My Father is a family memoir laced with vodka and Jewish wit. Patricia Adler weaves together the wonderful old Jewish jokes she was raised on, while exploring the deeper meaning of humor--the darkness it attempts to both explain and hide. Between the punch lines reality intrudes and exposes family secret....

This text is the industry standard for publishing the most recent and relevant articles in the field of deviance, by demonstrating to students how the concepts and theories of deviance can be applied to the world around them....

Japanese manufacturing methods have been transforming the American electronics and automobile industries. This book examines the process by which Japanese manufacturers are importing these methods, including \"lean manufacturing,\" to their operations in the United States....

As more and more equipment incorporates advanced technologies, usability -- the ability of equipment to take advantage of users\' skills and thereby to function effectively in the broad range of real work situations -- is becoming an essential component of equipment design....