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  • Who Is Able?

    by Kimberly Ann Hobbs, Julie T. Jenkins, Michael Jenkins ...
    Kidnapped at the age of five and taken deep into the woods alone, Dana Louise Cryer was forcefully thrown into a dilapidated, filthy shack where she experienced unimaginable horror. Terror-filled days, destitute nights, excruciating pain, and loneliness were all this little girl knew for over a decade. With little access to food, Dana spent her days on an old, dirty mattress, staring at the bare ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Visual-vestibular Integration in Challenging Environments

    by Laurence R. Harris, Michael Jenkin ...
    Series series Elements in Perception
    This Element reviews the current state of what is known about the visual and vestibular contributions to our perception of self-motion and orientation with an emphasis on the central role that gravity plays in these perceptions. The Element then reviews the effects of impoverished challenging environments that do not provide full information that would normally contribute to these perceptions ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • A House in Flanders

    by Sir Michael Jenkins ...
    In 1951 Michael Jenkins, then 14 years old, spent the summer with 'the aunts in Flanders'. His 'aunts' were a group of elderly women whose connection to his family had never been explained but they immediately embraced him and he quickly became entwined in the lives of an extended family of aunts, uncles and cousins.The warmth of their life awakes Michael to the complicated world of relationships ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Counterterrorism: Bridging Operations and Theory

    A Terrorism Research Center Book

    by Robert J. Bunker ...
    Counterterrorism/Homeland Security/Security StudiesContributors: Dr. John Arquilla • Jeffrey “Skunk” Baxter • Matt Begert • Dr. Stefan Brem • Michael Brooks • Dr. Robert J. Bunker • Rick Y. Byrum • Lisa J. Campbell • Irina A. Chindea • Dr. Martin van Creveld • James P. Denney • Matthew G. Devost • T. Kessara Eldridge • Adam Elkus • Dr. Fadi Essmaeel • Dr. Christopher Flaherty • Phillip W. Fouts • ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Vision and Attention

    Edited by Michael Jenkin, Laurence Harris ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    It has become apparent that vision is not a passive process working on the retinal image like a film to record a perfect copy as the perception. Instead, higher-level cognitive processes such as expectancies, memories and experience play a critical, almost overriding role. This book is a review and summary of the tremendous advances that have been made in recent years on the effect of attention on ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Toxic Humans

    Combatting Poisonous Leadership in Boards and Organisations

    by Michael Jenkins ...
    International leadership expert Michael Jenkins shines a light on the adverse effects of dysfunctional and toxic boards and how they have the potential to destroy an organisation’s culture. This can happen through erosion of brand value leading to talent attrition and increased mental health issues in employees due to a deterioration in trust and psychological safety. Combined with recent ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics

    by Gregory Dudek, Michael Jenkin ...
    This 2010 textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate students emphasizes algorithms for a range of strategies for locomotion, sensing, and reasoning. It concentrates on wheeled and legged mobile robots but discusses a variety of other propulsion systems. This edition includes advances in robotics and intelligent machines over the ten years prior to publication, including significant ... Read more

    $72.19 USD

  • Plagues and Their Aftermath

    How Societies Recover from Pandemics

    by Brian Michael Jenkins ...
    "Jenkins has organized his book around themes, and as he explores them, he leads the reader back and forth through history, pointing out parallels in humankind’s responses to different epidemics...thoroughly researched and cogently written..." -- New York Journal of BooksA look at the long history of epidemics and pandemics provides an enthralling account of what we can expect of a post-COVID ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Expert Humans

    Critical Leadership Skills for a Disrupted World

    by Michael Jenkins ...
    Expert Humans: Critical Leadership Skills for a Disrupted World examines the critical leadership concepts of Altruism, Compassion and Empathy (ACE) and their application to the great disruptors of today: sustainability, global health, inequality, digital transformation and erosion of trust - from social, historical and psychological perspectives - to support the development of more human ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

  • Lone Wolf Terrorism

    Understanding the Growing Threat

    by Jeffrey D. Simon ...
    From Anders Breivik in Norway, who murdered scores of young people in a bombing and mass-shooting attack, to Omar Mateen, the Orlando killer who perpetrated the worst mass shooting in American history, lone wolves have demonstrated that they can be as dangerous as organized terrorist groups. Who are these terrorists and what can be done about them? An internationally renowned terrorism expert ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Man-Child

    by Michael Jenkins ...
    In this collection of 21 essays, Michael Jenkins takes a humorously philosophical approach to the everyday aspects of life. Whether comparing himself to Rocky Balboa in order to pass an English class or asking a one-thumbed woman how she cuts her steak, "Man-Child" tells of the experiences and philosophies of an immature man reluctantly searching for an identity in the adult world. These ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Processing, Properties, and Design of Advanced Ceramics and Composites II

    Edited by Narottam P. Bansal, Ricardo H. R. Castro, Michael Jenkins, Amit Bandyopadhyay, Susmita Bose, Amar S. Bhalla, J. P. Singh, Morsi M. Mahmoud, Gary Pickrell, Sylvia Johnson ...
    Series Book 261 - Ceramic Transactions Series
    Processing, Properties, and Design of Advanced Ceramics and Composites II, Ceramic Transactions Volume 261Narottam P. Bansal, Ricardo H. R. Castro, Michael Jenkins, Amit Bandyopadhyay, Susmita Bose, Amar Bhalla, J.P. Singh, Morsi M. Mahmoud, Gary Pickrell, and Sylvia Johnson; EditorsThis proceedings volume contains a collection of 36 papers (~350 pages) from the following symposia held during the ... Read more

    $209.00 USD