Authors:David Olson Ph.D., Amy Olson-Sigg, Peter J. Larson P
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Keywords: strengths, relationship, checkup, couple
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-07-01
List price: $22.99
ISBN-10: 0785228276
ISBN-13: 9780785228271

A book and online profile that identifies a couple’s strengths to help them build a more vital relationship. Based on an unprecedented national survey of 50,000 marriages, The Couple Checkup presents the principles for creating a successful couple relationship. The free online profile includes fifteen to twenty categories that are customized based on the relationship stage-whether dating, engaged, or married-the age, and whether or not children are involved. The book also includes the SCOPE Personality Profile and the Couple and Family Map of the relationship. Each chapter of the book

Author: David M. Olson
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Keywords: comparative, view, politics, institutions, legislative, democratic
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1994-06
List price: $92.95
ISBN-10: 1563243148
ISBN-13: 9781563243141

This text summarizes the research on, and experiences of, democratic legislatures around the world. It focuses on what legislatures are and what they do - as both consequence of and contributor to democratic self-government.

Author: David L. Olson
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: operations, research, financial, engineering, series, springer, aids, selection, problems, decision
Number of Pages: 194
Published: 1995-11-03
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 0387945601
ISBN-13: 9780387945606

One of the most important tasks faced by decision-makers in business and government is that of selection. Selection problems are challenging in that they require the balancing of multiple, often conflicting, criteria. In recent years, a number of interesting decision aids have become available to assist in such decisions. The aim of this book is to provide a comparative survey of many of the decision aids currently available. The first chapters present general ideas which underpin the methodologies used to design these aids. Subsequent chapters then focus on specific decision aids and demonstr

Author: David T. Olson
Publisher: Zondervan
Keywords: national, database, over, churches, based, research, church, crisis, groundbreaking, american
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-02-15
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0310277132
ISBN-13: 9780310277132

Groundbreaking research based on a national database of over 200,000 churches shows that the overall United States population is growing faster than the church. The director of the American Church Research Project, Dave Olson, has worked to analyze church attendance, showing that it is virtually unchanged from fifteen years ago while our population has grown by fifty-two million people. What does this mean for you, your church, and the future of Christianity in North America? The American Church in Crisis offers unprecedented access to data that helps you understand the state of the church

Author: David J. Olson
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Keywords: stork, thunderstruck
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0807579106
ISBN-13: 9780807579107

(Ages 4-7) Webster the stork is proud of his work delivering animal babies. But when he crashes into a hot-air balloon, something goes wrong in his head. Soon the bats are brought a young moose, the sparrows get a piglet, and two tiny frog parents receive an enormous newborn elephant! Can this mess ever be fixed? This wise and delightful story shows what really makes a family. Lynn Munsinger’s comical illustrations are the perfect complement to David J. Olson’s hilarious rhyming tale of this mixed-up stork.

Author: David W. Olson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Keywords: burden
Number of Pages: 380
Published: 2007-08-11
List price: $28.49
ISBN-10: 1434317730
ISBN-13: 9781434317735

The year is 1984. Things are looking up for 30 year old David Boyer, an aspiring world class athlete. He is on the cusp of achieving his lifelong dream of becoming one of the best tennis players in the world, when his life is turned upside down by a serious accident. With his body damaged and his spirit crushed, he is forced to accept menial work with a large energy corporation where his father already works. Bucky Boyer is a brilliant scientist who has invented a revolutionary electrical device, years ahead of its time, that threatens to bankrupt the very company that now employs them. Meanwh

Author: David Olson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Keywords: burden
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2007-08-10
List price: $17.98
ISBN-10: 1434317749
ISBN-13: 9781434317742

The year is 1984. Things are looking up for 30 year old David Boyer, an aspiring world class athlete. He is on the cusp of achieving his lifelong dream of becoming one of the best tennis players in the world, when his life is turned upside down by a serious accident. With his body damaged and his spirit crushed, he is forced to accept menial work with a large energy corporation where his father already works. Bucky Boyer is a brilliant scientist who has invented a revolutionary electrical device, years ahead of its time, that threatens to bankrupt the very company that now employs them. Meanwh