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Reason in the City of Difference

Pragmatism, Communicative Action and Contemporary Urbanism

By: Gary Bridge

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Reason in the City of Difference

Pragmatism, Communicative Action and Contemporary Urbanism

By: Gary Bridge

This book re-establishes a notion of conscious agency in our understanding of urban life. Using empirical examples and drawing on pragmatist ideas of 'experience' and rationality, this text offers a new, alternative reading of the city.

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Psychology Press

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0415287669

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Essays and Reviews

By: Edgar Allan Poe,Gary Richard Thompson

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Essays and Reviews

By: Edgar Allan Poe,Gary Richard Thompson

Gathers Poe's essays on the theory of poetry, the art of fiction, the role of the critic, leading nineteenth-century writers, and the New York literary world.

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Library of America

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0940450194

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American Hometown Renewal

Policy Tools and Techniques for Small Town Officials

By: Gary Mattson

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American Hometown Renewal

Policy Tools and Techniques for Small Town Officials

By: Gary Mattson

Before the interstates, Main Street America was the small town’s commercial spine and served as the linchpin for community social solidarity. Yet, during the past three decades, a series of economic downturns has left many of the great small cities barely viable. American Hometown Renewal is the first book to combine administrative, budgetary, and economic analysis to examine the economic and fiscal plight currently facing America’s small towns. Featuring a blend of theory, applications, and case studies, it provides a comprehensive, single-source textbook covering the key issues facing small town officials in today’s uncertain economy. Written by a former public manager, university professor, and consultant to numerous small towns in the Heartland, this book demonstrates the ways in which contemporary small towns throughout the nation are facing economic challenges brought about by the financial shocks that began in 2008. Each chapter explores a theme related to small town revival and provides a related tool or technique to enable small town officials to meet the challenges of the 21st Century. Encouraging local small town officials to look at the economic orbit of communities in a similar manner as a town’s budget or a family’s personal wealth, examining its specific competitive advantages in terms of relative assets to those of competing communities, this book provides the reader with step-by-step instructions on how to conduct an asset inventory and apply key asset tools to devise a strategy for overcoming the challenges and constraints imposed upon spatially-fixed communities. American Hometown Renewal is an essential primer for students studying city management, economic community development, and city planning, and will be a trusted handbook for city managers, geographers, city planners, urban or rural sociologists, political scientists, and regional microeconomists.

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Taylor & Francis

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1317509951

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9781317509950

Understanding Business Valuation

A Practical Guide To Valuing Small To Medium Sized Businesses

By: Gary R. Trugman

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Understanding Business Valuation

A Practical Guide To Valuing Small To Medium Sized Businesses

By: Gary R. Trugman

This fifth edition simplifies a technical and complex area of practice with real-world experience and examples. Expert author Gary Trugman's informal, easy-to-read style, covers all the bases in the various valuation approaches, methods, and techniques. Author note boxes throughout the publication draw on Trugman's veteran, practical experience to identify critical points in the content. Suitable for all experience levels, you will find valuable information that will improve and fine-tune your everyday activities.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1945498315

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Psychology and Our Curious World

By: Wind Goodfriend,Gary W. Lewandowski Jr.,Charity Brown Griffin,Thomas Heinzen

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Psychology and Our Curious World

By: Wind Goodfriend,Gary W. Lewandowski Jr.,Charity Brown Griffin,Thomas Heinzen

Your students are curious. Here is a text that shows them how psychology answers the questions they are asking. In this introduction to psychology, Wind Goodfriend, Gary Lewandowski, Charity Brown Griffin, and Tom Heinzen investigate our everyday curiosities through psychological science – approaching the discipline′s core tenets with candor, humor, and wonder. Psychology and Our Curious World invites students to ask questions, think critically, and make evidence-informed decisions to better understand their unique world and that of others. Amplifying the impact of their work, all the authors are donating a portion of their royalties to charities close to their hearts, including: The Trevor Project, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Wounded Warrior Project, and GlassRoots. Watch this video walkthrough and see how it works:

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SAGE Publications

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1544380488

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Sustainable Forestry Management and Wood Production in a Global Economy

By: Robert L Deal,Rachel White,Gary Benson

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Sustainable Forestry Management and Wood Production in a Global Economy

By: Robert L Deal,Rachel White,Gary Benson

A global view of responsible forestry management Sustainable Forestry Management and Wood Production in a Global Economy examines emerging issues and key strategies for sustaining wood production while maintaining other forest resources. Internationally recognized forestry experts explore a broad range of topics on sustainable forestry at t

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CRC Press

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1482282909

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Molecular Physiology and Metabolism of the Nervous System

A Clinical Perspective

By: Gary A. Rosenberg

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Molecular Physiology and Metabolism of the Nervous System

A Clinical Perspective

By: Gary A. Rosenberg

The molecular basis for the physiology of the brain has advanced enormously in the past twenty years with an influx of new information gleaned through technological developments in neuroimaging and molecular discoveries. Molecular Physiology and Metabolism of the Nervous System, authored by Gary A. Rosenberg, an authority on the physiology of brain fluids and metabolism, combines the classic physiology that dates back to the beginning of the nineteenth century with the advances in molecular sciences, providing a strong framework for understanding the diseases that are commonly treated by neurologists. Molecular Physiology and Metabolism of the Nervous System focuses on the current neuropathology and implications of cerebrospinal fluid diseases and diseases of the blood-brain barrier: how the two affect stroke, infection, brain tumors, and increased intracranial pressure. The book discusses the effects of blood flow in stroke and dementia, the disruption of the blood-brain barrier in neuroinflammation, and the dysfunction due to brain edema and increased intracranial pressure. Molecular Physiology and Metabolism of the Nervous System is necessary reading for neurologists, neuroscientists, and residents in neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, giving them a strong grounding in physiology and metabolism that will aid them in diagnosis and treatment.

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Oxford University Press

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0199838224

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ADHD in the Schools, Third Edition

Assessment and Intervention Strategies

By: George J. DuPaul,Gary Stoner

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ADHD in the Schools, Third Edition

Assessment and Intervention Strategies

By: George J. DuPaul,Gary Stoner

This bestselling reference and text, now in its third edition, provides essential guidance for school-based professionals meeting the challenges of ADHD. Presented are the latest research-supported strategies for identifying and assessing students at risk for the disorder and developing a multifaceted intervention and support plan. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect recent developments in theory, research, policy, and practice, including new case studies. New topics include preschool-level intervention and prevention and the use of functional behavioral assessment in treatment planning. Updated guidelines are provided for collaborating effectively with students, parents, and other professionals, including prescribing physicians. Also featured is expanded coverage of issues affecting secondary students. A complete and practical resource, the volume includes several reproducible assessment tools and handouts"--Provided by publisher.

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Guilford Publications

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1462526004

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The Biology of Death

How Dying Shapes Cells, Organisms, and Populations

By: Gary C. Howard

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The Biology of Death

How Dying Shapes Cells, Organisms, and Populations

By: Gary C. Howard

Everyone dies, and so, we naturally associate death with the end of an individual life. However, life is much more complicated, and death is actually interwoven into biology at many levels. Normal development and life could not exist without carefully regulated death of certain cells and as one defense against disease. Other cells wear out and die and must be replaced regularly. On a larger scale, death has influenced the direction of entire species. In fact, death has shaped all life through the cycle of life and death, throughout time, and in normal development. It affects our cells, our development, and our life"--

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Oxford University Press

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019068772X

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Eyecare Business

Marketing and Strategy

By: Gary L. Moss,Peter G. Shaw-McMinn

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Eyecare Business

Marketing and Strategy

By: Gary L. Moss,Peter G. Shaw-McMinn

Eyecare Business: Marketing and Strategy will help you gain a competitive edge in the changing world of eyecare. Covers the basics of marketing, finance, strategy development, management, communication, and technology. Self-assessment exams serve as educational tools. Short teaching cases, clinical examples, and exercises help you adapt theory and concepts to your own practice. Action plans at the end of each chapter help jump-start the development of your own eyecare marketing program.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0750672382

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Teacher Education in Times of Change

By: Gary Beauchamp,Linda Clarke,Moira Hulme,Martin Jephcote,Aileen Kennedy,Geraldine Magennis,Ian Menter,Jean Murray,Trevor Mutton,Teresa O'Doherty,Gillian Peiser

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Teacher Education in Times of Change

By: Gary Beauchamp,Linda Clarke,Moira Hulme,Martin Jephcote,Aileen Kennedy,Geraldine Magennis,Ian Menter,Jean Murray,Trevor Mutton,Teresa O'Doherty,Gillian Peiser

Why is teacher education policy significant - politically, sociologically and educationally? While the importance of practice in teacher education has long been recognised, the significance of policy has only been fully appreciated more recently. Teacher education in times of change offers a critical examination of teacher education policy in the UK and Ireland over the past three decades, since the first intervention of government in the curriculum. Written by a research group from five countries, it makes international comparisons, and covers broader developments in professional learning, to place these key issues and lessons in a wider context.

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Policy Press

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1447318579

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Rethinking Diabetes

What Science Reveals About Diet, Insulin, and Successful Treatments

By: Gary Taubes

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Rethinking Diabetes

What Science Reveals About Diet, Insulin, and Successful Treatments

By: Gary Taubes

An eye-opening investigation into the history of diabetes research and treatment by the award-winning journalist and best-selling author of Why We Get Fat • "[Gary] Taubes’s meticulous, science-based work makes him the Bryan Stevenson of nutrition, an early voice in the wilderness for an unorthodox view that is increasingly becoming accepted."—Niel Barsky, The Guardian Before the discovery of insulin, diabetes was treated almost exclusively through diet, from subsistence on meat, to reliance on fats, to repeated fasting and near-starvation regimens. After two centuries of conflicting medical advice, most authorities today believe that those with diabetes can have the same dietary freedom enjoyed by the rest of us, leaving the job of controlling their disease to insulin therapy and other blood-sugar-lowering medications. Rather than embark on “futile” efforts to restrict sugar or carbohydrate intake, people with diabetes can lead a normal life, complete with the occasional ice-cream cake, side of fries, or soda. These guiding principles, however, have been accompanied by an explosive rise in diabetes over the last fifty years, particularly among underserved populations. And the health of those with diabetes is expected to continue to deteriorate inexorably over time, with ever-increasing financial, physical, and psychological burdens. In Rethinking Diabetes, Gary Taubes explores the history underpinning the treatment of diabetes, types 1 and 2, elucidating how decades-old research that is rife with misconceptions has continued to influence the guidance physicians offer—at the expense of their patients’ long-term well-being. The result of Taubes’s work is a reimagining of diabetes care that argues for a recentering of diet—particularly, fewer carbohydrates and more fat—over a reliance on insulin. Taubes argues critically and passionately that doctors and medical researchers should question the established wisdom that may have enabled the current epidemic of diabetes and obesity, and renew their focus on clinical trials to resolve controversies that are now a century in the making.

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Knopf

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0525520090

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Effective Communication in Multicultural Health Care Settings

By: Gary L. Kreps,Elizabeth N. Kunimoto

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Effective Communication in Multicultural Health Care Settings

By: Gary L. Kreps,Elizabeth N. Kunimoto

This book provides insights into the complexities of multicultural relations in health care and demystifies the many cultural influences on health and health care to achieve its ultimate goal - to help people get the most they can out of health care and facilitate the promotion of public health.

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0803947143

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Embolization Therapy: Principles and Clinical Applications

By: Marcelo Guimaraes,Riccardo Lencioni,Gary Siskin

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Embolization Therapy: Principles and Clinical Applications

By: Marcelo Guimaraes,Riccardo Lencioni,Gary Siskin

Embolization procedures have grown in numbers, diversity and complexity during the last decade. During this time, there have been a number of new embolic agents and techniques developed. This book presents evidence based reviews of all the advances in the field including current devices, basic and advanced techniques, and tips and tricks. Key Features Topics included span the breadth of the embolization work performed by Interventional Radiologists, including neuro applications, trauma applications, and applications in Interventional Oncology among others A comprehensive reference covering all applications of embolotherapy Focal point of the text will be the evidence-based reviews for each topic Tips and tricks section will bring added value to this project providing clinical pearls that can be immediately incorporated into everyday clinical practice

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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149630599X

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The Birth of the Mind

How a Tiny Number of Genes Creates The Complexities of Human Thought

By: Gary Marcus

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The Birth of the Mind

How a Tiny Number of Genes Creates The Complexities of Human Thought

By: Gary Marcus

In The Birth of the Mind , award-winning cognitive scientist Gary Marcus irrevocably alters the nature vs. nurture debate by linking the findings of the Human Genome project to the development of the brain. Startling findings have recently revealed that the genome is much smaller than we once thought, containing no more than 30,000-40,000 genes. Since this discovery, scientists have struggled to understand how such a tiny number of genes could contain the instructions for building the human brain, arguably the most complex device in the known universe. Synthesizing up-to-the-minute biology with his own original findings on child development, Marcus is the first to resolve this apparent contradiction by chronicling exactly how genes create the infinite complexities of the human mind. Along the way, he dispels the common misconceptions people harbor about genes, and explores the stunning implications of this research for the future of genetic engineering. Vibrantly written and completely accessible to the lay reader, The Birth of the Mind will forever change the way we think about our origins and ourselves.

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Basic Books

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0786724633

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Finite Fields: Theory, Applications, and Algorithms

Theory, Applications, and Algorithms

By: Gary L. Mullen,Peter Jau-Shyong Shiue

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Finite Fields: Theory, Applications, and Algorithms

Theory, Applications, and Algorithms

By: Gary L. Mullen,Peter Jau-Shyong Shiue

Because of their applications in so many diverse areas, finite fields continue to play increasingly important roles in various branches of modern mathematics, including number theory, algebra, and algebraic geometry, as well as in computer science, information theory, statistics, and engineering. Computational and algorithmic aspects of finite field problems also continue to grow in importance. This volume contains the refereed proceedings of a conference entitled Finite Fields: Theory, Applications and Algorithms, held in August 1993 at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Among the topics treated are theoretical aspects of finite fields, coding theory, cryptology, combinatorial design theory, and algorithms related to finite fields. Also included is a list of open problems and conjectures. This volume is an excellent reference for applied and research mathematicians as well as specialists and graduate students in information theory, computer science, and electrical engineering.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821851837

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9780821851838

Behavioral Neurology

By: Jonathan H. Pincus,Gary J. Tucker

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Behavioral Neurology

By: Jonathan H. Pincus,Gary J. Tucker

Since the third edition of this book there have been so many important developments in the study of brain/behavior relationships that the current edition represents a very thorough revision. The authors have maintained the structure of the first three editions, which in the past has made this best selling book the most comprehensive and accessible source of information on behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry.

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Taylor & Francis

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0195137817

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The Birth of the Mind

How a Tiny Number of Genes Creates the Complexities of Human Thought

By: Gary Fred Marcus

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The Birth of the Mind

How a Tiny Number of Genes Creates the Complexities of Human Thought

By: Gary Fred Marcus

A psychologist offers a detailed study of the genetic underpinnings of human thought, looking at the small number of genes that contain the instructions for building the vastly complex human brain to determine how these genes work, common misconceptions about genes, and their implications for the future of genetic engineering. 30,000 first printing.

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Basic Civitas Books

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0465044050

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Source book of flavors

By: Gary Reineccius

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Source book of flavors

By: Gary Reineccius

Flavor is unquestionably one of the most extremely secretive one-reluctant to dis close anything that might be of value to a important attributes of the food we eat. competitor. Thus, little information about Man does not eat simply to live but even the activities of the flavor industry itself is more so lives to eat. Take away the pleasure offood and life becomes relatively mundane. available to the public. There now is a substantial body of liter The goal of the original Source Book of ature dealing with food flavor. The "golden Flavors, written by Henry Heath, was to years" of flavor research in the United States bring together in one volume as much of the were the 1960s and 70s. Numerous academic worldwide data and facts and as many flavor and government institutions had strong related subjects (e. g. , food colors) as was flavor programs and money was readily possible. Henry Heath added a wealth of available for flavor research. In the 1980s personal information on how the industry and 90s, research funding has become diffi accomplishes its various activities, which cult to obtain, particularly in an esthetic had never been published in any other liter area such as food flavor. The number of ature. It has been the intent of this author to research groups focusing on food flavor has update and build upon the original work of declined in the United States. Fortunately, Henry Heath.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461578892

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The Hinge

Civil Society, Group Cultures, and the Power of Local Commitments

By: Gary Alan Fine

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The Hinge

Civil Society, Group Cultures, and the Power of Local Commitments

By: Gary Alan Fine

Most of the time, we believe our daily lives to be governed by structures determined from above: laws that dictate our behavior, companies that pay our wages, even climate patterns that determine what we eat or where we live. In contrast, social organization is often a feature of local organization. While those forces may seem beyond individual grasp, we often come together in small communities to change circumstances that would otherwise flatten us. Challenging traditional sociological models of powerful forces, in The Hinge, Gary Alan Fine emphasizes and describes those meso-level collectives, the organizations that bridge our individual interests and the larger structures that shape our lives. Focusing on “tiny publics,” he describes meso-level social collectives as “hinges”: groups that come together to pursue a shared social goal, bridging the individual and the broader society. Understanding these hinges, Fine argues, is crucial to explaining how societies function, creating links between the micro- and macro-orders of society. He draws on historical cases and fieldwork to illustrate how these hinges work and how to describe them. In The Hinge, Fine has given us powerful new theoretical tools for understanding an essential part of our social worlds.

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University of Chicago Press

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022674583X

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9780226745831

Diet, Life Expectancy, and Chronic Disease

Studies of Seventh-Day Adventists and Other Vegetarians

By: Gary E. Fraser

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Diet, Life Expectancy, and Chronic Disease

Studies of Seventh-Day Adventists and Other Vegetarians

By: Gary E. Fraser

This book provides broad coverage of the scientific literature on diet and the risk of cancer and heart disease, as well as diet and life expectancy. Although the focus is on studies of Seventh-day Adventists and other groups with many vegetarian members, the findings have wide application. Dietary research can be difficult to interpret so Fraser evaluates the adequacy of evidence about particular foods and food groups.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195113241

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Bottom Line's Power Aging: The Revolutionary Program to Control the Symptons of Aging Naturally

By: Gary Null

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Bottom Line's Power Aging: The Revolutionary Program to Control the Symptons of Aging Naturally

By: Gary Null

A leader in the field of alternative health presents his program to control the symptoms of aging, discussing the processes and factors that contribute to aging, the hormonal keys to health, and a diet and exercise regimen.

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Stranger Journalism

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0887234453

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The Phantom Pattern Problem

The Mirage of Big Data

By: Gary Smith,Jay Cordes

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The Phantom Pattern Problem

The Mirage of Big Data

By: Gary Smith,Jay Cordes

Patterns in data are often used as evidence, but how can you tell if that evidence is worth believing? The Phantom Pattern Problem helps readers avoid being duped by data, tricked into worthless investing strategies, or scared out of getting vaccinations. Becoming a sceptical consumer of data is important in this age of Big Data.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198864167

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The Life of Mark Twain

The Early Years, 1835-1871

By: Gary Scharnhorst

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The Life of Mark Twain

The Early Years, 1835-1871

By: Gary Scharnhorst

This book begins the first multi-volume biography of Samuel Clemens to appear in over a century. In the succeeding years, Clemens biographers have either tailored their narratives to fit the parameters of a single volume or focused on a particular period or aspect of Clemens’s life, because the whole of that epic life cannot be compressed into a single volume. In The Life of Mark Twain, Gary Scharnhorst has chosen to write a complete biography plotted from beginning to end, from a single point of view, on an expansive canvas. With dozens of Mark Twain biographies available, what is left unsaid? On average, a hundred Clemens letters and a couple of Clemens interviews surface every year. Scharnhorst has located documents relevant to Clemens’s life in Missouri, along the Mississippi River, and in the West, including some which have been presumed lost. Over three volumes, Scharnhorst elucidates the life of arguably the greatest American writer and reveals the alchemy of his gifted imagination.

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University of Missouri Press

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0826274005

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Cancer Chemoprevention

By: Lee Wattenberg,Martin Lipkin,Charles W. Boone,Gary J. Kelloff

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Cancer Chemoprevention

By: Lee Wattenberg,Martin Lipkin,Charles W. Boone,Gary J. Kelloff

The ultimate goal of cancer chemoprevention research and development is the identification of pharmaceutical or dietary constituents that will prevent cancer. Cancer Chemoprevention presents the proceedings of a large workshop on cancer chemoprevention that highlights the latest knowledge in the field, in addition to issues and ideas concerning future directions. Retinoids, sulfur compounds, and a large number of many naturally occurring cancer inhibitors in the diet are discussed, including green tea, garlic constituents, citrus fruit oils, and beans and seeds containing protease inhibitors. Compounds that may prevent the formation of carcinogens in food are covered, and the mechanisms by which chemical or dietary agencts produce cancer inhibitors are discussed.

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CRC Press

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0849347157

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Oswald's Politics

By: W. O'Brien Gary W. O'Brien,Gary O'Brien,Gary W. O'Brien

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Oswald's Politics

By: W. O'Brien Gary W. O'Brien,Gary O'Brien,Gary W. O'Brien

Making sense of Lee Harvey Oswald's politics is not easy and has understandably resulted in quite varied interpretations. In the aftermath of the assassination, the immediate reaction of many who knew him or knew about him was that Oswald could never have shot the president for political reasons. Oswald's Politics traces the political thought and behaviour of the historical Lee Harvey Oswald before the events of November 22, 1963. It presents an alternative explanatory model of Oswald to the psycho-historical one used by the Warren Commission and argues that his ideas and actions resulted more from environmental and intellectual influences than attitudinal factors. It examines the impact the political culture of the American South and events of the Cold War had on his outlook and places Oswald within the political world of the New Left. The book concludes with a discussion as to his possible involvement in the JFK assassination and motives, and provides a compendium of all his known political writings and other key documents. Such analysis is integral to any speculation about his possible guilt or innocence and the most important question of all, which the physical evidence is unlikely ever to answer: why was JFK killed?

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Trafford Publishing

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1426920504

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Handbook of Psychological Assessment

By: Gary Groth-Marnat

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Handbook of Psychological Assessment

By: Gary Groth-Marnat

From Previous Editions: "A commendable volume in which the author condenses information, normally in several locations, into one reading . . . an excellent text for graduate courses on psychological assessment. It . . . familiarizes the student with the entire enterprise of clinical assessment and provides enough of a how-to guide for the student to carry out an assessment practicum." --Contemporary Psychology "For both practitioners and students of psychological assessment, the expanded and updated Handbook provides guidance to the selection, administration, evaluation, and interpretation of the most commonly used psychological tests." --Reference and Research Book News The updated and expanded fourth edition of the highly acclaimed classic text on psychological assessment The Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Fourth Edition presents a step-by-step guide on how to conduct a comprehensive psychological evaluation. It provides a complete review of the most commonly used assessment instruments and the most efficient methods for selecting and administering tests, evaluating data, and integrating results into a coherent, problem-solving report. Updated reviews and interpretive guidelines are included for the most frequently used assessment techniques, including structured and unstructured interviews, Wechlser intelligence scales (WAIS-III/WISC-III), Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2/MMPI-A), Millon Multiaxial Clinical Inventory-III, California Psychological Inventory, Rorschach, Thematic Apperception Test, and frequently used instruments for neuropsychological screening (e.g., Bender Gestalt and Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test). Each test is reviewed according to its history and development, psychometrics, administration, and interpretation of results. In addition, this revised and expanded Fourth Edition includes: * Completely updated research on all assessment techniques * A chapter on the Wechsler Memory Scales (WMS-III) * A new chapter on brief instruments for treatment planning, patient monitoring, and outcome assessment (Beck Depression Inventory-II, State Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Symptom Checklist-90-R) Organized according to the sequence psychologists follow when conducting an assessment, the Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Fourth Edition is a practical, valuable reference for clinical psychologists, therapists, school psychologists, and counselors.

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Deadlock and Disillusionment

American Politics since 1968

By: Gary W. Reichard

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Deadlock and Disillusionment

American Politics since 1968

By: Gary W. Reichard

Deadlock and Disillusionment: American Politics Since 1968 is an insightful consideration of the events people, and policy debates that have shaped and continue to influence, even control, the current political era. Rejects conventional wisdom that the dominant force shaping recent American politics in the last half century has been the "rise of the Right" Considers the achievements and frustrations of each administration, from Nixon to Obama, in its assessment of contemporary U.S. politics Features authorship by an expert scholar in the field who takes a thematic rather than a partisan approach to recent American politics Offers a concise, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date synthesis of the literature in the field and concludes with a comprehensive bibliographical essay, an aid to student research

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1118934377

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Pickerel Lake 3

By: Gary Blackburn

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Pickerel Lake 3

By: Gary Blackburn

Thirteen-year-old Justin Sanders and his best friend Eric are finally putting all the pieces together to solve the mysteries of Justin’s cousin’s murder and the giant Pickerel Lake fish found at his grandparents’ resort in northern Minnesota. But first, they must deal with a bear attack; death threats from Russian agents performing DNA tests on the hijacked giant fish; and a trio of murderers capturing Justin and Eric, leaving the boys to drown in a sinking boat at the middle of Pickerel Lake. Justin recruits the love of his life, Audrey, to assist in the struggle. As they fight off the trio of murderers, friend Gusta’s home is burned down. Justin and Eric discover a secret helicopter enclosure containing information disclosing the location of the Russian agents and their plans to blow up their warehouse with the giant fish trapped inside. Will the boys – with a little help from the FBI – be successful foiling the bad guys’ plot? Pickerel Lake 3: Resolution is the third book in a trilogy.

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Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency

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1949483975

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The Perfect Response

Studies of the Rhetorical Personality

By: Gary C. Woodward

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The Perfect Response

Studies of the Rhetorical Personality

By: Gary C. Woodward

The Perfect Response offers a framework for assessing the nature of fluency, and explaining the personal attributes that account for why some communicators excel more than most in connecting with others.

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Lexington Books

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0739140027

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Back Issues

Periodicals and the Formation of Critical and Cultural Theory in Canada

By: Gary Genosko

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Periodicals and the Formation of Critical and Cultural Theory in Canada

By: Gary Genosko

Using independent critical and cultural theory journals that cross the Canada/US border as key examples, this book shows how to interpret the original practices of periodicals by tracing editorial diasporas and transitions to electronic publishing. Back Issues explains the role of independent theory journals in the institutional formation of critical theory and cultural studies in Canada and the US by focusing on two seminal publications, Paul Piccone’s Telos and Arthur Kroker’s Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory. Editorial transits across the international border figure largely, as do founding conferences, interpersonal flare-ups, and the conviviality of academic communities and pre-gentrified urban bohemias. Both commensurable and incommensurable relationships between journal projects are analysed, and a hitherto unwritten history of critical and cultural theory in Canada is broached.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1786611961

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The Memory Prescription

Dr. Gary Small's 14-Day Plan to Keep Your Brain and Body Young

By: Gary Small

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The Memory Prescription

Dr. Gary Small's 14-Day Plan to Keep Your Brain and Body Young

By: Gary Small

In his bestselling book The Memory Bible, Dr. Gary Small showed us how to improve our memory by changing our diet and lifestyle and by incorporating physical and mental exercise. Now, in response to readers' requests, Dr. Small offers The Memory Prescription -- a simple, effective two-week program to improve memory quickly. Based on years of medical research at one of the country's leading memory loss institutions, Dr. Small focuses on 'the Big 4' : mental activity, healthy brain and body diet, stress reduction, and physical fitness, and he offers a step-by-step regimen that can be customized to each reader's specific needs.

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Hachette Books

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1401399916

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Handbook of Finite Fields

By: Gary L. Mullen,Daniel Panario

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Handbook of Finite Fields

By: Gary L. Mullen,Daniel Panario

Poised to become the leading reference in the field, the Handbook of Finite Fields is exclusively devoted to the theory and applications of finite fields. More than 80 international contributors compile state-of-the-art research in this definitive handbook. Edited by two renowned researchers, the book uses a uniform style and format throughout and

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1439873828

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Aging and Work in the 21st Century

By: Kenneth S. Shultz,Gary A. Adams

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Aging and Work in the 21st Century

By: Kenneth S. Shultz,Gary A. Adams

The aging of baby boomers, along with the predicted decrease of the available labor pool, will place increased scrutiny and emphasis on issues relating to an aging workforce. Furthermore, future economic downturns will place strong pressure on older workers to remain in the workforce, and on retirees to seek employment again. Aging and Work in the

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Psychology Press

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1135598738

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The Walker Brothers

No Regrets - Our Story

By: John Walker & Gary Walker

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The Walker Brothers

No Regrets - Our Story

By: John Walker & Gary Walker

John Maus was the founder member of The Walker Brothers and still tours today. He has a record label, publishing company and operates a recording studio. He lives in California with his wife Cynthia and between them they have three children and three grandchildren.Gary Leeds was born in Glendale, California on 9 March 1942. His only youthful ambition was to be a pilot and fly. His other passion was playing the drums, which led to fame with The Walker Brothers. He has been married for thirty years to Barbara, has a son Michael, and lives in England.

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Kings Road Publishing

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1843589788

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9781843589785

The Changing Geography of International Business

By: Gary Cook,Jennifer Johns

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The Changing Geography of International Business

By: Gary Cook,Jennifer Johns

Presents papers which grapple with some of the most important developments and challenges in International Business, both for the firms who must fashion strategy within a rapidly changing world economic order and researchers who seek to explain the nature of these shifts and how firms respond.

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Springer

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1137277505

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Challenge Accepted

A Finnish Immigrant Response to Industrial America in Michigan's Copper Country

By: Gary Kaunonen

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A Finnish Immigrant Response to Industrial America in Michigan's Copper Country

By: Gary Kaunonen

The copper mines of Michigan's Copper Country, in the Upper Peninsula, were active for 150 years, from 1845 until 1995. Many of the mine workers attempted to unionize, in order to obtain better working conditions, wages, and hours. The Michigan miners were unsuccessful in their struggles with mine owners, which came to a climax in the 1913–14 Copper Country Strike. This nine-month battle between workers represented by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) and the three major mining companies in the region took a particularly nasty turn on Christmas Eve, 1913, at a party for strikers and their families organized by the WFM. As many as 500 people were in the Italian Benevolent Society hall in Calumet, Michigan, when someone reportedly shouted "fire." There was no fire, but it is estimated that 73–79 people, more than 60 of them children, died in the stampede for the exit. Against this dramatic backdrop, Gary Kaunonen tells the story of Finnish immigrants to Copper Country. By examining the written record and material culture of Finnish immigrant proletarians-analyzing buildings, cultural institutions, and publications of the socialist-unionist media—Kaunonen adds a new depth to our understanding of the time and place, the events and a people.

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