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…

Examines political culture and activism in an African-American neighborhood in New York City. This book challenges the view that black urban communities are ‘socially disorganized.’ It demonstrates instead how working-class…

Explaining Mormonism is a thoughtful and wide-ranging discussion of the Mormon belief system. Unlike previous surveys of Latter-day Saint beliefs, Explaining Mormonism not only outlines Mormon doctrines but provides an…

Parliament is at the centre of the Canadian system of democratic government and law-making. This primer traces the roots of Canada's Parliament in the United Kingdom and shows how it…

Naifeh and Smith, who galvanized readers with their Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Jackson Pollock, have written another tour de forceNan exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable portrait of Vincent van Gogh.

The second edition of this important book offers a framework for learning about vulnerable populations. It is thoroughly updated to include the latest data and trends in health and health…

I treasured going to the Winter Meetings. You don’t see people for a whole year and then here you are, face to face, and trying to make a deal. -from…