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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Master key concepts. Prepare for exams. Learn at your own pace.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A fun, easy-to-understand guide to science fair project successAbout three to five million high school students-spanning all fifty U.S. states and forty different countries-compete in science fairs every year. An increasing emphasis on technology and the growing number of science-based magnet schools mean the traditional science project is here to stay and destined to become even more popular. With over 100 innovative project ideas, simple instructions, and helpful advice, Science Fair Projects For Dummies makes the science fair process entertaining and educational for students and parents (and even teachers) alike. Written in a nonintimidating, friendly style, this engaging guide provides the inside scoop on science fair do's and don'ts, showing how to research, execute, and assemble a project as well as create a crowd-pleasing display.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Winner of the 2003 Financial Times Germany/getAbstract Business & Finance Book AwardLeading Geeks challenges the conventional wisdom that leadership methods are universal and gives executives and managers the understanding they need to manage and lead the technologists on whom they have become so dependent. This much-needed book written in nontechnical language by Paul Glen, a highly acclaimed management consultant gives clear directions on how to effectively lead these brilliant yet notoriously resistant-to-being-managed knowledge workers. Glen not only provides proven management strategies but also background on why traditional approaches often don t work with geeks. Leading Geeks describes the beliefs and behavior of geeks, their group dynamics, and the unique nature of technical work. It also offers a unique twelve-part model that explains how knowledge workers deliver value to an organization.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Written by the award-winning reporter who broke the story, this expos is a look inside the sexual misconduct scandals that rocked Wall Street. This is a riveting human, legal, and business drama of men and women in the financial capital of the world. 25 photos.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Personal Identity brings together the most important readings on personal identity theory.Brings together 13 of the most important readings on personal identity theory.Includes a detailed introductory historical essay, tracing the origins of personal identity theory.Features essays by David Lewis, Bernard Williams, Derek Parfit, and Robert Nozick.Describes the revolutionary shift from the 'internal relations' view of personal identity to the 'external relations' view.Includes a discussion on the controversial topic of animalism.Collectively offers a comprehensive introduction to the field.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Deontology brings together some of the most significant philosophical work on ethics, presenting canonical essays on core questions in moral philosophy. Edited and introduced by Stephen Darwall, these readings are essential for anyone interested in normative theory.With a helpful introduction by Stephen Darwall, examines key topics in deontological moral theory.Includes seven essays which respond to the classic sources.Includes classic excerpts by key figures such Kant, Richard Price and W. D. Ross; and recent reactions to this work by philosophers, including Robert Nozick, Thomas Nagel, Stephen Darwall, Judith Thomson, Frances Kamm, Warren Quinn, and Christine Korsgaard.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Virtue Ethics collects, for the first time, the main classical sources and the central contemporary expressions of virtue ethics approach to normative ethical theory. Edited and introduced by Stephen Darwall, these readings are essential for anyone interested in normative theory.Introduced by Stephen Darwall, this collection brings together classic and contemporary readings which define and advance the literature on virtue ethics.Includes six essays which respond to the classic sources.Includes a contemporary discussion on character and virtue by Gary Watson.Includes classic essays by Aristotle, Francis Hutcheson and David Hume, and recent reactions to this work by philosophers including Philippa Foot, John McDowell, Alasdair MacIntyre, Annette Baier, Rosalind Hursthouse, and Michael Slote.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A compelling fable that distills the essence of genius marketing strategiesThe 'King of Positioning' Jack Trout presents the story of PJ Bigdome, a newly appointed CEO looking for a new way to successfully learn about marketing. Luckily, within his PC lurks a genie with vast experience in the particulars of marketing (having helped out with some of the biggest marketing successes ever). As Bigdome finds answers to his most important questions, the reader learns the secrets of successful marketing, such as: the essence of marketing; how much stock to put into research; how to evaluate advertising; how to allocate budgets; and much more. A Genie's Wisdom allows Trout, a famed business visionary, to distill his years of management and marketing experience into an entertaining and educational yarn that reveals today's essential practices.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Consequentialism collects, for the first time, both the main classical sources and the central contemporary expressions of this important position. Edited and introduced by Stephen Darwall, these readings are essential for anyone interested in normative ethics.Edited and introduced by Stephen Darwall, examines key topics in the consequentialist branch of moral theory.Includes seven essays which respond to the classic sources.Includes an insightful discussion of central topics in consequentialism by John Rawls and Amartya Sen.Includes classic articles by key figures such Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Henry Sidgwick and G. E. Moore; and recent reactions to this work by philosophers including Philip Pettit, Derek Parfit, Samuel Scheffler, Peter Railton, R. B. Brandt, J. C. Harsanyi, and Robert Adams.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Contractualism/Contractarianism collects, for the first time, both major classical sources and central contemporary discussions of these important approaches to philosophical ethics. Edited and introduced by Stephen Darwall, these readings are essential for anyone interested in normative ethics.With a helpful introduction by Stephen Darwall, examines key topics in the contractarian and contractualist moral theory.Includes six contemporary essays which respond to the classic sources.Includes an insightful discussion of contractualism by Gary Watson.Includes classic excerpts by key figures such as Hobbes, Rousseau, and Kant, and recent reactions to this work by philosophers, including David Gauthier, Gilbert Harman, John Rawls, and T. M. Scanlon.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Parents who have wondered about the long term impact of infertility on their self image will find the answers in this insightful book. In her sensitive way, Ellen Glazer makes it clear that having or adopting children does not And the emotional impact of infertility.'--Lois Melina, author of Raising Adopted Children and Making Sense of Adoption.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Foundations of Student Affairs Practice is an essential resource that explores the purposes of higher education, the theories that provide a foundation for student learning and growth, and the experiences that contribute to student learning. Florence Hamrick, Nancy Evans, and John Schuh- three preeminent leaders in the field- show how student affairs professionals can provide a more meaningful and holistic educational experience for their students.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This cutting-edge book-with contributions by the star faculty of the Kellogg School of Management and the Medill School of Journalism's Integrated Marketing Communications department at Northwestern University-offers the latest thinking on the art and science of integrated marketing. A must for today's marketing professional, Kellogg on Integrated Marketing addresses the daily activities of marketing managers and helps them enhance brand equity with new techniques and strategies from the experts. You'll hear from:- Eric G. Berggren - Stephen Burnett - Bobby J. Calder - Tom Collinger - Adam Duhachek - Lisa Fortini-Campbell - Nigel Hopkins - Dawn Iacobucci - Richard I. Kolsky - Maria Flores Letelier - Edward C. Malthouse - Francis J. Mulhern - Lisa A. Petrison - Andrew Razeghi - Don E. Schultz - Charles Spinosa - Paul Wang.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This concise Companion offers an innovative approach to understanding the Modernist literary mind in Britain, focusing on the intellectual and cultural contexts which shaped it.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This is a very topical issue. and this reader will be very welcome. The list of people that the editors have lined up is simply outstanding. Their work in this area and their updates will be invaluable.' Professor Peter Karnoe, Copenhagen Business School.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book explores the increasingly important topic of brand building within the one-to-one concept. It explains how to achieve what all marketers dream about a product or service customized for each individual customer that is both a good value for the customer and a profitable venture for the producer. It uses practical tools and case studies to show how a company can optimize its brand marketing resources.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Spanish Grammar Workbook contains 500 grammar exercises that vary in difficulty from simple tests and puzzles to multiple choice tests and realistic dialogues as well as communication exercises which function as prompts to the oral practice of the grammar in representative contexts.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Slavery and Emancipation is the most up-to-date and comprehensive collection of primary and secondary readings on the history of slaveholding in the American South. It combines recent historical research with period documents to bring both immediacy and perspective to the origins, principles, realities, and aftermath of African-American slavery. Central topics include the colonial foundations of slavery, the master-slave relationship, the cultural world of the planters, the slave community, and slave resistance and rebellion.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Development of Mental Processing' integrates several psychological approaches in order to create a more comprehensive theoretical system. This system is tested through a longitudinal study of children 8 to 16 years of age, where findings show that it is ones efficiency at processing information, which has the greatest impact on the development of the working memory. This working memory, in turn, becomes the underlying factor determining individual differences in thinking. Study presenting a developing comprehensive theorhetical system and showing its evolution.Includes commentary by Kurt Fischer and Theo Dawson.An interesting monograph for both students and researchers about the process of theory creation as much as the study's findings.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Environment, Our Natural Resources, and Modern Technology presents a new perspective on today's environmental issues. Taking on those who hail the natural lifestyle as the healthy, politically correct path, Dr. DeGregori examines the economics of green consumerism, the reality of saving the environment, how historical cultures may have influenced environmental damage, and why being ecologically correct may have a more damaging effect on our environment.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book contains a range of activities designed to help children who have moved to new families, for example through fostering or adoption, to overcome emotional difficulties.Encourages creativity in therapy with children who have moved to new families through fostering, adoption, or other means.Contains a broad range of activities designed to help these children overcome emotional difficulties in a gentle and positive atmosphere, as well as guidelines about how, when, where, and at what age to use them.Includes activities such as Family Web , Pick up a Privilege , The Anger Debugging Kit and I Can Do It (Now) that can be used by therapists or caregivers as part of, or to supplement, many different therapeutic approaches.Most are appropriate for use where the child is in long-term care, or when the plan is that they should not return to their birth family.All are suitable for both boys and girls.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Deduction is an efficient and elegant presentation of classical first-order logic. It presents a truth tree system based on the work of Jeffrey, as well as a natural deduction system inspired by that of Kalish and Montague.Efficient and elegant presentation of classical first-order logic. Presents a truth tree system based on the work of Jeffrey, as well as a natural deduction system inspired by that of Kalish and Montague. Contains detailed, yet accessible chapters on extensions and revisions of classical logic: modal logic, many-valued logic, fuzzy logic, intuitionistic logic, counterfactuals, deontic logic, common sense reasoning, and quantified modal logic. Includes problem sets, designed to lead students gradually from easier to more difficult problems. Further information and select answers to problems available here: bonevac.info/deduction/About-the-Book.html.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Spanning the period from Alexander the Great s accession to the throne in 336 BC to the defeat by Octavian of Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC, this volume provides a vivid account of the innovative civilization of the Hellenistic world.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is a one volume, up-to-date collection of more than fifty wide-ranging essays which will inspire and guide students of the Renaissance and provide course leaders with a substantial and helpful frame of reference.Provides new perspectives on established texts.Orientates the new student, while providing advanced students with current and new directions.Pioneered by leading scholars.Occupies a unique niche in Renaissance studies.Illustrated with 12 single-page black and white prints.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Nurse education is constantly evolving and changing but workplace learning is seen as key to developing practitioners. In this book Jenny Spouse discusses how students learn in a range of different clinical settings and how best to facilitate this process.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique Therapists who want to work skillfully with couples are often confronted with a confusing array of theories, techniques, and myths. Treating Couples creatively addresses many of these challenging issues while shining a light to help therapists navigate through this confusing maze. --Ellyn Bader, Ph.D., co-director, The Couples Institute, Menlo Park, California Treating Couples weeds through the treatment trAnds and presents a rational framework for assessing which methods will most effectively meet clients' needs and expectations. This is an accessible guide for the wide range of professionals who practice couples therapy. Treating Couples promotes the clinical functions of evaluation, assessment, judgment, and hypothesis-formation and testing and will serve as an invaluable resource for determining which approaches are the most ethical, flexible, and creative for the effective treatment of couples.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book describes and discusses the assessment and treatment techniques applied by Occupational Therapists (OTs) to sufferers from Multiple Sclerosis (MS).The text begins with basic information about MS and follows this with suggestions for assessment and treatment. Then the specific issues of work, fatigue, leisure, mobility and the home are considered in detail. The needs of people who reach the later stages of the disease are discussed, as are the needs and concerns specific to carers of those with MS. Contact details are provided for many of the services and agencies mentioned in the text. Insight into the impact of MS on people's lives is provided by individuals with MS.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are complications of health care which affect on average 10 percent of patients admitted to hospital world wide. They have serious public health implications by changing the quality of life of patients and sometimes causing disability or even death.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Increasing demands on acute hospital resources, together with a reduction in the number of available beds, has placed a greater emphasis on the need for rapid and effective assessment of patients in order to determine their need for hospital adsmission. This has led to the widespread emergence of the specialist Medical Assessment Unit (MAU). This timely book provides an up- to-date guide to the assessment and immediate management of patients with acute medical conditions. It presents a structured approach based on common presenting features and focuses on the first twenty four hours of the patient's stay in hospital. In writing this book, the editors have been able to draw on their own clinical experiences as a charge nurse in Accident and Emergency nursing and a sister in acute cardiology and respectively.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Reading and writing skills were once confined to only a few people. Today, a person facing problems with acquiring literacy skills will run the risk of being excluded from fully participating in society New information tends to imply even more demands on mastering reading and writing than ever before. Dyslexia was used early as a descriptive term for characterising problems of reading and writing. Since the introduction of the term, research has made impressive progress and interdisciplinary fields have been created including social studies, behavioural studies, biology, education and remediation. Above all, dyslexia research has taken a step from being descriptive to suggesting theoretical models for explaining the empirical phenomena observed. This book presents contributions from some of the world leading researchers on these issues in honour of one of the main scholars in the field, Professor Ingvar Lundberg.