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Becoming a Successful Scientist: Strategic Thinking for

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Loehle, Craig, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Scientific research requires both innovation and attention ong>toong> detail, clever breakthroughs and routine procedures. This indispensable guide gives students and researchers across all scientific disciplines practical advice on how ong>toong> succeed. All types of scientific careers are discussed, from those in industry and academia ong>toong> consulting, with emphasis on how scientists spend ong>theong>ir time and ong>theong> skills that are needed ong>toong> be productive. Strategic thinking, creativity and problem-solving, ong>theong> central keys ong>toong> success in research, are all explored. ong>Theong> reader is shown how ong>toong> enhance ong>theong> creative process in science, how one goes about making discoveries, putting ong>toong>geong>theong>r ong>theong> solution ong>toong> a complex problem and ong>theong>n testing ong>theong> solution obtained. ong>Theong> social dimension of science is also discussed from ong>theong> development and execution of a scientific research program ong>toong> publishing papers, as well as issues of ethics and science policy.

The Roundtable Talks and the Breakdown of Communism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elster, Jon, PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press, In and , Eastern European Communist regimes and opposition groups conducted a series of roundtable talks ong>toong> peacefully negotiate ong>theong> abolition of authoritarian rule and ong>theong> transition ong>toong> democratic governance. This volume documents that unprecedented process of national reinvention and constitution making. ong>Theong>se ong>essaysong> capture ong>theong> hisong>toong>rical circumstances of ong>theong>se countries--ong>theong>ir traditions, cusong>toong>ms, and ong>theong> balance of influence between competing factions--that often ong>toong>ok precedence over constitutional ideals. In five country-specific reports, senior scholars provide detailed accounts of ong>theong> talks in Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and ong>theong> German Democratic Republic. Also included is an essay on ong>theong> political facong>toong>rs underlying ong>theong> failure of negotiations between reform groups and ong>theong> Chinese regime, providing an illuminating counterpoint ong>toong> ong>theong> ong>pathong> taken in Eastern Europe. This book is an invaluable resource for scholars of constitutional design and democratization and for specialists in Eastern Europe.

Sotto pressione

David Baldacci A plot by ong>theong> CIA ong>toong> blackmail members of Congress inong>toong> giving ong>theong> agency more power. For ong>theong> plot ong>toong> succeed, a beautiful Washingong>toong>n lobbyist has ong>toong> be killed, but a detective comes ong>toong> her aid and ong>theong>y turn ong>theong> tables on ong>theong> plotters. (cod. I_)

The North Star

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Reynolds, Peter H., PUBLISHER: Candlewick Press (MA), Includes a note from ong>theong> author It is often said that life is a journey, and it's true. But sometimes it's hard ong>toong> know which ong>pathong> ong>toong> follow when signs point in so many directions. In this beautifully illustrated book, Peter H. Reynolds once again encourages readers ong>toong> observe, ong>toong> wonder, and ong>toong> consider diverging from ong>theong> well-worn ong>pathong> -- ong>toong> pursue ong>theong>ir dreams. Originally published more than ten years ago, ong>THEong> NORTH STAR has had a profound effect on its many readers. This edition, featuring all new art, celebrates ong>theong> book's own voyage connecting people around ong>theong> world. It has inspired classroom activities, a musical, and countless thoughtful journeys.

Rose Lore: Essays in Cultural History and Semiotics

ISBN: , SKU: , PUBLISHER: UnCUT/VOICES Press, Throughout hisong>toong>ry and across cultures, important figures such as Nostradamas in France, Daniel Andreeve in Russia, Dr. Edward Bach in England, and Dr. ong>Toong>min Harada in Japan have brought ong>toong> light ong>theong> symbolic and medicinal qualities of ong>theong> rose. Written by scholars and researchers from diverse backgrounds, ong>theong> ong>essaysong> in Rose Lore are a rendering of global cultural hisong>toong>ry, literature, and metaphysics, woven ong>toong>geong>theong>r in a collection that will be valuable ong>toong> several disciplines. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> present numerous qualities of ong>theong> rose as a symbol with broad cultural, social, and hisong>toong>rical meanings: from astrology, ong>toong> ong>theong> hisong>toong>ry of Catholicism, ong>toong> ong>theong> new anti-Female Genital Mutilation global movement.

Culture Signs Nature - Essays in Semiotic Anthropology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Van Den Broek, Gerard J., PUBLISHER: Lulu.com, "Culture Signs Nature" presents a number of ong>essaysong> about ong>theong> relationship between humans and nature, ranging from birdnames ong>toong> ong>theong> mythology around Saint Hubert, and from fly-fishing ong>toong> ong>theong> signs and sigils used by medieval alchemists. It also shows us ong>theong> special abilities of material objects, which, when used as cognitive vehicles, allow people ong>toong> switch from one cultural domain ong>toong> anoong>theong>r. Acquista Ora

Voting Rights on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zelden, Charles L., PUBLISHER: ABC-CLIO, From ong>theong> right ong>toong> live ong>toong> ong>theong> right ong>toong> die ong>toong> everything in between, our lives as Americans are shaped by ong>theong> law ong>toong> an extent unparalleled in ong>theong> rest of ong>theong> world. On Trial explores how and why ong>toong>day's most contentious issues are settled-and unsettled-by ong>theong> courts. Each volume, edited by ong>toong>p legal experts, offers a host of ways for readers ong>toong> get ong>theong> full legal song>toong>ry: survey ong>essaysong> examining all sides of ong>theong> controversy; specific case studies; future outlooks; key legal documents; ong>toong>pical entries on critical issues, events, and individuals; timelines; glossaries of legal terms; and an extensive annotated bibliography for furong>theong>r research. Justice is blind but we shouldn't be. On Trial opens up students and readers' minds ong>toong> ong>theong> legal complexities surrounding ong>toong>day's most controversial issues.

Cambridge and the Torres Strait: Centenary Essays on the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Herle, Anita / Rouse, Sandra / Anita, Herle, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Toong>rres Strait has an established place in ong>theong> hisong>toong>ry of anthropology because of its association with ong>theong> Cambridge University Expedition of organised by A. C. Haddon. This early British anthropological expedition is regarded as a seminal event in ong>theong> formation of academic anthropology in Britain. Its goal was ong>toong> make an unprecedentedly comprehensive anthropological study embracing ethnology, physical anthropology, psychology, linguistics, sociology and ethnomusicology. ong>Theong> nine interdisciplinary ong>essaysong> in this centenary volume offer ways of looking at and situation ong>theong> Expedition's work in hisong>toong>rical and intellectual debates. Central ong>theong>mes covered are ong>theong> relationship between ong>theong> expedition members and ong>theong> ong>Toong>rres Strait Islanders: ong>theong> innovations associated with ong>theong> Expedition and ong>theong> Expedition's influence on ong>theong> development of anthropology and psychology. One hundred years on, ong>theong> results of ong>theong> Expedition have a contemporary relevance for anthropology and for ong>theong> ong>Toong>rres Strait Islanders.

Norman Mailer: The Last Romantic

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rollyson, Carl, PUBLISHER: iUniverse.com, Carl Rollyson was Norman Mailer's first literary biographer ong>toong> draw on unpublished letters and manuscripts as well as on interviews with ong>theong> writer's friends and foes. Rollyson provides a full account of Mailer's college years, especially his fear of being drafted. Here are ong>theong> sources of Mailer's mental crisis in ong>theong> s that led ong>toong> ong>theong> stabbing of his second wife, Adele. ong>Theong> Lives of Norman Mailer gets at ong>theong> sources of Mailer's obsession with violence while also portraying a major literary figure in ong>theong> making, from his fabulous debut war novel, ong>Theong> Naked and ong>theong> Dead ong>toong> his final bid for literary fame, ong>Theong> Castle in ong>theong> Forest, a brooding foray inong>toong> 20th century evil via an account of Adolf Hitler's early life. A final chapter rounds out a penetrating account of Mailer's final two decades of productivity which yielded books as various as a controversial biography of Picasso and a philosophical dialogue on ong>theong> nature of God.

Critical Essays, Volume I: Ancient Orators. Lysias.

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dionysius of Halicarnassus / Dionysius / Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Of Halicarnassus, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, Dionysius of Halicarnassus had migrated ong>toong> Rome by 30 BCE, where he lived until his death some time after 8 BCE, writing his "Roman Antiquities" and teaching ong>theong> art of rheong>toong>ric and literary composition. Dionysius's purpose, both in his own work and in his teaching, was ong>toong> re-establish ong>theong> classical Attic standards of purity, invention and taste in order ong>toong> reassert ong>theong> primacy of Greek as ong>theong> literary language of ong>theong> Mediterranean world. He advocated ong>theong> minute study of ong>theong> styles of ong>theong> finest prose authors of ong>theong> fifth and fourth century BCE, especially ong>theong> Attic oraong>toong>rs. His critical ong>essaysong> on ong>theong>se and on ong>theong> hisong>toong>rian Thucydides represent an important development from ong>theong> somewhat mechanical techniques of rheong>toong>rical handbooks ong>toong> a more sensitive criticism of individual authors. Illustrating his analysis with well-chosen examples, Dionysius preserves a number of important fragments of Lysias and Isaeus. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> on those two oraong>toong>rs and on Isocrates, Demosong>theong>nes and Thucydides comprise Volume I of this edition. Volume II contains three letters ong>toong> his students; a short essay on ong>theong> oraong>toong>r Dinarchus; and his finest work, ong>theong> essay "On Literary Composition, " which combines rheong>toong>ric, grammar and criticism in a manner unique in ancient literature. ong>Theong> Loeb Classical Library also publishes a seven volume edition of "Roman Antiquities, " by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, a hisong>toong>ry from earliest times ong>toong> 264 BCE.

Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Smith, Tara, PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Viable Values examines ong>theong> most basic foundations of value and morality, demonstrating ong>theong> shortcomings of major traditional views and proposing that morality is grounded in ong>theong> objective requirements of human life. Smith argues that morality depends on a proper understanding of ong>theong> concept of values, and that values depend on ong>theong> alternative of life or death. She proposes that human beings need ong>toong> be moral in order ong>toong> live, explaining how life is ong>theong> standard of morality, how flourishing is ong>theong> proper end and reward of living morally, and how an intelligent egoism is ong>theong> ong>pathong> ong>toong> flourishing.

New Essays on Wise Blood

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kreyling, Michael / Elliot, Emory / Kreyling, Michael, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong>se new critical ong>essaysong> on Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's explosive first novel, not only question our understanding of ong>theong> "Souong>theong>rn Gothic," but launch a new inquiry inong>toong> ong>theong> nature and hisong>toong>ry of O'Connor's critical reputation. Perceived as a "classic" American writer despite ong>theong> double setbacks of being a woman and a twentieth-century author, O'Connor continues ong>toong> speak with striking clarity and disturbing vision ong>toong> successive generations.

Backseat

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wascoe, ong>Toong>m, PUBLISHER: Bookstand Publishing, Michael's freshman year of college has not gone well eiong>theong>r socially or academically. In , failure from college or dropping out of school means ong>theong> draft and possibly Vietnam. Michael desperately wants success, acceptance and popularity. He believes that pledging a campus fraternity can help put him on ong>theong> right ong>pathong>. As ong>theong> final hurdle ong>toong> get inong>toong> ong>theong> fraternity, he must hitchhike miles over a weekend; a road trip which could save his freshman year and possibly change his life. ong>Theong> rides he gets, ong>theong> people he meets, and ong>theong> obstacles he overcomes on his journey do change his life -- but in an unexpected way.

From Wild Man to Wise Man: Reflections on Male Spirituality

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rohr, Richard / Marong>toong>s, Joseph, PUBLISHER: Franciscan Media, Best-seller for men Faong>theong>r Rohr lays bare ong>theong> false and destructive images of ong>theong> modern masculinity and offers a ong>pathong> ong>toong> auong>theong>nticity. Revised edition includes an Introduction discussing ong>theong> Promise Keepers, a Christian men's movement.

Memphis: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dipietro, Joe / Bryan, David, PUBLISHER: Applause ong>Theong>atre & Cinema Book Publishers, Set in ong>theong> turbulent South in ong>theong> s, Memphis is ong>theong> song>toong>ry of Huey Calhoun, a white radio DJ whose love of good music transcends race lines and airwaves. Thanks in part ong>toong> his passionate persistence, "race" music reaches ong>theong> center of ong>theong> radio dial, quickly exploding throughout mainstream America. But when Huey falls for a beautiful black singer he has set on ong>theong> ong>pathong> ong>toong> stardom, wheong>theong>r ong>theong> world is really ready for this music, and ong>theong>ir love, is put ong>toong> ong>theong> test.

A Place of Exile: The European Settlement of New South Wales

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: MacKay, David, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, In recent years, hisong>toong>rians have argued that commercial or strategic reasons lay behind ong>theong> European settlement of New South Wales. This revisionist work reexamines ong>theong> founding of Botany Bay and reaches quite a different conclusion: that severe penal pressures in Britain were ong>theong> real impetus for ong>theong> decision. Drawing on ong>theong> latest research on crime and punishment in Britain, Mackay uncovers ong>theong> financial, political, and logistical problems plaguing ong>theong> British penal system from ong>toong> , which finally forced ong>theong> Pitt ministry ong>toong> look ong>toong> New South Wales for a quick and desperate solution.

Aquinas's Summa Theologiae: Critical Essays

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Davies, Brian, PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Thomas Aquinas () was first and foremost a Christian ong>theong>ologian. Yet he was also one of ong>theong> greatest philosophers of ong>theong> Middle Ages. Drawing on classical authors, and incorporating ideas from Jewish and Arab sources, he came ong>toong> offer a rounded and lasting account of ong>theong> origin of ong>theong> universe and of ong>theong> things ong>toong> be found within it, especially human beings. Aquinas wrote many works, but his greatest achievement is undoubtedly ong>theong> Summa ong>Theong>ologiae. This presents his most mature thinking and is ong>theong> best introduction ong>toong> his philosophical (and ong>theong>ological) ideas. Few secondary books on Aquinas focus solely on ong>theong> Summa, but ong>theong> present volume does just that. Including work by some of ong>theong> best Aquinas scholars of ong>theong> last half decade, it provides a solid introduction ong>toong> one of ong>theong> landmarks of western thinking.

Avalon Hill Board Game Axis Allies Anniversary Edition

ong>Toong> celebrate ong>theong> 50-year anniversary of Avalon Hill, Axis & Allies is launching its most expansive game ever. ong>Theong> Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition will feature ong>theong> debut of Italy as ong>theong> third Axis nation, ong>theong> introduction of ong>theong> cruiser unit ong>toong> ong>theong> naval lineup, and ong>theong> largest Axis & Allies board ong>toong>-date measuring 116 x 61 cm. With over 600 pieces, players will be able ong>toong> recreate and decide ong>theong> outcome of WWII like never before. - Players: 2-6- Recommended age: 12 years and up- Playing time: 360 min - English language edition

Essays on Medieval German Literature and Iconography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pickering, F. P., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In making this selection of twelve ong>essaysong> spanning ong>theong> period , Professor Pickering has borne in mind that many of his recent readers are not students of German, but of comparative literature, art, hisong>toong>ry or ong>theong>ology, and he has translated three of ong>theong> twelve for ong>theong> occasion. He has grouped ong>theong>m according ong>toong> ong>theong>ir 'approach' and introduced each with reference ong>toong> his oong>theong>r writings.

William Faulkner's the Sound and the Fury

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Harold / Faulkner, William, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- Presents ong>theong> most important 20th-century criticism on major works from ong>Theong> Odyssey through modern literature -- ong>Theong> critical ong>essaysong> reflect a variety of schools of criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on ong>theong> contributing critics, a chronology of ong>theong> author's life, and an index

Hole's Human Anatomy & Physiology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shier, David / Butler, Jackie / Lewis, Ricki, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, Learn. Practice. Assess. Hole's Human Anaong>toong>my and Physiology was created for ong>theong> introducong>toong>ry level student and assumes no prior science knowledge by placing emphasis on ong>theong> fundamentals. This new edition updates a great A&P classic while offering greater efficiencies ong>toong> ong>theong> user. ong>Theong> format for ong>theong> 12th edition focuses on Learning Outcomes and Assessments. This will benefit ong>theong> student along with ong>theong> instrucong>toong>r. ong>Theong> 12th edition of Hole also continues ong>toong> offer technology that combined with ong>theong> text offer users an incredible Course Solution Technology like "Anaong>toong>my and Physiology Revealed" and ong>theong> new online "Homework Manager" bring unprecedented opportunities ong>toong> ong>theong> classroom wheong>theong>r on campus or at home Acquista Ora

Charles Kuralt's American Moments

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kuralt, Charles / Freundlich, Peter, PUBLISHER: Thorndike Press, ong>Toong> generations of Americans, Charles Kuralt was ong>theong> wanderer transfixed by ong>theong> richness he found in every corner of ong>theong> country. ong>Theong> project he was working on before he died was An American Moment with Charles Kuralt, a series of TV ong>essaysong> about ong>theong> people, places and ideas that define ong>theong> national spirit. Kuralt's longtime friend Peter Freundlich has edited and collected ong>theong>se ong>essaysong>. ong>Theong> result is an enchanting and ong>toong>uching book that brings back Charles Kuralt's distinctive voice and celebrates ong>theong> American character and traditions he so loved.

Homer's the Odyssey

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Harold / Homer, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- Presents ong>theong> most important 20th-century criticism on major works from ong>Theong> Odyssey through modern literature -- ong>Theong> critical ong>essaysong> reflect a variety of schools of criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on ong>theong> contributing critics, a chronology of ong>theong> author's life, and an index

Planning Design Engineering Sys CL

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dandy, G. C. / Dandy / Warner, R., PUBLISHER: Spons Architecture Price Book, This comprehensive introduction ong>toong> ong>theong> scope and nature of engineering offers students a commonsense approach ong>toong> ong>theong> solution of engineering problems. Case studies and real-world examples are used ong>toong> illustrate ong>theong> role of ong>theong> engineer, ong>theong> type of work involved and ong>theong> methodology employed in engineering practice.

Hole's Human Anatomy & Physiology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shier, David / Butler, Jackie / Lewis, Ricki, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, Learn. Practice. Assess. "Hole's Human Anaong>toong>my and Physiology" was created for ong>theong> introducong>toong>ry level student and assumes no prior science knowledge by placing emphasis on ong>theong> fundamentals. This new edition updates a great A&P classic while offering greater efficiencies ong>toong> ong>theong> user. ong>Theong> format for ong>theong> 13th edition focuses on Learning Outcomes and Assessments. This will benefit ong>theong> student along with ong>theong> instrucong>toong>r. ong>Theong> 13th edition of Hole also continues ong>toong> offer technology that combined with ong>theong> text offer users an incredible Course Solution Technology like "Anaong>toong>my and Physiology Revealed" and ong>theong> new online Homework Manager bring unprecedented opportunities ong>toong> ong>theong> classroom wheong>theong>r on campus or at home Users who purchase Connect Plus receive access ong>toong> ong>theong> full online ebook version of ong>theong> textbook.

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