Best of
College

2004

Cane Mutiny: How the Miami Hurricanes Overturned the Football Establishment


Bruce Feldman - 2004
    Feldman has penned the inside story of the Miami Hurricanes--the college football dynasty they call the Miami Vice.

The Dhammapada: Verses on the Way (Modern Library Classics)


Glenn Wallis - 2004
    The nature of the self, the value of relationships, the importance of moment-to-moment awareness, the destructiveness of anger, the suffering that attends attachment, the ambiguity of the earth’s beauty, the inevitability of aging, the certainty of death–these dilemmas preoccupy us today as they did centuries ago. No other spiritual texts speak about them more clearly and profoundly than does the Dhammapada.In this elegant new translation, Sanskrit scholar Glenn Wallis has exclusively referred to and quoted from the canonical suttas–the presumed earliest discourses of the Buddha–to bring us the heartwood of Buddhism, words as compelling today as when the Buddha first spoke them. On violence: All tremble before violence./ All fear death./ Having done the same yourself,/ you should neither harm nor kill. On ignorance: An uninstructed person/ ages like an ox,/ his bulk increases,/ his insight does not. On skillfulness: A person is not skilled/ just because he talks a lot./ Peaceful, friendly, secure–/ that one is called “skilled.”In 423 verses gathered by subject into chapters, the editor offers us a distillation of core Buddhist teachings that constitutes a prescription for enlightened living, even in the twenty-first century. He also includes a brilliantly informative guide to the verses–a chapter-by-chapter explication that greatly enhances our understanding of them. The text, at every turn, points to practical applications that lead to freedom from fear and suffering, toward the human state of spiritual virtuosity known as awakening.Glenn Wallis’s translation is an inspired successor to earlier versions of the suttas. Even those readers who are well acquainted with the Dhammapada will be enriched by this fresh encounter with a classic textFrom the Hardcover edition.

New Cinematographers


Alex Ballinger - 2004
    Extended studies of each cinemotagrapher's work -- fully illustrated with stills, lighting charts and storyboards -- help show the how each translates their aesthetic vision into the actual filmed work. The book includes a detailed resource section, an annotated bibliography and detailed technical glossary.

Sideways: The Shooting Script


Alexander Payne - 2004
    The newest screenplay from the Oscar®-nominated writers of Election and About Schmidt, Sideways is the tale of two men's adventure in California wine country.Based on Rex Pickett's acclaimed first novel, Sideways tells the story of Miles (Paul Giamatti), a failed novelist, and his soon-to-be-married friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church), a washed-up actor.To salute the remains of their youth, the two men take one last road trip in the week before Jack's wedding.A serious wine enthusiast, Miles is determined to educate his friend on the region's beloved Pinot Noir wines before the week is out.Jack indulges his best friend's passion for the grape but is mainly interested in living his last week of bachelorhood to the hilt.Trouble ensues with wine and women (Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh), and the duo comes to some profound realizations as they come to terms with maturity.

E.E. Cummings


Christopher Sawyer-Laucanno - 2004
    Yet Cummings could also be difficult, truculent, opinionated, wrong-headed, emotional, bigoted and egotistical. Dubbed by Ezra Pound as "Whitman's one living descendant," Cummings sang of himself and of America in a unique voice, as resonant now as it was a half-century ago. Charismatic and famous among the famous, Cummings always seemed to be in the right place at the right time, and was a major presence wherever he resided, whether in Cambridge, Europe or New York. He counted some of the most important artists of his time as friends: Pound, Hemingway, Dylan Thomas and many more. "Sawyer-Lau�anno emphasizes the relation of the private man to his work, offering fresh insights into the grand optical arrangement of Cummings's books."--Starred Library Journal ReviewbrbrFor nearly half a century, the personal papers, journals and diaries of Edward Estlin Cummings were kept from public view. These documents reveal far more about the inner life of the famous poet and painter than has ever been known. Now, noted biographer Christopher Sawyer-Lau�anno presents the first, definitive, revelatory life story of E.E. Cummings (1894 1962), an American original. brbr"Well-researched, comprehensive, and essential to understanding the artist and the artistry."--Starred Kirkus ReviewsbrbrFor E.E. Cummings#58; A Biography, the author had unprecedented access toall of Cummings's papers-anguished diary entries, reflections on consultations with two psychoanalysts, an autobiographical novel, and a carefully prepared manuscript containing more than one hundred blatantly erotic poems. brbrIn the words of William Corbett, author of Boston Vermont and Don't Think Look, "E.E. Cummings, Yankee individualist and, rare for an American poet, satirist is here in full. This means warts and all, but Sawyer-Lau�anno has not come to judge. In this readable and absorbing life he has paid Cummings the honor of clear-eyed candor." Christopher Sawyer-Lau�anno paints a full and memorable portrait of this extraordinary American poet.

A Primer of Ecological Statistics


Nicholas J. Gotelli - 2004
    The book emphasizes a general introduction to probability theory and provides a detailed discussion of specific designs and analyses that are typically encountered in ecology and environmental science. Appropriate for use as either a stand-alone or supplementary text for upper-division undergraduate or graduate courses in ecological and environmental statistics, ecology, environmental science, environmental studies, or experimental design, the Primer also serves as a resource for environmental professionals who need to use and interpret statistics daily but have little or no formal training in the subject.

Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics: Grades 5-8


John A. Van de Walle - 2004
    In addition to many of the popular topics and features from John Van de Walle's market-leading textbook, "Elementary and Middle School Mathematics," this volume offers brand-new material specifically written for the middle grades. The expanded grade-specific coverage and unique page design allow readers to quickly and easily locate information to implement in the classroom. Nearly 200 grade-appropriate activities are included. The student-centered, problem-based approach will help students develop real understanding and confidence in mathematics, making this series indispensable for teachers Big Ideas provide clear and succinct explanations of the most critical concepts in 5-8 mathematics. Problem-based activities in Chapters 2-12 provide numerous engaging tasks to help students develop understanding. Assessment Notes illustrate how assessment can be an integral part of instruction and suggest practical assessment strategies. Expanded Lessons elaborate on one activity in each chapter, providing examples for creating step-by-step lesson plans for classroom implementation. A Companion Website (http: //www.ablongman.com/vandewalletscm1e ) provides access to more than 50 reproducible blackline masters to utilize in the classroom. The NCTM Content Standards are provided in the appendix for teachers' reference. Collect all three volumes in the Van de Walle Professional Mathematics Series Each volume provides in-depth coverage at specific grade levels. Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics: Volume One, Grades K-3, ISBN: 0-205-40843-5 Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics: Volume Two, Grades 3-5, ISBN: 0-205-40844-3 Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics: Volume Three, Grades 5-8, ISBN: 0-205-41797-3

Barron's TOEFL iBT Superpack


Pamela J. Sharpe - 2004
    It includes the following components: Barron’s TOEFL iBT, 13th Edition by the experienced ESL instructor and author Pamela Sharpe, Ph.D. The manual presents seven full-length model TOEFL iBT tests with explanations or examples for all questions, including sample essays and speaking responses. Test-takers also get a general orientation to the TOEFL iBT, a review of required academic skills, which include note taking, paraphrasing, summarizing, and synthesizing, and a review of language skills that covers listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English. A CD-ROM presenting computerized versions of all seven full-length TOEFL practice tests from the manual plus an extra brand-new TOEFL practice test. All eight practice tests simulate actual test conditions and provide automatic scoring. Ten Audio Compact Discs: These CDs present audio prompts for all Listening, Speaking, and Writing sections of all TOEFL practice exams and additional exercises throughout the TOEFL manual. Barron’s Essential Words for the TOEFL, 4th Edition, the vocabulary builder by Stephen J. Matthiesen Barron’s TOEFL iBT Superpack is more than a superb self-teaching program for TOEFL students. It’s also a money-saver. Purchase of the Superpack represents a savings of $26.98 over the items if purchased separately.

Pretty Shade of Grey


A.D. Truax - 2004
    Two unusual people result in an equally unusual relationship. m/m slash (rough draft).Status: Complete - Chapters: 13 Word count: 126,864 words Currently taken down for editing and/or publishing preparation.

High Water Mark: Prose Poems


David Shumate - 2004
    An interview with Custer at a place of his choosing, “probably a steakhouse.” The ability of dogs to smell the uncool. Hitler's barber imagines what might have been if only he'd leaned his weight into the razor. An oblivious Coronado narrowly avoids an ambush on the American plains. Freud lecherously lifts the skirt of a Mexican housekeeper who has far too much work to be bothered by “a pillar of modern thought. Or just some dirty old man.” In lesser hands such disparate elements might fly wildly out of control. But in David Shumate's understated, brilliant prose poems, they come together in miraculously vivid riffs. The narrator of the title poem rhapsodizes, “I wouldn't mind seeing another good flood before I die. It's been dry for decades. Next time I think I'll just let go and drift downstream and see where I end up.” Shumate's deft and refreshing collection takes us to amazing places with its plainspoken meditations.

Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students


Howard D. Curtis - 2004
    However, with its basis in classical physics and mechanics, it can be a difficult and weighty subject. Howard Curtis - Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle University, the US's #1 rated undergraduate aerospace school - focuses on what students at undergraduate and taught masters level really need to know in this hugely valuable text. Fully supported by the analytical features and computer based tools required by today's students, it brings a fresh, modern, accessible approach to teaching and learning orbital mechanics. A truly essential new resource.A complete, stand-alone text for this core aerospace engineering subjectRichly-detailed, up-to-date curriculum coverage; clearly and logically developed to meet the needs of studentsHighly illustrated and fully supported with downloadable MATLAB algorithms for project and practical work; with fully worked examples throughout, Q&A material, and extensive homework exercises.

Sources of the Holocaust


Steve Hochstadt - 2004
    The words of Nazi leaders and common soldiers, SS doctors and European collaborators show how and why they planned and participated in mass murder. Jewish and non-Jewish victims speak of their persecution and resistance. Steve Hochstadt's commentary on each source outlines the historical causes and step-by-step development of the Holocaust, as well as the continuing debates about its significance.

Outrageous Love, Transforming Power


Terry Wardle - 2004
    What does it really mean to be Christlike? Christians today are struggling with immaturity because they do not know the answer to that question. This book surveys the life of Jesus to identify eight characteristics of Christ that are to be nurtured by the Holy Spirit in the believer's life. Being transformed into the likeness of Christ is the true mark of spiritual maturity.

Inequality, Poverty, and Neoliberal Governance: Activist Ethnography in the Homeless Sheltering Industry


Vincent Lyon-Callo - 2004
    As advocates, activists, policy makers, and homeless people focused attention on market-based and individualized practices of reform and governance, collective efforts that challenged an economy dependent on low wage jobs, declining housing affordability, and the dismantling of the social safety net were marginalized and ignored. Homelessness continued, despite, and partly due to, the limitations of the neoliberal approach. Combining the rich detail of an ethnographic study with the systemic examination of political economic studies, this book offers a view of homelessness and inequality that is rarely explored elsewhere. Chapters include discussion of the medicalization of homelessness, the difficulty of finding paid employment given broader political economic conditions, how shelter staff are trained to manage homeless people, how statistics are used to produce ideas of homeless people as deviants, and how funding concerns affect possibilities for resistance. Key to the study is an activist approach that raises the possibilities and problems associated with a publicly engaged anthropology.

Buddha’s Dogs


Susan Browne - 2004
    One moment you are laughing, the next moment drying your eyes. Edward Hirsch, judge of the Four Way Books 2002 Intro Prize says of Buddha’s Dogs, "There’s a ruthless authenticity—a deep cherishing—in Buddha’s Dogs, a splendidly mature first book of poems that is filled with moments of Proustian recall, with the comedy and the anguish, the beauty and the burning of lived experience."

The Keepsake Storm


Gina L. Franco - 2004
    As Gina Franco unleashes that storm and as Kathryn's flood of memories washes over us, we know at once that we are in the hands of a truly gifted poet. "The Keepsake Storm" is the culmination of a verse cycle that probes the depths of the heart—a meditation on the meaning of life in a difficult world. Drawing on a rich tradition of storytelling in Latino literature, Franco explores the transformative power of compassion as she addresses themes of cultural alienation, lost family roots, and the uncertain resiliency of the self. In writing that blends rapture, vision, and mystery, Franco calls on a multiplicity of voices and a prodigious command of forms to explore the underlying rhythms of life, finding poetry even in the imperfect transmissions of e-mail:"I was happy to get your letter. I had a rough day. My step-mom had a breakdown and is in a hospitol. I don't understand all the why's of it. She has paranoia scetsafrinia. (and I know that is spelled totally wrong). I don't blame myself I just didn't see it coming." By reaffirming the power of self-awareness, history, and place, Franco reaches out to all who struggle to find meaning in times of trouble or self-doubt. The Keepsake Storm is a personal journey through many lives that is nothing less than a celebration—and a reassessment—of American consciousness.

Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty


Elizabeth F. Barkley - 2004
    To promote active learning, teachers across the disciplines and in all kinds of colleges are incorporating collaborative learning into their teaching. Collaborative Learning Techniques is a scholarly and well-written handbook that guides teachers through all aspects of group work, providing solid information on what to do, how to do it, and why it is important to student learning. Synthesizing the relevant research and good practice literature, the authors present detailed procedures for thirty collaborative learning techniques (CoLTs) and offer practical suggestions on a wide range of topics, including how to form groups, assign roles, build team spirit, solve problems, and evaluate and grade student participation.

Cracking the SAT 2012


The Princeton Review - 2004
    It includes:• Access to 5 full-length practice exams• Our exclusive "Hit Parade" of vocabulary appearing most frequently on the SAT• Tons of drills and detailed explanations to show you exactly what to expect on the exam• Thorough review of all SAT topics, including essay-writing techniques and a focused grammar chapter• Key SAT strategies and a breakdown of SAT myths to help you feel more confident on test day

Invectives


Francesco Petrarca - 2004
    Just as Petrarch's Latin epic Africa imitated Virgil and his compendium On Illustrious Men was inspired by Livy, so Petrarch's four Invectives were intended to revive the eloquence of the great Roman orator Cicero. The Invectives are directed against the cultural idols of the Middle Ages--against scholastic philosophy and medicine and the dominance of French culture in general. They defend the value of literary culture against obscurantism and provide a clear statement of the values of Renaissance humanism. This volume provides a new critical edition of the Latin text based on the two autograph copies, and the first English translation of three of the four invectives.

Photographic Atlas of Botany and Guide to Plant Identification


James L. Castner - 2004
    James L. Castner, biologist and professional photographer, has combined his teaching experience with his photographic skills to create a learning aid created especially with botany students in mind. Designed specifically for college students of General Botany and Plant Taxonomy classes, it is also extremely useful to Master Gardeners and plant enthusiasts. All photos were taken to serve as illustrations in this particular text and were not borrowed from past publications.There are over 2000 color photos that illustrate the structural characters and anatomical features of the major plant families and taxonomic groups discussed in botany courses. In addition to photographic coverage of approximately 150 plant families from the Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, and Ferns and Fern Allies, explanations and illustrations of external and microscopic anatomy are also provided. The Anatomy section discusses and illustrates Roots, Stems, Leaves, Flowers, and Fruit. In addition, there is a glossary of specialized terms that are used throughout the book.Botany professors and lab instructors will appreciate that this guide helps to provide a degree of consistency in the coverage and information available from one lab section to the next. Students will appreciate that the main characters used in identification are already listed for them, allowing more time to be spent in examining actual specimens. This book permits students to take a plant reference collection home with them.

Key Thinkers on Space and Place


Phil Hubbard - 2004
    It will surely prove an invaluable tool for students, whom I would strongly encourage to purchase this edited collection as one of the best guides to recent geographical thought′ -Claudio Minca, University of Newcastle `Key Thinkers is the best encyclopedic tool for human geographers since the Dictionary of Human Geography. It takes into its orbit discussions of the lives and work of the last three decades′ major thinkers on space and place. It is hugely useful for students who want an easy way to access the roots of where some major themes and debates in contemporary geography. It is organized so that each chapter details the scholar′s biography, their contribution to spatial and place-based theory and the controversies that arise through their work′- Stuart Aitken, San Diego State University Key Thinkers on Space and Place is a comprehensive guide to the latest work on space. Each entry is a short interpretative essay of 2,500 words, outlining the contributions made by the key theorists, and comprises:- a concise biography, indicating disciplinary background, career trajectory and collaboration with others- an outline of the key theoretical, conceptual and methodological ideas each has introduced to human geography- an explanation of the reaction to, and uptake of, how these ideas has changed and evolved over time- an explanation of how these theories have been used and critiqued by human geographers- a selective bibliography of each thinker′s key publications (and key secondary publications)The text is introduced by a contextual essay which outlines in general terms the shifting ways in which space and place have been theorised and which explains how Key Thinkers on Space and Place can be used. A glossary that defines key traditions, with cross-links to key theorists and a timeline of key article/book publication date is also included.

Let the People Decide: Black Freedom and White Resistance Movements in Sunflower County, Mississippi, 1945-1986


J. Todd Moye - 2004
    J. Todd Moye examines the social histories of civil rights and white resistance movements in Sunflower, tracing the development of organizing strategies in separate racial communities over four decades. Sunflower County was home to both James Eastland, one of the most powerful reactionaries in the U.S. Senate in the twentieth century, and Fannie Lou Hamer, the freedom-fighting sharecropper who rose to national prominence as head of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Sunflower was the birthplace of the Citizens' Council, the white South's pre-eminent anti-civil rights organization, but it was also a hotbed of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) organizing and a fountainhead of freedom culture.Using extensive oral history interviews and archival research, Moye situates the struggle for democracy in Sunflower County within the context of national developments in the civil rights movement. Arguing that the civil rights movement cannot be understood as a national monolith, Moye reframes it as the accumulation of thousands of local movements, each with specific goals and strategies. By continuing the analysis into the 1980s, Let the People Decide pushes the boundaries of conventional periodization, recognizing the full extent of the civil rights movement.

A More Profound Alleluia: Theology and Worship in Harmony


Leanne Van Dyk - 2004
    Each chapter pairs an element of the worship service with related Christian teachings, clearly demonstrating how the great doctrines of the faith find their natural expression in the drama of worship and how the liturgy in turn finds its corollary in doctrine. The interrelation of theology and worship is illustrated with anecdotes from congregational life, resources drawn from church history, and themes from novels and films. Each chapter also includes two hymn texts that exemplify orthodox doctrine communicated through song.A More Profound Alleluia will be a valuable text for courses in theology or worship, will help worship leaders to plan services with greater theological depth, and will enhance worship for Christian believers generally.Contributors: Ronald P. Byars William A. Dyrness Martha L. Moore-Keish David L. Stubbs Leanne Van Dyk John D. Witvliet

Natural Enemies: Major College Football's Oldest, Fiercest Rivalry - Michigan vs. Notre Dame


John Kryk - 2004
    Like other insiders at the time, he knew of the intense feuds that had quietly simmered for decades between these two proud, tradition-rich football teams. Natural Enemies raises all those icebergs to the surface. John Kryk spent four years researching and writing this landmark book, which the Chicago Tribune has called the "definitive history of the rivalry" in its first edition. Indeed, Natural Enemies is so much more than a mere recounting of old games. The football fates of Michigan and Notre Dame have been intertwined since that cold November day in 1887 when the Wolverines literally taught football to an eager group of Notre Dame students. By the turn of the 20th century, relations between the teams began to sour-significantly. The off-the-field battles over the next 60-plus years, some of which Kryk has uncovered for the first time, others of which he sheds dramatic new light on-were no less intense, no less legendary, than the unforgettable football games these Midwestern titans have played almost annually since 1978. Richly illustrated in this newly updated edition, Natural Enemies weaves these two chronologies together to produce a college-football-rivalry book like no other.

The Songwriter's Workshop: Harmony


Kachulis Jimmy - 2004
    Quit wrestling with writer's block, and learn to make the songwriting process easy, fun, and intuitive. Kachulis covers a variety of topics, including: colors of chords and keys * chord embellishments and progressions to enrich your palette of colors * dozens of ways to modify your harmonies and progressions * the most common chord progressions used in hit songs * and more. Practice your songs with an accompaniment on the play-along CD

Forensic Facial Reconstruction


Caroline Wilkinson - 2004
    Caroline Wilkinson also includes an evaluation of the methods and problems associated with reconstructing the faces of children. Forensic facial reconstruction reproduces an individual's face from skeletal remains. Used when identification is otherwise impossible, it can give a name to the dead in forensic cases, or in archaeological contexts, provide a tangible impression of real individuals from our past.

The Septuagint


Jennifer M. Dines - 2004
    She outlines its origins in the third to first centuries BCE, going on to trace its subsequent history to the fifth century CE. The Septuagint's relationship with the standard Hebrew text and its translational characteristics are examined, as is its value as a collection with its own literary and exegetical character.The Septuagint is shown to be an important source for biblical studies (both Old and New Testament), to make a distinctive contribution to the history of biblical interpretation, and to be of considerable interest for understanding the early development of both Judaism and Christianity.

To the Green Man


Mark Jarman - 2004
    . . , what makes To the Green Man such an important and memor-able book is its enactment of a spiritual struggle to be at once at home in the world and astonished by it."—Alan ShapiroMark Jarman is a professor of English at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. His book The Black Riviera won the Poets’ Prize, and Questions for Ecclesiastes was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and won the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize.

The Commandrine and Other Poems


Joyelle McSweeney - 2004
    In her second book McSweeney finds her subjects in the long form; The Commandrine is a verse-play that in nine scenes tells the story of sailors Zest, Coast, Ivory, and Irish, and their run-in with the Devil.

C# For Students


Douglas Bell - 2004
    It is written in a simple, direct style for maximum clarity and is aimed at first level students at universities and colleges, but is also suitable for novices studying alone.

What the Bible Really Teaches: A Challenge for Fundamentalists


Keith Ward - 2004
    This book will infuriate many and delight others, and will make a valuable contribution to the debate, which we plan to join with voices from many corners. The book works through a series of Bible passages often cited as 'proof texts', and explores how they can be read, and how they are used.

Men


Andy Warhol - 2004
    Collected in book form here for the first time, Andy Warhol Men showcases hundreds of illustrations, paintings, drawings, silkscreens, Polaroid studies, and fine art photographs in a handsome and intimate volume. Mostly nudes, this gallery of delights includes the beautiful boys and drag queens who adorned Warhol's legendary Factory studio, as well as less racy illustrations of notables such as Christopher Isherwood, Truman Capote, and James Dean. Sprinkled with Warhol's perceptively funny observations on love, and a witty reflection on art and desire by Alan Cumming, Andy Warhol Men is a playfully swooning celebration of male beauty.

Computer Networking First-Step


Wendell Odom - 2004
    From connecting our computers together at home and surfing the net at high speeds to editing and sharing digital music and video, computer networking has become both ubiquitous and indispensable. No experience needed! Computer Networking First-Step explains the basics of computer networking in easy-to-grasp language that all of us can understand. This book takes you on a guided tour of the core technologies that make up network and Internet traffic. Whether you are looking to take your first step into a career in networking or are interested in just gaining a conversational knowledge of the technology, this book is for you!

No Holding Back: Operation Totalize, Normandy, August 1944


Brian A. Reid - 2004
    - Landmark study of the Canadians' first major operation in Normandy - New revelations on the death of German panzer ace Michael Wittmann - Handsomely illustrated with maps, photos, and diagrams On August 8, 1944, the Canadian Army launched Operation Totalize, a massive armored and mechanized infantry attack that aimed to break through enemy defenses south of Caen and trap the German Army in Normandy by linking up with Patton's Third Army.

Human Osteology and Skeletal Radiology: An Atlas and Guide


Evan W. Matshes - 2004
    This atlas of skeletal anatomy covers general and specific anatomic terms, includes comparative images of bones in photographic and radiographic form to aid in recognition, and notes important comparisons among adult, juvenile, and fetal bones. It discusses each bone on an individual basis and describes how to side bones and identify fragments.Intended as a field guide for investigations and a lab guide in gross anatomy and skeletal specimen studies, this atlas provides easy and rapid identification of bone material. It takes you far beyond the bare bones of anatomy to aid in skeletal recognition in any situation.

Neuroscience for the Mental Health Clinician


Steven R. Pliszka - 2004
    This accessible primer provides the basic grounding in neuroscience that all contemporary mental health professionals need. Readers are first guided through the fundamentals of neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, and psychiatric genetics. Chapters then illuminate the neurobiological underpinnings of a range of frequently encountered disorders--including ADHD, substance abuse, mood and anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and learning and cognitive problems--giving particular attention to the impact of psychosocial risk factors on the brain. Also examined are ways that both pharmacological and psychological interventions have been shown to alter brain chemistry as they bring about a reduction in symptoms.

The Empire Has No Clothes: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed


Ivan Eland - 2004
    Through a detailed examination of US foreign policy over the last century up through the Bush administration's policies in the Middle East and elsewhere, this work explores how rampant imperialism has threatened US security, strained US relations with the rest of the world, and curtailed American civil liberties at home. Examining the similar signs in the current state of affairs that have marked the decline of other great powers throughout history, a case is made for the dismantling of the American empire and a return to the mode of military restraint traditional to American foreign policy. This book is a chilling insight into the direction the United States has taken and, if its interventionist policies continue, the direction it will take in years to come.

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring


Alex MacGillivray - 2004
     The Manifesto Series surveys some of those documents, presents an account of each manifesto�1/2s immediate impact, then explains how and why its influence spread to a wider audience. Brief and concisely written, each title in this series makes engrossing reading and provides readers with insights into the dynamics of modern history. Each title in this series is enhanced with approximately 70 color illustrations. Lengthy excerpts from Rachel Carson�1/2s compelling Silent Spring are presented in this book, with extensive commentary and analysis. Carson�1/2s book, published in the 1960s, exposed the hazards inflicted on the earth�1/2s environment by powerful industrial concerns. Her book focused especially on the harmful effects of DDT, while on a broader level it also questioned the domination of our culture by modern technology. Silent Spring thus became a springboard for a multitude of environmental movements and reforms which, to the present day, influence all of our lives for the better.

Fundamentals of Pharmacology for Veterinary Technicians


Janet Amundson Romich - 2004
    FUNDAMENTALS OF PHARMACOLOGY FOR VETERINARY TECHNICIANS, 2E, follows a body-systems approach making it easy to correlate basic anatomy and physiology with the drugs used to treat diseases of each body system. A strong foundation of drug administration, pharmacokinetics, measurement systems, as well as drug approval and safety provides the concepts necessary to understand drug actions and safe drug administration. A StudyWARETM CD-ROM accompanies the book which provides additional practice via quizzes or games.

The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature


Michael Cox - 2004
    What were people reading about as Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? How did the events around the industrial revolution influence the literary output of British writers and thinkers? What are we reading now and how does it differ from what was being read 500 years ago?The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature presents a comprehensive year-by-year digest of significant and representative works of literature published in English by British authors since 1474.

London's Secret Tubes


Andrew Emmerson - 2004
    Now, for the first time, an authoritative and intriguing book tells comprehensively the true story of the vast underground shelters and government citadels constructed during the Second World War and afterwards. Other revelations include never-before published details of express tube railway lines to relieve congestion on existing tracks, the plans to relocate the complete mechanism of government and parliament to north-west London, and the standby studios constructed underground by the BBC in case Broadcasting House was destroyed. Details are given of disused tube stations converted to other uses and the vast underground factory constructed in tunnels intended for a new tube line. Speculation over notable projects half constructed and then abandoned is exposed as myth as well. In clear, factual terms a team of specialist authors set out the results of extensive primary research, much of which has never been published before. Enhancing the text are dozens of archival and other photographs, nearly all seen for the first time in London’s Secret Tubes.

Reports From a Wild Country: Ethics of Decolonisation


Deborah Bird Rose - 2004
    Written in the midst of rapid social and environmental change and in a time of uncertainty and division, it offers powerful stories and arguments for ethical choice and commitment. The focus is on reconciliation between Indigenous and ‘Settler’ peoples, and with nature.

Tending Fire: Coping With America's Wildland Fires


Stephen J. Pyne - 2004
    Traces the ancient alliance between fire and humanity, delves into the role of European expansion and the creation of fire-prone public lands, and then explores the effects wrought by changing policies of letting burn and suppression.

Mediation Theory and Practice


Suzanne McCorkle - 2004
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Book of Majors


The College Board - 2004
    This book answers the questions: What's the major for you? Where can you study it? What can you do with it after graduation? This is also the only guide that shows what degree levels each college offers in a major, whether a certificate, associate, bachelor's, master's, or doctorate. More than 900 majors at 3,600 colleges are listed--including four-year, two-year, and technical schools sorted by state! The guide features- insights--from the professors themselves--on how each major is taught, what preparation students will need, career options and employment prospects, and much more- in-depth profiles of several emerging majors such as Homeland Security and Sustainable Agriculture- inside scoop in the descriptions of majors such as questions students should ask when visiting campuses, and also professional societies and accrediting agencies to refer to for more background on the major

History of Russia, Combined (7th, 05) by Riasanovsky, Nicholas V - Steinberg, Mark [Paperback (2004)]


Riasanovsky - 2004
    ISBN:9780195153941. Nicholas Riasanovsky (A History of Russia to 1855 - Volume 1). A complete history of the Russian Empire

The Most Activist Supreme Court in History: The Road to Modern Judicial Conservatism


Thomas M. Keck - 2004
    Instead, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice William Rehnquist has reaffirmed most of those liberal decisions while creating its own brand of conservative judicial activism.Ranging from 1937 to the present, The Most Activist Supreme Court in History traces the legal and political forces that have shaped the modern Court. Thomas M. Keck argues that the tensions within modern conservatism have produced a court that exercises its own power quite actively, on behalf of both liberal and conservative ends. Despite the long-standing conservative commitment to restraint, the justices of the Rehnquist Court have stepped in to settle divisive political conflicts over abortion, affirmative action, gay rights, presidential elections, and much more. Keck focuses in particular on the role of Justices O'Connor and Kennedy, whose deciding votes have shaped this uncharacteristically activist Court.

Greek and Roman Military Writers: Selected Readings


J.B. Campbell - 2004
    Brian Campbell has selected and translated a wide range of pieces from the ancient military writers who tell us about the technical aspects of military practice and the management of armies.The pieces cover a fascinating range of topics - battle formations and manoeuvres, different types of troops, the art of generalship, methods for conducting and resisting a siege, the construction of artillery and fortifications, and every kind of ploy used by generals to defeat their opponents.Each piece is annotated with further explanation and context, making this an essential resource for everyone studying the army and warfare in the classical age.

Foundations of Athletic Training


Marcia K. Anderson - 2004
    Using a problem-solving approach to prevention, recognition, assessment, management, and disposition of sports-related injuries and diseases, this text provides athletic trainers and athletic training students with the most extensive, challenging content in a user-friendly format.New Content! This edition features a new chapter on Psychosocial Intervention Strategies.

Poems: New and Selected


Marianne Boruch - 2004
    Moss Burning, and A Stick that Breaks and Breaks.

Alfred's Group Piano for Adults Student Book, Bk 1: An Innovative Method Enhanced with Audio and MIDI Files for Practice and Performance, Comb Bound Book & CD-ROM


E.L. Lancaster - 2004
    This book includes a CD-ROM containing both Audio and General MIDI Files of the 500] accompaniments included in the text, each with an interesting and engaging arrangement coupled with the piano part. Designed for collegiate non-keyboard music majors with little or no keyboard experience, the easy-to-use text contains 26 units, each intended to be covered in one week, thus fulfilling two semesters or three quarters of study. Theory, technique, sight-reading, repertoire, harmonization, improvisation and ensemble activities are taught thoroughly and consistently throughout the text. Book 1 is 360 pages.

Cities, War, and Terrorism: Towards an Urban Geopolitics


Stephen Graham - 2004
     A path-breaking exploration of the intersections of war, terrorism and cities Argues that contemporary cities are the key strategic sites of geopolitical conflict Written by the world's leading analysts of the intersections of urban space and military and terrorist violence Draws on cutting-edge research from geography, history, architecture, planning, sociology, critical theory, politics, international relations and military studies Provides up-to-date empirical analyses of specific conflicts, including 9/11, the "War on Terrorism", the Balkan wars, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and urban antiglobalization battles Offers lay readers a sophisticated perspective on the violence that is engulfing our increasingly urbanised world

Information Technology Auditing and Assurance [With CDROM]


James A. Hall - 2004
    Its organization and its integration of ACL software within the package ensure a solid background in traditional auditing as well as in the auditing of accounting information systems. The combination of text and software create a double learning environment in which students will gain a true understanding of how these audits take place in the real world.

In the Shadow of Angkor: Contemporary Writing from Cambodia


Sharon May - 2004
    Cambodians who were educated, teachers, artists, and authors were among the first to be killed. One generation later, literature is re-emerging from the ashes. 22 photographs

Spectral America: Phantoms and the National Imagination


Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock - 2004
    From the Puritans’ conviction that a thousand preternatural beings appear every day before our eyes, to today’s resurgence of spirits in fiction and film, the culture of the United States has been obsessed with ghosts. In each generation, these phantoms in popular culture reflect human anxieties about religion, science, politics, and social issues.    Spectral America asserts that ghosts, whether in oral tradition, literature, or such modern forms as cinema have always been constructions embedded in specific historical contexts and invoked for explicit purposes, often political in nature. The essays address the role of "spectral evidence" during the Salem witch trials, the Puritan belief in good spirits, the convergence of American Spiritualism and technological development in the nineteenth century, the use of the supernatural as a tool of political critique in twentieth-century magic realism, and the "ghosting" of persons living with AIDS. They also discuss ghostly themes in the work of Ambrose Bierce, Edith Wharton, Gloria Naylor, and Stephen King.

The Electoral Challenge: Theory Meets Practice


Stephen C. Craig - 2004
    If most elections are decided by forces beyond anyone's immediate control - whether it's economic conditions or voters' longstanding partisan attachments - do campaigns really matter? Stephen Craig brings together the voices and ideas of scholars and political consultants in this text.

Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers, and Citizens


Dan L. Perlman - 2004
    The book is tailored to meet the needs of busy land use professionals and citizens seeking a concise yet thorough overview of ecology and its applications. It offers clear guidelines and a wealth of information on how we can protect species and ecosystems while at the same creating healthy, sustainable human communities. Throughout the book, the authors make ecological concepts accessible to readers with little or no scientific background. They present key ideas and information in simple and pragmatic terms, and provide numerous graphics to help explain important concepts. They also offer exercises for the reader to practice ecologically-based planning and design, along with a list of resources for practical information on ecology and conservation. Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers, and Citizens will raise the level of ecological understanding among land use professionals and citizens, and is an invaluable new resource for anyone concerned with human land use and its envi

History of the Book in Canada: Volume One: Beginnings to 1840


Patricia Lockhart Fleming - 2004
    Volume one of the History of the Book in Canada - the first of three volumes in this collaborative project - examines the role of print in the political, religious, intellectual, and cultural life of the colonies that eventually became Canada.This volume begins with Aboriginal peoples who maintained their stories and history both orally and in writing. When Europeans arrived, the printing press was not yet a century old, but once printing began in Halifax in 1752, it spread rapidly. Printers set up shops through the eastern provinces, in Quebec and Ontario, and by 1840, as far west as a mission near Lake Winnipeg. Their productions were largely utilitarian: newspapers, handbills, almanacs, textbooks, and works of religion and governance. Canada's early presses printed in French and English from 1752, Native languages from 1766, German starting in 1788, and Gaelic in 1835.The burgeoning world of the book was made up of printers and apprentices, bookbinders, engravers, lithographers, papermakers, booksellers, peddlers, evangelists, librarians, and collectors. Importers trading with the United States and Europe supplied many of the books and periodicals favoured by readers in all regions. Although literary standards may have been set elsewhere, newspapers were ready to publish a local author's letter or verse and short-lived magazines persisted in fostering homegrown efforts. It was authors, printers, and readers who created literary cultures from the songs sung, tales told, and works written and read in early Canada.Impressive in its scope and depth of scholarship, this first volume of the History of the Book in Canada is a landmark in the chronicle of writing, publishing, bookselling, and reading in Canada.Les Presses de l'Universit? de Montr?al is publishing French-language editions of each volume as Histoire du livre et de l'imprim? au Canada.

Secrets of the Redemption


Moshe Chayim Luzzatto - 2004
    

All American: The Rise and Fall of Jim Thorpe


Bill Crawford - 2004
    Crawford delivers you to an age when iconic titans like Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner marched across the planet, and he is the perfect guide to their enormous triumphs and tragedies. This is epic American history at its page-turning finest.-Bill Minutaglio, author of City on Fire and First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family DynastyHe was the greatest football running back of his era, leading his Carlisle Indian Industrial School team to victory over all the great college powerhouses. King Gustav of Sweden called him "the greatest athlete in the world" after he won gold medals for the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games. Yet Jim Thorpe was also at the center of the greatest sports scandal of the twentieth century-a scandal that took away his Olympic medals and banned him forever from intercollegiate sports.Now, in this revealing new biography, Bill Crawford captures Jim Thorpe's remarkable rise and fall. From his youth on Oklahoma's Sac and Fox Indian reservation to his astounding feats on the gridiron, from his Olympic triumphs to his complex relationship with coach "Pop" Warner, who mentored, exploited, and ultimately betrayed him, All American brings you up close and personal with the greatest athlete of the twentieth century.

Fossil Sky


David Hinton - 2004
    Composed on a single large sheet, it liberates poetry from the conventions of page and book. Fossil Sky distills a year of walks taken near the poet’s home, tracing the paths a mind takes through landscape, history, and ideation. The poem’s formal daring is combined with an inviting and direct personal voice, an inner voice adrift—broken up by landscape, space, time and silence. David Hinton’s many translations of ancient Chinese poetry have earned wide acclaim for creating compelling contemporary poetry. He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as numerous fellowships from the NEA and the NEH.

The Gernsback Days


Mike Ashley - 2004
    . . . It seemed to me that the time was due to reinvestigate the Gernsback era and dig into the facts surrounding the origins of Amazing Stories. I wanted to find out exactly why Hugo Gernsback had launched the magazine, what he was trying to achieve, and to consider what effects he had-good and bad. . . . Too many writers and editors from the Gernsback days have been unjustly neglected, or unfairly criticized. Now, I hope, Robert A. W. Lowndes and I have provided the grounds for a fair consideration of their efforts, and a true reconstruction of the development of science fiction. It's the closest to time travel you'll ever get. I hope you enjoy the trip."-Mike Ashley, Preface

A Companion to the British and Irish Novel, 1945-2000


Brian W. Shaffer - 2004
    Covers a wide range of authors from Samuel Beckett to Salman Rushdie Provides readings of key novels, including Graham Greene's '"Heart of the Matter'," Jean Rhys's '"Wide Sargasso Sea'" and Kazuo Ishiguro's '"The Remains of the Day"' Considers particular subgenres, such as the feminist novel and the postcolonial novel Discusses overarching cultural, political and literary trends, such as screen adaptations and the literary prize phenomenon Gives readers a sense of the richness and diversity of the novel during this period and of the vitality with which it continues to be discussed

Evolution and Structure of the Internet: A Statistical Physics Approach


Romualdo Pastor-Satorras - 2004
    This perspective permits the authors to outline the dynamical theory that can appropriately describe the Internet's macroscopic evolution. The presence of such a theoretical framework will provide a revolutionary way of enhancing the reader's understanding of the Internet's varied network processes.

Into The Wind: Contemporary Stories In English


Barrie Wade - 2004
    

The Noble Slaves


Penelope Aubin - 2004
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