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Seeing Things as They Are: A Theory of Perception
John R. Searle - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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This book provides a comprehensive account of the intentionality of perceptual experience. With special emphasis on vision Searle explains how the raw phenomenology of perception sets the content and the conditions of satisfaction of experience. The central question concerns the relation... |
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ASVAB Success
LLC Editors of LearningExpress - Learningexpress, LLC; 4th Edition edition
Format: Print book
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To enlist in any branch of the armed forces, a prospective recruit must earn a qualifying score on the AFQT portion of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery ASVAB. With in-depth review chapters and hundreds of practice questions, this revised and updated fourth edition of ASVAB... |
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Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works
Elizabeth Green - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable BookWe've all had great teachers who opened new worlds, maybe even changed our lives. What made them so great?Everyone agrees that a great teacher can have an enormous impact. Yet we still don't know what, precisely, makes a teacher great.... |
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Inherit the Holy Mountain: Religion and the Rise of American Environmentalism
Mark Stoll - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In Inherit the Holy Mountain, historian Mark Stoll introduces us to the religious roots of the American environmental movement. Religion, he shows, provided environmentalists both with deeply-embedded moral and cultural ways of viewing the world and with content, direction, and tone for the causes... |
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Finding the Words: Talking Children Through the Tough Times
Rosaleen McElvaney - Veritas
Format: Print book
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Fostering good channels of communication with our children is an essential aspect of parenting, but it can often be challenging. In Finding the Words, psychotherapist Rosaleen McElvaney offers a practical, clear-sighted, and thorough guide for parents and guardians who want to build confidence... |
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Pig Tales: An Omnivore's Quest for Sustainable Meat
Barry Estabrook - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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An eye-opening investigation of the commercial pork industry and an inspiring alternative to the way pigs are raised and consumed in America.Barry Estabrook, author of the New York Times bestseller Tomatoland and a writer of "great skill and compassion" (Eric Schlosser) , now explores... |
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Barron's PRAXIS CORE EXAMS: Core Academic Skills for Educators
Robert D Postman - Barrons
Format: Print book
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When it comes to certification and test-taking, it's a whole new world out there for educators. But don't worry: this brand-new book is all you need to succeed on the new Core Academic Skills for Educators tests. This comprehensive manual includes important information you must know, including:A... |
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Parenting Difficult Children: Strategies for Parents of Preschoolers to Preteens
Michael Hammond - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Parenting young children is a challenge, and dealing with difficult or problem behavior can set up an atmosphere of tension and strife - not just between the child and the parents, but between parents as well. Parenting Difficult Children provides a method of removing that tension with... |
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Brando's Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work
Susan L. Mizruchi - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking work that reveals how Marlon Brando shaped his legacy in art and life. When people think about Marlon Brando, they think of the movie star, the hunk, the scandals. In Brando's Smile, Susan L. Mizruchi reveals the Brando others have missed: the man who collected four... |
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The Photograph as Contemporary Art
Charlotte Cotton - Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format: Paperback
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"Essential reading for anyone who wishes to make sense of the complex . . . world of contemporary art photography." - Picture Professional In the 21st century photography has come of age as a contemporary art form. Nearly two centuries after photographic technology was first... |
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Aha!: The Moments of Insight that Shape Our World
William B. Irvine - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Great ideas often develop gradually after studying a problem at length--but not always. Sometimes, an insight hits like a bolt from the blue. For Archimedes, clarity struck while he was taking a bath. For Gustav Mahler, it came as the blades of his oars touched the water. And for Albert... |
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Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America
Kevin Cook - Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
Format: Hardcover
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At last, the true story of a crime that shocked the world. New York City, 1964. A young woman is stabbed to death on her front stoop -- a murder the New York Times called "a frozen moment of dramatic, disturbing social change." The victim, Catherine "Kitty" Genovese,... |
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The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government
Philip K Howard - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The secret to good government is a question no one in Washington is asking: "What's the right thing to do?" What's wrong in Washington is deeper than you think. Yes, there's gridlock, polarization, and self-dealing. But hidden underneath is something bigger and more... |
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Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King (Revised and Expanded)
Mike Pitts - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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"As gripping as any detective fiction. Proof that one doesnt need to be fascinated with Richard III to be enthralled by the story of his bodys discovery." - Publishers WeeklyIn August 2012 a search began, and on February 4, 2013, a team from Leicester University delivered its verdict... |
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They Killed Our President: 63 Reasons to Believe There Was a Conspiracy to As
Jesse Ventura - Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past fifty years, you’re aware of the many hypotheses that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was not done by one man. Whether you’ve read one or a dozen of the books on this topic, there’s no way to fully... |
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Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread-The Lessons from a New Science
Alex Pentland - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the world's leading data scientists, a landmark tour of the new science of idea flow, offering revolutionary insights into the mysteries of collective intelligence and social influence If the Big Data revolution has a presiding genius, it is MIT's Alex "Sandy"... |
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Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of Our Tumultuous Years
Frank Bailey - Howard Books; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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This explosive, up-close view of Sarah Palin comes from an inner-circle confidant who shares surprising information about how Sarah dealt with staff and perceived "enemies," and the discrepancy between what she said and what she did. |
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The Vanishing Neighbor: The Transformation of American Community
Marc J. Dunkelman - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping new look at the unheralded transformation that is eroding the foundations of American exceptionalism. Americans today find themselves mired in an era of uncertainty and frustration. The nation's safety net is pulling apart under its own weight; political compromise is viewed... |
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Chasing Gold: The Incredible Story of How the Nazis Stole Europe's Bullion
George M. Taber - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In the highly anticipated new book from the bestselling author of Judgement of Paris, George M. Taber reveals the integral role gold played in World War II, from its influence on the Nazi war machine to the ultimate triumph by the Allies and the fall of BerlinA USA Today "New and Notable"... |
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