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The Study of Human Nature A Reader
This unique anthology provides an introduction to a wide variety of views on human nature. Drawing from diverse cultures over three millennia, Leslie Stevenson has chosen selections ranging from ancient religious texts up to contemporary theories based on evolutionary science. An ideal companion to the editor's previous book, Ten Theories of Human Nature, 3/e (OUP 1998), this interdisciplinary reader can also be used independently. The second edition of The Study of Human Nature offers substantial selections illustrating the perspectives discussed in Ten Theories of Human Nature, 3/e -- the Bible, Hinduism, Confucianism, Plato, Kant, Marx, Freud, Sartre, B.F. Skinner's behaviorism, and Konrad Lorenz's ethnological diagnosis of human aggression. The Islamic tradition and 17th-18th century philosophers Descartes, Hobbes, Hume, and Rousseau are also represented. Selections from Rousseau, J.S. Mill, and Nancy Holmstrom raise feminist issues, and Henry Bracken's paper deals with racial issues. Examples from E.O. Wilson's sociobiology and his critics are also inclu - Category: Books Reading - Used Item: 461116802
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Building Construction Illustrated 3rd Edition
Comprehensive and up-to-date? the classic visual guide to the basics of building construction For twenty-five years, Building Construction Illustrated has offered an outstanding introduction to the principles of building construction. Now this Third Edition has been expertly revised and updated to address the latest advances in materials, building technology, and code requirements. Complete with more than 1,000 illustrations, the book moves through every of the key stages of the design process, from site selection to building components, mechanical systems, and finishes. Topics within every chapter are organized according to the CSI MasterFormat™, making the book extremely easy to use. Special features of this edition include integrated coverage of environmentally friendly materials, sustainable building construction strategies, and ADA requirements, as well as the inclusion of both metric and standard U.S. measurements throughout the book. With its clear presentation of the basic concepts underlying building construction, Building Construction Illustrated, Third Edition equips students and professionals in all areas of architecture and construction with useful guidelines for approaching virtually any new materials or techniques they may encounter in building planning, design, and construction. - Category: Books Reading - Used Item: 461116807
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Applied Data Communications A Business-Oriented Approach 3rd Edition
This book provides frameworks and methodology for solving problems as technology continues to advance. A 'top-down' approach is used, starting with the overall business problem, and then showing how technology can solve the problem. This book goes into depth in describing the technology and is very 'hands-on' and current. It is designed for the IT employees who actually build networks and not the managers who merely oversee. - Category: Books Reading - Used Item: 461116810
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The Analysis and Use of Financial Statements 3rd Edition
An expert guide to interpreting financial statements and information will give readers the competitive edge they need. This book shows how to accurately evaluate a firm's financial status and make informed investment decisions. It features a comparative analysis of US and international reporting requirements, and the latest methods of financial research. - Category: Books Reading - Used Item: 461116811
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Outrageous Women of Colonial America
Delightful and inspiring tales of some of the most fascinating and awesome women of colonial times American history is rife with stories of our founding fathers, but what of the women who lived and worked alongside these men? This fun and exciting book whisks young readers back to early America, introducing them to a refreshing assortment of brave and unique American women of colonial times. Readers will be amazed by the stories of such remarkable colonial women as Mumbet, a slave who won her freedom in a Massachusetts courtroom in the 1780s; Mercy Warren, whose passionate plays about the Revolution thrust her onto the theater scene as America's first female playwright; and Peggy Arnold, the wife of Benedict Arnold, who was as formidable a spy as her notorious husband. With these enlightening profiles, Mary Rodd Furbee brings these strong and influential women to life to encourage, inspire, and delight young readers. Mary Rodd Furbee (Morgantown, WV) is a part-time writing and journalism instructor at West Virginia University School of Journalism and has written for many publications. She is the author of five children's books, including Anne Bailey, Frontier Scout ; and Mary Ingles, Indian Captive . - Category: Books Reading - Used Item: 461116813
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Fall River An Authentic Narrative
Presents texts of cultural and literary interest in the English-speaking tradition, often for the first time since their original publication. Most of the writers represented in the series were well known and highly regarded until the professionalization of English studies in the later nineteenth century coincided with their excision from canonical status and from the majority of literary histories. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461124258
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Entropy and the Magic Flute
Harold Morowitz has long been regarded highly both as an eminent scientist and as an accomplished science writer. The essays in The Wine of Life, his first collection, were hailed by C.P. Snow as 'some of the wisest, wittiest and best informed that I have read', and Carl Sagan called them 'a delight to read'. In later volumes such as Mayonnaise and the Origin of Life and The Thermodynamics of Pizza, he has established a reputation for a wide-ranging intellect, an ability to see unexpected connections and draw striking parallels, and a talent for communicating scientific ideas with optimism and wit. Kirkus Reviews praised Mayonnaise as 'wonderfully diverting and very wise'. Nature wrote of Thermodynamics, 'his chocolate-coated nuggets of science will continue to entertain and do surreptitious good'. With Entropy and the Magic Flute, Morowitz once again offers an appealing mix of brief reflections on everything from litmus paper to the hippopotamus to the sociology of Palo Alto coffee shops. Many of these pieces are appreciations of scientists that Morowitz holds in high regard. In the title piece, for instance, Morowitz tells of his pilgrimage to the grave of Ludwig Boltzmann, found in the same cemetery - Vienna's Central Cemetery - as the graves of Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms and the memorial to Mozart. He also writes of J. Willard Gibbs ('thought by many to be the greatest scientist yet produced by the United States'), Jean Perrin (author of Les Atomes, a now-forgotten classic that convinced virtually everyone in science of the validity of the atomic hypothesis), Einstein, Newton (on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of his Principia, a date that passed virtually unnoticedexcept by Morowitz), Murray Gell-Mann, and Aristotle. Of Aristotle, Morowitz observes that 'most people whose information comes from academic philosophy fail to appreciate that - among his many fields of expertise - first and foremost, Aristotle was a biologist'. Indeed, fully a third of Aristotle's writings are on the life sciences, almost all of which has been left out of standard editions of his work. Many other pieces focus on health issues - such as America's obsession with cheese toppings, the addiction to smoking of otherwise intelligent people, questionable obstetric practices - and several touch upon ethics, whistle-blowing, and scientific research. There is also a fascinating piece on the American Type Culture Collection, a zoo or warehouse for microbes that houses some 11,800 strains of bacteria, and over 3,000 specimens of protozoa, algae, plasmids, and oncogenes. Here then are over forty light, graceful essays in which one of our wisest experimental biologists comments on issues of science, technology, society, philosophy, and the arts. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461124262
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Strong Arts Strong Schools The Promising Potential and Shortsighted Disregard of the Arts in American Schooling
In this passionate, eloquent book, the late Charles Fowler argues that, far from a luxury, the arts are a vitally important part of our society and our schools. In 18 compelling essays, Fowler demonstrates the importance of the arts in our culture and the necessity of rescuing the arts for our future. He offers specific recommendations for reform--including how to pay the bill. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461124341
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Plain English at Work A Guide to Writing and Speaking
Everyday we write countless memos, letters, and reports without a second thought. Likewise, we give presentations, both formal and informal. Often this writing and speaking gets criticized for being jargon-ridden, obscure, or long-winded - in short, for not being in 'plain English'. But what is plain English, and how do we go about writing, and speaking it? In Plain English at Work, Edward Bailey gives the answer, with down-to-earth tips and practical advice. Bailey, an expert in business communications, gives us a simple model for writing. Drawing on two earlier and popular books, The Plain English Approach to Business Writing and A Practical Guide for Business Speaking, this new volume has been significantly updated. It includes up-to-the-minute information on using computers, computer graphics, and typography for your writing, and on using the same technology for designing your presentations. The result is an authoritative and comprehensive single volume that will be the essential guide for everyone wishing to communicate more easily and effectively at work. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461124359
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The Human Radiation Experiments
Reprint of the government document on the history of United States government sponsored radiation experiments performed on humans during the Cold War. Discusses the events, and examines the policies and ethics of the past and present. Concludes with key findings and recommendations. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461124374
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The Oxford English Literary History Volume 12 1960-2000 The Last of England?
Comprehensively charting developments in the literary field since 1960, this book pinpoints the origins of literary change in the historical, social, and intellectual pressures of the times - to shadows of war and loss of empire; declining influences of class; shifting relations between the genders; and emergent minority and counter-cultures. - Books Reading - New - 461720824
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Study Guide Volume I Chapters 1-13 for use with Fundamental Accounting Principles
A Study Guide (prepared by Barbara Chiappetta)covers every chapter and appendix with reviews of the learning objectives, outlines of the chapters, and summaries of chapter materials. It also provides additional problems and solutions. - Books Reading - New - 461664682
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Secretarial Procedures for the Electronic Office
Provides information on human relations skills, time management, information storage and retrieval, telephone systems, copiers, shipping services, transcription, business meetings, travel arrangements, and word processing - Books Reading - New - 460450559
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Glencoe's Visual Approach Series for Office 97 Text and Applications Workbook
Microsoft Office 97 from the Glencoe Visual Series is an exciting visual learning experience that gives your students the tools they need for competence and confidence in the use of Microsoft Office. It incorporates full-color illustrations, 3-D graphics, and even an inviting 'character' who introduces concepts to revery today's visually oriented students. The text is accompanied by an applications workbook and a data disk containing templates so students can apply their skills as they learn them. - Books Reading - New - 461117083
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Law and Ethics for Health Occupations
This one-semester text is intended for courses of study that prepare students to work in a medical office. All aspects of medical office employment are explored from new laws relevant to the medical office to the OSHA, DEA, and CDC requirements most important to medical office workers. The AAMA's DACUM Analysis was used as a guide for preparing every chapter. - Books Reading - New - 461718646
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