Most Popular Books by J. Graham

Using contemporary accounts and individual case studies, ''Clydebuilt'' presents an account of Scotland''s involvement in the American Civil War Blockade, an involvement which almost certainly prolonged the conflict by several years.

This beginner''s guide to cyclic voltammetry is designed to take you from novice to competent in a week. It bypasses all the mathematical proofs that often act as barriers to learning and begins with the practical information about experimental setup which will let you immediately start collecting and interpreting cyclic voltammograms. After the knowledge needed for gaining hands-on experience has been laid out, the underlying concepts that explain what happens at a molecular level during a cyclic voltammogram are described using easily understandable pictures and animations. This book is not meant to replace any of the go-to textbooks for electrochemistry, but to serve as a stepping stone on ones journey into the field, like a helpful postdoc in book form.

Ensure the success of your company''s special projects Crisp execution of projects is critical to the survival of today''s organizations. This practical book is filled with ideas and examples that will teach you how to build project management competence in your organization. --Lewis E. Platt, chairman, president and CEO, Hewlett-Packard Company Finally, a book that fills the void on how to develop project management as an organizational practice. Using the enviable processes already in place at Hewlett-Packard and other progressive companies as touchstones, Graham and Englund serve up solid, results-oriented advice on how upper management can create an environment that supports the success of special projects, especially the development of new products. Building on an incisive examination of the critical role upper-tier management plays in the overall success of projects, the authors show managers exactly what they must do to support the process and implement project management as an organization-wide directive. Packed with leading-edge, real-world examples, a sample project review and other tools, this book will help your organization make and sustain the cultural changes that encourage a project manager''s best work.

Many Scots sought their fortune on the high seas during the turn of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Some became well-respected pirate hunters, other suffered at the hands of pirates. Eric Graham explores all the elements of Scotland''s connections with piracy, including the trial that triggered the Act of Union in 1707. It charts the life and times of those who followed the ''skull and cross bones'' as often as not, to the gallows.

On the Martian Frontier in 2084, a mystery illness threatens to kill twelve-year-old farm girl Gloria Patri Fowler Cruz. This provokes her dad, Mama''s aristocrat ex-husband Peyton, to defy social class divisions that ripped him from his family. And Gloria''s new, wearable medical device doesn''t work without an artificial intelligence. She substitutes her entertainment AI, dressed as a digital dog, Jake. Her AI develops human qualities, thanks to magic that he believes comes from God. Gloria questions if she can trust her dad, Jake, or God. In the colony''s capitol, Peyton''s vice admiral father rules like a king, hates Mama''s family, and will do anything to keep them out of the aristocracy. But politics is Dad''s thing. Gloria would rather clobber her "bro forever," Holter Sloan. He has no time to play. He''s too busy crushing on her fraternal twin!

This text presents a thorough examination of the place and use of autobiography in today''s educational system. Graham investigates autobiography as a curricular tool that can be used across all grade levels and all types of subject matter, from the perspectives of literary theory, Deweyan philosophy, and curriculum studies. He explains how the study of autobiography can and should be an integral part of the curriculum for its own sake, as well as for its ability to assist students in knowing themselves in their own minds and their own personal histories through literature.

This dissertation examined relationships between predictors of physical activity (psychosocial and environmental resources), measures of physical activity (PA), and physical fitness in a sample of 192 adolescents (mean age 14.79 ± 0.46 years; 105 male/87 female). Psychosocial resources (perceived competence and social support for PA) were assessed via self-report. Environmental PA resources were assessed using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. All gyms, schools, bike trails, parks and athletic fields within .5 miles of a participant''s home were geocoded and summed to create a measure of environmental PA resources. Four measures were used to assess PA: accelerometry, 3-day recall, and self-reported sports participation both in- and out-of school. Fitness was assessed via dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA, which measured percent body fat), body mass index (BMI) percentile (calculated from height and weight), and maximal oxygen uptake (VO2peak during a cycle ergometer ramp-type fitness test). Linear regression analyses revealed: The associations between environmental resources and both PA (school sports participation) and fitness (BMI percentile and body fat) confirmed hypotheses (i.e. access to more environmental resources was associated with increased PA and fitness); however, the ways in which environmental resources were associated with PA and fitness depended upon adolescent gender. Perceived competence significantly predicted all measures of PA and fitness in the expected (positive) direction. Social support positively predicted all measures of PA and VO2peak. Further, school sports participation partially mediated the relationship between social support and VO2peak; however, there was no evidence that the PA variables mediated the relationship between perceived competence and fitness. The interaction between environmental resources and social support for PA was significantly associated with school sports participation: Adolescents who had greater access to environmental PA resources and also greater social support were more likely to engage in PA than adolescents with lower levels of environmental resources, social support, or both. Results are discussed in terms of Social Ecological Theory and suggestions are presented to inform future research and intervention.

Hardcover reprint of the original 1900 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Graham, Matthew J. (Matthew John). The Ninth Regiment, New York Volunteers (Hawkins'' Zouaves); Being A History of The Regiment And Veteran Association From 1860 To 1900. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Graham, Matthew J. (Matthew John). The Ninth Regiment, New York Volunteers (Hawkins'' Zouaves); Being A History of The Regiment And Veteran Association From 1860 To 1900, . New York, E.P. Cody & Co., Printers, 1900. Subject: New York Infantry. 9th Regt