Harold Levine's Books

Language in the Americas

By: Joseph Harold Greenberg

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This book is concerned primarily with the evidence for the validity of a genetic unit, Amerind, embracing the vast majority of New World languages. The only languages excluded are those belonging to the Na-Dene and Eskimo- Aleut families. It examines the now widely held view that Haida, the most distant language genetically, is not to be included in Na-Dene. It confined itself to Sapir's data, although the evidence could have been buttressed considerably by the use of more recent materials. What survives is a body of evidence superior to that which could be adduced under similar restrictions for the affinity of Albanian, Celtic, and Armenian, all three universally recognized as valid members of the Indo-European family of languages. A considerable number of historical hypotheses emerge from the present and the forthcoming volumes. Of these, the most fundamental bears on the question of the peopling of the Americas. If the results presented in this volume and in the companion volume on Eurasiatic are valid, the classification of the world's languages based on genetic criteria undergoes considerable simplification.

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Stanford University Press

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0804713154

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Living Under the Sword

Psychosocial Aspects of Recurrent and Progressive Life-threatening Illness

By: Harold B. Haley

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Living Under the Sword

Psychosocial Aspects of Recurrent and Progressive Life-threatening Illness

By: Harold B. Haley

An investigative documentary examining the crucial issues of food production and food distribution in the world economy"--Case-slip.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810834871

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Never Again!

The Government Conspiracy in the JFK Assassination

By: Harold Weisberg

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Never Again!

The Government Conspiracy in the JFK Assassination

By: Harold Weisberg

Originally published in 1995, and in the same classic investigative style of Whitewash and Case Open, Harold Weisberg turns his sharp investigative eye towards the events surrounding the autopsy of John F. Kennedy. Inside Never Again! you’ll find: • The specific truths regarding the autopsy of John F. Kennedy—truths that have for thirty years been buried, distorted, or ignored not only by the government but also by the national press • The blatant errors and calculated deceit of the Journal of the American Medical Association in their 1992 reports on the Kennedy autopsy • The path of conspiracy leading from the Navy Hospital in Bethesda through the corridors of the FBI to the Justice Department, into the office of the attorney general and eventually that of the president Weisberg argues this case with exclusive regard for the facts. Facts lead to the book’s startling new illuminations. Facts provide a compelling narrative filled with intrigue and laced with outrage. Facts reveal the failure of America’s institutions to deal effectively with perhaps its most profound national tragedy. In the face of overwhelming facts, Harold Weisberg justly warns us that this must never again happen!

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Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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1628735155

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All Your Base Are Belong to Us

How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture

By: Harold Goldberg

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All Your Base Are Belong to Us

How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture

By: Harold Goldberg

Through the stories of gaming's greatest innovations and most beloved creations, journalist Harold Goldberg captures the creativity, controversy--and passion--behind the videogame's meteoric rise to the top of the pop-culture pantheon. Over the last fifty years, video games have grown from curiosities to fads to trends to one of the world's most popular forms of mass entertainment. But as the gaming industry grows in numerous directions and everyone talks about the advance of the moment, few explore and seek to understand the forces behind this profound evolution. How did we get from Space Invaders to Grand Theft Auto? How exactly did gaming become a $50 billion industry and a dominant pop culture form? What are the stories, the people, the innovations, and the fascinations behind this incredible growth? Through extensive interviews with gaming's greatest innovators, both its icons and those unfairly forgotten by history, All Your Base Are Belong To Us sets out to answer these questions, exposing the creativity, odd theories--and passion--behind the twenty-first century's fastest-growing medium. Go inside the creation of: Grand Theft Auto * World of Warcraft * Bioshock * Kings Quest * Bejeweled * Madden Football * Super Mario Brothers * Myst * Pong * Donkey Kong * Crash Bandicoot * The 7th Guest * Tetris * Shadow Complex * Everquest * The Sims * And many more!

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Crown

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0307463559

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Management of Stroke

A Practical Guide for the Prevention, Evaluation, and Treatment of Stroke

By: Harold P. Adams,Gregory J. Del Zoppo,Rudiger Von Kummer

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Management of Stroke

A Practical Guide for the Prevention, Evaluation, and Treatment of Stroke

By: Harold P. Adams,Gregory J. Del Zoppo,Rudiger Von Kummer

Diagnosis, evaluation, imaging, emergency evaluation and management, management of hemorrhagic stroke, therapies to restore or improve blood flow, neuroprotective therapies, and secondary prevention of stroke are discussed. Algorithms are presented for evaluation of suspected stroke, ordering of tranesophageal or transthoracic echocardiography, assessment prior to treatment with rt-PA, and prevention of stroke.

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Professional Communications

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1932610162

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God's Word for Our World, Vol. 2

By: Deborah L. Ellens,J. Harold Ellens,Isaac Kalimi,Rolf Knierim

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God's Word for Our World, Vol. 2

By: Deborah L. Ellens,J. Harold Ellens,Isaac Kalimi,Rolf Knierim

This two-volume work in biblical studies is a commemorative presentation to Simon John DeVries, noted Old Testament Scholar. Volume two encompasses the worldviews of the Bible for Jews and Christians, the Holiness of God, Psalms in LXX, similarities in ancient Near Eastern narrative and Hebrew Bible, the Bible in the cultural settings of ancient Rome, Middle Ages, Oriental theologies, and contemporary cultural imperatives, and the function of biblical metaphors.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0826432174

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9780826432179

Biological Actions of Sex Hormones

By: Harold Burrows

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Biological Actions of Sex Hormones

By: Harold Burrows

Originally published in 1945, this book presents a detailed study of the nature of sex hormones and the reactions of living tissues towards them, providing a co-ordinated summary of experimental inquiries in the field. A variety of tables and illustrative figures are also included, together with a glossary and a list of references. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of science and endocrinology.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107625505

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Dangerous Art

On Moral Criticisms of Artwork

By: James Harold

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Dangerous Art

On Moral Criticisms of Artwork

By: James Harold

Dangerous Art takes up the problem of judging works of art using moral standards. When we think that a work is racist, or morally dangerous, what do we mean? James Harold approaches the topic from two angles. First, he takes up the moral question on its own. What could it mean to say that a work of art (rather than, say, a human being) is immoral? He then steps back and examines how moral evaluation fits into the larger task of evaluating artworks. If an artwork is immoral, what does that tell us about how to value the artwork? By tackling the issue from both sides, Harold demonstrates how many of the reasons previously given for thinking that works of art are immoral do not stand up to careful scrutiny. While many philosophers of art have simply assumed that artworks can be evaluated morally and proceeded as though such assessments were unproblematic, Harold highlights the complexities and difficulties inherent in such evaluations. He argues that even when works of art are rightly condemned from a moral point of view, the relationship between that moral flaw and their value as artworks is complex. He instead defends a moderate, skeptic version of autonomism between morality and aesthetics. Employing figures and ideas from ancient Greece, classical China, and the Harlem Renaissance, as well as William Styron's novel The Confessions of Nat Turner, he argues that we cannot judge artworks in the same way that we judge people on moral grounds. In this sense, we can judge an artwork to be both wicked and beautiful; nothing requires us to judge an artwork more or less valuable aesthetically just because we judge it to be morally bad or good. Taking up complex issues at the intersection of art and ethics, Dangerous Art will appeal to philosophers and students interested in art, aesthetics, moral philosophy, and philosophy of mind.

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Oxford University Press

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0197519784

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9780197519783

Crossing Over

Teaching Meaning-centered Secondary English Language Arts

By: Harold M. Foster

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Crossing Over

Teaching Meaning-centered Secondary English Language Arts

By: Harold M. Foster

Primary text for secondary English language arts methods courses. Takes a meaning-centered approach to integrated English language arts curriculum and instruction. Includes teaching of film, television, and new technologies.

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1135668590

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Improving Classroom Effectiveness

Strong Psychology for Strong Methods

By: Harold Jones

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Improving Classroom Effectiveness

Strong Psychology for Strong Methods

By: Harold Jones

Effective teaching methods need to be supported by psychology solidly based in cognitive concepts. The theory to guide instruction is cognitive psychology. The concepts in this book lead the teacher to develop a theory of instruction as opposed to operating on intuition. The theory based on psychological concepts allows the teacher develop applications which fit their style. Evidenced based concepts are presented in this book oriented to what teachers do to plan and deliver instruction. To support those ideas the book provides a strong application of intrinsic motivation.

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R&L Education

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1607096021

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Access to Success in the Urban High School

The Middle College Movement

By: Harold S. Wechsler

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Access to Success in the Urban High School

The Middle College Movement

By: Harold S. Wechsler

This fascinating history of one school innovation recounts the painstaking labours of those willing to help at-risk youth succeed in our complex society. Harold Wechsler examines the middle college movement by focusing on a quarter-century of growth at the first Middle College. Started in 1974 at LaGuardia Community College in New York, this successful alternative school has since been widely replicated and adapted throughout the country. Anyone interested in the processes of educational reform will find this captivating story and Wechslers in-depth policy analysis to be essential reading.

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0807740527

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The Healing Power of Faith

How Belief and Prayer Can Help You Triumph Over Disease

By: Harold Koenig,Malcolm McConnell

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The Healing Power of Faith

How Belief and Prayer Can Help You Triumph Over Disease

By: Harold Koenig,Malcolm McConnell

... Trained medical researchers track the influence of religious beliefs and lifestyle on physical and mental health ..."--Jacket.

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Simon and Schuster

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0684852977

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The Battle for Manchuria and the Fate of China

Siping, 1946

By: Harold M. Tanner

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The Battle for Manchuria and the Fate of China

Siping, 1946

By: Harold M. Tanner

“A well-organized and excellently researched work” (H-War) on one of the crucial battles of China’s civil war. In the spring of 1946, Communists and Nationalist Chinese were battled for control of Manchuria and supremacy in the civil war. The Nationalist attack on Siping ended with a Communist withdrawal, but further pursuit was halted by a ceasefire brokered by the American general, George Marshall. Within three years, Mao Zedong’s troops had captured Manchuria and would soon drive Chiang Kai-shek’s forces off the mainland. Did Marshall, as Chiang later claimed, save the Communists and determine China’s fate? Putting the battle into the context of the military and political struggles fought, Harold M. Tanner casts light on all sides of this historic confrontation and shows how the outcome has been, and continues to be, interpreted to suit the needs of competing visions of China’s past and future. “A genuine addition to our knowledge about this battle and the Chinese civil war in general.” —Mark Wilkinson, Virginia Military Institute

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Indiana University Press

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0253007348

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Friendgrief

An Absence Called Presence

By: Harold Ivan Smith

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Friendgrief

An Absence Called Presence

By: Harold Ivan Smith

This book not only examines friendgrief from a theoretical and clinical framework, but also Smith offers fascinating vignettes from the lives of well-known friendgrievers such as Elton John, Diane Sawyer, Ralph Abernathy, C. S. Lewis, Harry Truman, Tommy Lasorda, Jimmy Carter, Fritz Mondale, Bill Clinton, Calvin Trillin, and Alan King. The author includes moving narratives of numerous individuals who have never gained notoriety but have become seasoned friendgrievers.

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1351844237

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The Way I Saw It

By: Harold A Stein M D Msc (Oph) Frcsc

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The Way I Saw It

By: Harold A Stein M D Msc (Oph) Frcsc

My walk through life in words and pictures." HS Dr. Harold Stein grew up in the small border town of Niagara Falls, Canada and went on to become a world authority in ophthalmology. Not all the things he learned along the way came from a text book or lecture as he illustrates in his memoirs. Follow along as he traces his early years, dodging across moving trains to get to school, trading a rifle for bugle in high school and the life changing encounter which inspired him to choose medicine as a career. While ophthalmology is a serious specialty, Dr. Stein never loses sight of his sense of humor, sharing his own faux pas in investments, family life and medicine. His stories are also a journey through history: the pre war years in Canada, of the post-war years at university as Toronto grew to become a world class city. In those years society, culture and technology changes and Dr. Stein gives us a front row seat through the 1950s and 1960s as he pursues his studies at the world famous Mayo Clinic and later Oxford University before starting at a suburban hospital built on a dirt road and surrounded by farms. Join him as he travels the world, sometimes for pleasure, sometimes to give back by using his skills to treat patients in the third world who would otherwise be blind or go blind. It's an adventure of a lifetime with lots of laughs along the way. HAROLD A. STEIN M.D., FRCSC 10 BELLAIR ST SUITE1805 TORONTO ONT.CANADA M5R3T8 EMAIL hastein @earthlink.net OR haroldstein33@gmail.com> ph)416-920-2083 FAX 416-920-4288

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1481721518

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Ha, Ha And Aha

The Role Of Humour In Psychotherapy

By: Harold H. Mosak, PhD.

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Ha, Ha And Aha

The Role Of Humour In Psychotherapy

By: Harold H. Mosak, PhD.

First published in 1987. What distinguishes people from other animals is said to be people's ability to laugh. Much of the literature treats humor as a normal but pathological phenomenon. This volume first describes a theory which not only views humor as nonpathological, but as contributing to the evolution of social interest. It then describes the structure of the joke and proceeds to elaborate the forms and goals humor takes in psychotherapy.

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Conjuring Culture

Biblical Formations of Black America

By: Theophus Harold Smith

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Conjuring Culture

Biblical Formations of Black America

By: Theophus Harold Smith

In "Conjuring Culture", Theophus Smith provides an innovative, interdisciplinary interpretation of the formation of African-American religion and culture. Smith argues for the central role in black spirituality of "conjure"--a magical means of transforming reality. Smith shows that the Bible, the sacred text of Western civilization, has in fact functioned as a magical formulary or sourcebook for African-Americans.

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Human Rights and World Public Order

The Basic Policies of an International Law of Human Dignity

By: Myres S. McDougal,Harold D. Lasswell,Lung-chu Chen

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Human Rights and World Public Order

The Basic Policies of an International Law of Human Dignity

By: Myres S. McDougal,Harold D. Lasswell,Lung-chu Chen

In 1980, Professors McDougal, Lasswell, and Chen published the original edition of Human Rights and World Public Order to present a "comprehensive framework of inquiry" from which to approach international human rights law, and international law, and inadequacies therein in the discourse of that time by combining theme, structure, method, and process. As a classic text of the New Haven School of International Law, this book explores human rights and international law in the broadest sense, taking into account social sciences research while embracing all values secured, or consequently fulfilled, or needed to thus be achieved. The book endured as a lasting contribution that reframed human rights within the New Haven School tradition, and as a magnificent work of scholarship freed from the confines of positivism and the static concerns of any one political or historical period. Co-author Lung-chu Chen spearheaded the re-issuance of this venerable title, complete with a contemporary, fresh Introduction to unveil this work to a new generation of scholars, students, and practitioners of international law and human rights. This Introduction surveys the major developments in human rights since 1980, including many doctrines and concepts that have emerged since. It covers contemporary events to provide today's readers with the opportunity to contextualize the chapters and to apply the book's framework to future endeavors.

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0190882646

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Handbook of Endocrinology, Second Edition

By: George H. Gass,Harold M. Kaplan

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Handbook of Endocrinology, Second Edition

By: George H. Gass,Harold M. Kaplan

Stay on top of the rapid changes sweeping endocrinology today with the latest information on important selected topics in The Handbook of Endocrinology. This extensive two-volume text provides an impressive breadth and depth of coverage difficult to find in other sources. After a broad survey of the functions of major endocrine glands, the book launches into detailed reviews of both established and hot, new research areas. Selected topics include:

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CRC Press

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0849394309

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Ethnicity, Politics, and Public Policy

Case Studies in Canadian Diversity

By: Harold R. Troper

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Ethnicity, Politics, and Public Policy

Case Studies in Canadian Diversity

By: Harold R. Troper

Ten essays on multiculturalism form a comprehensive picture of the problems and prospects of pluralism and mirror the nuanced issues which arise when theories and goals of cultural sensitivity confront real life.

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God's Word for Our World, Vol. 1

By: Deborah L. Ellens,J. Harold Ellens,Isaac Kalimi,Rolf Knierim

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God's Word for Our World, Vol. 1

By: Deborah L. Ellens,J. Harold Ellens,Isaac Kalimi,Rolf Knierim

This two-volume work in biblical studies is a commemorative presentation to Simon John DeVries, noted Old Testament Scholar. Volume one offers a series of essays on issues in Hebrew bible studies. The topics addressed include the nature of Yahweh as God of Israel, a reexamination of the Exodus tradition, the Priestly code and practices, prophets and revelation, biblical poetry, issues in biblical linguistics, dramatic narrative in Hebrew Bible tradition and Yahweh's deliverance as redemption in Israel.

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0826444261

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Handbook of Endocrinology, Second Edition, Volume I

By: George H. Gass,Harold M. Kaplan

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Handbook of Endocrinology, Second Edition, Volume I

By: George H. Gass,Harold M. Kaplan

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1000722856

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Whitewash III

The Photographic Whitewash of the JFK Assassination

By: Harold Weisberg

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Whitewash III

The Photographic Whitewash of the JFK Assassination

By: Harold Weisberg

Influential assassination researcher Harold Weisberg revolves the third installment in his Whitewash series around the photographic evidence available to government officials investigating the death of John F. Kennedy. Given the materials and photographs available to the Warren Commission, Weisberg shows that in numerous cases the government either ignored the evidence it had in front of it or intentionally misrepresented evidence. Using the photographs themselves to show the inadequacies of the government’s research techniques, as well as the impossible conclusions at which the government arrived, Weisberg’s most damning argument is that the government twisted the evidence to make it fit preconceived theories and explanations for the assassination of the president. In the years since its original publication in 1974, the books in Weisberg’s Whitewash series have become classics of assassination literature and have established the author as one of the premier investigators and researchers in his field. Decades later, the shocking revelations painstakingly detailed in his work have lost none of their impact, and the information uncovered beneath the government’s whitewash is crucial to understanding the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

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1628735732

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Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease

By: Harold P. Adams, Jr.,Vladimir C. Hachinski,John W. Norris

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Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease

By: Harold P. Adams, Jr.,Vladimir C. Hachinski,John W. Norris

This book provides a comprehensive clinical review of the diagnosis and treatment of patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease. The book includes chapters on the clinical features of transient ischemic attacks and ischemic stroke, risk factors, and evaluations. Additional chapters discuss causes of stroke including atherosclerosis, cardioembolism, non-atherosclerotic vasculopathies, and pro-thrombotic disorders. The causes of stroke in children and young adults are highlighted. The final section of the book includes chapters on therapies to prevent stroke, acute stroke treatment, general management of the patient with recurrent stroke, and rehabilitation. The volume is heavily referenced with an emphasis on recent publications so that the reader can pursue additional information about a topic. It also includes several tables and algorithms that should aid the clinician treating patients with cerebrovascular disease.

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Contemporary Neurology

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0195132890

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The Qualified Student

A History of Selective College Admission in America

By: Harold S. Wechsler

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The Qualified Student

A History of Selective College Admission in America

By: Harold S. Wechsler

In The Qualified Student Harold S. Wechsler focuses on methods of student selection used by institutions of higher education in the United States. More specifically, he discusses the way that college and university reformers employed those methods to introduce higher education into a broader cross-section of America, by extending access to an increased number of students from nontraditional backgrounds. Implicit in much of this book is an underlying social and ethical question: How legitimate was and is higher education's regulation of social mobility? Public concern over colleges' and universities' practices became inevitable once they became regulators between social classes. The challenging of colleges' admissions policies in the courts augments similar concerns that have been present in legislatures for decades. The volume is divided into three main sections: Prerequisites, Columbia and the Selective Function, and Implications. It focuses mainly on four universities, The University of Michigan, Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and the City University of New York. Wechsler maintains that unlike other universities, these institutions were pacesetters; they did not adopt a new policy simply because some other college had already adopted it. A new introduction brings the book, originally published in 1977, up to date and demonstrates its continuing importance in today's academic world of selective admissions.

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1351475630

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The New Wealth Management

The Financial Advisor's Guide to Managing and Investing Client Assets

By: Harold Evensky,Stephen M. Horan,Thomas R. Robinson

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The New Wealth Management

The Financial Advisor's Guide to Managing and Investing Client Assets

By: Harold Evensky,Stephen M. Horan,Thomas R. Robinson

Mainstay reference guide for wealth management, newly updated for today's investment landscape For over a decade, The New Wealth Management: The Financial Advisor's Guide to Managing and Investing Client Assets has provided financial planners with detailed, step-by-step guidance on developing an optimal asset allocation policy for their clients. And, it did so without resorting to simplistic model portfolios, such as lifecycle models or black box solutions. Today, while The New Wealth Management still provides a thorough background on investment theories, and includes many ready to use client presentations and questionnaires, the guide is newly updated to meet twenty-first century investment challenges. The book Includes expert updates from Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute, in addition to the core text of 1997's first edition endorsed by investment luminaries Charles Schwab and John Bogle Presents an approach that places achieving client objectives ahead of investment vehicles Applicable for self-study or classroom use Now, as in 1997, The New Wealth Management effectively blends investment theory and real world applications. And in today's new investment landscaped, this update to the classic reference is more important than ever.

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1118036913

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When Men Revolt and Why

By: Harold J. Bershady

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When Men Revolt and Why

By: Harold J. Bershady

The environment within which humans interact has changed dramatically since the Industrial Revolution. However, their expectations stem from the same hopes and dreams people have had from the beginning of humankind. When Men Revolt and Why encourages readers to look closer and more deeply into the relationships between humans and the institutions that have originated to help them realize their full potential.The contributors not only examine people, but also the need to change institutions that have outworn their usefulness. When institutions inhibit rather than facilitate everyone's desire to live a full life, the result is likely to be violence. This book offers the ideas of many people who have tried to dig deeper into basic causes of violence. Included in this volume are selections by Aristotle, Tocqueville./Marx and Engels, and Brinton. The ideas they espoused still hold vitality.In his new introduction, James Davies talks about the circumstances under which this book was originally published. In Vietnam, a people were fighting for their autonomy. In the United States, many Americans were protesting against American involvement in the Vietnam War. Blacks were marching for their civil rights. Women were fighting for equality. Time has tempered these conflicts.Davies maintains that we remain ignorant of the elemental forces that impel people and nations to resort to violence. We are usually surprised by their anger and shocked by their violence. Davies asserts that we need to learn more about how humans respond to change so as to prepare ourselves for such responses to change. When Men Revolt and Why is as timely as ever as we deal with uncertainty in various areas of the world - the former Yugoslavia, the Middle East, and Ireland, among others. It is especially pertinent for political scientists, historians, and sociologists.

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1351299263

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Education and the Social Condition (RLE Edu L)

By: Harold Silver

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Education and the Social Condition (RLE Edu L)

By: Harold Silver

This book reviews the educational experience of the 1960s and 1970s and to suggest ways of approaching major contemporary themes such as equality, accountability and standards. The author underlines a nineteenth and twentieth-century sociological tradition in analysing education and covers a range of educational themes including aspects of schooling and higher education, education as social policy, knowledge as power, and teaching and adolescence. He draws on the social history of many of the processes, concepts and debates. Parts of the book derive from research into the history and contemporary forms of these problems in the USA. The volume therefore illuminates important contemporary issues in education and society by using historical, sociological and comparative insights.

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226

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Routledge

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1136461388

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9781136461385

Women in the Organization

By: Harold H. Frank

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Women in the Organization

By: Harold H. Frank

Includes a separate Instructor's Guide.

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328

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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1512802026

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9781512802023

Encountering Religious Pluralism

The Challenge to Christian Faith Mission

By: Harold Netland

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Encountering Religious Pluralism

The Challenge to Christian Faith Mission

By: Harold Netland

Harold Netland traces the emergence of the pluralistic ethos that challenges Christian faith and mission, interacting heavily with philosopher John Hick and providing a framework for developing a comprehensive evangelical theology of religions.

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InterVarsity Press

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083081552X

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9780830815524

Palliative Care

The 400-Year Quest for a Good Death

By: Harold Y. Vanderpool

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Palliative Care

The 400-Year Quest for a Good Death

By: Harold Y. Vanderpool

The long history of medical care for the dying has largely been neglected. It began in 1605 when physicians were challenged to enable persons to die peacefully. Today it includes palliation of oppressive symptoms, emotional and psychological care, and respect for the wishes and cultural backgrounds of patients and families. Especially since the 1990s, it embraces symptom-easing palliation for patients with severe life-limiting and chronic illnesses. Providing a detailed picture of contemporary palliative care, this book chronicles four centuries of the quest for a good death, covering the fight against futile end-of-life treatments, the history of life-extending treatments and technologies, the roles of nurses, the liberation of the dying from isolation in hospitals and hard-won victories to secure patients' right to choose.

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