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The Man Who Risked It AllDevil's NightThe Gospel of Mark: Christ the ServantStudent Bible-NIVThe Irish in Newfoundland, 1600-1900: Their Trials, Tribulations, and TriumphsThe Totally Useless History of ScienceShaping Modern LiberalismCover to Cover: Getting the Bible's Big PictureMax Weber and Thomas Mann: Calling and the Shaping of the SelfA Necessary Luxury: Tea in Victorian EnglandDaily Guidance from Your Angels: 365 Angelic Messages to Soothe, Heal, and Open Your HeartSon of DustBible Orgami [With Colorful Paper for Folding]The Animal Question: Why Nonhuman Animals Deserve Human RightsEntourage: A Tracing File for Architecture and Interior Design DrawingPuzzlemaster Deck: 75 Mind BogglersA Cross EstateThe 1950s and 1960sFundamental Accounting Principles [With Circuit City Stores, Inc. Annual Report 2005 and DVD-ROM]AltarityFirst Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker from the Crimea to KosovoEarth Songs: A Resurgence Anthology of Contemporary Eco-PoetryAlfie's World: A CelebrationSpeeding Down the Spiral: An Artful AdventureHelping Skills: The Empirical FoundationBasic Digital ElectronicsBachelor UntamedSpider-Man/Human Torch: I'm with Stupid DigestHells Bent on Rockin': A History of PsychobillyThe Natural History of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820)Practical Strategies in Pediatric Diagnosis and TherapyInto the Mist: Journey Into DementiaA Lazytown ChristmasRecommendation Whether to Confiscate, Destroy and Burn All Jewish Books: A Classic Treatise Against Anti-SemitismThe Internationalization of Palace Wars: Lawyers, Economists, and the Contest to Transform Latin American StatesHannibal Crossing the Alps: The Enigma Re-ExaminedMidnight FalconFundamentals of Steam Generation ChemistryMechanics of Solid MaterialsPoisonous Plants: A Handbook for Doctors, Pharmacists, Toxicologists, Biologists and VeterinariansThe Star-Bearer: A Creation Myth from Ancient EgyptSaladin: The Politics of the Holy WarPopular Democracy in Japan: How Gender and Community Are Changing Modern Electoral PoliticsImplementing Organizational Interventions: Steps, Processes, and Best PracticesClassical Circuit TheorySupersonic Flow and Shock WavesDetail Process Charting: Speaking the Language of ProcessStatistical Meta-Analysis with ApplicationsIII: Scattering Theory: Volume 3Harry Potter Smart TalkLetters and Diaries of Kathleen FerrierReporters Who Made History: Great American Journalists on the Issues and Crises of the Late 20th Century366 Celt: A Year and a Day of Celtic Wisdom and LoreiPod Touch Made Simple, IOS 5 EditionEconomic Geographies: Circuits, Flows and SpacesOverwash of EvilBiting the Wax Tadpole: Confessions of a Language FanaticAdventure Guide Alaska HighwayInspiring Words for Women Gift Edition: Thoughts of Hope and Encouragement When You Need ThemTherese of Lisieux: God's Gentle WarriorDrawing the Male NudeRound about the BalletThe Rise of the Gothic NovelDesigner's Guide to ColorThe Cleveland IndiansFamily Literacy Experiences: Creating Reading and Writing Opportunities That Support Classroom LearningSoulmaking: Uncommon Paths to Self-UnderstandingWild about Game BirdsNo Sense of Obligation: Science and Religion in an Impersonal UniverseInvesting in Junk Bonds: Inside the High Yield Debt MarketProving GroundOriginal Austin Seven: The Restorer's Guide to All Passenger Car and Sports Models 1922-39Adults LearningPractical Ecocriticism Practical Ecocriticism: Literature, Biology, and the Environment Literature, Biology, and the EnvironmentDissecting Stephen King: From the Gothic to Literary NaturalismWhere the Clouds Can GoThe Phonics HandbookContemp Rdgs Fndns MetaphysicsHacktivism and Cyberwars: Rebels with a Cause?Blackwell Encyclopedia of SociGhost Dancing the Law: The Wounded Knee TrialsFundamental TheologyAmerican AbolitionistsWorkbook/Lab Manual for Spanish for Oral and Written Review, 5thHaiti and the United StatesGangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective3D Automotive Modeling: An Insider's Guide to 3D Car Modeling and Design for Games and FilmThe Multivariate Social Scientist: Introductory Statistics Using Generalized Linear ModelsBluetooth ProfilesFrescos: 50 Puerto Rican Artists Under 35The International Law of Environmental Impact Assessment: Process, Substance and IntegrationScarlet Memorial: Tales of Cannibalism in Modern ChinaThe Jews of Poland Between Two World WarsBurnette Studio/Residence: Wendell BurnetteCurriculum Action Research: A Handbook of Methods and Resources for the Reflective PractitionerDying Death and Bereavement 4th PRPrinciples of the Spin Model CheckerClosing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of HealthWhite Women, Race Matters: The Social Construction of WhitenessEgypt in the Byzantine World, 300-700


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The Man Who Risked It All

Product : The Man Who Risked It All
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : For Franco Tolle, the golden boy of Europe's jetset society, life is just a playground--filled with racing speedboats on the azure Mediterranean Sea. When you're rich and famous, money is no object...and to hell with the consequences But he once took a risk with a price bigger than he was willing to pay... In a rush of red-hot infatuation, he put a glittering diamond wedding ring on Lexi Hamilton's finger, yet within months they were living separate lives. Now Franco's daredevil life has caught up with him--and he'll risk it all for the one thing he craves...his estranged wife
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Author : Reid, Michelle
Publisher : Harlequin
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Devil's Night

Product : Devil's Night
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Two things Perry Hollow Police Chief Kat Campbell never thought she would do again: Enter a burning building, and lay eyes on Henry Goll, the man who was trapped inside with her the last time she was in one. So Kat's on high alert when, barely a year after the dust settled around the Grim Reaper killings, both happen on the same day. She's jolted awake at 1a.m. by a desperate phone call telling her Perry Hollow's one and only museum--home to all the town's historical artifacts--has been set on fire. Arriving at the scene, Kat catches just a glimpse of Henry's face among the crowd before she's rushed into the charred building, only to find the museum curator dead...bludgeoned, not burned. Kat has lived through some tense moments and seen some gruesome crimes, but the next twenty-four hours will be the most dangerous of her life as she and Henry seek out a killer and the motivation behind these terrifying crimes. Todd Ritter returns to the beloved town of Perry Hollow with "Devil's Night," his most poignant, cleverly plotted novel yet.
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Author : Ritter, Todd
Publisher : St Martin's Press
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The Gospel of Mark: Christ the Servant

Product : The Gospel of Mark: Christ the Servant
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : This commentary on the "Gospel of Mark focuses on Jesus Christ the Servant-Son of God. Believers are encouraged to learn humility from Christ's example.
**** PRICE: USD 9.69
Author : McGowan, James / Couch, Mal / Hindson, Edward E.
Publisher : AMG Publishers
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Student Bible-NIV

Product : Student Bible-NIV
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The best-selling NIV Student Bible, now available in three new compact size Italian Duo-Tone(TM) leather designs.Ready for the next generation, the NIV Student Bible addresses three common complaints about the Bible: "I can't understand it," "I can't find it," and "the Bible is too intimidating." A special Guided Tour of the Bible feature, written by Philip Yancey and Tim Stafford, provides notes and devotional insights and sheds light on the context of the scripture. All editions of the NIV Student Bible now have a new cover Features: - Guided Tour of the Bible- 3-Track Reading Plan lets you read at your own pace- Highlights and Insights explain difficult verses, point out important facts, and encourage reflection- Book Introductions and Overviews- Updated Subject Guide points to the Bible's message on topics of interest- 100 People You Should Know gives insight into the lives and faith of important biblical people- Updated Glossary of Non-Biblical People and Places
**** PRICE: USD 7.72
Author : Yancey, Philip / Stafford, Tim
Publisher : Zondervan
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The Irish in Newfoundland, 1600-1900: Their Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs

Product : The Irish in Newfoundland, 1600-1900: Their Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The Irish in Newfoundland paints a vivid picture of the Irish experience from the early days of anti-Catholic persecution when a house could be burned to the ground simply because Mass had been said there, to, by the turn of the twentieth century, relative peace between Irish Roman Catholics and English Protestants.
**** PRICE: USD 8.40
Author : McCarthy, Michael J.
Publisher : Creative Book Publishing
Tags: The Irish in Newfoundland, 1600-1900: Their Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs McCarthy, Michael J.

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The Totally Useless History of Science

Product : The Totally Useless History of Science
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Forget Boyle's law, polymer chains, cellular respiration and fields of force - here's all the really interesting stuff you never learnt during science lessons at school. But this isn't fantasy, this is hard fact: Fact: The stethoscope owes its invention in 1816 to a young doctor who was too embarrassed to put his ear to a young woman's chestFact: In 1954 a Soviet surgeon grafted a puppy's head onto the shoulder of a German shepherd dogFact: Since falling off a ship in 1992, fleets of yellow rubber ducks have provided invaluable data on the currents of the world's oceansTotally Useless History of Science covers all the important (and some of the totally unimportant) branches of science: Physics: from experiments involving the slow removal of one's stockings to the Dutchman who tested the Doppler effect by placing an entire orchestra on a railway wagon.Zoology: from the spontaneous generation of mice from rotting wheat to the 'discovery' that swallows spend their winters at the bottom of lakesBotany: from the rhododendron honey that makes men mad to the use of ginger as an equine suppositoryMeteorology: from showers of frogs and fish to the man struck by lightning seven timesAstronomy: from the Greek philosopher who believed the sun was a great disk of blazing metal to the American astronomer who saw irrigation canals on Mars
**** PRICE: USD 6.47
Author : Crofton, Ian
Publisher : Quercus Books
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Shaping Modern Liberalism

Product : Shaping Modern Liberalism
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : "A well-researched and pertinent discussion of one of American liberalism's most important exponents". -- Choice. "A concise, intelligent, and highly readable study. What is fresh and extremely valuable is the flesh that Stettner puts on the bones of the old generalization about Croly and liberalism. This is a worthy addition to the literature on this important and influential American thinker". -- American Historical Review.
**** PRICE: USD 9.72
Author : Stettner, Edward A.
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
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Cover to Cover: Getting the Bible's Big Picture

Product : Cover to Cover: Getting the Bible's Big Picture
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : What do we have to gain from those long Old Testament sections on the law? What can we learn from Paul's letters to various churches in the New Testament? By introducing each of the major portions of Scripture, this guide helps us gain perspective on the whole message of God's Word.
**** PRICE: USD 11.99
Author : Poling, Judson / Mathisen, Gerald S. [Gerry] / Mathisen, Gerry
Publisher : IVP Connect
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Max Weber and Thomas Mann: Calling and the Shaping of the Self

Product : Max Weber and Thomas Mann: Calling and the Shaping of the Self
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Description : Though they worked in very different disciplines, Max Weber and Thomas Mann were engaged from early in their careers in a remarkably similar enterprise converging on questions of personal identity and national self-understanding, and built upon conceptions drawn from a common intellectual and national heritage. Harvey Goldman's ambitious new book is about a part of that enterprise, the foundation of their understanding of the relation of self and work as set out in Weber's essays on religion and Mann's pre-World War I writings. Weber and Mann sought to revitalize a set of ideas of character and action--calling and personality--to guide their own lives and intellectual creation, as well as politics and the life of the nation. In their hands these ideas also became explanatory tools for understanding the crisis of their class and of Germany. By organizing the interpretation of Weber and Mann around the conceptual nexus of calling and personality, the author reveals a number of issues and problems that have been overlooked, providing an altogether new approach to Weber's famous explanation of the capitalist spirit and recovering a vital modern debate around the idea and meaning of the person. In the convergence of so many themes in their writings, Weber and Mann exemplify the self-understanding of their age and cast a special light on problems of self, identity, and social life. This work contains fascinating material for students of intellectual history and modern political theory. Anyone concerned generally with twentieth-century European history, politics, philosophy, and literature will welcome this rich, vigorously written book.
**** PRICE: USD 18.44
Author : Goldman, Harvey
Publisher : University of California Press
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A Necessary Luxury: Tea in Victorian England

Product : A Necessary Luxury: Tea in Victorian England
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Tea drinking in Victorian England was a pervasive activity that, when seen through the lens of a century's perspective, presents a unique overview of Victorian culture. Tea was a necessity and a luxury; it was seen as masculine as well as feminine; it symbolized the exotic and the domestic; and it represented both moderation and excess. Tea was flexible enough to accommodate and to mark subtle differences in social status, to mediate these differences between individuals, and to serve as a shared cultural symbol within England. In "A Necessary Luxury: Tea in Victorian England," Julie E. Fromer analyzes tea histories, advertisements, and nine Victorian novels, including Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Wuthering Heights, and Portrait of a Lady. Fromer demonstrates how tea functions within the literature as an arbiter of taste and middle-class respectability, aiding in the determination of class status and moral position. She reveals the way in which social identity and character are inextricably connected in Victorian ideology as seen through the ritual of tea. Drawing from the fields of literary studies, cultural studies, history, and anthropology, "A Necessary Luxury" offers in-depth analysis of both visual and textual representations of the commodity and the ritual that was tea in nineteenth-century England.
**** PRICE: USD 18.44
Author : Fromer, Julie E.
Publisher : Ohio University Press
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Daily Guidance from Your Angels: 365 Angelic Messages to Soothe, Heal, and Open Your Heart

Product : Daily Guidance from Your Angels: 365 Angelic Messages to Soothe, Heal, and Open Your Heart
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Begin each morning by communing with your angels, using the 365 channeled meditations in this beautiful gift edition by best-selling author Doreen Virtue. Each page offers a comforting and uplifting message that sets a positive and healing tone for the day. This material also functions as a divination tool, as you can ask a question and open the book to a thought that provides guidance, support, answers, and encouragement. "Daily Guidance from Your Angels" will keep you centered in peacefulness throughout the day, and will help you remember that your angels are always beside you, ready to assist you with every area of your life. A beautiful ribbon bookmark bound into the spine is the perfect way to easily mark your place, both morning and evening. "This book makes the perfect gift for ""those you love . . . including yourself "
**** PRICE: USD 14.56
Author : Virtue, Doreen
Publisher : Hay House Inc
Tags: Daily Guidance from Your Angels: 365 Angelic Messages to Soothe, Heal, and Open Your Heart Virtue, Doreen

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Son of Dust

Product : Son of Dust
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Fulcun Geroy, the Catholic lord of a fief on the borders of 11th-century Normandy, falls in love with the wife of a rival at the court of William the Conqueror and becomes entangled in an adulterous affair. The liaison has fateful political, religious, and romantic consequences, as the Hamlet-like Fulcun struggles with his love for God and his passion for his lover. Hilda Prescott's riveting historical novel is an artful and morally serious tale of the ultimate redemption of a forbidden love.
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Author : Prescott, H. F. M. / Aquilina, Mike
Publisher : Loyola Press
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Bible Orgami [With Colorful Paper for Folding]

Product : Bible Orgami [With Colorful Paper for Folding]
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The renowned origami expert and bestselling author guides readers through the basics of paper folding, in an easy, step-by-step format. Contains popular images from the Old Testament. Examples are the evil snake, apple of Eden, Jonah and the whale and the Ten Commandments. Verses are also included for reference purposes.
**** PRICE: USD 5.09
Author : Temko, Florence
Publisher : Heian International
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The Animal Question: Why Nonhuman Animals Deserve Human Rights

Product : The Animal Question: Why Nonhuman Animals Deserve Human Rights
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : How much do animals matter--morally? Can we keep considering them as second class beings, to be used merely for our benefit? Or, should we offer them some form of moral egalitarianism? Inserting itself into the passionate debate over animal rights, this fascinating, provocative work by renowned scholar Paola Cavalieri advances a radical proposal: that we extend basic human rights to the nonhuman animals we currently treat as "things." Cavalieri first goes back in time, tracing the roots of the debate from the 1970s, then explores not only the ethical but also the scientific viewpoints, examining the debate's precedents in mainstream Western philosophy. She considers the main proposals of reform that recently have been advanced within the framework of today's prevailing ethical perspectives. Are these proposals satisfying? Cavalieri says no, claiming that it is necessary to go beyond the traditional opposition between utilitarianism and Kantianism and focus on the question of fundamental moral protection. In the case of human beings, such protection is granted within the widely shared moral doctrine of universal human rights' theory. Cavalieri argues that if we examine closely this theory, we will discover that its very logic extends to nonhuman animals as beings who are owed basic moral and legal rights and that, as a result, human rights are not human after all.
**** PRICE: USD 4.23
Author : Cavalieri, Paola / Woollard, Catherine
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
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Entourage: A Tracing File for Architecture and Interior Design Drawing

Product : Entourage: A Tracing File for Architecture and Interior Design Drawing
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : 1,005 architectural graphics on CD-ROM Now you can create stunning, persuasive architectural presentations that bring your designs to life--faster and easier than ever before, in Ernest Burden's Entourage on CD: A Clip Art Resource For Architects and Designers you get 1,005 images of human figures and groups. . .trees, plants and environmental elements. . .and all kinds of vehicles to infuse a sense of life, movement, depth and distance into all your renderings. No matter what type of space you're designing--urban or rural, interior or exterior, commercial or residential--this sure-fire design tool enables you to: Add more power and impact to your presentations; Present your ideas with lifelike realism; Retrieve clip art images and visual elements in seconds; Find the right size, scale, posture, dress, and style at once; and difficult or complicated settings with ease and much more.
**** PRICE: USD 3.97
Author : Burden, Ernest E.
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
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Puzzlemaster Deck: 75 Mind Bogglers

Product : Puzzlemaster Deck: 75 Mind Bogglers
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Chronicle Books is pleased to continue the "Puzzlemaster Deck" line with two new decks from acclaimed NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz, crossword puzzle editor for the "New York Times." Packed with 75 verbal brainteasers each, these decks will challenge all who enjoy wordplay. None of the puzzles require pen or paper, making them perfect for playing while standing in line, commuting to work, or hanging out with friends.
**** PRICE: USD 8.95
Author : Shortz, Will
Publisher : Chronicle Books (CA)
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A Cross Estate

Product : A Cross Estate
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Had he been heir to a throne, Jack Conroy could not have felt the weight of expectation more. Head go to Wall Street as his father had. But two things in particular about college complicate the family plan. First, Jack discovers an affinity for landscape design. Second, heas discovered Veronica Cashmiris. Jackas parents assume Veronica is a college infatuation that will yield to a call to service now that their sonas graduated. aIt takes a lot of money to float the boat of our freedom, a his father is fond of saying. Veronica is no passing fancy, though, and believes she knows a Jack his parents donat. Her Jack will do better in the small business environment of an expanding regional landscape company than on Wall Street. But the intuition of Veronica and inclination of Jack give way to the world-wise advice of Jackas parents. When Jack dies in the madness of 9/11, Veronicaas torment is that she didnat do enough to stop him from going to Wall Street. His parentsa torment? That they urged him to. It is not until Veronica gives birth to Jackas son that the pain of death yields to the joy of life and reconciliation and healing start.
**** PRICE: USD 8.95
Author : Kinsella, William Thomas
Publisher : PublishAmerica
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The 1950s and 1960s

Product : The 1950s and 1960s
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : - Photographs of actual performances that show characters in costume and stills from movies that show the filmmakers' interpretations of period clothes - Fact boxes that provide fascinating information about materials used, accessories worn, and clothing customs - Quotes from literature and plays that show the connotations of costume in that particular era and how clothing has indicated social status throughout the centuries - A timeline and summaries of plays, musicals, and movies that typify the era and its fashions.
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Author : Rooney, Anne
Publisher : Chelsea House Publications
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Fundamental Accounting Principles [With Circuit City Stores, Inc. Annual Report 2005 and DVD-ROM]

Product : Fundamental Accounting Principles [With Circuit City Stores, Inc. Annual Report 2005 and DVD-ROM]
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : With 50 years of success in the principles of accounting market, "Fundamental Accounting Principles," 18e by Wild, Larson and Chiappetta has endured and adapted to changes in accounting, technology, and student learning styles. Its innovation is reflected in its extensive use of small business examples, the integration of new computerized learning tools, superior end-of-chapter material, and a highly engaging, pedagogical design. Inclusion of Homework Manager, Homework Mananger Plus and Carol Yacht's General Ledger and Peachtree application software provides students every advantage as they strive to understand the key concepts of accounting and their role in business.
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Author : Wild, John J. / Larson, Kermit D. / Chiappetta, Barbara
Publisher : Irwin/McGraw-Hill
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Altarity

Product : Altarity
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Readers familiar with Mark C. Taylor's previous writing will immediately recognize "Altarity" as a remarkable synthetic project. This work combines the analytic depth and detail of Taylor's earlier studies of Kierkegaard and Hegel with the philosophical and theological scope of his highly acclaimed "Erring," In "Altarity," Taylor develops a genealogy of otherness and difference that is based on the principle of creative juxtaposition. Rather than relying on a historical or chronological survey of crucial moments in modern philosophical thinking, he explores the complex question of difference through the strategies of contrast, resonance, and design. Taylor brings together the work of thinkers as diverse as Hegel, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Lacan, Bataille, Kristeva, Levinas, Blanchot, Derrida, and Kierkegaard to fashion a broad intellectual scheme. Situated in an interdisciplinary discourse, "Altarity" signifies a harnessing of continental and American habits of intellectual thought and illustrates the singularity that emerges from such a configuration. As such, the book functions as a mirror of our intellectual moment and offers the academy a rigorous way of acknowledging the limitations of its own interpretive practices.
**** PRICE: USD 5.24
Author : Taylor, Mark C.
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
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First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker from the Crimea to Kosovo

Product : First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker from the Crimea to Kosovo
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : "The most comprehensive j'accuse of journalism as propaganda in the English language... Ought to be read by every young reporter and by those who retain pride in our craft of truth-telling, not matter how unpopular or unpalatable the truth." -- John Pilger, from the Preface to the new edition "The first casualty when war comes, is truth," said American Senator Hiram Johnson in 1917, and in his gripping, now-classic history of war journalism, Phillip Knightley shows just how right Johnson was. From William Howard Russell, who described the appalling conditions of the Crimean War in Times London], to the ranks of reporters, photographers, and cameramen who captured the realities of war in Vietnam, The First Casualty tells a fascinating story of heroism and collusion, censorship and suppression, myth-making and propaganda. Since Vietnam, Knightley finds, governments have become much more adept at managing the media, and in new chapters on the Falklands, the Gulf War, and the former Yugoslavia, he concludes that the war correspondent's role as a seeker of truth is now in jeopardy. From reviews of the first edition: " This book] may make us all a little more free to talk about and find the truth." -- Garry Wills, New York Times Book Review "Disturbing, even dismaying, yet also in its painful way, enormously entertaining." -- New Yorker
**** PRICE: USD 4.31
Author : Knightley, Phillip / Pilger, John
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
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Earth Songs: A Resurgence Anthology of Contemporary Eco-Poetry

Product : Earth Songs: A Resurgence Anthology of Contemporary Eco-Poetry
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : This wide-ranging collection, gathered from the pages of "Resurgence Magazine," is the first major anthology of contemporary eco-poetry. The poems testify to the current violation of the natural order, but also sing the diverse beauty of the earth. They celebrate wildlife, the seasons, wilderness, and the way in which our lives are in constant creative or destructive play with the whole of nature.The poets featured include Wendell Berry, Sujata Bhatt, Gillian Clarke, Dana Gioia, Thom Gunn, Seamus Heaney, Jeremy Hooker, Peter Redgrove, Jeremy Reed, Carol Rumens, Penelope Shuttle, Gary Snyder, Pauline Stainer, Mark Strand, John Heath-Stubbs, George Szirtes, and many more.
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Author : Abbs, Peter
Publisher : Green Books
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Alfie's World: A Celebration

Product : Alfie's World: A Celebration
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Alfie's World is both an intimate insight into Alfie's world, and a brand new Alfie story. Shirley Hughes wrote and illustrated her first Alfie book in 1981. Twenty-five years on, and the first Alfie books have become classics, while new Alfie adventures continue to be very popular. Discover all there is to know about Alfie's family, the street where he lives, his friends, his toys and much more. Illustrated with beautiful never-before-published sketches, paintings and photographs, this is a book no Alfie fan should be without.
**** PRICE: USD 4.32
Author : Hughes, Shirley
Publisher : Bodley Head
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Speeding Down the Spiral: An Artful Adventure

Product : Speeding Down the Spiral: An Artful Adventure
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : This imaginative tale leads readers on a madcap adventure through the Solomon Guggenheim Museum in New York. Masterpieces of modern and contemporary art in brilliant reproduction do more than decorate the pages - they inspire the action of the story and encourage an imaginative approach to viewing art. Colorful illustrations by Sophy Naess bring to life Frank Lloyd Wright's famous spiral and create a beautiful backdrop for art historian Deborah Goodman Davis' story.
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Author : Goodman Davis, Deborah
Publisher : Dgdfa
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Helping Skills: The Empirical Foundation

Product : Helping Skills: The Empirical Foundation
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Intended as a companion reader to the 1999 Helping Skills text (Hill & O'Brien), Helping Skills: The Empirical Foundation presents an invaluable introduction to relevant research for future practitioners studying the three-stage model of helping. The effectiveness of therapist behaviors and interventions during the Exploration, Insight, and Action stages are carefully analyzed in this rich collection. Studies included present a general overview of applicable helping skills research while also demonstrating the importance of key methodological variables.
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Author : Hill, Clara E.
Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
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Basic Digital Electronics

Product : Basic Digital Electronics
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Basic Digital Electronics will teach you the difference between analog and digital systems. The functions required to design digital systems, circuits used to make decisions, code conversions, and data selections are discussed.
**** PRICE: USD 4.00
Author : Evans, Alvis J.
Publisher : Prompt Press
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Bachelor Untamed

Product : Bachelor Untamed
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : One mind-blowing kiss. That was all Ellie Weston shared with her neighbor and crush one summer, before he angrily discovered she'd approached him on a dare. Ten years later, Ellie is back at her great-aunt's lake house, and so is Uriel Lassiter--still wildly sexy, single and happy to stay that way. When Ellie finds her great-aunt's never-completed romance novel, she decides to finish the manuscript--but first she needs some real-life inspiration: a sultry summer fling. Uriel hasn't forgotten Ellie, and their sizzling chemistry is starting to make him reconsider his tried-and-true bachelor status. But when the truth about her motive emerges, can Ellie convince him that make-believe has turned into sweet reality?
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Author : Jackson, Brenda
Publisher : Thorndike Press
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Spider-Man/Human Torch: I'm with Stupid Digest

Product : Spider-Man/Human Torch: I'm with Stupid Digest
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Description : It's five all-new, old-school adventures featuring your favorite web-headed hero and his pal, the walking matchstick Follow them through the years - from high school to present day, from the Negative Zone to the Coffee Bean, from Dorrie Evans to Mary Jane Watson-Parker. It's all here Collects Spider-Man/Human Torch #1-5.
**** PRICE: USD 18.59
Author : Slott, Dan / Templeton, Ty
Publisher : Marvel Comics
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Hells Bent on Rockin': A History of Psychobilly

Product : Hells Bent on Rockin': A History of Psychobilly
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Description : As the bastard genre of rock 'n' roll and the forgotten offspring of punk, a history of psychobilly is long overdue. Despite being starved of the oxygen of mainstream music press attention for more than 25 years, psychobilly has thrived in the underground building a network of fiercely loyal followers and producing a huge number of bands who each peddle their own brand of the genre. The book follows the scene from its initial boom in the early 1980s, through the lean years of the late 1990s to the current psychobilly renaissance' of the 21st Century where the genre looks dangerously close to crossing over into the mainstream alternative scene, particularly in the U.S. . The book explores the roots of psychobilly, not only in rockabilly and punk but also in 1960s garage punk, glam rock, revival rock 'n' roll, and heavy metal. It focuses on key pioneers of the scene such as The Meteors, Guana Batz, King Kurt, The Krewmen, Frenzy, and Demented Are Go then looks in detail at the bands which followed in their wake all across the UK, Ireland, and Western Europe. As followers of psychobilly are intensely loyal and as much a part of the scene as the bands, the book also includes testimonials from a number of music fans detailing how they first became hooked by the psychobilly bug. The book also focuses on key record labels, promoters, fanzines, and websites. This book covers the careers and key releases from hundreds of psychobilly bands across the globe including more far flung regions where the psychobilly disease has spread such as Japan, Russia, Australia, Mexico, and South America. It also details the fashion, haircuts, and tattoos which give psychobilly its style and looks at a variety of related music genres such as neo-rockabilly, trash, garage punk, and speedrock. As a scene criminally ignored in print for so long, this history is the result of three years spent probing the hazy memories of band members, poring over the sleeve notes of long-deleted albums, and flicking through a sea of dog-eared fanzines and flyers, piecing the whole project together in a feat of psychobilly detective work
**** PRICE: USD 18.33
Author : Brackenridge, Craig
Publisher : Cherry Red Books
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The Natural History of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820)

Product : The Natural History of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820)
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Description : A little over 170 years ago--hardly a moment on the clock of history--one half of the United States was empty of all but Indians and the plants and game on which they subsisted. Indeed, acquiring the Louisiana Territory approximately doubled the size of the United States, adding 800,000 square miles of land that had scarcely been explored or adequately mapped. Americans would be given an in-depth look this rugged and untamed land only when Secretary of War John C. Calhoun and President James Monroe agreed that a military presence at the mouth of the Yellowstone River (near the boundary between North Dakota and Montana) would impress the Indians and serve notice to Canadian trappers and traders that some of their favorite beaver country was now part of the United States. In The Natural History of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819- 1820), Howard E. Evans offers a colorful history of the expedition of Major Stephen H. Long--the first scientific exploration of the Louisiana Territory to be accompanied by trained naturalists and artists. Made up of twenty-two men--military personnel and "scientific gentlemen"--the Long Expedition struggled on foot and horseback along the Front Range of the Rockies, living off the land, recording rivers and landforms, shooting birds, plucking plants, and catching lizards and insects to preserve for study. They were often thirsty and hungry, sometimes ill, and always tired. But theirs was an experience awarded to only a chosen few: the opportunity to see and record firsthand the pristine lands that so majestically defined the United States. Based primarily on the expedition members' reports and diaries, and often told in theparticipants' own words, this fascinating chronicle transports readers back to the near-virgin wilderness of 1820. We accompany naturalist Edwin James as he becomes the first man to climb Pike's Peak, and roam with him in his dual role as botanist, collecting a multitude of flora specimens, 140 of which were described by him and others as new. We sit with artist Samuel Seymour as he sketches in vivid detail the panorama of breathtaking peaks and prominent landforms, travel along with Titian Peale as he visits the homes of Native Americans and records with an artist's keen eye and gifted hand the intense beauty of this land's first inhabitants, and go exploring with zoologist Thomas Say as he describes never before seen mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and insects. Beautifully illustrated with crisp reproductions of Peale and Seymour's art, as well as photographs of the many plants and insects described by James and Say, The Natural History of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains (1819-1820) offers a vivid account of this monumental expedition. The story of the Long Expedition has been told before, but without due recognition of the party's great contributions to natural history. Now, anyone interested in the early history of the American West can witness
**** PRICE: USD 16.88
Author : Evans, Howard Ensign
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
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Practical Strategies in Pediatric Diagnosis and Therapy

Product : Practical Strategies in Pediatric Diagnosis and Therapy
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The revised and updated 2nd Edition of this highly acclaimed text approaches diagnosis and treatment the way clinicians do-by symptom rather than disease entity. It combines clinical experience and evidence-based strategies to guide clinicians through differential diagnoses and then to a specific diagnosis, then to appropriate therapy for common pediatric aliments. It's the next best thing to attending oral teaching rounds A user-friendly, well-tabulated, and illustrated format assists the reader in identifying the many disease states causing a common chief complaint.
**** PRICE: USD 16.81
Author : Kliegman, Robert / Greebaum, Laurence / Lye, Patricia
Publisher : W.B. Saunders Company
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Into the Mist: Journey Into Dementia

Product : Into the Mist: Journey Into Dementia
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : This personal, intimate journey weaves the theme and experience of walking through the maze, confusion and intense emotional pain of watching someone you love disappearing into a mist of dementia. Kathleen examines the emotional, physical and spiritual battle that rages while juggling the very practical and mundane duties of facing a health crisis. Added to this, for a believer in Jesus Christ, are the throes of faith-challenging issues which inevitably surface. This book probes the devastation of watching her strong, loving and very funny husband morph into a diminished soul, whose personality has disappeared, but who insists that he is fine, leaving her to deal with the myriads of broken pieces of their lives and the ongoing grieving process which has no end in sight.. Told in a journalistic style, with writings from personal journals kept over a period of four years, Kathy relates all of the ins and outs, the ups and downs, of wading through crucial decisions-both financial and health, as well as emotional decisions to trust God, who at times seems an unfamiliar friend. It follows this faith journey through to the end result which is that no matter where God may take our lives, and no matter how the story ends, He is enough and He can be trusted and He does have a plan in mind, regardless of how murky that plan might appear in the process. Kathleen invites us into the journey through this process and leaves us with overcoming victory in Christ.
**** PRICE: USD 16.70
Author : Beard, Kathleen
Publisher : WestBow Press
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A Lazytown Christmas

Product : A Lazytown Christmas
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Description : It's Christmas Eve in LazyTown But Robbie Rotten has a few tricks up his sleeve. He wants to make sure that no one has a merry Christmas. Will Robbie ruin Christmas for everyone?
**** PRICE: USD 13.14
Author : Teitelbaum, Michael / Artful Doodlers / Scheving, Magnus
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
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Recommendation Whether to Confiscate, Destroy and Burn All Jewish Books: A Classic Treatise Against Anti-Semitism

Product : Recommendation Whether to Confiscate, Destroy and Burn All Jewish Books: A Classic Treatise Against Anti-Semitism
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : This modest little text, written in 1510 at the request of the Holy Roman Emperor who was under pressure to burn all Jewish religious books, is a landmark in the history of Jewish-Christian dialogue. In it, Johannes Reuchlin, legal scholar and enlightened thinker, was asked by the emperor to render an opinion and defended the rights of the Jews to live alongside Christians and to retain their sacred books. Reuchlin's response to the situation could be summed up as: Do not burn what you do not understand
**** PRICE: USD 7.94
Author : Reuchlin, Johannes / Wortsman, Peter / Carlebach, Elisheva
Publisher : Paulist Press
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The Internationalization of Palace Wars: Lawyers, Economists, and the Contest to Transform Latin American States

Product : The Internationalization of Palace Wars: Lawyers, Economists, and the Contest to Transform Latin American States
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Description : How does globalization work? Focusing on Latin America, Yves Dezalay and Bryant G. Garth show that exports of expertise and ideals from the United States to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico have played a crucial role in transforming their state forms and economies since World War II. Based on more than 300 extensive interviews with major players in governments, foundations, law firms, universities, and think tanks, Dezalay and Garth examine both the production of northern exports such as neoliberal economics and international human rights law and the ways they are received south of the United States. They find that the content of what is exported and how it fares are profoundly shaped by domestic struggles for power and influence--"palace wars"--in the nations involved. For instance, challenges to the eastern intellectual establishment influenced the Reagan-era export of University of Chicago-style neoliberal economics to Chile, where it enjoyed a warm reception from Pinochet and his allies because they could use it to discredit the previous regime. Innovative and sophisticated, "The Internationalization of Palace Wars" offers much needed concrete information about the transnational processes that shape our world.
**** PRICE: USD 8.84
Author : Dezalay, Yves / Garth, Bryant G.
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
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Hannibal Crossing the Alps: The Enigma Re-Examined

Product : Hannibal Crossing the Alps: The Enigma Re-Examined
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The discovery in this book is that Hannibal was misguided and took a path that would be considered treacherous even for Alpinists today.
**** PRICE: USD 10.95
Author : Prevas, John
Publisher : Sarpedon Publishers
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Midnight Falcon

Product : Midnight Falcon
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Description : Bane the Bastard is the illegitimate son of the Rigante king who men called Demonblade. Born of treachery, Bane grew up an outcast in his own land, feared by his fellow highlanders, and denied by the father whose unmistakable mark he bore- the eyes of Connavar, one tawny brown, the other emerald green. Hounded from the country of his birth, Bane found acceptance across the seas- only to have it stripped away in an instant by a cruel and deadly swordsman. Now fighting as a gladiator in the blood-soaked arenas of the Empire, Bane lives for one thing: revenge. And he pursues his goal with the same single-minded determination that won his father a crown. But more is at stake than a young warrior's quest for vengeance. The armies of the Stone are preparing to march on the lands of the Rigante. The fate of human and Seidh alike will be decided by the clash of swords- and by the bonds of twisted love and bitterness between a father and a son . . .
**** PRICE: USD 10.92
Author : Gemmell, David
Publisher : Corgi Books
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Fundamentals of Steam Generation Chemistry

Product : Fundamentals of Steam Generation Chemistry
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Description : Fundamentals of Steam Generation Chemistry provides the non-chemist with practical information on steam generation chemistry which can be used on a daily basis to monitor water/steam chemistry parameters. Plant engineers, operators, or mechanical and chemical engineering students, will be able to immediately apply the information found in this book. Contents: ? Introduction ? Chemistry of natural water supplies ? Methods of contaminant ? Introduction to steam generating systems ? Effects of contaminants or chemistry variables on system chemistry and equipment ? Chemistry control guides ? Monitoring techniques ? Guide to makeup treatment systems ? Guide to steam generating chemical treatment programs ? Emerging makeup treatment methods ? Conclusion
**** PRICE: USD 77.84
Author : Buecker, Brad
Publisher : Pennwell Books
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Mechanics of Solid Materials

Product : Mechanics of Solid Materials
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Description : Elasticity, plasticity, damage mechanics and cracking are all phenomena that determine the resistance of solids to deformation and fracture. The authors of this book discuss a modern method of mathematically modeling the behavior of macroscopic volume elements. The first three chapters review physical mechanisms at the microstructural level, thermodynamics of irreversible processes, mechanics of continuous media, and the classification of the behavior of solids. The rest of the book is devoted to the modeling of different types of material behavior. In each case the authors present characteristic data for numerous materials, and discuss the physics underlying the phenomena together with methods for the numerical analysis of the resulting equations.
**** PRICE: USD 67.90
Author : Lemaitre, Jean / Chaboche, Jean-Louis / Lemaitre, J.
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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Poisonous Plants: A Handbook for Doctors, Pharmacists, Toxicologists, Biologists and Veterinarians

Product : Poisonous Plants: A Handbook for Doctors, Pharmacists, Toxicologists, Biologists and Veterinarians
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Comprehensively identifies potentially dangerous plants, their level of toxicity, symptoms of poisoning and suggested treatment. Illustrations range from actual size color and black and white photos to enlarged representations of microscopically recognizable features in fruits and leaves.
**** PRICE: USD 65.07
Author : Frohne, Dietrich / Pfander, Hans Jurgen / McKinney, Patrick
Publisher : Manson Publishing
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The Star-Bearer: A Creation Myth from Ancient Egypt

Product : The Star-Bearer: A Creation Myth from Ancient Egypt
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Description : A five-thousand-year-old story. When the godchild Atum emerges from inky silence to begin his work of creation, he first conjures up the passionate gods of air and rain, followed by Geb, god of the earth, and Nut, goddess of the sky. But earth and sky cling to each other, sharing whispered secrets and laughter, leaving Atum no room to complete his creation. So Atum has no choice but to force them apart, infuriating Geb and leaving Nut sad and lonely . . . until Thoth, the god of wisdom, takes pity on her. From an age-old explanation of how our starry universe came to be, Dianne Hofmeyr and Jude Daly have fashioned a dazzling and accessible picture-book introduction to Egyptian mythology.
**** PRICE: USD 57.29
Author : Hofmeyr, Dianne / Daly, Jude
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Ltd
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Saladin: The Politics of the Holy War

Product : Saladin: The Politics of the Holy War
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Description : Saladin is one of the best known figures of the Middle Ages, and this study makes use of hitherto neglected Arabic sources, including unpublished manuscript material - -notably the correspondence, both private and official, of Saladin's own court -to set the whole of Saladin's career and achievements, civil and military, within the specific framework of his age.
**** PRICE: USD 55.19
Author : Lyons, Malcom C. / Jackson, D. E. / Jackson, David
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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Popular Democracy in Japan: How Gender and Community Are Changing Modern Electoral Politics

Product : Popular Democracy in Japan: How Gender and Community Are Changing Modern Electoral Politics
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Description : Popular Democracy in Japan examines a puzzle in Japanese politics: Why do Japanese women turn out to vote at rates higher than men? On the basis of in-depth fieldwork in various parts of the country, Sherry L. Martin argues that the exclusion of women from a full range of opportunities in public life provokes many of them to seek alternative outlets for self-expression. They have options that include a wide variety of study, hobby, and lifelong learning groups-a feature of Japanese civic life that the Ministry of Education encourages. Women who participate in these alternative spaces for learning tend, Martin finds, to examine the political conditions that have pushed them there. Her research suggests that study group participation increases women's confidence in using various types of political participation (including voting) to pressure political elites for a more inclusive form of democracy. Considerable overlap between the narratives that emerge from women's groups and a survey of national public opinion identifies these groups as crucial sites for crafting and circulating public discourses about politics. Martin shows how the interplay between public opinion and institutional change has given rise to bottom-up changes in electoral politics that culminated in the 2009 Democratic Party of Japan victory in the House of Representatives election.
**** PRICE: USD 59.34
Author : Martin, Sherry L.
Publisher : Cornell University Press
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Implementing Organizational Interventions: Steps, Processes, and Best Practices

Product : Implementing Organizational Interventions: Steps, Processes, and Best Practices
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : With emphasis on actually implementing organizational interventions in a variety of cultures and climates, this nuts-and-bolts guide covers all the bases. It not only provides readers with expert advice on confronting the variables that effect a broad array of organizational interventions, but also offers practical guidance for increasing the probability of success. Chapters are arranged around major content areas, including staffing, performance management, reward systems, and organizational strategy, and focus on the primary steps involved, issues that must be considered, and decisions that must be made. First-hand accounts by the contributors illuminate real-world application.
**** PRICE: USD 57.51
Author : Hedge, Jerry W. / Pulakos, Elaine Diane / Salas, Eduardo
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
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Classical Circuit Theory

Product : Classical Circuit Theory
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Description : This book begins with the basic principles of circuits, derives their analytic properties in both the time and frequency domains, and states and proves the two important theorems. It then develops an algorithmic method to design common and uncommon types of circuits, such as prototype filters, lumped delay lines, constant phase difference circuits, and delay equalizers. The material also discusses the relation between gain and phase, linear and minimum phase functions, group delay, sensitivity functions, scattering matrix, synthesis of transfer functions, approximation of filter functions, all-pass circuits, and circuit design by optimization. This book fills a need for a modern text on the mathematical foundations of passive circuits in general and passive filter design in particular. The mathematical foundations are what classical circuit theory, which is the subject of this book, is all about. It is old, but it has survived the test of time and it is still relevant today because it is basic.
**** PRICE: USD 167.51
Author : Levine, Jerome P. / Wing, Omar
Publisher : Springer
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Supersonic Flow and Shock Waves

Product : Supersonic Flow and Shock Waves
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Description : The Springer edition of this book is an unchanged reprint of Courant and Friedrich's classical treatise which was first published in 1948. The basic research for it took place during World War II, but there are many aspects which still make the book interesting as a text and as a reference. It treats basic aspects of the dynamics of compressible fluids in mathematical form, and attempts to present a systematic theory of nonlinear wave propagation, particularly in relation to gas dynamics. Written in the form of an advanced textbook, it accounts for classical as well as some fairly recent developments. The authors intend their audience to be engineers, physicists and mathematicians alike.
**** PRICE: USD 88.10
Author : Courant, Richard / Friedrichs, K. O. / Friedrichs, K. O.
Publisher : Springer
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Detail Process Charting: Speaking the Language of Process

Product : Detail Process Charting: Speaking the Language of Process
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Description : Praise for Detail Process Charting "A must-read for any competitive organization, Detail Process Charting: Speaking the Language of Process provides a comprehensive, yet clear, explanation of how to utilize one of the most powerful tools available to improve work processes. Graham] has successfully integrated the history, success stories, and wisdom of those in the field who have applied this time-tested tool." -Jim Denyes, Training Manager Naval Occupational Safety and Health, and Environmental Training Center Author, Work Smarter, Not Harder "This book will be a valuable resource for all those interested in work simplification and its implementation. Excellent answers to the 'who,' 'what,' 'when,' 'how,' and 'why' of work simplification are provided in an understandable and very useful level of detail. Graham has obviously 'been there, done that.' " -John A. Roberts III, Adjunct Professor School of Business Administration, University of Dayton "The keys to this approach . . . are the involvement of the workers and the simplicity of the charting approach. Even those participants who have never seen a process chart can almost instantly see how the process works, their role in it, and how it can be improved. This level of involvement means continuous buy-in, which significantly improves the chances of success. The emphasis on the document as the key process element and the ability to diagram the document to flow easily, rapidly, and clearly set this approach apart from all the others." -Fredric D. Heilbronner, Director of Systems Consulting, eForms Digital Consulting & Software Services, Inc. "Much has been written about charting and business systems analysis, but I have not seen anything as comprehensive and clear as Ben Graham's book. Writing in simple, easy-to-follow language with plentiful illustrations and practical examples, this book takes the reader through the full spectrum of the charting process from initial analysis to managing charting libraries. This book is a must-have for all process improvement analysts and managers wanting to improve their organizational efficiency." -Robert Barnett, Managing Director Robert Barnett and Associates Pty. Ltd.
**** PRICE: USD 86.34
Author : Graham, Ben B.
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
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Statistical Meta-Analysis with Applications

Product : Statistical Meta-Analysis with Applications
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : This book combines the authors' experiences on the topic and brings out a wealth of new information relevant to the study of meta-analysis. Applications ranging from business to education to environment to health sciences in both univariate and multivariate cases are presented alongside and subservient to theory. The treatment of the common mean of univariate normal populations, tests of homogeneity, one-way random effects model, categorical data, recovery of inter-block information, and combination of polls is entirely new. A special feature includes the incorporation of detailed discussions on the computational aspects and related software to carry out statistical meta-analysis in practice. Most of the methods described can be understood and applied with a solid master's level background in statistics. Practitioners will benefit from the book owing to a host of worked-out examples from numerous and various contexts.
**** PRICE: USD 114.70
Author : Hartung, Joachim / Knapp, Guido / Sinha, Bimal K.
Publisher : Wiley-Interscience
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III: Scattering Theory: Volume 3

Product : III: Scattering Theory: Volume 3
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Scattering theory is the study of an interacting system on a scale of time and/or distance which is large compared to the scale of the interaction itself. As such, it is the most effective means, sometimes the only means, to study microscopic nature. To understand the importance of scattering theory, consider the variety of ways in which it arises. First, there are various phenomena in nature (like the blue of the sky) which are the result of scattering. In order to understand the phenomenon (and to identify it as the result of scattering) one must understand the underlying dynamics and its scattering theory. Second, one often wants to use the scattering of waves or particles whose dynamics on knows to determine the structure and position of small or inaccessible objects. For example, in x-ray crystallography (which led to the discovery of DNA), tomography, and the detection of underwater objects by sonar, the underlying dynamics is well understood. What one would like to construct are correspondences that link, via the dynamics, the position, shape, and internal structure of the object to the scattering data. Ideally, the correspondence should be an explicit formula which allows one to reconstruct, at least approximately, the object from the scattering data. The main test of any proposed particle dynamics is whether one can construct for the dynamics a scattering theory that predicts the observed experimental data. Scattering theory was not always so central the physics. Even thought the Coulomb cross section could have been computed by Newton, had he bothered to ask the right question, its calculation is generally attributed to Rutherford more than two hundred years later. Of course, Rutherford's calculation was in connection with the first experiment in nuclear physics.
**** PRICE: USD 108.93
Author : Reed, Michael / Simon, Barry
Publisher : Academic Press
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Harry Potter Smart Talk

Product : Harry Potter Smart Talk
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : 'Harry Potter Smart Talk' is a Greatest Hits Collection from the Potter Pundits. the three literary mavens on the wildly popular PotterCast of The Leaky Cauldron. Four transcripts of Harry Potter fandom's favorite podcasts along with two talks each from James Thomas, Travis Prinzi, and John Granger make this a reading experience that will delight the casual Hogwarts reader and 'wow' even the most serious Potter maniac. From the secret code of Harry Potter names - why all those doubled letters and initials - to the real world Muggles and Seekers of the English Civil War that are the historical backdrop to Harry's adventures, with sidetrips to discuss Christmas at Hogwarts and the esoteric meaning of Luna Lovegood's lovable lunancy, 'Harry Potter Smart Talk' is a must-have guide to the world's best selling books by three geeks who love to laugh almost as much as they love a great book. The Perfect Gift for your favorite Potter-phile As Melissa Anelli, author of 'Harry, A History,' wrote in the Foreword to 'Smart Talk,' "here is the Ivory Tower in Hagrid's Hut "
**** PRICE: USD 17.14
Author : Granger, John / Prinzi, Travis / Thomas, James
Publisher : Unlocking Press
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Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier

Product : Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : In 1953 Kathleen Ferrier, England's greatest lyric contralto, lost her courageous battle with breast cancer at the age of 41. Her name endures to this day, for she struck a chord with a wide-ranging public - in concerts, on records, on the radio and in the opera house - despite a career which lasted barely ten years. Within half that time this former telephone exchange operator was singing on stage at Covent Garden, before royalty at private parties, and at New York's Carnegie Hall. She was surely fun to know: this collection of nearly 400 letters and twelve years of her personal diaries, first published by Boydell Press in 2003 and now republished in a revised enlarged paperback edition to mark the centenary of her birth in 1912, gives a vivid picture of a life which illuminated the war and post-war years of austerity and hardship. Her personality was a mix of extreme modesty and self-determined ambition, topped with a mischievously blunt sense of earthy Lancastrian humour. Until now, Kathleen Ferrier has been a glorious voice, but through the pages of these fascinating letters and diaries we get to the real person. Dr CHRISTOPHER FIFIELD is a conductor, music historian, lecturer and broadcaster. He is the biographer of composer Max Bruch (Boydell Press 2005) and conductor Hans Richter, and the author of a history of the music agents Ibbs & Tillett.
**** PRICE: USD 18.23
Author : Fifield, Christopher
Publisher : Boydell Press
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Reporters Who Made History: Great American Journalists on the Issues and Crises of the Late 20th Century

Product : Reporters Who Made History: Great American Journalists on the Issues and Crises of the Late 20th Century
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : "Reporters Who Made History: Great American Journalists on the Issues and Crises of the Late 20th Century" looks at a series of extraordinary chapters in the American story through the eyes of ten giants of journalism: Helen Thomas, Anthony Lewis, Morley Safer, Earl Caldwell, Ben Bradlee, Georgie Anne Geyer, Ellen Goodman, Juan Williams, David Broder, and Judy Woodruff. Taking each of these journalists in turn, Hallock focuses on his or her work in the course of a single decade, drawing on the author's interviews with the journalist, archival research, memoirs, and critical studies. These exemplars of the best postwar American news reporting never took the easy path of simply restating policies and uncritically regurgitating press releases. Instead, their skeptical, independent, and searching methods of investigative and analytical journalism actually influenced the course of the very events they covered and significantly shaped our understanding of our national past.
**** PRICE: USD 19.06
Author : Hallock, Steven M.
Publisher : Praeger
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366 Celt: A Year and a Day of Celtic Wisdom and Lore

Product : 366 Celt: A Year and a Day of Celtic Wisdom and Lore
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Drawing on myth, folklore, poetry, and the tales of Celtic gods and heroes, "366 Celt" provides 366 daily meditations to show how anyone can explore the power of Celtic spirituality throughout the year. Topics covered include: The magic of the DruidsAnimals and plants of Celtic loreFairy stories and heroes of oldSacred sites and ancient treasuresThe holy days of the wheel of the year McColman has a feel for the Celtic spirit and does a fine job of conveying the spiritual practice of hospitality, the bounties of nature, and the sacred nature of place. It is indeed a rare find for all who appreciate traditional Celtic wisdom.
**** PRICE: USD 19.94
Author : McColman, Carl
Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing Company
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iPod Touch Made Simple, IOS 5 Edition

Product : iPod Touch Made Simple, IOS 5 Edition
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The new iOS 5-driven iPod touch devices are much more than just music. These have all the features of a PDAincluding email, calendar, Google Maps, the App Store, and even phone capabilitiesas well as the ability to watch movies and play your favorite games, all packed into Apple's sleek design.-->--> With iPod touch Made Simple, iOS 5 Edition, you'll learn how to take advantage of all these features and more, now available using the new iOS 5. Packed with over 1,000 visuals and screenshots, this book will help you master all the functions of the iPod touch devices that run iOS 5 and teach you time-saving techniques and tips along the way. -->-->-->What you'll learn-->Support for both Windows and Mac users Sync and manage all your music on the iPod touch or your computer Find the best App Store applications and games Save time with copy/paste & Spotlight search Play music, videos, TV shows, and podcasts Sync playlists, videos, contacts, calendar, and notes Fast email, phone, calendar, and browser tips Use Google Maps to find just about anything Bluetooth and Wi-Fi network setup & security All the best tips and tricks for the touch screen -->Who this book is for--> This book is for those new to the iPod touch or the iPod touch devices running the new and latest iOS 5 and even for seasoned users who want to learn new tips and techniques. -->Table of Contents-->Getting Started with iPod touch Typing Tips, Copy/Paste, and Search Sync Your iPod touch with iTunes Other Sync Methods Wi-Fi Connectivity Organize Your iPod touch Icons and Folders Personalize and Secure Your iPod touch Multitasking and Voice Control Playing Music Viewing Videos, TV Shows, and More iBooks and E-Books Surfing the Web with Safari FaceTime Video Messaging and Skype Email on Your iPod touch Working with Contacts Your Calendar iPod touch Photography Recording and Editing Videos iTunes on Your iPod touch The Amazing App Store Games and Fun Social Networking Eliminate Your Paper Notes Bluetooth on the iPod touch Utilities: Clock, Calculator, and Weather New Media: Reading Newspapers, Magazines, and More Find Your Way with Maps Troubleshooting Your iPod touch Your iTunes User Guide
**** PRICE: USD 19.98
Author : Trautschold, Martin / Ritchie, Rene
Publisher : Apress
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Economic Geographies: Circuits, Flows and Spaces

Product : Economic Geographies: Circuits, Flows and Spaces
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : 'The social and political power of the verity that there are no such things as economies, only economic geographies demands an analysis of the complex flows and relations implied by it. At last, here is a book - the book - which addresses the questions central to the critical understanding of economies and their formative geographies. This is a highly creative and transformative contribution' Roger Lee, "Professor of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London "How do we conceptualise the production and re-production of social life? What are the most appropriate ways to conceptualise capitalist economies and their geographies? Economic Geographies integrates ideas of structure, agency, and practice to provide: - a detailed overview of recent key debates in economic geography: from political-economy and Marxism to post-structuralism - an explanation of the of relations between production, retail and consumption, governance and regulation - a discussion of the economy in terms of circuits, flows, and spaces that systematically relates the material to the cultural Economic Geographies is a systematic audit of related developments in economic geography and the social sciences: these include consumption; economy and nature; and culture. The text will be required reading for upper-level undergraduates on courses in economic geography.
**** PRICE: USD 19.79
Author : Hudson, Ray
Publisher : Sage Publications (CA)
Tags: Economic Geographies: Circuits, Flows and Spaces Hudson, Ray

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Overwash of Evil

Product : Overwash of Evil
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Following the execution-style killing of a prominent Outer Banks citizen, local crime-writer Harrison Weaver becomes a suspect in the slaying. To clear his name, Weaver launches his own investigation, which he knows is a risky thing to do. But then there is another murder . . . and another. Weaver realizes he is in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with the killer, where he is intended to be the mouse. As the killer continues to stalk him, it becomes chillingly apparent that a showdown is inevitable, a showdown that could leave Weaver as dead as the other victims . . . unless he can beat the killer at his own sadistic game. . . . . . . . . . "Joseph Terrell knows the Outer Banks-its geography, its quirks, its people and their foibles. This series is well conceived and well written. And a smart, savvy combination of who-done-it and police procedural. A welcome new entry to the Southern mystery tradition." --Kathryn R. Wall, author, the Bay Tanner mysteries
**** PRICE: USD 13.84
Author : Terrell, Joseph L. S.
Publisher : Bella Rosa Books
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Biting the Wax Tadpole: Confessions of a Language Fanatic

Product : Biting the Wax Tadpole: Confessions of a Language Fanatic
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : In this decidedly unstuffy look at the staid world of languages, Elizabeth Little uses her favorite examples from languages dead, difficult, and just plain made-up to reveal how language study is the ticket to traveling the world--without leaving the comforts of home. Little's exploration of "word travel" includes: - Shona, a language lacking distinct words for "blue" or "green" - Why Icelandic speakers must decide if the numbers 1-4 are plural - Which language is the only one lacking verbs - Just what, exactly, the Swedish names of IKEA products mean Fully illustrated with hilarious sidebars, "Biting The Wax Tadpole "also addresses classic cases of mistranslation. For example, when Chinese shopkeepers tried to find a phonetic written equivalent of Coca-Cola, one set of characters they chose were pronounced "ke-kou ke-la." It sounded right, but it translated literally as "bite the wax tadpole." Not quite what Coke had in mind, but in this off-kilter ode to the words of the world, it's just another example of language taking you someplace interesting.
**** PRICE: USD 8.96
Author : Little, Elizabeth
Publisher : Melville House Publishing
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Adventure Guide Alaska Highway

Product : Adventure Guide Alaska Highway
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The most detailed, up-to-date guide to traveling the highway, from BC through the Yukon and Alaska to Prudhoe Bay. Fairbanks, Anchorage, Dawson City, Skagway, Denali National Park, Valdez--these are just some of the destinations covered. Also included are details on alternate highways, such as the Stewart-Cassiar, the Yellowhead, Top-of-the-World, the Richardson and Glenn Highways. The authors talk about where to find wildlife and how to get the best photos; they share their knowledge about the most coveted camping areas; they tell you which historic sites you should take in. An entire chapter is dedicated to the Alaska Marine Highway, a ferry service that serves as a lifeline to Alaska's coastal towns. 30+ maps, color photos.
**** PRICE: USD 10.69
Author : Readicker-Henderson, Edward / Readicker-Henderson, Lynn
Publisher : Hunter Publishing (NJ)
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Inspiring Words for Women Gift Edition: Thoughts of Hope and Encouragement When You Need Them

Product : Inspiring Words for Women Gift Edition: Thoughts of Hope and Encouragement When You Need Them
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : When you're tired or down, when life is confusing--you need "Inspiring Words for Women, " the beautiful, powerful devotional by Darlene Sala. From "When You Have a Big Need" to "When Tough Times Come," from "When You Want to Know God Better" to "When You Want to Make a Difference," "Inspiring Words for Women" provides thoughtful, encouraging, biblical wisdom for today's Christian woman. Allow the beauty of God's Word to fill your mind and thoughts and change your hardships into victory
**** PRICE: USD 11.43
Author : Sala, Darlene
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
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Therese of Lisieux: God's Gentle Warrior

Product : Therese of Lisieux: God's Gentle Warrior
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897), also known as St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, is popularly named the Little Flower. A Carmelite nun, doctor of the church, and patron of a score of causes, she was famously acclaimed by Pope Pius X as the greatest saint of modern times. Therese is not only one of the most beloved saints of the Catholic Church but perhaps the most revered woman of the modern age. Pope John Paul II described her as a living icon of God. Her autobiography Story of a Soul has been translated into sixty languages. Having long transcended national and linguistic boundaries, she has crossed even religious ones. As daughter of Allah, she is venerated widely in Islamic cultures. Therese has been the subject of innumerable biographies and treatises, ranging from hagiographies to attacks on her intelligence and mental health. Thomas R. Nevin has gained access to many untapped archival materials and previously unpublished photographs. As a consequence he is able to offer a much fuller and more accurate portrait of the saints life and thought than his predecessors. He explores the dynamics of her family life and the early development of her spirituality. He draws extensively on the correspondence of her mother and documents her influence on Thereses autobiography and spirituality. He charts the development of Thereses career as a writer. He gives close attention to her poetry and plays usually dismissed as undistinguished and argues that they have great value as texts by which she addressed and informed her Carmelite community. He delves into the French medical literature of the time, in an effort to understand how the tuberculosis of which she died at the age of 24 was treated and lamentably mistreated. Finally, he offers a new understanding of Therese as a theologian for whom love, rather than doctrines and creeds, was the paramount value. Adding substantially to our knowledge and appreciation of this immensely popular and attractive figure, this book should appeal to many general readers as well as to scholars and students of modern Catholic history.
**** PRICE: USD 12.37
Author : Nevin, Thomas R.
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
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Drawing the Male Nude

Product : Drawing the Male Nude
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Hundreds of examples illustrate the male figure from all angles in a wide variety of stationary poses and in motion. Covers materials and techniques like line drawing, shading, foreshortening, and lighting, as well as important principles of human anatomy. All stages of drawing are presented, from the initial spatial dimensions to the final details that make it come alive.
**** PRICE: USD 12.32
Author : Civardi, Giovanni
Publisher : Studio Vista
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Round about the Ballet

Product : Round about the Ballet
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Anyone who has ever seen a live performance of ballet knows the thrill of seeing larger-than-life figures on stage dancing in ways that seem superhuman. What are these dancers like beyond the footlights? How have they acquired such artistry and technique? What are the joys and difficulties in sustaining their careers? What dreams would they like to fulfill as performers? Round About the Ballet profiles the stars of the top New York City ballet companies: American Ballet Theatre and the New York City Ballet. Selected by Roy Round, one of the world's leading dance photographers, the dancers profiled represent the very best in ballet today. The dancers are brought to life through stories of their lives, real-life interviews, and the stunning photgraphs of Roy Round. This book is for ballet fans, dance students, collectors of photo books, and people who are curious about the performing arts. This is a book that, once opened, will be hard to put down. HARDCOVER
**** PRICE: USD 7.51
Author : Cubberley, William / Carman, Joseph / Round, Roy
Publisher : Limelight Editions
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The Rise of the Gothic Novel

Product : The Rise of the Gothic Novel
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : One of the central images conjured up by the gothic novel is that of a shadowy spectre slowly rising from a mysterious abyss. In The Rise of the Gothic Novel, Maggie Kilgour argues that the ghost of the gothic is now resurrected in the critical methodologies which investigate it for the revelation of buried cultural secrets. In this cogent analysis of the rise and fall of the gothic as a popular form, Kilgour juxtaposes the writings of William Godwin with Mary Wollstonecraft, and Ann Radcliffe with Matthew Lewis. She concludes with a close reading of the quintessential gothic novel, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. An impressive and highly original study, The Rise of the Gothic Novel is an invaluable contribution to the continuing literary debates which surround this influential genre.
**** PRICE: USD 5.07
Author : Kilgour, Maggie
Publisher : Routledge
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Designer's Guide to Color

Product : Designer's Guide to Color
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The most important color reference book series on the market, this guide contains over one thousand color combinations, this time categorized by tone. Tones are first divided into four major groups, from bright and clear to deep and subdued; these groups are then further divided, gradation by gradation, within the limits of printability. A veritable 'dictionary of color,' this compact guide provides an abundance of color schemes for tones in the same group as well as for those in different groups that go well together. Each color combination includes a description of the density of the colors, showing tint percentages for printing purposes. Charts of fluorescent colors, which are in high demand for special printing, are included as well. An indispensable reference for graphic designers, this guide will also prove invaluable to those working with fashion, interior design, illustration, fabric design, or literally anyone making a color choice.
**** PRICE: USD 5.39
Author : Shibukawa, Ikuyoshi / Takahashi, Yumi
Publisher : Chronicle Books (CA)
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The Cleveland Indians

Product : The Cleveland Indians
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : First published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1949, Franklin "Whitey" Lewis's The Cleveland Indians begins with the organization's early years as the Cleveland Forest Citys, covers the 1920 World Series victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers, and concludes with the excitement of the 1948 pennant race. This early team history covers such Cleveland legends as Cy Young, from his days in Tuscarawas County and Canton and his time with the Cleveland Spiders; Bob Feller, his discovery and development; and Larry Doby, the second African American to play in the major leagues and the first to play in the American League. It also delivers such forgotten and lesser-known stories as professional baseball's first-ever perfect game, thrown by John Lee Richmond of Worcester against the Cleveland Forest Citys on June 12, 1880; the acquisition of Napoleon Lajoie and the city's vote to change the team's name to the Napoleons (Naps) in his honor; and Charles W. Somers and John F. Kilfoyl and the birth of the American League.
**** PRICE: USD 4.73
Author : Lewis, Franklin A.
Publisher : Kent State University Press
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Family Literacy Experiences: Creating Reading and Writing Opportunities That Support Classroom Learning

Product : Family Literacy Experiences: Creating Reading and Writing Opportunities That Support Classroom Learning
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : "Family Literacy Experiences" explores the power of the home-school connection, and shows teachers how to make the world outside the classroom an integral part of compelling instruction. This book offers a multitude of effective and practical ways that teachers can use what already excites and motivates students. It invites teachers to recognize the rich diversity of literacy experiences outside the classroom and create a parallel classroom where meaningful reading and writing takes place. This unique resource is organized by genre, and each chapter examines: revealing moments that demonstrate the genre in action;inherent skills of each genre and how to build them into classroom instruction;simple activities that involve students in purposeful learning;an easy assessment frame that addresses the specifics of the genre. Rooted in the latest research and incorporating the powerful voices of education leaders, students, parents, and teachers, this book provides practical guides for using what excited students to transform classroom learning.
**** PRICE: USD 4.35
Author : Rowsell, Jennifer / Strickland, Dorothy
Publisher : Stenhouse Publishers
Tags: Family Literacy Experiences: Creating Reading and Writing Opportunities That Support Classroom Learning Rowsell, Jennifer / Strickland, Dorothy

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Soulmaking: Uncommon Paths to Self-Understanding

Product : Soulmaking: Uncommon Paths to Self-Understanding
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The author of The Millennium Myth proposes that we are not granted souls, but develop them.
**** PRICE: USD 4.18
Author : Grosso, Michael / Moody, Raymond A., Jr.
Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing Company
Tags: Soulmaking: Uncommon Paths to Self-Understanding Grosso, Michael / Moody, Raymond A., Jr.

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Wild about Game Birds

Product : Wild about Game Birds
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The second in a six-volume set, Wild about Game Birds features more than 60 original recipes for North America's most popular game birds. Wild about Game Birds highlights recipies for quail, pheasant, wild turkey, grouse, chucker, sharptailed grouse and hungarian partridge. Try mouth-watering new recipes such as Maple-Glazed Quail with Pink Grapefruit, Roast Pheasant with Hazelnut Butter, Wild Turkey with Smoked Gouda Sauce, Roast Ruffed Grouse with Onion Relish, Grilled Chukar with Blackberries, Sharp-Tailed Grouse Stew with Lentils, Hun-garian Partridge with Ginger and Lemon or Doves Stuffed with Ricotta and Spinach. Dazzling color photographs showcase these creative dishes and suggest attractive presentations to further whet your appetite.
**** PRICE: USD 6.29
Author : Stoeger Publishers
Publisher : Stoeger Publishing Company
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No Sense of Obligation: Science and Religion in an Impersonal Universe

Product : No Sense of Obligation: Science and Religion in an Impersonal Universe
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Rejecting belief without evidence, a scientist searches the scientific, theological, and philosophical literature for a sign from God--and finds him to be an allegory. This remarkable book, written in the layperson's language, leaves no room for unproven ideas and instead seeks hard evidence for the existence of God. The author, a sympathetic critic and observer of religion, finds instead a physical universe that exists reasonlessly. He attributes good and evil to biology, not to God. In place of theism, the author gives us the knowledge that the universe is intelligible and that we are grownups, responsible for ourselves. He finds salvation in the here and now, and no ultimate purpose in life, except as we define it.
**** PRICE: USD 6.24
Author : Young, Matt
Publisher : Authorhouse
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Investing in Junk Bonds: Inside the High Yield Debt Market

Product : Investing in Junk Bonds: Inside the High Yield Debt Market
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The first comprehensive guide to the burgeoning, new high-yield debt or junk bond'' market. Edward Altman and Scott Nammacher, leading experts on debt financing and co-developers of the Zeta model for predicting business failure, offer sophisticated investors a complete analysis of the high-yield bond market, its anatomy, history, participants, risks and returns. With Altman and Nammacher's Zeta model, investors can gauge the safety of an issue before they commit. This book helps private investors and mutual fund, pension, bank, and insurance money managers make sure their junk bonds don't live up to the name.
**** PRICE: USD 5.67
Author : Altman, Edward I. / Nammacher, Scott A.
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Tags: Investing in Junk Bonds: Inside the High Yield Debt Market Altman, Edward I. / Nammacher, Scott A.

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Proving Ground

Product : Proving Ground
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Life in the minor leagues of football, which NFL Europe has been aptly dubbed, can be funny, sad, profound and ludicrous all at the same time. At its heart, this six-team league is a short-stop away from either the glamour of the NFL or the bottom of the professional football scrap pile--a crossroads full of real-life drama where the joy of "making it" can be tempered by failure or injury with one misstep; where the difference between a multimillion dollar NFL contract and abject poverty may only be one play away. Just ask Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner. Author Lars Anderson brings to life the compelling drama of NFL Europe by spending a season with the Scottish Claymores. Anderson lives with the players at a hotel in Glasgow, Scotland, spending every waking minute with them-eating and heading out to the pubs as the Claymores make their championship run. Along with detailing the life and times of the Claymores, Anderson digs deep into the background of the players and coaches to help explain why some succeed and others fail in their quest to make it to that shining city on the hill--the NFL. Through the eyes of Anderson, the reader experiences what it means and what it's like to be a football player in Europe. The men that make up the Claymores are the strength of this book-a funny and complex lot that face many of the same issues we tackle every day. An inspiring portrait of both new beginnings and bitter ends, "The Proving Ground" will shock and delight readers, while showing them another side of the professional football player. Of "The Proving Ground," Frank Deford, award-winning author and commentator, says "Anderson deftly shows that you can take the football player out ofAmerica, but... he's the same creature, loving the game and scrambling for one more chance."
**** PRICE: USD 5.38
Author : Anderson, Lars
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
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Original Austin Seven: The Restorer's Guide to All Passenger Car and Sports Models 1922-39

Product : Original Austin Seven: The Restorer's Guide to All Passenger Car and Sports Models 1922-39
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The Austin Seven, one of the most endearing cars of all time, has such a strong following that it remains to this day our most popular pre-war car. It was also Britain's cheapest and most successful pre-war car, with nearly 300,000 built. Followers of the Austin Seven know what a complex family tree of models evolved over the years. The information needed to determine how a restored car should look and what parts it should contain is difficult to find, especially as the model range is so wide, but help is at hand in Original Austin Seven. This painstakingly researched book, compiled from all known sources of factory information, aims to reveal how these charming cars altered in detail over the years. Specification descriptions, chassis and body evolution, production changes, body colors, optional extras and accessories, special coachwork, overseas variations - the minutiae are covered for all Austin Seven models. Accompanying the text are over 270 photographs showing all the significant model variations. Considerable detective work went into finding over 25 cars - some highly original, others fastidiously restored - for special photography in color, while selected archive material completes the coverage.
**** PRICE: USD 32.54
Author : Mills, Rinsey / Hughes, Mark / Debois, Paul
Publisher : Herridge & Sons
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Adults Learning

Product : Adults Learning
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : How do adults really learn? How do I handle the first class or session? How can I get my material across in a way that will interest and excite people? Completely revised and updated throughout, the new edition of this friendly and practical book is the guide on how to teach adults. Written in an accessible style, it unravels the myths of teaching adults, while explaining why it is both a rewarding and a complex task. Using case studies and examples from a wide range of sources including higher education, adult education and management development, "Adults Learning" answers questions such as: How do I deal with a group of mixed ability? How can I can I manage the conflicts that may arise in a group? Which teaching methods work best and which are least effective? The author includes new chapters on problem-based learning and action learning, updated and extensive new material on handling groups, and a revised chapter on coaching, providing plenty of points for further discussion. "Adults Learning" is a must-read for anyone involved in teaching adults.
**** PRICE: USD 30.52
Author : Rogers, Jenny
Publisher : Open University Press
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Practical Ecocriticism Practical Ecocriticism: Literature, Biology, and the Environment Literature, Biology, and the Environment

Product : Practical Ecocriticism Practical Ecocriticism: Literature, Biology, and the Environment Literature, Biology, and the Environment
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Practical Ecocriticismis the first book to ground environmental literature firmly in the life sciences, particularly evolutionary biology, and to attempt to bridge the ever-widening gulf between the "Two Cultures." Glen Love -- himself one of the founders of ecocriticism -- argues that literary studies has been diminished by a general lack of recognition for the vital role the biological foundation of human life plays in cultural imagination. Love presents with great clarity and directness an invaluable model for how to incorporate Darwinian ideas -- the basis for all modern biology and ecology -- into ecocritical thinking. Beginning with an overview of the field of literature and environment and its claim to our attention, and arguing for a biologically informed theoretical base for literary studies, Love then aims the lens of this critical perspective on the pastoral genre and works by canonical writers such as Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, and William Dean Howells. A markedly interdisciplinary and refreshingly accessible work, Practical Ecocriticism will interest and challenge the entire ecocritical community, as well as humanists, social scientists, and others concerned with the current rediscovery of human nature.
**** PRICE: USD 30.14
Author : Love, Glen A.
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
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Dissecting Stephen King: From the Gothic to Literary Naturalism

Product : Dissecting Stephen King: From the Gothic to Literary Naturalism
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : In a thoughtful, well-informed study exploring fiction from throughout Stephen King's immense oeuvre, Heidi Strengell shows how this popular writer enriches his unique brand of horror by building on the traditions of his literary heritage. Tapping into the wellsprings of the gothic to reveal contemporary phobias, King invokes the abnormal and repressed sexuality of the vampire, the hubris of Frankenstein, the split identity of the werewolf, the domestic melodrama of the ghost tale. Drawing on myths and fairy tales, he creates characters who, like the heroic Roland the Gunslinger and the villainous Randall Flagg, may either reinforce or subvert the reader's childlike faith in society. And in the manner of the naturalist tradition, he reinforces a tension between the free will of the individual and the daunting hand of fate. Ultimately, Strengell shows how King shatters our illusions of safety and control: "King places his decent and basically good characters at the mercy of indifferent forces, survival depending on their moral strength and the responsibility they may take for their fellow men."
**** PRICE: USD 35.39
Author : Strengell, Heidi
Publisher : Popular Press
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Where the Clouds Can Go

Product : Where the Clouds Can Go
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Of all the mountain guides who came to North America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Conrad Kain is probably the most respected and well known. In this internationally anticipated reissue of i]Where the Clouds Can Go /i] - first published in 1935, with subsequent editions in 1954 and 1979 - the original text has been accentuated with an expanded selection of over 50 archival images, highlighting climbs in the diverse mountain landscapes of North America, Europe and New Zealand.The new foreword by acclaimed mountaineer and filmmaker Pat Morrow puts Kain's adventures, explorations and appreciation of nature into a contemporary context, ensuring that the exploits of this remarkable individual remain part of international mountain culture for years to come. i]Where The Clouds Can Go /i], the dramatic story of this uncommon man, is a mountaineering classic that shatters the boundaries of the genre." -Bernadette McDonald, author of i]Tomaz Humar /i] and past Vice-President of Mountain Culture at The Banff Center and former Director of The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festivals.
**** PRICE: USD 33.94
Author : Kain, Conrad / Thorington, J. Monroe
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Incorporated
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The Phonics Handbook

Product : The Phonics Handbook
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The best place to start when teaching Jolly Phonics to a class. The Phonics Handbook is a complete resource for teaching reading, writing and spelling.
**** PRICE: USD 33.58
Author : Stephen, Lib / Lloyd, Sue
Publisher : Jolly Learning Ltd.
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Contemp Rdgs Fndns Metaphysics

Product : Contemp Rdgs Fndns Metaphysics
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : This volume is a comprehensive survey of contemporary thought on a wide range of issues and provides students with the basic background to current debates in metaphysics.
**** PRICE: USD 37.08
Author : Laurence / MacDonald, Matthew / MacDonald, Cynthia
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
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Hacktivism and Cyberwars: Rebels with a Cause?

Product : Hacktivism and Cyberwars: Rebels with a Cause?
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : As global society becomes more and more dependent, politically and economically, on the flow of information, the power of those who can disrupt and manipulate that flow also increases. In Hacktivism and Cyberwars Tim Jordan and Paul Taylor provide a detailed history of hacktivism's evolution from early hacking culture to its present day status as the radical face of online politics. They describe the ways in which hacktivism has re-appropriated hacking techniques to create an innovative new form of political protest. A full explanation is given of the different strands of hacktivism and the 'cyberwars' it has created, ranging from such avant garde groups as the Electronic Disturbance Theatre to more virtually focused groups labelled 'The Digitally Correct'. The full social and historical context of hacktivism is portrayed to take into account its position in terms of new social movements, direct action and its contribution to the globalization debate. This book provides an important corrective flip-side to mainstream accounts of E-commerce and broadens the conceptualization of the internet to take into full account the other side of the digital divide.
**** PRICE: USD 37.10
Author : Jordan, Tim / Taylor, Paul
Publisher : Routledge
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Blackwell Encyclopedia of Soci

Product : Blackwell Encyclopedia of Soci
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : "The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Work" provides a concise guide to 400 topics relevant to the practice of social work in the 21st Century. It brings together 250 top authors and covers all service user groups.
**** PRICE: USD 36.15
Author : Davies, Glyn Ed. / Davies, Martin
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
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Ghost Dancing the Law: The Wounded Knee Trials

Product : Ghost Dancing the Law: The Wounded Knee Trials
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : After the siege ended at Wounded Knee, the real battle had yet to be fought. The 1973 standoff in South Dakota between Oglala Lakota Indians and federal lawmen led to the criminal prosecution of American Indian Movement leaders Dennis Banks and Russell Means. The ten-month trial had all the earmarks of a political tribunal; with the defense led by William Kunstler and the prosecution backed by the Nixon administration, it became a media battle for public opinion. This first book-length study of the Wounded Knee trials demonstrates the impact that legal institutions and the media have on political dissent. It also shows how the dissenters as defendants can influence these institutions and the surrounding political and cultural climate. AIM and its attorneys successfully turned the courtroom into a political forum on the history of U.S.-Indian relations but were often frustrated in telling their story by the need to observe legal procedures--and by the media's stereotyping them as Indian warriors or sixties militants. John Sayer draws on court records, news reports, and interviews with participants to show how the defense, and ultimately the prosecution, had to respond continually to legal constraints, media coverage, and political events taking place outside the courtroom. Although Banks and Means and most of the other protesters were acquitted, Sayer notes that the confinement of AIM protests to the courtroom robbed the movement of considerable momentum. "Ghost Dancing the Law" shows how legal proceedings can effectively quell dissent and represents both a critical chapter in the struggle of Native Americans and an important milestone at the crossroads of law and politics.
**** PRICE: USD 40.17
Author : Sayer, John William
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Tags: Ghost Dancing the Law: The Wounded Knee Trials Sayer, John William

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Fundamental Theology

Product : Fundamental Theology
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Renowned theologian Heinrich Fries offers what is both a traditionally structured treatment of the basic issues of fundamental theology as they have been modified by Vatican II, and a study of the major ethical, religious, and cultural issues of the late twentieth century.
**** PRICE: USD 38.75
Author : Fries, Heinrich / Daly, Robert J.
Publisher : Catholic University of America Press
Tags: Fundamental Theology Fries, Heinrich / Daly, Robert J.

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American Abolitionists

Product : American Abolitionists
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : "This book, the latest in the Seminar Studies in History series, examines the movement to abolish slavery in the US, from the origins of the movement in the eighteenth century through to the Civil War and the abolition of slavery in 1865. Books in this Seminar Studies in History series bridge the gap between textbook and specialist survey and consists of a brief "Introduction" and/or "Background" to the subject, valuable in bringing the reader up-to-speed on the area being examined, followed by a substantial and authoritative section of "Analysis" focusing on the main themes and issues. There is a succinct "Assessment" of the subject, a generous selection of "Documents" and a detailed bibliography. Stanley Harrold provides an accessible introduction to the subject, synthesizing the enormous amount of literature on the topic." American Abolitionists" explores "the roles of slaves and free blacks in the movement, the importance of empathy among antislavery whites for the suffering slaves, and the impact of abolitionism upon the sectional struggle between the North and the South." Within a basic chronological framework the author also considers more general themes such as black abolitionists, feminism, and anti-slavery violence. For readers interested in American history.
**** PRICE: USD 43.97
Author : Harrold, Stanley
Publisher : Longman
Tags: American Abolitionists Harrold, Stanley

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Workbook/Lab Manual for Spanish for Oral and Written Review, 5th

Product : Workbook/Lab Manual for Spanish for Oral and Written Review, 5th
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The Workbook/Lab Manual closely follows the organization of the main text to provide additional reading, writing, listening, and pronunciation practice outside of class.
**** PRICE: USD 43.88
Author : Iglesias / Iglesias, Mario / Meiden, Walter
Publisher : Heinle & Heinle Publishers
Tags: Workbook/Lab Manual for Spanish for Oral and Written Review, 5th Iglesias / Iglesias, Mario / Meiden, Walter

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Haiti and the United States

Product : Haiti and the United States
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Imaginative literature, argues Michael Dash, does not merely reflect, but actively influences historical events. He demonstrates this by a close examination of the relations between Haiti and the United States through the imaginative literature of both countries. The West's mythification of Haiti is a strategy used to justify either ostracsim or domination, a process traced here from the nineteenth-century until it emerges with a voyeuristic fierceness in the 1960s. In an effort to resist these stereogypes, Haitian literature becomes a subversive manoeuvre permitting Haitians to 'rewrite' themselves.The United States 'invente' Haiti as a land of savagery and mystery, a source of evil and shame. Weaving together text and historical context, Dash discusses the durability of lthese images which continue to shape official policy and popular attitudes today. For the second edition the final chapter has been expanded to take in recent events, including the US military intervention in 1994, and to show how these have influenced literary expression.
**** PRICE: USD 41.69
Author : Dash, J. Michael / Dash, Michael J.
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Tags: Haiti and the United States Dash, J. Michael / Dash, Michael J.

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Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective

Product : Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : To reveal how membership in adolescent street gangs influences human development, the authors examine the origins of gang membership and the social and psychological factors that lead to joining. After demonstrating that gang members are responsible for the major share of serious and violent delinquency, they indicate how membership facilitates delinquent behavior and other developmental problems such as teen pregnancy and school dropout.
**** PRICE: USD 47.42
Author : Thornberry, Terence P. / Krohn, Marvin D. / Lizotte, Alan D.
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Tags: Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective Thornberry, Terence P. / Krohn, Marvin D. / Lizotte, Alan D.

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3D Automotive Modeling: An Insider's Guide to 3D Car Modeling and Design for Games and Film

Product : 3D Automotive Modeling: An Insider's Guide to 3D Car Modeling and Design for Games and Film
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : "3D Automotive Modeling" is an insider's guide to modeling and designing 3d cars, coming straight to you from from the top automotive designers of the day, and world-class game developers. Techniques are demonstrated in 3ds Max, Maya, XSI, and Photoshop. The book offers a series of tutorials, starting with simple models and moving up to more complex builds. All models and tutorials are tested and trusted by successful artists within commercial design and game development. The very best designers and modelers from across the globe take you through their processes, step by step, the tips, tricks and short cuts that true professionals use. Designers from Honda, Toyota & Mercedes-Benz, as well as modellers from Sony Computer Entertainment, Lucas Arts, Gearbox Games, Sinbin, Rabcat, Art In Games - artists who have worked on some of the biggest games in the industry including the MotorStorm and Test Drive Unlimited series. The associated website includes: all tutorial files, all models, all textures, as well as blueprints and concept images. It also includes access to a vibrant forum where you can discuss your work, get helpful feedback directly from the professionals, and a chance to showcase your creations to the world. --Author Andy Gahan is a seasoned professional and leading industry expert. Gahan is a key member of an award-winning game team recently scoring number 1 hits in Japan, Europe and America with the PlayStation 3 smash hit series, MotorStorm. --Automotive design and modelling techniques with experts from Honda, Toyota & Mercedes-Benz, as well as 3D artists from Sony Computer Entertainment, Lucas Arts, Gearbox Games, Sinbin, Rabcat and Art In Games. --Essentials of automotive design and modelling covered - including traditional hand-drawn techniques as well as Photoshop rendering, with 3D tutorials in 3dsmax, Maya and XSI. --The associated website includes: all tutorial files, all models, all textures, as well as blueprints and concept images. It also includes access to a vibrant forum where you can discuss your work, get helpful feedback directly from the professionals, and a chance to showcase your creations to the world.
**** PRICE: USD 45.82
Author : Gahan, Andrew
Publisher : Focal Press
Tags: 3D Automotive Modeling: An Insider's Guide to 3D Car Modeling and Design for Games and Film Gahan, Andrew

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The Multivariate Social Scientist: Introductory Statistics Using Generalized Linear Models

Product : The Multivariate Social Scientist: Introductory Statistics Using Generalized Linear Models
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Starting from simple hypothesis testing and then moving towards model-building, this valuable book takes readers through the basics of multivariate analysis including: which tests to use on which data; how to run analyses in SPSS for Windows and GLIM4; how to interpret results; and how to report and present the reports appropriately. Using a unified conceptual framework (based around the Generalized Linear Model) the authors explain the commonalities and relationships between methods that include both the analysis of categorical and continuous data.
**** PRICE: USD 44.52
Author : Hutcheson, Graeme / Sofroniou, Nick
Publisher : Sage Publications (CA)
Tags: The Multivariate Social Scientist: Introductory Statistics Using Generalized Linear Models Hutcheson, Graeme / Sofroniou, Nick

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Bluetooth Profiles

Product : Bluetooth Profiles
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : -- A roadmap for implementation and application construction, not a history of the technology. -- Special value to developers of Bluetooth technology as it breaks down the profile specifications into easily understandable sections. -- Profiles are crucial to the success of Bluetooth and to developing interoperable devices. This book is aimed at the Bluetooth community that is currently developing applications on top of the Bluetooth Core. Gratton details the usage scenarios for Bluetooth, known as Profiles, essentially defining the end-user applications and their interoperability requirements. The whole Bluetooth community strives to build applications based upon the new wireless technology that is Bluetooth: Bluetooth Profiles will show them how. Bluetooth is set to become a revolutionary communications technology that will affect the lives of us all in some shape or form. It will simplify the operation and installation of new and existing products and, despite numerous vendors providing a vast range of exciting products, its functionality will exist almost invisibly and seamlessly. This book does not aim to provide you with a history of Bluetooth nor does it explain why it was created; instead, it embodies the firm belief that it is already here.
**** PRICE: USD 49.24
Author : Gratton, Dean A.
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Tags: Bluetooth Profiles Gratton, Dean A.

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Frescos: 50 Puerto Rican Artists Under 35

Product : Frescos: 50 Puerto Rican Artists Under 35
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : FRESCOS presents the work of 50 Puerto Rican artists under 35 years of age, selected by 10 internationally-recognized curators. These artists are members of a cosmopolitan generation who studied or work all around the world-in Europe and Asia as well as the Americas. Eight essays provide a context for their production. FRESCOS is a provocative book, the first to document the work of this generation as a whole, aiming to spark the curiosity of anyone, whether specialist or not, interested in Puerto Rican art and contemporary art in general. Artists included: Rebecca Adorno, Rogelio Baez, Javier Bosques, Osvaldo Budet, Melissa Calderon, Efren Candelaria, Myritza Castillo, Jorge 'Rito' Cordero, Corografico, Bobby Cruz, Jorge Diaz, Esteban Gabriel, Alia Farid Abdal, Monica Felix, Radames 'Juni' Figueroa, Frances Gallardo, Ignacio Gonzalez Lang, Michelle Gratacos, Pablo Guardiola, Karlo Andrei Ibarra, Edgardo Larregui, Michael Linares, among others...
**** PRICE: USD 49.57
Author : Nogueras Cuevas, Celina
Publisher : Actar
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The International Law of Environmental Impact Assessment: Process, Substance and Integration

Product : The International Law of Environmental Impact Assessment: Process, Substance and Integration
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The central idea animating environmental impact assessment (EIA) is that decisions affecting the environment should be made through a comprehensive evaluation of predicted impacts. Notwithstanding their evaluative mandate, EIA processes do not impose specific environmental standards, but rely on the creation of open, participatory and information rich decision-making settings to bring about environmentally benign outcomes. In light of this tension between process and substance, Neil Craik assesses whether EIA, as a method of implementing international environmental law, is a sound policy strategy, and how international EIA commitments structure transnational interactions in order to influence decisions affecting the international environment. Through a comprehensive description of international EIA commitments and their implementation with domestic and transnational governance structures, and drawing on specific examples of transnational EIA processes, the author examines how international EIA commitments can facilitate interest coordination, and provide opportunities for persuasion and for the internalisation of international environmental norms.
**** PRICE: USD 49.54
Author : Craik, Neil
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Tags: The International Law of Environmental Impact Assessment: Process, Substance and Integration Craik, Neil

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Scarlet Memorial: Tales of Cannibalism in Modern China

Product : Scarlet Memorial: Tales of Cannibalism in Modern China
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : This compelling book provides a meticulously documented account of officially sanctioned cannibalism in the southwestern province of Guangxi during the Cultural Revolution. Drawing on his unique access to local archives of the Chinese Communist Party and on extensive interviews with party officials, the victims' relatives, and the murderers themselves, Zheng Yi paints a disturbing picture of official compliance in the systematic killing and cannibalization of individuals in the name of political revolution and "class struggle."The treasure-trove of evidence Zheng Yi has unearthed offers unprecedented insights into the way the internecine, factional struggles of the Cultural Revolution reached a horrifying level of insanity and frenzy among the ethnic Zhuang people of Guangxi. Profoundly moving, acutely observed, and unflinchingly graphic, "Scarlet Memorial" is a shining example of a genre of investigative reporting that courageously and independently records obscure and officially censored historical events, revealing hidden dimensions of modern Chinese history and politics.
**** PRICE: USD 50.59
Author : Yi, Zheng / Zheng I / Zheng, Yi
Publisher : Westview Press
Tags: Scarlet Memorial: Tales of Cannibalism in Modern China Yi, Zheng / Zheng I / Zheng, Yi

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The Jews of Poland Between Two World Wars

Product : The Jews of Poland Between Two World Wars
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Jews have long seen the interwar years as a "golden age" for Polish Jewry and hold it in special reverence because of the community's heroic struggle against the encroaching darkness of antisemitism. During the years 1918 to 1939, Polish Jews constituted the largest Jewish community in noncommunist Europe and were the leading cultural and political force in the Jewish Diaspora. In this volume distinguished American, West European, Israeli, and Polish scholars combine forces to explore the politics, antisemitism, economic and social life, religious patterns, and cultural creativity of a period whose relevance is heightened because of current changes under way in Eastern Europe.
**** PRICE: USD 54.78
Author : Gutman, Yisrael / Mendelsohn, Ezra / Reinharz, Jehuda
Publisher : Brandeis University Press
Tags: The Jews of Poland Between Two World Wars Gutman, Yisrael / Mendelsohn, Ezra / Reinharz, Jehuda

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Burnette Studio/Residence: Wendell Burnette

Product : Burnette Studio/Residence: Wendell Burnette
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The highly collectable volumes in this series each focus on a single important contemporary building selected for its unique character, innovative design, or technical genius. Buildings of various types and sizes are included, from small residences to expansive museums, detailing the evolution of the design and the construction process from initial concept to finished building. Featured are photographs, sketches, drawings, and details alongside an essay by the architect on the design process and an essay by a well-known architectural critic on the project's design significance. The studio residence of Wendell Burnette Architects is designed to be like an oasis in the Arizona desert, with an interior garden in the entryway full of light, shade, and water. Wendell Burnette's travels in Europe and Mexico are evident in the international, timeless style found in his architecture. The building is the physical embodiment of the firm's philosophy, which is the desire to create spaces that engage people. Wendell Burnette delivers architecture that is both uniquely appropriate and timelessly valuable to the client and the user. Wendell Burnette Architects is based in Phoenix, Arizona.
**** PRICE: USD 54.55
Author : Riera Ojeda, Oscar / Al-Sayed, Marwan
Publisher : Rockport Publishers
Tags: Burnette Studio/Residence: Wendell Burnette Riera Ojeda, Oscar / Al-Sayed, Marwan

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Curriculum Action Research: A Handbook of Methods and Resources for the Reflective Practitioner

Product : Curriculum Action Research: A Handbook of Methods and Resources for the Reflective Practitioner
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : A handbook of research techniques for teachers, this book documents the historical development and changing nature of action research in the curriculum and aims to encourage teacher development through curriculum inquiry. It describes 57 action research tools, ten of which are new.
**** PRICE: USD 49.30
Author : McKernan, James
Publisher : Routledge
Tags: Curriculum Action Research: A Handbook of Methods and Resources for the Reflective Practitioner McKernan, James

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Dying Death and Bereavement 4th PR

Product : Dying Death and Bereavement 4th PR
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : This book is a brief but comprehensive survey of research, writings, and professional practices concerned with death and dying. It is interdisciplinary and eclectic--medical, psychological, religious, philosophical, artistic, demographics, bereavement, and widowhood are all considered--but with an emphasis on psychological aspects. A variety of viewpoints and research findings on topics subsumed under "thanatology" receive thorough consideration. Questions, activities, and projects at the end of each chapter enhance reflection and personalize the material. This fourth edition features material on: * moral issues and court cases concerned with abortion and euthanasia; * the widespread problem of AIDS and other deadly diseases; * the tragedies occasioned by epidemics, starvation, and war; and * the resumption of capital punishment in many states. The book's enhanced multicultural tone reflects the increased economic, social, and physical interdependency among the nations of the world. Topics receiving increased attention in the fourth edition are: terror management; attitudes and practices concerning death; cross-cultural concepts of afterlife; gallows humor, out-of-body experiences; spiritualism; mass suicide; pet and romantic death; euthanasia; right to die; postbereavement depression; firearm deaths in children; children's understanding of death; child, adolescent, adult, and physician-assisted suicide; religious customs and death; confronting death; legal issues in death, dying and bereavement; death education; death music; creativity and death; longevity; broken heart phenomenon; beliefs in life after death; new definitions of death; children's acceptance of a parent's death; terminal illness; and the politics of death and dying.
**** PRICE: USD 49.08
Author : Aiken, Lewis R.
Publisher : Psychology Press
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Principles of the Spin Model Checker

Product : Principles of the Spin Model Checker
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Principles of Spin is an introductory book, the only requirement is a background in programming. Spin models are written in the Promela language which is easily learned by students and programmers. Spin is easy to install and use. The Spin model checker is not only a widely used professional tool but it is also a superb tool for teaching important concepts of computer science such as verification, concurrency and nondeterminism. The book introduces Spin-based software that the author has developed for teaching: jSpin - an integrated development environment for Spin; SpinSpider - uses output from Spin to automatically construct state diagrams of concurrent programs; VN is a tool for visualizing nondeterminism. Complete programs will demonstrate each construct and concept and these programs will be available on a companion website.
**** PRICE: USD 44.28
Author : Ben-Ari, Mordechai
Publisher : Springer
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Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health

Product : Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : The Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health sets out key areas-of daily living conditions and of the underlying structural drivers that influence them-in which action is needed. It provides analysis of social determinants of health and concrete examples of actions that have proven effective in improving health and health equity in countries at all levels of socioeconomic development.Part 1 lays out the rationale for a global movement to advance health equity through action on the social determinants of health. Part 2 outlines the approach the Commission took to evidence, and to the indispensable value of acknowledging and using the rich diversity of different types of knowledge. Parts 3, 4, and 5 set out in more detail the Commission's findings and recommendations. Part 6, finally, reprises the global networks-the regional connections to civil society worldwide, the growing caucus of country partners taking the social determinants of health agenda forward, the vital research agendas, and the opportunities for change at the level of global governance and global institutions-that the Commission has built and on which the future of a global movement for health equity will depend.
**** PRICE: USD 44.20
Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Tags: Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health World Health Organization

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White Women, Race Matters: The Social Construction of Whiteness

Product : White Women, Race Matters: The Social Construction of Whiteness
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Traditional debates concerning racially hierarchical societies have tended to focus on the experience of being black. White Women, Race Matters breaks with this tradition by focusing on the particular ecperiences of white women in a racially hierarchical society. By considering the ways in which their experience not only contributes to but challenges the reproduction of racism, the work offers a rigorous examination of existing methodologies, practices and assumptions concerning racism and gender relations. Supported by extracts from in-depth life history interviews, White Women, Race Matters provides valuable course material.
**** PRICE: USD 47.07
Author : Frankenburg Rut / Frankenburg, Rut / Frankenburg, Ruth
Publisher : Routledge
Tags: White Women, Race Matters: The Social Construction of Whiteness Frankenburg Rut / Frankenburg, Rut / Frankenburg, Ruth

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Egypt in the Byzantine World, 300-700

Product : Egypt in the Byzantine World, 300-700
Catalog : Better World Books Product Catalog
Description : Egypt in the period from the reign of the emperor Constantine to the Arab conquest was both a vital part of the Late Roman and Byzantine world, participating fully in the culture of its wider Mediterranean society, and a distinctive milieu, launched on a path to developing the Coptic Christian culture that we see fully only after the end of Byzantine rule. This 2007 book is the first comprehensive survey of Egypt to treat this entire period including the first half-century of Arab rule. Twenty-one renowned specialists present the history, society, economy, culture, religious institutions, art and architecture of the period. Topics covered range from elite literature to mummification and from monks to Alexandrian scholars. A full range of Egypt's uniquely rich source materials - literature, papyrus documents, letters, and archaeological remains - gives exceptional depth and vividness to this portrait of a society, and recent archaeological discoveries are described and illustrated.
**** PRICE: USD 47.45
Author : Bagnall, Roger S.
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Tags: Egypt in the Byzantine World, 300-700 Bagnall, Roger S.

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Novelty Emoticon Mug Poo Emoji Shaped Tea Coffee Drinking Cup
Posted on Wednesday September 27, 2017

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TINTIN COLLECTION OF 24 FRIDGE MAGNET BOOK COVERS IMANES NEVERA
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PELIKAN SOUVERAN TORTOISE WHITE SET PEN AND MECHANICAL PENCIL D400 AND K400
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Libro 36 Heliografias de Paris de ND Phot/Booklet 36 Vues Héliographies Paris
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Estatua The Youkai Who Read a Book 16 cm. Touhou Project. Belfine
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Estatua Superman Comic Book Edition 23 cm. Noble Collection. DC Cómics
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Estatua Kogitsune 17 cm. Natsume's Book of Friends. Escala 1:7. Revolve
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CUADERNO ESPIRAL A4 - 120 HOJAS MICROPERFORADAS - 4 TALADROS - NOTE BOOK 4 REC
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CUADERNO ESPIRAL A4 - 200 HOJAS MICROPERFORADAS - 4 TALADROS - NOTE BOOK 8 - R
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CUADERNO ESPIRAL A5 - 120 HOJAS MICROPERFORADAS - 4 TALADROS - NOTE BOOK 8 - REC
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Portatodo book Enjoy Love Luna
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Portatodo book doble Music Passion Violetta Disney
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Estatua Takashi Natsume 22 cm. Natsume Yūjin-Chō (Natsume's Book of Fr
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