

From one of the world’s leading data scientists, a landmark tour of the new science of idea flow, offering revolutionary insights into the mysteries of collective intelligence and social influenceIf the Big Data revolution has a presiding genius, it is MIT’s Alex “Sandy” Pentland. Over years of groundbreaking experiments, he has distilled remarkable discoveries significant enough to become the bedrock of a whole new scientific field: social physics. Humans have more in com...

***The Strategic Planning Workbook***is an invaluable, ready-to-use guide to creating and implementing a strategic plan. Refreshingly free of the usual grand business models peddled by consultants, this book provides the concepts needed to do the thinking, the tools to gather the necessary information, the techniques to make your decisions and the frameworks to translate conclusions into action plans. With a strong focus on matching the right kind of strategy to your business and the all-i...

Vera Toepoel’s practical, how-to guide to doing surveys online takes you through the entire process of using surveys, from systematically recruiting respondents, to designing the internet survey, to processing the survey data and writing it up.This book helps students and researchers in identifying possible strategies to make the best use of online surveys, providing pro’s and con’s, and do’s and don’ts for each strategy. It also explores the latest opportunities and developments t...

Beat your sales target every time with the UK’s bestselling book on sales—How to Sell Anything (previously titled Brilliant Selling). Whether you are a novice salesperson just breaking into the industry or a tested veteran waiting to take the next step, these pages will show you how to instantly improve your performance and get you started on the path toward success you’ve always dreamed of and beyond.These sales professionals know what works and will arm you with all the ...

'William Cowan's Building a Winning Career is an exceptional resource, standing out as one of the most comprehensive and impactful books I've encountered in my 40 years as a senior HR executive managing recruiting and career transitions.'- Bob Gerst, Host of the PEOPLE IN TRANSITION podcast.Do you know how to seek out and win your next executive role?Are you well prepared to take the next steps in your career?