While growing up in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles, Quattuor-who is shy, different, and struggles with obsessive compulsive disorder-is constantly harrassed by bullies. Sometimes he feels like he doesn't want to live anymore. Nevertheless, he is determined to move forward through life, despite his seemingly insurmountable hurdles....

The purpose of this study was to determine the competencies that are most important when hiring, promoting, and designing job descriptions for strategic project managers....

Bayesian nonparametric and semiparametric mixture models have become extremely popular in the last 10 years because they provide flexibility and interpretability while preserving computational simplicity....

Subsistence hunting has been identified as a global conservation issue not only for the stability of tropical ecosystems, but also for securing the long-term livelihoods of local people....

One woman, more than any other documented person in the United States, reaches into the night and grabs the hands of those stolen through human trafficking and does everything within her power to pull them out and put them back together. Her name is Anna Rodriquez....

Jules Verne (1828-1905) -conocido en los paises de habla hispana como Julio Verne- es considerado a menudo un visionario, un profeta de la ciencia y la tecnica que anticipo en sus narraciones inventos extraordinarios como el cohete o el submarino. Casi do...

Espiridiona Cenda, una joven cubana de solo veintiseis pulgadas de estatura, llega a la NuevaYork de fines del siglo XIX con el deseo de triunfar como bailarina y cantante....

Book DescriptionThere is nothing more devastating than to see a loved one suffer from Alzheimer\'s disease, an illness that takes away your memory, your dignity. Would I remember you, my child? is a collection of poetry and other thoughts about Alzheimer\'s disease that come from the soul....

For lovers of timeless classics, this series of beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of world literature encompasses a variety of literary genres, including theater, novels, poems, and essays. Los lectores tomaran un gran placer en descubrir los clasicos con estas bellas y economicas ediciones de las grandes obras literarias....