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Memory

The Key to Consciousness

By: Richard F. Thompson,Stephen A. Madigan

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Memory

The Key to Consciousness

By: Richard F. Thompson,Stephen A. Madigan

Memory is perhaps the most extraordinary phenomenon in the natural world. Every person's brain holds millions of bits of information in long-term storage. This vast memory store includes our extensive vocabulary and knowledge of language; the tremendous and unique variety of facts we've amassed; all the skills we've learned, from walking and talking to musical and athletic performance; many of the emotions we feel; and the continuous sensations, feelings, and understandings of the world we term consciousness. Without memory there can be no mind as we understand it. Focusing on cutting-edge research in behavioral science and neuroscience, Memory is a primer of our current scientific understanding of the mechanics of memory and learning. Over the past two decades, memory research has accelerated and we have seen an explosion of new knowledge about the brain. For example, there now exists a wide-ranging and successful applied science devoted exclusively to the study of memory that has yielded better procedures for eliciting valid recollections in legal settings and improved the diagnosis and treatment of memory disorders. Everyone fascinated by the scope and power of the human brain will find this book unforgettable.

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Princeton University Press

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1400849489

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9781400849482

Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Suffolk County

By: Richard Bayles

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Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Suffolk County

By: Richard Bayles

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

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458

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368828916

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9783368828912

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Cognitive Science

By: Eric Margolis,Richard Samuels,Stephen P. Stich

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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Cognitive Science

By: Eric Margolis,Richard Samuels,Stephen P. Stich

This volume offers an overview of the philosophy of cognitive science that balances breadth and depth, with chapters covering every aspect of the psychology and cognitive anthropology.

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571

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Oxford University Press

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0195309790

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9780195309799

Process-based Strategic Planning

By: Rudolf Grünig,Richard Gaggl

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Process-based Strategic Planning

By: Rudolf Grünig,Richard Gaggl

Developing a company's future strategy is an important and complex task and is the core issue in this book. After a short introduction to strategic planning a heuristic process for determining future strategies is presented. This process is divided into seven steps and for each of these steps detailed recommendations for problem-solving are provided and illustrated through many concrete examples.

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286

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3662094541

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9783662094549

Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome

By: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Carlos A. Picón,Richard Daniel De Puma

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Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome

By: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Carlos A. Picón,Richard Daniel De Puma

A history of the Department of Greek and Roman art -- Floor plan of the galleries of the Department of Greek and Roman art -- Art of the Neolithic and the Aegean bronze age : ca. 6000- B.C. -- Art of geometric and archaic Greece : ca. 1050-480 B.C. -- Art of classical Greece : ca. 480-323 B.C. -- Art of the Hellenistic Age : ca. 323-31 B.C. -- Art of Cyprus : ca. 3900 B.C.-ca. A.D. 100 -- Art of Etruria : ca. 900-100 B.C. -- Art of the Roman Empire : ca. 31 B.C.-A.D. 330 -- Notes on the works of art : Art of the Neolithic and the Aegean bronze age -- Art of geometric and archaic Greece -- Art of classical Greece -- Art of the Hellenistic age -- Art of Cyprus -- Art of Etruria -- Art of the Roman Empire -- Concordance -- Index of works of art

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588392171

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9781588392176

The Brain

A Neuroscience Primer

By: Richard F. Thompson

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The Brain

A Neuroscience Primer

By: Richard F. Thompson

Developed for those with no prior exposure to the field, this primer is an authoritative yet accessible introduction to the brain and its functions. Written by a leading neuroscientist, Thompson provides a basic overview of brain anatomy and physiology from molecules to the mind in a concise, readable format which sparkles with the author's hands on experience with brain research.

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Macmillan

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0716732262

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9780716732266

Cul de Sac: Golden Treasury

A Keepsake Garland of Classics

By: Richard A. Thompson

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Cul de Sac: Golden Treasury

A Keepsake Garland of Classics

By: Richard A. Thompson

The Cul de Sac Golden Treasury is a hilarious and beautiful omnibus of cartoonist Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac comic strips, bringing together strips from the first collection, Cul de Sac, and the 2009 collection, Children at Play. A lighthearted look at the suburban life of precocious preschooler Alice Otterloop, Cul de Sac is noted not only for its humor and intelligence, but also for Thompson's fun, imaginative watercolor artwork. Thompson's work has attracted the praise of highly acclaimed illustrators all over the world, including Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) and Mo Willems (Sheep in the Big City, Knuffle Bunny). The Cul de Sac Golden Treasury will be a valued addition to the libraries of Cul de Sac fans and a fantastic introduction for readers new to this warm, wonderful comic strip.

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Andrews Mcmeel+ORM

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1449442277

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9781449442279

The Complete Cul de Sac Volume Two

By: Richard Thompson

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The Complete Cul de Sac Volume Two

By: Richard Thompson

Cul de Sac began newspaper syndication in September 2007 and ended in September 2012, when creator Richard Thompson retired to focus on treatment for Parkinson's disease. In its too-short time on the comics page, Cul de Sac garnered an avid fan base, a Reuben and a Harvey Award, and remarkable admiration from the cartooning community. In tribute to the strip, all the cartoons that were ever published are gathered here and as a bonus, there are selections of Richard Thompson's pre-syndication Cul de Sac watercolored Sundays. If you haven't discovered Richard Thompson's wonderful Cul de Sac comic strip, you are in for a real treat. Cul de Sac is noted not only for its humor and intelligence, but also for creator Richard Thompson's fun, imaginative watercolor artwork. Thompson's drawings, along with his pitch-perfect timing and gentle humor, made the cartoon an instant classic. Cul de Sac is brought to life through manhole-dancing Alice Otterloop, a curious four-year-old who discovers life's ups and downs in suburbia. Along with her Blisshaven Preschool classmates, Alice charms fans of all ages with her escapades. From crafting projects in a cloud of glitter and glue or just trying to comprehend a completely incomprehensible world, Alice is a creature of pure and indomitable will, an irresistible force. Alice describes her father's car as a "Honda-Tonka Cuisinart" and talks to the class guinea pig, Mr. Danders. Alice is joined by her family: her older brother Petey who is intent on being the King of the Picky Eaters; her dad, who's the Assistant Director of Pamphlets at the U.S. Department of Consumption, Office of Consumer Complaints; and her mom, who is capable of doing a million things simultaneously, about five of them well. This library of cartoons and art will both delight longtime fans and provide a fantastic introduction to new readers. Includes an introduction by Art Spiegelman.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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1449456928

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9781449456924

Toward a Liberalism

By: Richard Flathman

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Toward a Liberalism

By: Richard Flathman

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236

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Cornell University Press

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1501726277

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9781501726279

Death Valley and the Amargosa

A Land of Illusion

By: Richard E. Lingenfelter

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Death Valley and the Amargosa

A Land of Illusion

By: Richard E. Lingenfelter

This is the history of Death Valley, where that bitter stream the Amargosa dies. It embraces the whole basin of the Amargosa from the Panamints to the Spring Mountains, from the Palmettos to the Avawatz. And it spans a century from the earliest recollections and the oldest records to that day in 1933 when much of the valley was finally set aside as a National Monument. This is the story of an illusory land, of the people it attracted and of the dreams and delusions they pursued-the story of the metals in its mountains and the salts in its sinks, of its desiccating heat and its revitalizing springs, and of all the riches of its scenery and lore-the story of Indians and horse thieves, lost argonauts and lost mine hunters, prospectors and promoters, miners and millionaires, stockholders and stock sharps, homesteaders and hermits, writers and tourists. But mostly this is the story of the illusions-the illusions of a shortcut to the gold diggings that lured the forty-niners, of inescapable deadliness that hung in the name they left behind, of lost bonanzas that grew out of the few nuggets they found, of immeasurable riches spread by hopeful prospectors and calculating con men, and of impenetrable mysteries concocted by the likes of Scotty. These and many lesser illusions are the heart of its history.

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Univ of California Press

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0520908880

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9780520908888

Gulf To Rockies

The Heritage of the Fort Worth and Denver–Colorado and Southern Railways, 1861–1898

By: Richard C. Overton

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Gulf To Rockies

The Heritage of the Fort Worth and Denver–Colorado and Southern Railways, 1861–1898

By: Richard C. Overton

Gulf to Rockies is a chapter in the business and economic history of the American West and the story of two of the most colorful railroad builders of the nineteenth century. Throughout the 1860s the mineral treasures of Colorado were virtually inaccessible for lack of railroads. Even after a hectic decade of building in the 1870s, the state faced a new sort of isolation: every railroad crossing her borders was controlled by the Union Pacific or the Santa Fe. As a result, the Rocky Mountain region could not hope to compete with the Midwest for the business of the Atlantic seaboard. To remedy this situation, John Evans, former governor of Colorado, organized in 1881 a railroad to run southward from Denver as the first link in a cheap rail-water route via the Gulf of Mexico to the East. Meanwhile ambitious Fort Worth citizens had incorporated the Fort Worth and Denver City in 1873. Not a rail was laid on either road, however, until General Grenville M. Dodge, famed builder of the Union Pacific and the Texas Pacific, took up the Texas project and joined forces with Evans to create the Gulf-to-Rockies route. It took seven years for these men and their associates to mobilize funds and complete the Fort Worth–Denver line, and another decade to establish the system’s independence and solve its financial problems in the face of drought, depression, and intense competition. Gulf to Rockies was written under special agreements with Northwestern University and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, whereby the university relieved Mr. Overton of a part of his duties in order that he might have time for research and writing and the railroad undertook to bear the cost of the research. The Burlington also permitted him free access to all company records and granted him unrestricted freedom to publish his findings.

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University of Texas Press

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1477306242

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9781477306246

Twice the Citizen

A History of the United States Army Reserve, 1908-1995

By: James T. Currie,Richard B. Crossland

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Twice the Citizen

A History of the United States Army Reserve, 1908-1995

By: James T. Currie,Richard B. Crossland

In this revised and expanded second edition, you will find a comprehensive history of the United States Army Reserve, from its birth on April 23, 1908 with limited mission to a force of almost one million men and women serving and their contributions to the national defense structure of our country. There is a great deal of material relating to the US Army Reserve role in Desert Shield and Desert Storm time-frame. Questions about the "Total Force" and how well it worked during the Gulf Conflict as well as the Army Reserve's size and structure are a few of the author's controversial topics covered within this volume. Select black and white photos interspersed throughout add a visual component to this dense text as well as several appendices to provide additional historical relevance. Related products: Other products relating to the U.S. Army Reserve Command can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/army-reserve-command Warrior Citizen: The official magazine fo the U.S. Army Reserve print subscription is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/warrior-citizen-official-magazine-us-army-reserve Operational Reservations: Considerations for a Total Army Force available here:https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/operational-reservations-considerations-total-army-force

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Department of the Army

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0160946468

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9780160946462

The Amazing Brain

By: Robert Evan Ornstein,Richard F. Thompson

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The Amazing Brain

By: Robert Evan Ornstein,Richard F. Thompson

Visually and intellectually explores the history, evolution, construction, and chemical and electrical operation of the brain.

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230

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0395585724

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9780395585726

Children, Ethics, and Modern Medicine

By: Richard B. Miller

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Children, Ethics, and Modern Medicine

By: Richard B. Miller

Because the discipline of medical ethics has developed with autonomy as its foundation, the field has ignored pediatric ethics. The book is resoundingly successful in its effort to rectify this problem.... [A] pleasure to read." -- Eric D. Kodish, M.D., Director, Rainbow Center for Pediatric Ethics, Case Western Reserve University Using a form of medical ethnography to investigate a variety of pediatric contexts, Richard B. Miller tests the fit of different ethical approaches in various medical settings to arrive at a new paradigm for how best to care for children. Miller contends that the principle of beneficence must take priority over autonomy in the treatment of children. Yet what is best for the child is a decision that doctors cannot make alone. In making and implementing such decisions, Miller argues, doctors must become part of a "therapeutic alliance" with families and the child undergoing medical care to come up with the best solution. Children, Ethics, and Modern Medicine combines strong philosophical argumentation with firsthand knowledge of the issues facing children and families in pediatric care. This book will be an invaluable asset to medical ethicists and practitioners in pediatric care, as well as parents struggling with ethical issues in the care of their children.

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324

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Indiana University Press

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0253109922

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9780253109927

Marketing Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

By: Richard B. How

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Marketing Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

By: Richard B. How

This book has evolved out of experience gained during 15 years of teaching a course on fruit and vegetable marketing to Cornell University undergrad uates. Initially it was difficult to assemble written material that would intro duce the students to the industry and provide examples to illustrate market ing principles. Apart from a few major studies like the U. S. Department of Agriculture's survey of wholesale markets that came out in 1964 or the re port of the National Commission on Food Marketing published in 1966 there was little research to turn to in the early 1970s. Trade association meetings, trade papers, and personal contacts with members of the industry were the major sources of information. It became necessary to collect infor mation from many different sources to fill the need for a descriptive base. Now there are many good research reports and articles being published on various phases of the industry. There still remains a pressing need, however, to consolidate and interpret this information so that it provides an under standing of the total system and its various parts. Fresh fruit and vegetable marketing is different in many respects from the marketing of other agricultural and nonagricultural products. Hundreds of individual commodities comprise the total group. Each product has its own special requirements for growing and handling, with its own quality attributes, merchandising methods, and standards of consumer acceptance.

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365

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461520312

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9781461520313

The Mighty Alice

By: Richard Thompson,Lincoln Pierce

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The Mighty Alice

By: Richard Thompson,Lincoln Pierce

Cul de Sac is a lighthearted comic strip about the suburban life of a precocious preschooler named Alice Otterloop. Richard Thompson's wonderful watercolor and fun, imaginative drawings have garnered the attention of highly acclaimed illustrators all over the world, including Bill Watterson and Mo Willems, who have each written a foreword for his first two collections.

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Andrews Mcmeel+ORM

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144942211X

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9781449422110

Children at Play

A Cul de Sac Collection

By: Richard Thompson

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Children at Play

A Cul de Sac Collection

By: Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson reminds us that being a 40-year-old isn't hard, but being a four-year-old is. His warm, welcoming reminders are wonderfully lighthearted and funny as he brings home Alice's life in a fun, new Cul de Sac collection. Alice and her Blisshaven Preschool classmates charm fans of all ages. Their adventures ring alarmingly true to parents of little ones, too. From doing projects in a whirlwind of crayons and markers to their nonstop chatter to trying to comprehend a completely incomprehensible world, Thompson's characters make Children at Play a must-read. The little boxes crammed together, the shopping malls, and the insane traffic systems set the scene for the storylines and adventures that only suburban life can provide. Thompson's witty dialogue meets comically unique drawings to make Cul de Sac a place worthy of visiting on a daily basis. "I thought the best newspaper comic strips were long gone, and I've never been happier to be wrong. Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac has it all--intelligence, gentle humor, a delightful way with words, and, most surprising of all, wonderful, wonderful drawings." --Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes

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