Kettering University

Barack Obama's America : how new conceptions of race, family, and religion ended the Reagan era, by John Kenneth White

"Obama's election marks a new era, the author writes. Whites will be a minority by 2042. Marriage is at an all-time low. Cohabitation has increased from a half-million couples in 1960 to more than 5 million in 2000 to even more this year. Gay marriages and civil unions are redefining what it means to be a family. And organized religions are suffering, even as Americans continue to think of themselves as a religious people. Obama's inauguration was a defining moment in the political destiny of this country, based largely on demographic shifts, as described in Barack Obama's America."

- University of Michigan Press (Publisher)

Mathematics - Yes You Can! A framework for understanding and overcoming math anxiety, by Anita Narvarte Kitchens

"The basic philosophy in Mathematics: Yes You Can! is that everyone has the ability to learn the mathematics required of them to reach their goals in school. If your past has been riddled with struggles and you have a personal fear of taking math and know from past experiences that you probably won't succeed in math classes, this book will help you plan a successful strategy. This book is a self-help read that will help you chance your own personal failure syndrome into a success syndrome."

- Character Development Group, Inc. (Publisher)

Scroogenomics : why you shouldn't buy presents for the holidays, by Joel Waldfogel

" When we buy for ourselves, every dollar we spend produces at least a dollar in satisfaction, because we shop carefully and purchase items that are worth more than they cost. Gift giving is different. We make less-informed choices, max out on credit to buy gifts worth less than the money spent, and leave recipients less than satisfied, creating what Waldfogel calls "deadweight loss." Waldfogel indicates that this waste isn't confined to Americans--most major economies share in this orgy of wealth destruction. While recognizing the difficulties of altering current trends, Waldfogel offers viable gift-giving alternatives.

"By reprioritizing our gift-giving habits, Scroogenomics proves that we can still maintain the economy without gouging our wallets, and reclaim the true spirit of the holiday season."

- Princeton University Press (Publisher)

Industrial robotics : how to implement the right system for your plant, by Andrew Glaser

" Identifying a manufacturing process that can be automated is often a daunting task. It requires a team approach to qualifying, validating, and then finally, implementing a program. This book takes you through the best practices for each step, regardless of the application type or the industry segment. It will show you how to achieve the system expectations that were planned for and benchmarked, and it will also help identify the most common pitfalls - all without having to eliminate employees."

- Industrial Press (Publisher)

The new atheism : taking a stand for science and reason, by Victor J. Stenger

"In this new book, Victor J. Stenger, whose God: The Failed Hypothesis was on the New York Times bestseller list in 2007, reviews and expands upon the principles of New Atheism and answers many of its critics. He demonstrates in detail that naturalism—the view that all of reality is reducible to matter and nothing else—is sufficient to explain everything we observe in the universe, from the most distant galaxies to the inner workings of the brain that result in the phenomenon of mind. Stenger disputes the claim of many critics that the question of whether God exists is beyond the ken of science. On the contrary, he argues that absence of evidence for God is, indeed, evidence of absence when the evidence should be there and is not."

- Prometheus Books (Publisher)

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