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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 8:15pm CET
American Ethnic History: Themes and Perspectives
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2007-09-30
List price: $29.95
The United States, it is often said, is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world. But what, precisely, do we mean when we speak of "ethnic" groups or "ethnicity"? What is the distinction, for example, between "race" and "ethnicity"? How do various groups meld with the rest of American society? Should we think in terms of assimilation, integration, pluralism, or some other relationship between ethnic groups and the mainstream? It is these and many other questions that Jason J. McDonald tackles in this timely and insightful book. Chapters explore a range of top...
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 7:17pm CET
Nikon D300 Digital Field Guide
Publisher: Wiley
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2008-05-12
List price: $19.99
Citing the Nikon D300’s high-ISO performance, sophisticated autofocus system, 6 frames per second shooting speed, and an astoundingly sharp 3-inch LCD screen, all for less than $2,000, PopPhoto declared the Nikon D300 the camera of the year for 2007. Nikon D300 Digital Field Guide is filled with everything you need to know in order to take amazing photographs using your Nikon D300. This full-color portable guide walks you through the essential controls, features, and functions of the Nikon D300 digital SLR using step-by-step instructions and full-color images of each menu screen. This ...
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 7:03pm CET
Wild Solutions: How Biodiversity is Money in the Bank, Second Edition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2004-08-11
List price: $18.50
In this fascinating and abundantly illustrated book, two eminent ecologists explain how the millions of species living on Earth—some microscopic, some obscure, many threatened—not only help keep us alive but also hold possibilities for previously unimagined products, medicines, and even industries. In an Afterword written especially for this edition, the authors consider the impact of two revolutions now taking place: the increasing rate at which we are discovering new species because of new technology available to us and the accelerating rate at which we are losing biological dive...
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 6:45pm CET
Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL(R) Test: iBT Writing (with CD-ROM, 2 Audio CDs, and Answer Key)
Publisher: Pearson ESL
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 2007-09-16
List price: $34.67
Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFLA (R) Test: Next Generation (IBT), a book/CD-ROM package written by Deborah Phillips, gives students all the tools they need to succeed on the new TOEFLA (R) integrated-skills test. Providing both a comprehensive language skills course and a wealth of practice for all sections of the test, the Longman Preparation Course is appropriate for courses in TOEFLA (R) Test preparation or as a supplement to more general English courses. Note: You must have the audio program to use the listening material (the Skills Practice, the Mini-Tests, and the Complete Tests...
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 5:13pm CET
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
Publisher: University of California Press
Number of Pages: 295
Published: 2007-05-14
List price: $24.95
Dirt, soil, call it what you want--it’s everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it’s no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea that we are--and have long been--using up Earth’s soil. Once bare of protective vegetation and exposed to wind and rain, cultivated soils erode bit by bit, slowly...
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 3:34pm CET
The Fundamentals of Drawing in Colour: A Complete Professional Course for Artists
Publisher: Arcturus foulsham
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2006-09-25
List price: $0.00
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 2:11pm CET
Exporting Good Governance: Temptations and Challenges in Canada’s Aid Program (Studies in International Governance)
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2009-01-01
List price: $39.95
Can good governance be exported? International development assistance is more frequently being applied to strengthening governance in developing countries, and in Exporting Good Governance: Temptations and Challenges in Canada’s Aid Program, the editors bring together diverse perspectives to investigate whether aid for good governance works. The first section of the book outlines the changing face of international development assistance and ideas of good governance. The second section analyzes six nations: three are countries to which Canada has devoted a significant portion of its aid ...
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 2:06pm CET
Currency Trading and Intermarket Analysis: How to Profit from the Shifting Currents in Global Markets (Wiley Trading)
Publisher: Wiley
Number of Pages: 278
Published: 2008-12-10
List price: $70.00
As head FX strategist at CMC Markets–one of the world’s leading forex/commodity brokers–Ashraf Laidi understands the forces shaping today’s currency market and their interplay with interest rates, equities, and commodities. And now, with Currency Trading and Intermarket Analysis, he shares his extensive experiences in this field with you. Throughout the book, Laidi outlines the tools needed to understand the macroeconomic and financial nuances of this dynamic field and provides you with insights that are essential to making the most of your time within it....
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 1:05pm CET
Introductory Econometrics for Finance (Information Technology & Law S)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number of Pages: 672
Published: 2008-06-09
List price: $65.00
This best-selling textbook addresses the need for an introduction to econometrics specifically written for finance students. Key features: • Thoroughly revised and updated, including two new chapters on panel data and limited dependent variable models • Problem-solving approach assumes no prior knowledge of econometrics emphasising intuition rather than formulae, giving students the skills and confidence to estimate and interpret models • Detailed examples and case studies from finance show students how techniques are applied in real research • Sample instructions...
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 12:59pm CET
The Big Red Book of Spanish Grammar w/CD-ROM
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Number of Pages: 504
Published: 2008-05-06
List price: $24.95
Sail through the turbulent seas of Spanish grammar and communicate with confidence! The Big Red Book of Spanish Grammar with CD-ROM gives you a comprehensive and yet accessible resource for all your grammar needs. Instead of poring through several grammar textbooks and workbooks, everything you need to build your grammar mastery is right here. Inside you will find: Thorough coverage of all aspects of Spanish grammar Easily accessible presentation of grammar rules and exceptions Hundreds of examples illustrate Spanish in action The CD-ROM is a fun way to help you: Sharpen your ...
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 8:58am CET
The Wilsonian Moment: Self-Determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2007-07-01
List price: $29.99
During the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, while key decisions were debated by the victorious Allied powers, a multitude of smaller nations and colonies held their breath, waiting to see how their fates would be decided. President Woodrow Wilson, in his Fourteen Points, had called for "a free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims," giving equal weight to the opinions of the colonized peoples and the colonial powers. Among those nations now paying close attention to Wilson’s words and actions were the budding nationalist leaders of four disparate non-Wes...
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 8:05am CET
Game Developer’s Marketplace
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Number of Pages: 728
Published: 1998-02
List price: $49.99
This hands-on "Marketplace" guide is packed with insider tips, techniques, resources, and time-proven advice from industry experts. Key topics featured include how to find jobs in the interactive gaming field, how to start your own game company, how to protect your ideas and creative properties, how to find talented people to work on your creations, how to design killer games, how to negotiate contracts that work, and much more. Cover Title....
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 6:59am CET
The 30-Second Encyclopedia of Learning and Performance: A Trainer’s Guide to Theory, Terminology, and Practice
Publisher: AMACOM
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2003-06-10
List price: $17.95
Learning professionals may love those 500-page textbooks, but they’re not exactly light reading. Trainers on the go crave a portable reference packed with bite-sized, self-contained topics conveniently arranged for quick access and adaptable to a myriad of instructional situations. They’ll be thankful for The 30-Second Encyclopedia of Learning and Performance, which presents hundreds of terms, processes, and methodologies in one place. Readers can instantly locate any subject in the book, then read the brief but thorough entry in 30 seconds to three minutes. Or read Part One sta...
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 6:58am CET
Growing Up in the Oil Patch
Publisher: Natural Heritage Books
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 1989-06-30
List price: $0.00
This book chronicles the adventures and achievements of some of the most colourful, ambitious people of their time statesmen, scoundrels, visionaries and developers. Participants all in the growing oil patch! The author presents a highly readable, informative and entertaining account of the early years in the development of Canada’s gas and oil industry. Based upon five years of research, interviews, and his fortuitous discovery of a rare, historically important scribbler, John Schmidt traces the paths of two enterprising American-born drillers, ’Frosty’ Martin and ’Tin...
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 5:58am CET
Customer Obsession: How to Acquire, Retain, and Grow Customers in the New Age of Relationship Marketing
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-09-29
List price: $27.95
Customer Obsession is an invaluable hands-on guide to the next generation of customer relationship marketing. Abaete de Azevedo and Ricardo Pomeranz, top leaders at the world-renowned direct marketing agency Rapp Collins, reveal how businesses of any size can develop a global strategy that embraces today’s empowered consumers and encourages the development of meaningful, profitable relationships with them. Sharing insider details from Rapp Collins’s breakthrough methodology, the authors provide the tools to implement the next level of relationship marketing, enabling you to pin...
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 4:22am CET
Investing in an Uncertain Economy For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))
Publisher: For Dummies
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2008-10-06
List price: $21.99
Investing in an Uncertain Economy For Dummies provides investors with focused, individualized investment strategies that enable them to conquer indecision and protect and strengthen their current financial holdings. With advice from 200 top independent financial advisors, empowered readers can make effective asset allocation decisions in the face of volatile markets....
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 4:21am CET
Macroeconomic Patterns and Stories
Publisher: Springer
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2008-12-05
List price: $89.95
This book offers the wisdom and insight regarding the US economy from a well-known and distinguished econometrician who found himself first teaching macro economics to MBAs and then Directing the highly-regarded and widely-quoted UCLA/Anderson Forecast which provides quarterly forecasts for the US economy. Edward Leamer argues that "We are pattern-seeking story-telling animals." He provides in this book the patterns and stories that are the basis for his understanding of what determines the business cycle and what determines long-run economic growth....
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 3:30am CET
Writing a Report (How to)
Publisher: How to Books
Number of Pages: 199
Published: 2004-03
List price: $20.00
With this updated 7th edition, John Bowden offers a comprehensive and practical guide to report writing. Among the topics featured are preparation and planning, collecting and handling information, style, grammar, and writing and revising a report....
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 3:17am CET
Economic Dynamics: Phase Diagrams and their Economic Application
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number of Pages: 724
Published: 2003-01-13
List price: $70.00
This substantially revised and restructured second edition of an essential textbook presents dynamics and phase diagrams for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in economic theory and quantitative economics. It offers an integrated analysis of dynamics that includes many more exercises and examples and a more comprehensive range of applications to economic theory. The user-friendly text is supported by a companion website offering a solutions manual and learning tools for teachers, students and researchers. First Edition Hb (1997): 0-521-47446-9 First Edition Pb (1997): 0-521-47973-8...
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Posted: February 18th, 2009, 2:03am CET
Electric Power Research Trends
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Number of Pages: 306
Published: 2007-01
List price: $0.00
The world is becoming increasingly electrified. For the foreseeable future, coal will continue to be the dominant fuel used for electric power production. The low cost and abundance of coal is one of the primary reasons for this. Electric power transmission, a process in the delivery of electricity to consumers, is the bulk transfer of electrical power. Typically, power transmission is between the power plant and a substation near a populated area. Electricity distribution is the delivery from the substation to the consumers. Due to the large amount of power involved, transmission normally tak...
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