For upper division undergraduate classes aimed at a general audience (usually comprised of business and sports management majors) or in a seminar for economics majors. Sports Economics, by Rodney Fort, professor of economics and co-author of both Pay Dirt and Hard Ball, applies a dose of economic thinking to the business of sports. A recognized ...
In this complete and authoritative guide, Dr. Wozniak and psychiatric nurse McDonnell offer the latest information on childhood bipolar disorder as well as how to receive an accurate diagnosis and how to choose a treatment plan.
This careful, exhaustive, often astonishing chronicle of anomalous phenomena dismissed by conventional science is Charles Fort's groundbreaking foray into the field of 'weird science'. Fort looked at science as a dogmatic attempt to explain phenomena in prefabricated and often constrictive terms. It was the anomalies, the excluded, or what Fort ...
Replete with authentic Siclian recipes culled directly from the out of the way island stoves and cafe kitchens that cook them, "Sweet Honey, Bitter Lemons "presents a travelogue for seasoned travelers, and lovers of all things Italian. At the age of twenty-six Matthew Fort first visited the island of Sicily. He and his brother arrived in 1973 ...
"A great story, full of twists and turns. . . . Careers made and ruined, departments torn apart, writing programs turned into sensitivity seminars, political witch hunts, public opprobrium, ignorant media attacks, the whole ball of wax. Read it and laugh or read it and weep. I can hardly wait for the movie." --Stanley Fish, "Think Again, New York ...
Offering a comprehensive introduction to the field, this updated edition reflects the increasing demands of clients in nursing homes or hospice care and the corresponding decline of traditional hospital-based social work. The focus is on prevention and health promotion and the relevance of social environmental conditions.
This work focuses on paranormal activity including UFOs, strange weather patterns, unusual inorganic materials from the sky, the strange disappearances of people under odd circumstances, and the existence of mythological creatures studied in cryptozoology.
In this powerful and accessible collection of new essays, international scholars and activists examine how official and corporate actors of globalization - including multinationals, the IMF and World Bank, the World Trade Organization, and "first world" governments - have enacted policies that limit medical access and promote disease and death for ...
"Book of the Damned, Lo!, Wild Talents, New Lands." Greatest compilation of data: flying saucers, strange disappearances, inexplicable data not recognized by science. Painstakingly documented.
Lo! Was Charles Fort's third book. In it Fort examines a multitude of scientific anomalies. Fort is widely credited to have coined the now-popular term teleportation in this book, and here he ties his previous statements on what he referred to as the Super-Sargasso Sea into his beliefs on teleportation. He would later expand this theory to include ...
Why would a Japanese millionaire want to buy the Seattle Mariners baseball team, when he has admitted that he has never played in or even seen a baseball game? Cash is the answer: major league baseball, like professional football, basketball, and hockey, is now big business with the potential to bring millions of dollars in profits to owners. Not ...
For seven decades Norman Rockwell captured the essence of the American spirit, creating art for magazines (more than 300 Saturday Evening Post covers), children's books, calendars, and advertisements, heartwarming and poignant images that touch us still. Norman Rockwell traces the evolution of the artist and his craft through his paintings, ...
Fort examines Italy through its food and the people who produce it. He discovers a land where regional differences are still alive and uncovers the rich connection between history, tradition, and cuisine. The enticing sum of these parts--the food, producers, ingredients, consumers, and eating occasions--is nothing less than a contemporary portrait ...
In this 1942 allegorical novel, a boarding house in an obscure part of France houses a motley collection of people, and seems to absorb the hero of the novel, Thomas, who has gone there on a mysterious quest.
A violent clash haunts American race relations for nearly a century In 1906 Atlanta, after a summer of inflammatory headlines and accusations of black-on-white sexual assaults, armed white mobs attacked African Americans, resulting in at least twenty-five black fatalities. Atlanta's black residents fought back and repeatedly defended their ...
This survey of the idea California has represented in the American imagination includes more than 400 works of art in a variety of media, including film, fashion, furniture, and photography, as well as painting and sculpture.
This book is about the state of embodied perfection often called enlightenment, self-realization, liberation, or jivanmukti. It examines the types, degrees, and stages of liberation that are possible, with and without the body.
The most gifted kids often get the least help in school. It's assumed that they're smart enough to succeed on their own, not to mention that teachers and parents often feel out of their depth with these gifted kids."High-IQ Kids" is a blend of scholarly articles, personal stories, practical strategies, and entertaining essays from parents, ...
Even though the Gulf dominates the life of this region, this is not just another seafood cookbook. Cattle, citrus and other tropical fruits, and many vegetable abound in this area. Many of the original recipes use quality ingredients all readily available.
I promise you that if you will keep your journals and records, they will indeed be a source of great inspiration to your families, to your children, your grandchildren, and others, on through the generations." -- President Spencer W. Kimball. Share Your Stories takes the work out of writing your personal history. Divided into sections covering ...
This extravagantly illustrated catalogue - published in association with a major exhibition - evokes the romantic fascination with Italy that glimmers in the work of John Singer Sargent. Sargent, heralded on both sides of the Atlantic, was one of the most creative American artists of the late nineteenth century. Born in Florence to American ...
By many writers, a look at California's visual culture from its early years to the 1990s that covers topics such as Hollywood, Chinatown in San Francisco, the Beats, Chicano art, the Watts Towers, and the role of the automobile.
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