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Complex Analysis

In the Spirit of Lipman Bers

By: Jane P. Gilman,Irwin Kra,Rubi E. Rodriguez

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Complex Analysis

In the Spirit of Lipman Bers

By: Jane P. Gilman,Irwin Kra,Rubi E. Rodriguez

Organizing the basic material of complex analysis in a unique manner, the authors of this versatile book aim is to present a precise and concise treatment of those parts of complex analysis that should be familiar to every research mathematician.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387747141

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9780387747149

Mathematical Aspects of Subsonic and Transonic Gas Dynamics

By: Lipman Bers

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Mathematical Aspects of Subsonic and Transonic Gas Dynamics

By: Lipman Bers

Concise treatment by prominent mathematician covers differential equations of potential gas flow, mathematical background of subsonic flow theory, behavior of flow at infinity, flows in channels and with free boundary, more. 1958 edition.

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Courier Dover Publications

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048681016X

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9780486810164

Contributions to the Theory of Partial Differential Equations. (AM-33), Volume 33

By: Lipman Bers,Salomon Bochner Trust,Fritz John

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Contributions to the Theory of Partial Differential Equations. (AM-33), Volume 33

By: Lipman Bers,Salomon Bochner Trust,Fritz John

The description for this book, Contributions to the Theory of Partial Differential Equations. (AM-33), Volume 33, will be forthcoming.

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Princeton University Press

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1400882184

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9781400882182

Mathematical Aspects of Subsonic and Transonic Gas Dynamics

By: Lipman Bers

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Mathematical Aspects of Subsonic and Transonic Gas Dynamics

By: Lipman Bers

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Courier Dover Publications

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048681016X

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9780486810164

Hot Groups

Seeding Them, Feeding Them, and Using Them to Ignite Your Organization

By: Jean Lipman-Blumen,Harold J. Leavitt

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Hot Groups

Seeding Them, Feeding Them, and Using Them to Ignite Your Organization

By: Jean Lipman-Blumen,Harold J. Leavitt

A "hot group" is defined by a distinctive state of mind coupled with a style of behavior that is sharply focused on an ultimate goal. This book explores the extraordinary phenomenon of hot groups.

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316

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195126866

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9780195126860

Executive Compensation Best Practices

By: Frederick D. Lipman,Steven E. Hall

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Executive Compensation Best Practices

By: Frederick D. Lipman,Steven E. Hall

Executive Compensation Best Practices demystifies the topic of executive compensation, with a hands-on guide providing comprehensive compensation guidance for all members of the board. Essential reading for board members, CEOs, and senior human resources leaders from companies of every size, this book is the most authoritative reference on executive compensation.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470223790

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9780470223796

In Camps

Vietnamese Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Repatriates

By: Jana K. Lipman

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In Camps

Vietnamese Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Repatriates

By: Jana K. Lipman

After the US war in Vietnam, close to 800,000 Vietnamese left the country by boat, survived, and sought refuge throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific. This is the story of what happened in the camps. In Camps raises key questions that remain all too relevant today: Who is a refugee? Who determines this status? And how does it change over time? From Guam to Malaysia and the Philippines to Hong Kong, In Camps is the first major work on Vietnamese refugee policy to pay close attention to host territories and to explore Vietnamese activism in the camps and the diaspora. This book explains how Vietnamese were transformed from de facto refugees to individual asylum seekers to repatriates. Ambitiously covering people on the ground—local governments, teachers, and corrections officers—as well as powerful players such as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the US government, Jana Lipman shows that the local politics of first asylum sites often drove international refugee policy. Unsettling most accounts of Southeast Asian migration to the US, In Camps instead emphasizes the contingencies inherent in refugee policy and experiences.

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University of California Press

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0520343662

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9780520343665

The Family Business Guide

Everything You Need to Know to Manage Your Business from Legal Planning to Business Strategies

By: F. Lipman

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The Family Business Guide

Everything You Need to Know to Manage Your Business from Legal Planning to Business Strategies

By: F. Lipman

A practical guide to best and worst practices for family businesses - from drawing up incorporation documents to succession planning to selling the business. The book also includes examples from actual court cases and presents these lessons in an accessible manner. Sample legal agreements are included which help to avoid some of the major risks to the family business.

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Springer

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0230111807

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9780230111806

The Ladies' Man

By: Elinor Lipman

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The Ladies' Man

By: Elinor Lipman

From the bestselling author of The Inn at Lake Devine ("Rivals her own best work for its understanding of the way smart, opinionated people stumble toward happiness"--Glamour) and Isabel's Bed ("It's Fannie Farmer for the soul . . . delivered in a delicious style that is both funny and elegant"--USA Today) comes a darkly romantic comedy of manners that confirms Elinor Lipman's appointment to the Jane Austen chair in modern American sensibility. Thirty unmarried years have passed since the barely suitable Harvey Nash failed to show up at a grand Boston hotel for his own engagement party. Today, the near-bride, Adele Dobbin, and her two sisters, Lois and Kathleen, blame Harvey for what unkind relatives call their spinsterhood, and what potential beaus might characterize as a leery, united front. The doorbell rings one cold April night. Harvey Nash, older, filled with regrets (sort of), more charming and arousable than ever, just in from the Coast, where he's reinvented himself as Nash Harvey, jingle composer and chronic bachelor, has returned to the scene of his first romantic crime. Despite the sisters' scars and grudges, despite his platinum tongue and roving eye, this old flame becomes an improbable catalyst for the untried and the long overdue. The refined and level-headed Adele finds herself flirting with her boss--on public television. Entrepreneurial Kathleen is suddenly drinking cappuccino with Lorenz, the handsome doorman at the luxury high-rise where she owns a lingerie boutique. And Lois, the only sister to have embarked on the road to matrimony and, subsequently, divorce, revives her long-cherished notion that Harvey abandoned Adele rather than indulge his preference for another Dobbin. Both comic and compassionate, The Ladies' Man has all of Lipman's trademark wit, wattage, and social mischief--with an extra bite.

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Vintage

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030781422X

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9780307814227

Music and More

Essays, 1975-1991

By: Samuel Lipman

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Music and More

Essays, 1975-1991

By: Samuel Lipman

Dissent, but even Lipman's opponents will concede that he argues with skill and vigor and that he makes a case that needs to be answered.

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Northwestern University Press

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0810110768

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9780810110762

Thinking in Education

By: Matthew Lipman

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Thinking in Education

By: Matthew Lipman

In our increasingly complex world, the teaching of thinking has become imperative. Yet evidence shows that our children are not learning how to think. Matthew Lipman, a leading educational theorist, gets to the heart of our educational problems, in Thinking in Education and makes profound and workable suggestions for solving those problems. Thinking in Education describes procedures that must be put in place if students at all levels of education are to become more thoughtful, more reasonable, and more judicious. It recommends that the classroom be converted into a community of inquiry and that the discipline of philosophy be redesigned so as to provide the concepts and values now missing from the curriculum. These recommendations have now been carried out; the community of inquiry is a recognized pedagogical strategy, and traditional academic philosophy has been transformed into a discipline that offers a model of higher-order thinking and an image of what all education can be. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521012252

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9780521012256

Squanto

A Native Odyssey

By: Andrew Lipman

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Squanto

A Native Odyssey

By: Andrew Lipman

Taken to Europe as a slave, he found his way home and changed the course of American history American schoolchildren have long learned about Squanto, the welcoming Native who made the First Thanksgiving possible, but his story goes deeper than the holiday legend. Born in the Wampanoag-speaking town of Patuxet in the late 1500s, Squanto was kidnapped in 1614 by an English captain, who took him to Spain. From there, Englishmen brought him to London and Newfoundland before sending him home in 1619, when Squanto discovered that most of Patuxet had died in an epidemic. A year later, the Mayflower colonists arrived at his home and renamed it Plymouth. Prize-winning historian Andrew Lipman explores the mysteries that still surround Squanto: How did he escape bondage and return home? Why did he help the English after an Englishman enslaved him? Why did he threaten Plymouth's fragile peace with its neighbors? Was it true that he converted to Christianity on his deathbed? Drawing from a wide range of evidence and newly uncovered sources, Lipman reconstructs Squanto's upbringing, his transatlantic odyssey, his career as an interpreter, his surprising downfall, and his enigmatic death. The result is a fresh look at an epic life that ended right when many Americans think their story begins.

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Yale University Press

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0300238770

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9780300238778

Race, Class, and Power in School Restructuring

By: Pauline Lipman

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Race, Class, and Power in School Restructuring

By: Pauline Lipman

Winner of the 1998 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Titles This book challenges common assumptions about the efficacy of teacher collaboration, empowerment, and professional development to improve the educational experiences of low-achieving African American students without engaging the political and ideological contexts in which reforms take place. Written in a clear, engaging style, the book tells the story of two restructuring junior high schools in a single district, and how teachers' ideologies and race, class, and power contradictions in the schools, school district, and city shaped outcomes. Although the book is a critique of restructuring, powerful portraits of teachers who create culturally responsive and empowering educational experiences demonstrate the potential to reform educational practices and policies for African American students and suggest a direction for transforming schools.

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State University of New York Press

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1438411022

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9781438411026

How to be Well

The Six Keys to a Happy and Healthy Life

By: Frank Lipman

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How to be Well

The Six Keys to a Happy and Healthy Life

By: Frank Lipman

Now available in paperback, the holistic manual for everything you need to know to "be well," from celebrity health guru and NYT bestselling author Dr. Frank Lipman

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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1328904784

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9781328904782

Pain Management for Primary Care Clinicians

By: Arthur G. Lipman

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Pain Management for Primary Care Clinicians

By: Arthur G. Lipman

This resource - created for the primary care clinician - provides a practical, broad-based approach to identifying, assessing, and managing common types of pain that often go under-treated.

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ASHP

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1585281026

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9781585281022

Step Wars

Overcoming the Perils and Making Peace in Adult Stepfamilies

By: Grace Gabe,Jean Lipman-Blumen

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Step Wars

Overcoming the Perils and Making Peace in Adult Stepfamilies

By: Grace Gabe,Jean Lipman-Blumen

A guide for adult stepchildren whose parents are remarrying later in life addresses such topics as inheritance disputes, health-care issues, the impact of later-life marriages on grandchildren, and family celebrations.

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Macmillan

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0312290993

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9780312290993

Corporate Governance Best Practices

Strategies for Public, Private, and Not-for-Profit Organizations

By: Frederick D. Lipman,L.Keith Lipman

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Corporate Governance Best Practices

Strategies for Public, Private, and Not-for-Profit Organizations

By: Frederick D. Lipman,L.Keith Lipman

Praise for Corporate Governance Best Practices "A thorough and thoughtful guidebook on the governance lay of the land." -Professor Charles M. Elson, Woolard Chair in Corporate Governance and Director of Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, University of Delaware "Frederick Lipman provides a comprehensive approach to best corporate governance practices for all organizations, which is current, thoughtful, and practical. Directors and corporate governance personnel of public, private, and not-for-profit organizations must read this book." -Professor Raphael H. Amit, Director of Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Program, Wharton School of Business "Fred Lipman is considered by many directors and CEOs to be the preeminent expert on corporate governance in the country. His advice on this important topic, which impacts the boards of all types of organizations-public, private, and not-for-profit-is required reading in this day and age." -Frederick (Ted) Peters, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation (aka The Bryn Mawr Trust Company) "Boards of directors must be aware of best corporate governance practices in order to be effective in their oversight role and that is true for all not-for-profit organizations, including universities, as well as public and private companies. Frederick Lipman has authored a practical and comprehensive guide to 'best practices' for all boards of directors, which is required reading." -George P. Tsetsekos, PhD, Dean, Bennett S. LeBow College of Business, Drexel University "In a world of 'good,' 'better,' 'best,' where 'good' and 'better' may not be good enough, Fred Lipman's new book is a straightforward, and even comforting, compendium of BEST governance practices for serious directors. It is a handy and reassuring tool for the conscientious." -Allen R. Freedman, Audit Committee Chairman, StoneMor Partners LP,Founding Director, Association of Audit Committee Members

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470056290

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9780470056295

The View from Penthouse B

By: Elinor Lipman

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The View from Penthouse B

By: Elinor Lipman

Two newly-single sisters, one a divorce?, the other a widow, become roommates with a handsome, gay cupcake-baker as they try to return to the dating world of lower Manhattan.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0547576218

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9780547576213

Whistleblowers

Incentives, Disincentives, and Protection Strategies

By: Frederick D. Lipman

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Whistleblowers

Incentives, Disincentives, and Protection Strategies

By: Frederick D. Lipman

Solid guidance for managing whistleblower policies in light of the new Dodd-Frank Act provisions In July 2010, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that greatly expanded whistleblower bounties in connection with violations of federal securities laws, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Discussing business protection strategies and best practices in dealing with whistleblowers, Whistleblowers will appeal to board members, executives, corporate compliance personnel, attorneys for whistleblowers and defense attorneys, as well as potential employee whistleblowers. Case studies of GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and other high profile whistleblower incidences Examines new Dodd-Frank incentives to whistleblowers Recommends best practices for corporations in light of new whistleblowing incentives Explores other federal and state statutory incentives to whistleblowing Timely and comprehensive, Whistleblowers emphasizes the disincentives to whistleblowing, reviewing the academic studies of whistleblowers with the idea of developing best practices in working with whistleblowers.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118094034

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9781118094037

Making Adult Stepfamilies Work

Strategies for the Whole Family When a Parent Marries Later in Life

By: Grace Gabe,Jean Lipman-Blumen

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Making Adult Stepfamilies Work

Strategies for the Whole Family When a Parent Marries Later in Life

By: Grace Gabe,Jean Lipman-Blumen

If you are among the growing number of families in which adults with grown children have remarried later in life, you are probably familiar with the conflicts and complicated emotional dynamics that can result. Parents expect that remarrying will be easier because the children are grown up. But the reality is that these remarriages can cause painful struggles between parents and their adult children. Based on in-depth research by a psychiatrist and a sociologist, Step Wars trains a revealing lens on the sources of these conflicts and teaches the skills required to manage them. Topics include: * Your Children and Mine: Can They Ever Become Ours? * What Will Happen to the "Family Home"? * Who Should Inherit My Property? Managing Financial Conflict Between Generations * Health and Illness: Thank Heaven the Caretaker Is on Duty * The Grandchildren: Pawns or Bridges? Written for both the couple getting married as well as their adult children, Step Wars is a road map for happily surviving remarriage later in life.

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Macmillan

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0312342713

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9780312342715

Fed Up with Frenzy

Slow Parenting in a Fast-Moving World

By: Susan Sachs Lipman

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Fed Up with Frenzy

Slow Parenting in a Fast-Moving World

By: Susan Sachs Lipman

The hectic pace of everyday life can keep your family constantly on the go, but removing some of the frenzy is easy. Learn to hit the pause button on life's distractions, and reconnect with your family.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1402265271

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9781402265273

The New Health Rules

Simple Changes to Achieve Whole-Body Wellness

By: Frank Lipman,Danielle Claro

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The New Health Rules

Simple Changes to Achieve Whole-Body Wellness

By: Frank Lipman,Danielle Claro

New York Times Bestseller Frank Lipman, M.D., is “at the vanguard of a revolutionary way to deliver medical care” (O, The Oprah Magazine). A leading expert in the field of functional medicine, Dr. Lipman focuses on the root causes of illness and guides his patients to the deepest, most lasting sources of wellness. In this book, he and coauthor Danielle Claro make life-changing health advice available to all. Their book offers the cutting-edge secrets to optimal health in a stylish, lushly illustrated format—a spoonful of beauty to help the wellness tips go down. The New Health Rules wades through the often contradictory information that bombards us daily and delivers more than 100 actionable tips that will improve every aspect of our health—body, mind, and soul. Readers will learn simple rules for getting a good night’s sleep, why a daily dose of sunlight is crucial, and which toxic cosmetics and kitchen products should be tossed. Here Lipman and Claro teach us which foods help prevent Alzheimer’s, why sugar is so destructive, and how to bring “good bacteria” into the digestive system—providing an arsenal of easy-to-process tips and guidelines to make us stronger, healthier, and happier.

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Artisan Books

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1579655734

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9781579655730

Philosophy in the Classroom

By: Matthew Lipman,Ann Margaret Sharp,Frederick S. Oscanyan

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Philosophy in the Classroom

By: Matthew Lipman,Ann Margaret Sharp,Frederick S. Oscanyan

This is a textbook for teachers that demonstrates how philosophical thinking can be used in teaching children. It begins with the assumption that what is taught in schools is not (and should not be) subject matter but rather ways of thinking. The main point is that the classroom should be converted into a community of inquiry, and that one can begin doing that with children. Based on the curriculum that Matt Lipman has developed at the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children, which he heads, this book describes the curriculum and explains its use. The text is self-contained, however. This revision is thorough-going and incorporates new chapters, as well as new material in old chapters. Part One focuses on the need of educational change and the importance of philosophical inquiry in developing new approaches. Part Two discusses curriculum and teaching methodology, including teacher behavior conducive to helping children. Part Three deals with developing logic skills and moral judgment. It concludes with a chapter on the sorts of philosophical themes pertinent to ethical inquiry for children: the right and the fair, perfect and right, free will and determinism, change and growth, truth, caring, standards and rules, thinking and thinking for oneself. Education, in this sense, is not a matter of dispensing information; it is the process of assisting in the growth of the whole individual.

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Temple University Press

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1439905630

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9781439905630

New Methods of Financing Your Business in the United States

A Strategic Analysis

By: Frederick D. Lipman

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New Methods of Financing Your Business in the United States

A Strategic Analysis

By: Frederick D. Lipman

United States (US) has one of the deepest pools of potential investors of any country. It has more than 33 million total investors, both accredited and non-accredited. It has been reported that over 9 million US households qualify as accredited investors, with a net worth of over & 1 million (exclusive of primary residence). It has also been reported that, in US, there are over 700,000 "angel investors" who are willing to invest their own money in ranges of $150,000 to $2 million. This book will describe three new methods of raising capital from US investors which have recently been approved. It also analyzes strategies for successfully implementing these finance methods. This book is intended for entrepreneurs (both US and international) who are thinking of growing their business with outside capital from US. It will be of importance for all start-up and middle-market companies who are in need of additional capital to grow their businesses."--Provided by publisher

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World Scientific

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9814632651

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9789814632652

Drugs and Justice

Seeking a Consistent, Coherent, Comprehensive View

By: Margaret P. Battin,Erik Luna,Arthur G. Lipman,Paul M. Gahlinger,Douglas E. Rollins,Jeanette C. Roberts,Troy L. Booher

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Drugs and Justice

Seeking a Consistent, Coherent, Comprehensive View

By: Margaret P. Battin,Erik Luna,Arthur G. Lipman,Paul M. Gahlinger,Douglas E. Rollins,Jeanette C. Roberts,Troy L. Booher

This compact and innovative book tackles one of the central issues in drug policy: the lack of a coherent conceptual structure for thinking about drugs. Drugs generally fall into one of seven categories: prescription, over the counter, alternative medicine, common-use drugs like alcohol, tobacco and caffeine; religious-use, sports enhancement; and of course illegal street drugs like cocaine and marijuana. Our thinking and policies varies wildly from one to the other, with inconsistencies that derive more from cultural and social values than from medical or scientific facts. Penalties exist for steroid use, while herbal remedies or cold medication are legal. Native Americans may legally use peyote, but others may not. Penalties may vary for using different forms of the same drug, such as crack vs. powder cocaine. Herbal remedies are unregulated by the FDA; but medical marijuana is illegal in most states. Battin and her contributors lay a foundation for a wiser drug policy by promoting consistency and coherency in the discussion of drug issues and by encouraging a unique dialogue across disciplines. The contributors are an interdisciplinary group of scholars mostly based at the University of Utah, and include a pharmacologist, a psychiatrist, a toxicologist, a trial court judge, a law professor, an attorney, a diatary specialist, a physician, a health expert on substance abuse, and Battin herself who is a philosopher. They consider questions like the historical development of current policy and the rationales for it; scientific views on how drugs actually cause harm; how to define the key notions of harm and addiction; and ways in which drug policy can be made more consistent. They conclude with an examination of the implications of a consistent policy for various disciplines and society generally. The book is written accessibly with little need for expert knowledge, and will appeal to a diverse audience of philosophers, bioethicists, clinicians, policy makers, law enforcement, legal scholars and practitioners, social workers, and general readers, as well as to students in areas like pharmacy, medicine, law, nursing, sociology, social work, psychology, and bioethics.

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