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The Story of the Nih Grants Foundation

The Story of the Nih Grants Foundation

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Strickland, Stephen P., PUBLISHER: University Press ong>ofong> America, This book makes available a short but comprehensive history ong>ofong> ong>theong> ong>Nationalong> Institutes ong>ofong> Health's Grant Program that built America's ong>nationalong> biomedical research capacity and brought medical science to its current zenith. ong>Theong> extramural programs ong>ofong> ong>theong> NIH, through an array ong>ofong> grants to non-federal institutions, constitute ong>theong> largest single source ong>ofong> funds for ong>theong> nation's biomedical research enterprise. This book traces ong>theong> history ong>ofong> this component ong>ofong> ong>theong> agency from its conception in ong>theong> final days ong>ofong> World War II to ong>theong> present. ong>Theong> author skillfully blends his descriptions ong>ofong> ong>theong> people and events that initiated and have shaped ong>theong> program with an analysis ong>ofong> ong>theong> environment in which it has developed.

Teaching Science to Children: An Inquiry Approach

Teaching Science to Children: An Inquiry Approach

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Friedl, Alfred E. / Koontz, Tricia / Koontz, Trish, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua, This is a comprehensive, easy-to-use text containing more than 300 science teaching activities, 30 ong>ofong> which are new to this edition. ong>Theong> book's focus on ong>theong> inquiry approach places value on ong>theong> student's thinking and doing science, and ties ong>theong> text to ong>theong> inquiry-oriented ong>Nationalong> Science Education Standards for science teaching issued by ong>theong> ong>Nationalong> Research Council. Each ong>ofong> ong>theong> inquiry activities contains combined discussions ong>ofong> methods and content. ong>Theong> text helps students overcome science anxiety and shows ong>theong>m how easy it is to teach science using a simple, consistent three-step approach to each ong>ofong> ong>theong> science activities (set induction, investigation, and resolution). All activities use simple, easy-to-find materials. Over 250 pieces ong>ofong> line art clearly illustrate ong>theong> teaching activities.

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The Printed Media in Fin-de-Siecle Italy: Publishers,

The Printed Media in Fin-de-Siecle Italy: Publishers,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Caesar, Ann Hallimore / Romani, Gabrielle / Burns, Jennifer, PUBLISHER: Legenda, ong>Theong> Unification ong>ofong> Italy in heralded a period ong>ofong> unprecedented change. While successive Liberal governments pursued imperial ventures and took Italy into World War One on ong>theong> Allied side, on ong>theong> domestic front technological advance, ong>theong> creation ong>ofong> a ong>nationalong> transport network, ong>theong> expansion ong>ofong> state education, internal migration to cities and ong>theong> rise ong>ofong> political associations all contributed to ong>theong> rapid expansion ong>ofong> ong>theong> print industry and ong>theong> development ong>ofong> new and highly diversified reading publics. Drawing on publishers' archives, letters, diaries, and printed material, this book provide ong>theong> most up-to-date research into ong>theong> printed media - books, magazines and journals - in Italy between and . With essays on publishers and reading communities, ong>theong> prong>ofong>essionalization ong>ofong> ong>theong> role ong>ofong> journalist and writer, children's literature, book illustrations, and printed media in colonial territories among oong>theong>rs, this book is intended for those with interests in cultural production and consumption and questions ong>ofong> nation-formation and nationhood in and outside Italy.

No Gods Before Me: The First of the Commandment Mysteries

No Gods Before Me: The First of the Commandment Mysteries

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Andrews, Gary, PUBLISHER: iUniverse, Three old friends seek to address a crisis ong>ofong> faith by attending an interfaith ong>conferenceong> ong>ofong> ong>theong> world's three great monoong>theong>istic religions. Among leading Christians, Muslims and Jews, ong>theong>y find meaning, romance and violence on a biblical scale. An engaging religious polemic wrapped in ong>theong> familiar mantel ong>ofong> a murder mystery, "No Gods Before Me: ong>Theong> First ong>ofong> ong>theong> Commandment Mysteries," is imbued with ong>theong> most relevant Biblical and Quranic verses, revealing ong>theong> scriptural roots ong>ofong> ong>theong> current world conflict. Respectfully and intelligently representing ong>theong> views ong>ofong> humanists and religious believers alike, this book explores answers to questions like: what do ong>theong> astrological disciplines teach about past and future history; what does God expect; what does ong>theong> Bible teach on evolution and abortion; who was Jesus and what really happened on Golgotha; what do Jews await in ong>theong> Messianic age; what does ong>theong> Quran teach on jihad and on women's rights; what is ong>theong> emotional root ong>ofong> ong>theong> dispute between Christianity, Judaism and Islam. A must read for all those secure in ong>theong>ir beliefs

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Reviews in Modern Astronomy, Volume 20: Cosmic Matter

Reviews in Modern Astronomy, Volume 20: Cosmic Matter

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Roser, Siegfried, PUBLISHER: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, This 20th volume in ong>theong> series contains 16 invited reviews and highlight contributions presented during ong>theong> Interong>nationalong> Scientific ong>Conferenceong> ong>ofong> ong>theong> German Astronomical Society on ong>theong> topic ong>ofong> "Cosmic Matter," held in WA1/4rzburg, Germany. ong>Theong> papers published here discuss a wide range ong>ofong> hot topics, including cosmology, high-energy astrophysics, astroparticle physics gravitational waves, extragalactic and stellar astronomy--togeong>theong>r representing ong>theong> roadmap for astroparticle physics in Europe.

Wetland Creation and Restoration: The Status of the Science

Wetland Creation and Restoration: The Status of the Science

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kusler, Jon / Clewell, Andre F. / Kusler, Jon A., PUBLISHER: Island Press, With more than thirty papers from leading scientists and technicians, "Wetland Creation and Restoration" draws upon important new information and provides ong>theong> first major ong>nationalong> assessment by region ong>ofong> ong>theong> capacity to implement a goal ong>ofong> no-net-loss ong>ofong> wetlands. It is a one-ong>ofong>-a-kind compendium ong>ofong> hands-on information about methods ong>ofong> creating, restoring, and enhancing wetlands.

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Modern Methods of Optimization Proceedings of the Summer

Modern Methods of Optimization Proceedings of the Summer

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: J Zowe W Krabs, PUBLISHER: Springer Verlag, NA Acquista Ora

The Century of Bach and Mozart: Perspectives on

The Century of Bach and Mozart: Perspectives on

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gallagher, Sean / Kelly, Thomas Forrest, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Department ong>ofong> Music, For many today Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart stand as towering representatives ong>ofong> European music ong>ofong> ong>theong> eighteenth century, composers whose works reflect intellectual, religious, and aesong>theong>tic trends ong>ofong> ong>theong> period. Research on ong>theong>ir compositions continues in many ways to shape our broader understanding ong>ofong> eighteenth-century musical thought and its contexts. This collection ong>ofong> essays by leading authorities in ong>theong> field ong>ofong>fers a variety ong>ofong> new perspectives on ong>theong> two composers, as well as some ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir important contemporaries, Haydn in particular. Addressing topics as diverse as ong>theong> historiography ong>ofong> eighteenth-century music, concepts ong>ofong> time and musical form, ong>theong> idea ong>ofong> ong>theong> musical work and its relation to publishing practices, compositional process, and performance practice, ong>theong>se essays togeong>theong>r constitute a major contribution to eighteenth-century studies. This book had its origin in a ong>conferenceong> that took place at ong>theong> Music Department ong>ofong> Harvard University on September , to honor Prong>ofong>essor Christoph Wolff, Adams University Prong>ofong>essor at Harvard University.

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The Ecological Theater and the Evolutionary Play

The Ecological Theater and the Evolutionary Play

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hutchinson, G. Evelyn, PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, In ong>theong> three lectures which give ong>theong>ir title to this delightful collection ong>ofong> esays, ong>theong> author ong>ofong> "ong>Theong> Enchanted Voyage" and "ong>Theong> Itinerate Ivory Tower" turns his attention to ong>theong> influence ong>ofong> ong>theong> environment on ong>theong> course ong>ofong> evolution. ong>Theong> first lecture considers ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> ong>theong> terrestrial biosphere, both as a unique phenomenon on earth and as one ong>ofong> a class ong>ofong> possible spaces on oong>theong>r bodies; ong>theong> second examines ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> ong>theong> ecological niche; and ong>theong> third discusses some ong>ofong> ong>theong> possible environmental interactions ong>ofong> a single species, emphasis being placed on ong>theong> extremely recondite nature ong>ofong> ong>theong> selective forces that act on man, as on oong>theong>r animals. Anoong>theong>r ong>ofong> ong>theong> pieces deals with ong>theong> problem ong>ofong> ong>theong> relation ong>ofong> natural beauty to works ong>ofong> art, particularly in ong>theong> context ong>ofong> ong>theong> similarities and differences apparent when natural history museums and art galleries are compared. ong>Theong> final essay, "ong>Theong> Cream in ong>theong> Gooseberry Fool," is an account ong>ofong> ong>theong> role ong>ofong> an English country clergyman and ong>ofong> ong>theong> European magpie most in one ong>ofong> ong>theong> most significant early discoveries ong>ofong> genetics. Acquista Ora

The Red Badge of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crane, Stephen, PUBLISHER: Smk Books, ong>Theong> Red Badge ong>ofong> Courage is considered one ong>ofong> ong>theong> most influential works in American literature. ong>Theong> novel, a depiction on ong>theong> cruelty ong>ofong> ong>theong> American Civil War, features a young recruit who overcomes initial fears to become a hero on ong>theong> battlefield. ong>Theong> book made Crane an interong>nationalong> success.

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A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times Volume

A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times Volume

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Guizot, Franois Pierre Guillaume, PUBLISHER: BiblioLife, ong>Theong> closer ong>theong> study and ong>theong> wider ong>theong> contemplation a Frenchman bestows upon his country's history ong>theong> deeper will be his feelings ong>ofong> patriotic pride dashed with a tinge ong>ofong> sadness. France in respect ong>ofong> her ong>nationalong> unity is ong>theong> most ancient amongst ong>theong> states ong>ofong> Christian Europe.

Tales of Canyonlands Cowboys

Tales of Canyonlands Cowboys

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Negri, Richard F., PUBLISHER: Utah State University Press, Negri has interviewed many ong>ofong> ong>theong> surviving members from ong>theong> last generation ong>ofong> redrock cowboys for ong>theong>ir stories ong>ofong> ong>theong> early days in canyon country. ong>Theong>ir tales are filled with ong>theong> good and bad times inherent with herding sheep and cattle in and around what are now Canyonlands ong>Nationalong> Park and ong>theong> Glen Canyon ong>Nationalong> Recreation Area.

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Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law

Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fiadjoe, Albert, PUBLISHER: Routledge Cavendish, Taking a critical look at ong>theong> major areas ong>ofong> constitutional and administrative law, Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law places a firm emphasis on ong>theong> protection ong>ofong> citizens' rights and good governance. ong>Theong> third edition ong>ofong> this book builds on ong>theong> success ong>ofong> ong>theong> previous two editions, setting-out ong>theong> established legal principles through Caribbean cases, along with critique and commentary ong>ofong> ong>theong> law where appropriate. Contemporary issues and changes in Caribbean public law are addressed including: ong>theong> refining ong>ofong> ong>theong> rules governing judicial review; recent cases dealing with ong>theong> death penalty; and ong>theong> likely impact on CARICOM initiatives on ong>theong> rights ong>ofong> citizens.

Adams Job Interview Almanac

Adams Job Interview Almanac

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bob Adams Publishers / Adams Media / Verucki, Peter, PUBLISHER: Adams Media Corporation, ong>Theong> Adams Jobs Almanac provides an unprecedented amount ong>ofong> information on career opportunities and strategies. ong>Theong> book includes: - Names and addresses for thousands ong>ofong> leading employers nationwide - Information for which jobs each company commonly hires - Industry forecasts and geographical cross-references - Job outlooks for a variety ong>ofong> prong>ofong>essions - Multiple extensive indexes - Advice on preparing resumes and succeeding at interviews - ong>Theong> latest information on online job resources With annually updated information, ong>Theong> Adams Jobs Almanac is ong>theong> most comprehensive ong>nationalong> career reference guide available

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Debt of honor

Debt of honor

Tom Clancy Called out ong>ofong> retirement to serve as ong>Nationalong> Security Advisor to ong>theong> president, Jack Ryan, with ong>theong> help ong>ofong> CIA ong>ofong>ficers John Clark and Domingo Chavez, must prepare ong>theong> untested president to meet ong>theong> challenges ong>ofong> a new world order.

The Big Bang, the Buddha, and the Baby Boom

The Big Bang, the Buddha, and the Baby Boom

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nisker, Wes Scoop, PUBLISHER: HarperOne, Hang on for a Wild Journey through ong>theong> Political and Spiritual Adventures ong>ofong> ong>theong> Baby-Boom Generation Join Wes "Scoop" Nisker as he takes us on a hilarious, wild ride through ong>theong> heyday ong>ofong> ong>theong> Beats and ong>theong> Hippies and ong>theong> birth ong>ofong> ong>theong> modern environmental movement, and ong>theong> surge ong>ofong> Buddhism in ong>theong> West.

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Horseracing and the British

Horseracing and the British

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Huggins, Mike, PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press, From ong>theong> prize-winning author ong>ofong> "Flat Racing and British Society ," this is ong>theong> first book to provide a detailed consideration ong>ofong> ong>theong> history ong>ofong> racing in British culture and society and to explore ong>theong> cultural world ong>ofong> racing during ong>theong> inter-war years. It breaks new ground by showing how racing's pleasures were enjoyed even by ong>theong> supposedly respectable middle classes, and gave some working-class groups hope and consolation during economically difficult times. Regular attendance and increased spending on betting were found across class and generation, and women too were keen participants. Enjoyed by ong>theong> Royal Family and controlled by ong>theong> Jockey Club and ong>Nationalong> Hunt Committee, racing's visible emphasis on rank and status helped defend hierarchy and gentlemanly amateurism, and provided support for more conservative British attitudes. ong>Theong> mass media provided a cumulative cultural validation ong>ofong> racing, helping define ong>nationalong> and regional identity, and encouraging ong>theong> affluent consumption ong>ofong> sporting experience and frank enjoyment ong>ofong> betting.

The American Southwest: The Land of Challenge and Promise

The American Southwest: The Land of Challenge and Promise

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: ong>Nationalong> Geographic Society, PUBLISHER: ong>Nationalong> Geographic Society, ong>Theong>se handy, take-along volumes are both beautiful destination planners and wonderful armchair adventures. Written in a warm, first-person style, ong>theong> informative text plus up-to-date maps make for easy vacation planning, while ong>theong> lush photography and unbeatable price make ong>theong>m great gift items. ong>Theong> first four titles are: -- Beyond ong>theong> Horizon: Come to ong>theong> edge ong>ofong> enchantment: ong>theong> highlands ong>ofong> Venezuela, Iceland, shaped by fire and ice, and ong>theong> Chinese kingdom ong>ofong> Muli.

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Success and Solitude: Feminist Organizations Fifty Years

Success and Solitude: Feminist Organizations Fifty Years

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Maxwell, Sarah, PUBLISHER: University Press ong>ofong> America, Where is ong>theong> Women's Movement today, a half century after "ong>Theong> Feminine Mystique" was published? ong>Theong> answer is rooted in ong>theong> health and vitality ong>ofong> ong>theong> organizations that comprise ong>theong> ong>nationalong> movement. In this book, ong>theong> women's ong>nationalong> social movement is critiqued and analyzed at an organizational level.

Learning to Revolt: The Role of Students in the National

Learning to Revolt: The Role of Students in the National

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Natsis, James J., PUBLISHER: University Press ong>ofong> America, This historical monograph ong>ofong>fers a unique look at ong>theong> independence movement in Tunisia, during French colonial rule, from a perspective largely neglected by scholars: ong>theong> voice ong>ofong> ong>theong> students who were major participants. ong>Theong> experience ong>ofong> Tunisia's students lends to a better comprehension ong>ofong> ong>theong> relationship between Western education and ong>theong> inception and development ong>ofong> a ong>nationalong>ist movement. James Natsis takes a sweeping look at student/youth associations and organizations from ong>theong>ir beginnings in to independence in . ong>Theong> ong>theong>oretical framework ong>ofong> this study is based on colonial educational policy and its resulting effects on conflict ong>theong>ory and alienation ong>theong>ory. Natsis also considers ong>theong> impact ong>ofong> external influences such as Communism and Pan-Arabism.

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Air Force One: The Aircraft That Shaped the Modern

Air Force One: The Aircraft That Shaped the Modern

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hardesty, Von, PUBLISHER: Northword Press, ong>Theong> Smithsonian ong>Nationalong> air and Space Museum curator, features over 200 illustrations - including new photos ong>ofong> ong>theong> airplane's interiors, this book takes ong>theong> reader on a memorable flight through history. first print run.

The Path of the Buddha: Writings on Contemporary Buddhism

The Path of the Buddha: Writings on Contemporary Buddhism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Singh, Renuka, PUBLISHER: Penguin Books, Giving Buddha's spiritual journey a contemporary dimension, this anthology contains essays by spiritual leaders like His Holiness ong>theong> Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Thubten Yeshe on ong>theong> impact ong>ofong> Buddhist philosophy on ong>theong>m. Equally poignant are ong>theong> accounts ong>ofong> oong>theong>rs who, dissatisfied with ong>theong> present world, embark on a search for salvation. Varied and meaningful, ong>Theong> Path ong>ofong> ong>theong> Buddha provides a rare glimpse into Buddhism.

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Who's Afraid of a Large Black Man?

Who's Afraid of a Large Black Man?

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barkley, Charles / Wilbon, Michael, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, In this controversial ong>nationalong> bestseller, Charles Barkley takes on "ong>theong>" major issue ong>ofong> our time in a series ong>ofong> charged, in-your-face conversations with some ong>ofong> America's most prominent figures-featuring new commentary about New Orleans and ong>theong> aftermath ong>ofong> Hurricane Katrina.

The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya

The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harper, T. N., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This is ong>theong> first general social and political history ong>ofong> Malaya. Focusing on ong>theong> years to , ong>theong> last years ong>ofong> British rule and ong>theong> achievement ong>ofong> independence, it embraces a wealth ong>ofong> social, economic and cultural, as well as political ong>theong>mes. It contains new research on ong>theong> impact ong>ofong> ong>theong> Second World War in Malaya, ong>theong> origins and course ong>ofong> ong>theong> Communist Emergency, and ong>theong> response ong>ofong> Malaya's various ethnic communities to ong>nationalong>ism and social change. A concluding chapter takes ong>theong>se ong>theong>mes forward into ong>theong> s to shed new light on ong>theong> emergence ong>ofong> this important Souong>theong>ast Asian nation.

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A Dictionary of the Bible: Volume V: Supplement -- Articles

A Dictionary of the Bible: Volume V: Supplement -- Articles

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hastings, James, PUBLISHER: University Press ong>ofong> ong>theong> Pacific, For over a century ong>theong> ten-volume Dictionary ong>ofong> ong>theong> Bible has been ong>theong> definitive reference. "It is a Dictionary ong>ofong> ong>theong> Old and New Testaments, togeong>theong>r with ong>theong> Old Testament Apocrypha, according to ong>theong> Authorized and Revised English Versions, and with constant reference to ong>theong> original tongues.... Articles have been written on ong>theong> names ong>ofong> all Persons and Places, on ong>theong> Antiquities and Archaeology ong>ofong> ong>theong> Bible, on its Ethnology, Geology, and Natural History, on Biblical ong>Theong>ology and Ethic, and even on ong>theong> obsolete or archaic words occurring in ong>theong> English Versions." James Hastings () was a distinguished scholar and pastor. He was founder and editor ong>ofong> ong>theong> Expository Times and is also well known for editing ong>theong> Encyclopaedia ong>ofong> Religion and Ethics, ong>theong> Dictionary ong>ofong> Christ and ong>theong> Gospels, and ong>theong> Dictionary ong>ofong> ong>theong> Apostolic Church.

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