Calculus (With Analytic Geometry)(8th edition) (Hardcover)

Calculus (With Analytic Geometry)(8th edition) (Hardcover)







Authors Ron Larson (Author), Robert P. Hostetler (Author), Bruce H. Edwards (Author)

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Designed for the three-semester calculus course for math and science majors, Calculus continues to offer instructors and students new and innovative teaching and learning resources. This was the first calculus text to use computer-generated graphics, to include exercises involving the use of computers and graphing calculators, to be available in an interactive CD-ROM format, to be offered as a complete, online calculus course, and to offer a two-semester Calculus I with Precalculus text. Every edition of the series has made the mastery of traditional calculus skills a priority, while embracing the best features of new technology and, when appropriate, calculus reform ideas. Now, the Eighth Edition is the first calculus program to offer algorithmic homework and testing created in Maple so that answers can be evaluated with complete mathematical accuracy. Two primary objectives guided the authors in writing this book: to develop precise, readable materials for students that clearly define and demonstrate concepts and rules of calculus and to design comprehensive teaching resources for instructors that employ proven pedagogical techniques and saves the instructor time. The Eighth Edition continues to provide an evolving range of conceptual, technological, and creative tools that enable instructors to teach the way they want to teach and students to learn they way they learn best.
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# Hardcover: 1328 pages
# Publisher: Brooks Cole; 8 edition (January 11, 2005)
# Language: English
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Reviews Calculus (With Analytic Geometry)(8th edition) (Hardcover)

I have been a fan of Roland Larson's math textbooks, as they have always been very clear and the practice problems always make sense. I was recently stuck in some calculus courses which used the calculus textbook by James Stewart, and that book is a nightmare! Fortunately, my multivarible calc prof prefers Larson's book, which is what we use in class. Very good book; I recommend it much over Stewart's. Also, do note that the odd-exercise solutions are posted for free online at Roland Larson's website, which is given to you in the book.

Black's Law Dictionary, Standard Ninth Edition (Black's Law Dictionary (Standard Edition)) (Hardcover)

Black's Law Dictionary, Standard Ninth Edition (Black's Law Dictionary (Standard Edition)) (Hardcover)







Authors Bryan A. Garner

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For more than a century Black's has been the gold standard for the language of law. Today it is the most widely cited law book in the world. Edited by Bryan A. Garner, the world s leading legal lexicographer, the 9th Edition is the most authoritative, comprehensive law dictionary ever published. It contains more than 45,000 terms and includes: 2,000 more terms than the 8th Edition and 19,000 more than the 7th Edition including click fraud, Code Adam, collaborative law, ecoterrorism, environmental tort, friendly subpoena, happy-slapping, honor crime, secret detention, Schumer box, and super precedent. The date when selected terms were first used in English-language contexts, especially in judicial opinions. Heightened accuracy having more than 200 lawyers around the country reviewed terms. Definitions of more than 1,000 law-related abbreviations and acronyms. Almost 3,000 quotations drawn from sources over five centuries. Alternate spellings or equivalent expressions for more than 5,300 terms and West Key Numbers.
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# Hardcover: 1940 pages
# Publisher: West; 9 edition (June 25, 2009)
# Language: English
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Reviews Black's Law Dictionary, Standard Ninth Edition (Black's Law Dictionary (Standard Edition)) (Hardcover)

Black's Law Dictionary, is very helpful in explaining legal terms, and I was very pleased in the condition of this pre-owned product.

Jamie's Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals (Hardcover)

Jamie's Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals (Hardcover)







Authors Jamie Oliver

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Cooking good food from scratch is a skill that can save you money, keep you healthy, and make you and your family and friends happy. What I've tried to do in this book is pick a whole load of meals that we all love to eat and break them down to make them as simple as possible. There are plenty of clear instructions and step-by-step pictures, so whether you're an accomplished cook or a complete beginner, you'll be able to enjoy cooking and achieve great results in the kitchen.

This book is inspired by all the people I've met who thought they could never and would never learn how to cook. I believe that good home cooking is one of the most essential, fundamental skills that every single person on this planet should have in order to look after themselves, their families, and their friends. This food revolution is all about people learning how to make a recipe, then teaching that recipe to their friends and family . . . if enough people do this, pretty soon everyone will be cooking. So cook something today, then PASS IT ON!


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# Hardcover: 360 pages
# Publisher: Hyperion (October 13, 2009)
# Language: English
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Reviews Jamie's Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals (Hardcover)

This book was perfect for a beginning cook like me. The recipes are so easy (and delicious!) and the step-by-step pictures are incredibly helpful for getting the dish right the first time! My friends are shocked at how quickly I went from being a non-cook to a girl who hosts dinner parties in her apartment. I can honestly say it completely changed my eating habits for the better! Thanks Jaime!

Staging Your Comeback: A Complete Beauty Revival for Women Over 45 (Paperback)

Staging Your Comeback: A Complete Beauty Revival for Women Over 45 (Paperback)







Authors Christopher Hopkins

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Hopkins, known as The Makeover Guy, explains fashion dos, don'ts and oh-no-she-didn'ts for women in the second act of their lives. A quiz helps the reader identify which of six Image Profiles suits her tastes (Casual, Romantic, Innovative, etc.); clothes, hair and makeup tips follow accordingly. Hopkins is encouraging and helpful: he does not simply tell women to clean their closets of any unsuitable clothes. He provides a checklist of what you'll need, a 10-step to-do list and a questionnaire to determine which clothes to keep and which to toss. Benefiting from this book requires a certain amount of dedication—this is no quick-fix beauty mag article. There is even a revival guide journal in the back where readers can mark down outfits that worked or didn't work, collect contact information on their personal beauty team and keep track of daily, weekly and monthly beauty tasks. Hopkins's constant self-marketing can get annoying: irrelevant photos of himself litter the pages, and he wastes space touting his fashion victories over difficult clients. But his appearances on Oprah, the book's attention to detail and some astounding before-and-after photos attest to Hopkins's expertise.
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# Paperback: 344 pages
# Publisher: HCI (March 3, 2008)
# Language: English
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Reviews Staging Your Comeback: A Complete Beauty Revival for Women Over 45 (Paperback)

Following Christopher's encouraging advice I am more beautiful and graceful than I was in my youth. Christopher helped me to find a beautiful haircut, and to use make-up with taste and positive effect. He answered my question about flattering shoe colors, heel height and hem length, and so now I look better in dresses. This book will encourage you that you still can be beautiful, and then tell you how.

The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram your genes for effortless weight loss, vibrant health, and boundless energy (Hardcover)

The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram your genes for effortless weight loss, vibrant health, and boundless energy (Hardcover)






Authors Mark Sisson

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Combining modern genetic science and evolutionary biology, The Primal Blueprint dispels a number of the myths that modern medicine and conventional wisdom have come to accept as fact. Author Mark Sisson takes the reader on a fascinating journey through human evolution, comparing the life and robust health of our hunter-gatherer ancestors with a day in the life of a modern family - exposing potential health issues that arise from trying to do the right things living in the 21st century. Sisson offers a solution in 10 empowering 'Blueprint Lifestyle Laws' that can help us reprogram our genes away from disease and pain towards a direction of effortless weight loss, vibrant health and boundless energy. The reader learns how the right high-fat diet can actually help one lose weight; how popular low-fat, grain-based diets might trigger illness, disease, and lifelong weight gain; why doing too much cardio exercise might actually suppress the immune system and how some of today's most common medications might make a health condition even worse. The consummate book on 'Paleo' or 'Primal' health.
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# Hardcover: 283 pages
# Publisher: Primal Nutrition, Inc.; 1ST edition (June 1, 2009)
# Language: English
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Reviews The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram your genes for effortless weight loss, vibrant health, and boundless energy (Hardcover)

Love this book. It's a wealth of information for living the primal lifestyle. It is clear cut, easy to follow, and full of great information. Highly recommended if you're interested in learning more!

There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Paperback)

There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Paperback)







Authors Gabriel Cousens

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Diabetes has become a seemingly unstoppable national epidemic, affecting more than twenty million Americans. Conventional wisdom calls it incurable, but renowned Dr. Gabriel Cousens counters that claim with this breakthrough book. There Is a Cure for Diabetes lays out a three-week plan for reversing the negative genetic expression of diabetes to a physiology of health and well-being. Dr. Cousens’s method, widely tested at his famous Tree of Life centers, is to reset the DNA through green juice fasting and a 100% organic, nutrient-dense, vegan, low-glycemic, low-insulin-scoring, and high-mineral diet of living foods in the first twenty-one days. Both practical and inspirational, the book explains how to abandon the widespread “culture of death”–symbolized by addictive junk food–that fosters diabetes in favor of a more natural, nurturing approach. The program renders insulin and related medicines unnecessary within four days as the blood sugar drops to normal levels; and the diabetic shifts into a non-diabetic physiology within two weeks. The third week focuses on live-food preparation, featuring 100 delicious raw recipes. Dr. Cousens emphasizes regular consultations, monitoring blood chemistries, and emotional support, and includes a one-year support program to help maintain a diabetes-free life.
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# Paperback: 472 pages
# Publisher: North Atlantic Books; 1 edition (January 8, 2008)
# Language: English
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Reviews There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Paperback)

I recommend this book for anyone dealing with blood sugar problems. Its one of those books you read and than refer to many times. I've recommended it to 6 or 8 people already and I haven't even finished it yet. Its a really good book.

Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual (Paperback)

Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual (Paperback)







Authors David Sawyer McFarland

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When it comes to building professional websites, Dreamweaver CS4 is capable of doing more than any other web design program -- including previous versions of Dreamweaver. But the software's sophisticated features aren't simple. Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual will help you master this program quickly, so you can bring stunning, interactive websites to life.

Under the expert guidance of bestselling author and teacher David McFarland, you'll learn how to build professional-looking websites quickly and painlessly. McFarland has loaded the book with over 150 pages of hands-on tutorials to help you create database-enabled PHP pages, use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for cutting-edge design, add XML-based news feeds, include dynamic effects with JavaScript and AJAX, and more. This witty and objective book offers jargon-free language and clear descriptions that will help you:

* Learn how to control the appearance of your web pages with CSS, from the basics to advanced techniques
* Design dynamic database-driven websites, from blogs to product catalogs, and from shopping carts to newsletter signup forms
* Add interactivity to your website with ready-to-use JavaScript programs from Adobe's Spry Framework
* Effortlessly control the many helper files that power your website and manage thousands of pages
* Examine web-page components and Dreamweaver's capabilities with the book's "live examples"

Perfect for beginners who need step-by-step guidance, and for longtime Dreamweaver designers who need a handy reference to the new version, this thoroughly updated edition of our bestselling Missing Manual is your complete guide to designing, organizing, building, and deploying websites. It's the ultimate atlas for Dreamweaver CS4.
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# Paperback: 1088 pages
# Publisher: Pogue Press; 1 edition (November 25, 2008)
# Language: English
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Reviews Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual (Paperback)

This book is an excellent guide on the use of Dreamweaver. It is easy to follow and written in a style that keeps your interest. It also has great tips for more advanced users to ensure their code is optimal for search engines and browser compatibility. It talks frankly of the options in Dreamweaver to avoid if possible, particularly those that are included only for the purpose of being able to work with superceded design techniques.

CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Seventh Edition (Exams 220-701 & 220-702) (Hardcover)

CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Seventh Edition (Exams 220-701 & 220-702) (Hardcover)






Authors Michael Meyers

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Get complete coverage of the latest release of the CompTIA A+ exams inside this fully revised and updated resource. Written by the leading authority on CompTIA A+ certification and training, this expert guide covers CompTIA A+ exams 220-701 and 220-702. You'll find learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, exam tips, practice exam questions, in-depth explanations, and more than 1,000 photographs and illustrations. Designed to help you pass the CompTIA A+ exams with ease, this definitive volume also serves as an essential on-the-job IT reference.
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# Hardcover: 1376 pages
# Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 7 edition (January 21, 2010)
# Language: English
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Reviews CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Seventh Edition (Exams 220-701 & 220-702) (Hardcover)

I had received the CompTIA A+ Complete Study Guide for xmas because the All-in-One Exam Guide wasn't available yet. Well, I gave up on the Complete Study Guide after I was 1/3 the way through and ordered Meyer's version as I saw that it had become available on Amazon. What can I say? The guy is such a great teacher and the book is very well laid out and easy to understand, relying on plenty of analogies and diagrams. You get the feeling that you are in a classroom listening to your favorite teacher; Mikes methods of teaching are pleasantly informal, and he seems to have the formula for mixing professionalism and humor down to a tee.

Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System---and Themselves (Hardcover)

Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System---and Themselves (Hardcover)







Authors Andrew Ross Sorkin

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# Hardcover: 624 pages
# Publisher: Viking Adult (October 20, 2009)
# Language: English
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Reviews Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System---and Themselves (Hardcover)

This book is the authoritative version of the market turmoil that brought the financial system to its knees in the Fall of 2008. It deserves its place in the pantheon of financial classics such as When Genius Failed, Liar's Poker, and Barbarian's at the Gate. The author tells a gripping behind-the-scenes narrative that is highly readable and entertaining. Especially for a New York Times reporter, the author is well balanced and fair in his treatment of the people and events involved. The book is incredibly well researched with an amazing amount of detail that really places the reader in the middle of the action. Despite it's length, the book is a very smooth read as it is well organized and the fast pace keeps the pages turning.

The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 12th Edition







Authors Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)

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The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 12th Edition is the only book on the market written by the creators of the GMAT exam. Inside you’ll find more than 800 actual GMAT questions from previous tests with answers and detailed explanations. There’s also a grammar review, math review, actual essay topics, sample responses, and scoring information insights into the GMAT exam that debunk test-taking myths. Plus, use the diagnostic section to pinpoint your skill level and focus on the areas where you need the most help.

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# Paperback: 840 pages
# Publisher: Wiley; 12th edition

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Reviews The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 12th Edition


Princeton:
Plus
- Good review sections (both quantitative and verbal)
- Practice tests similar to the GMAT
- Online tests are easy to review
- Provides you with a test strategy on how to crack the questions
- Explicitly advises you to practice also with The Official Guide for GMAT Review
Disadvantages
- Does not explain why a choice is wrong
- Not enough practice questions

Kaplan:
Plus
- Good quantitative review sections (appendix was great)
- Interactive software for reviewing the Kaplan GMAT strategies
- Practice tests similar to the GMAT
- Practice tests and sections are difficult, this creates in you a sense of urgency
- Plenty of practice questions
Disadvantages
- The software interface is old and slow, you are left to work with a little box on the screen
- Practice tests and sections' answer choices are not very well explained
- The questions are far fetched and do not fall in the spirit of the GMAT, this might lead you the wrong path

The Official Guide for GMAT Review:
Plus
- More than plenty of practice questions
- You might get the same or similar questions on the GMAT (like I did)
- The practice questions are organized by level of difficulty, the last ones are the most difficult
- Free PowerPrep software that has two practice tests exactly similar to the GMAT in look and feel (free online tests at the mba dot com website http://www.mba.com/mba/TaketheGMAT/Tools/PowerprepSoftware.htm)
- The practice questions reveal actual GMAT test patterns
Disadvantages
- Absence of test taking techniques
- The skills review sections are poor
- Only the last 200 questions in every practice section will be like the ones you will see on the GMAT (unless you perform poorly)

This Official Guide from GMAC should be the cornerstone of your preparation, simply because the questions are from past tests and are very thoroughly researched. This will allow you to develop insight into the test mentality.

Equally important the correct and the wrong answer choices for each question are explained in detail. You will learn the various ways used to lead you in error and consequently, you will develop the feel to spot and eliminate wrong answers.

With the Old Breed

With the Old Breed (Paperback)







Authors E.B. Sledge

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"The best personal account of World War II. Sledge never loses sight of the honor and the glory of war. Excellent in all respects."--Kevin S. Fontenot, Tulane University

"I feel like I should have a campaign ribbon for Pelelin and Okinawa. I have shared the fox hole. I have felt the heat. It is the closest thing to being there. After reading the book my buddies in K-3-5 are real. It has to be among the best works of its kind. The forgotten soldiers tell one story. These Marines are remembered,"--William J. Ikeriran, Univ. of North Alabama

"The book is a superb supplementary text for any American survey course or class on World War Two."--Daniel P. Murphy, Hanover College

"It is a fine text to use for WWII--and for combat studies."--Perce C. Mullen, Montana State Univ.

"Classic....Should be required reading for all students, especially now that we are once again unleashing the dogs of war."--John F. Cox, University of Arizona

"In what may be his finest feat as a critic, Fussell introduces the reader to a hitherto unsung but remarkable author named Eugene B. Sledge....This book richly merits a wider audience....The searing honesty of [Sledge's] words makes them...a fitting epitaph for the ordeal that began in Danzig fifty years ago."--Newsweek

"One of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war."--Paul Fussell, in Wartime

"Among the thousands of soldiers' stories, I am haunted by one from the Pacific War....[Sledge's account is] one of the most arresting documents in war literature."--John Keegan, in The Second World War

"Although rendering his war experiences is "painful," the effort to bring them to the "folks back home" is ultimately worthwhile if not necessary....In every word appear Sledge's urgency of purpose, the immediacy of his experience of war, and the mark of that on his character. I am not alone in claiming this memoir to be the most comprehensive--and scathing, compelling, sorrow-laden--rendering of the marine infantryman's experience in World War II."--Sewanee Review

"One of the most important personal accounts of war that I have ever read. I believe that it will become a classic, and will be read and cited as long as the Pacific campaign is remembered."--John Keegan --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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# Paperback: 352 pages
# Publisher: Presidio Press (May 1, 2007)
# Language: English

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How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All

This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All (Hardcover)







Authors Marilyn Johnson

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Starred Review. In an information age full of Google-powered searches, free-by-Bittorrent media downloads and Wiki-powered knowledge databases, the librarian may seem like an antiquated concept. Author and editor Johnson (The Dead Beat) is here to reverse that notion with a topical, witty study of the vital ways modern librarians uphold their traditional roles as educators, archivists, and curators of a community legacy. Illuminating the state of the modern librarian with humor and authority, Johnson showcases librarians working on the cutting edge of virtual reality simulations, guarding the Constitution and redefining information services-as well as working hard to serve and satisfy readers, making this volume a bit guilty of long-form reader flattery. Johnson also makes the important case for libraries-the brick-and-mortar kind-as an irreplaceable bridge crossing economic community divides. Johnson's wry report is a must-read for anyone who's used a library in the past quarter century.

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# Hardcover: 288 pages
# Publisher: Harper; 1 edition (February 2, 2010)
# Language: English

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I was convinced they were for senior citizens, for those on fixed incomes, for those who didn't have access to computer technology, and for book-loving kids whose schools had lost afer-school programs to budget cuts and personnel losses. Since I didn't fit into any of those categories I paid little attention to libraries. However, libraries came slightly back into my consciousness when the patriotism Act hit the headlines and we learned that librarians were not only defending "us", their reader/patrons, but defending our rights as well. This book is wonderfully reported yet far from encyclopedic. It is not limited to the crisis in libraries as it embraces many engaging voices and points of view (the author's not least among them). Just two examples: The Second Life chapter was riveting and comical (plus clearly explained an aspect of cyber world that's moving almost too fast to comprehend); and the stories of St. John's University's Rome campus, and what's happening there on behalf of literacy, social justice and international outreach, were so moving they deserve a book of their own (and maybe a movie). These people are FIERCE.

The librarians of today are tech-savvy, cutting-edge, quirky, innovative, outgoing, and helpful. Modern librarians have to think outside the box (or the book, for that matter). "The profession that had once been the quiet gatekeeper to discreet palaces of knowledge is now wrestling a raucous, multi-headed, madly multiplying beast of exploding information and information delivery systems." Johnson chronicles how libraries and librarians have changed over a few short decades. I first thought this book was written primarily for librarians, but was I wrong!

The Three Weissmanns of Westport A Novel

The Three Weissmanns of Westport: A Novel (Hardcover)







Authors Cathleen Schine

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A geriatric stepfather falls in love with a scheming woman half his age in Schine's Sense and Sensibility–flecked and compulsively readable follow-up to The New Yorkers. Betty Weissman is 75 when Joseph, her husband of nearly 50 years, announces he's divorcing her. Soon, Betty moves out of their grand Central Park West apartment and Joseph's conniving girlfriend, Felicity, moves in. Betty lands in a rundown Westport, Conn., beach cottage, but things quickly get more complicated when Betty's daughters run into their own problems. Literary agent Miranda is sued into bankruptcy after it's revealed that some of her authors made up their lurid memoirs, and Annie, drowning in debt, can no longer afford her apartment. Once they relocate to Westport, both girls fall in love—Annie rather awkwardly with the brother of her stepfather's paramour, and Miranda with a younger actor who has a young son. An Austen-esque mischief hovers over these romantic relationships as the three women figure out how to survive and thrive. It's a smart crowd pleaser with lovably flawed leads and the best tearjerker finale you're likely to read this year. (Feb.)

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# Hardcover: 304 pages
# Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1 edition (February 2, 2010)
# Language: English

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What a terrific read! Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down until I finished. The author sets up her situation very quickly and draws readers in with fine characterizations, unpredictable plot turns and excellent insights. She also does a wonderful job with setting the scene - whether it is in New York City, a Westport beach cottage or Palm Springs. Her writing is subtle and accessible, without unnecessary flourishes or affectation. The title refers to Mrs. Weissmann and her two daughters, forced to live together because of various dire financial circumstances. Ms. Schine examines the foibles of love and of relationships between men and women in middle age and the senior years (the 1987 movie "Moonstruck" comes to mind). It is refreshing to read of romance late in life, especially in a novel as well-written as this one.

How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education (Hardcover)







Authors Diane Ravitch

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In The Death and Life of the Great American School System, Diane Ravitch examines her career in education reform, and repudiates positions that she once fiercely defended. Evaluating broadly popular ideas for restructuring schools, she explains why they have had no positive impact on the quality of American education.

Ravitch reconsiders the evolution of her own views on key issues and reveals her skepticism regarding charter schools, privatization, accountability, and the philanthropists who are trying to control school reform using business models for school planning.

Drawing on over forty years of research and observation on education, Ravitch also offers prescriptions for improving our schools. A passionate plea to promote the survival of public education, The Death and Life of the Great American School System represents a radical change of heart from one of America’s best-known education experts. It is a must-read for anyone—teachers, parents, administrators, and bureaucrats—invested in the future of our schools.

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# Hardcover: 296 pages
# Publisher: Basic Books

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With the courage of character and the understanding gained from years of both scholarly and government experience, she asks the simple question, "What works?" She takes a good hard look at the various paths followed by school reformers--policymakers, business leaders, foundations, and government--with their various emphases on markets, accountability and incentives, testing, charter schools, and voucher plans. These attempts, largely structural and managerial, have failed to address what Ravitch has come to see and convinces us her readers is the cornerstone of education in a democracy--the public school system that holds us all together in a common culture. Its subject matter, history and civics, literature and the arts, has been all but lost in the frenzy of test preparation that has taken over classrooms everywhere in the country.

Ravitch makes an illuminating case as she uses the experience of New York City to show how political aims trump real learning when test scores are used as indicators of educational progress by leaders looking to their own reputations as they misrepresent the meaning of the numbers that hide what really matters--what students are learning. Yes, it's the curriculum, stupid.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)







Authors Rebecca Skloot

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From a single, abbreviated life grew a seemingly immortal line of cells that made some of the most crucial innovations in modern science possible. And from that same life, and those cells, Rebecca Skloot has fashioned in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks a fascinating and moving story of medicine and family, of how life is sustained in laboratories and in memory. Henrietta Lacks was a mother of five in Baltimore, a poor African American migrant from the tobacco farms of Virginia, who died from a cruelly aggressive cancer at the age of 30 in 1951. A sample of her cancerous tissue, taken without her knowledge or consent, as was the custom then, turned out to provide one of the holy grails of mid-century biology: human cells that could survive--even thrive--in the lab. Known as HeLa cells, their stunning potency gave scientists a building block for countless breakthroughs, beginning with the cure for polio. Meanwhile, Henrietta's family continued to live in poverty and frequently poor health, and their discovery decades later of her unknowing contribution--and her cells' strange survival--left them full of pride, anger, and suspicion. For a decade, Skloot doggedly but compassionately gathered the threads of these stories, slowly gaining the trust of the family while helping them learn the truth about Henrietta, and with their aid she tells a rich and haunting story that asks the questions, Who owns our bodies? And who carries our memories? --Tom Nissley

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# Hardcover: 384 pages
# Publisher: Crown; 1 edition

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Starred Review. Science journalist Skloot makes a remarkable debut with this multilayered story about faith, science, journalism, and grace. It is also a tale of medical wonders and medical arrogance, racism, poverty and the bond that grows, sometimes painfully, between two very different women—Skloot and Deborah Lacks—sharing an obsession to learn about Deborah's mother, Henrietta, and her magical, immortal cells. Henrietta Lacks was a 31-year-old black mother of five in Baltimore when she died of cervical cancer in 1951. Without her knowledge, doctors treating her at Johns Hopkins took tissue samples from her cervix for research. They spawned the first viable, indeed miraculously productive, cell line—known as HeLa. These cells have aided in medical discoveries from the polio vaccine to AIDS treatments. What Skloot so poignantly portrays is the devastating impact Henrietta's death and the eventual importance of her cells had on her husband and children. Skloot's portraits of Deborah, her father and brothers are so vibrant and immediate they recall Adrian Nicole LeBlanc's Random Family. Writing in plain, clear prose, Skloot avoids melodrama and makes no judgments. Letting people and events speak for themselves, Skloot tells a rich, resonant tale of modern science, the wonders it can perform and how easily it can exploit society's most vulnerable people. (Feb.)
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1. The author clearly developed a strong relationship with the Lacks family, which was absolutely critical to ensuring the story was told accurately and with the respect to Henrietta Lacks that was so deeply deserved.

2. The storytelling is amazingly moving despite the need to convey a lot of scientific information. It reads like fiction.

3. Ms. Skloot's research into the science is impeccable.

4. The book is FAIR. It presents the unvarnished truth, obtained DIRECTLY from as many prinicpal people involved in the story as is humanly possible. It would have been easier to simplify the story into heroes vs. villians, but Ms. Skloot deftly handles all sides of the story.

49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College

Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College (Paperback)







Authors Doug Lemov

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Teach Like a Champion offers effective teaching techniques to help teachers, especially those in their first few years, become champions in the classroom. These powerful techniques are concrete, specific, and are easy to put into action the very next day. Training activities at the end of each chapter help the reader further their understanding through reflection and application of the ideas to their own practice.

Among the techniques:

* Technique #1: No Opt Out. How to move students from the blank stare or stubborn shrug to giving the right answer every time.
* Technique #35: Do It Again. When students fail to successfully complete a basic task?from entering the classroom quietly to passing papers around?doing it again, doing it right, and doing it perfectly, results in the best consequences.
* Technique #38: No Warnings. If you're angry with your students, it usually means you should be angry with yourself. This technique shows how to effectively address misbehaviors in your classroom.

The book includes a DVD of 25 video clips of teachers demonstrating the techniques in the classroom.

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# Paperback: 352 pages
# Publisher: Jossey-Bass

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Teach Like a Champion

"Doug Lemov knows that teachers can create powerful learning environments that will help all students make dramatic progress. With Teach Like A Champion, teachers across the country will be better prepared to wake up on Monday morning and help their students climb the mountain to college. This book provides more evidence that highly effective teaching is learnable—that many more teachers can draw from the tactics of their most successful colleagues in order to realize educational equity." -WENDY KOPP, chief executive officer and founder of Teach For America

"Every teacher should own at least two copies of Doug Lemov’s Teach Like a Champion. One for home and one for school, so that they are never far from the roadmap to excellence that lies within. Lemov pulls back the curtain to reveal that the apparent wizardry of the most successful teachers is really a collection of clearly explainable and learnable techniques. This will certainly be one of the most influential and helpful books that any teacher ever owns."-DAVID LEVIN, co-founder of KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program)

"Doug Lemov's Teach Like a Champion is a breakthrough book that is both visionary and comprehensive. If you are a teacher who wants to increase the academic success of your students, you should read this book. If you are an administrator with the same goal, you must get this book into the hands of your teachers!" –LEE CANTER, author of Assertive Discipline

"Doug Lemov has captured in one place the specific, practical techniques used by the best teachers in some of our country’s best urban schools. Any teacher, principal, or policymaker who is interested in what it takes on a classroom level to close the achievement gap should read this book." –DACIA TOLL, co-chief executive officer of Achievement First

How to Never Look Fat Again: Over 1,000 Ways to Dress Thinner--Without Dieting! (Hardcover)

How to Never Look Fat Again: Over 1,000 Ways to Dress Thinner--Without Dieting! (Hardcover)







Authors Charla Krupp

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The new groundbreaking style-guide from bestseller author Charla Krupp on how to look 10 pounds lighter, 10 years younger and 10 times sexier every day, all year--in summer, winter, at the gym, even in a swimsuit!

You'll never get dressed the same way again once you discover:

*smart, easy ways to hide arm flap, a big bust, a muffin top, back fat, Buddha belly, a big booty, wide hips, thunder thighs, and heavy calves-and that's only half the book.

*which fabrics, colors, and styles make women look fat

*absolutely the best shades, shapes, and brilliant buys to make the pounds invisible

*clever solutions for special fashion situations--workout gear, evening wear, and even swimsuits!

*which products, fashions, and services you shouldn't waste your money on

*the top ten tips that will make you look thinner by tonight!

So, if you've ever put on a piece of clothing and asked "Does this make me look fat?" Finally, here is the book that will answer your question. (2008)
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# Hardcover: 264 pages
# Publisher: Springboard Press (March 10, 2010)
# Language: English
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Reviews How to Never Look Fat Again: Over 1,000 Ways to Dress Thinner--Without Dieting! (Hardcover)

I purchased this book at my local Borders and read it cover to cover. It spoke directly to me as I'm ample busted with out of shape thighs and a menopot belly. Although well written, the information in the book doesn't jump out at you all at once. I feel I could re-read this book and learn even more.

I appreciate the thought and effort that the author put into writing this book. She appears to have struggled with body image issues and is on a mission to share what she's learned. Her "Come To Jesus" moments regarding not being able to eat like she was 20 and the helpful exercise and eating tips sprinkled throughout the book are thought provoking and realistic.

I like that the information in book is broken out by body issues. Got big thighs? No problem, as there is great advice on what to/what not to wear along with before/after pictures of normal looking women with the same body issue.

I'm looking forward to revamping my look and wardrobe using the suggestions that are given in this book. I don't feel the new look will require a lot of money either. If you are interested in looking the best you can, this book is a good purchase.

I hope the next book by this author is how to create a stylish and afforable wardrobe for women in their 40's and beyond.

How to Get Into the Top Law Schools, 4th edition (Paperback)

How to Get Into the Top Law Schools, 4th edition (Paperback)







Authors J.D., Richard Montauk

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Richard Montauk, a savvy admissions insider, demystifies the application process and provides the tools to ace every step. Based on interviews with dozens of admissions officers, Montauk delivers a candid view of what leading law schools look for in an applicant. He also gives applicants solid advice on developing marketing strategies, writing winning essays, maximizing financial aid, and assessing and upgrading credentials to better match that ideal profile.
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# Paperback: 608 pages
# Publisher: Prentice Hall Press; 4 edition (August 5, 2008)
# Language: English
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Reviews How to Get Into the Top Law Schools, 4th edition (Paperback)

I was told that I absolutely had to buy this book, so I did. I haven't had much of a chance to look through it yet, but it seems to be tremendously helpful. It goes through the steps of getting into a great law school. Even if you don't have much time before application deadlines, there is a section for what to do right now. Great book!

Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR) 2010-2011: The Most Authoritative Guide to U.S. and Canadian Medical Schools (Medical School Admission Re

Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR) 2010-2011: The Most Authoritative Guide to U.S. and Canadian Medical Schools (Medical School Admission Requirements, United States and Canada) (Paperback)







Authors Association of American Medical Colleges

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This must-have book -- often called the "bible of medical school guides" --is the #1 source for medical school applicants. The 2010-2011 edition features more information than ever before.

The MSAR is the #1 source for:>/b>

* Information on newly accredited medical schools
* Application procedures and deadlines
* Selection factors such as MCAT & GPA data
* Medical school class profiles
* Costs and financial aid packages
* MD/PhD and other combined degrees
* Graduates' specialty choices
* Updated USMLE Policies

MSAR is the only resource fully authorized by medical schools.
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# Paperback: 411 pages
# Publisher: Assn of Amer Medical Colleges; 60 edition (April 1, 2009)
# Language: English
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Reviews Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR) 2010-2011: The Most Authoritative Guide to U.S. and Canadian Medical Schools (Medical School Admission Requirements, United States and Canada) (Paperback)

It is exhaustive, extensive, excellent, and probably a bunch of other e-words. It gives prospective students the low-down and has more information than you will easily find on most schools' websites. On the otherhands, some of the schools are missing info in this packet, which is frustrating. This is a must-have when trying to pick which schools to apply to.

Payback Time: Making Big Money Is the Best Revenge! (Hardcover)

Payback Time: Making Big Money Is the Best Revenge! (Hardcover)







Authors Phil Town

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Phil Town’s first book, the #1 New York Times bestseller Rule #1, was a guide to stock trading for people who believe they lack the knowledge to trade. But because many people aren’t ready to go from mutual funds directly into trading without understanding investing—for the long term – he created Payback Time.

Too often, people see long-term investing as “mutual fund contributing” – otherwise known as “long-term hoping.” But the sad truth is that mutual fund investors are, to a stunning degree, pinning their hopes on an institution that is hopeless. It turns out that only 4% of fund managers consistently beat the S&P 500 index over the long term, which means that 96% of fund investors see a smaller return on their nest egg than a chimpanzee who simply buys stocks in the 500 biggest companies in America and watches what happens.

But it’s worse than that. The net effect of hitching your wagon to mutual funds is that over a lifetime they’ll fritter away as much 60% of your nest egg in fees. Once you understand how funds engineer this, you’ll rush to invest on your own.

Payback Time’s risk-free approach is called “stockpiling” and it’s how billionaires get rich in bad markets. It’s a set of rules for investing (not trading but investing) in the right businesses at the right time -- rules that will ensure you make the big money.
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# Hardcover: 288 pages
# Publisher: Crown Business (March 2, 2010)
# Language: English
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Reviews Payback Time: Making Big Money Is the Best Revenge! (Hardcover)

Wow, what a great read. Payback Time is simply awesome. Phil explains things so that anyone can understand his strategies. This book is a must read if you want to take control of your own investment account as well as hold your broker more accountable for his/her recommendations.

Change Your Brain, Change Your Body: Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted (Hardcover)

Change Your Brain, Change Your Body: Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted (Hardcover)







Authors Daniel G. Amen M.D

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THE KEY TO A BETTER BODY—in shape, energized, and youthful—is a healthy brain. Based on the latest medical research, as well as on Dr. Amen’s two decades of clinical practice at the re­nowned Amen Clinics, where Dr. Amen and his as­sociates pioneered the use of the most advanced brain imaging technology, Change Your Brain, Change Your Body shows you how to take the very best care of your brain.

With fifteen practical, easy-to-implement solutions involving nutritious foods, natural supplements and vitamins, positive-thinking habits, and, when neces­sary, highly targeted medications, Dr. Amen shows you how to:

* Reach and maintain your ideal weight
* Soothe and smooth your skin at any age
* Reduce the stress that can impair your immune system
* Sharpen your memory
* Increase willpower and eliminate the crav­ings that keep you from achieving your exercise and diet goals
* Enhance sexual desire and performance
* Lower your blood pressure without medication
* Avoid depression and elevate the enjoyment you take in life’s pleasures.

Whether you’re just coming to realize that it’s time to get your body into shape, or are already fit and want to take it to the next level, Change Your Brain, Change Your Body is all you need to start putting the power of the brain-body connection to work for you today.
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# Hardcover: 384 pages
# Publisher: Harmony (February 16, 2010)
# Language: English
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Reviews Change Your Brain, Change Your Body: Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted (Hardcover)

just ACCURATE information from a VERY, VERY, VERY CARING AND COMPETENT Doctor of the mind AND HEART!!!

Union Atlantic

Union Atlantic







Authors Adam Haslett

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# Hardcover: 320 pages
# Publisher: Nan A. Talese; 1 edition (February 9, 2010)
# Language: English
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Reviews Union Atlantic

With his debut novel, Adam Haslett has written a nuanced story for our times. Arguably, it is the story of self-made banker, Doug Fanning, as the novel begins and ends with him. However, Fanning is just one of a small ensemble of richly-drawn characters orbiting and intersecting each other. The banker is embroiled in a lawsuit and property dispute with Charlotte Graves. Charlotte is an aging schoolteacher who is in the process of slowly, sadly loosing her mind. Witnessing this is Charlotte's brother, Henry, who also happens to be the President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Henry is the ultimate authority to whom bankers like Fanning, who play fast and loose with their clients' money, must answer. And finally there is 18-year-old Nate Fuller, infatuated with Fanning and Charlotte in very different ways.

These characters and several others defy easy classification. It's far too simplistic to paint Fanning as the villain of this story. Although this novel is set in 2002, Haslett sheds a great deal of light on the banking environment that led to the recent bailouts. No one sets out to defraud the public. No one thinks they're the bad guy. One small decision leads to others; events snowball and grow out of control. Fanning relies on situational ethics in both his personal and professional life, with devastating consequences. Charlotte, on the other hand brings to bear an unyielding moral code that does almost as much harm.

The story that unfolded on the pages of Union Atlantic was filled with ethical and emotional complexities. They made the novel feel like so much... more... than a mere story in a book. It had the complexity and messiness of life. Haslett's prose shines throughout, but does not overshadow, the tale he's telling. Wow, talk about a writer to watch! Surely, this will be one of the strongest debuts of the year.

This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All

This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All







Authors Marilyn Johnson

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# Hardcover: 288 pages
# Publisher: Harper; 1 edition (February 2, 2010)
# Language: English
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Reviews This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All

The real issue regarding accessing information today has less to do with whether it's printed on paper or exists only in bits and bytes as e-books and web pages, and more to do with the ability to find accurate and appropriate sources. That's where librarians, and what Marilyn Johnson calls cybrarians come in. These are the professionals trained in that kind of research. She makes a compelling case for the future of library science and that profession. Her writing style is clear and comfortable to read. This book is engaging and interesting. Recommended for librarians, people interested in search engine optimization, and general readers.