From wars and political assassinations to social movements and space exploration, all the news that is fit to print--or download--can be found in this extraordinary book-and-DVD set that collects more than 300 of the most significant front pages from "The New York Times."
This biannually updated almanac contains profiles of every member of Congress, every governor, and the top members of the executive branch of the Federal government. It also includes detailed data on elections and political histories of each Congressional district and every state.
Strong at the Broken Places is the remarkable story of five ordinary people trapped in the complex world of serious chronic illness. In this intimate portrait, acclaimed journalist Richard M. Cohen probes lives of sickness as these individuals struggle to cope. In 2003, Cohen published Blindsided, a bestselling memoir of illness. The outpouring of ...
iLife 08 iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, iDVD In the only Apple-certified guide to iLife '08, the authors have you working miracles with iLife within the first few pages. Featuring footage and images from around the world, this book/DVD combo uses real-life material and practical lessons that you can apply immediately to your own projects. ...
In the only Apple-certified guide to iLife '09, the authors have you working miracles with iLife within the first few pages. Featuring footage and images from around the world, this book/DVD combo uses real-life material and practical lessons that you can apply immediately to your own projects. Focused lessons take you step by step through all ...
Richard M. Cohen has both multiple sclerosis and cancer, and in this memoir he describes how both have changed his life, writing candidly about marriage, parenting, work, and the many conveniences, large and small, that mark his precarious path. In a New York Times interview (02/03/2004), Cohen commented, "I do think that with all of the physical ...
Using a "How a Bill Becomes Law" approach, Washington at Work brings to life the modern policy-making process of the United States government through a thought-provoking case study of the 1990 Clean Air Act. Congress, the Presidency, interest groups and the Bureaucracy are examined by following this Act from its inception to a final "product" that ...
A dynamic and personality-filled history of sword fighting--from medieval knights to Hollywood swashbucklers, gladiators, musketeers, samurai and Olympic champions. Illustrations.
The results of the 2008 presidential election were extraordinary, marking the beginning of a new period in American political history. Democrat Barack Obama became the first African American president of the United States, claiming a decisive victory over Republican John McCain. His fellow Democrats, meanwhile, established a robust majority in the ...
The author, a former homosexual, now married with three children, struggled for most of his life with unwanted same sex attractions. He was not able to locate professional help since there was little understanding of his condition. He eventually became a psychotherapist and in the process of healing himself developed both a ground breaking ...
This unique text integrates for the first time the three critical aspects of U.S. foreign trade policy formulation and implementation: economics, politics, and laws. In a comprehensive and nonjudgmental manner, a political scientist, an economist, and a legal scholar combine efforts to present a well-rounded view of the nature and impact of trade ...
Provides comprehensive coverage of the art and science of endodontics. Divided into three parts, the first part includes clinical subjects from diagnosis to filing and root canals. Part Two includes development, structure and function, histology, pathology, microbiology and immunology. The third part focuses on related clinical topics and features ...
Richard M. Cohen has both multiple sclerosis and cancer, and in this memoir he describes how both have changed his life, writing candidly about marriage, parenting, work, and the many conveniences, large and small, that mark his precarious path. In a New York Times interview (02/03/2004), Cohen commented, "I do think that with all of the physical ...
"Strong at the Broken Places" is the remarkable story of five ordinary people trapped in the complex world of serious chronic illness. In this intimate portrait, acclaimed journalist Richard Cohen probes lives of sickness as these individuals struggle to cope. Cohen spent three years chronicling the lives of five diverse "citizens of sickness" ...
Ten-year-old Sam Green shares a special friendship with an older man named Davy; both love the Dodgers. When Davy suffers a heart attack and lies dying in the hospital, Jackie Robinson gives Sam an autographed baseball for Davy. But even this wonderful gift cannot prevent Davy from dying.
In the United States, the homicide rate in the South is consistently higher than the rate in the North. In this brilliantly argued book, Richard Nisbett and Dov Cohen use this fact as a starting point for an exploration of the underlying reasons for violence. According to Nisbett and Cohen, the increased tendency of white southerners to commit ...
American popular music reflects a rich cultural diversity. From Aaron Copland to Miles Davis to Elvis Presley to Muddy Waters, the United States has produced some of the most influential and beloved musicians and performers of the 20th century. The blues, jazz, and rock and roll - musical genres loved around the world - were born here, and ...
"September 11 changed everything." How often have we heard or thought that since that awful morning? Yet for 14 months, September 11 seemed to have changed very little in American politics; the nation's electorate still seemed split evenly between the parties, divided along cultural lines. But as the results of the 2002 elections came in, it ...
Here is a handy guide to designing, implementing, and operating a peer mediation program in grades 6-12. The book addresses a wide variety of questions and issues, including why peer mediation is effective, how to win support for a program, how to find appropriate training, and how to supervise mediation sessions. Teacher resources.
Richard Cohen presents this book for parents who are wanting to establish healthy and healing relationships with their gay children. It is a self-help book offering a step by step plan of healing and transformation in family relationships.
In "Humanism of the Other", Emmanuel Levinas argues that it is not only possible but of the highest exigency to understand one's humanity through the humanity of others. Based in a new appreciation for ethics, and taking new distances from the phenomenology of Hegel, Heidegger, Husserl, and Merleau-Ponty, the idealism of Plato and Kant, and the ...
Things are just not the same in Olsson's fabulous meat pie factory when a temporary lack of funds forces him to make substitutions for his usual quality ingredients.
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