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The Inquisitive Problem Solver (MAA Problem Book Series)

The Mathematical Association of America, 2002

The Inquisitive Problem Solver is a collection of mathematical miniatures composed to stimulate and entertain. On a deeper level, these little puzzles, accessible to a general audience, provide a setting rich in mathematical themes. One of the larger purposes of the book is to show how everyday situations can lead an inquisitive problem...

The American Roadside in Émigré Literature, Film, and Photography: 1955–1985 (Studies in Mobilities, Literature, and Culture)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2020

The American Roadside in Émigré Literature, Film, and Photography: 1955–1985 traces the origin of a postmodern iconography of mobile consumption equating roadside America with an authentic experience of the United States through the postwar road narrative, a narrative which, Elsa Court argues, has been...

Reconstruction Era: Biographies Edition 1. (U X L Reconstruction Era Reference Library)

Gale, 2004

Doody Enterprises : "Twenty-four biographies are provided here with an additional article, "Confederate Leaders," which includes brief articles about Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Alexander Stephens and Robert A. Toombs. These articles are long enough to start students on reports about important persons in this time....

High-Stakes Testing: Coping With Collateral Damage

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005

The federal government's No Child Left Behind Act has thrust high-stakes testing (its goals, methods, and consequences) into the educational limelight. The four-fold purpose of this book is to: 1) describe the nature of high-stakes testing; 2) identify types of collateral damage that have attended the testing programs; 3) analyze methods different...

Early Civilizations In The Americas (Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library)

Gale, 2005

Many American history books begin with the year 1492 and the discovery of the Caribbean Islands by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506). For the great civilizations of Mesoamerica and South America, though, 1492 proved to be the beginning of the end of their civilization. The products of thousands of years of history—the...

Atlas of Urodynamics

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Urodynamics is the investigation of the function of the lower urinary tract - the bladder and urethra - using physical measurements such as urine pressure and flow rate as well as clinical assessment. The assessment begins with a medical history and examination, which may for example reveal abnormalities within the lower abdomen or pelvis that are...

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Civil Rights: A Public Policy Agenda for Uniting a Divided America

Routledge, 2014

This book could be aptly entitled After MarriageâWhat Is Next for the LGBT Community? Now that marriage is increasingly being institutionalized in many states within the United States it is quite likely that marriage will be acceptable in all 50 states (dependent upon action of the U.S. Supreme Court). What lesbian, gay, bisexual,...

Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense: The Courtroom Battle to Save His Legacy

Hanover Square Press, 2021

A President on Trial. A Reputation at Stake.

Dan Abrams and David Fisher take us inside the courtroom to witness the epic case that would define Theodore Roosevelt’s legacy. The former president had accused the leader of the Republican Party of corruption, setting off a trial that caught the attention...

The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

Praise for THE MAVERICK AND HIS MACHINE

"Like all great biographers, Kevin Maney gives us an engaging story and so much more. His fascinating and definitive book about IBM’s founder is replete with amazing revelations and character lessons that resonate today. Among the gems: how a demanding curmudgeon managed to shape...

Idea to Image in Photoshop CS2: Rick Sammon's Guide to Enhancing Your Digital Photographs

Peachpit Press, 2006

From "America's Most Popular Photo Expert" comes this beautiful book on working and playing with the Photoshop digital darkroom.

World-famous, award-winning professional photographer and writer Rick Sammon, author of 25 books and host of 2 television programs,...

Mapping Antarctica: A Five Hundred Year Record of Discovery (Springer Praxis Books)

Springer, 2013

Antarctica was to be the greatest discovery of them all! It was never to be a tripping over of a piece of useless land: the Greek philosophers had predicted a polar land- mass of geophysical importance! The question was rather whether or not man could bridge the "torrid equatorial zone" that was thought to separate the...

How to Persuade People Who Don't Want to be Persuaded: Get What You Want-Every Time!

John Wiley & Sons, 2004

If you’re in business, you’re selling something–a product, an opinion, a new way of doing things. The truth is, even if you don’t think of yourself as a pitchman, you might as well be one. This powerful guide to ethical influence shows you how to use effective persuasion techniques to get what you want the right...

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