Ruth Bell

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships

A co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves presents an expanded revision of a best-seller, first published in 1981, offering teenagers and their parents accurate, impartial advice on sexuality, puberty, body image, and related topics. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: Expanded Third Edition

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Nancy A. Brunzel

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Science

Preceded by Fundamentals of urine & body fluid analysis / Nancy A. Brunzel. 3rd. 2013.

Fundamentals of Urine and Body Fluid Analysis

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Paulette Dale

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

English

The only two-level series that prepares students for success in both presentations and academic discussions, Speech Communication Made Simple takes an interactive, accessible approach to building confidence as a speaker. Students learn how to present in a variety of genres, effectively use voice and props, and lead or participate in discussions. With its lighthearted and engaging approach, the text helps students acquire speech communication and listening skills that they can apply immediately and throughout their lives. Features: Varied speech genres that range from personal story to persuasive. Broad array of projects including interviews and group discussions. Scaffolded approach that includes directed discussion of a model presentation; skill-building exercises for selecting a topic, organizing information, and more; practicing aloud; and finally, delivering a speech. Pronunciation Practice that focuses on American English pronunciation patterns that are difficult for most non-native speakers of English. Playing with Sayings section that presents idiomatic sayings in popular use and related activities to help students understand and use them to enhance their spoken communication. Useful language boxes that illustrate effective ways to begin speeches or participate in discussion. CD-ROM with MP3 audio that includes sample speeches and all pronunciation activities Teacher's manual (available separately at http://pearsoneltusa.com/speechcom) with teaching suggestions, answer keys, and quizzes.

Speech Communication Made Simple 1 (with Audio CD)

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Paul Ewen

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Ultimate Guide to Shotmaking and Scoring

The hallmark of any great golfer is versatility--after all, you rarely hit the same shot twice during a round. There are hundreds of different ways to hit the ball where you want it to go, but only one that gives you the best chance for the shot you're facing. In GOLF magazine's How to Hit Every Shot, GOLF's Top 100 Teachers show you how to play 100 different shots from the tee, fairway, trouble areas and around the green. Their simple, step-by-step methods are easy to follow, learn and repeat, so you can use them the next time you play. Learn how to tackle awkward lies and shape shots and to hit specialty chips and pitches that allow you to get the ball close to the hole every time. Instructional text is paired with hundreds of full-color photos so you can see exactly what you need to do pull off every shot imaginable. How to Hit Every Shot is the ultimate shotmaking primer. You'll always know what shot to play and, more importantly, how to hit it. BONUS: 30-minute DVD!

How to Hit Every Shot

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Ronald B. Adler

George Rodman

Athena du Pré

Cover is a bit used looking but the pages inside look in top condition

Social Studies

For over three decades, this has been the bestselling text for the Human Communication course. Understanding Human Communication is written with one goal in mind: to provide students with the insights and skills to succeed in our changing world. Fully updated and expanded to include more information on culture and communication, gender and communication, and the effects of technology and social media on communication, this twelfth edition also features two new types of boxes, "Understanding Diversity" and "@Work," as well as new annotated sample speeches.

Understanding Human Communication

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Martin S. Silverman

Gerald Hisrchfeld

Bob Shell

Hand Exposure Meter Book

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Lauri Harding

Book from a college, college labels on book are crossed off with sharpie

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Includes both primary and secondary sources from a variety of perspectives on the subject of whether advertising promotes substance abuse.

Does Advertising Promote Substance Abuse?

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R. J. Taylor

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Abstract: Current practices in the use of food additives areassesed in terms of historical development, food supplies, legal regulations, and safety testing techniques. While the chemical composition of many flavors, enzymes, sweeteners, preservatives, nutritive additives, etc., are presented, thegeneral approach is a much wider discussion of the concepts of using food additives, and variations in application of those concepts in America, Britain, Europe, and Eastern countries, and in FAO/WHO activities. The value judgements and the supporting safety testing involved in evaluating therisks and benefits of using additives are explored, as well as the toxicant risks occurring naturally in foods.

Food Additives

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development  Staff

We stand on the threshold of a New Global Age. All countries now have the potential to become active players in the global economy. By 2020 there could be dramatic shifts in global economic weight. What will the world economy look like in 2020? How can we ensure increased and better distribution of wealth? This publication based on a wide spectrum of OECD work takes us to the world of 2020 covering such closely linked fields as trade, investment, taxation, social stability and the environment. The challenges awaiting us at the dawn of the 21st century can thus be assessed more clearly.

The World in 2020 - Towards a New Global Age

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Hannele R. Jousimies-Somer

Paula Summanen

Diane M. Citron

Ellen Jo Baron

Hannah M. Wexler

Sydney M. Finegold

The Wadsworth Anaerobic Bacteriology Manual

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Paul Angone

Provides advices for people in their twenties on dealing with relationships, loneliness, employment, disappointment, transition, confusion, and other issues that define this formative decade.

101 Secrets for Your Twenties

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Holly George-Warren

The Ultimate Compendium of Interviews, Articles, Facts, and Opinions from the Files of "Rolling Stone"

Neil Young - The Rolling Stone Files

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Gail Carriger

From NYT bestselling author Gail Carriger comes a witty adventure about a young woman with rare supernatural abilities travels to India for a spot of tea and adventure and finds she's bitten off more than she can chew.

When Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama ("Rue" to her friends) is bequeathed an unexpected dirigible, she does what any sensible female under similar circumstances would do -- she christens it the Spotted Custard and floats off to India.

Soon, she stumbles upon a plot involving local dissidents, a kidnapped brigadier's wife, and some awfully familiar Scottish werewolves. Faced with a dire crisis (and an embarrassing lack of bloomers), Rue must rely on her good breeding -- and her metanatural abilities -- to get to the bottom of it all. . .

Prudence

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G. William Domhoff

Government

Drawing from a power elite perspective and the latest empirical data, Domhoffâ¬"s classic text is an invaluable tool for teaching students about how power operates in U.S. society. Domhoff argues that the owners and top-level managers in large income-producing properties are far and away the dominant figures in the U.S. Their corporations, banks, and agribusinesses come together as a corporate community that dominates the federal government in Washington and their real estate, construction, and land development companies form growth coalitions that dominate most local governments. By providing empirical evidence for his argument, Domhoff encourages students to think critically about the power structure in American society and its implications for our democracy.

Who Rules America? Power, Politics, and Social Change

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Clair Brown

Michael Reich

Lloyd Ulman

Yoshifumi Nakata

This work analyzes elements such as employee training and involvement programs, wage behavior as an incentive system and an alternate channel of savings, and synchronous wage determination (Shunto) at work in the Japanese economy that provide for such successes.

Work and Pay in the United States and Japan

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Steven E. Landsburg

Economics and Everyday Life

But instead of focusing on the workings of financial markets, international trade, and other topics distant from the experience of most readers, Landsburg mines the details of daily life to reveal what the laws of economics tell us about ourselves.

The Armchair Economist

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Sarah Vowell

In this New York Times bestseller, the author of Lafayette in the Somewhat United States "brings the [Puritan] era wickedly to life" (Washington Post). To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Sarah Vowell investigates what that means-and what it should mean. What she discovers is something far different from what their uptight shoebuckles- and-corn reputation might suggest-a highly literate, deeply principled, and surprisingly feisty people, whose story is filled with pamphlet feuds, witty courtroom dramas, and bloody vengeance. Vowell takes us from the modern-day reenactment of an Indian massacre to the Mohegan Sun casino, from old-timey Puritan poetry, where "righteousness" is rhymed with "wilderness," to a Mayflower-themed waterslide. Throughout, The Wordy Shipmates is rich in historical fact, humorous insight, and social commentary by one of America's most celebrated voices.

The Wordy Shipmates

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Rand Paul

Ron Paul

How Everyday Americans Are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds

Government regulations are out of control. They dictate how much water goes into your commode, and how much water comes out of your showerhead. They determine how hot the water needs to be in your washing machine, and how many miles to the gallon your car must achieve. Since the Patriot Act, your banking records, your gun registration, and your phone bill are easily accessible by government snoops. Mothers are arrested for buying raw milk. Families are fined for selling bunny rabbits without a license. Home and property owners are strapped with obscene fines, entangled in costly legal messes, and sent to federal prison, all for moving dirt from one end of their land to another. Unelected bureaucrats, armed with arbitrary rules and no need to back them up, stonewall and attack American citizens at every turn. The damage can be overwhelmingly taxing---financially, emotionally and even physically. And who is being held accountable? Government regulation and red tape run amok in Washington, and honest, tax-paying citizens are the victims of an administration's misuse and abuse of power. Now, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, takes an in-depth look at the legislation that is trampling the rights of ordinary citizens, strangling their ability to conduct private, everyday activities without egregious government interference. He highlights outrageous searches, seizures and arrests, and points to thousands of regulations that have been added to the books since Obama took office. Most importantly, he charts a direction out of this mess, and toward renewed freedom for all Americans. These stories are of everyday Americans badgered and harassed by their own government---the very institution that is supposed to serve us all. This gross breach of our constitution is as frightening as it is real, and GOVERNMENT BULLIES is a call to action against it.

Government Bullies

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Julie Gregory

The True Story of a Lost Childhood

In this fierce and lyrical memoir, Gregory takes readers inside the hidden world of child abuse called Munchausen by Proxy--with a power rivaling "Girl, Interrupted" and "A Child Called "It."

Sickened

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David Romer

Business & Economics

This text helps lay the groundwork for students to begin doing research in macroeconomics and monetary economics. A series of formal models are used to present and analyse important macroeconomic theories. The theories are supplemented by examples of relevant empirical work, which illustrate the ways that theories can be applied and tested.

Advanced Macroeconomics

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Jeffrey Kluger

The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon

In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft, and since then the Apollo program had suffered one setback after another. Meanwhile, the Russians were winning the space race, the Cold War was getting hotter by the month, and President Kennedy's promise to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade seemed sure to be broken. But when Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders were summoned to a secret meeting and told of the dangerous mission, they instantly signed on.Apollo 8 takes us from Mission Control to the astronaut's homes, and the race to prepare an untested rocket for an unprecedented journey paves the way for the hair-raising trip to the moon. And when the mission is over-after the first view of the far side of the moon, the first earth-rise, and the first re-entry through the earth's atmosphere following a flight to deep space-the impossible dream of walking on the moon suddenly seems within reach.The full story of Apollo 8 has never been told, and only Jeffrey Kluger-Jim Lovell's co-author on their bestselling book about Apollo 13-can do it justice. Here is the tale of a mission that was both a calculated risk and a wild crapshoot, a stirring account of how three American heroes forever changed our view of the home planet.

Apollo 8

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Red Auerbach

Ken Dooley

Management Tips from the Leader of One of America's Most Successful Organizations

No other professional sports franchise has gained more respect over the years than the Boston Celtics. And the man who is singularly responsible for taking the Celtics from a rinky-dink club in the 1940s to worldwide acclaim is Arnold "Red" Auerbach. Here he offers priceless information on how to manage, market one's product, study the competition, and motivate and communicate with one's staff. 8-page insert.

MBA - Management by Auerbach

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Jeffrey Pfeffer

Politics and Influence in Organizations

Although much has been written about how to make better decisions, a decision by itself changes nothing. The big problem facing managers and their organizations today is one of implementation--how to get things done in a timely and effective way. Stanford Business School Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer argues that problems of implementation are really issues of how to influence behavior, change the course of events, overcome resistance, and get people to do things they would not otherwise do. In a word, power. Managing with Power provides an in-depth look at the role of power and influence in organizations. Power is often disparaged, yet Pfeffer shows convincingly that its effective use is an essential component of strong leadership. With vivid examples from Lyndon Johnson and Henry Kissinger to John Sculley and Henry Ford, he makes a compelling case for the necessity of power in mobilizing the political support and resources to get things done in any organization. And he provides a fascinating look atthe personal attributes--such as flexibility, stamina, and a high tolerance for conflict--and the structural factors--such as control of resources, access to information, and formal authority--that can help managers advance organizational goals and achieve individual success. Pfeffer begins his comprehensive evaluation of power by helping managers recognize situations that involve the use of power, and shows how to identify the principal actors and their likely points of view. He then looks at the different sources of power, and explains why some organizations and people use power more effectively than others. Next, he explores the specific strategies and tactics through which power andinfluence are used--how they help managers achieve tangible results. And finally, he considers issues of power dynamics: how power is lost, the role of power in the process of organizational change, and the positive and negative con

Managing with Power

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Carl Safina

A Natural Year in an Unnatural World

An exhilarating journey of natural renewal through a year with MacArthur fellow Carl Safina

Beginning in his kayak in his home waters of eastern Long Island, Carl Safina'sThe View from Lazy Point takes us through the four seasons to the four points of the compass, from the high Arctic south to Antarctica, across the warm belly of the tropics from the Caribbean to the west Pacific, then home again. We meet Eskimos whose way of life is melting away, explore a secret global seed vault hidden above the Arctic Circle, investigate dilemmas facing foraging bears and breeding penguins, and sail to formerly devastated reefs that are resurrecting as fish graze the corals algae-free.

"Each time science tightens a coil in the slack of our understanding," Safina writes, "it elaborates its fundamental discovery: connection."

He shows how problems of the environment drive very real matters of human justice, well-being, and our prospects for peace.

In Safina's hands, nature's continuous renewal points toward our future. His lively stories grant new insights into how our world is changing, and what our response ought to be.

The View from Lazy Point

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