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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The New York Public Library Incredible Earth Discover ancient fossils and vast oceans. Explore devastating earthquakes and explosive volcanoes. Find the answers to your questions about our incredible Earth . How was Earth formed See page 3. When did life begin See page 30. If you dug a hole to the center of Earth, what would you find See page 46. What is a volcanic bomb See page 78. What is the largest active volcano in the world See page 85. What does an earthquake sound like See page 103. How much of Earth's surface is covered by water See page 109. Why is the ocean blue See page 109. What is the longest river in the world See page 127. How does thunder roll See page 161. A Stonesong Press Book.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Sh-h-h-h-h-h!! Top Secret. Crack the code of superspy science fun! Make your own spy sunglasses \* Write messages with invisible ink \* Hook up a secret alarm, and much more! Discover how spies use science to keep--or uncover--top secrets.Learn how to go under cover, master Morse code, and even builddevices to see and hear through walls! These and dozens of otherfun-filled activities give you an inside look at the science behindspy gadgets and tricks of the trade. All the activities arecompletely safe and can be done with everyday stuff from around thehouse. Shems, Ed (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Proven Plan To Stop Painful Kidney Stones Dr. John Rodman, aninternationally renowned expert in the field of kidney stonedisease, offers you a plan that can eliminate this painful diseasefrom your life forever. With Dr. Rodman's proven plan, you'lldiscover all you need to know about: \* What risk factors cause the different types of kidneystones \* Which type of stone you are prone to forming and how to preventit \* Which traditional holiday foods trigger stone formation \* What seasons of the year put you at higher risk \* How to modify your diet and stay stone-free.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Is your child afraid There are many traumatic experiences that cause a child to becomescared--from divorce to the death of a loved one, from naturaldisasters to abuse. Even a disturbing news event that a child onlysees on television or hears about but does not experience, such asthe Oklahoma City bombing or the classroom massacre in Scotland,can make a child fearful or sad. No matter what causes thesituation, childhood trauma is common and should be dealt withquickly and effectively. Dr. Barbara Brooks, a psychologist who has successfully helped kidsthrough all types of traumatic situations, provides you with theknowledge you need to put the child you love back on the path to afull and happy life. Kids don't always know how to react tofeelings of distress. If these scared feelings are not expressed ina positive way, they can surface later in life when dealing withthem becomes more difficult. Here are detailed instructions, based on professional techniques,to encourage kids of any age--from toddler to teenager--to revealtheir feelings through words, drawings, and role playing withstep-by-step advice for reassuring them and helping them let go oftheir fear.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - * A brilliant and highly original attempt to reconstruct the imaginative world of ordinary people - peasants, beggars, the poor - in early modern Europe. * Camporesi shows that some food, like bread had intoxicating qualities, so that people were literally drugged by the food they ate.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The ultimate guide to identifying and reducing mishaps--both atwork and in life Your mistakes need not be a fact of life. We can all learn to makefewer of them. In Do It Right the First Time, world renownedpersonal improvement guru Gerard Nierenberg shows us just how wecan reduce the number of errors we make--both in and out of lifeand the workplace. Nierenberg's Error Awareness System teaches ushow to increase our sensitivity and cut down on the errors wemake--and guard against those made by others that affect us. Heshows us how to identify the causes of our errors, how to deal withthem--and most importantly--how to prevent them from recurring.Packed with real-life examples, discussion questions, checklists,and helpful exercises, Do It Right the First Time covers: \* Ways to reduce errors in critical thinking and judgment \* Improving memory \* Recognizing patterns in error \* How managers and supervisors can reduce errors--awareness andaction, effective feedback, quality control, with no shame, noblame \* Concentration and accuracy--focusing on the job at hand \* Clerical errors and what they cost--understanding transportation,omission, insertion, repetition, substitution \* How to turn mistakes into benefits For all professionals, academics, and businesspeople, includingmanagers, supervisors, and anyone who simply wants to reduce thenumber of errors in his or her life, this unique book isindispensable.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Puts the Rodney King and O. J. Simpson trials under the microscope Reviews the turbulent events of the Rodney King and O. J. Simpson trials from a social and political framework of race relations and police misconduct. This thought-provoking book shows that the issue of race was at the very heart of both of these emotionally charged cases. Psychologist and scholar Jewelle Taylor Gibbs shows how King and Simpson have been transformed by their trials into symbols of the different worlds inhabited by blacks and whites in America. Gibbs's compelling analysis of the issues that permeated these trials will challenge even the most cynical observer to rethink any previously held assumptions about race and the criminal justice system.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Explore the spiritual side of business The best-selling author of Healing the Wounds writes another prescription for our transition-induced ailments. Here he addresses the self-defeating ways people and organizations react to rapid, seemingly relentless change, and advocates a steady diet of learning as the surest way to break free. Associating various responses to change with four character types -- The Overwhelmed, The Entrenched, The BSers, and The Learners -- the author holds up The Learners as the attainable ideal.and shows how to help those in the other categories pursue the learning path. The ultimate goal: to facilitate transition to a more flexible, self-directed workplace. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The book to read before you open your mouth. This survival manual relates the finer points of communicating bad news, voicing strong opinions and discussing difficult issues at the office without compromising your position.or your job. Filled with tips, illuminating stories, and a practical tool box of exercises, The Courageous Messenger gives you the means to assess the benefits, risks and motivations of communicating difficult messages. It helps you become a skilled messenger. And it teaches you how to speak with courage, clarity and -- most importantly -- diplomacy, whether you're addressing peers, bosses or employees. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The perfect bridge to assist the accidental trainer in moving from the panic of being asked to teach 'because you know the system so well' to the satisfaction of successful knowledge transfer. A must read. --Suzy Johnson, Course Manager, AT&T The Accidental Trainer is a practical guide for the multitude of computer experts who have fallen into the role of computer trainer accidentally. As the resident experts on the latest word processing programs or the newly installed sales tracking software, most people who train others to use computers have little or no training experience. With checklists, questionnaires, and other hands-on tools, this book provides anyone with tools to bridge the gap between people and technology to create computer training that is clear, concise, and effective. You'll learn how to: - Build bridges between people and computers - Create a blueprint for computer training - Assess the learners - Check your training results.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Contemporary critical studies have recently experienced a significant spatial turn. In what may eventually be seen as one of the most important intellectual and political developments in the late twentieth century, scholars have begun to interpret space and the embracing spatiality of human life with the same critical insight and emphasis that has traditionally been given to time and history on the one hand, and social relations and society on the other. Thirdspace is both an enquiry into the origins and impact of the spatial turn and an attempt to expand the scope and practical relevance of how we think about space and such related concepts as place, location, landscape, architecture, environment, home, city, region, territory, and geography. The book's central argument is that spatial thinking, or what has been called the geographical or spatial imagination, has tended to be bicameral, or confined to two approaches. Spatiality is either seen as concrete material forms to be mapped, analyzed, and explained; or as mental constructs, ideas about and representations of space and its social significance. Edward Soja critically re-evaluates this dualism to create an alternative approach, one that comprehends both the material and mental dimensions of spatiality but also extends beyond them to new and different modes of spatial thinking. Thirdspace is composed as a sequence of intellectual and empirical journeys, beginning with a spatial biography of Henri Lefebvre and his adventurous conceptualization of social space as simultaneously perceived, conceived, and lived. The author draws on Lefebvre to describe a trialectics of spatiality that threads though all subsequent journeys, reappearing in many new forms in bell hooks evocative exploration of the margins as a space of radical openness; in post-modern spatial feminist interpretations of the interplay of race, class, and gender; in the postcolonial critique and the new cultural politics of difference and identity; in Michel Foucault's heterotopologies and trialectics of space, knowledge, and power; and in interpretative tours of the Citadel of downtown Los Angeles, the Exopolis of Orange County, and the Centrum of Amsterdam.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Cities After Socialism is the first substantial and authoritative analysis of the role of cities in the transition to capitalism that is occurring in the former communist states of Easter Europe and the Soviet Union. It will be of equal value to urban specialists and to those who have a more general interest in the most dramatic socio-political event of the contemporary era - the collapse of state socialism. Written by an international group of leading experts in the field, Cities after socialism asks and answers some crucial questions about the nature of the emergent post-socialist urban system and the conflicts and inequalities which are being generated by the processes of change now occurring.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Our communities depend on our ability to make the connection between education and democracy. This book can breathe new life into colleges and universities that want to reinforce their publicservice mission. Jacoby and her colleagues tell us how to do it.'--Dolores E. Cross, president, Chicago State University Combining the most current theory and practice in the field ofservice-learning with many examples from actual campuses, Service-Learning in Higher Education is a comprehensive guide to developing high-quality service e-learning experiences bothin the curriculum and through student affairs programs. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Advance Praise for Against the Gods'With his wonderful knowledge of the history and current manifestations of risk, Peter Bernstein brings us Against the Gods. Nothing like it will come out of the financial world this year or ever. I speak carefully: no one should miss it.'-John Kenneth Galbraith Professor of Economics Emeritus, Harvard University'No one else could have written a book of such central importance with so much charm and excitement.' -Robert Heilbronerc author of The Worldly Philosophers'A fascinating and unusual perspective on modern man's Promethean attempt to master risk. The book reads easily and provokes thought-a rare combination.' -William Kristol Editor and Publisher, The Weekly Standard'Peter Bernstein leads us effortlessly through the history of risk because he writes so beautifully. This is a book on a left brain subject that will have right brain readers lining up for more!'-Robert Ferguson Managing Director, Bankers Trust Australia Limited'In Against the Gods, Peter Bernstein, a scholar, historian, and successful investor gives us the history of great thinkers whose visions put the future at the service of the present.'-Dr. Marc Faber Managing Director, Marc Faber Limited, Hong Kong'This looks like a new classic to me.'-Barton M. Biggs, Chairman Morgan Stanley Asset Management, Inc.'It's a sizzler!'-Charles P. Kindleberger author of Manias, Panics & CrashesIn this unique exploration of the role of risk in our society, Peter Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under control is one of the central ideas that distinguishes modern times from the more distant past. Against the Gods, a narrative that reads like a novel, chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from the oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today. This is a richly-woven tale of Greek philosophers and Arab mathematicians, of merchants and scientists, gamblers and philosophers, world-renowned intellects and obscure but inspired amateurs who helped discover the modern methods of putting the future at the service of the present, replacing helplessness before the fates with choice and decision.When investors buy stocks, surgeons perform operations, engineers design bridges, entrepreneurs launch new businesses, astronauts explore the heavens, and politicians run for office, risk is their inescapable partner. Yet their actions reveal that risk today need not be feared: managing risk has become synonymous with challenge and opportunity.Bernstein presents fascinating vignettes of such towering intellects as Omar Khayyam, Pascal and Bernoulli, Bayes and Keynes, Markowitz and Arrow, and Gauss, Galton and von Neumann. With his engaging literary style, he clarifies the concepts of probability, sampling, regression to the mean, game theory, and rational versus irrational decision making. The final sections of the book raise important questions about the role of the computer, the relationship between facts and subjective beliefs, the impact of chaos theory, the role of the burgeoning markets for derivatives, and the looming dominance of numbers.Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk is that rare book that turns the most profound issues of our time into pure reading pleasure.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Zalkind Hourwitz lived during one of the most pivotal periods in history. A Polish Jew born in 1752, Hourwitz moved to France in 1774 and entered the intellectual and political life of ancien régime Paris. Frances Malino provides a vivid description of this compelling and exotic figure who fits none of the traditional portraits of eighteenth-century Jews. An investigation of his experiences in the French capital during this period challenges our previous understanding of Jewish emancipation, provides an additional perspective on revolutionary Paris (from that of both Jew and foreigner) and adds another dimension to the historiography of the French Revolution.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Purposefully written for those coming to politics for the first time, this textbook provides an exploration and analysis of the most important political issues affecting the developing world. Offering a different perspective from standard texts in this field, Politics in the Developing World encourages an understanding of the breadth and nature of a range of pressing - and previously understated - issues: the striving for democracy; the political consequences of economic growth and development; the struggle of religious and ethnic minorities; human rights, particularly women s rights ; the impact of globalization; and the politics of the natural environment. In doing so, the interaction of domestic and global factors affecting many of the developing world countries is highlighted and a new, qualitatively different set of concerns is identified. Some have resulted from recent international changes following the demise of the Soviet bloc, including the shift to democracy in South Africa, and the ramifications of the late 1990s Southeast Asian financial crisis.To illustrate the importance of these themes and issues, five developing world regions are examined in detail: Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, East and Southeast Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa. While based on Haynes s previous publication, Third World Politics: A Concise Introduction (1996), this is a new book, completely rewritten, with updated regional analyses and data throughout. It concentrates on changes in the developing world in the last decade, with an increased focus on its international relations, complementing those chapters concerned with domestic issues.An ideal introduction as well as an invitation to further study, this text is essential reading for introductory students studying a range of courses including development studies, global politics, world politics, developing world politics, comparative politics, and international relations. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this major reassessment, now available in paperback, Richard Gray uses and develops recent theories about the relationship between writing and historical experience, language and social change, to draw a brilliantly detailed portrait of the place and times Faulkner inhabited. Attending closely to each of the novels, Gray shows how they brim with an often undisclosed biography that is at once personal and cultural.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique This book is thorough and comprehensive and brings together a wealth of up-to-date and practical treatment information of tremAndous value to the clinician. --C. Barr Taylor, M.D., professor of psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine Offers an illuminating picture of the psychological problems related to anxiety. It outlines effective interventions for problems such as panic attacks, agoraphobia, and social phobias. Also described are specific techniques, including exposure therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, relaxation, psychodynamic, and psychotherapy.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book aims to productively engage the pioneering work of Queer theorists and point toe way towards a new sociological Queer studies. - - First book to bring the works of theorists and researchers in the social sciences to Queer theory which is distinctively dominated by the Humanities. - - Uses classic sociological essays that shaped lesbian, gay and bisexual studies and recent original works and applies these to the discursive approach of Queer Theory to create a productive dialogue between the disciplines.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Sophisticated banking and analytical skills - and the experience that comes with years of market leadership - help Prudential Securities to custom design innovative and cost-effective products to meet each issuer`s individual objectives. At the same time, our firm`s considerable distribution capabilities - serving large and medium-size institutional investors - helps match investor preverences with bond structures. Innovative analytical programs, structuring, and state-of-the1art technology allows us to harness value and to maintain active, liquid markets. In this role, our firm is an actice market maker for all issues we underwrite, as well as a supporter of the secondary trading markets for all types of asset-backed securities.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Growing Health Crisis An illuminating discussion of the complex problems of HIV/AIDS within the correctional setting, including its impact on the families and communities of those incarcerated.--Mervyn F. Silverman, M.D., MPH, former director of health, San Francisco, former president, American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) The first book to offer critical information on the proliferation of HIV and AIDS among prison populations, this is a much-needed resource for the design and implementation of education and prevention programs within correctional facilities. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides a critical evaluation of development approaches, both mainstream and alternative. It considers how theories have been translated into policies, and the practical effects of these policies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It seeks to isolate those ideas and methods that have worked in practice and continue to show promise in meeting development requirements.The book opens with an analysis of Keynesian and neoliberal development approaches. The author describes the mixed results of their application in Latin America, Africa, and Asia s newly industrializing countries. He also examines the evolution of postwar development in all major regions, tying together economic, social, political and environmental factors.John Brohman then looks at alternative development theories and practices. He considers both their positive and negative aspects, and focuses on three critical areas: democratic participation and empowerment, women and gender, and environment and sustainability. He concludes by examining whether popular development - a strategy which rejects formal models - can succeed in providing an approach that will meet the needs and interests of people in diverse political, cultural and social conditions.This book is important and timely. It integrates theoretical analysis with practical experience in a wide range of development contexts. Its argument is trenchant, its analysis clear, and its recommendations urgent. It is fully referenced, contains a guide to further reading, and has a comprehensive index.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Most historic buildings are owned by private citizens who havelittle or no background in building preservation or its alliedfields. These owners--as dedicated as they are to preserving orrefurbishing their property--often feel at a disadvantage whencommunicating with professionals well-versed in the complex jargonof this multidisciplinary field. The Dictionary of BuildingPreservation provides easy access to this terminology and helps thenonspecialist to understand and communicate with building anddesign professionals, preservation groups, government agencies,attorneys, and others concerned with building preservation. Containing more than 10,000 entries that cover the entire breadthof building preservation in North America, this is the best sourceavailable for definitions of terms used for buildings, parts ofbuildings, the development of historic structures, technicalstandards, relevant legal terminology, and preservation practice.It provides detailed information on various historical styles andfashions, structural, mechanical, and electrical systems, andcurrent restoration techniques. In the Dictionary of BuildingPreservation, readers will find \* Straightforward definitions that include preservation context,word origin, and national and regional vernaculars \* Many terms that do not appear in any other dictionary \* Cross referencing that allows readers to move from the general tothe specific or vice versa \* Nearly 400 illustrations--many rare-edition prints and linedrawings from the Historic American Buildings Survey as well asfirst edition Architectural Graphic Standards technical drawings \* Both modern and obsolete spellings along with an indication ofthe period in which the term was most commonly used Compiled by a practicing restoration architect, this is the idealreference resource for owners of historic homes, preservationistsand restoration consultants, architecture buffs, urban planners,land-use attorneys, architects and architectural historians, andanyone involved in building renovation, community preservation, orlandmark designation. building types, building parts, construction methods, raw andmanufactured building materials, products and finishes, structuralsystems, architectural styles, room names, Canadian and U.S.national preservation law and administration, government agenciesand preservation organizations, National Register designations,building codes, real estate development, conservation andrestoration treatments, specialty items, archeological terms,abbreviations and preservationist jargon, building types.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This enlightening and individualistic narrative traces the development of the BMA from its inception, through two world wars and the advent of the NHS.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Cities After Socialism is the first substantial and authoritative analysis of the role of cities in the transition to capitalism that is occurring in the former communist states of Easter Europe and the Soviet Union. It will be of equal value to urban specialists and to those who have a more general interest in the most dramatic socio-political event of the contemporary era - the collapse of state socialism. Written by an international group of leading experts in the field, Cities after socialism asks and answers some crucial questions about the nature of the emergent post-socialist urban system and the conflicts and inequalities which are being generated by the processes of change now occurring.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides a practical guide to vets faced with ageing animals. Starting from the important standpoint that the subject of geriatrics presents topics and problems all of its own, the book does not simply present overviews of each subject as they relate to the younger adult, with aspects relating to the older animal tacked on. Instead the book covers topics that relate specifically to the geriatric patient.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How do clients perceive the counselling process What do they require from it Counsellors and therapists are increasingly aware of the need to bring the client s viewpoint into the therapeutic relationship. Both the effectiveness of the process, and the need to meet the client s needs in a service context, have demanded more awareness of the client s perceptions and needs. This book provides a practical framework which describes how to construct a client counsellor relationship which is brief, collaborative and consultative in purpose but therapeutic in form. Counsellors, social workers, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists and all professionals engaged in counselling activities, whether in a workplace or mental health care context, will welcome this essential and practical guide to more effective therapeutic consultations. Readers will also appreciate the concise overview of the theoretical basis of this approach. This book appears in the Wiley Series in Brief Therapy and Counselling Series Editor: Windy Dryden Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Emerging U.S. Health Care System The first comprehensive assessment of the new managed care and its potential for addressing the health delivery problems facing the nation. --Stephen M. Shortell, A. C. Buehler, Distinguished Professor of Health Services Management and professor of organization behavior, J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University A distinguished group of sixteen health care experts identify and assess the challenges and opportunities raised by the U.S.'s emerging competitive health care system. This timely book looks at the managed forms of care that are thriving in today's competitive bottom line environment. A thoughtful commentary on the major trAnds in health care, this book provides a much needed resource for health care providers and government policymakers.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Although most families do not repeat the patterns of abuse of their childhood, there is evidence that, for whatever reason, substantial numbers do. This book explores continuing intergenerational cycles of child maltreatment and the controversies that surround the theories, focusing mainly on physical abuse, neglect, and emotional abuse, rather than sexual abuse. Examining the facts and the fallacies permeating the international literature, the author suggests that in intergenerational child maltreatment, there may not be just one cycle, but four separate cycles: sociopolitical factors; recurring cultural patterns; psychological factors; and biological factors. Interventions need to be focused on each cycle independently to attempt to break the cycle of child maltreatment. Ann Buchanan draws on her wide range of both academic and research experience in this field, as well as on her clinical experience, to bring together both the theories and research in the mechanisms of transmission, and the practical aspects of interventions. The book is easily accessible with clear summaries and will prove an excellent introduction to all those working with children and families.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Visit any large metropolitan area in the world, and you'll feel the urgent need for innovative solutions to the many problems that face the modern urban center.