Creator: Kristin A. Eckes
Edition: 5th
Publication date: 1999-10
Dewey code: 509.22
List Price: $269.00
Price: $242.10
Review Who's Who in Science and Engineering: 2000-2001 (Who's Who in Science and Engineering) / Marquis Who's Who:Annual reference provides personal data, achievements, discoveries, research findings, patents, and career histories of more than 30,000 of today's leaders from all areas of pure and applied science and engineering.
Publication date: 2005-04-30
Dewey code: 509
List Price: $73.99
Price: $73.99
Review Himalayan Journals or Notes of a Naturalist / IndyPublish.com:
Creator: Alan Jolis
Publication date: 2001-05-24
Dewey code: 332.12092
List Price: $37.50
Price: $99.99
Review Banker to the Poor: The Autobiography of Muhammad Yunus, Founder of Grameen Bank / Oxford University Press, USA:This book is an autobiographical account of the founder of the Grameen Bank, Muhammad Yunus. This work is a fundamental rethinking of the economic relationship between the rich and the poor, as well as their rights and obligations.
Publication date: 1987-01
Price: $56.00
Review Trump: The Art of the Deal / Books on Tape:From the Impresario of NBC’s hit show The ApprenticeTRUMP ON TRUMP: “I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: if you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big. ”And here’s how he does it: the art of the deal. Beginning with a week in Trump’s high-stakes life, Trump: The Art of the Deal gives us Trump in action. We see just how he operates day to day—how he runs his business and how he runs his life—as he chats with friends and family, clashes with enemies, efficiently buys up Atlantic City’s top casinos, changes the face of the New York City skyline. and plans the tallest building in the world. TRUMP ON TRUMP: “I play it very loose. [+]I don’t carry a briefcase. I try not to schedule too many meetings. I leave my door open. I prefer to come to work each day and just see what develops. ”Even a maverick plays by rules, and here Trump formulates his own eleven guidelines for success. He isolates the common elements in his greatest deals; he shatters myths (“You don’t necessarily need the best location. What you need is the best deal”); he names names, spells out the zeros, and fully reveals the deal-maker’s art: from the abandoned property that became the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center to the seedy hotel that became the Grand Hyatt; from the race to rebuild Central Park’s Wollman Skating Rink to the byzantine saga of the property that became Trump Tower. And throughout, Trump talks—really talks—about how he does it. TRUMP ON TRUMP: “I always go into a deal anticipating the worst. If you plan for the worst—if you can live with the worst—the good will always take care of itself. ”Donald Trump is blunt, brash, surprisingly old-fashioned in spots—and always, always an original. Trump: The Art of the Deal is an unguarded look at the mind of a brilliant entrepreneur and an unprecedented education in the art of the deal. It’s the most streetwise business book there is—and a sizzling read for anyone interested in money and success. From the Hardcover edition.
Authors
- Carl R. Rogers
- David E. Russell
Dewey code: 920
Price: $17.95
Review Carl Rogers: The Quiet Revolutionary : An Oral History / Penmarin Books:Carl R. Rogers (1902-1987), a founder of the humanistic psychology movement, is one of the most influential psychologists of the twentieth century. His impact on education, counseling, psychotherapy, conflict resolution, and peace is unparalleled. He has enriched the world through his empathic presence, his rigorous research, and his authorship of more than two hundred articles and sixteen books. On Becoming a Person is one of the classics in psychological literature. Dr. Rogers created a profound and fundamental shift in the fields of psychology and human relations. His deep belief that each person has worth, dignity, and the capacity for self-direction was counter to the pervading thought of his day. In order to fully understand and appreciate his impact, it is important to know what experiences shaped his life and what influences directed his thinking. Carl Rogers: The Quiet Revolutionary is a unique kind of autobiography, or oral history, that explores all these aspects of his life, and more, through a series of interviews. [+]The result is a lively account in Rogers' own words of the peaks and valleys of both his professional and personal life. In it he describes his early life, his family, his schooling, and his intellectual development, and it includes the early development of person-centered therapy, his disillusionment with academia, "The Therapeutic Hour" (including his thoughts on training the therapist, on supervision, and on research in psychotherapy), and his extensive efforts to reduce international tension through his work in northern Ireland, South Africa, and Central America ("The Peace Project").
Publication date: 2005-04-16
Dewey code: 192
List Price: $94.95
Price: $87.12
Review Paul Grice, Philosopher and Linguist / Palgrave Macmillan:Paul Grice (1913-1988) is best known for his psychological account of meaning, and for his theory of conversational implicature. This is the first book to consider Grice's work as a whole. Drawing on the range of his published writing, and also on unpublished manuscripts, lectures and notes, Siobhan Chapman discusses the development of his ideas and relates his work to the major events of his intellectual and professional life.
Publication date: 1991-01
Review Henry Lawson: A Life / Angus & Robertson Publishers:
Authors
- Avraham Yassour
- John Biggart
- Georgii Gloveli
Publication date: 1998-04
Dewey code: 330
List Price: $160.00
Price: $116.80
Review Bogdanov and His Work: A Guide to the Published and Unpublished Works of Alexander A. Bogdanov (Malinovsky) 1873-1928 / Ashgate Publishing:Between 1985 and 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev lifted restrictions on freedom of expression and virtually abolished censorship of the press in the Soviet Union. An outpouring of Soviet literature followed. This text presents a collection of the published and unpublished works of Alexander Bogdanov.
Publication date: 2005-03-03
Dewey code: 943.6424004924073
List Price: $78.50
Price: $74.13
Review On Austrian Soil: Teaching Those I Was Taught To Hate / State University of New York Press:
Publication date: 1961
Review These eighty years:
Authors
- A. Ya. Kipnis
- B. E. Yavelov
- J. S. Rowlinson
Dewey code: 530
List Price: $188.00
Price: $89.19
Review Van der Waals and Molecular Science / Oxford University Press, USA:The development of molecular physics and physical chemistry cannot be understood without a knowledge of the work of Dutch physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals. His doctoral thesis of 1873 was the first theory of liquids and gases in which the essential differences and similarities of these two phases were interpreted in terms of the properties of the constituent molecules. This view contradicted the work of Mach, Ostwald, Duhem and other "energeticists" and provides the foundation for our current understanding of fluids. In the years since the end of World War II, there has been a re-appraisal of van der Waals's work, which has established his historic place as one of the founders of molecular science. This is the only biography of Johannes van der Waals and should be read by anyone with an interest in the history of physics and chemistry, and its most important innovator.
Publication date: 1972-07
Dewey code: 340
Price: $48.95
Review Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729 / Ayer Co Pub:
Publication date: 2005-03-01
Dewey code: 910
List Price: $80.00
Price: $79.99
Review The Turnstone: A Doctor's Story / Liverpool University Press:In this vivid and compelling memoir, Dr. Geoffrey Dean tells the story of his lifetime of travel, medical practice, and groundbreaking research. Born in Wales in 1918, Dean spent his early years in the north of England. After training to be a doctor in Liverpool, he served during the Second World War as a medical officer in Bomber Command. Following the war, as he recounts here, Dean relocated himself and his family to South Africa, where he established a busy medical practice that he continued for more than twenty years. During this period, he kept at the forefront of medical research, devoting the bulk of his attention to the epidemiology of porphyria, a disease that causes paralysis. All the while, his work kept him traveling, with stops in China, Sweden, Holland, Cyprus, and Spain-including a period as the personal physician to the millionaire governor of the Fiji Islands. Threaded through with surprising adventures and rich anecdotes of the author's travels in the course of his research, The Turnstone is a lively account of the life of a man whose commitment to medicine brought him to the ends of the earth-and kept him there for more than sixty years.
Publication date: 2007-06-04
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $26.45
Price: $74.12
Review David Crockett Scout / Book Jungle:Colonel David Crockett (August 17, 1786 û March 6, 1836) was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician; usually referred to as Davy Crockett and by the popular title "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U. S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the age of 49 at the Battle of the Alamo.
Creator: Christopher Timothy
Publication date: 1997-01
List Price: $74.95
Price: $74.95
Review Vet in a Spin (Vet) / BBC Audiobooks:James Herriot, strapped into the cockpit of a Tiger Moth trainer, feels rather out of place, but he hasn't found a new profession and it surely won't be long before the RAF come round to his point of view. James Herriot's sixth volume of unforgettable memoirs sees him dreaming of the day when he can rejoin his wife, Helen, little son, Jimmy, veterinary partner, Siegfried, the eternal student Tristan - and all the old Darrowby crows, both two-legged and four. 'He can tell a good story against himself, and his pleasure in the beauty of the countryside in which he works is infectious', observes "The Daily Telegraph". 'Full of warmth, wisdom and wit' - "The Field". 'It is a pleasure to be in James Herriot's company' - "Observer".
Publication date: 1997-07
Dewey code: 609
List Price: $74.40
Price: $74.40
Review Fatal Extraction: The Story Behind the Florida Dentist Accused of Infecting His Patients With HIV And Poisoning Public Health / Proquest Info & Learning:This in-depth examination of a compelling public health case takes you step-by-step through the world of medical detective work, as the Centers for Disease Control determine whether Dr. Acer did infect Kimberly Bergalis and other patients, and, if so, whether Acer's actions were accidents or acts of premeditated murder. At the same time, it raises a myriad of public health issues that are of concern to us all. Fatal Extraction clearly shows how the Centers for Disease Control-and other government agencies-respond to the Bergalis case and similar incidents, examines why government officials act as they do, and questions what they can do differently. As the book unravels the mysteries surrounding Kimberly Bergalis's tragic infection, it informs readers of the actions we can expect (and should demand) our government to take to protect the health of patients, medical workers, and all citizens. Mark Carl Rom is assistant professor of Government and Public Policy, Georgetown University, and a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar of Health Policy and Research at the University of California, Berkeley. Rom also served as Project Manager of the U. S. General Accounting Office's inquiry into the CDC's handling of the Bergalis/Acer case.
Publication date: 2006-10-05
Dewey code: 920.001
List Price: $74.50
Price: $74.30
Review The Philosopher's "I": Autobiography And the Search for the Self / State University of New York Press:Using works written over the course of 1,500 years, considers philosophers' autobiographies as a genre of philosophical writing.
Creator: R.A. Sunyaev
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2004-04-23
Dewey code: 530.092
List Price: $119.95
Price: $74.74
Review Zeldovich: Reminiscences / CRC:Ya. B. Zeldovich was most assuredly one of the greatest physicists and cosmologists of the 20th century. This volume presents reminiscences about this exemplary academician, providing biographical and historical insights from the friends, students, and colleagues who knew him best. They outline Zeldovich's life and achievements, from his early days in chemical physics through his groundbreaking work in combustion and detonation, his role in the development of Soviet nuclear and thermonuclear weapons, and his contributions to nuclear and elementary particle physics, to his later years in cosmology and astrophysics. Zeldovich: Reminiscences not only pays homage to an outstanding scientist and his accomplishments. It also offers incisive commentary on Soviet science and the impact that Zeldovich had on future generations, in the former Soviet Union and throughout the international physics community.
Publication date: 2004-12
Dewey code: 370.1523
List Price: $73.99
Price: $73.99
Review Parallel Paths to Constructivism: Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky / Information Age Publishing:No two people were more responsible for the current way lessons are taught worldwide than Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. Both men had an important impact worldwide on how a person should be taught-starting in the last century and continuing today. Jean Piaget's Genetic Epistemology concentrated on the individual in learning. Lev Vygotsky's Cultural–Historical Theory concentrated on the social in learning. All over the world, teachers today use each man's ideas. Some use them at different times in their classrooms and others have learned to use them combined into the same lesson-bringing us to the crux of this book; namely, there are many lessons to learn by discovering the dynamics in the lives of both men. While both were from very different countries, there are many similarities in their lives. While most professors teaching introductory educational psychology courses focus on the difference in their lesson strategies, there are some remarkable similarities between their respective pedagogies. While differences in their families and countries were obviously significant, the two men differed surprisingly little in their pedagogical views and their basic ideas. Their similarities in views and ideas are due to the similarities in their lives. [+]Chapter 1 looks at those similarities by looking at influences in their childhood. Chapter 2 observes their adolescence. Chapter 3 concentrates on young adulthood. Chapter 4 covers their postgraduate work. Chapter 5 traces the origins of their major ideas. For Jean Piaget, we look at the origin of chronological stages of development, the role of language, the role of the teacher, optimal mismatch, equilibration, error, and play. For Lev Vygotsky, we look at the origin of zone of proximal development, internalization, stage of development, "the social other," role of language, error, sociohistorical context of learning, scaffolding and play. Chapter 6 deals with how Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky were able to overcome adversity and the lessons that can be learned by such overcoming. Chapter 7 provides a new pedagogy based on the communications that Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky had with each other, noting the influence such communications had on their mutual ideas.
Authors
- John Sandford
- Gunter Wallraff
Dewey code: 070.92
Price: $39.95
Review Der Aufmacher: Des Mann, Der Bei Bild Hans Esser War (Manchester New German Texts) / Manchester Univ Pr:
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