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Invention by Design
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Henry Petroski |
This book explores the nature of engineering and technology through case studies of familiar objects, from paper clips and aluminum cans to airplanes and modern high-rise buildings. These real-world … |
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Awakenings
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Oliver Sacks,Jonathan Davis |
This is the extraordinary account of a group of 20 patients, survivors of the great sleeping-sickness epidemic which swept the world in the 1920s, and the astonishing, explosive "awakening" effect th… |
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Visible learning into action
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John Hattie |
This book is aimed at any student, teacher or parent requiring an up-to-date commentary on how research into human learning processes can inform our teaching and what goes on in our schools. |
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The new accountability
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Martin Carnoy,Richard F. Elmore,Leslie Santee Siskin |
When it comes to the issue of US education reform, hopeful politicians, liberal and conservative alike, have long touted the promises of 'standards-based accountability'. But do accountability-based … |
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Great cases in psychotherapy
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Raymond J. Corsini,Danny Wedding |
"The collection of case histories assembled in this volume is an excellent cross-section of contemporary psychotherapy and its antecedents."--Foreword. |
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Imaging of bone and soft tissue tumors
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T. Rand,M. Breitenseher,H. Imhof,T. Bindeus,M. Kaderk |
"This volume presents a selection of clinical cases with the emphasis on tumors of bone and soft tissues. Both common and rare conditions are included. Case for case, the reader is supplied with info… |
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States and social revolutions
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Theda Skocpol |
Theda Skocpol shows how all three combine to explain the origins and accomplishments of social-revolutionary transformations. |
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FTM
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Holly Devor |
In this ground-breaking study, Aaron Devor provides a compassionate, intimate, and incisive look at the life experiences of forty-five trans men. Emerging into 21st-century political and social conve… |
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A Century of American Icons
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Mary Cross |
"Dogs eat burritos, camels smoke cigarettes, and frogs drink beer. Welcome to the Century of the Consumer. In the 20th century, Americans were romanced by consumer culture, which in turn reflected th… |
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Coming Home Again
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James L. Framo |
x, 294 p. : 24 cm |
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Management Gurus and Management Fashions
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Brad Jackson |
Since the 1980s, popular management thinkers, 'gurus', have promoted a number of performance improvement programs and management fashions which have greatly influenced both the everyday conduct of or… |
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