FW: The Cognitive Electrophysiology of Mind and Brain

 

 

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Subject: The Cognitive Electrophysiology of Mind and Brain

 

Viewed : 20 Publisher : Academic Press Authors : Cognitive electrophysiology is a very well established field utilizing new technologies such as bioelectric events-related potentials (ERP) and magnetic (ERF) recordings to pursue the investigation of mind and brain. Current research focuses on reviewing ERP/ERF findings in the areas of attention, language, memory, visual and auditory perceptual processing, emotions, development, and neuropsychological clinical...

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FW: Analyzing Systems: Determining Requirements for Object-Oriented Development (Bcs Practitioner)

 

 

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Roy Maclean, Susan Stepney, Simon Smith
Subject: Analyzing Systems: Determining Requirements for Object-Oriented Development (Bcs Practitioner)

 

Viewed : 25 Publisher : Prentice Hall Authors : Roy Maclean, Susan Stepney, Simon Smith This text describes and explains the ORCA (Object-oriented Requirements Capture Analysis) method. It is aimed at those interested in the description and analysis of complex systems. In particular, it is aimed at those responsible for producing strategies for the use of information technology and requirements for software development. Producing and analyzing models of systems is a primary activity in ORCA and two...

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FW: Global Engineering Economics: Financial Decision Making for Engineers (with Student CD-ROM)

 

 

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Niall M. Fraser, Elizabeth M. Jewkes, Irwin Bernhardt, May Tajima
Subject: Global Engineering Economics: Financial Decision Making for Engineers (with Student CD-ROM)

 

Viewed : 17 Publisher : Prentice-Hall (Canada) Authors : Niall M. Fraser, Elizabeth M. Jewkes, Irwin Bernhardt, May Tajima Global Engineering Economics: Financial Decision Making for Engineers is designed for teaching a course on engineering economics to match engineering practice today. It recognizes the role of the engineer as a decision maker who has to make and defend sensible decisions. Such decisions must not only take into account a correct assessment of costs and benefits, they must also reflect an understanding of the...

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FW: Read You Loud and Clear: The Story of NASA's Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network

 

 

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Sunny Tsiao
Subject: Read You Loud and Clear: The Story of NASA's Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network

 

Viewed : 20 Publisher : National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authors : Sunny Tsiao

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FW: Happy Earth: Class Audio CDs Level 1

 

 

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Subject: Happy Earth: Class Audio CDs Level 1

 

Viewed : 15 Publisher : Oxford University Press Authors : A two-level, topic-based course with an emphasis on culture for children who have done two years of reading and writing. Happy Earth bridges the gap between primary and secondary courses.

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FW: Faces in the Clouds: A New Theory of Religion

 

 

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Stewart Elliott Guthrie
Subject: Faces in the Clouds: A New Theory of Religion

 

Viewed : 17 Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA Authors : Stewart Elliott Guthrie Religion is universal human culture. No phenomenon is more widely shared or more intensely studied, yet there is no agreement on what religion is. Now, in Faces in the Clouds, anthropologist Stewart Guthrie provides a provocative definition of religion in a bold and persuasive new theory. Guthrie says religion can best be understood as systematic anthropomorphism--that is, the attribution of human characteristics to...

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FW: The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One

 

 

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: David Kilcullen
Subject: The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One

 

Viewed : 11 Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA Authors : David Kilcullen David Kilcullen is one of the world's most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare. A Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq, his vision of war dramatically influenced America's decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement "the surge." Now, in The Accidental Guerrilla , Kilcullen provides a remarkably fresh perspective on the War on Terror. Kilcullen...

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FW: The Bay of Pigs (Pivotal Moments in American History)

 

 

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Howard Jones
Subject: The Bay of Pigs (Pivotal Moments in American History)

 

Viewed : 12 Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA Authors : Howard Jones In January 1959, as Fidel Castro entered Havana in triumph, Americans hailed the revolutionary as a hero. Then came Castro's increasingly anti-American talk, the rise in his regime of the openly Marxist Che Guevara and Raul Castro, and seizures of American-owned assets. In little more than a year, President Dwight D. Eisenhower concluded that Castro must go. In The Bay of Pigs, Howard Jones provides a concise,...

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FW: Pigs and Humans: 10,000 Years of Interaction

 

 

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Subject: Pigs and Humans: 10,000 Years of Interaction

 

Viewed : 3 Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA Authors : Pigs are one of the most iconic but also paradoxical animals ever to have developed a relationship with humans. This relationship has been a long and varied one: from noble wild beast of the forest to mass produced farmyard animal; from a symbol of status and plenty to a widespread religious food taboo; from revered religious totem to a parodied symbol of filth and debauchery. Pigs and Humans brings together some of...

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FW: Introduction to Nuclear Engineering (Addison-Wesley series in nuclear science and engineering)

 

 

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: John R. Lamarsh
Subject: Introduction to Nuclear Engineering (Addison-Wesley series in nuclear science and engineering)

 

Viewed : 5 Publisher : Addison-Wesley Authors : John R. Lamarsh The text is designed for junior and senior level Nuclear Engineering students. The third edition of this highly respected text offers the most current and complete introduction to nuclear engineering available. Introduction to Nuclear Engineering has been thoroughly updated with new information on French, Russian, and Japanese nuclear reactors. All units have been revised to reflect current standards. In addition to...

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FW: The Art of Public Strategy: Mobilizing Power and Knowledge for the Common Good

 

 

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Dr Geoff Mulgan
Subject: The Art of Public Strategy: Mobilizing Power and Knowledge for the Common Good

 

Viewed : 2 Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA Authors : Dr Geoff Mulgan The strategies adopted by governments and public officials can have dramatic effects on peoples' lives. The best ones can transform economic laggards into trailblazers, eliminate diseases, or sharply cut crime. Strategic failures can result in highly visible disasters, like the shrinking of the Russian economy in the 1990s, or the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005. This book is about how...

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FW: Dionysus since 69: Greek Tragedy at the Dawn of the Third Millennium

 

 

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Subject: Dionysus since 69: Greek Tragedy at the Dawn of the Third Millennium

 

Viewed : 1 Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA Authors : Greek tragedy is currently being performed more frequently than at any time since classical antiquity. This book is the first to address the fundamental question, why has there been so much Greek tragedy in the theatres, opera houses and cinemas of the last three decades? A detailed chronological appendix of production information and lavish illustrations supplement the fourteen essays by an interdisciplinary team...

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FW: From Resource Allocation to Strategy

 

 

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Subject: From Resource Allocation to Strategy

 

Viewed : 5 Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA Authors : Joseph L. Bower and Clark G. Gilbert have collected together some of the leading experts on strategy to examine how strategy is actually made by company managers across the several levels of an organization. Is strategy a coherent plan conceived at the top by a visionary leader, or is it formed by a series of smaller decisions, not always reflecting what top management has in mind? Often it is by examining how...

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FW: Invertebrate Palaeontology & Evolution

 

 

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Author: Euan Clarkson, Euan, N.K. Clarkson
Subject: Invertebrate Palaeontology & Evolution

 

Viewed : 4 Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell Authors : Euan Clarkson, Euan, N.K. Clarkson Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution is well established as the foremost palaeontology text at the undergraduate level. This fully revised fourth edition includes a complete update of the sections on evolution and the fossil record, and the evolution of the early metazoans. New work on the classification of the major phyla (in particular brachiopods and molluscs) has been incorporated. The section on trace...

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FW: Understandable Statistics

 

 

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Subject: Understandable Statistics

 

Viewed : 2 Publisher : Houghton Mefflin Company Authors : Instructor's Resource Guide with Complete Solutions

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FW: Thinking Teams / Thinking Clients

 

 

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Anne Opie
Subject: Thinking Teams / Thinking Clients

 

Viewed : 3 Publisher : Columbia University Press Authors : Anne Opie Addressing a key concern in human service and other organizational settings concerned with effective teamwork, this book offers a new paradigm for conceptualizing the subject. Based on qualitative research conducted with teams working with the chronically ill, elderly, and with high-risk psychiatric patients, Anne Opie has developed a method of working with teams that focuses on teamwork as "knowledge work" and is...

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FW: Street Politics

 

 

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Asef Bayat
Subject: Street Politics

 

Viewed : 5 Publisher : Columbia University Press Authors : Asef Bayat In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, an active political movement emerged on the streets of Iran's largest cities. Poor people began to construct their own communities on unused urban lands, creating an infrastructure­­roads, electricity, running water, garbage collection, and shelters­­all their own. As the Iranian government attempted to evict these illegal settlers, they resisted­­fiercely and...

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FW: Coleridge, the Bible, and Religion (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)

 

 

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Jeffrey W. Barbeau
Subject: Coleridge, the Bible, and Religion (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)

 

Viewed : 4 Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan Authors : Jeffrey W. Barbeau Barbeau reconstructs the system of religion that Coleridge develops in Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit (1840). Coleridge’s late system links four sources of divinity—the Bible, the traditions of the church, the interior work of the Spirit, and the inspired preacher—to Christ, the Word.  In thousands of marginalia and private notebook entries, Coleridge challenges traditional views of the formation and...

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FW: Analysing Multimodal Documents: A Foundation for the Systematic Analysis of Multimodal Documents

 

 

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Posted on: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: John Bateman
Subject: Analysing Multimodal Documents: A Foundation for the Systematic Analysis of Multimodal Documents

 

Viewed : 3 Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan Authors : John Bateman Analysing Multimodal Documents presents the first systematic, corpus-based, and theoretically rigorous approach to the description and analysis of multimodal documents. John Bateman introduces researchers and advanced students to a linguistically-based method of analysis that shows how different modes of expression--including language, rhetoric, images, typography, colour and space--go together to make up a document...

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FW: Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology

 

 

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Posted on: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Eric Brende
Subject: Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology

 

Viewed : 4 Publisher : HarperCollins Authors : Eric Brende What happens when a graduate of MIT, the bastion of technological advancement, and his bride move to a community so primitive in its technology that even Amish groups consider it antiquated? Eric Brende conceives a real-life experiment: to see if, in fact, all our cell phones, wide-screen TVs, and SUVs have made life easier and better -- or whether life would be preferable without them. By turns, the query narrows...

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FW: Moral Minds: The Nature of Right and Wrong (P.S.)

 

 

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Posted on: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Marc Hauser
Subject: Moral Minds: The Nature of Right and Wrong (P.S.)

 

Viewed : 7 Publisher : Harper Perennial Authors : Marc Hauser In his groundbreaking book, Marc Hauser puts forth a revolutionary new theory: that humans have evolved a universal moral instinct, unconsciously propelling us to deliver judgments of right and wrong independent of gender, education, and religion. Combining his cutting-edge research with the latest findings in cognitive psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, economics, and anthropology, Hauser...

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FW: The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry--and What We Must Do to Stop It

 

 

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Posted on: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Antonia Juhasz
Subject: The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry--and What We Must Do to Stop It

 

Viewed : 3 Publisher : William Morrow Authors : Antonia Juhasz Why are oil and gas prices so high? Who's really controlling those prices? How much oil is left? How far will Big Oil go to get it? And at what cost to the environment, human rights, the economy, worker safety, public health, and democracy? The answers aren't what you think. They're much worse. But there's also plenty that we can do about it. As oil prices—and public outrage—skyrocket, Antonia Juhasz, a leading...

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FW: Introduction to Applied Numerical Analysis (McGraw-Hill computer science series)

 

 

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Posted on: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Richard W. Hamming
Subject: Introduction to Applied Numerical Analysis (McGraw-Hill computer science series)

 

Viewed : 3 Publisher : McGraw-Hill Inc.,US Authors : Richard W. Hamming

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FW: Differential Equations Demystified

 

 

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Posted on: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Steven Krantz
Subject: Differential Equations Demystified

 

Viewed : 2 Publisher : McGraw-Hill Professional Authors : Steven Krantz Here's the perfect self-teaching guide to help anyone master differential equations, a common stumbling block for students looking to progress to advanced topics in both science and math. Covers First Order Equations, Second Order Equations and Higher, Properties, Solutions, Series Solutions, Fourier Series and Orthogonal Systems, Partial Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, Numerical Techniques, and...

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FW: Microeconomics Demystified: A Self-Teaching Guide

 

 

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Posted on: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: craig depken
Subject: Microeconomics Demystified: A Self-Teaching Guide

 

Viewed : 5 Publisher : McGraw-Hill Authors : craig depken There’s no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects Microeconomics Demystified features a clear and easy-to-understand presentation of the concepts and principles of microeconomics, with generous applications and examples. This self-teaching guide comes complete with key points, background information, quizzes at the end of each chapter, and even a final exam. Simple enough for...

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FW: Corporate Finance Demystified

 

 

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Posted on: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Troy Adair
Subject: Corporate Finance Demystified

 

Viewed : 6 Publisher : McGraw-Hill Authors : Troy Adair There’s no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects Corporate Finance Demystified offers a comprehensive introduction to corporate finance principles, the time value of money, including present value, amortization schedules, and more. This self-teaching guide comes complete with key points, background information, quizzes at the end of each chapter, and even a final exam. Simple...

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FW: Secrets of Millionaire Moms: Learn How They Turned Great Ideas Into Booming Businesses

 

 

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Posted on: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Tamara Monosoff
Subject: Secrets of Millionaire Moms: Learn How They Turned Great Ideas Into Booming Businesses

 

Viewed : 8 Publisher : McGraw-Hill Authors : Tamara Monosoff Before they Were Millionaires they Were Moms-Just Like You! What's the difference between the most successful mom entrepreneurs and you? They believed in their ideas enough to commit to them and even in the face of adversity rarely accepted “no” for an answer. In Secrets of Millionaire Moms , mom entrepreneur Tamara Monosoff interviewed some of the most successful “Millionaire Moms” of our time including the...

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FW: Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius

 

 

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Posted on: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Gavin Harper
Subject: Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius

 

Viewed : 13 Publisher : McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Authors : Gavin Harper FOLLOW THE SUN TO MORE EVIL FUN! Let the sun shine on your evil side - and have a wicked amount of fun on your way to becoming a solar energy master! In this guide, the popular Evil Genius format ramps up your understanding of powerful, important, and environmentally friendly solar energy - and shows you how to build real, practical solar energy projects you can use in your home, yard - even on the road! In Solar...

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FW: Programming Video Games for the Evil Genius

 

 

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Posted on: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 5:30 AM
Author: Ian Cinnamon
Subject: Programming Video Games for the Evil Genius

 

Viewed : 10 Publisher : McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Authors : Ian Cinnamon IF EVIL'S YOUR NAME, THEN THESE ARE YOUR GAMES! Always wanted to be a genius game creator? This Evil Genius guide goes far beyond a typical programming class or text to reveal insider tips for breaking the rules and constructing wickedly fun games that you can tweak and customize to suit your needs! In Programming Video Games for the Evil Genius, programming wunderkind Ian Cinnamon gives you everything you need to...

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