 | The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Release Date: May 1, 2012| ISBN-10: 0679405070 | ISBN-13: 978-0679405078| Edition: First Edition Book Four of Robert A. Caro’s monumental The Years of Lyndon Johnson displays all the narrative energy and illuminating insight that led the Times of London to acclaim it as “one of the truly great political biographies of the modern age. A masterpiece.” The Passage of Power follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career—1958 to1964. It is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he...
 |  | Essentials of Geology (Third Edition)
Publication Date: February 27, 2009| ISBN-10: 0324590024 | ISBN-13: 978-0393932386| Edition: Third Edition A substantial revision of an already successful text, the Third Edition of Essentials of Geology combines an accurate and engaging narrative with exceptional visual and pedagogical elements.It is supported by a complete learning and teaching package. Innovative media, such as Geotours—which take students on virtual field trips using Google Earth™—make it possible for instructors to bring real-world geology to life in the classroom. ...
|  | Infinite Jest
Publication Date: November 13, 2006A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in America. Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every ...
|  | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Release Date: May 1, 1997If any comic has a claim to have truly reinvigorated the genre, then The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller--known also for his excellent Sin City series and his superb rendering of the blind superhero Daredevil--is probably the top contender. Batman represented all that was wrong in comics and Miller set himself a tough task taking on the camp crusader and turning this laughable, innocuous children's cartoon character into a hero for our times. The great Alan Moore (V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing, the arguably peerless Watchmen) argued that only someone of Miller's st...
|  | I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High
Release Date: September 11, 2012I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had is television, screen and stage star Tony Danza’s absorbing account of a year spent teaching tenth-grade English at Northeast High -- Philadelphia’s largest high school with 3600 students. Entering Northeast’s crowded halls in September of 2009, Tony found his way to a classroom filled with twenty-six students who were determined not to cut him any slack. They cared nothing about “Mr. Danza’s” showbiz credentials, and they immediately put him on the ho...
|  | The Practice of Statistics
Publication Date: December 17, 2010| ISBN-10: 142924559X | ISBN-13: 978-1429245593| Edition: Fourth Edition Rev. ed. of: Practice of statistics / Daniel S. Yates, David S. Moore, Daren S. Starnes. ...
|  | The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings and Handbook (Second Edition)
Publication Date: December 14, 2009| ISBN-10: 0393933822 | ISBN-13: 978-0393933826| Edition: Second Edition The most successful new rhetoric in a generation, with a reader and a handbook—everything students need, in one book.Easy to use, flexible, and a great value. With just enough detail — and color-coded links that send students to more detail if they need it — this is the rhetoric that tells students what they need to know and resists the temptation to tell them everything there is to know. The first rhetoric designed for easy reference — with menus, direc...
|  | Communicating at Work: Principles and Practices for Business and the Professions
Publication Date: September 18, 2009| ISBN-10: 0073385174 | ISBN-13: 978-0073385174| Edition: 10 As the leading text in its field, Communicating at Worktakes a pragmatic approach that applies scholarly principles to real world business situations. Strong multicultural focus, emphasis on working in teams, and thorough coverage of presentational speaking continue to be hallmark features. The tenth edition features a more streamlined organization, new Technology Tip boxes, new Case Study sidebars, updated coverage of intercultural communication, new communication networks, and more. ...
|  | Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Publication Date: February 28, 2012You don’t need to be a genius, you just need to be yourself. That’s the message from Austin Kleon, a young writer and artist who knows that creativity is everywhere, creativity is for everyone. A manifesto for the digital age, Steal Like an Artist is a guide whose positive message, graphic look and illustrations, exercises, and examples will put readers directly in touch with their artistic side.When Mr. Kleon was asked to address college students in upstate New York, he shaped his speech around the ten things he wished someone had told him when...
|  | Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research and Everyday Experience with Coglab Manual
Publication Date: June 21, 2010| ISBN-10: 0840033559 | ISBN-13: 978-0840033550| Edition: 3 Bruce Goldstein's COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY connects the study of cognition to your everyday life. This accessible book introduces you to landmark studies as well as the cutting-edge research that define this fascinating field. To help you further experiment with and understand the concepts in the text, you can use COGLAB 2.0: THE ONLINE COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY LABORATORY. Available at www.iChapters.com, COGLAB contains dozens of classic experiments designed to help you learn about cognitive concepts and h...
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