Robert Lieberman, the bestselling author of Baby, as well as six other novels, has been called a "talented storyteller" by Kirkus Reviews. Now, Robert joins Sourcebooks Landmark with his stunning new novel, The Last Boy. A spiritual thriller, this utterly compelling novel tells the story of Danny Driscoll, a huggable, enchanting five-year-old boy who one day disappears from his nursery school in Ithaca, New York. Molly, his distraught single mother, begins the feverish search for her missing son. She is aided by Lou Tripoli, a divorced, street-wise cop, with whom she begins to fall in love. As the search stretches on for months, and hope begins to fade, a miracle occurs as little Danny Driscoll comes marching down the streets of his hometown. However, he comes back changed, mature and wise in a way that seems almost impossible for his young age. As Molly and Tripoli search for answers, the townspeople begin to notice a change in Danny, and soon discover that he returns with a message—one that offers a new hope for all of mankind.
Shaping Race Policy investigates one of the most serious policy challenges facing the United States today: the stubborn persistence of racial inequality in the post-civil rights era. Unlike other books on the topic, it is comparative, examining American developments alongside parallel histories of race policy in Great Britain and France. Focusing on on two key policy areas, welfare and employment, the book asks why America has had such uneven success at incorporating African Americans and other minorities into the full benefits of citizenship. Robert Lieberman explores the historical roots of racial incorporation in these policy areas over the course of the twentieth century and explains both the relative success of antidiscrimination policy and the failure of the American welfare state to address racial inequality. He chronicles the rise and resilience of affirmative action, including commentary on the recent University of Michigan affirmative action cases decided by the Supreme Court. He also shows how nominally color-blind policies can have racially biased effects, and challenges the common wisdom that color-blind policies are morally and politically superior and that race-conscious policies are merely second best. Shaping Race Policy has two innovative features that distinguish it from other works in the area. First, it is comparative, examining American developments alongside parallel histories of race policy in Great Britain and France. Second, its argument merges ideas and institutions, which are usually considered separate and competing factors, into a comprehensive and integrated explanatory approach. The book highlights the importance of two factors--America's distinctive political institutions and the characteristic American tension between race consciousness and color blindness--in accounting for the curious pattern of success and failure in American race policy.
An urgent, historically-grounded take on the four major factors that undermine American democracy, and what we can do to address them. While many Americans despair of the current state of U.S. politics, most assume that our system of government and democracy itself are invulnerable to decay. Yet when we examine the past, we find that the United States has undergone repeated crises of democracy, from the earliest days of the republic to the present. In Four Threats, Suzanne Mettler and Robert C. Lieberman explore five moments in history when democracy in the U.S. was under siege: the 1790s, the Civil War, the Gilded Age, the Depression, and Watergate. These episodes risked profound—even fatal—damage to the American democratic experiment. From this history, four distinct characteristics of disruption emerge. Political polarization, racism and nativism, economic inequality, and excessive executive power—alone or in combination—have threatened the survival of the republic, but it has survived—so far. What is unique, and alarming, about the present moment in American politics is that all four conditions exist. This convergence marks the contemporary era as a grave moment for democracy. But history provides a valuable repository from which we can draw lessons about how democracy was eventually strengthened—or weakened—in the past. By revisiting how earlier generations of Americans faced threats to the principles enshrined in the Constitution, we can see the promise and the peril that have led us to today and chart a path toward repairing our civic fabric and renewing democracy.
This text is the first book explicitly designed for the one-term, principles-level course covering both micro and macroeconomics, and can also be used for two-term or full-year courses where a very concise, focused treatment is desired. This is NOT a cursory "survey" text; rather, it carefully selects and fully explains all of the core topics essential to the principles course with a rigorous and analytical treatment of all introductory economic concepts. It presents economics as a unified subject in which the macroeconomics chapters build on, and flow from, the key microeconomic principles established in the first half of the book.
Because issues of policy and real applications are important to the principles of macroeconomics course, Hall and Lieberman have made their comprehensive, cutting edge text as current as today's headlines. MACROECONOMICS: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS, 3e, 2006 Update gives students a real-world, up-to-the-minute overview that presents economics as a unified discipline. Taking a no-nonsense approach to economic theory and application, this 2006 Update is very accessible, equipping readers with a solid foundation in economics that they can build upon wherever their career paths may lead. The authors' modern approach to theory is captivating and appeals to a broad range of teaching styles and philosophies. This proven author team focuses on core theoretical ideas and presents a systematic application of theoretical tools to real-world domestic and global issues, teaching students how to use analytical processes to develop and sharpen their own economic analysis skills. In addition, the book's innovative Aplia homework management solution provides the most integrated text and homework management system available.
Discover how today's macroeconomic policy issues, decisions, and applications impact you every day with the practical, accessible presentation in PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF MACROECONOMICS, 6E, International Edition. Written by acclaimed economists Hall and Lieberman, this straightforward contemporary text offers a presentation as current as the latest headlines. Fresh new cutting-edge examples throughout this edition as well as updated mini-cases clearly illustrate core macroeconomic principles and applications in action. This edition's streamlined chapters focus on today's most important macroeconomic theories and events. The latest thinking from leading economists helps equip readers with a solid foundation in macroeconomics necessary for success, no matter what the career.
This is a no-nonsense principles book that emphasizes economic theory and applications. The book is a study tool for students and the pedagogical approach and in-text features were chosen to reinforce that theme. It provides students with a picture of economics as a unified discipline, a set of interrelated tools and ideas that can be used to look at the world in a different way, and the less-is-more approach has been carefully crafted in both content and supporting pedagogy to keep students focused on learning and applying the central ideas used in economic analysis. It teaches students how to use analytical processes in developing their own economic analysis skills. Hall/Lieberman's careful focus on core theoretical ideas, as well as their systematic application of theoretical tools to timely real-world questions, conveys the message that economics is an integrated, powerful body of knowledge that can be used to address domestic and global issues.
Discover how today's microeconomic policy issues, decisions, and applications impact you every day with the practical, accessible presentation in PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF MICROECONOMICS, 6E, International Edition. Written by acclaimed economists Lieberman and Hall, this straightforward contemporary text offers a presentation as current as the latest headlines. Fresh new cutting-edge examples throughout this edition as well as updated mini-cases clearly illustrate core microeconomic theory and applications in action. This edition's streamlined chapters focus on today's most important microeconomic theories and events. The latest thinking from leading economists helps equip readers with a solid foundation in microeconomics necessary for success, no matter what the career.
Joseph Lieberman's Vice Presidential nomination and Presidential candidacy are neither the first nor last words on signal Jewish achievements in American politics. Jews have played an important role in American government since the early 1800s at least, and in view of the 2004 election, there is no political office outside the reach of Jewish American citizens. For the first time, Jews in American Politics: Essays brings together a complete picture of the past, present, and future of Jewish political participation. Perfect for students and scholars alike, this monumental work includes thoughtful and original chapters by leading journalists, scholars, and practitioners. Topics range from Jewish leadership and identity; to Jews in Congress, on the Supreme Court, and in presidential administrations; and on to Jewish influence in the media, the lobbies, and in other arenas in which American government operates powerfully, if informally. In addition to the thematically unified essays, Jews in American Politics: Essays concludes with an invaluable roster of Jews in key governmental positions from Ambassadorships and Cabinet posts to federal judges, state governors, and mayors of major cities. Both analytical and anecdotal, the essays in Jews in American Politics offer deep insight into serious questions about the dilemmas that Jews in public service face, as well as humorous sidelights and authoritative reference materials never before collected in one source. The story of the rich tradition of Jewish participation in American political life provides an indispensable resource for any serious follower of American politics, especially in election year 2004.
Policy and real applications are very important to the Principles of Microeconomics course and knowing this, Hall and Lieberman have made their comprehensive, cutting edge text as current as today's headlines. MICROECONOMICS: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS, 3e, 2006 Update gives students a real-world, up-to-the-minute overview that presents economics as a unified discipline. Taking a no-nonsense approach to economic theory and application, the Update is very accessible, equipping readers with a solid foundation in economics that they can build upon wherever their career paths may lead. The authors' modern approach to theory is captivating and appeals to a broad range of teaching styles and philosophies. This proven author team focuses on core theoretical ideas and presents a systematic application of theoretical tools to real-world domestic and global issues, teaching students how to use analytical processes to develop and sharpen their own economic analysis skills. In addition, the book's innovative Aplia homework management solution provides the most integrated text and homework management system available.
Nearly a half century after the civil rights movement, racial inequality remains a defining feature of American life. Along a wide range of social and economic dimensions, African Americans consistently lag behind whites. This troubling divide has persisted even as many of the obvious barriers to equality, such as state-sanctioned segregation and overt racial hostility, have markedly declined. How then can we explain the stubborn persistence of racial inequality? In Beyond Discrimination: Racial Inequality in a Post-Racist Era, a diverse group of scholars provides a more precise understanding of when and how racial inequality can occur without its most common antecedents, prejudice and discrimination. Beyond Discrimination focuses on the often hidden political, economic and historical mechanisms that now sustain the black-white divide in America. The first set of chapters examines the historical legacies that have shaped contemporary race relations. Desmond King reviews the civil rights movement to pinpoint why racial inequality became an especially salient issue in American politics. He argues that while the civil rights protests led the federal government to enforce certain political rights, such as the right to vote, addressing racial inequities in housing, education, and income never became a national priority. The volume then considers the impact of racial attitudes in American society and institutions. Phillip Goff outlines promising new collaborations between police departments and social scientists that will improve the measurement of racial bias in policing. The book finally focuses on the structural processes that perpetuate racial inequality. Devin Fergus discusses an obscure set of tax and insurance policies that, without being overtly racially drawn, penalizes residents of minority neighborhoods and imposes an economic handicap on poor blacks and Latinos. Naa Oyo Kwate shows how apparently neutral and apolitical market forces concentrate fast food and alcohol advertising in minority urban neighborhoods to the detriment of the health of the community. As it addresses the most pressing arenas of racial inequality, from education and employment to criminal justice and health, Beyond Discrimination exposes the unequal consequences of the ordinary workings of American society. It offers promising pathways for future research on the growing complexity of race relations in the United States.
Discover how real-world policy issues, decisions, and applications impact you every day with the practical insights and accessible explanations in Lieberman/Hall's PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF ECONOMICS, 6E, International Edition. Filled with economic data and trends as current as the most recent headlines, this book uses cutting-edge examples to illustrate core economic theory and application in action. Comprehensive, yet easy-to-understand, this book equips readers with the solid economic foundation needed for success in any career.Streamlined chapters focus on today's most important economic theories and events as well as the latest in economic thinking, all while demonstrating how economics is an integrated, powerful body of knowledge able to address complex domestic and global issues.
Written by Geoffrey A. Jehle of Vassar College, this study tool provides numerous exercises and self-tests for problem-solving practice. A valuable resource for helping students strengthen their knowledge of economics, it also includes a sample multiple-choice final exam with answers and explanations.
Lieberman takes readers on a hilarious, non-stop ride as they follow the mad travails of Neil Nudelman, down-and-out in Goobersville, New York. Desperate to support his wife and two children, Nudelman tries his hand at countless jobs, palming himself off as a carpenter, ghost writer for a wealthy businessman, and even attempts selling himself to the Chinese. At war with his bizarre neighbors the Szorsky's, Nudelman contemplates justifiable homicide.--from Goodreads
Judaism, the oldest of the Abrahamic religions, is one of the pillars of modern civilization. A collective of internationally renowned experts cooperated in a singular academic enterprise to portray Judaism from its transformation as a Temple cult to its broad contemporary varieties. In three volumes the long-running book series "Die Religionen der Menschheit" (Religions of Humanity) presents for the first time a complete and compelling view on Jewish life now and then - a fascinating portrait of the Jewish people with its ability to adapt itself to most different cultural settings, always maintaining its strong and unique identity. Volume I provides a global view on Jewish history from antiquity, the middle ages, to contemporary history.
Dr. Liberman's visionary combination of humanism and empiricism offers a beacon of hope to clinicians, patients with serious disorders, and their families. Written as a clinical manual with minimal jargon, this practical book is brimming with clear advice and ideas for effective services.
Acclaimed economists Hall and Lieberman have made the latest edition of ECONOMICS: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS as current as the headlines. Since real-world policy issues, decisions, and applications impact all of us on an everyday basis, Hall and Lieberman use these true, cutting-edge examples to illustrate core economic theory and application. Straightforward and easy-to-understand, this comprehensive text equips readers with a solid foundation in economics that they can build upon wherever their career paths may lead. Hall and Lieberman's careful focus on important economic theories and applications, and how they relate to practical questions, effectively conveys the message that economics is an integrated, powerful body of knowledge that can address complex domestic and global issues. A wealth of interactive online exercises, graphing applications, and research resources give students hands-on experience in understanding current economic issues.Bridge chapter on economic fluctuations gives students a great introduction to the concepts of long run growth and short run fluctuations and the relationships between these two ideas. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
Acclaimed economists Lieberman and Hall have made the latest edition of PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS ECONOMICS, 5e, International Edition as current as the headlines. Since real-world policy issues, decisions, and applications impact all of us on an everyday basis, Lieberman and Hall use these true, cutting-edge examples to illustrate core economic theory and application. Straightforward and easy-to-understand, this comprehensive text equips readers with a solid foundation in economics that they can build upon wherever their career paths may lead. Lieberman and Hall's careful focus on important economic theories and applications, and how they relate to practical questions, effectively conveys the message that economics is an integrated, powerful body of knowledge that can address complex domestic and global issues. A wealth of interactive online exercises, graphing applications, and research resources give students hands-on experience in understanding current economic issues.Bridge chapter on economic fluctuations gives students a great introduction to the concepts of long run growth and short run fluctuations and the relationships between these two ideas.
Acclaimed economists Hall and Lieberman have made the latest edition of MACROECONOMICS: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS as current as the headlines. Since real-world policy issues, decisions, and applications impact all of us on an everyday basis, Hall and Lieberman use these true, cutting-edge examples to illustrate core economic theory and application. Straightforward and easy-to-understand, this comprehensive text equips readers with a solid foundation in economics that they can build upon wherever their career paths may lead. Hall and Lieberman's careful focus on important economic theories and applications, and how they relate to practical questions, effectively conveys the message that economics is an integrated, powerful body of knowledge that can address complex domestic and global issues. A wealth of interactive online exercises, graphing applications, and research resources give students hands-on experience in understanding current economic issues. Bridge chapter on economic fluctuations gives students a great introduction to the concepts of long run growth and short run fluctuations and the relationships between these two ideas. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
Acclaimed economists Lieberman and Hall have made the latest edition of PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS MICROECONOMICS, 5e, International Edition as current as the headlines. Since real-world policy issues, decisions, and applications impact all of us on an everyday basis, Lieberman and Hall use these true, cutting-edge examples to illustrate core economic theory and application. Straightforward and easy-to-understand, this comprehensive text equips readers with a solid foundation in economics that they can build upon wherever their career paths may lead. Lieberman and Hall's careful focus on important economic theories and applications, and how they relate to practical questions, effectively conveys the message that economics is an integrated, powerful body of knowledge that can address complex domestic and global issues. A wealth of interactive online exercises, graphing applications, and research resources give students hands-on experience in understanding current economic issues.
Authored by three prominent specialists in the field, this text provides comprehensive coverage of diagnostic and treatment modalities for optimal glaucoma management. Revised throughout, this new edition presents the latest guidance in clinical examination, randomized trials, medical treatment, laser therapy, and surgical procedures. Hundreds of illustrations-with many classic black and white figures from the previous editions supplemented with new color images-depict the features of glaucomas and step-by-step procedures for their management, while expanded use of highlighted boxes, lists, and summary tables make the material easy to access. Evidence-based and updated information on all aspects of the glaucomas-including physiology, genetics, interventional trials, and new surgical techniques-offer a well-rounded foundation of knowledge for making the most informed diagnoses and choosing the most effective course of treatment. Combines the cumulative experience of three prominent glaucoma specialists-addressing a full range of clinical needs for practitioners of all levels-for a uniquely written coherent perspective.Includes extensive references to current and historically important sources to provide comprehensive interpretation of the latest medical literature. Synthesizes a classical approach to the glaucomas-based on seven earlier editions spanning over 40 years-with the most up-to-date evidence-based and epidemiologically-derived classifications and outcomes.Coherently correlates with authoritative consensus documents on key areas of glaucoma, drawn up by the world-wide specialists of the World Glaucoma Association, and reprinted in the text.Revamps traditional teachings on the angle closure glaucomas, in concert with the newest international literature and technologies, to keep you up to date on the latest advances.Illustrates detailed surgical interventions applicable to the complete spectrum of clinical settings-from the developing world through contemporary operating rooms.Examines the newest and most promising developments in pharmacology, laser and surgical advances for glaucoma management, to enable you to choose the most effective patient approach.Illustrates invaluable but little-known instruments for clinical and research diagnoses, including optic nerve cupping scales, bleb assessment instruments, and more.
Economics: Principles and Applications is a straightforward, no-nonsense Principles book that emphasizes economic theory and applications. This textbook is a study tool for students, and the pedagogical approach and in-text features were chosen to reinforce this theme.
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