Subject(s): Goldberg, Carey, 1961- | Jones, Beth, 1963- | Ferdinand, Pamela, 1965- | Women -- Biography -- United States | Female friendship | Self-realization in women | Man-woman relationships Summary: Carey, Beth, and Pam had succeeded at work but failed at romance, and each resolved to have a baby before time ran out. Just one problem: no m

Subject(s): Sustainable buildings -- Design and construction | Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction | Green technology Review: "This GreenSource guide explains how to transform existing buildings into more energy-efficient, resource-conserving green buildings. The book provides a clear process that guides you, step-by-step, through each p

Subject(s): Social responsibility of business | Corporate culture Summary: "Corporate responsibility has gone global. It has secured the attention of business leaders, governments and NGOs to an unprecedented extent. Increasingly, it is argued that business must play a constructive role in addressing massive global challenges. Business is n

Subject(s): Artificial intelligence -- Philosophy | Artificial intelligence -- Moral and ethical aspects Summary: "The new field of machine ethics is concerned with giving machines ethical principles, or a procedure for discovering a way to resolve the ethical dilemmas they might encounter, enabling them to function in an ethically responsi

Subject(s): Middle-aged women -- Psychology | Middle-aged women -- Attitudes | Middle-aged women -- Physiological aspects | Beauty, Personal | Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) | Women -- Psychology | Self-esteem in women | Body image in women Summary: "Boot camp for a younger, hipper makeover, packed with no-holds-barred advice on little beauty

Subject(s): Wolfensohn, James D | World Bank -- Biography -- Presidents | Investment bankers -- Biography -- United States Summary: A memoir by the financier who led the World Bank for a decade recalls Wolfensohn's diverse career as an Olympic fencer, leading banker, amateur cellist, and philanthropist and reflects on his successes and fail

Subject(s): Sustainable architecture | Sustainable design (Buildings) | Environmentally conscious architecture Summary: "Beyond Shelter presents 25 reports from the field written by a wide array of experts who are on the frontlines of disaster prevention and recovery around the world. Together, these stories illustrate new ways of thinking

Subject(s): Women -- History -- 17th century -- England | Feminism -- History -- 17th century -- England | Women's rights -- History -- 17th century -- England | Women and religion -- History -- 17th century -- England Summary: "Illuminating a formative period in the debate over sexual difference, this book contributes to our understand

Subject(s): Americans -- Fiction -- Somalia | Mogadishu (Somalia) -- Fiction Summary: "A gripping new novel from today's "most important African novelist". (The New York Times Review of Books) A dozen years after his last visit, Jeebleh returns to his beloved Mogadiscio to see old friends. He is accompanied by his son-in-law, Ma

Subject(s): Gastrointestinal system -- Mathematical models | Biomechanics | Elastic plates and shells | Gastrointestinal Tract -- physiology | Computer Simulation | Gastrointestinal Motility -- physiology | Models, Biological Summary: "Mathematical modelling of physiological systems promises to advance our understanding of complex biologica