Stepping stones to science : true tales and awesome activities by Haven, Kendall F.

Table of Contents: “…A "Gold Medal" Speck of Light: A Story of Maria Mitchell in 1847.…”
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Law in a Digital World. by Katsh, M. Ethan

Table of Contents: “…Hypertext: Constructing Cyberspace; 9. Lighting and Enlightening Cyberspace: Copyright and Privacy; 10. …”
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The angels keep their ancient places : reflections on Celtic spirituality by O'Donoghue, Noel Dermot

Table of Contents: “…Three Aspects of Celtic Spirituality; Part Two: The Light of Other Days; 7. Mystical Prayer in the Carmina Gadelica; 8. …”
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Digital Video EssentialsTM : Shoot, Transfer, Edit, Share. by Sadun, Erica

Table of Contents: “…; Chapter 2: Compose, Light, and Shoot; Chapter 3: Video Tech Talk; Chapter 4: Transfer Video to Your Computer; Chapter 5: Video-Editing Techniques; Chapter 6: iMovie Simplified; Chapter 7: VideoStudio Skills; Chapter 8: Burn Your Movies to DVD and VCD; Chapter 9: Share Your Movies with Streaming Video; Chapter 10: Export Your Movies to TV, Tape, and More; Chapter 11: Digital Video Fun; Glossary; Index.…”
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Chemistry for the life sciences by Sutton, Raul, Rockett, Bernard W., Swindells, Peter G.

Table of Contents: “…chapter 1 Elements, Atoms, and Electrons -- chapter 2 Covalent Bonding and Molecules -- chapter 3 Forces Within and Between Molecules -- chapter 4 Chemical Reactions -- chapter 5 Water -- chapter 6 Acids, Bases, and Buffers -- chapter 7 Gases -- chapter 8 Aliphatic Carbon Compounds -- chapter 9 Lipids, Sugars, and Linkages between Reactive Groups -- chapter 10 Aromatic Carbon Compounds and Isomerism -- chapter 11 Organic and Biological Reaction Mechanisms -- chapter 12 Sulphur and Phosphorus -- chapter 13 Oxidation and Reduction Reactions -- chapter 14 Metals in Biology -- chapter 15 Energy -- chapter 16 Reactions and Equilibrium -- chapter 17 Light.…”
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Why Buildings Make You Sick

Table of Contents: “…Ventilation (2:16) -- Building Air Measurements (3:56) -- Stale Air (3:44) -- Sick Building Ventilation Systems (4:20) -- Air Particulate Collection (2:09) -- Identification of Indoor Pollution (2:07) -- Chemicals in the Air (2:46) -- Environmental Health Problems (5:07) -- Total Stressor Effect (3:08) -- Controlled Air Flow (2:01) -- Fluorescent Lighting (6:17) -- What Makes a Building Sick? (5:48) -- Credits: Why Buildings Make You Sick (0:39)…”
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Invention of space : city, travel and literature by Bou, Enric

Table of Contents: “…On Literary Explorations of Barcelona -- 5. The Lights and Names of Paris: Lloren?c Villalonga's Bearn -- 6. …”
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Towards human-UAV physical interaction and fully actuated aerial vehicles by Rajappa, Sujit

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Operations Research Proceedings 2014 Selected Papers of the Annual International Conference of the German Operations Research Society (GOR), RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Septem...

Table of Contents: “…-- The Cycle Embedding Problem -- Dispatch of a wind farm with a battery storage -- Exact algorithms for the vehicle routing problem with soft time windows -- Impact of heat storage capacity on CHP unit commitment under power price uncertainties -- Optimizing Information Security Investments With Limited Budget -- Cut-first Branch-and-Price second for the Capacitated Arc-Routing Problem -- Solving a rich position-based model for dairy products -- A European Investment and Dispatch Model for Determining Cost Minimal Power Systems with High Shares of Renewable Energy -- Pre-selection Strategies for Dynamic Collaborative Transportation Planning Problems -- Optimal operation of a CHP plant for the energy balancing market -- Gas network extension planning for multiple demand scenarios -- Impacts of electricity consumers' unit commitment on low voltage networks -- Congestion Games with Multi-Dimensional Demands -- Unit Commitment by Column Generation -- Parallel Algorithm Portfolio with Market Trading-based Time Allocation -- Global Solution of Bilevel Programming Problems -- Robustness to Time Discretization Errors in Water Network Optimization -- Forecasting intermittent demand with generalized state-space model -- Optimal Renewal and Electrification Strategy for Commercial Car Fleets in Germany -- A Time-Indexed Generalized Vehicle Routing Model for Military Aircraft Mission Planning -- Adapting exact and heuristic procedures in solving an NP-hard sequencing problem -- Strategic deterrence of terrorist attacks -- Optimal Airline Networks, Flight Volumes, and the Number of Crafts for New Low-cost Carrier in Japan -- Variable Speed in Vertical Flight Planning -- A Fast Greedy Algorithm for the Relocation Problem -- Multicriteria Group Choice via Majority Preference Relation Based on Cone Individual Preference Relations. .…”
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Tangled roots : the Appalachian Trail and American environmental politics by Mittlefehldt, Sarah

Table of Contents: “…The tortuous path toward public-private partnership -- A progressive footpath -- The path of least resistance -- Federalizing America's foot trails -- Fallout from federalization -- Acquiring the corridor -- The Appalachian Trail and the rise of the New Right -- Conclusion. Hiking through history.…”
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Crisis in Employment : a Librarian's Guide to Helping Job Seekers. by Jerrard, Jane

Table of Contents: “…The employment crisis hits the public library -- An operations manual for getting started -- How-tos for providing hands-on help -- Resources and reference : think beyond the bookshelves -- Partnerships : you'll never work alone -- Best practices : what libraries are doing right.…”
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Meeting the leadership challenge in long-term care : what you do matters by Farrell, David, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Leadership: what you do matters -- Taking time to hire right -- From absenteeism to attendance -- A positive chain of leadership : supervision -- Achieving staff stability : a case study -- The how of change -- Moving the flywheel; getting traction -- Memo to corporate.…”


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Changing ideas about women in the United States, 1776-1825 by James, Janet Wilson, 1918-1987

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Recollections of a veteran in women's history -- Colonial theory and practice -- The revolutionary era and woman's rights, 1776-1800 -- The religious revival and the new conservatism: marriage and the home, 1800-1825 -- Charity work and education, 1800-1825 -- The rise of the woman author.…”
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Same-sex marriage the personal and the political by Lahey, Kathleen A.

Table of Contents: “…History, Loving, Stonewall, and the queer civil rights movement -- Blocking queer marriage : Canada, the U.S., and Europe -- European breakthrough : the Netherlands and Belgium -- Changing social realities : from Hawaii to Massachusetts and beyond -- Marriage in Canada : Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec -- Interviews.…”
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Disconnected rivers : linking rivers to landscapes by Wohl, Ellen E., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…-- American rivers -- Conquering a new world : pioneer impacts -- Poisoning America : commercial impacts -- Institutional conquest : bureaucratic impacts -- Trying to do the right thing : rehabilitation impacts -- Thinking in terms of rivers.…”
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Side hustle : from idea to income in 27 days by Guillebeau, Chris

Table of Contents: “…The way of the hustle -- Week 1 -- Build an arsenal of ideas -- Week 2 -- Select your best idea -- Week 3 -- Prepare for liftoff -- Week 4 -- Launch your idea to the right people -- Week 5 -- Regroup and refine -- Kitchen sink -- Index.…”
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Thomas Nast : cartoons and illustrations by Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902

Table of Contents: “…Thomas Nast, father of American political cartooning -- The civil war years -- The campaign against the Tweed ring -- The president maker -- The administration and the press -- Church and state -- Minorities and civil rights -- Economics and monetary issues -- National defense -- Capital and labor -- Morals and manners.…”


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The carriage of dangerous goods by sea by Güner-Özbek, Meltem Deniz

Table of Contents: “…Front Matter; Introduction; Dangerous goods regulations; Meaning of dangerous goods; Duties of the parties in relation to dangerous goods; Rights and liabilities of the parties; Limitation of liability and insurance; Third-party liability for damage arising from the carriage of HNS; Conclusion; Back Matter.…”
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A leg up : enhancing you child's reading and writing by Ringler, Lenore H.

Table of Contents: “…FOREWORD; UNDERSTANDING OUR PERSPECTIVE; THE EMERGING READER AND WRITER: THE EARLY GRADES; THE DEVELOPING READER AND WRITER; THE MATURING READER AND WRITER: THE MIDDLE YEARS; A CHILD IN TROUBLE; A LOOK AT SCHOOLS; FINDING THE RIGHT RESOURCES; A FEW FINAL WORDS; AFTERWORD.…”
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Justifying intellectual property by Merges, Robert P.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Main themes -- Locke -- Kant -- Distributive justice and IP rights -- Midlevel principles of IP law -- The proportionality principle -- Creative professionals, corporate ownership, and transaction costs -- Property in the digital era -- Patents and drugs for the developing world-- Conclusion : The future of property.…”
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