Bøker av Alan Brown

By providing an accessible collection of short, practical insights, this book offers a framework for understanding the issues and implications of AI for individuals and organizations in this time of significant digital disruption.

The city of Hannibal, Missouri, is steeped in history. The boyhood home of Mark Twain, this sleepy town on the western banks of the Mississippi River, holds many stories and more than a few secrets. Nearly 50 years ago, three boys went to explore Hannibal's famous caves and mysteriously vanished. The case was never solved and eventually became part of the town's folklore. Detective Booger McClain is brought in by a client hoping to bring new life to the case, and what the private investigator learns is more than either of them knows how to handle. You see, caves hold secrets. Bizarre, dangerous, and other-worldly secrets. Detective McClain thinks he knows what happened. Now, the story just needs to be told.

The Journey Thus Far is Mr. Brown's second book and the first of his poetic work. The subject matter varying in time as well as in space reflects his life experience; his education, BA in geography; and his pure imagination. The early work is of recollections and experiences dating back to the 1960s. Even though written at a later date, all the poems in the book are composed between the years 2014 and 2021.

This book is an exciting reappraisal of the role and practice of biodiversity monitoring, showing how new technologies and software applications are rapidly maturing and can both complement and maintain continuity with the best practice in traditional field skills.Environmental monitoring is a key component in a large number of national programmes and constitutes an important aspect of understanding environmental change and supporting policy development. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Monitoring Biodiversity begins by discussing monitoring as an established field and examines the various budgetary and technological challenges. It examines different methodologies, the variation between countries, and the design features relevant to understanding monitoring systems created for new policy goals or different funding situations. The huge variety of methods revealed across 18 chapters, which vary from statistical designs to remote sensing, interviews, surveys, and new ways of stacking and combining data and thematic information for visualization and modelling, underlines just how mature and multifaceted the modern practice of monitoring can be. It concludes with several problem-based chapters that discuss the design and implementation of environmental monitoring in specific scenarios such as urban and aquatic areas. All chapters include key messages, study questions, and further reading.With a focus on Europe but with international relevance, Monitoring Biodiversity will be an essential resource for students at all levels of environmental monitoring, assessment, and management.

"The haunted history of cities across the southeast come to life--even when the main players are dead. Have you heard about the ghosts at the Mayberry Inn in Hot Springs, Arkansas? Their connection to the Inn is so strong--and grisly--they may never check out! Did you know the Springer Opera House in Columbus, Georgia, is haunted by the brother of one of the most infamous men in American history? Do you know the history of the majestic--and haunted--tombs of St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans, Louisiana?"--

It's easier to imagine ghosts haunting gloomy, medieval castles in Europe of brooding mansions in New England than bright, cheerful homes across the Sunshine State, but ghosts abound in sunny, tropical Florida. In fact, Florida absolutely oozes the weird, the creepy, and the ghastly.

Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Author Alan Brown shines a light in the dark corners of Texas and scares those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection.

An epic coast-to-coast cycling trip through the wild and lonely interior of the Highlands, with a personal take on Scotland's landscape and history.

A bewitching convocation of Dixie's most frightening ghost tales. Shadows and Cypress: Southern Ghost Stories is a Dixie seance that summons ghost tales from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Alan Brown's pantomimes recreate those of Victorian times, blending traditional elements - including Harlequin interludes and suggestions for period songs - with subtle updatings to suit modern young audiences.Large flexible cast

Alan Brown''s pantomimes recreate those of Victorian times, blending traditional elements - including Harlequin interludes and suggestions for period songs - with subtle updatings to suit modern young audiences.|Large flexible cast

Alan Brown's pantomimes recreate those of Victorian times, blending traditional elements - including Harlequin interludes and suggestions for period songs- with subtle updatings to suit modern young audiences.Large flexible cast

Alan Brown's pantomimes recreate those of Victorian times, blending traditional elements - including Harlequin interludes and suggestions for period songs - with subtle updatings to suit modern young audiences.Large flexible cast

Alan Brown''s pantomimes recreate those of Victorian times, blending traditional elements - including Harlequin interludes and suggestions for period songs - with subtle updatings to suit modern young audiences.|Large flexible cast

A "dazzling debut" ("People"), Alan Brown's novel tells the story of 23-year-old Toshi who moves to Tokyo, where he finds a thrilling metropolis full of Americans. "Intelligently and tenderly (braids) politics, war, laughter, and erotic and familial love".--"New York Newsday".

Contains what the new or intermediate guitar player needs to know to really get to grips with making music on this most popular of instruments. This book leads you from the basics of how to strum, pick and play simple chords, through the various elements of playing rhythm and melodies, to more complicated chords and tunings.

Shows that in antiquity philosophy was never an abstracted activity, but was actually concerned with determining the good and valuable in life. This book provides a survey of the main schools of classical philosophy and their influence on the early church, and is useful to students of the philosophy of antiquity.

Modern medicine has been staggeringly successful in delivering better health and longer lifespan. Biochemist and science journalist Toby Murcott challenges conventional medicine to drop its prejudices and investigate these treatments rigorously in pursuit of powerful new approaches to healthcare.