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Type 1 Diabetes
by Ian GallenThere has been a recent surge of new data on the subject of exercise and sport in type I diabetes, as well as great interest from the multidisciplinary healthcare teams looking after such patients. Providing advice and support to enable athletes to manage their diabetes during and after sport is an ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
I Lost My Girlish Laughter
by Jane AllenA lost literary gem of Hollywood in the 1930s, I Lost My Girlish Laughter is a thinly veiled send-up of the actors, producers, writers, and directors of the Golden Age of the studio system.Madge Lawrence, fresh from New York City, lands a job as the personal secretary to the powerful Hollywood produ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Discourse with Shadows
Discourse with Shadows, first published in 1958, is a stark, yet compassionate look at the lives of four Nazi concentration camp survivors and of a friend who returns to Frankfurt from England to locate a missing relative and her son Johann. Driven by their long-repressed anger, the group carries ou... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Publications Management: Essays for Professional Communicators (Baywood's Technical Communications)
"Publications Management: Essays for Professional Communicators" is a collection of essays designed for use in academic programs in technical and professional communication and for communication professionals in the workplace. The contributors include publications managers in the workplace and acade... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1994 -
Florida Biology 1 End-of-Course Assessment Book + Online
by John AllenTaking the Florida Biology 1 End-of-Course Exam?Then You Need REA's Florida Biology 1 End-of-Course Test Prep with Online Practice Exams! If you're facing the Florida Biology 1 End-of-Course exam and are concerned about your score, don't worry. REA's test prep will help you sharpen your skills and p... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
ATI TEAS Crash Course® Book + Online
by John AllenNEW! REA’s ATI TEAS Crash Course®Perfect for nursing and allied health program applicantsIn August 2016, the ATI TEAS exam replaced the TEAS V. The ATI TEAS, already the most widely-used nursing school admission exam in the U.S., is now also used for allied health program admission nationwide. REA’s... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Topologies of Power: Beyond territory and networks (CRESC)
by John AllenTopologies of Power amounts to a radical departure in the way that power and space have been understood. It calls into question the very idea that power is simply extended across a given territory or network, and argues that power today has a new found ‘reach’. Topological shifts have subtly altered... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Lost Geographies of Power (RGS-IBG Book Series #79)
by John AllenThis original study explores the difference that space and spatiality make to the understanding of power. Explores the difference that space and spatiality makes to an understanding of power. Moves forward the incorporation of ideas of space into social theory. Presents a new understanding of t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Homelessness in American Literature: Romanticism, Realism and Testimony (Studies in American Popular History and Culture)
by John AllenThis book analyzes the theme of homelessness in American literature from the Civil War through the depression. Drawing on the work of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Horatio Alger, Stephen Crane, Jacob Riis, Jack London, Meridel Le Sueur and many others, it reveals how homelessness has been either romanticiz... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
An Invitation to Mathematical Physics and Its History
by Jont AllenThis state of the art book takes an applications based approach to teaching mathematics to engineering and applied sciences students. The book lays emphasis on associating mathematical concepts with their physical counterparts, training students of engineering in mathematics to help them learn how t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Black Girls Must Die Exhausted: A Novel (Black Girls Must Die Exhausted #1)
by Jayne AllenThe first novel in a captivating three-book series about modern womanhood, in which a young Black woman must rely on courage, laughter, and love—and the support of her two longtime friends—to overcome an unexpected setback that threatens the most precious thing she’s ever wanted. <p><p> Tabitha Wa... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography of Desmond Tutu
by John AllenTo be a rabble-rouser for peace may seem to be a contradiction in terms. And yet it is the perfect description for Desmond Tutu, Nobel laureate and spiritual father of a democratic South Africa. Tutu understood that justice -- a genuine regard for human rights -- is the only real foundation for pe... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
Black Girls Must Be Magic: A Novel
by Jayne AllenIn this highly anticipated second installment in the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series, Tabitha Walker copes with more of life’s challenges and a happy surprise—a baby—with a little help and lots of love from friends old and new.For Tabitha Walker, her grandmother’s old adage, “Black girls must ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
The Social Psychology of Prosocial Behavior
Written by four leading researchers in the study of prosocial behavior, this book introduces a new perspective on prosocial behavior for the 21st century. Building on the bystander intervention work that has defined this area since the 1960s, The Social Psychology of Prosocial Behavior examines pros... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
A Mathematician Plays The Stock Market
In A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market best-selling author John Allen Paulos demonstrates what the tools of mathematics can tell us about the vagaries of the stock market. Employing his trademark stories, vignettes, paradoxes, and puzzles (and even a film treatment), Paulos addresses every think... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2003 -
A Numerate Life
Employing intuitive ideas from mathematics, this quirky "meta-memoir" raises questions about our lives that most of us don't think to ask, but arguably should: What part of memory is reliable fact, what part creative embellishment? Which favorite presuppositions are unfounded, which statistically bi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
New Hampshire on Skis
The state of New Hampshire has a strong skiing tradition to brag about, and in the 1930s, it led the United States in ski activity. The early prominence of Dartmouth College's Outing Club and winter carnival was a major forerunner in the development of the sport and readied the state to receive the ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2002 -
New England Skiing
Skiing in New England has not always been such a breathtaking sport connected with winter vacations at distant and local resorts. From the early 1870s, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish immigrants utilized skis to carry the mail and to travel through the woods to school and work. Later, a group of col... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1997 -
PRAXIS II PLT EC, K-6, 5-9, 7-12 Book + Online (PRAXIS Teacher Certification Test Prep)
by John AllenREA's Praxis II: PLT EC, K-6, 5-9, 7-12 Test Prep with Online Practice TestsGets You Certified and in the Classroom!Nationwide, more than 5 million teachers will be needed over the next decade, and all must take appropriate tests to be licensed. REA gets you ready for your teaching career with our o... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Learning to Teach in a New Era
by Simone White • Jeanne AllenClosely aligned with the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) and the Australian Curriculum, this book is an invaluable resource for early childhood, primary and secondary preservice teachers that can be carried through their entire degree and into the workplace.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy And Its Consequences
In his now-classic book Innumeracy, John Allen Paulos answers questions such as: Why is following the stock market exactly like flipping a coin? How big is a trillion? How fast does human hair grow in mph? Can you calculate the chances that a party includes two people who have the same birthday? Pau... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2001 -
Housing and Labour Markets: Building the Connections (Routledge Library Editions: Labour Economics #1)
by John Allen • Chris HamnettFirst published in 1991. The connection between housing and work is one of the most discussed yet least understood aspects of modern society. Housing and Labour Markets explores the different ways in which housing and labour are linked and examines their central significance in many of the key chang... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1991 -
Once Upon a Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic of Stories
What two things could be more different than numbers and stories? Numbers are abstract, certain, and eternal, but to most of us somewhat dry and bloodless. Good stories are full of life: they engage our emotions and have subtlety and nuance, but they lack rigor and the truths they tell are elusive ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1998 -
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
In this lively volume, mathematician John Allen Paulos employs his singular wit to guide us through an unlikely mathematical jungle--the pages of the daily newspaper. From the Senate and sex to celebrities and cults, Paulos takes stories that may not seem to involve math at all and demonstrates how... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1995 -
A Mathematician Plays The Stock Market
In A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market best-selling author John Allen Paulos demonstrates what the tools of mathematics can tell us about the vagaries of the stock market. Employing his trademark stories, vignettes, paradoxes, and puzzles (and even a film treatment), Paulos addresses every thinki... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004