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• Oxford University Press, USA
• Authors:
• Thomas Hobbes

This volume in the Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes contains A dialogue between a philosopher and a student, of the common laws of England, edited by Alan Cromartie, supplemented by the important fragment "Questions relative to Hereditary Right," discovered and edited by Quentin Skinner. As a critique of common law by a great philosopher, the Dialogue should be essential reading for anybody interested in English political thought...

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• ISBN:
• 0061246530
• Publisher:
• William Morrow
• Authors:
• Sharada Dwivedi, Shalini Devi Holkar

A national bestseller in India, Almond Eyes, Lotus Feet is the fictional memoir of a wise Indian princess, who recalls the ways the women of the Indian court found friendship, faith, and love through their beauty traditions. We journey with her as she recounts a lifetime of comforting rituals, tantalizing textures, colors, and fragrances, exquisite jewels and adornments, and assorted beauty and health secrets passed through generations of women...

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• ISBN:
• 0816045925
• Publisher:
• Facts on File
• Authors:
• Julia Ortiz Griffin, William D. Griffin

"Spain and Portugal", a new title from the "European Nations" series, is a useful reference guide for any student interested in the modern history of Spain and Portugal. This reservoir of information contains a concise narrative history, a chronology, and an A-to-Z encyclopedia covering significant people, places, events, and issues in Spanish and Portuguese history. In addition to history, "Spain and Portugal" is useful for students studying...

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• ISBN:
• 0321245458
• Publisher:
• Addison-Wesley Professional
• Authors:
• Bob Schneider

Access is one of the most widely used pieces of software. Perhaps more so than any other common program, such as Word or Excel, though, many of its users find it more vexing to really understand and use well. This is because you can't use Access successfully without a framework in your head of how a relational database management system works, and almost none of us have that training. While there are many books on Access, most of them are either...

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• ISBN:
• 0815709048
• Publisher:
• Brookings Institution Press
• Authors:
• Isaiah Berlin, Henry Hardy

Isaiah Berlin’s response to the Soviet Union was central to his identity, both personally and intellectually. Born a Russian subject in Riga in 1909, he spoke Russian as a child and witnessed both revolutions in St. Petersburg in 1917, emigrating to the West in 1921. He first returned to Russia in 1945, when he met the writers Anna Akhmatova and Boris Pasternak. These formative encounters helped shape his later work, especially his defense of...

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• ISBN:
• 0745322921
• Publisher:
• Pluto Press
• Authors:
• Ian O'Flynn, David O. Russell, Donald Horowitz

It is widely assumed that internal power-sharing is a viable democratic means of managing inter-communal conflict in divided societies. In principle, this form of government enables communities that have conflicting identities to remedy longstanding patterns of discrimination and to co-exist peacefully. Key arguments in support of this view can be found in the highly influential works of Arend Lijphart and Donald Horowitz.New Challenges for...

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• ISBN:
• 0764574124
• Publisher:
• For Dummies
• Authors:
• John Walkenbach

* Shows ordinary users how to harness the power of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and create custom Excel applications * This book introduces people to a wide array of new Excel options, including creating new worksheet functions, automating tasks and operations, creating new toolbars and menus, designing custom dialog boxes and add-ins, and much more * Begins with the most important tools and operations for the Visual Basic Editor, then...

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• ISBN:
• 0735612811
• Publisher:
• Microsoft Press
• Authors:
• Mark Dodge, Craig Stinson

MICROSOFT EXCEL Version 2002 INSIDE OUT is the foremost reference to Excel version 2002 for PC "super users". Complete in one volume, this book provides a thorough overview of the most-used features and functions of Microsoft's popular spreadsheet program. The book provides the information advanced users really need. It delivers comprehensive information about each major Excel tool and task, including using worksheets, analyzing data,...

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• ISBN:
• 0199637423
• Publisher:
• Oxford University Press, USA

The steroid or nuclear receptor superfamily is an important group of transcription factors that is studied by a large and varied number of basic and clinical researchers. This book provides these researchers an invaluable guide to do so and is a must for all professionals in biomedicine.

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• ISBN:
• 0764540726
• Publisher:
• For Dummies
• Authors:
• John Walkenbach

"Today, no accomplished Excel programmer can afford to be without John’s book. The value of Excel 2003 Power Programming with VBA is double most other books–simultaneously the premier reference and best learning tool for Excel VBA." —Loren Abdulezer, Author of Excel Best Practices for Business Everything you need to know about: Creating stellar UserForms and custom dialog box alternatives Working with VBA subprocedures and function...

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• ISBN:
• 0596100736
• Publisher:
• O'Reilly Media, Inc.
• Authors:
• Gerald Knight

As one of the most widely used desktop applications ever created, Excel is familiar to just about everyone with a computer and a keyboard. Yet most of us don't know the full extent of what Excel can do, mostly because of its recent growth in power, versatility, and complexity. The truth is that there are many ways Excel can help make your job easier-beyond calculating sums and averages in a standard spreadsheet. Analyzing Business Data with...

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• ISBN:
• 0309096235
• Publisher:
• National Academies Press
• Authors:
• Committee to Assess Worksite Preventive Health Program Needs for NASA Employees

The American workforce is changing, creating new challenges for employers to provide occupational health services to meet the needs of employees. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) workforce is highly skilled and competitive and employees frequently work under intense pressure to ensure mission success. The Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer at NASA requested that the Institute of Medicine review its...

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• ISBN:
• 0415296587
• Publisher:
• Routledge
• Authors:
• Vic Satzewich

In this fascinating book, Vic Satzewich traces one hundred and twenty five years of Ukranian migration, from the economic migration of the end of the nineteenth century to the political migration during the inter-war period and throughout the 1960s and 1980s resulting from the troubled relationship between Russia and the Ukraine. The author looks at the ways the Ukranian Diaspora has retained its identity, at the different factions within it and...

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• ISBN:
• 0850450969
• Publisher:
• Osprey Publishing
• Authors:
• Emir Bukhari

Owing to the heavy casualties suffered by the carabiniers in the 1809 campaign, the Emperor decreed that they should be armoured to the same advantage as the cuirassiers. In this way the two corps drew together in being the only troops of the Grande Armeé who were armoured, while at the same time they diverged in breaking away from their traditionally similar dress. Emir Bukhari does a splendid job of examining the uniforms and equipment of...

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• ISBN:
• 0521790026
• Publisher:
• Cambridge University Press
• Authors:
• Paul Cumming

Since its discovery 50 years ago, brain dopamine has been implicated in the control of movement and cognition, and is concerned with diverse brain diseases such as Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia and drug addiction. This book is an illustrated biography of the dopamine molecule, from its synthesis in the brain to its signalling mechanisms and ultimately to its metabolic breakdown. Using colour illustrations of positron emission tomography...

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• ISBN:
• 0745322921
• Publisher:
• Pluto Press
• Authors:
• Ian O'Flynn, David O. Russell, Donald Horowitz

It is widely assumed that internal power-sharing is a viable democratic means of managing inter-communal conflict in divided societies. In principle, this form of government enables communities that have conflicting identities to remedy longstanding patterns of discrimination and to co-exist peacefully. Key arguments in support of this view can be found in the highly influential works of Arend Lijphart and Donald Horowitz.New Challenges for...

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• ISBN:
• 0124371787
• Publisher:
• Academic Press
• Authors:
• David S. Latchman

Now in two-colour throughout, the fourth edition of Eukaryotic Transcription Factors has been completely rewritten and restructured to take into account the tremendous advances in our understanding of transcription factors and the mechanisms by which they act. Considerable emphasis has been given to the interaction between transcription factors and chromatin structure. Also included is an entirely new section on the mediator complex and...

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• ISBN:
• 1405103701
• Publisher:
• Wiley-Blackwell
• Authors:
• Albert J. Courey

Mechanisms in Transcriptional Regulation provides a concise discussion of the fundamental concepts in transcription and its regulation. Covers RNA polymerases, transcriptional machinery, mechanisms of transcriptional activation, the histone code hypothesis, the epigenetic control of transcription, and combinatorial control in signaling and development Features over 80 figures available to download online Chapters include comprehensive reading...

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• ISBN:
• 0896035735
• Publisher:
• Humana Press

National Vision Research Institute of Australia, Melbourne. Provides step-by-step procedures for key techniques to study DNA sequences and the protein factors regulating the transcription of protein encoding genes. For researchers. DNLM: Transcription Factors--analysis.

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• ISBN:
• 0199637423
• Publisher:
• Oxford University Press, USA

The steroid or nuclear receptor superfamily is an important group of transcription factors that is studied by a large and varied number of basic and clinical researchers. This book provides these researchers an invaluable guide to do so and is a must for all professionals in biomedicine.

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• ISBN:
• 0721602584
• Publisher:
• Saunders
• Authors:
• Suzanne Oparil, Michael A. Weber

The revised and updated 2nd Edition provides a logical, practical framework for managing patients with hypertension. Today’s leading experts discuss all aspects of the field—from pathophysiology, pharmacological treatments, and lifestyle modifications to secondary hypertension and cardiovascular complications. * Assesses the risks of specific pharmacological treatments * offers expert analysis of recent clinical trials * and provides *...

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• ISBN:
• 0781753228
• Publisher:
• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Now in its updated Fourth Edition, this popular handbook is a practical guide for physicians and surgeons who manage kidney transplant patients and for nurses and other professionals on the transplant team. In concise, readable, well-illustrated chapters, the book outlines the major concerns surrounding renal transplantation and the most successful approaches to problems arising in short-term and long-term patient care. This edition's chapters...

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• ISBN:
• 0471678503
• Publisher:
• Wiley-Interscience
• Authors:
• Jian Li, Petre Stoica

The latest research and developments in robust adaptive beamforming Recent work has made great strides toward devising robust adaptive beamformers that vastly improve signal strength against background noise and directional interference. This dynamic technology has diverse applications, including radar, sonar, acoustics, astronomy, seismology, communications, and medical imaging. There are also exciting emerging applications such as smart...

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• ISBN:
• 0896036111
• Publisher:
• Humana Press

Univ. of Dundee, UK. Covers detection and assay of stress-reduced damage, activation of wide range of signal transduction pathways by cellular stress, stress-induced gene expression, and stress protein function. For scientists working to understand how cells and tissues respond during physiological stress and in human disease.

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• ISBN:
• 0896038734
• Publisher:
• Humana Press

A collection of cutting-edge techniques for detecting and quantifying apoptosis, understanding its biochemistry, and for identifying the genes and proteins that regulate and carry it out. Described in step-by-step detail, these readily reproducible methods range from flow cytometry and immunohistochemical procedures to kinase activity assays, yeast two-hybrid screening, and the cloning of novel genes by differential expression. The protocols...

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• ISBN:
• 0768424143
• Publisher:
• Destiny Image
• Authors:
• Mahesh Chavda

40 Days of Prayer and Fasting is a devotional companion for The Hidden Power of Prayer and Fasting or can be used as a standalone inspirational devotional.

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• ISBN:
• 0143142844
• Publisher:
• Penguin Audio
• Authors:
• Wallace D. Wattles

A key source of inspiration behind The Secret, metaphysical writer Wallace D. Wattles distills the rules of real power and personal achievement in his slender, immensely practical The Science of Being Great - a companion to The Science of Getting Rich .

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• ISBN:
• 0824706188
• Publisher:
• CRC

Discussing strategies to determine the structure and machanisms of numerous compound classics, this book covers new chemical and elctrophoretic techniques for rapid sample preconcentration and separation. It summarizes breakthroughs in the theory and instrumentation of electrospray mass spectrometry in pharmaceutical and biomedical applications, provides practical examples for the characterization of peptides, proteins, and glycoproteins,...

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• ISBN:
• 1401917569
• Publisher:
• Hay House
• Authors:
• Alberto Villoldo

Modern physics tells us that we’re dreaming the world into being with every thought. The Courage to Dream Your Life tells us how to dream our world with power and grace. The ancient shamans of the Americas understood that we’re not only creating our experience of the world, but are dreaming up the very nature of reality itself—that is, “life is but a dream.” When you don’t dream your life, you have to settle for the nightmare being...

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• ISBN:
• 0521758920
• Publisher:
• Cambridge University Press

This text introduces students, scholars, and interested educated readers to the issues of human memory broadly considered, encompassing both individual memory, collective remembering by societies, and the construction of history. The book is organized around several major questions: How do memories construct our past? How do we build shared collective memories? How does memory shape history? This volume presents a special perspective,...

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• ISBN:
• 0672328224
• Publisher:
• Sams
• Authors:
• George W. Anderson, Danielle Signorile Larocca

A new edition of this book is now available, ISBN-10: 0137142846  ISBN:13  9780137142842   Sams Teach Yourself SAP in 24 Hours, Second Edition is the perfect tool for learning one of the most sophisticated enterprise solutions available today. Designed to being with the basics, you will become acquainted with the entire SAP system, from navigation to creating your own reports. You'll also cover: Implementation tools and methodologies...

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• ISBN:
• 079145441X
• Publisher:
• State University of New York Press
• Authors:
• Laura Janara

The first sustained feminist interpretation of Tocqueville's classic, Democracy in America.

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• ISBN:
• 0072262427
• Publisher:
• McGraw-Hill
• Authors:
• Diane Kennedy, Janelle Elms

Hundreds of Deductions for eBay Sellers! If you’re an online seller, take note: now you can reduce--or even eliminate--the taxes you pay using the insider tips in Tax Loopholes for eBay Sellers. You’ll discover hundreds of little-known, completely legal tax deductions and reporting tips that are unique to eBay and designed to benefit small business owners. Learn what the IRS is looking for when sorting out a real business from a hobby and...

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• ISBN:
• 1441914056
• Publisher:
• Springer

Scoliosis is a heterogeneous group of spinal curvature disorders that are frequently encountered by health professionals (estimated to affect 2-3% of the population). Patients are concerned about prognosis, associated health conditions and recurrent risks. Developmental genetic studies of the spine and linkage and family-based association studies have led to recent advances in understanding the genetic etiology of idiopathic, neuromuscular, and...

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• ISBN:
• 3540284125
• Publisher:
• Springer
• Authors:
• Christoph Kuhner, Helmut Maltry

Das Lehrbuch führt ausführlich in alle relevanten Ansätze der Unternehmensbewertung ein, die in Theorie und Bewertungspraxis diskutiert werden. Ausgehend von den verschiedenen rechtlich bzw. wirtschaftlich motivierten Anlässen einer Unternehmensbewertung sowie der Darstellung der dogmengeschichtlichen Entwicklung in Deutschland wird die Unternehmensbewertung investitionstheoretisch fundiert. Das Prognoseproblem und das...

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• ISBN:
• 0884022803
• Publisher:
• Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
• Authors:
• Antony Littlewood, Henry Maguire, Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn

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• ISBN:
• 0470118709
• Publisher:
• Visual
• Authors:
• Kate Shoup

You already know Office 2007 basics. Now you’re ready to move to the next level, and this book gives you clear, illustrated instructions for 125 tasks that reveal cool secrets, teach timesaving tricks, and explain great tips guaranteed to make you more productive with Office 2007. With minimal text and maximum illustrations, a task-oriented, step-by-step approach, self-contained, two-page lessons for each task, and navigational aids that...

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• ISBN:
• 0198570279
• Publisher:
• Oxford University Press, USA
• Authors:
• L. R. G Treloar

This book provides a critical review of the equilibrium elastic properties of rubber, together with the kinetic-theory background. It is suitable for the non-specialist and the emphasis is on the physical reality embodied in the mathematical formulations. Polymer science had developed greatly since the second edition of this text in 1958, and the two main advances-the refinements of the network theory and associated thermodynamic analysis, and...

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• ISBN:
• 0199214867
• Publisher:
• Oxford University Press, USA
• Authors:
• Mark Warner, Eugene Michael Terentjev

Liquid crystals are fluids with directionality defined. Polymers are long molecules with a shape that can be changed. As a network, polymers form rubber-a soft solid that is locally liquid-like and capable of huge extension. Liquid crystal elastomers area combination of all these curious aspects, but with additional, revolutionary new phenomena-for example, spontaneous shape changes of several hundred percent induced by temperature change, with...

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• ISBN:
• 0471782793
• Publisher:
• For Dummies
• Authors:
• Peter Weverka

Revised and updated to cover changes to all of Office's applications and productivity tools Offers beyond-the-basics coverage of Office word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, e-mail, databases, and desktop publishing Covers Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, productivity tools such as Microsoft OneNote, and SharePoint Thoroughly updated to cover the new Office interface as well as new features in each application

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• ISBN:
• 0387988483
• Publisher:
• Springer
• Authors:
• C.R. Rao, Helge Toutenburg

This book provides an up-to-date account of the theory and applications of linear models. It can be used as a text for courses in statistics at the graduate level as well as an accompanying text for other courses in which linear models play a part. The authors present a unified theory of inference from linear models with minimal assumptions, not only through least squares theory, but also using alternative methods of estimation and testing based...

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• ISBN:
• 3527306072
• Publisher:
• Wiley-VCH
• Authors:
• Tanase Gh. Dobre, Jose G. Sanchez Marcano

A description of the use of computer aided modeling and simulation in the development, integration and optimization of industrial processes. The two authors elucidate the entire procedure step-by-step, from basic mathematical modeling to result interpretation and full-scale process performance analysis. They further demonstrate similitude comparisons of experimental results from different systems as a tool for broadening the applicability of the...

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• ISBN:
• 0127754210
• Publisher:
• Academic Press

Cognitive electrophysiology is a very well established field utilizing new technologies such as bioelectric events-related potentials (ERP) and magnetic (ERF) recordings to pursue the investigation of mind and brain. Current research focuses on reviewing ERP/ERF findings in the areas of attention, language, memory, visual and auditory perceptual processing, emotions, development, and neuropsychological clinical damages. The goal of such research...

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• ISBN:
• 0520242866
• Publisher:
• University of California Press
• Authors:
• Charles Tiefer

In this searing indictment of current administration policy, Charles Tiefer, a distinguished scholar of national legal affairs and former solicitor of the House of Representatives, argues that President George W. Bush methodically manipulates the law to promote right-wing causes. The beneficiaries of these machinations range from frontline pro-weapon and anti-women's rights groups to major industries that profit from lax environmental standards...

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• ISBN:
• 023112399X
• Publisher:
• Columbia University Press
• Authors:
• Wyatt Wells

Today antitrust law shapes the policy of almost every large company, no matter where headquartered. But this wasn´t always the case. Before World War II, the laws of most industrial countries tolerated and even encouraged cartels, whereas American statutes banned them. In the wake of World War II, the United States devoted considerable resources to building a liberal economic order, which Washington believed was necessary to preserving not only...

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• ISBN:
• 0865715254
• Publisher:
• New Society Publishers
• Authors:
• Jane Midgley

The national budget represents the common resources of the people of the United States. Yet only a handful of experts understand the full impact of budget policy on the American people. Since women comprise just a fraction of national decision-makers, women's needs and perspectives are largely left out of budget policy-a critical absence during our current era of rising deficits, increasing military and security budgets, and cutbacks in public...

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• ISBN:
• 9546422150
• Publisher:
• Coronet Books
• Authors:
• Ilia Deleff

The author headed for South America at the age of twenty-five with a clear aim "to do something in [his] life." Fascinated by the beauty of quartz crystals in Brazil, he started to collect them enthusiastically and he is now the only collector of giant crystals in the world. Conquered by their secret power and the perfection of their forms, he penetrated the intimate world of crystals and marveled at the magnificent play of light reflected on...

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• ISBN:
• 3540279458
• Publisher:
• Springer

The proceedings volume (incl. CD-ROM) is a compilation of approximately 400 extended abstracts (up to 4 pages long) of presentations given at the 8th Biennial SGA Meeting. The papers are grouped according to the thematic sessions within which they were presented, including Tectonics, lithospheric, and deep mantle controls on global metallogenic provinces and giant ore deposits; Base and precious metal mineralization in sediments during basin...

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• ISBN:
• 1575844265
• Publisher:
• Reader's Digest
• Authors:
• Susan Tejada

Did you know that the whole world lies at your feet? Really! Rocks and minerals are like little windows on the inner workings of Planet Earth. You just have to know where to find them and what you are looking at. That's where Dig It! comes in. Filled with hands on activities and fun facts, it'll teach you the basics of rocks and minerals and how they make a difference in just about every part of your life. You'll also find tips on finding and...

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• ISBN:
• 0764568817
• Publisher:
• Wiley
• Authors:
• Faithe Wempen

* The first and only book to focus exclusively on advanced PowerPoint techniques, this latest addition to our successful Power Pack series shows veteran users how to harness sophisticated program features-and take their presentations to the next level * Techniques covered include putting together design templates and color schemes, working with master layouts, importing and manipulating digital photos and video clips, creating sophisticated...

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• ISBN:
• 0865715254
• Publisher:
• New Society Publishers
• Authors:
• Jane Midgley

The national budget represents the common resources of the people of the United States. Yet only a handful of experts understand the full impact of budget policy on the American people. Since women comprise just a fraction of national decision-makers, women's needs and perspectives are largely left out of budget policy-a critical absence during our current era of rising deficits, increasing military and security budgets, and cutbacks in public...

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• ISBN:
• 1575844265
• Publisher:
• Reader's Digest
• Authors:
• Susan Tejada

Did you know that the whole world lies at your feet? Really! Rocks and minerals are like little windows on the inner workings of Planet Earth. You just have to know where to find them and what you are looking at. That's where Dig It! comes in. Filled with hands on activities and fun facts, it'll teach you the basics of rocks and minerals and how they make a difference in just about every part of your life. You'll also find tips on finding and...

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• 499 times
• ISBN:
• 0764568817
• Publisher:
• Wiley
• Authors:
• Faithe Wempen

* The first and only book to focus exclusively on advanced PowerPoint techniques, this latest addition to our successful Power Pack series shows veteran users how to harness sophisticated program features-and take their presentations to the next level * Techniques covered include putting together design templates and color schemes, working with master layouts, importing and manipulating digital photos and video clips, creating sophisticated...

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• 202 times
• ISBN:
• 3527306072
• Publisher:
• Wiley-VCH
• Authors:
• Tanase Gh. Dobre, Jose G. Sanchez Marcano

A description of the use of computer aided modeling and simulation in the development, integration and optimization of industrial processes. The two authors elucidate the entire procedure step-by-step, from basic mathematical modeling to result interpretation and full-scale process performance analysis. They further demonstrate similitude comparisons of experimental results from different systems as a tool for broadening the applicability of the...

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• ISBN:
• 3540284125
• Publisher:
• Springer
• Authors:
• Christoph Kuhner, Helmut Maltry

Das Lehrbuch führt ausführlich in alle relevanten Ansätze der Unternehmensbewertung ein, die in Theorie und Bewertungspraxis diskutiert werden. Ausgehend von den verschiedenen rechtlich bzw. wirtschaftlich motivierten Anlässen einer Unternehmensbewertung sowie der Darstellung der dogmengeschichtlichen Entwicklung in Deutschland wird die Unternehmensbewertung investitionstheoretisch fundiert. Das Prognoseproblem und das...

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• 165 times
• ISBN:
• 0791093840
• Publisher:
• Chelsea House Publications
• Authors:
• Preston Dennett

The UFO phenomenon remains one of the most persistent and perplexing mysteries of modern times. Encounters have occurred for thousands of years, and the activity shows no signs of slowing, with reports coming from around the world. "UFOs and Aliens" presents an exciting history of extraterrestrial activity on planet Earth, documenting some of the world's best-verified cases. Readers will learn about famous sightings such as the Washington...

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• ISBN:
• 0803260431
• Publisher:
• Bison Books
• Authors:
• Maggie Pleskac, Sean Carmichael

One eats meat. The other doesn’t. Both are professional chefs. And both have recipes that make a deliciously persuasive case for each chef’s point of view. In a delightful culinary turn on “he said, she said,” dueling chefs Maggie Pleskac and Sean Carmichael engage in a delectable debate over the merits of the cuisines of vegetarians and carnivores in the form of recipe one-upmanship in which only the reader is sure to win. Between...

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• ISBN:
• 0803618530
• Publisher:
• F. A. Davis Company
• Authors:
• Darlene D. Pedersen

The psychiatric rotation can be among the shortest (yet most intimidating) clinical rotation. This handy pocket guide delivers quick access to need-to-know information on basic behavioral theories, key aspects of psychiatric and crisis interventions, mental status assessments and exams, mental health history and assessment tools, and more.The 1st Edition was an AJN Book of the Year award winner. Completely revised and thoroughly updated, the 2nd...

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• ISBN:
• 0850451175
• Publisher:
• Osprey Publishing
• Authors:
• Peter Young

Text by Brigadier Peter Young, Colour Plates by Michael Roffe. The army of Field-Marshal Prince Blucher of Prussia was a key instrument in the final defeat of Napoleon. Using many contemporary sources the author examines not only its arms and organisation, but also its leaders, awards, and even its wounded. Due to popular demand, strictly limited quantities of Osprey’s most wanted out of print Men-at-Arms, Vanguard and Elite titles are back in...

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• ISBN:
• 0813829879
• Publisher:
• Wiley-Blackwell

Marine Ornamental Species: Collection, Culture and Conservation is a comprehensive resource containing information on the growing and economically important marine ornamental industry. Experts address current issues from a global perspective, covering the full-range of topics from world economics and product demand to aquatic animal health to ethnic and social/cultural concerns. This up-to-date overview will contribute to the creation of an...

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• ISBN:
• 0470068051
• Publisher:
• For Dummies
• Authors:
• Gregory Skomal PhD

Demystifies aquarium setup and maintenance Combine and care for a wide variety of marine fish and invertebrates Dive into the colorful world of saltwater fish! This fun, friendly guide gives you easy step-by-step instructions for choosing and caring for these amazing animals. You get the latest on feeding, tank upkeep, filtering systems, maintaining live rock, and preventing algae build-up, as well as what not to include in your aquarium....

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• ISBN:
• 047004425X
• Publisher:
• Howell Book House
• Authors:
• John H. Tullock

This book shows you step-by-step and fish-by-fish how to create a beautiful, harmonious aquarium that mimics a natural habitat and fosters healthy fish and plant life. It includes more than eighty detailed recipes for aquariums of different types and sizes, specific aquarium model designs, the basics of aquarium setup and maintenance, and a 16-page color catalog of fish and plant varieties.

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• ISBN:
• 0735623058
• Publisher:
• Microsoft Press
• Authors:
• Carl Chatfield, Timothy Johnson

The smart way to learn Microsoft Office Project 2007--one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, helpful hints, and troubleshooting tips to master the fundamentals of working with the latest version of Office Project, including information on the new, easy-to-use scenarios and reporting features. You will learn the essentials for managing time, people, and budgets for projects large and small...

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• Publisher:
• National Academies Press
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Summarizes current information on the potential medical value of marijuana. Includes the harm and relief it can bring patients. Includes conditions such as glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, and AIDS, and side effects of treatments such as chemotherapy. For health care providers, policy makers, and regulators.

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• ISBN:
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• Texas Christian University Press
• Authors:
• Gayle Hunnicutt, Sam Lloyd Hunnicutt

A day-to-day account of the enduring passion of a man for his wife, the frustrations of separation caused by the war and the plans for a future in a saner but unknown world. Sixty years later, Lloyd and Virginia's tender memoir will touch the hearts of every generation.

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• ISBN:
• 0226165086
• Publisher:
• University Of Chicago Press
• Authors:
• Johanna Drucker

Nearly a decade ago, Johanna Drucker cofounded the University of Virginia’s SpecLab, a digital humanities laboratory dedicated to risky projects with serious aims. In SpecLab she explores the implications of these radical efforts to use critical practices and aesthetic principles against the authority of technology based on analytic models of knowledge.            Inspired by the imaginative frontiers of graphic arts and...

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• ISBN:
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• Publisher:
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• Authors:
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• ISBN:
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• Publisher:
• Pluto Press
• Authors:
• Mobo Gao

Mao and his policies have long been demonized in the West, with the Cultural Revolution considered a fundamental violation of human rights. As China embraces capitalism, the Mao era is being denigrated by the Chinese political and intellectual elite. This book tackles the extremely negative depiction of China under Mao in recent publications and argues that most people in China, including the rural poor and the urban working class, actually...

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• ISBN:
• 0721695973
• Publisher:
• Saunders
• Authors:
• Steven Lehrer

Boxed CD-ROM with booklet guides the user through the sounds and skills of lung auscultation. Running time is 60 minutes and presents actual lung sounds. Booklet expands on the content in the CD with visual reinforcement. Includes review and critical thinking questions, new or redrawn illustrations, and more. Previous edition: c1993. Softcover.

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• ISBN:
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• Publisher:
• University Of Chicago Press
• Authors:
• Johanna Drucker

Nearly a decade ago, Johanna Drucker cofounded the University of Virginia’s SpecLab, a digital humanities laboratory dedicated to risky projects with serious aims. In SpecLab she explores the implications of these radical efforts to use critical practices and aesthetic principles against the authority of technology based on analytic models of knowledge.            Inspired by the imaginative frontiers of graphic arts and...

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• ISBN:
• 0262232286
• Publisher:
• The MIT Press
• Authors:
• Vincent Walsh, Alvaro Pascual-Leone

The mainstays of brain imaging techniques have been positron emission tomography (PET), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), magnetoencephalography (MEG), and event-related potentials (ERPs). These methods all record direct or indirect measures of brain activity and correlate the activity patterns with behavior. But to go beyond the correlations established by these techniques and prove the necessity of an area for a given function,...

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• ISBN:
• 0471677817
• Publisher:
• Wiley-Interscience
• Authors:
• Mikhail Soloviev, Per Andrén, Chris Shaw

The definitive guide to peptidomics- a hands-on lab reference The first truly comprehensive book about peptidomics for protein and peptide analysis, this reference provides a detailed description of the hows and whys of peptidomics and how the techniques have evolved. With chapters contributed by leading experts, it covers naturally occurring peptides, peptidomics methods and new developments, and the peptidomics approach to biomarker discovery....

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• ISBN:
• 0443074070
• Publisher:
• Churchill Livingstone
• Authors:
• Ronald McRae FRCS(Eng Glas) AIMBI

Provides comprehensive, step-by-step guidance for completing an orthopedic examination and summarizes relevant anatomical details. Abundant, high-quality halftone illustrations are used to guide the resident or medical student through the examination process. Includes new material on thoracic outlet syndrome, shoulder instabilities, and more. Previous edition: c1997. Softcover.