Subject(s): Financial crises -- History -- 21st century -- United States | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 | Financial institutions -- Law and legislation -- United States | Bailouts (Government policy)
Summary: Discusses the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, including Wall Street's role in the crisis, if Wall Street requires governm
Subject(s): Charities | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations | Endowments | Fund raising | Social change
Summary: "How donors change the world through the six catalytic practices of high-impact philanthropy. Do More Than Give provides a blueprint for individuals, philanthropists, and foundation leaders to increase their impact. Based on
Subject(s): Saline water conversion
Summary: Desalination Technology: Health and Environmental Impacts covers the latest developments in desalination, examining the environmental and public health-related impacts of these technologies. Written by international experts, the text presents specifications for assessing water quality, technical issu
Subject(s): Commodity futures | Speculation
Summary: "Hugely popular market guru updates his popular trading strategy for a post-crisis worldFrom Larry Williams--one of the most popular and respected technical analysts of the past four decades--Long-Term Secrets to Short-Term Trading, Second Edition provides the blueprint necessary for soun
Subject(s): Science -- Methodology | Experimental design
Summary: "Research design is fundamentally central to all scientific endeavors, at all levels and in all institutional settings. This book is a practical, short, simple, and authoritative examination of the concepts and issues in interpretive research design, looking across this appro
Graphic Inquiry
Knowledge Resources | Dar Al-hikmah Library | Public Access
Subject(s): Visual education | Teaching -- Aids and devices | Graphic arts
Summary: "This full-color book provides a practical approach to incorporating graphic inquiry across the curriculum for school library media specialists, technology coordinators, and classroom teachers. We live in a high-tech, multimedia world, and it's proven th
Subject(s): Facebook (Electronic resource) | Online social networks | Information technology -- Social aspects
Summary: Facebook is used by nearly 500 million people throughout the world. Once the preserve of youth, the largest increase in usage today is amongst the older sections of the population. This book examines how Facebook transforms th
Subject(s): Water -- Purification | Sewage -- Purification
Summary: "Carefully designed to balance coverage of theoretical and practical principles, this textbook delineates the principles that support practice, using the unit processes approach as the organizing concept. Since technologies change but principles remain constant, the author
