Qualitative and quantitative techniques to apply decision analysis to real-world decision problems, supported by sound mathematics, best practices, soft skills, and more

With substantive illustrations based on the authors' personal…

Apocryphal Prophets and Athenian Poets: Noncanonical Influences on the New Testament by Gregory R. Lanier is the first comprehensive analysis of non-canonical influences--Jewish, non-Jewish, and early Christian--on the formation of…

This sixth edition of Cities, Change, and Conflict features a new, groundbreaking chapter on the relationship between the physical environment and human settlements, including the urban-rural nexus.

Johnnie Taylor was an enigma. This soul, gospel, and blues sensation had two dynamic life forces, each battling for a stronghold. He was a victim of the back-and-forth face-off between…

Esther surprises us by never mentioning God or his intervention. Yet we ourselves are familiar with not experiencing divine intervention in our secular world. Where is God in it all?

2013 Revised Printing Now Available!Sometimes it is helpful to reflect upon how we do the things we do. Reasoning logically is one of the things we do, and in this…

This book is like a good book report. It tells enough about people, places and events that actually occur in Alaska to grab your interest without ruining your trip.

In 1887, more than thirty Chinese gold miners were massacred on the Oregon side of Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America. Massacred for Gold, the first authoritative account…