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Social Anthropology and Human Origins

By: Alan Barnard

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Social Anthropology and Human Origins

By: Alan Barnard

The study of human origins is one of the most fascinating branches of anthropology. Yet it has rarely been considered by social or cultural anthropologists, who represent the largest subfield of the discipline. In this powerful study Alan Barnard aims to bridge this gap. Barnard argues that social anthropological theory has much to contribute to our understanding of human evolution, including changes in technology, subsistence and exchange, family and kinship, as well as to the study of language, art, ritual and belief. This book places social anthropology in the context of a widely-conceived constellation of anthropological sciences. It incorporates recent findings in many fields, including primate studies, archaeology, linguistics and human genetics. In clear, accessible style Barnard addresses the fundamental questions surrounding the evolution of human society and the prehistory of culture, suggesting a new direction for social anthropology that will open up debate across the discipline as a whole.

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1139500449

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Genesis of Symbolic Thought

By: Alan Barnard

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Genesis of Symbolic Thought

By: Alan Barnard

The distinguished social anthropologist Alan Barnard explores the origins of the symbolic thought that is fundamental to human existence.

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1107025699

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Rags to Retirement

Stories from People Who Retired Well on Much Less Than You'd Think

By: Alan Lavine,Gail Liberman

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Rags to Retirement

Stories from People Who Retired Well on Much Less Than You'd Think

By: Alan Lavine,Gail Liberman

Wondering where youre going to get the $1,000,000 experts say you need to retire? Join the crowd. Meet 12 ordinary people who found ways to meet their retirement goals, without sizable nest eggs. Authors Alan Lavine and Gail Liberman describe the journeys these people took to achieve their dreams and the setbacks they experienced along the way. Yes, you can retire. Learn how others did it, and how they are living the good life on less.-Evan Simonoff , editor in chief, Financial Advisor Real world! Real people! A must read. You can learn how people like yourself made the most of their retirement savings.-James A. Barry Jr., CFP chairman of the Barry Financial Group and host of Jim Barrys Financial Successon PBS Ill tell you whats so good about Rags to Retirement, what distinguishes it from the long catalogue of damnably boring fi nance books out there. Ill tell you why it matters. Simple really. Its about story, not accounting. Its about people, not money! People like you and me. Were not rich, never will be. We should have taken Economics 101, but we took Latin or geography, and now were facing our golden years with trepidation and empty pockets. Well, take heart, folks. We dont need a million in the bank, but we do need to live creatively. Thats the lesson in these refreshing and moving stories of people whove led hardscrabble lives and have somehow managed to settle with dignity and independence into their golden years. And we can do it, too! Rags to Retirement: such stuff as dreams are made on.-John Dufresne, author of Deep in the Shade of Paradise Husband and wife team Alan Lavine and Gail Liberman are the authors of Rags to Riches, which made two best-seller lists and was featured on Oprah and CBS?s The Early Show. They are syndicated fi nancial journalists whose columns appear in the Boston Herald, Palm Beach Daily News, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Scripps Howard newspapers. Their work has been featured or quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Money, Redbook, and Bloomberg. They are also the authors of The Complete Idiot?s Guide to Making Money with Mutual Funds, Third Edition.

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iUniverse

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1450276881

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Commercial Law

By: Alan Paul Dobson,Jo Reddy

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Commercial Law

By: Alan Paul Dobson,Jo Reddy

Part of the successful Routledge-Cavendish Q&Aseries, which provides students with essential advice and guidance for essay and exam success, Q&A Commercial Law 2007-2008has been fully updated and revised to incorporate new developments in commercial law, including the Consumer credit Act 2006. Incorporating all the main areas of the subject from sale of goods through consumer credit to agency and international trade, it contains a range of pedagogical features including: fifty questions on topics commonly found on exam papers comprehensive suggested answers. Written by lecturers who are also examiners, this book gives students an important insight into exactly what examiners are looking for in an answer, making it an excellent revision and practice guide.

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Psychology Press

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185941740X

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The People of Print

Seventeenth-Century England

By: Rachel Stenner,Kaley Kramer,Adam James Smith,Georgina E. M. Wilson,Joe Saunders,William Clayton,Jennifer Young,Alan B. Farmer,Benjamin Woodring,Michael Durrant,Verônica Calsoni Lima,Rosalind Johnson

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The People of Print

Seventeenth-Century England

This collection profiles understudied figures in the book and print trades of the seventeenth century. With an equal balance between women and men, it intervenes in the history of the trades, emphasising the broad range of material, cultural, and ideological work these people undertook. It offers a biographical introduction to each figure, placing them in their social, professional, and institutional settings. The collection considers varied print trade roles including that of the printer, publisher, paper-maker, and bookseller, as well as several specific trade networks and numerous textual forms. The biographies draw on extensive new archival research, with details of key sources for further study on each figure. Chronologically organised, this Element offers a primer both on numerous individual figures, and on the tribulations and innovations of the print trade in the century of revolution.

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1009380699

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Frederick Whirlpool VC

Australia's Hidden Victoria Cross

By: Alan Leek

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Frederick Whirlpool VC

Australia's Hidden Victoria Cross

By: Alan Leek

A riveting historical mystery that sweeps four continents and fills a void in the Victoria Cross story." Frederick Whirlpool’s Victoria Cross is displayed near the entrance to the Hall of Valour at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. It was the first VC pinned to an Australian uniform, yet almost nothing was known about its enigmatic recipient. Two acts of valour during the Indian Mutiny, won him the Victoria Cross, but 17 severe sword wounds ended his career. Arriving in Victoria in 1859, he became a volunteer rifleman and school teacher. His VC was presented in Melbourne in 1861. He was an applicant to join the Victoria Police, but a corrupt recruitment process and unsolicited political interference prevented it. Repulsed by fame, he fled and hid his cross from the world. Fragments of his story were known, but since 1895, they have been tainted by error, guesswork and in one recent British work, pure fantasy. This work solves an old mystery. It reveals his true identity and early life in Ireland before joining the East India Company Army. To understand his service, the Central Indian campaign under Sir Hugh Rose, is examined in some detail, something that has not been done before. The real horrors of that campaign are revealed to show their devastating impact on this sensitive man. Rich sources reveal his anguished story. Humphrey James’ reasons for changing his identity and leaving his family forever, are unearthed. His life in Australia is revealed, showing his fall, firstly from policing and then teaching, in NSW. He undoubtedly struggled with his demons and believed that he was destined for eternal damnation. The passage of his Victoria Cross, after his death was unknown before it appeared on the market in 1927. Its movements and those of his Indian Mutiny medal with its Central India clasp, are now revealed’ This fascinating story fills huge gaps in the narrative of this ordinary man, whose life is deserving of factual interpretation. It is a story of heroism, suffering and failure, but the forgotten man will triumph in its telling. His sad life ended as a recluse in 1899, and he was buried in an unmarked grave in Windsor. The only mourner who attended his funeral left a thread, which has allowed painstaking research to uncover the true story of this sad and purposefully enigmatic hero.

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Simon and Schuster

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1925675726

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A Time for All Things

The Life of Michael E. DeBakey

By: Craig Alan Miller

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A Time for All Things

The Life of Michael E. DeBakey

By: Craig Alan Miller

He has been called the greatest surgeon of the 20th century. The son of Lebanese immigrants, Michael DeBakey rose from humble beginnings in a backwater Louisiana town to dominate the landscape of modern medicine. His contributions to our understanding and treatment of cardiovascular disease, in particular, were innumerable and epoch-making. DeBakey led a life of high drama, from the streets of Jazz Age New Orleans and the operating theaters of pre-war Europe, to the battlefields of World War II and the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina. An advisor to Presidents, a health care statesman, and a physician to royalty and commoner alike, he helped build Houston's Texas Medical Center into a jewel of the medical world. Yet DeBakey's own family paid a tremendous cost for his commitment to his fellow man. Buoyed by unique access to primary resources, A Time for All Things: The Life of Michael E. DeBakey is the first to tell the remarkable story of a driven genius who led a scientific and therapeutic revolution in all its dramatic depth.

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Oxford University Press

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0190073950

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A PATHOLOGIST REMEMBERS

MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD AND LATER LIFE

By: Alan Mills

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A PATHOLOGIST REMEMBERS

MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD AND LATER LIFE

By: Alan Mills

In parts a whimsical and entertaining story, in others an informative guide by a knowledgeable and much-respected professional in his field, this highly readable portrayal of Alan Mills’ life and adventures is told in an appealing tone, rooted in the history of the times and places where he has practised his craft. A son of Southern Africa, the author has enjoyed a privileged life of good fortune. He has worked in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), England, South Africa, Australia and Ireland. Pathology has been his life. It was how he earned a living, and in retirement has become his hobby. In his autobiography he shares the highs and lows of his own long and interesting career in pathology, in addition to a well-researched guide to medical history. A framework of great medical advances is linked to Nobel Laureates, with comments on their lives. The role of the pathologist in medical research is stressed. The author has traced the evolution of human beings, from earliest life forms through our ancestral ‘African Eve’ in East Africa to the present day. This development is coupled with genetic information relating to such things as oncogenes and how they relate to cancer, and other diseases. This enlightening book has an easy, chatty style, and is not without humour and a little poetry.

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1491887788

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Liberty Men and Great Proprietors

By: Alan Taylor

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Liberty Men and Great Proprietors

By: Alan Taylor

This detailed exploration of the settlement of Maine beginning in the late eighteenth century illuminates the violent, widespread contests along the American frontier that served to define and complete the American Revolution. Taylor shows how Maine's militant settlers organized secret companies to defend their populist understanding of the Revolution.

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0807839973

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Migrant Labour in South Africa's Mining Economy

The Struggle for the Gold Mines' Labour Supply, 1890-1920

By: Alan H. Jeeves

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Migrant Labour in South Africa's Mining Economy

The Struggle for the Gold Mines' Labour Supply, 1890-1920

By: Alan H. Jeeves

In tracing the development of the recruiting system, Alan Jeeves shows how a large proportion of the labour supply came to be controlled by private labour companies and recruiting agents, who aimed both to exploit the workers and to extract heavy fees from the employing companies. The gold indusry struggled for years against the internal divisions which created the competition for labour, until at last the Chamber of Mines, with the support of the state, succeeded in driving out the private recruiters and centralizing the system under its control. This study of the interests involved in the struggle for control of the black labour supply reveals much about the forces which created and now entrench racial domination in South African's industrial economy.

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0773560920

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The Crowded Universe

The Race to Find Life Beyond Earth

By: Alan Boss

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The Crowded Universe

The Race to Find Life Beyond Earth

By: Alan Boss

We are nearing a turning point in our quest for life in the universe - we now have the capacity to detect Earth-like planets around other stars. But will we find any? In The Crowded Universe, renowned astronomer Alan Boss argues that based on what we already know about planetary systems, in the coming years we will find abundant Earths, including many that are indisputably alive. Life is not only possible elsewhere in the universe, Boss argues - it is common. Boss describes how our ideas about planetary formation have changed radically in the past decade and brings readers up to date on discoveries of bizarre inhabitants of various solar systems, including our own. America must stay in this new space race, Boss contends, or risk being left out of one of the most profoundly important discoveries of all time; the first confirmed finding of extraterrestrial life.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1459608178

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Reading American Photographs

Images As History-Mathew Brady to Walker Evans

By: Alan Trachtenberg

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Reading American Photographs

Images As History-Mathew Brady to Walker Evans

By: Alan Trachtenberg

Considers five documentary sequences or narratives: the antebellum portraits of Mathew Brady and others; the Civil War albums of Alexander Gardner, George Barnard and A.J. Russell; the Western survey and landscape photographs of Timothy O'Sullivan, A.J. Russell, and Carleton Watkins; and social photographs and texts by Alfred Stieglitz and Lewis Hine; as well as documentaries inspired by the Depression, esp. Walker Evans's American Photographs.

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Macmillan

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0374522499

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Roman Imperial Artillery

Outranging the Enemies of the Empire

By: Alan Wilkins

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Roman Imperial Artillery

Outranging the Enemies of the Empire

By: Alan Wilkins

Fully revised and expanded for a new Third Edition, this book traces the Greek origins of torsion catapults, describes the machines used from the time of Sulla and Caesar, the Roman improvements in their design and power, and their importance in the defence of the Roman Empire.

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180327784X

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Starlight Detectives

How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe

By: Alan Hirshfeld

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Starlight Detectives

How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe

By: Alan Hirshfeld

Julia Ward Howe Award Finalist NBC News “Top Science and Tech Books of the Year” selection Scientific American/FSG “Favorite Science Books of the Year” selection Nature.com “Top Reads of the Year” selection Kirkus Reviews “Best Books of the Year” selection Discover magazine “Top 5 Summer Read” “A masterful balance of science, history and rich narrative.” —Discover magazine “Hirshfeld tells this climactic discovery of the expanding universe with great verve and sweep, as befits a story whose scope, characters and import leave most fiction far behind.” —Wall Street Journal “Starlight Detectives is just the sort of richly veined book I love to read—full of scientific history and discoveries, peopled by real heroes and rogues, and told with absolute authority. Alan Hirshfeld’s wide, deep knowledge of astronomy arises not only from the most careful scholarship, but also from the years he’s spent at the telescope, posing his own questions to the stars.” —DAVA SOBEL, author of A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos and Longitude In 1929, Edwin Hubble announced the greatest discovery in the history of astronomy since Galileo first turned a telescope to the heavens. The galaxies, previously believed to float serenely in the void, are in fact hurtling apart at an incredible speed: the universe is expanding. This stunning discovery was the culmination of a decades-long arc of scientific and technical advancement. In its shadow lies an untold, yet equally fascinating, backstory whose cast of characters illuminates the gritty, hard-won nature of scientific progress. The path to a broader mode of cosmic observation was blazed by a cadre of nineteenth-century amateur astronomers and inventors, galvanized by the advent of photography, spectral analysis, and innovative technology to create the entirely new field of astrophysics. From William Bond, who turned his home into a functional observatory, to John and Henry Draper, a father and son team who were trailblazers of astrophotography and spectroscopy, to geniuses of invention such as Léon Foucault, and George Hale, who founded the Mount Wilson Observatory, Hirshfeld reveals the incredible stories—and the ambitious dreamers—behind the birth of modern astronomy. Alan Hirshfeld, Professor of Physics at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and an Associate of the Harvard College Observatory, is the author of Parallax: The Race to Measure the Cosmos, The Electric Life of Michael Faraday, and Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes.

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Bellevue Literary Press

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1934137790

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The Clocks Are Telling Lies

Science, Society, and the Construction of Time

By: Scott Alan Johnston

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The Clocks Are Telling Lies

Science, Society, and the Construction of Time

By: Scott Alan Johnston

Until the nineteenth century all time was local time. On foot or on horseback, it was impossible to travel fast enough to care that noon was a few minutes earlier or later from one town to the next. The invention of railways and telegraphs, however, created a newly interconnected world where suddenly the time differences between cities mattered. The Clocks Are Telling Lies is an exploration of why we tell time the way we do, demonstrating that organizing a new global time system was no simple task. Standard time, envisioned by railway engineers such as Sandford Fleming, clashed with universal time, promoted by astronomers. When both sides met in 1884 at the International Meridian Conference in Washington, DC, to debate the best way to organize time, disagreement abounded. If scientific and engineering experts could not agree, how would the public? Following some of the key players in the debate, Scott Johnston reveals how people dealt with the contradictions in global timekeeping in surprising ways – from zealots like Charles Piazzi Smyth, who campaigned for the Great Pyramid to serve as the prime meridian, to Maria Belville, who sold the time door to door in Victorian London, to Moraviantown and other Indigenous communities that used timekeeping to fight for autonomy. Drawing from a wide range of primary sources, The Clocks Are Telling Lies offers a thought-provoking narrative that centres people and politics, rather than technology, in the vibrant story of global time telling.

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0228009634

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A Woman with a Mind of Her Own

The Delicious Adventures of Maggie, Who Lived by Her Own Rules as Daughter, Wife, Mother, Businesswoman, Professor, Author, Public Speaker...And True Feminist

By: Alan R. Tripp

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A Woman with a Mind of Her Own

The Delicious Adventures of Maggie, Who Lived by Her Own Rules as Daughter, Wife, Mother, Businesswoman, Professor, Author, Public Speaker...And True Feminist

By: Alan R. Tripp

Alan R Tripp married three times: First when he eloped, a second time in a double ceremony with the brides sister, and a third time when he renewed his vows. Each time it was to the same woman: Maggie. While their friends wondered how they could stay married so long when they were so different, thats precisely what made it work. In this unconventional biography, Alan pays tribute to his wifes take-charge attitude and essence with a series of vignettes that will make you think, laugh, and shake your head in wonder. How Maggie combined marriage, business, teaching and public speaking with strong feminism will inspire you to go for it in lifeand never to settle for less than what you know you can be.

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Archway Publishing

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Sabasa, Fourth Planet from the Sunstar

Earth's Alter Ego

By: Conrad Alan Istock

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Sabasa, Fourth Planet from the Sunstar

Earth's Alter Ego

By: Conrad Alan Istock

In the year 2012 astronomers receive a message from a female alien in hopes of helping humanity preserve the Earth and its civilization.

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Sabasa, Earth's Alter Ego

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1847481515

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Management, 7th Asia-Pacific Edition

By: John R. Schermerhorn, Jr.,Paul Davidson,Peter Woods,Aharon Factor,Alan Simon,Ellen McBarron,Fatima Junaid

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Management, 7th Asia-Pacific Edition

By: John R. Schermerhorn, Jr.,Paul Davidson,Peter Woods,Aharon Factor,Alan Simon,Ellen McBarron,Fatima Junaid

Eldenburg's Management is an introductory text that focuses on presenting content in an easy to understand way that encourages students to think critically and draw connections between theory and practice. This new seventh edition has a strengthened focus on technology and features have been updated to help students further consolidate their knowledge. This includes various forms of revision materials such as auto-graded knowledge-check questions and self-skill assessment. There is also a broad variety of concise case studies, including new ones with a strategic focus, which enable instructors to have thought-provoking and engaging tutorials. An exciting addition to the interactive e-text are the new ANZ videos that feature a diverse group of management thought-leaders who give insights and ‘tales from the front.’ This will provide supplementary content for lectures or serve as pre-work for a flipped classroom.

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0730369315

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Categorical Data Analysis

By: Alan Agresti

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Categorical Data Analysis

By: Alan Agresti

Amstat News asked three review editors to rate their topfive favorite books in the September 2003 issue. CategoricalData Analysis was among those chosen. A valuable new edition of a standard reference "A 'must-have' book for anyone expecting to do research and/orapplications in categorical data analysis." –Statistics in Medicine on Categorical Data Analysis,First Edition The use of statistical methods for categorical data hasincreased dramatically, particularly for applications in thebiomedical and social sciences. Responding to new developments inthe field as well as to the needs of a new generation ofprofessionals and students, this new edition of the classicCategorical Data Analysis offers a comprehensiveintroduction to the most important methods for categorical dataanalysis. Designed for statisticians and biostatisticians as well asscientists and graduate students practicing statistics,Categorical Data Analysis, Second Edition summarizes thelatest methods for univariate and correlated multivariatecategorical responses. Readers will find a unified generalizedlinear models approach that connects logistic regression andPoisson and negative binomial regression for discrete data withnormal regression for continuous data. Adding to the value in thenew edition is coverage of: Three new chapters on methods for repeated measurement andother forms of clustered categorical data, including marginalmodels and associated generalized estimating equations (GEE)methods, and mixed models with random effects Stronger emphasis on logistic regression modeling of binaryand multicategory data An appendix showing the use of SAS for conducting nearly allanalyses in the book Prescriptions for how ordinal variables should be treateddifferently than nominal variables Discussion of exact small-sample procedures More than 100 analyses of real data sets to illustrateapplication of the methods, and more than 600 exercises An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to allthe problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorialdepartment.

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0471458767

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The Electric Life of Michael Faraday

By: Alan Hirshfeld

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The Electric Life of Michael Faraday

By: Alan Hirshfeld

Michael Faraday was one of the most gifted and intuitive experimentalists the world has ever seen. Born into poverty in 1791 and trained as a bookbinder, Faraday rose through the ranks of the scientific elite even though, at the time, science was restricted to the wealthy or well-connected. During a career that spanned more than four decades, Faraday laid the groundwork of our technological society-notably, inventing the electric generator and electric motor. He also developed theories about space, force, and light that Einstein called the "greatest alteration . . . in our conception of the structure of reality since the foundation of theoretical physics by Newton." The Electric Life of Michael Faraday dramatizes Faraday's passion for understanding the dynamics of nature. He manned the barricades against superstition and pseudoscience, and pressed for a scientifically literate populace years before science had been deemed worthy of common study. A friend of Charles Dickens and an inspiration to Thomas Edison, the deeply religious Faraday sought no financial gain from his discoveries, content to reveal God's presence through the design of nature. In The Electric Life of Michael Faraday, Alan Hirshfeld presents a portrait of an icon of science, making Faraday's most significant discoveries about electricity and magnetism readily understandable, and presenting his momentous contributions to the modern world.

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080271823X

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Literature, Education, and Romanticism

Reading as Social Practice, 1780-1832

By: Alan Richardson

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Literature, Education, and Romanticism

Reading as Social Practice, 1780-1832

By: Alan Richardson

In this wide-ranging and richly detailed book Alan Richardson addresses many issues in literary and educational history never before examined together. The result is an unprecedented study of how transformations in schooling and literacy in Britain between 1780 and 1832 helped shape the provision of literature as we know it. In chapters focused on such topics as definitions of childhood, educational methods and institutions, children's literature, female education, and publishing ventures aimed at working-class adults, Richardson demonstrates how literary genres, from fairy tales to epic poems, were enlisted in an ambitious program for transforming social relations through reading and education. Themes include literary developments such as the domestic novel, a sanitized and age-stratified literature for children, the invention of 'popular' literature, and the constitution of 'Literature' itself in the modern sense. Romantic texts - by Wordsworth, Shelley, Blake, and Yearsley among others - are reinterpreted in the light of the complex historical and social issues which inform them, and which they in turn critically address.

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0521462762

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Neuromuscular Function and Disorders

By: Alan J. McComas

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Neuromuscular Function and Disorders

By: Alan J. McComas

Neuromuscular Function and Disorders focuses on the various processes underlying disordered neuromuscular function. Topics covered include the nature of membrane defects in myotonia and familial periodic paralysis; the disorder of neuromuscular transmission responsible for myasthenia gravis and the various pseudo-myasthenic syndromes; and the disorders of Schwann cell function which cause demyelination. This book is comprised of 28 chapters divided into two sections and begins with a discussion on the normal anatomy and physiology of peripheral nerve and muscle. Included in the first section are descriptions of the ionic mechanisms responsible for the resting and action potentials of nerve and muscle; the sequential stages in neuromuscular transmission; excitation-contraction coupling; the sliding filament mechanism of myofibrillar shortening; and the morphological and functional properties of motor units. The neurophysiology of exercise and muscle fatigue is also considered, along with the nature of the trophic influences exerted by the motoneuron and muscle fiber upon each other. The second half of the book deals entirely with various diseases of peripheral nerve and muscle, together with diagnostic procedures and therapeutic management. A consistent theme in this section is the recognition of neural abnormalities in diseases hitherto considered as primary disorders of the muscle fiber. This monograph should be of value to neurologists, medical students, research workers, and students and research scientists in physiology, zoology, pharmacology, kinesiology, and physical education.

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Butterworth-Heinemann

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1483163067

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Westland

By: Daryl Alan Bailey,Sherrye Louise Huggins Bailey

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Westland

By: Daryl Alan Bailey,Sherrye Louise Huggins Bailey

In May of 1825, Reverend Marcus Swift traveled along the middle branch of the Rouge River until he found a place he thought was close to heaven. Soon streets, homes, and businesses were established as more pioneers arrived in Nankin Township. In 1963, the J.L. Hudson Company chose Nankin Township as the site of a new shopping mall called Westland. When the mall became a target for annexation, residents joined forces to create their own city. Thus, the city of Westland was born. Through rare photographs drawn from various sources, this book takes readers on a journey through nearly 200 years of local history, from the death of Chief Tonquish to the present day.

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1439631360

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Galvani's Spark

The Story of the Nerve Impulse

By: Alan McComas

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Galvani's Spark

The Story of the Nerve Impulse

By: Alan McComas

Galvani's Spark chronicles the gradual understanding of the nerve impulse which is the basis of all thoughts, sensations and actions. The story begins with Luigi Galvani's chance observation of a spark from a friction machine causing a frog's leg to twitch from across the room. The accurate recording and the understanding of the properties of the nerve fiber membrane that makes the impulse possible became the objectives of neuroscientists for over 200 years. The author, Alan J. McComas finely interweaves the stories, the challenges, and the controversies of the most prominent figures in neuroscience, from the histological descriptions of nerve cells by Cajal to the discovery of a three-dimensional structure of ion channels in cell membranes by MacKinnon. Along the way he details the first recordings of the impulse with a cathode ray oscilloscope by Gasser and Erlanger, Adrian's discovery that stimulus intensity is coded by the frequency of nerve impulses, and Hodgkin and Huxley's brilliant voltage clamp experiments, amongst many others. The recognition by Galvani that muscles and nerves have an electrical component triggered the field of neurophysiology and in turn has produced some of the greatest discoveries in neuroscience. 16 investigators of the nerve impulse went on to win or share Nobel prizes and this book not only emphasizes their work but also traces their brilliant careers. For anyone interested in the nervous system and the history of neuroscience, Galvani's Spark: The Story of the Nerve Impulse is essential reading.

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Oxford University Press

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0199876975

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Inside the Invisible

Memorialising Slavery and Freedom in the Life and Works of Lubaina Himid

By: Celeste-Marie Bernier,Lubaina Himid,Alan Rice,Hannah Durkin

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Inside the Invisible

Memorialising Slavery and Freedom in the Life and Works of Lubaina Himid

By: Celeste-Marie Bernier,Lubaina Himid,Alan Rice,Hannah Durkin

Inside the Invisible investigates the life and works of Turner Prize-winning Black British artist and curator Lubaina Himid (CBE) to provide the first study of her lifelong determination to do justice to the hidden histories and untold stories of Black women, children, and men bought and sold into transatlantic slavery.

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Liverpool Studies in Internati

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1789620856

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Eyes to Spot Lies

What Liars Have to Say

By: Alan Elangovan

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Eyes to Spot Lies

What Liars Have to Say

By: Alan Elangovan

“Eyes to Spot Liars: What LIARS Have to Say” does not fall short of being categorized as a classic. It is a book that is embellished with knowledge, practical illustrations of the subject matter and straight to the point. It hits the nail on the head by aptly painting what deception looks like in all circumstances. People are trapped in the web of regrets because they were never suspicious of deceitful people. This book arms you with the weaponry of deception detection. It digs deep into the inner most part of a criminal’s mind and exposes their dark thoughts. It discusses how lie can be detected by relying on verbal, vocal and non-verbal communications. It is a book that stands out in terms of quality and style in which the subject matter is handled.

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Partridge Publishing Singapore

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1543765955

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9781543765953

Rancho Deluxe

Rustic Dreams and Real Western Living

By: Alan Hess

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Rancho Deluxe

Rustic Dreams and Real Western Living

By: Alan Hess

Architecture critic Hess and photographer Weintraub portray the ranch-style house and the definitive home of the American West. They show a range of styles from around the West over the past 150 years, revealing the evolution from the simple, functional architecture of the 19th century to the opulent, vivid style that is popular today. Beginning with a look at real ranches, they show the country estates of the Western wealthy, the homes of media cowboys, and contemporary suburban examples. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Chronicle Books

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0811824209

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9780811824200

The Lady in the Van and Other Stories

By: Alan Bennett

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The Lady in the Van and Other Stories

By: Alan Bennett

Drawing from his wide-ranging career, a new collection features some of the humorist's work, including the title story, which is the basis for a feature film starring Maggie Smith.

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Macmillan

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1250089727

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Exploring Working Memory

Selected works of Alan Baddeley

By: Alan Baddeley

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Exploring Working Memory

Selected works of Alan Baddeley

By: Alan Baddeley

In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present themselves career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major theoretical and practical contributions. Alan Baddeley has an international reputation as an eminent scholar and pioneer in the field of human memory, and is principally known for the theory of working memory, devised with Graham Hitch. This model continues to be valuable today in recognising the functions of short-term memory. This volume includes a specially written introduction by Alan Baddeley which gives an overview of the start of his career and his entry into the field of Psychology. Throughout the book he also provides introductions to the selection of works included and contextualises them in relation to changes in the field during this time. Exploring Working Memory includes the author’s most influential publications on topics including short-term memory, the distinctions between short and long-term memory, the theory of working memory, the phonological loop, the concept of the central executive, and the episodic buffer. This exceptional selection concludes with an article giving a broad overview of the author’s current views on working memory and its relation to other theories in the field. Through his outstanding work Alan Baddeley has become known as a world-leading expert on human memory. Exploring Working Memory is a unique collection which will be of great interest to both students and researchers interested in human memory from psychology backgrounds.

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Routledge

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1351618520

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9781351618526

Father! Father! Burning Bright

By: Alan Bennett

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Father! Father! Burning Bright

By: Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett's second story. This time, set in the 1970s, in classic Bennett country, Yorkshire. 'On the many occasions Midgley had killed his father, death had always come easily. He died promptly, painlessly and without a struggle. Looking back, Midgley could see that even in these imagined deaths he had failed his father. It was not like him to die like that. Nor did he.' Midgley is determined to deny his father a last occasion to be disappointed in him. He will do the right thing and sit by his father's bed-side in Intensive Care until he dies. But, even when he is unconscious, his father manages to make Midgley's life a misery. This is another classic story by Alan Bennett, with brilliant portraits of social hypocrisy and stifling family relationships.

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Profile Books

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1782831517

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Bones and Bodies

How South African Scientists Studied Race

By: Alan G Morris

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Bones and Bodies

How South African Scientists Studied Race

By: Alan G Morris

Alan G Morris critically examines the history of evolutionary anthropology in South Africa, uncovering the stories and implicit racial biases of physical anthropology scientists and researchers, and how they influenced perceptions of the peoples of southern Africa, both ancient and modern

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NYU Press

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1776147243

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9781776147243

The End of Time

By: Alan W. Staves

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The End of Time

By: Alan W. Staves

The End of Time is the stunning conclusion to the UFO Theory. Operation Time Warp has finally come to an end. Liam Mail is taking a well-deserved break when a stranger turns up, claiming to be his brother. Liam is whisked away on a new adventure, seeking the fabled fountain of youth, which will lead him to the end of time itself.

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AuthorHouse

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1504941829

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9781504941822

Selina, Countess of Huntingdon

By: Alan Harding

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Selina, Countess of Huntingdon

By: Alan Harding

The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion is one of the most interesting phenomena in the history of Non-Conformity and one of the most neglected strands in the history of the Evangelical Revival. The book is based on author's comprehensive and original research of hitherto unknown sources.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1620320967

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9781620320969

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