Учебная литература
44108 кн.
The focus of this excellent textbook is the topic of molecular reaction dynamics. The chapters are all written by internationally recognised researchers and, from the outset, the contributors are writing with the young scientist in mind. The easy to use, stand-alone, chapters make it of value to students, teachers, and researchers alike. Subjects covered range from the more traditional topics, such as potential energy surfaces, to more advanced and rapidly developing areas, such as...
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The Good GP Training Guide is a travel guide-style book for trainees in general practice. Written by over a hundred contributors assembled from five continents, it includes contributions from leading writers in primary care. It is written in an accessible style with down-to-earth tips and anecdotes, sometimes irreverent, from real life. There is an emphasis on the reality of general practice. It also contains humorous or touching vignettes with accompanying linocut artwork from the Red Roses...
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While it is not difficult to find data in many cases, what advice can you get on the quality of the data retrieved? Chemical Information for Chemists could help with this problem and more. This book is a chemical information book aimed specifically at practicing chemists. Written and edited by experts in the field, it is ideal for chemists who lack a chemical information professional able to teach basic and intermediate techniques in retrieving and evaluating information using the unique entry...
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Mark Ludy’s latest book will appeal to adults and children alike. Digging deeper than the Sunday school tale of cuddly animals on Noah’s ark, the story follows the biblical text and illumines Noah’s relationship with God, his wife, family, nature, and humanity. Ludy’s world-class artwork lets people see, as though for the first time, the beauty within this story – revealing a clearer picture of the nature and character of God and his relationship to humankind. It’s immersive and epic in scale...
| Автор | Mark Ludy |
"Serious philosophy is not an attempt to construct a system of beliefs, but the activity of awakening, the conversation passionately pursued. Only if professional philosophy reclaims this paradigm and finds ways to embody it, will it achieve an active place in the thought and life of our culture." –James Conlon, «Stanley Cavell and the Predicament of Philosophy.» This book is a collection of serious philosophical essays that aim to awaken readers, teachers, and students to a desire for...
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The different physical properties displayed by low molar mass organic materials and polymers are a result of their molecular organisation. In order to understand the structure – property relationship of a material it is necessary to first look at the interactions at a molecular level. This new edition of Polymer Structure Characterization provides readers with the background needed to understand the factors that influence molecular organization and how this affects the morphology and bulk...
| Автор | Richard A Pethrick |
Thinking is a dynamic process resulting from practices of integration. Thought encounters in openness, wonder, receptivity, and contemplation confer upon us intellectual work that is uniquely our own. Digital patterns, however, distract us from these creative encounters. Our intellectual searching is weakened and fragmented by frenetic consumption of information. We miss out on reason's innate pull toward integration and concrete reality. This book is an invitation to enter into openness,...
| Автор | Aaron K. Kerr |
Bookstore shelves are crowded with books offering advice to college students, yet—astonishingly—none of these books offer needed advice to the majority of college students in the United States … those attending community college. Of the approximately 21 million full- and part-time college students, 11 million attend community colleges.The Community College Guide aims to help fill this huge gap. The authors of this book have decades of experience between them as...
| Автор | Joshua Halberstam |
Colleges look much the same as they did five or ten years ago, but a lot has changed behind the scenes. While some mixture of study and play has always been part of college life, an increasing number of schools have completely abandoned the idea that students need to learn or demonstrate that they've learned. Financial pressures have made college administrations increasingly reluctant to flunk anyone out, regardless of performance, although the average length of time to get a degree is now...
| Автор | Craig Brandon |
The scientific consensus is that our ability to understand human speech has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years. After all, there are whole portions of the brain devoted to human speech. We learn to understand speech too quickly and with almost no training and can seamlessly absorb enormous amounts of information simply by hearing it. Surely we evolved this capability over thousands of generations.Or did we? Portions of the human brain are also devoted to reading. Children learn to read...
| Автор | Mark Changizi |
Includes 3 brand new essays on Gale, the Games, and Mockingjay ! **Already read the first edition of The Girl Who Was on Fire ? Look for The Girl Who Was on Fire – Booster Pack to get just the three new essays and the extra movie content.**Katniss Everdeen’s adventures may have come to an end, but her story continues to blaze in the hearts of millions worldwide.In The Girl Who Was on Fire – Movie Edition , sixteen YA authors take you back to the world of the Hunger Games with...
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Performed Culture in Chinese Language Education: A Culture-Based Approach for U.S. Collegiate Contexts elaborates on a cultural awareness-oriented, cultural performance-based, and cross-cultural communication-focused foreign language pedagogical paradigm—Performed Culture Approach — in the context of U.S. collegiate Chinese language education. Guangyan Chen draws on the data collected through questionnaires, comparisons between this pedagogy and mainstream pedagogical...
| Автор | Guangyan Chen |
Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant) has captured the hearts and thoughts of millions of readers. In Divergent Thinking, YA authors explore even more of Tris and Tobias’ world, including:• What Divergent’s factions have in common with one of psychology’s most prominent personality models• The biology of fear: where it comes from and how Tris and the other Dauntless are able to overcome it• Full-page...
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Experience the thrill of reading Ender's Game all over againGo deeper into the complexities of Orson Scott Card’s classic novel with science fiction and fantasy writers, YA authors, military strategists, including:Ender prequel series coauthor Aaron Johnston on Ender and the evolution of the child heroBurn Notice creator Matt Nix on Ender's Game as a guide to lifeHugo award–winning writer Mary Robinette Kowal on how Ender’s Game gets away with breaking all...
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Integrating Career Preparation into Language Courses provides foreign and second language teachers with easy and practical additions they can make to their existing curricula to help their students develop real-world professional skills and prepare to use the target language successfully in the workplace. The book is organized into six chapters, each addressing a different professional skill and opening with an explanation of how content typically included in a foreign language curriculum can...
| Автор | Darcy Lear |
Theologians, psychologists, academics, feminists, and fantasists offer humor, insight, and fresh perspectives on the enchanting and beloved Chronicles of Narnia series. Such contributors as fantasists Sarah Zettel and Lawrence Watt-Evans, children's literature scholar Naomi Wood, and C.S. Lewis scholars Colin Duriez and Joseph Pearce discuss topics such as J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle Earth's influence on the conception of Narnia, the relevance of allegory for both Christians and...
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Explore the world of the Mortal Instruments with Cassandra Clare and more Join Cassandra Clare and a Circle of more than a dozen top YA writers, including New York Times bestsellers Holly Black , Rachel Caine , and Kami Garcia , as they write about the Mortal Instruments series, its characters, and its world.Inside you’ll read:• A cinematic tutorial on why the best friend (Simon) always loses out to the bad boy (Jace)• The unexpected benefits of the incest...
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Which Greek god makes the best parent? Would you want to be one of Artemis’ Hunters? Why do so many monsters go into retail? Spend a little more time in Percy Jackson’s world—a place where the gods bike among us, monsters man snack bars, and each of us has the potential to become a hero.Find out: Why Dionysus might actually be the best director Camp Half-Blood could have How to recognize a monster when you see one Why even if we aren’t facing manticores...
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Go deeper into the home of the Hunger Games with the creator of the best-known fan map of Panem• What does Panem look like?• How does Panem define race?• How do Panem’s districts reflect the major themes of the trilogy?• What allusions to our world are found in Panem names like Finnick, Johanna, Beetee, Cinna, Everdeen, and Mellark?The Panem Companion gives fresh insight into Suzanne Collins’ trilogy by looking at the world of the Hunger...
| Автор | V. Arrow |
My hope for all children is to have the best possible experience as a child. Hopefully, this book will empower children to overcome obstacles in their formative years. Also, may it serve to everyone how gratifying it is to help others gain self-assurance in a world full of challenges. One book may not solve all the problems of our youngest generation, but if it helps one boy or girl enjoy their right to a good childhood, it is worth all the efforts of all involved. Recommended ages: 8 to...
| Автор | Tim Ackley |
Created by identical twin brothers (Kyle is the author and Derek is the illustrator), Monster ABC is a quirky, witty alphabet book that is already a regional favorite in the Pacific Northwest. Now available for the first nationally, Monster ABC is sure to find a wide audience as one of the funnier, more adorable and thoughtful alphabet books on the market.This award-winning children's board book adds some energy and gentle irreverence to the alphabet book genre by introducing children to...
| Автор | Kyle Sullivan |
Are you wondering why the world seems to be hurdling out of control? Why global warming, storms, earthquakes, wars, famines, disasters all seem to be happening more frequently and with greater intensity? <br><br>Add to all of that, the doomsday prophecies like Dec. 21, 2012, or the prophecies of Nostradamus, you've got a recipe for major heartburn if not a total nervous breakdown. <br><br>Well the bad news is, it's going to get worse (much worse) before it...
| Автор | David Beckish |
1. Scientifically proven Accelerated Learning methods (the ability to achieve faster) are presented throughout the book, including a study method described as "7 Steps to Accelerated Learning". This is easy to learn and use, and will save you time.<br><br>2. The book is divided into 3 sections. Section 1 is Relaxation in less than 30 seconds, Section 2 is Achieving Goals Faster and Increasing Self Esteem and Section 3 is Academic Accelerated Learning. A unique...
| Автор | Sandy MacGregor |
Imagine being able to transform most any conflict into partnership. And produce sustainable, measurable results on time and on budget. Even in the presence of bitter hatred!<br><br>Now you can! Learn the steps of the Conflict Transformation Process that the author has used for 20 years to help people in business and government shift from anger and separation to mutual understanding, then to reconciliation, then to healing and partnership. Further, learn how to develop, implement, and...
| Автор | H. Richmond Fisher |