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By Mariana Hentea
"This book provides a methodology for building an effective security program for distributed energy resources (DERs). It educates engineers as to the design, implementation, and maintenance of a security program suitable for control systems and the power grid. Security professionals will learn the specific requirements of industrial and control applications. The author describes the differences between the security requirements of a traditional IT system and those of industrial control systems, including SCADA systems. She provides a unified approach for building a security program for smart grid systems and applications using systems engineering techniques, standards, and best practices."--
By Judith Levine
This cold-turkey confession by an award-winning journalist follows her progress--and inevitable relapses--over an entire year of not spending.
By Kerry Ferris, Jill Stein
The most relevant textbook for today's students.
By Ronald Inglehart
This book contends that beneath the frenzied activism of the sixties and the seeming quiescence of the seventies, a "silent revolution" has been occurring that is gradually but fundamentally changing political life throughout the Western world. Ronald Inglehart focuses on two aspects of this revolution: a shift from an overwhelming emphasis on material values and physical security toward greater concern with the quality of life; and an increase in the political skills of Western publics that enables them to play a greater role in making important political decisions.
By Viviana A Zelizer
A dollar is a dollar--or so most of us believe. Indeed, it is part of the ideology of our time that money is a single, impersonal instrument that impoverishes social life by reducing relations to cold, hard cash. After all, it's just money. Or is it. Distinguished social scientist and prize-winning author Viviana Zelizer argues against this conventional wisdom.
By Richard T Schaefer
Richard T. Schaefer's Sociology Matters is a concise introduction to the discipline of sociology. Schaefer's characteristic straightforward style, a streamlined design, and highly focused coverage make it the perfect affordable, ultra-brief, introductory text for instructors who use a variety of materials in their course.
By Mychal Denzel Smith
An unflinching account of what it means to be a young black man in America today, and how the existing script for black manhood is being rewritten in one of the most fascinating periods of American history. How do you learn to be a black man in America. For young black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency of Barack Obama.
By James Patterson, John Connolly
"With breaking headlines and new photos"--Cover.
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