Surveying instruments by Deumlich, Fritz

Table of Contents: “…Instruments for Staking Right and Straight Angles2.1.1. Diopter Instruments; 2.1.2. …”
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Python data visualization cookbook : over 60 recipes that will enable you to learn how to create attractive visualizations using Python's most popular libraries by Milovanović, Igor

Table of Contents: “…Creating contour plotsFilling an under-plot area; Drawing polar plots; Visualizing the file system tree using a polar bar; Chapter 5: Making 3D Visualizations; Introduction; Creating 3D bars; Creating 3D histograms; Animating in matplotlib; Animating with OpenGL; Chapter 6: Plotting Charts with Images and Maps; Introduction; Processing images with PIL; Plotting with images; Displaying image with other plots in the figure; Plotting data on a map using Basemap; Plotting data on a map using Google Map API; Generating CAPTCHA images; Chapter 7: Using Right Plots to Understand Data; Introduction.…”
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Blogging all-in-one for dummies by Gunelius, Susan

Table of Contents: “…Determining the Audience Potential for a Niche Blog Understanding Monetization Opportunities for Niche Blogs; Chapter 4: Writing for Your Niche; Creating Content; Branding Your Blog; Networking and Commenting; Creating Off-Blog Content for Your Niche Blog; Book III: Corporate and Business Blogging; Chapter 1: Starting a Business Blog; Revealing Why Companies Blog; Finding Companies That Do It Right; Benefiting from a Corporate or Business Blog; Chapter 2: Developing a Business Blog Marketing Plan; Researching the Competition; Understanding Your Readers and Delivering Content They Want.…”
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Tableau your data! : fast and easy visual analysis with tableau software by Murray, Dan

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Race and the Obama phenomenon : the vision of a more perfect multiracial union

Table of Contents: “…Barack Obama's White Appeal and the Perverse Racial Politics of the Post-Civil Rights Era -- 15. Barack Obama's (Im)Perfect Union: An Analysis of the Strategic Successes and Failures in His Speech on Race…”
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In the shadow of the gallows : race, crime, and American civic identity by DeLombard, Jeannine Marie

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The Oxford handbook of Tudor literature, 1485-1603

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African Agrarian Philosophy

Table of Contents: “…Murimi munhu: A quest for decoloniality in ‘small scale’ subsistence farming in Zimbabwe -- The Kom Trilogic Worldview and Agrarian Philosophy -- Human Relation to Nature and African Agrarianism -- Manifestations of Bekwarra Agwunihe Philosophy in Land Ownership and Agricultural Practices -- The Confluence of African Agrarianism and Permaculture: Some Observations and Implications -- Bekwarra Communal Values, Food Ethics and Folkloric Conception and Interpretations of Animal-Human Relations -- Agrarian philosophy, community and Adam Smith: African agrarian economics -- Unpacking Ndebele agrarian metaphors for the promotion and preservation of communal social development -- The religious significance of mushrooms among the Shona people of Zimbabwe: An Ethnomycological approach -- In search for a pedagogy of African agrarian philosophy -- The Shona ‘Zunderamambo’ (agricultural welfare system) as a model for social responsibility: A task for higher education systems -- Julius Nyerere’s Ujamaa as an agricentric Philosophy of Education: A Response to the crises of education in Africa -- Contemporary challenges in the development and use of agrarian communities’ local indigenous knowledge and practices for sustainable agriculture and climate adaptation: The Case of North West Cameroon -- Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention: Famine-induced Adoption Of Conservation Farming “Dhiga-hudye/Dig and eat” In Chivi Communal Lands Of Zimbabwe -- The practice of African traditional medicine and agrarianism in Zimbabwe: The Quest for this Karanga Agrarian Practice in Madamombe area of Chivi District -- Land Ethics among the Traditional Annangs of Southern Nigeria: Traditional Environmental Ethics, Challenging Contemporary Hostilities towards our Planet -- The Farm-Village Practice of Yorubas in West-Central Africa -- An Historical Appraisal of the Fig Tree (Ghim) and Dracaena (Nkeng nkeng) in Traditional Rulership of Bali Chamba Polities -- Towards Sensitising and Reorienting Contemporary Bekwarra against Deforestation: Prospects and Challenges -- African Endogenous Knowledge and Sustainable Development: Evolving an African Agrarian Philosophy -- Shangwe Environmental Ethics: A Panacea for Agrarian Problems in Gokwe -- Indigenous knowledge and agro-based livelihood dynamics in the Western Highlands of Cameroon -- Agrarian Rituals, Food Security and Environmental Protection in the Bamenda Grassfields of Cameroon -- Indigenous African Eco-communitarian, Agrarian Philosophy: Lessons on Environmental Conservation and Sustainability from the Nso culture of North West Cameroon -- ‘Defending a Relational Account of Animal Moral Status’ -- Farming and Animals Welfare in the African Context -- The Inseparable Connection between African Metaphysics and African Agrarian Philosophy -- The Phenomenon of Male and Female Crops and Gender Equality in Igbo-African Agrarian Culture -- The Farm in Colonial and Postindependence Imagination: A Crisis of Continuity -- Conceptual frameworks for an African Sustainable Agriculture: Beyond John Locke, the Cold War and the Scramble of World Religions -- Henry OderaOruka’sParental Earth Ethics as ethics of duty towards ecological fairness and global justice -- Socio-economic practices and pseudo-prosperity in the cocoa producing village of Bombe Bakundu (Cameroon), 1945-2000 -- Food Security as a Fundamental Human Right: A Philosophical Consideration from Africa -- Consumer Activism: Towards Redirecting the Moral economy of Food -- Rethinking Shangwe Traditional Philosophy in Resolving Agrarian Wrangles in Contemporary Gokwe Communities.…”
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How to guard an art gallery and other discrete mathematical adventures by Michael, T. S., 1960-

Table of Contents: “…s Formula: Second Proof -- 2.8 Batting Averages and Lattice Points -- 2.9 Three Dimensions and N-largements -- 2.10 Notes and References -- 2.11 Problems -- 3 How to Guard an Art Gallery -- 3.1 The Sunflower Art Gallery -- 3.2 Art Gallery Problems -- 3.3 The Art Gallery Theorem -- 3.4 Colorful Consequences -- 3.5 Triangular and Chromatic Assumptions -- 3.6 Modern Art Galleries -- 3.7 Art Gallery Sketches -- 3.8 Right-Angled Art Galleries -- 3.9 Guarding the Guards -- 3.10 Three Dimensions and the Octoplex…”
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An other kingdom : departing the consumer culture by Block, Peter, 1939-, Brueggemann, Walter, McKnight, John, 1931-

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JavaScript domain-driven design : speed up your application development by leveraging the patterns of domain-driven design by Fehre, Philipp

Table of Contents: “…Managing the buildWhy every application needs a build system; Running the tests; Packaging the application; Deploying; Choosing the right system; Isolating the domain; The architecture of modern applications; Hexagonal architecture; Applying the pattern; Plugging in a framework; Summary; Chapter 4: Modelling the Actors; The shoulders of giants; The Different approaches to development; Introducing mocks; Why and why not to mock; Who is involved in the prisoner transfer?…”
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Facilitating with Ease! Core Skills for Facilitators, Team Leaders and Members, Managers, Consultants, and Trainers. by Bens, Ingrid

Table of Contents: “…Following Up on a Facilitation; Seeking Feedback on Your Facilitation; Chapter Four--Knowing Your Participants; Conducting an Assessment; Group Assessment Survey; Comparing Groups to Teams; Understanding Team Stages; Forming--The Honeymoon Stage; Storming--The Potential Death of the Team; Norming--The Turning Point; Performing--The Ultimate Team Growth Stage; Adjourning--The Final Stage; Facilitation Strategies ChartTeam Effectiveness Survey; Chapter Five--Creating Participation; Creating the Conditions for Full Participation; Removing the Blocks to Participation; High-Participation Techniques; Group Participation Survey; Encouraging Effective Meeting Behaviors; Group Behaviors Handout; Observing Group Behaviors in Action; Peer Review Instructions; Peer Review Worksheet; Chapter Six--Effective Decision Making; Know the Four Types of Conversations; The Four Levels of Empowerment; Clarifying the Four Empowerment Levels; Shifting Decision-Making Paradigms; The Decision-Making OptionsThe Divergence/Convergence Model; The Importance of Building Consensus; Effective Decision-Making Behaviors; Symptoms, Causes, and Cures of Poor Decisions; Decision Effectiveness Survey; Chapter Seven--Facilitating Conflict; Comparing Arguments and Debates; Steps in Managing Conflict; The Five Conflict Options: Pros and Cons; Conflict Management Norms; Giving and Receiving Feedback; Making Interventions; Wording an Intervention; Dealing with Resistance; The Right Approach; Common Conflict Dilemmas; The Facilitative Conflict Management Process; Interpersonal Conflict Worksheet.…”
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Paul, grace and freedom : essays in honour of John K. Riches

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Practical Web Design : Learn the fundamentals of web design with HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, jQuery, and Vue.js. by Hong, Philippe

Table of Contents: “…Links and imagesSummary; Chapter 6: Learning CSS3; The different ways to use CSS; CSS formatting; Parent and child elements; Classes and IDs; CSS box model ; The boxes; Block and inline; CSS layout and dividers; The basic layout; Formatting and indenting your HTML; Styling our class; Summary; Chapter 7: Building Your Own Website; Our design; Installing HTML Boilerplate; Editing index.html; Creating our web page; Images folder; Installing our font; Importing Google Font; Adding normalize.css; The header; Creating a menu; Inserting links; Adding a logo; Right-hand side menu.…”
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Big Data : Understanding How Data Powers Big Business. by Schmarzo, Bill

Table of Contents: “…Big Data Impacts: The Questions Business Users Can AnswerManaging Using the Right Metrics; Data Monetization Opportunities; Digital Media Data Monetization Example; Digital Media Data Assets and Understanding Target Users; Data Monetization Transformations and Enrichments; Summary; Chapter 4 Organizational Impact of Big Data; Data Analytics Lifecycle; Data Scientist Roles and Responsibilities; Discovery; Data Preparation; Model Planning; Model Building; Communicate Results; Operationalize; New Organizational Roles; User Experience Team; New Senior Management Roles.…”
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The liberated CEO : the 9-step program to running a better business so it doesn't run you by Leonard, Scott A., 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 3: Smart Sourcing: Hire the Best-Outsource the RestThe Hidden Costs of Full-Time Staff; Insource Customer Relationships; Competing on Knowledge; Managing the Experts for Accountable Results; Notes; Chapter 4: Give Your Crew Preflight Checklists; Automated Workflows; Set It and Forget It; Notes; Chapter 5: How to Build a Service Brand (It's Not About You); Hiring the Right People; Empowering People to Help; Embracing Disruption; Anticipating and Closing the Customer's Loops; Sweating the Small Stuff; Notes; Chapter 6: Break the Service Ceiling with Systematic Customization.…”
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Teacher teams that get results : 61 strategies for sustaining and renewing professional learning communities by Gregory, Gayle, Kuzmich, Lin

Table of Contents: “…Strategy 17: Four-corner cards ; Strategy 18: Inside-outside circles ; Strategy 19: Jigsaw ; Strategy 20: Know, want to know, learned (KWL) ; Strategy 21: Perspective lens ; Strategy 22: Pluses and wishes ; Strategy 23: Plus, minus, interesting ; Strategy 24: Promissory note ; Strategy 25: Right angle ; Strategy 26: Round Robin, round table ; Strategy 27: Round the room brainstorming ; Strategy 28: Star gazing ; Strategy 29: Think, pair, share ; Strategy 30: Wallpaper poster.…”
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Variational techniques for elliptic partial differential equations : theoretical tools and advanced applications by Sayas, Francisco-Javier, Brown, Thomas S. (Mathematician), Hassell, Matthew E.

Table of Contents: “…The nonhomogeneous Dirichlet problem; 4.1 The extension theorem; 4.2 The trace operator; 4.3 The range and kernel of the trace operator; 4.4 The nonhomogeneous Dirichlet problem; 4.5 General right-hand sides…”
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Pragmatic development in first language acquisition

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The total work of art in European modernism by Roberts, David, 1937-

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