Arjun Srivastava's Library

The Algebra of Happiness: The Pursuit of Success, Love and What It All Means
Scott Galloway
From the New York Times bestselling author, a provocative book of hard-won wisdom for achieving a fulfilling career and life. - How can you have a meaningful career, not just a lucrative one?- Is a work/life balance really possible?- What does it ta...

The Basics of Item Response Theory Using R
Frank B. Baker , Seock-Ho Kim
This graduate-level textbook is a tutorial for item response theory that covers both the basics of item response theory and the use of R for preparing graphical presentation in writings about the theory. Item response theory has become one of the mos...

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor
'I highly recommend this book' Wim HofTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERAS HEARD ON THE CHRIS EVANS SHOWThere is nothing more essential to our health and wellbeing than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, huma...

Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs From Alcohol to Ecstasy (Fully Revised and Updated Fourth Edition)
Cynthia Kuhn and Scott Swartzwelder and Wilkie Wilson
The fourth edition of the essential, accessible source for understanding how drugs work and their effects on body and behavior. A bestseller in its three previous editions, Buzzed is now revised and updated with the most recent discoveries about dru...

Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody
Helen Pluckrose , James A. Lindsay
Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Have you read that you shouldn't practice yoga or cook Chinese food? Are you confused by these ideas and wonder how they have managed to challenge so quickly the very logic of West...

The Diversity Myth: Multiculturalism and Political Intolerance on Campus
David O. Sacks and Peter A. Thiel
This is a powerful exploration of the debilitating impact that politically-correct “multiculturalism” has had upon higher education and academic freedom in the United States. In the name of diversity, many leading academic and cultural institutions ...

Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications
Lorraine R. Gay and Geoffrey E. Mills and Peter W. Airasian
ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that youselect the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for ind...

Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations: An Integrated Approach
Theodore H. Poister and Maria P. Aristigueta and Jeremy L. Hall
New edition of a classic guide to ensuring effective organizational performance Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations is a comprehensive resource for designing ...

The Uses and Abuses of History
Margaret MacMillan
Review"'In a world where the spin doctor has replaced the historian, MacMillan reminds readers of the importance of dispassionate, fact-driven narrative, as opposed to reassuring or self-serving accounts that pass for history while burying the unplea...