The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. The series includes two Pulitzer Prize winners, two New York Times bestsellers, and winners of the Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. Now, in What Hath God Wrought, historian Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to ...
In this comprehensive and entertaining resource, multi award-winner David Macaulay reveals the inner workings of the human body as only he can. This one-of-a-kind book takes readers on a visual journey through the human body. With his trademark humor, Macaulay builds a body and explains how it works.
Authoritative text crystal - clear photography and a systematic approach make the "Dorling Kindersley Handbook of Fossils" the most comprehensive and concise pocket to fossils of the world. Packed with more than 1 000 full-colour photographs of over 500 species, this handbook is designed to cut through the complicated identification process and ...
Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband ...
No other book on the market today can match the 30-year success of Halliday, Resnick and Walker's "Fundamentals of Physics"! "Fundamentals of Physics, 7th Edition" and the "Extended Version, 7th Edition" offer a solid understanding of fundamental physics concepts, helping readers apply this conceptual understanding to quantitative problem solving, ...
This is a comprehensive, introductory survey of police, police work, and police systems intended for criminal justice courses on police administration, and courses on criminology or the sociology of law enforcement. It describes how police departments are organized, what police officers do, the different problems in policing (police-community ...
This workbook, updated for use with the fifth edition of the "Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association", is designed to help students to improve their writing skills. The resource contains groups of instructional exercises on various aspects and features of the "Publication Manual", including references and citations, grammar, ...
This brief but revered self-help classic was written by a 19th-century Englishman who devoted his later years to contemplation. Allen borrowed the title from the Biblical verse, "As a man thinketh, in his heart, so is he." In a clear and accessible argument, Allen builds on the idea that one's thoughts shape one's character, and also one's ...
Books on stretching are common, but "The Anatomy of Stretching" takes a more fundamental approach than the others, taking the reader inside the body to show exactly what is happening during a stretch. At the heart of the book are 300 full-color illustrations that show the primary and secondary muscles worked in 115 key stretches arranged by body ...
Comprehensive and balanced, this book presents up-to-date research and theories of racial, ethnic and gender discrimination within America's criminal justice system. The authors synthesize research on patterns of criminal behaviour and victimization, police practices, court processing and sentencing, the death penalty, and correctional programmes ...
This is the powerful story of the author's struggle with Multiple Sclerosis and how a healer's unusual prescription of mindful altruism - to 'give away 29 gifts in 29 days' - ignited her energy, her happiness, and invited more abundance into her life. At age 35, Cami Walker was burdened by a newly intense struggle with Multiple Sclerosis, a ...
This documentary work on the cotton sharecroppers of Alabama began as an article for Fortune magazine but was rejected because Agee refused to adopt the sterile, objective voice of conventional journalism. The resulting book, published in 1941 with photos by Walker Evans, ultimately reveals as much about Agee as it did about his subjects. It also ...
From the time she was a toddler, Lou Ann Walker was the ears and voice for her deaf parents. Their family life was warm and loving, but outside the home, they faced a world that misunderstood and often rejected them. "A fascinating personal testament".--Chicago Sun Times Book Review
Since 1980, Behavior Management: A Practical Approach for Educators has provided educators, families, and paraprofessionals with a user-friendly, readable, practical guide for applying behavior management techniques that fosters a productive, task-oriented, educational environment for all students. Blending theory with practical "how to" ...
A satirical book illustrating Percy's unique humorous, ironical, and Christian attitudes. Contents include a mock self-help quiz, a script for "The Last Donahue Show", letters to "Dear Abby", essays, and other pieces of humor and criticism.
Dr. Walker focuses attention on this forgotten part of the body. He leads the reader on a tour of each vital organ, explaining how it is affected by the condition of the large intestine and the colon. Dr. Walker estimated that 80% of all disease begins in the colon. Learn how, through proper care of the colon, to prevent and experience relief ...
For courses in Introductory Algebra-based Physics. This text features a combination of unique pedagogical tools-Exercises, Worked Examples with solutions in 2-column format, Active Examples, Conceptual Checkpoints-that provide the right tool at the right time and place. This text employs each tool when and where it can contribute most to ...
This hip illustrated guide outlines everything you need to know about filling the role of bridesmaid - how to host a truly original hen party, wear the bridesmaid dress with panache and style, and most importantly, support the bride in every imaginable way. With good humour, veteran bridesmaid Kate Chynoweth covers the history of the bridesmaid, ...
For undergraduate introductory courses in Hospitality, such as Introduction to Hospitality, Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism, and Introduction to Hotel and Restaurant Management. Tomorrow's managers are off to a strong start with this best-selling comprehensive tour through the fascinating and challenging related fields in the hospitality ...
From the day it was released in 2000, KEEPING A NATURE JOURNAL has struck a profound chord among professional, casual and occasional naturalists of all ages. Sales have grown steadily from year to year. Rave reviews from journal-keepers continue to pour in. What makes KEEPING A NATURE JOURNAL so popular? It is inspiring and easy to use. Clare and ...
A guide to the history and mythology of female-related symbols. The book provides both visual and textual studies of sacred and esoteric symbols including magical, sexual, holy, philosophical, ritualistic, natural and supernatural ideas and objects.
In 1972, Alfred Crosby published a small work that illuminated a simple point, that the most important changes brought on by the voyages of Columbus were not social or political, but biological in nature. The book told the story of how 1492 sparked the movement of organisms, both large and small, in both directions across the Atlantic. This ...
The front cover is an image by Eric J. Heller depicting electron flow over a microscopically bumpy surface. The paths of the 100,000 electrons begin at the upper right but branch and fold back on one another in a surprising pattern as they spread toward the lower left. Electron flow is the subject of several chapters in this book and is especially ...
Up-to-date, authoritative information about giftedness, gifted education, problems, personality traits, and more, written by an educator of gifted kids and their parents.
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