Authors:David Straus, Thomas C. Layton,
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Keywords: solve, problems, decisions, consensus, build, work, powerful, ways, collaboration
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2002-09-09
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1576751287
ISBN-13: 9781576751282

Collaboration is an everyday practice that many people find to be a frustrating, even exhausting, experience. How to Make Collaboration Work provides a remedy: five principles of collaboration that have been tested and refined in organizations throughout the world. Author David Straus shows that these methods can help any group make better decisions and function more effectively. The five principles are: Involve the Relevant Stakeholders, Build Consensus Phase by Phase, Design a Process Map, Designate a Process Facilitator, and Harness the Power of Group Memory. Each principle addresses the sp

Authors:Thomas M. Adams, Richard A. Layton,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: notes, computer, science, lecture, applications, mems, fabrication, introductory
Number of Pages: 444
Published: 2009-12-21
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 0387095101
ISBN-13: 9780387095103

Introductory MEMS: Fabrication and Applications is a practical introduction to MEMS for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Part I introduces the student to the most commonly used MEMS fabrication techniques as well as the MEMS devices produced using these techniques. Part II focuses on MEMS transducers: principles of operation, modeling from first principles, and a detailed look at commercialized MEMS devices, in addition to microfluidics. Multiple field-tested laboratory exercises are included, designed to facilitate student learning about the fundamentals of microfabrication proce

Author: R. Layton
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: archaeology, one, world, values, past, indigenous, needs
Number of Pages: 215
Published: 1994-09-19
List price: $58.95
ISBN-10: 0415095581
ISBN-13: 9780415095587

This book offers a critique of the all pervasive Western notion that other communities often live in a timeless present. Who Needs the Past? provides first-hand evidence of the interest non-Western, non-academic communities have in the past.

Author: Edith Layton
Publisher: HarperTorch
Keywords: chance
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2000-10-01
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0061014346
ISBN-13: 9780061014345

All’s Fair...A brave nobleman who’d successfully fought Napoleon’s toughest soldiers, Raphael Dalton was no stranger to treachery and warfare. Yet nothing this modest hero has experienced can prepare him for the famous beauty Annabelle, the toast of the London ton. With his unruly red hair and solid, honest face, Rafe doesn’t think he has a chance with the flirtatious beauty who seems not to notice him. And when scandal threatens to ruin the reputation of a friend’s sister, Breanna, Rafe’s hopes may be dashed for good. To stop malicious tongue-wagging, Ra

Author: Bernice Layton
Publisher: Genesis Press
Keywords: spectrum, love, indigo, line, crossing
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2010-04-01
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 1585714127
ISBN-13: 9781585714124

Author: J. Kent Layton
Publisher: Lulu.com
Keywords: splendor, ship, biography, illustrated, lusitania
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 2007-03-02
List price: $36.99
ISBN-10: 1430319623
ISBN-13: 9781430319627

It has been a century since the Lusitania made her maiden voyage across the North Atlantic. For seven-and-a-half years, she crossed that rugged ocean with punctuality and dependability. She fast became a living legend, the ship of choice for many of the trans-Atlantic travelers. Since her sinking on May 7, 1915, however, her wondrous career and technological marvels have largely been neglected. Instead, the focus has shifted to her political importance, and on numerous conspiracy theories about her last voyage and sinking. This illustrated biography of the Lusitania discusses h

Author: Peggy Layton
Publisher: Peggy Layton
Keywords: rice, beans, cookin
Number of Pages: 154
Published: 1998-12-05
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 189351904X
ISBN-13: 9781893519046

This cookbook is one in a series of books written on the subject of food storage. With the food shortage scares and upcomming events in the world, people are storing beans and rice as part of their food storage program. Because dry beans and rice store so well, people are storing large quantities of these food items. This book has 165 pages of wonderful recipes. Because beans and rice eaten together make a complete protein, they can be substituted for meat in the diet. This book has many charts on how to cook the various types of beans and rice, as well as many helpfull hin