Sorkin delivers the first true, behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami. b&w photo insert.
This guide offers parents practical interventions when dealing with children who are easily angered. Discussing the problems and solutions in an empathetic and easy-to-understand manner, this book provides more than just a "standard approach" when dealing with your child.
THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE FIELDBOOK is the practical how-to companion to Peter Senge's groundbreaking 1990's work THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE, in which he introduced and explained his concept of "the learning organization," an idea that greatly impressed the business community, especially those in management and organization. Senge believes that the company ...
In this collection of inspirational essays, internationally known author Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross draws on her in-depth research of more than 20,000 people who had near-death experiences, revealing the afterlife as a return to wholeness of spirit. With frank and compassionate advice for those dealing with terminal illness or the death of a loved ...
Shortly before her death in 2004, Elisabeth K]bler-Ross and David Kessler, her collaborator, completed the manuscript for this, her final book - a fitting completion to her work. Ku bler-Ross's groundbreaking work On Death and Dying changed the way we think and talk about the end of life. Weaving together theory, inspiration, and practical advice, ...
The best-selling "Fundamentals of Corporate Finance" ("FCF") is written with one strongly held principle - that corporate finance should be developed and taught in terms of a few integrated, powerful ideas. As such, there are three basic themes that are the central focus of the book: an emphasis on intuition - underlying ideas are discussed in ...
Every day scientists learn more about how the body adapts to the stress of running-and how various body systems contribute to running performance. Leading the charge is a fresh generation of brilliant young exercise physiologists including Ross Tucker and Jonathan Dugas, whose work has demolished many long-standing beliefs about running. Now ...
Terror marked America's earliest frontier 250 years ago--and a poorly-educated farmer's son responded by innovating a new American type of warfare so effective that it forms the core of special operations efforts today.
Hailed by the "Wall Street Journal" and featured twice in six months in cover stories in "Runner's World" magazine, First's unique training philosophy makes running easier and more accessible, limits overtraining and burnout, and substantially I cuts the risk of injury-while producing faster race times.The key feature is the "3 plus 2" program, ...
This text uses a three-fold approach to teaching calculus - graphical, numerical and algebraic - to explore problem situations. This approach helps students better understand, and in turn better apply, the fundamentals of calculus. The authors' graphing calculator and computer graphing approach to algebra and trigonometry allows students to ...
Miss Julia isn't very long widowed when she is confronted with a young woman who claims that Miss Julia's highly respectable husband fathered her child.
Now it its Fifth Edition, this best-selling text and atlas is the perfect text for medical, health professions, and undergraduate biology students. It combines a detailed textbook that emphasizes clinical and functional correlates of histology with a beautifully illustrated atlas featuring full-color digital micrographs of the highest quality. ...
In this history, novelist Ross King chronicles the career of Filippo Brunelleschi, the 15th-century goldsmith and clockmaker, who designed the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore of Florence. King also considers Brunelleschi's contemporaries and how they were influenced by him.
This classic text, which opened up the field of death and dying for laymen and professionals alike, made it possible for countless people to cope with death. Dr. Kubler-Ross introduces her now famous five stages of death: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
Explains the attitudes of the dying toward themselves and others and presents a humane approach to relieving the psychological suffering of the terminally ill and their families.
"Weekend Sewing", inspired by the STC bestseller "Weekend Knitting", features unique sewing projects that can be completed in a weekend or less, plus fun ideas for incorporating sewing into a relaxed, creative lifestyle. Projects for both beginning and intermediate sewers include dresses for girls and women, pyjamas sized for the family, ...
When Goldy Bear's ex-father-in-law dies from rat poisoning from coffee served by Goldy, the catering sleuth must closely examine the ingredients to track down a deadly killer and save her maligned business.
In Ann B. Ross's second book about Miss Julia, her heroine has come to terms with her onetime rival, Hazel Marie, and is now the guardian of Little Lloyd. Now Hazel Marie has disappeared, and Miss Julia has to find her. With Little Lloyd by her side, she sets off across North Carolina, and encounters enough obstacles and adventures to tax even ...
New addition to this popular series of lift and look flap books featuring the Sesame Street educational TV programme. This is a large format board book which contains more than 60 interactive flaps introducing young children to simple objects. Readership level: 2+.
"Essentials of Corporate Finance, Sixth Edition", by Ross, Westerfield, and Jordan is written to convey the most important concepts and principles of corporate finance at a level that is approachable for a wide audience. The authors retain their modern approach to finance, but have distilled the subject down to the essential topics in 18 chapters. ...
The sleepy town of Abbotsville is abuzz over the mayor's plans to replace the old courthouse with luxury retirement condos. As usual, it falls to Miss Julia to save the day--and the courthouse--even if she has to expose a few of the town's not-so-well-kept secrets.
From a noted psychologist and author of the acclaimed "The Explosive Child" comes a thought-provoking and practical new book that examines why kids with behavioral challenges are falling through the cracks, and how parents and educators can help them.
A New York Times Bestselling Author When doubts arise as to whether or not Little Loyd is the illegitimate son of her late, philandering husband, Miss Julia is heartbroken. This news at one time would have pleased her, but she has since become very close to Little Loyd. With DNA testing the only way to settle the dispute, Miss Julia shudders at ...
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