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Obama

From Promise to Power

By: David Mendell

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A journalist who has covered the senator and presidential candidate since his campaign for the Senate offers a portrait that features his childhood and youth in Hawaii and his embrace of seemingly ruthless campaign tactics.

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Harper Collins

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006173666X

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The Bridge

The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

By: David Remnick

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The Bridge

The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

By: David Remnick

National Bestseller In this nuanced and complex portrait of Barack Obama, Pulitzer Prize-winner David Remnick offers a thorough, intricate, and riveting account of the unique experiences that shaped our nation’s first African American president. Through extensive on-the-record interviews with friends and teachers, mentors and disparagers, family members and Obama himself, Remnick explores the elite institutions that first exposed Obama to social tensions, and the intellectual currents that contributed to his identity. Using America’s racial history as a backdrop for Obama’s own story, Remnick further reveals how an initially rootless and confused young man built on the experiences of an earlier generation of black leaders to become one of the central figures of our time. Masterfully written and eminently readable, The Bridge is destined to be a lasting and illuminating work for years to come, by a writer with an unparalleled gift for revealing the historical significance of our present moment.

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Vintage

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037570230X

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Indoor Air Quality Issues

By: David L. Hansen

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Indoor Air Quality Issues

By: David L. Hansen

This text examines problems such as microbial contamination, building design, ventilation systems and psychological effects. It uses a multi-disciplined approach in examining the causes and effects of the interactions between occupants and non-industrial environments. The text also provides the reader with a tool for diagnosing IAQ problems and effectively reducing them.

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Routledge

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1351438913

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9781351438919

MicroRNAs

By: David C. Henshall

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MicroRNAs

By: David C. Henshall

Explore microRNA's fascinating story, and uncover the secrets of their discovery, purpose, and real-world applications.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009466429

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Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD)

Clinical Medicine and Molecular Cell Biology

By: David Cooper,Meena Upadhhyaya

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Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD)

Clinical Medicine and Molecular Cell Biology

By: David Cooper,Meena Upadhhyaya

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a genetic disorder involving slowly progressive muscle degeneration in which the muscles of the face, shoulder blades and upper arms are among the most severely affected. It is the third most common inherited muscular dystrophy, affecting 1 in 20,000. The search for the molecular basis of the disease is of interest to all genetic researchers, involving a deletion outside a coding region resulting in over-expression of adjacent genes. This volume summarizes the current understanding of the disorder, including clinical, molecular and therapeutic aspects.

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Garland Science

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0203483677

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The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord

Its Role in Motor Control and Movement Disorders

By: Emmanuel Pierrot-Deseilligny,David Burke

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The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord

Its Role in Motor Control and Movement Disorders

By: Emmanuel Pierrot-Deseilligny,David Burke

Surveys the control of human spinal cord circuits, in normal movement and in disease states.

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0511124163

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The Case Against Barack Obama

The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate

By: David Freddoso

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The Case Against Barack Obama

The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate

By: David Freddoso

The Case Against Barack Obama by National Review's David Freddoso blasts Obama for failing to take on the Chicago machine, for listening to "radical advisors," and for backing "doctrinaire liberal" causes from teachers unions to abortion rights. It does not, however, compare him to Paris Hilton, or dwell at length on his religion or race - making the substance of The Case Against Barack Obama sound unfamiliar amid a campaign cacophony of hyperbolic web ads, alleged race cards, and viral smears.Freddoso says John McCain's campaign and Republicans at large are making the wrong case against the Illinois senator. You don't beat him by comparing him to Paris Hilton, as McCain's latest advertising campaign did; the more important thing is really to look at who he is. Is he really a great reformer? Or just another liberal?

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Simon and Schuster

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1596985771

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International Relations and the Problem of Difference

By: Naeem Inayatullah,David L. Blaney

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International Relations and the Problem of Difference

By: Naeem Inayatullah,David L. Blaney

International Relations and the Problem of Difference has developed out of the sense that IR as a discipline does not assess the quality of cultural interactions that shape, and are shaped by, the changing structures and processes of the international system. In this work, the authors re-imagine IR as a uniquely placed site for the study of differences as organized explicitly around the exploration of the relation of wholes and parts and sameness and difference-and always the one in relation to the other.

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Routledge

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1135940746

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Motor Disorders

By: David S. Younger, MD

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Motor Disorders

By: David S. Younger, MD

This preeminent book in the field of Neurology has been extensively updated and expanded by 70 leading authorities, providing a single, encyclopedic summary the scientific advances and new clinical practices that can be immediately considered for your patients. It brings together nearly the entire spectrum of motor disorders and Neurology into one convenient resource to aid in a comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, distinction, and treatment of various disorders. Additionally, by using the perspectives of different subspecialties, the book also provides a comprehensive yet concise account of any disorder with motor manifestations. This new edition now includes the following content and features: Edited by David S. Younger, MD, a highly respected practitioner and researcher, with scholarly chapters by leaders in the field and more international authors than other texts. Up-to-date articles on highly changing subjects related to Neurogenetics. Chapters on Neurorehabilitation – coverage not usually found in other neurological textbooks. Advances in Alzheimer Disease, Parkinson Disease, Amyotophic Lateral Sclerosis. Both adult and pediatric topics in one book. High quality figures of neuroimaging and neuropathology.

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Rothstein Publishing

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1931332932

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Prodigality, Liberality and Meanness

The Prodigal Son in Graeco-Roman Perspective

By: David Holgate

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Prodigality, Liberality and Meanness

The Prodigal Son in Graeco-Roman Perspective

By: David Holgate

This monograph interprets the parable of the Prodigal Son (Lk. 15.11-32) in the light of Graeco-Roman popular moral philosophy. Luke's special parables are rarely studied in this way, but the results of this study are very fruitful. The unity of the parable is supported, and it is shown to be deeply concerned with a major Lukan theme: the right use of possessions. The whole parable is read in terms of the moral topos 'on covetousness', and shown to be an endorsement of the Graeco-Roman virtue of liberality, modified by the Christian virtue of compassion.

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A&C Black

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An American Story

The Speeches of Barack Obama - A Primer

By: David Olive

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An American Story

The Speeches of Barack Obama - A Primer

By: David Olive

Explores the victories and controversies of Obama's campaign through his mesmerizing speeches.

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ECW Press

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1554903459

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Pharmacology of Pain

By: Pierre Beaulieu,David Lussier,Frank Porreca,Anthony Dickenson

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Pharmacology of Pain

By: Pierre Beaulieu,David Lussier,Frank Porreca,Anthony Dickenson

Pharmacology of Pain provides a complete review of the pharmacology of pain, including mechanisms of drug actions, clinical aspects of drug usage, and new developments. This authoritative book describes the different systems involved in the perception, transmission, and modulation of pain and discusses the available options for pharmacological treatment of pain. Who should buy this book? Pharmacology of Pain is a particularly useful resource for: Basic researchers and clinicians, including physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, and physical therapists Other professionals in the field of pain research and treatment Students and trainees

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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The Moon

Resources, Future Development and Settlement

By: David Schrunk,Burton Sharpe,Bonnie L. Cooper,Madhu Thangavelu

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The Moon

Resources, Future Development and Settlement

By: David Schrunk,Burton Sharpe,Bonnie L. Cooper,Madhu Thangavelu

This extraordinary book details how the Moon could be used as a springboard for Solar System exploration. It presents a realistic plan for placing and servicing telescopes on the Moon, and highlights the use of the Moon as a base for an early warning system from which to combat threats of near-Earth objects. A realistic vision of human development and settlement of the Moon over the next one hundred years is presented, and the author explains how global living standards for the Earth can be enhanced through the use of lunar-based generated solar power. From that beginning, the people of the Earth would evolve into a spacefaring civilisation.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387739823

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Clean

Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy

By: David Sheff

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Clean

Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy

By: David Sheff

The author of the #1 "New York Times"-bestseller "Beautiful Boy" offers a new paradigm for dealing with addiction based on cutting-edge research and stories of his own and other families' struggles with--and triumphs over--drug abuse.

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Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Nerve Disorders

By: Jerry R. Mendell,John T. Kissel,David R. Cornblath

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Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Nerve Disorders

By: Jerry R. Mendell,John T. Kissel,David R. Cornblath

Peripheral neuropathies represent a challenging subject for most physicians. This is an up-to-date, comprehensive, and readable book on peripheral neuropathies that includes concise information on the clinical, electrophysiological, pathological, pathogenic, and treatment aspects of the most important disorders. New molecular and serologic diagnostic tests are discussed. Sections are devoted to nerve and skin biopsy techniques and findings, quantitative sensory and autonomic reflex tests. Case examples are used liberally throughout the text. The editors: Mendell, Kissel, and Cornblath are experienced clinicians that bring complementary knowledge to each of the subjects. Additional authors have been handpicked for specific topics which add to the value of the edition.

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Oxford University Press

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0198030487

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The SAGE Handbook of Quantitative Methodology for the Social Sciences

By: David Kaplan

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The SAGE Handbook of Quantitative Methodology for the Social Sciences

By: David Kaplan

Quantitative methodology is a highly specialized field, and as with any highly specialized field, working through idiosyncratic language can be very difficult made even more so when concepts are conveyed in the language of mathematics and statistics. The Sage Handbook of Quantitative Methodology for the Social Sciences was conceived as a way of introducing applied statisticians, empirical researchers, and graduate students to the broad array of state-of-the-art quantitative methodologies in the social sciences. The contributing authors of the Handbook were asked to write about their areas of expertise in a way that would convey to the reader the utility of their respective methodologies. Relevance to real-world problems in the social sciences is an essential ingredient of each chapter. The Handbook consists of six sections comprising twenty-five chapters, from topics in scaling and measurement, to advances in statistical modelling methodologies, and finally to broad philosophical themes that transcend many of the quantitative methodologies covered in this handbook.

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0761923594

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Basketball

A Biographical Dictionary

By: David L. Porter

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Basketball

A Biographical Dictionary

By: David L. Porter

From its beginnings at the turn of the 20th century to its pervasive presence in 21st-century America, basketball has grown into an undeniably important sport. The 575 entries in this biographical dictionary present concise narratives on the lives and careers on the most important names in basketball history. Entries include both classic players such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bob Cousy as well as more recently established and up-and-coming stars such as Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett, and LeBron James. Entries for coaches such as the Boston Celtics' Red Auerbach and Mike Krzyzewski from Duke University present the figures who have shaped the game from courtside, while the inclusion of female players and coaches such as Lisa Leslie, Diana Taurasi, and Pat Summitt show that basketball is not just a sport for men. From its beginnings at the turn of the 20th century to its pervasive presence in 21st-century America, basketball has grown into an undeniably important sport. The 575 entries in this biographical dictionary present concise narratives on the lives and careers on the most important names in basketball history. Entries include both classic players such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bob Cousy as well as more recently established and up-and-coming stars such as Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett, and LeBron James. Entries for coaches such as the Boston Celtics' Red Auerbach and Mike Krzyzewski from Duke University present the figures who have shaped the game from courtside, while the inclusion of female players and coaches such as Lisa Leslie, Diana Taurasi, and Pat Summitt show that basketball is not just a sport for men. This volume is an ideal reference for students seeking easily accessed information on the greats of the game.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313061971

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Into the Story

A Writer's Journey through Life, Politics, Sports and Loss

By: David Maraniss

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Into the Story

A Writer's Journey through Life, Politics, Sports and Loss

By: David Maraniss

The first collection of the work of Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss, one of the most honored and versatile writers of his generation. The thirty-two "elegant and elegiac" (The Boston Globe) stories here cover a rich array of topics on life, politics, sports, and loss—ranging from seminal moments in modern history to intimate personal reflections, each piece illuminated by the author’s deep reporting and singular sensibility.

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Simon and Schuster

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The Monochord in Ancient Greek Harmonic Science

By: David Creese

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The Monochord in Ancient Greek Harmonic Science

By: David Creese

Traces the history of the monochord from its earliest appearance to Claudius Ptolemy (mid-second century AD).

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Cambridge University Press

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0521843243

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The Basic Practice of Statistics

By: David S. Moore

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The Basic Practice of Statistics

By: David S. Moore

This is a clear and innovative overview of statistics which emphasises major ideas, essential skills and real-life data. The organisation and design has been improved for the fifth edition, coverage of engaging, real-world topics has been increased and content has been updated to appeal to today's trends and research.

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Palgrave Macmillan

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1429224266

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Electromyography and Neuromuscular Disorders E-Book

Clinical-Electrophysiologic-Ultrasound Correlations

By: David C. Preston,Barbara E. Shapiro

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Electromyography and Neuromuscular Disorders E-Book

Clinical-Electrophysiologic-Ultrasound Correlations

By: David C. Preston,Barbara E. Shapiro

Successfully correlate electrodiagnostic findings and neuromuscular ultrasound with key clinical findings with Electromyography and Neuromuscular Disorders, 4th Edition. This popular text is the go-to resource for clinicians at all levels of experience who have an interest in neuromuscular medicine, including those studying for the AANEM board exam. An easy-to-read writing style, abundant case studies, and learning features online help you master the electrodiagnostic evaluation and improve safety and accuracy. - Helps you diagnose neuromuscular disorders more quickly and accurately, and correlate electromyographic and clinical findings. - Explains complex subject matter in an easy-to-understand, user-friendly manner. - Includes dozens of detailed, cross-sectional anatomy drawings to ensure correct EMG needle placement and avoid neurovascular injuries. - Features new chapters on Neuromuscular Ultrasound, as well as incorporating neuromuscular ultrasound in the evaluation of clinical neuromuscular disorders along with electrodiagnostic studies in many of the clinical chapters. - Provides up-to-date information on iatrogenic complications of electrodiagnostic studies and newly defined genetic neuromuscular conditions. - Includes online access to more than 70 videos that allow you to see and hear the EMG waveforms discussed in the text, as well as a convenient "Test Your Knowledge" module.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323758290

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Michelle Obama

An American Story

By: David Colbert

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Michelle Obama

An American Story

By: David Colbert

This YA biography of the former First Lady considers her journey from Chicago to the White House in the larger context of African American history. Michelle Obama grew up on Chicago's South Side, and while the world outside her door was chaotic and ever-changing, her family provided a stable environment in which she could grow and flourish. This biography of the former First Lady shows how a girl from a working class background could rise to become one of the most influential women of her day. More than a chronology of life events, this book looks at Michelle Obama's story within the larger context of African American history: slavery, freedom, the Reconstruction era, the Civil Rights movement, and finally, her own era. History both shaped and challenged Michelle. And ultimately, she not only overcame the obstacles put before her, she went on to carve out her own place in history.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Within, Against, and Beyond Liberalism

A Critique of Liberal IPE and Global Capitalism

By: David Blaney,Naeem Inayatullah

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Within, Against, and Beyond Liberalism

A Critique of Liberal IPE and Global Capitalism

By: David Blaney,Naeem Inayatullah

This book provides a generous immanent description of liberalism, but also works against and looks beyond it. It engages liberalism and its variants in IPE at a moment in time when liberalism and liberal internationalism are experiencing something of a crisis of confidence. Though we are deeply critical of liberalism, especially the variant that dominates in IPE, we picture liberalism as variegated and rife with doubt and tensions that potentially open it to traditions of thinking beyond itself. We also show how these tensions and doubts often prompt attempts at closure in the form of defensive maneuvers, like Eurocentric conceptions of development that justify Western dominance and the condemnation of scholarship that exposes relations of domination and subordination as violating the precepts of unit-level positive science. But recognizing these maneuvers as defensive reactions may help us grasp the moments of greater openness within liberalism that connect to traditions that think against and beyond its central tenets.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538155176

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The Cheating Culture

Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead

By: David Callahan

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The Cheating Culture

Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead

By: David Callahan

A public policy expert reveals how decades of deregulation and increasing inequality have fostered a culture of cheating across America. There have always been people who cut corners, but in The Cheating Culture, David Callahan demonstrates how cheating on every level—from the highly publicized corporate scandals to Little League fraud—has risen dramatically in recent decades. He then asks the simple yet provocative questions: Why all the cheating? Why now? Callahan pins the blame on today’s dog-eat-dog economic climate. An unfettered market and unprecedented economic inequality have corroded our values and threaten the level playing field so central to American democracy itself. Through revealing interviews and extensive data analysis, Callahan takes readers on a revealing tour of cheating in America and offers a powerful argument for why it matters.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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015603557X

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Finite Mixture Models

By: Geoffrey McLachlan,David Peel

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Finite Mixture Models

By: Geoffrey McLachlan,David Peel

An up-to-date, comprehensive account of major issues in finitemixture modeling This volume provides an up-to-date account of the theory andapplications of modeling via finite mixture distributions. With anemphasis on the applications of mixture models in both mainstreamanalysis and other areas such as unsupervised pattern recognition,speech recognition, and medical imaging, the book describes theformulations of the finite mixture approach, details itsmethodology, discusses aspects of its implementation, andillustrates its application in many common statisticalcontexts. Major issues discussed in this book include identifiabilityproblems, actual fitting of finite mixtures through use of the EMalgorithm, properties of the maximum likelihood estimators soobtained, assessment of the number of components to be used in themixture, and the applicability of asymptotic theory in providing abasis for the solutions to some of these problems. The author alsoconsiders how the EM algorithm can be scaled to handle the fittingof mixture models to very large databases, as in data miningapplications. This comprehensive, practical guide: * Provides more than 800 references-40% published since 1995 * Includes an appendix listing available mixture software * Links statistical literature with machine learning and patternrecognition literature * Contains more than 100 helpful graphs, charts, and tables Finite Mixture Models is an important resource for both applied andtheoretical statisticians as well as for researchers in the manyareas in which finite mixture models can be used to analyze data.

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John Wiley & Sons

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047165406X

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The Search for the Sacred: Is Holiness a State of Space, Time or Mind?

By: Rabbi David Paskin

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The Search for the Sacred: Is Holiness a State of Space, Time or Mind?

By: Rabbi David Paskin

Rabbi David Paskin's The Search for the Sacred is an articulate amplification of the Torah's command to be holy, to fully BE. How urgently needed this message in today's increasingly fragile world. How blessed we are to be granted access to this curated collection of wisdom from one of our great teachers! Menachem Creditor Rabbi, Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley, CA Founder, Rabbis Against Gun Violence The search for the sacred has taken people of faith, and those still navigating the waters of belief, far and wide. We have built majestic cathedrals and meditated quietly as we've walked on the sea shores. We have found quiet moments in the hustle and bustle of our busy days and religiously attended communal prayer gatherings. In ""The Search for the Sacred,"" David explores the history of this search and how we can continue to find holiness in our lives today.

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Lulu.com

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148345519X

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Modern New York

The Life and Economics of a City

By: Greg David

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Modern New York

The Life and Economics of a City

By: Greg David

The economic history of New York is filled with high-stakes drama and big figures. In Modern New York, renowned economist and political commentator Greg David tells the story of the metropolis's financial highs and lows since the 1960s. He takes a hard look at how Wall Street came to dominate the economy in the years following the wrenching decade of the Fiscal Crisis and how New York's high finance roller coaster came to affect the entire city and the world. He tackles the major controversies over real estate development, the growth of inequality, the role of immigration and the prospects for diversification. In addition Modern New York profiles the business and political leaders at the forefront of today's economic issues, as well as the average people who benefit from (and are the casualties of) the structure and cycles of this hub's capricious economy. From covert breakfasts with Wall Street heads to profiles of people like the brilliant but complex economic development artist Dan Doctoroff, Modern New York features all sorts of characters with big personalities and big wallets, from Donald Trump to Michael Bloomberg. This book takes readers on a journey to understanding the machinery and people as well as the spirit of New York. With its many great stories and applicability to other metropolises such as London, Singapore, Sydney, or Hong Kong, it will be relevant to readers around the world..

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Macmillan

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0230115101

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Two Presidents Are Better Than One

The Case for a Bipartisan Executive Branch

By: David Orentlicher

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Two Presidents Are Better Than One

The Case for a Bipartisan Executive Branch

By: David Orentlicher

“Many Americans are unsatisfied with politics. Simultaneously, we are hesitant to question the basic soundness of our constitutional system. In this refreshingly provocative book, David Orentlicher explains why it is due time for us to reconsider dominant ideas about the presidency, now arguably our most powerful political institution. Challenging the conventional wisdom that the best executive is necessarily a unitary executive, Orentlicher makes a wonderful case for why ‘two presidents are better than one.’ Sure to be of interest to political scientists, legal scholars, as well as informed citizens justifiably worried about the fate of American democracy, this fascinating book dares to challenge everything you thought you knew about one of our favorite political institutions.” —William E. Scheuerman, Indiana University “Can Orentlicher be serious in calling for a plural executive? The answer is yes, and he presents thoughtful and challenging arguments responding to likely criticisms. Any readers who are other than completely complacent about the current state of American politics will have to admire Orentlicher’s distinctive audacity and to respond themselves to his well-argued points.” —Sanford Levinson, author of Framed: America’s 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance When talking heads and political pundits make their “What’s Wrong with America” lists, two concerns invariably rise to the top: the growing presidential abuse of power and the toxic political atmosphere in Washington. In Two Presidents Are Better Than One, David Orentlicher shows how the “imperial presidency” and partisan conflict are largely the result of a deeper problem—the Constitution’s placement of a single president atop the executive branch. Accordingly, writes Orentlicher, we can fix our broken political system by replacing the one person, one-party presidency with a two-person, two-party executive branch. Orentlicher contends that our founding fathers did not anticipate the extent to which their checks and balances would fail to contain executive power and partisan discord. They also did not foresee how the imperial presidency would aggravate partisan conflict. As the stakes in presidential elections have grown ever higher since the New Deal, battles to capture the White House have greatly exacerbated partisan differences. Had the framers been able to predict the future, Orentlicher argues, they would have been far less enamored with the idea of a single leader at the head of the executive branch and far more receptive to the alternative proposals for a plural executive that they rejected. Like their counterparts in Europe, they might well have created an executive branch in which power is shared among multiple persons from multiple political parties. Analyzing the histories of other countries with a plural executive branch and past examples of bipartisan cooperation within Congress, Orentlicher shows us why and how to implement a two-person, two-party presidency. Ultimately, Two Presidents Are Better Than One demonstrates why we need constitutional reform to rebalance power between the executive and legislative branches and contain partisan conflict in Washington.

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NYU Press

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0814724450

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The American Year-Book and National Register for 1869

Volume I

By: David N. Camp

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The American Year-Book and National Register for 1869

Volume I

By: David N. Camp

Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.

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3846049948

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9783846049945

Lever's Dermatopathology

Histopathology of the Skin

By: David E. Elder,Rosalie Elenitsas,George F. Murphy,Misha Rosenbach,Adam I. Rubin,John T. Seykora,Xiaowei Xu

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Lever's Dermatopathology

Histopathology of the Skin

By: David E. Elder,Rosalie Elenitsas,George F. Murphy,Misha Rosenbach,Adam I. Rubin,John T. Seykora,Xiaowei Xu

Used by generations of physicians who encounter patients with dermatological diseases, Lever’s Dermatopathology: Histopathology of the Skin comprehensively covers skin disease in which histopathology plays an important role in diagnosis. The updated 12th Edition, edited by Drs. David E. Elder, Rosalie Elenitsas, George F. Murphy, Misha Rosenbach, Adam I. Rubin, John T. Seykora, and Xiaowei Xu, maintains the proven, clinicopathologic classification of cutaneous disease while incorporating a “primer” on pattern-algorithm diagnosis. It features larger images throughout, as well as thoroughly revised content with new diseases and new information on pathophysiology and molecular pathogenesis—all in an easy-to-navigate, highly readable format.

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3866

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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ISBN 10

197517450X

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9781975174507

Civil Wars

A History in Ideas

By: David Armitage

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Civil Wars

A History in Ideas

By: David Armitage

A highly original history, tracing civil war, the least understood and most intractable form of organized human aggression, from Ancient Rome through the centuries to present day.

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369

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Yale University Press

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0300149824

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9780300149821

Barack Obama

The Story

By: David Maraniss

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Barack Obama

The Story

By: David Maraniss

The groundbreaking multigenerational biography, a richly textured account of President Obama and the forces that shaped him and sustain him, from Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter, political commentator, and acclaimed biographer David Maraniss. In Barack Obama: The Story, David Maraniss has written a deeply reported generational biography teeming with fresh insights and revealing information, a masterly narrative drawn from hundreds of interviews, including with President Obama in the Oval Office, and a trove of letters, journals, diaries, and other documents. The book unfolds in the small towns of Kansas and the remote villages of western Kenya, following the personal struggles of Obama’s white and black ancestors through the swirl of the twentieth century. It is a roots story on a global scale, a saga of constant movement, frustration and accomplishment, strong women and weak men, hopes lost and deferred, people leaving and being left. Disparate family threads converge in the climactic chapters as Obama reaches adulthood and travels from Honolulu to Los Angeles to New York to Chicago, trying to make sense of his past, establish his own identity, and prepare for his political future. Barack Obama: The Story chronicles as never before the forces that shaped the first black president of the United States and explains why he thinks and acts as he does. Much like the author’s classic study of Bill Clinton, First in His Class, this promises to become a seminal book that will redefine a president.

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773

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Simon and Schuster

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1439167532

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9781439167533

Far Beyond the Moon

A History of Life Support Systems in the Space Age

By: David P. D. Munns,Kärin Nickelsen

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Far Beyond the Moon

A History of Life Support Systems in the Space Age

By: David P. D. Munns,Kärin Nickelsen

From the beginning of the space age, scientists and engineers have worked on systems to help humans survive for the astounding 28,500 days (78 years) needed to reach another planet. They’ve imagined and tried to create a little piece of Earth in a bubble travelling through space, inside of which people could live for decades, centuries, or even millennia. Far Beyond the Moon tells the dramatic story of engineering efforts by astronauts and scientists to create artificial habitats for humans in orbiting space stations, as well as on journeys to Mars and beyond. Along the way, David P. D. Munns and Kärin Nickelsen explore the often unglamorous but very real problem posed by long-term life support: How can we recycle biological wastes to create air, water, and even food in meticulously controlled artificial environments? Together, they draw attention to the unsung participants of the space program—the sanitary engineers, nutritionists, plant physiologists, bacteriologists, and algologists who created and tested artificial environments for space based on chemical technologies of life support—as well as the bioregenerative algae systems developed to reuse waste, water, and nutrients, so that we might cope with a space journey of not just a few days, but months, or more likely, years.

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288

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University of Pittsburgh Press

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0822988003

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9780822988007

Key Concepts in Mental Health

By: David Pilgrim

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Key Concepts in Mental Health

By: David Pilgrim

Now in an updated fifth edition, this book provides readers with overviews of all the key theories, concepts and terminology associated with mental health, summarising them succinctly in a series of easily digestible yet expertly written entries. Structured into four sections, the text starts with entries related to Mental Health and Mental Abnormality, before moving onto Mental Health Services and Society. The new edition offers: 68 concise chapters including new entries on ADHD, Secondary Prevention, Challenges for Practitioners, and The Impact of Social Media on Mental Health. Updates across all chapters to make the content more in-line with contemporary critical debates in mental health, including new terminology and references to modern mental health services. A new contextualising introduction on the sticky subject of mental health terminology. Additional further reading examples and suggestions An essential guide for students of mental health studies, health, nursing, social work, psychology, counselling and psychotherapy.

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413

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SAGE

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152970362X

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9781529703627

Skulls and Keys

The Hidden History of Yale's Secret Societies

By: David Alan Richards

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Skulls and Keys

The Hidden History of Yale's Secret Societies

By: David Alan Richards

The mysterious, highly influential hidden world of Yale’s secret societies is revealed in a definitive and scholarly history. Secret societies have fundamentally shaped America’s cultural and political landscapes. In ways that are expected but never explicit, the bonds made through the most elite of secret societies have won members Pulitzer Prizes, governorships, and even presidencies. At the apex of these institutions stands Yale University and its rumored twenty-six secret societies. Tracing a history that has intrigued and enthralled for centuries, alluring the attention of such luminaries as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Skulls and Keys traces the history of Yale’s societies as they set the foundation for America’s future secret clubs and helped define the modern age of politics. But there is a progressive side to Yale’s secret societies that we rarely hear about, one that, in the cultural tumult of the nineteen-sixties, resulted in the election of people of color, women, and gay men, even in proportions beyond their percentages in the class. It’s a side that is often overlooked in favor of sensational legends of blood oaths and toe-curling conspiracies. Dave Richards, an alum of Yale, sheds some light on the lesser known stories of Yale’s secret societies. He takes us through the history from Phi Beta Kappa in the American Revolution (originally a social and drinking society) through Skull and Bones and its rivals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. While there have been articles and books on some of those societies, there has never been a scholarly history of the system as a whole.

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633

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Simon and Schuster

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1681775816

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9781681775814

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