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Writing Teaching Learning Math

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Meier, John / Rishel, Thomas / Rishel, Thoams, PUBLISHER: Mathematical Association of America (MAA), Meier and Rishel explore the hows and whys of writing in mathematics. How to get started? How to grade assignments? How to introduce good writing into a maths course, and why you should care to do this? And most importantly, why is it so important to get students speaking and writing about mathematics anyway? This book should provide anybody involved in the teaching of mathematics with useful and constructive tools to examine the assignments they are using and the goals they hope to accomplish with them.

The Video Activist Handbook 2ed

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harding, Thomas, PUBLISHER: Pluto Press (UK), This second edition of the highly popular The Video Activist Handbook includes numerous examples of contemporary video activism from around the world. The first book to provide the basic skills and know-how required for beginning video activism, it also offers a wealth of ideas on video strategies to those with some prior experience. Whether you are involved in campaigning, non-violent direct action, or simply want to know how to make use of video as a political tool, this book is for you. - Covers the key topics in a step-by-step guide - from choosing and using the right equipment and planning when and where to shoot, to supplying to TV, making a campaign video and legal considerations - Combines clearly written and illustrated practical advice, backed up by a wealth of resources, with first-hand examples of successful video activism - Critically assesses the mainstream media agendas and offers a lively survey of the international video activist scene

Nonparametric Statistical Tests: A Computational Approach

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Neuhauser, Markus, PUBLISHER: CRC Press, This book provides a modern and accessible overview of computationally-intensive nonparametric statistical methods. Presenting up-to-date and detailed information, the text focuses on the use of permutation and bootstrap methods to assess the significance of a statistic in a hypothesis test. It includes numerous real examples to illustrate the methods, and SAS programs are used throughout to apply them. In addition, a significant portion of the book is devoted to (recent) nonparametric tests for the comparison of independent groups with potentially unequal variances.

Option Spread Strategies: Trading Up, Down, and Sideways

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Saliba, Anthony J. / Corona, Joseph C. / Johnson, Karen E., PUBLISHER: Bloomberg Press, Spread trading--trading complex, multi-leg structures--is the new frontier for the individual options trader. This book covers spread strategies, both of the limited-risk and unlimited-risk varieties, and how and when to use them. All eight of the multi-leg strategies are here: the covered-write, verticals, collars and reverse-collars, straddles and strangles, butterflies, calendar spreads, ratio spreads, and backspreads. Vocabulary, exercises and quizzes are included throughout the book to reinforce lessons. Saliba, Corona, and Johnson are the authors of "Option Strategies for Directionless Markets."

Science: 100 Scientists Who Changed the World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Balchin, Jon, PUBLISHER: Enchanted Lion Books, To be alive today is to be confronted by the products of science--from aspirin, refrigeration, electric light and the telephone, to the airplane and the computer--to name just a few. In addition to beneficial medicines and life enhancing discoveries, however, scientific research also has led to many dangerous developments, such as the machine gun and the atom bomb. "Science "explores all of these, telling the story of how observation and testing have changed daily life over the past years, along with how we understand the world, the cosmos, the body, and the mind. What is most fascinating for students first learning about scientific discovery, and what this book highlights so beautifully through presenting individual scientists, is the way in which simple observation--such as watching the weather, or an object fall--leads to a discovery that radically alters life in the world and our comprehension of how the natural world works. An engaging and clearly explained book, full of pertinent quotations and anecdotes, "Science "tells a compelling story, inviting its readers to pursue its subject further.

Science Fiction Cinema: From Outerspace to Cyberspace

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: King, Geoff / Krzywinska, Tanya / Siegel, Geoff, PUBLISHER: Wallflower Press, This book charts the dimensions of one of the most popular genres in the cinema. From lurid comic-book blockbusters to dark dystopian visions, science fiction is seen as both a powerful cultural barometer of our times and the product of particular industrial and commercial frameworks. The authors outline the major themes of the genre, from representations of the mad scientist and computer hacker to the relationship between science fiction and postmodernism, exploring issues such as the meaning of special effects and the influence of science fiction cinema on the entertainment media of the digital age. Over one hundred films are discussed and the book concludes with an extensive case study of "Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace."

Embedded Visual Basic: Windows CE and Pocket PC Mobile

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tacke, Christopher / Bassett, Tim, PUBLISHER: Sams, This book is an in-depth exploration into eVB's inherent features, and how to use them to solve likely mobile application programming tasks. After reading the book the reader will be able to write applications tackling a wide array of business problems for Windows CE-powered devices, both customized and for PocketPC and Handheld PC products. This book will help ease the transition into the language, and provide a reference for even more experienced developers.

XML Security

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dournaee, Blake / Dournee, Blake, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media, Use this book as both an XML primer and to get up to speed on XML-related security issues. Written by the experts at RSA Security, Inc., you'll get inside tips on how to prevent denial of service attacks, and how to implement security measures to keep your XML programs protected.

User Participation in Building Design and Management

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kernahano, David / Kernoham, David / Joiner, Duncan, PUBLISHER: Architectural Press, Now available in paperback, this book addresses the need for building users and providers to work together to solve the design and management problems that persistently beset them. It describes a generic process of building evaluation, which brings the two groups into dialogue about the quality of buildings, and provides step by step guidance on how to use it. It illustrates many applications of the process, providing benefits in the briefing and programming of building projects, the selection of building accommodation and the maintenance of occupied buildings. This process, which is designed to be adapted to the specific needs of the people involved in it and for use in different situations, has been tested in several countries and found to be practical and cost effective. It is equally useful for any type and size of facility, for design proposals in preparation and for buildings in use. It can be applied to almost every built form or space. This book is an essential tool for design and management professionals, offering them opportunities to extend their services in response to the growing expectations and demands of building users. It also enables building users to articulate their needs and demands for quality accommodation, and to gain power in dealings with people who supply buildings.

The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stokes, Eric / Stokes, E. T., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, These twelve essays explore the nature of south Asian agrarian society and examine the extent to which it changed during the period of British rule. The central focus of the book is directed to peasant agitation and violence and four of the studies look at the agrarian explosion that formed the background to the Mutiny. The essays give a coherent historical treatment of the Indian peasant world, and the paperback edition of this successful book will be of interest to the student of peasant studies and to the sociologist as well as to development economists and agronomists generally.

Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Verb Tenses

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Richmond, Dorothy, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill, Learning Spanish verb tenses is a snap with practice, practice, practice This convenient worktext gives you a unique approach to learning, remembering, and reviewing how to use Spanish verbs correctly. The book provides a systematic presentation and review of Spanish verb forms and explains when and why a certain verb tense should be used. "Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses" includes an impressive number of exercises and open-ended questions, numerous conjugation charts, a list of verbs and their prepositions, and Spanish-English and English-Spanish vocabulary lists. This second edition is as clear and original in its explanations as the previous edition, while now providing current usage examples, contemporary pop-culture references, and enhanced appendices.

Japanese candlestick charting techniques

Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques: A Contemporary Guide to the Ancient Investment Techniques of the Far East. Traditional Western methods for chart analysis (the basis of all technical analyses) use bar or points and figure charts. Yet over 100 years before these methods originated, the Japanese were using their own style of technical analysis for use in the rice futures market. This technique - known as the Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques because of its close resemblance to andlesticks - has recently been attracting attention because it provides unique insights into the market. This work features over 300 charts that use candlesticks alone and in conjunction with Western charting techniques, and explains their use.

Collateral Damaged: The Marketing of Consumer Debt to

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Geisst, Charles R., PUBLISHER: Bloomberg Press, Sometime in the s and s, the use of credit cards, which had begun as a convenience, began to grow into an addiction. "Collateral Damaged: The Marketing of Consumer Debt to America" explains how a nation of savers became a nation of consumers and how Wall Street used consumers' addiction to spending to create the "toxic securities" that threaten to bring about the collapse of the global economy. Geisst looks at the policy implications of the credit crisis and describes how the United States can get its fiscal house in order: Debt must be brought back onto the issuer's balance sheet. Investors must have the assurance of recourse to the debt issuer's own funds, rather than the empty promise of a valueless document. Regulators must be educated to know at least as much about financial engineering as the structured finance instruments' architects do. This book connects the dots from consumer spending to credit cards to home-equity loans and back to credit cards.

A Sociology of Health

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wainwright, David, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), A Sociology of Health offers an authoritative and up-to-date introduction to the key issues, perspectives, and debates within the field of medical sociology. The book aids readers' understanding of how sociological approaches are crucial to understanding the impact that health and illness have on the behavior, attitudes, beliefs, and practices, of an increasingly health-aware population.

Investment Survival: How to Use Investment Research to

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hagenbuch, Rod / Capalbo, Richard, PUBLISHER: Quantum Group Publishing, Investors need access to high quality investment information and they need a process for how to use it to manage their stock portfolios. While the quantity of investment information is vast, much of the quality is lacking. Both individual investors and financial advisors are short-term focused, neglecting long-term strategies. The results have been excessive financial damage during volatile markets. Hagenbuch and Capalbo recommend a step-by step approach to building portfolios using different types of securities research from a variety of sources. Their approach focuses first on the portfolio, and second upon the choice of individual stocks.

Learning While Leading: Increasing Your Effectiveness in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Farber-Robertson, Anita / Antal, James M., PUBLISHER: Alban Institute, As the world changes, so do people's expectations of their faith community and clergy. This book uses three case studies to speak to religious professionals about the challenges they face, to provide readers with specific, user-friendly techniques to become more aware of how they function, and to learn new ways to lead. Clergy will find real-life examples of how more effective leadership enhances the life of the community and promotes the deepening of members' faith.

I Ching

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Huang, Kerson / Huang, Rosemary, PUBLISHER: Workman Publishing, For three thousand years, people have sought personal insight and a window on the future from the I Ching, or the Book of Changes, the classic Chinese oracle and book of wisdom. Drawing on archeological findings, previously published only in Chinese, indicating how the I Ching was actually used by those who created it, and motivated by a lifetime of personal use and fascination, Kerson Huang has created a new translation of great significance. Restoring the I Ching to its original form, Huang underscores its first use as a practical oracle by Chinese farmers. His translation beautifully preserves the starkly poetic voice of the original, while his comments clearly and simply explain the images and detail the historical references buried within the verse. Huang reveals the I Ching as an epic poem equivalent to "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"--one hexagram recalls the dethroning of Feng Feng; a series of lines portray Wang Hai, one of the three High Ancestors of the Shang dynasty; a third contains a sage proclamation of Lord Tang. Each hexagram and its corresponding interpretation is presented on a two-page spread, making this version unusually easy to use and understand. Introductory chapters detail the evolution of the I Ching, from the philosophical reinterpretations of Confucius to the modern musings of Carl Jung, and clearly explain both the coin method and yarrow-stalk method for consulting the oracle. Over copies in print.

The Miracle of Flight

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dalton, Stephen, PUBLISHER: Firefly Books, Praise for the hardcover edition: ""The explanation of the physics of flight is one of the strengths of Dalton's text... Dalton's high-speed photographs of animals in flight, combined with color illustrations, beautifully illuminate the sometimes arcane discussions. Overall, this breathtakingly illustrated and well written book is superb."" - Booklist Insects and birds account for three-quarters of all land creatures. For many of them, the ability to fly has allowed them to live in diverse habitats all over the globe. For humans, the mastery of flight is a supreme technical achievement that has revolutionized our world during the last century. The Miracle of Flight shows how animals evolved wings and how humans triumphed over the associated physical challenges of taking to the air. The magic of winged flight is passionately revealed in photography and color illustrations. The main sections cover: Insects and the mechanics of their flight Birds and their wing structure Man's centuries old dream of flight The development of flight from balloons to jets and rockets. Every section of The Miracle of Flight is illustrated by Dalton's stunning wildlife photographs and specially commissioned full color technical drawings.

The Blessings of Christmas

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ideals Publications Inc, PUBLISHER: Ideals Publications, This over-sized book features beautiful paintings, photographs, poetry, and articles emphasizing the many special blessings of Christmas and its power to heal, to comfort, and to inspire. With its glorious color photographs depicting the many beautiful scenes of Christmas and the awe-inspiring art masterpieces of the Nativity, each page becomes a special blessing all its own. In addition to the wonderful short stories and poems are the words and music to some of our most memorable Christmas carols and spirituals.

The jungle book

Rudyard Kipling Here are the famous stories of how Mowgli came to the wolf pack, learned the law of the jungle from Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther, and Kaa the python, and killed the evil tiger Shere Khan. (cod. I_)

Library Displays on a Shoestring: 3-Dimensional Techniques

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barteluk, Wendy D. M., PUBLISHER: Scarecrow Press, When governments face financial difficulties, among the first departments to feel cutbacks are resource centers. Today, promoting libraries and the services they offer has become a necessity. Displaying that wonderful book with uninteresting cover will get it off the shelf and increase circulation; promoting the library informs users that there is more to the research than books. Barteluk shows the library worker in small to mid-size libraries how to turn out eye-catching, interest-raising displays. Using three-dimensional exhibits rather than bulletin boards, she focuses on the actual fabrication of exhibits. Liberal illustrations and photographs reinforce the philosophy that creating appealing library displays is easy, fun, and economical. The author explains why promotions are necessary and tells where to place the displays, when to put them up and when to take them down, what materials to use and where to find them, how to build and use a mannequin, how to draw when you think you can't, and how to use color. Readers will also find tips on using and creating brochures and handouts, building displays that can be used more than once, scrounging and using props and ideas, and, lastly, how to store everything for further use.

The Administrator's Guide to School-Community Relations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pawlas, George E., PUBLISHER: Eye on Education, This large collection of handy ideas features easy-to-use tools, comprehensive checklists, and sets of Do's and Don'ts advisories. It provides guidelines on how to conduct effective parent conferences, suggestions on how to recruit and work with volunteers, and other useful tips to help bring your school and your community closer together.

Hepatic Transplantation

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Williams, Richard H., PUBLISHER: W.B. Saunders Company, This concise monograph provides a thorough discussion of hepatic tranplantation and clinical management of Cyclosporine-treated patients. Emphasizes use of immunosuppressives and follow-up biopsy. The text explores problems related to Cyclosporine use--those unique to liver transplantation, those exaggerated in the liver transplant patient, and those seen with other uses as well. Discusses how specific conditions such as poor graft function, rejection, and infection affect liver function, and illustrates these phenomena with biopsy findings. Data are based on 70 transplants and over 400 liver biopsies.

Cauldron of Transformation

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sabrina, Lady / Sabrina, PUBLISHER: Llewellyn Publications, Explains the finer points of Paganism and how to blend and combine the wisdom of different traditions into a living spiritual system of your own. Explore the origins, customs and beliefs of five religious traditions: Celtic Druidism, Buddhism, Christianity, Santeria and Shamanism. This book also provides new and dynamic tools to help extend and expand personal spiritual awareness.

American Cut and Engraved Glass: The Brilliant Period in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Swan, Martha Louise, PUBLISHER: Wallace-Homestead Book Company, This book shines with more than 500 black-and-white photos and descriptions of beautiful glass pieces. You'll follow the evolution of glass styles and designs, learn the motifs, and discover how to build a collection.

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