This abridgement of James D. Hart's Oxford Companion to American Literature contains some 2,000 entries. They include brief bibliographies of important authors, plot summaries, descriptions of major literary movements, and a wealth of information on other aspects of literary life in America from the colonial period to the modern era.

The Oxford Companion to American Literature

Literature & Fiction

Hart, James D.

History & Criticism

Oxford University Press

This work is intended as a useful companion for anybody interested in general or basic knowledge about any aspect of the most populous state in the Union. It is designed to be serviceable to a wide variety of readers and consultants, whose range might include residents and tourists, high-school and college students, as well as scholars seeking a ready reference. At present no single volume comprehends such a scope as this one and although it treats its subjects briefly, many an entry also includes data not found elsewhere in a single place. Reference to hundreds of books and articles would be required to provide the information that is here between the two covers.

Companion to California

Teen & Young Adult

University of California Press

The software community is undergoing unprecedented rates of change today. The most successful software companies must learn to adapt quickly to changing environments. Our current "mechanistic" worldview, the basis for most of our software development processes, is no longer adequate.  In Discovering System Dynamics in Software Engineering, Jim Hart articulates a different worldview, where software leaders and managers see their companies as dynamic, interconnected living systems. With nearly 100 figures, dozens of real-world software engineering situations, and two chapters dedicated to illustrating a detailed method, the author explains step-by-step how to apply causal loop diagramming to solve complex, persistent problems in today's software companies that seem unsolvable using traditional techniques. The many exercises and "Further Reading" sections encourage individuals and groups to further cultivate their collaborative systems thinking skills.

Discovering System Dynamics in Software Engineering: Foundations for the Software Learning Organization

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Createspace

The software community is undergoing unprecedented rates of change today. The most successful software companies must learn to adapt quickly to changing environments. Our current "mechanistic" worldview, the basis for most of our software development processes, is no longer adequate. In Discovering System Dynamics in Software Engineering, Jim Hart articulates a different worldview, where software leaders and managers see their companies as dynamic, interconnected living systems. With nearly 100 figures, dozens of real-world software engineering situations, and two chapters dedicated to illustrating a detailed method, the author explains step-by-step how to apply causal loop diagramming to solve complex, persistent problems in today's software companies that seem unsolvable using traditional techniques. The many exercises and "Further Reading" sections encourage individuals and groups to further cultivate their collaborative systems thinking skills.

Software Process Dynamics LLC

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The Oxford Companion to American Literature

Companion to California

Discovering System Dynamics in Software Engineering: Foundations for the Software Learning Organization

Discovering System Dynamics in Software Engineering: Foundations for the Software Learning Organization