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Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2003
ISBN 10 : 0393323579ISBN 13 : 9780393323573
Vendeur : Your Online Bookstore, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : Good.
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Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 1997
ISBN 10 : 0393316866ISBN 13 : 9780393316865
Vendeur : Your Online Bookstore, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : Good.
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Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 1996
ISBN 10 : 0393314529ISBN 13 : 9780393314526
Vendeur : Orion Tech, Kingwood, TX, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : Good.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 1984
ISBN 10 : 0393301575ISBN 13 : 9780393301571
Vendeur : HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
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Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 1994
ISBN 10 : 0393312429ISBN 13 : 9780393312423
Vendeur : Orphans Treasure Box, Champaign, IL, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : Fair. Significant wear. No loose pages. Markings. Dog-eared pages. Wrinkled pages due to water exposure. Stain on page edges lower side and bottom corner. Orphans Treasure Box sells books to raise money for orphans and vulnerable kids.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2014
ISBN 10 : 0393081591ISBN 13 : 9780393081596
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1. A 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable BookWeve 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. Is it a matter of natural-born charisma? Or does exceptional teaching require something more?Building a Better Teacher introduces a new generation of educators exploring the intricate science underlying their art. A former principal studies the countrys star teachers and discovers a set of common techniques that help children pay attention. Two math teachers videotape a year of lessons and develop an approach that has nine-year-olds writing sophisticated mathematical proofs. A former high school teacher works with a top English instructor to pinpoint the key interactions a teacher must foster to initiate a rich classroom discussion. Through their stories, and the hilarious and heartbreaking theater that unfolds in the classroom every day, Elizabeth Green takes us on a journey into the heart of a profession that impacts every child in America.What happens in the classroom of a great teacher? Opening with a moment-by-moment portrait of an everyday math lesson-a drama of urgent decisions and artful maneuvers-Building a Better Teacher demonstrates the unexpected complexity of teaching. Green focuses on the questions that really matter: How do we prepare teachers and what should they know before they enter the classroom? How does one get young minds to reason, conjecture, prove, and understand? What are the keys to good discipline? Incorporating new research from cognitive psychologists and education specialists as well as intrepid classroom entrepreneurs, Green provides a new way for parents to judge what their children need in the classroom and considers how to scale good ideas. Ultimately, Green discovers that good teaching is a skill. A skill that can be taught.A provocative and hopeful book, Building a Better Teacher shows that legendary teachers are more than inspiring; they are perhaps the greatest craftspeople of all.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2015
ISBN 10 : 0393351084ISBN 13 : 9780393351088
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Softcover. Etat : Good. Illustrated. A New York Times Notable Book"A must-read book for every American teacher and taxpayer." -Amanda Ripley, author of The Smartest Kids in the WorldLaunched with a hugely popular New York Times Magazine cover story, Building a Better Teacher sparked a national conversation about teacher quality and established Elizabeth Green as a leading voice in education. Green's fascinating and accessible narrative dispels the common myth of the "natural-born teacher" and introduces maverick educators exploring the science behind their art. Her dramatic account reveals that great teaching is not magic, but a skill-a skill that can be taught. Now with a new afterword that offers a guide on how to identify-and support-great teachers, this provocative and hopeful book "should be part of every new teachers education" (Washington Post).
Edité par W. W. Norton amp; Company, 1975
ISBN 10 : 0393092453ISBN 13 : 9780393092455
Vendeur : Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, Etats-Unis
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Etat : very good.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2017
ISBN 10 : 0393608689ISBN 13 : 9780393608687
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. A Financial Times Best Political Book of 2017An urgent examination of how the political and social volatility in Europe impacts the United States and the rest of the world.The dream of a United States of Europe is unraveling in the wake of several crises now afflicting the continent. The single Euro currency threatens to break apart amid bitter arguments between rich northern creditors and poor southern debtors. Russia is back as an aggressive power, annexing Crimea, supporting rebels in eastern Ukraine, and waging media and cyber warfare against the West. Marine Le Pens National Front won a record 34 percent of the French presidential vote despite the election of Emmanuel Macron. Europe struggles to cope with nearly two million refugees who fled conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa. Britain has voted to leave the European Union after forty-three years, the first time a member state has opted to quit the worlds leading commercial bloc. At the same time, President Trump has vowed to pursue America First policies that may curtail U.S. security guarantees and provoke trade conflicts with its allies abroad.These developments and a growing backlash against globalization have contributed to a loss of faith in mainstream ruling parties throughout the West. Voters in the United States and Europe are abandoning traditional ways of governing in favor of authoritarian, populist, and nationalist alternatives, raising a profound threat to the future of our democracies.In Fractured Continent, William Drozdiak, the former foreign editor of The Washington Post, persuasively argues that these events have dramatic consequences for Americans as well as Europeans, changing the nature of our relationships with longtime allies and even threatening global security. By speaking with world leaders from Brussels to Berlin, Rome to Riga, Drozdiak describes the crises. the proposed solutions, and considers where Europe and America go from here. The result is a timely character- and narrative-driven book about this tumultuous phase of contemporary European history.8 pages of illustrations.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2016
ISBN 10 : 0393285022ISBN 13 : 9780393285024
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. One of our most eminent historians reminds us of the commanding role party politics has played in Americas enduring struggle against economic inequality.There are two keys to unlocking the secrets of American politics and American political history. So begins The Politicians & the Egalitarians, Princeton historian Sean Wilentzs bold new work of history.First, America is built on an egalitarian tradition. At the nations founding, Americans believed that extremes of wealth and want would destroy their revolutionary experiment in republican government. Ever since, that idea has shaped national political conflict and scored major egalitarian victories-from the Civil War and Progressive eras to the New Deal and the Great Society-along the way.Second, partisanship is a permanent fixture in America, and America is the better for it. Every major egalitarian victory in United States history has resulted neither from abandonment of partisan politics nor from social movement protests but from a convergence of protest and politics, and then sharp struggles led by principled and effective party politicians. There is little to be gained from the dream of a post-partisan world.With these two insights Sean Wilentz offers a crystal-clear portrait of American history, told through politicians and egalitarians including Thomas Paine, Abraham Lincoln, and W. E. B. Du Bois-a portrait that runs counter to current political and historical thinking. As he did with his acclaimed The Rise of American Democracy, Wilentz once again completely transforms our understanding of this nations political and moral character.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2002
ISBN 10 : 0393322939ISBN 13 : 9780393322934
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Softcover. Etat : Good. Reprint. "Outstanding.Hibbert has an eye for character and a gift for bringing to life the impact of small-minded incompetents on the wide sweep of history."- Associated Press The story of this war has usually been told in terms of a conflict between blundering British generals and their rigidly disciplined red-coated troops on the one side and heroic American patriots in their homespun shirts and coonskin caps on the other. In this fresh, compelling narrative, Christopher Hibbert portrays the realities of a war that raged the length of an entire continent-a war that thousands of George Washington's fellow countrymen condemned and that he came close to losing. Based on a wide variety of sources and alive with astute character sketches and eyewitness accounts, Redcoats and Rebels presents a vivid and convincing picture of the "cruel, accursed" war that changed the world forever. 16 pages of illustrations. "Hibbert combines impeccable scholarship with a liveliness of style that lures the reader from page to page."-Sunday Telegraph 16 pages of illustrations.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2014
ISBN 10 : 0393239357ISBN 13 : 9780393239355
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Illustrated. A New York Times BestsellerA revolution is under way. In recent years, Googles autonomous cars have logged thousands of miles on American highways and IBMs Watson trounced the best human Jeopardy! players. Digital technologies-with hardware, software, and networks at their core-will in the near future diagnose diseases more accurately than doctors can, apply enormous data sets to transform retailing, and accomplish many tasks once considered uniquely human.In The Second Machine Age MITs Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee-two thinkers at the forefront of their field-reveal the forces driving the reinvention of our lives and our economy. As the full impact of digital technologies is felt, we will realize immense bounty in the form of dazzling personal technology, advanced infrastructure, and near-boundless access to the cultural items that enrich our lives.Amid this bounty will also be wrenching change. Professions of all kinds-from lawyers to truck drivers-will be forever upended. Companies will be forced to transform or die. Recent economic indicators reflect this shift: fewer people are working, and wages are falling even as productivity and profits soar.Drawing on years of research and up-to-the-minute trends, Brynjolfsson and McAfee identify the best strategies for survival and offer a new path to prosperity. These include revamping education so that it prepares people for the next economy instead of the last one, designing new collaborations that pair brute processing power with human ingenuity, and embracing policies that make sense in a radically transformed landscape.A fundamentally optimistic book, The Second Machine Age will alter how we think about issues of technological, societal, and economic progress.
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Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 1981
ISBN 10 : 0393000400ISBN 13 : 9780393000405
Vendeur : The Book Cellar, LLC, Nashua, NH, Etats-Unis
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paperback. Etat : Very Good. Has moderate shelf and/or corner wear. Great used condition. A portion of your purchase of this book will be donated to non-profit organizations.Over 1,000,000 satisfied customers since 1997! Choose expedited shipping (if available) for much faster delivery. Delivery confirmation on all US orders.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2021
ISBN 10 : 0393541037ISBN 13 : 9780393541038
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. First Edition. Winner of the 2021 National Book Award for PoetryFinalist for the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeA Library Journal Best Poetry Book of 2021From the winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize come masterfully crafted narratives of protest, grief and love.Martín Espada is a poet who "stirs in us an undeniable social consciousness," says Richard Blanco. Floaters offers exuberant odes and defiant elegies, songs of protest and songs of love from one of the essential voices in American poetry.Floaters takes its title from a term used by certain Border Patrol agents to describe migrants who drown trying to cross over. The title poem responds to the viral photograph of Óscar and Valeria, a Salvadoran father and daughter who drowned in the Río Grande, and allegations posted in the "Im 10-15" Border Patrol Facebook group that the photo was faked. Espada bears eloquent witness to confrontations with anti-immigrant bigotry as a tenant lawyer years ago, and now sings the praises of Central American adolescents kicking soccer balls over a barbed wire fence in an internment camp founded on that same bigotry. He also knows that times of hate call for poems of love-even in the voice of a cantankerous Galápagos tortoise.The collection ranges from historical epic to achingly personal lyrics about growing up, the baseball that drops from the sky and smacks Espada in the eye as he contemplates a girls gently racist question.Whether celebrating the visionaries-the fallen dreamers, rebels and poets-or condemning the outrageous governmental neglect of his fathers Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane María, Espada invokes ferocious, incandescent spirits.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2012
ISBN 10 : 0393069001ISBN 13 : 9780393069006
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Illustrated. An iconic friendship, an uneasy alliance-a revisionist account of the couple who ended the Cold War. For decades historians have perpetuated the myth of a "Churchillian" relationship between Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, citing their longtime alliance as an example of the "special" bond between the United States and Britain. But, as Richard Aldous argues in this penetrating dual biography, Reagan and Thatcher clashed repeatedly-over the Falklands war, Grenada, and the SDI and nuclear weapons-while carefully cultivating a harmonious image for the public and the press. With the stakes enormously high, these political titans struggled to work together to confront the greatest threat of their time: the USSR.Brilliantly reconstructing some of their most dramatic encounters, Aldous draws on recently declassified documents and extensive oral history to dismantle the popular conception of Reagan-Thatcher diplomacy. His startling conclusion-that the weakest link in the Atlantic Alliance of the 1980s was the association between the two principal actors-will mark an important contribution to our understanding of the twentieth century. 8 pages of black-and-white photographs.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2015
ISBN 10 : 0393244776ISBN 13 : 9780393244779
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Illustrated. A journey into the worlds original extreme sport: downhill ski racing.Harnessing natures most powerful forces, elite downhillers descend icy, rugged slopes at speeds cresting 90 miles per hour. For decades, American skiers struggled to match their European counterparts, and until this century the US Ski Team could not claim a lasting foothold on the roof of the Alps, where the sports legends are born.Then came a fledgling class of American racers that disrupted the Alpine racing world order. Led by Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso and Ted Ligety, this band of iconoclasts made a place for their country on some of the worlds most prestigious race courses. Even as new technology amplified the sports inherent danger, the US Ski Team learned how to win, and they changed downhill racing forever.The Fall Line is the story of how it all came together, a deeply reported reconstruction of ski racings most dramatic season. Drawing on more than a decade of research and candid interviews with some of the sports most elusive figures, award-winning journalist Nathaniel Vinton reveals the untold story of how skiers like Vonn and Miller, and their peers and rivals, fought for supremacy at the Olympic Winter Games.Here is an authoritative portrait of a group of men and women taking mortal risks in a bid for sporting glory. A white-knuckled tour through skiings deep traditions and least-accessible locales, The Fall Line opens up the sexy, high-stakes world of downhill skiing-its career-ending crashes, million-dollar sponsorship deals, international intrigue, and showdowns with nature itself.With views from the starting gate, the finish line, and treacherous turns in between, The Fall Line delivers the adrenaline of one of the worlds most beautiful and perilous sports alongside a panoramic view of skiings past, present, and future.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2003
ISBN 10 : 0393979180ISBN 13 : 9780393979183
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Eleventh. Ever since Edwin Mansfield pioneered the popular theory-and-application approach with the First Edition of Microeconomics, the text has been a perennial leader in the intermediate microeconomics course field. Starting with the Tenth Edition and continuing with the Eleventh, co-author Gary Yohe has thoroughly revised the text while retaining its traditional strengths. Discussions remain accurate and clear, making use of engaging examples that draw on real-world applications to motivate the presentation of theory. This revitalized classic promises to continue to please instructors and their students.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company 17/09/2005, 2005
ISBN 10 : 0393325970ISBN 13 : 9780393325973
Vendeur : AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
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Etat : Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
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Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2007
ISBN 10 : 0393704637ISBN 13 : 9780393704631
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1. Runner-up winner of the Hamilton Book Author Award, this book is a comprehensive overview of the neurobiology behind addictions. Neuroscience is clarifying the causes of compulsive alcohol and drug use--while also shedding light on what addiction is, what it is not, and how it can best be treated--in exciting and innovative ways. Current neurobiological research complements and enhances the approaches to addiction traditionally taken in social work and psychology. However, this important research is generally not presented in a forthright, jargon-free way that clearly illustrates its relevance to addiction professionals.The Science of Addiction presents a comprehensive overview of the roles that brain function and genetics play in addiction. It explains in an easy-to-understand way changes in the terminology and characterization of addiction that are emerging based upon new neurobiological research. The author goes on to describe the neuroanatomy and function of brain reward sites, and the genetics of alcohol and other drug dependence. Chapters on the basic pharmacology of stimulants and depressants, alcohol, and other drugs illustrate the specific and unique ways in which the brain and the central nervous system interact with, and are affected by, each of these substancesErickson discusses current and emerging treatments for chemical dependence, and how neuroscience helps us understand the way they work. The intent is to encourage an understanding of the body-mind connection. The busy clinical practitioner will find the chapter on how to read and interpret new research findings on the neurobiological basis of addiction useful and illuminating.This book will help the almost 21.6 million Americans, and millions more worldwide, who abuse or are dependent on drugs by teaching their caregivers (or them) about the latest addiction science research. It is also intended to help addiction professionals understand the foundations and applications of neuroscience, so that they will be able to better empathize with their patients and apply the science to principles of treatment.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 1995
ISBN 10 : 0393316637ISBN 13 : 9780393316636
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Softcover. Etat : Good. Reprint. An intimate portrait of a brilliant and beleaguered artist. The most detailed, thorough and compassionate account yet of the playwrights formative years. -San Francisco Chronicle A remarkable account of a young mans fascinating journey to greatness. A grand vision of a complex creature. An engrossing and compulsive read. Future work must be measured against Leverich for decades to come. -Theater Week The riveting, revelatory, and sole authorized account of the critical first decades of Tennessee Williams's life. Tennessee Williams, author of such indelible masterpieces as The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire, is considered by many to be the greatest literary artist of the American theater. Tom is Lyle Leverich's definitive account based on his exclusive access to letters, diaries, unpublished manuscripts, and family documents of Williams's early life and of the events that shaped this most autobiographical of dramatists. It tells the story of the marital traumas of his bullying father and overly protective mother, the mental disorders that institutionalized his beloved sister Rose, his stalled academic career, and his confused sexuality and early successes as a writer; and it leaves Thomas Lanier Williams on the brink of fame with The Glass Menagerie and his transformation into the celebrated persona of "Tennessee."
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2012
ISBN 10 : 0393340732ISBN 13 : 9780393340730
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Softcover. Etat : Good. 1. Now a Broadway Play.An innovative essayist and his fact-checker do battle about the use of truth and the definition of nonfiction.How negotiable is a fact? In 2003, after publishing his book of experimental essays, Halls of Fame, John DAgata was approached by Harpers magazine to write an essay for them, one that was eventually rejected due to disagreements related to its fact checking. That essay which eventually became the foundation of DAgatas critically acclaimed About a Mountain was accepted by another magazine, the Believer, but not before they handed it to their own fact-checker, Jim Fingal. What resulted from that assignment, and beyond the essays eventual publication in the magazine, was seven years of arguments, negotiations, and revisions as DAgata and Fingal struggled to navigate the boundaries of literary nonfiction.This book includes an early draft of DAgatas essay, along with DAgata and Fingals extensive discussion around the text. What emerges is a brilliant and eye-opening meditation on the relationship between truth and accuracy and a penetrating conversation about whether it is appropriate for a writer to substitute one for the other. Two-color throughout.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2005
ISBN 10 : 0393326985ISBN 13 : 9780393326987
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Softcover. Etat : Good. Reprint. From the mountains of California to a forgotten steel vat at the Smithsonian, this "eloquent and soul-searching book" (Lit) is "a compelling account of one of American anthropology's strangest, saddest chapters" (Archaeology). After the Yahi were massacred in the mid-nineteenth century, Ishi survived alone for decades in the mountains of northern California, wearing skins and hunting with bow and arrow. His capture in 1911 made him a national sensation; anthropologist Alfred Kroeber declared him the world's most "uncivilized" man and made Ishi a living exhibit in his museum. Thousands came to see the displaced Indian before his death, of tuberculosis. Ishi's Brain follows Orin Starn's gripping quest for the remains of the last of the Yahi. 16 pages of illustrations.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2014
ISBN 10 : 0393083365ISBN 13 : 9780393083361
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. First Edition. A dazzling look at the artists working on the frontiers of science. In recent decades, an exciting new art movement has emerged in which artists utilize and illuminate the latest advances in science. Some of their provocative creations-a live rabbit implanted with the fluorescent gene of a jellyfish, a gigantic glass-and-chrome sculpture of the Big Bang (pictured on the cover)-can be seen in traditional art museums and magazines, while others are being made by leading designers at Pixar, Googles Creative Lab, and the MIT Media Lab. In Colliding Worlds, Arthur I. Miller takes readers on a wild journey to explore this new frontier.Miller, the author of Einstein, Picasso and other celebrated books on science and creativity, traces the movement from its seeds a century ago-when Einsteins theory of relativity helped shape the thinking of the Cubists-to its flowering today. Through interviews with innovative thinkers and artists across disciplines, Miller shows with verve and clarity how discoveries in biotechnology, cosmology, quantum physics, and beyond are animating the work of designers like Neri Oxman, musicians like David Toop, and the artists-in-residence at CERNs Large Hadron Collider.From NanoArt to Big Data, Miller reveals the extraordinary possibilities when art and science collide. 70 illustrations, 8 pages of color.
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Edité par W W Norton & Co Inc, 1979
ISBN 10 : 0393950670ISBN 13 : 9780393950670
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Softcover. Etat : Good. First Edition. Using economic theory, computers, and statistical inference, nine essays answer questions on slavery as a profitable enterprise, the railroads, the causes of the Great Depression, and the New Deal.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2020
ISBN 10 : 0393358275ISBN 13 : 9780393358278
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Softcover. Etat : Good. Reprint. An engrossing narrative history (Joanna Scutts, The Lily) of the enslaved girl whose photograph transformed the abolition movement.When a decades-long court battle resulted in her familys freedom in 1855, seven-year-old Mary Mildred Williams unexpectedly became the face of American slavery. Due to generations of sexual violence, Marys skin was so light she passed as white-a fact abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner knew would be the key to his white audiences sympathy. Girl in Black and White restores Mary to her rightful place in history, probing issues of colorism and racial politics (New York Times Book Review) that still affect us profoundly today. 20 black-and-white illustrations.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2018
ISBN 10 : 0393244482ISBN 13 : 9780393244489
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1. A 2019 Edgar Award Nominee and a CrimeReads Best Crime Book of the YearA searing portrait of the crack epidemic and violent drug wars that once ravaged the Bronx.In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Bronx had one of the highest per capita murder rates in the country. The use of crack cocaine surged, replacing heroin as the high of choice. Drug dealers claimed territory through intimidation and murder, and families found themselves fractured by crime and incarceration. Chronicling the rise and fall of Sex Money Murder, one of the most notorious gangs of its era, reporter Jonathan Green creates a visceral and devastating portrait of a New York City borough, and the dedicated detectives and prosecutors struggling to stop the tide of violence.The setting is Soundview, one of the citys most dangerous projects, where we encounter the gangsters Suge and Pipe, and the charismatic leader of Sex Money Murder, Pistol Pete. We also meet the dedicated policemen, like rookie housing cop Pete Forcelli and seasoned Detective John OMalley, risking their lives to make a difference. Its a world in which dealers get their hands dirty simply by counting the hundreds of thousands of dollars of cash they make on a monthly basis, watch Scarface while smoking spliffs between shootings, and coolly assassinate rivals during a neighborhood football game; and where nothing is more important than preserving your honor and expanding your domain-with force. Breaking up the gang is a legal feat, but their murderous reputation and the expansion of their drug operation across state lines means that Sex Money Murder draws the attention of the Feds-the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol and Firearms-and the persevering federal prosecutors Liz Glazer and Nicole LaBarbera, who will use RICO (the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) to go after the drug crews.Drawing on years of research and extraordinary access to gang leaders, law enforcement, and federal prosecutors, Green delivers an epic character-driven narrative and an engrossing work of gritty urban reportage. Magisterial in its scope, Sex Money Murder offers a unique perspective on the violence raging in modern-day America and the battle to end it.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2002
ISBN 10 : 0393703797ISBN 13 : 9780393703795
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1. The profession of personal and business coaching has exploded during the past five years, both in the US and internationally. An estimated twenty percent of all coaches have a background in a mental health-related field. As more therapists consider using coaching skills to diversify their practices, the need for information and advice from those who have successfully made the transition from therapist to coach is crucial. The New Private Practice: Therapist-Coaches Share Stories, Strategies, and Advice is the first book designed to specifically meet this need. The book, a compilation of essays from successful therapist-coaches working in the field, offers personal narratives, trade secrets, honest discussions about what to charge and how to find clients, as well as clear-cut, how-to-get-started advice. By the end of the book, readers will have a good overview of executive, personal, peak performance, and special niches coaching. Each chapter offers insight and information, as the therapist-coaches tell how they broke into coaching, what it took to build their practices, and what it's like to spend a day in their shoes.The book is edited by Lynn Grodzki, one of the pioneer therapist-coaches and author of the best-selling Building Your Ideal Private Practice. In her introduction, she explains the differences and similarities between coaching and psychotherapy, the challenges and benefits faced by therapists who add coaching to their skill sets, and how the coach-client relationship compares to the therapist-client relationship.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
ISBN 10 : 0393318397ISBN 13 : 9780393318395
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Softcover. Etat : Good. Large type / Large print. "A powerful book. It combines the coolness of scholarship with conclusions that cannot fail to engage the passions."-Saul Bellow The Arab-Israeli conflict has unsettled the Middle East for over half a century. This conflict is primarily political, a clash between states and peoples over territory and history. But it is also a conflict that has affected and been affected by prejudice. For a long time this was simply the "normal" prejudice between neighboring people of different religions and ethnic origins. In the present age, however, hostility toward Israel and its people has taken the form of anti-Semitism-a pernicious world view that goes beyond prejudice and ascribes to Jews a quality of cosmic evil. First published in the 1980s to universal acclaim, Semites and Anti-Semites traces the development of anti-Semitism from its beginnings as a poison in the bloodstream of Christianity to its modern entrance into mainstream Islam. Bernard Lewis, one of the world's foremost scholars of the Middle East, takes us through the history of the Semitic peoples to the emergence of the Jews and their virulent enemies, and dissects the region's recent tragic developments in a moving new afterword. "A powerful and important work, beautifully written and edited, and based on a range of erudition (in the best sense) that few others, if any, could command."-George Kennan.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2001
ISBN 10 : 0393049728ISBN 13 : 9780393049725
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. First Edition. A collection of poetic responses to loss-both consolation and inspiration to any reader. Death has always served as one of the most powerful catalysts for poetry. Whether with Dylan Thomas, counseling readers to "Rage, rage against the dying of the light," or with Walt Whitman, taking comfort in the serene arrival "sooner or later" of "delicate death," poets throughout history have faced the mortal losses that all of us inevitably encounter. Inventions of Farewell collects English language poems of mourning from the late Middle Ages to the present. Aesthetic assumptions and poetic styles have altered over the centuries, yet the great and often terrifying themes of time, change, age, and death are timeless. The poems here-from Emily Dickinson, Wallace Stevens, and Edna St. Vincent Millay to Sharon Olds, Stanley Kunitz, and W. S. Merwin-trace the trajectory of grief, but they also illustrate how the deepest sorrow has produced countless poignant and resonant works of art-words that can aid us as we struggle with our own farewells.
Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2016
ISBN 10 : 0393711064ISBN 13 : 9780393711066
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Illustrated. The influence of the preconception and prenatal period on child development and parent-child relationships.This book presents recent knowledge, research, and theory about the earliest developmental period-from conception to birth-which holds even greater consequences for the health and development of the human organism than was previously understood. Theory and research in multiple disciplines provide the foundation for the exploration of how experiences during conception and time in the womb; during and after birth; and experiences with caregivers and the family system in the early postnatal period impact an individual physically, cognitively, emotionally, and socially over their life span.Knowledge drawn from numerous fields highlights the opportunity for parents-to-be and the practitioners who care for them to intentionally support the cultivation of nurturing internal and external environments during the preconception, prenatal, and early parenting periods. Theory and research from the fields of psychology, medicine, psychophysiology, epigenetics, and traumatology, among others, suggest that doing so will support lifelong multidimensional aspects of healthy development in children and adults and may also benefit future generations.